Papers of Horace Emerson Rhoads, 1886-1941 (bulk dates 1910-1939)

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Papers of Horace Emerson Rhoads, 1886-1941 (bulk dates 1910-1939)

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The collection is single-item cataloged and contains 759 items including 92 manuscripts. Most of the manuscripts are documents regarding the advertising, circulation, and financial concerns of The Los Angeles record, The San Diego sun, and The San Francisco daily news from the early 1910s. The other substantial manuscripts are diaries of Adaline Rhoads and Roscoe Maxwell Rhoads detailing the social life and customs of late-19th century Indiana and early-20th century Southern California. Adaline Rhoads wrote about her daily chores, the activities of her children and her travels. Roscoe Maxwell Rhoads also details his attempts to mend his health through exercise, various diets, bathing in magnetic wells and two visits to the Battle Creek Sanitarium in the late 1890s. Roscoe Maxwell Rhoads also detailed the family's journey from Anderson, Indiana to San Diego, California and their later move to La Jolla, California. The collection contains 102 pieces of correspondence, the majority of which are addressed to Horace Emerson Rhoads regarding the newspaper business. There are also a significant number of letters from Horace Emerson Rhoads regarding the newspaper business and the San Diego Athletic Club. There are letters concerning San Diego and California politics, including three letters regarding the purchase of an airplane for the governor of California. Rhoads received letters on the subject of honorary membership in the Los Angeles Record Newsboys' Club. The collection also contains letters regarding participation in La Jolla events and politics. The ephemera consists of 565 pieces, most of which are newspaper clippings. The bulk of the ephemera is related to the newspaper business, especially E.W. Scripps newspapers, and the career of Horace Emerson Rhoads. Many of the newspaper and magazine articles are about the careers of individual newspapermen, their philosophies concerning the business, or their deaths. The collection also has a large number of obituaries regarding local Southern Californians. There is a large amount of material regarding La Jolla, its politics, its businesses and its early relationship with San Diego. The ephemera also includes a Price List of Indian Stone Implements for sale by J.R. Nissley of Ada, Ohio and three fliers pertaining to fossils and books concerning collecting. There are also two photograph albums, one of which has photographs of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Other subjects in the collection include: William Hempstead Porterfield; John Diedrich Spreckels; Anderson (Ind.); San Francisco (Cal.); athletic clubs; diet fads; Fourth of July celebrations in California; World War I; women's rights; Epworth League; Woman's Relief Corps; abortion law, child labor law, child welfare, divorce law and interracial marriage law in California; politics and government of San Diego; and dairying in California.

759 items.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Battle Creek Sanitarium.

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In 1866, the Seventh-Day Adventists established the Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek, Mich. Out of this organization developed the Battle Creek Sanitarium, on of the earliest training schools for nurses in the country. The major promoter of this facility was John H. Kellogg, creator of the breakfast food industry. From the description of Battle Creek Sanitarium collection. (State Archive of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 41286700 ...

Porterfield, William Hempstead, 1872-1927

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Porterfield was born on Apr. 26, 1872 in Vinton, IA; briefly attended Univ. of SD at Mitchell; moved to San Diego in 1891; married Lottie Buck in 1892; became a reporter and subscription solicitor for the San Diego sun; in 1901 purchased a half interest in the paper; in 1903 he represented the Pacific coast group of Scripps-McRae newspapers as advertising manager; founded the Sacramento star in 1904, and became president of its publicity company; took over Fresno tribune (1906), Los Angeles reco...

Epworth League (U.S.)

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Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.)

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National organization formed in 1883 at the Denver Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, as an auxiliary to that organization and to continue to "care for the Veteran and his dependent ones and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead". As the number of Corps grew, each state elected its own governing body, subordinate to the national governing body. In addition to helping veterans, these women worked to get pension help for the nurses who served in the Civil War, founded a home for...

E.W. Scripps Company

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Spreckels, John Diedrich, 1853-

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Rhoads, Horace Emerson.

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Horace Emerson Rhoads or "Dusty" Rhoads, was the last of six children born to Abe and Adaline Rhoads. Horace started working for the Anderson Daily Bulletin as a newsboy when he was 6 years old. By the time he was 16, Horace had been promoted to circulation manager. His parents and older brother, Roscoe, moved to San Diego in the fall of 1901. Horace was employed as a solicitor for the San Diego Sun and the family moved to La Jolla in late 1902. In 1904 Horace had an office in the H...