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Hortense and Howard Nugent Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0176
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal correspondence, theater programs, and press clippings.
Dates:
1898-1931
Louise Patterson Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0409
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook was created by Miss Louise Patterson, daughter of Mrs. Louise Hillard Patterson and student at Coronado High School. Originally from Baltimore, this mother and daughter resided at Coronado Beach and were both prominent local socialites. Miss Patterson's scrapbook documents life in high society from 1915 to 1925, and includes numerous invitations to bridge teas and other social functions from other San Diego socialites of the time. A large number of elaborate invitations to...
Dates:
1915-1925
Henry James Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0411
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of fourteen outgoing letters from Henry James; one book review manuscript; one letter from William James; one letter from Henry James, Sr., and two letters presumed to be from Henry James, son of William James.
Dates:
1867-1912
John Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0377
Scope and Contents
The John Adams Papers document Adams' publications and research, his years at San Diego State College as a professor, department chair, and University Archivist, his relationship with San Diego Union as book reviewer, and some limited parts of his personal life. The collection dates from approximately 1919-1982, with the bulk of documents created from the 1930s-1970s. The collection consists predominantly of publications and correspondence created during...
Dates:
1919-1987; Majority of material found in 1930-1979
G. Hamilton Hammon Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS-0408
Scope and Contents
The George Hamilton Hammon Scrapbooks collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Australian artist and San Diego resident George Hamilton Hammon. A green photograph album titled "Original handwritten poems and photographs" includes fair copies of original manuscript poems, handpainted vignettes of San Diego scenes, and several photographs. Most of the poems were composed in California, except the last, which was written in Sydney, Australia, and dated 1911. Of particular interest is a...
Dates:
1911 - 1939