Ella Sterling Mighels papers : additions, 1867-1930.

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Ella Sterling Mighels papers : additions, 1867-1930.

Collection contains primarily correspondence from Ella Mighel to her brother, Dudley Haskell. The bulk of the correspondence takes place during the late 1920s and discusses Mighel's daily affairs, her family memories, publishing problems and hopes, and her activities with the Ark-adians, a group she founded to bring together mothers and daughters for discussions and group projects. Also included are miscellaneous pamphlets, poems, and clippings concerning the death of Philip Mighels, her second husband; clippings about her legal name change at age 74 to Aurora Esmeralda; diary (1867 Jan. 1-March 2) probably written by Mighel's mother, Rachel; and ledger of D.H. Haskell, 1870-1906.

1 box (.4 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8117809

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Haskell, Dudley,

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Mighels, Ella Sterling, 1853-1934

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Born May 5, 1853 in Sacramento County, California, Ella Sterling Mighels was the author of many books. She is best known for her books on the literary history of California. She died in San Francisco on December 10, 1934. From the description of Ella Sterling Mighels Collection, 1890-1932. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58745786 Mighels was a Calif. author and literary historian, b. Ella Sterling Clark, married first to Adley Hook Cummins. then to Philip Ver...