Manuscript Materials
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Manuscript Materials
San Nicolas Island
- 1858. Martin M. Kimberly (1826-1878). Preemption Claim. Filed for record October 1st, A.D. 1858 at 11-¾ A.M. By C. R. V. Lee, Chas. E. Cook, County Recorder. Recorded in Liber "A" of miscellaneous on page 105. Chas. E. Cook, County Recorder, Santa Barbara County
- [original in SCIF archives; provenance: ex-lib. Clifton Smith to ex-lib. Marla Daily to CCIC]
- 1860-1890. Mrs Emma Chamberlain Hardacre (1843-1930). Journal-Scrapbook. Leather, oversized, repurposed 1866 ledger, appearing to be chronological daily accounting or purchases (groceries, scrub brushes, nails, plates, ribbons, pearl buttons, rag carpet, etc) by various customers. Pages have been over-pasted with dozens of newspaper articles (c. 1861-1883). The last seven pages of the ledger contain penciled notes of a manuscript of Emma Hardacre Historical Account of California Female Robinson Crusoe.
- [original in SCIF archives; "presented to Marla Daily by Joy and Isaac Bonilla"]
Santa Cruz Island
INDEX TO MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS:
- Santa Cruz Island Company Records
- * Correspondence from San Francisco
- Letter Book - February 1912 - December 1913
- San Francisco to Santa Cruz Island and elsewhere [in English]
- Letter Book - February 1912 - December 1913
- Letter Book: January 1914- September 1915
- San Francisco to Santa Cruz Island and elsewhere [mostly English; a few in Italian]
- Letter Book: January 1914- September 1915
- Letter Book: September 1915- June 1917
- San Francisco to Santa Cruz Island and elsewhere [English]
- Letter Book: September 1915- June 1917
- * Correspondence from Santa Cruz Island
- Letter Book: December 1897 - January 1901 [English; Italian]
- Letter Book: September 1911 - February 1914 [Italian; few in English]
- Letter Book: October 1916 - February 1918 [English] [transcribed]
- Letter Book: February 1918 - December 1919 [English] [transcribed]
- Letter Book: December 1919 - December 1920 [English] [transcribed]
- * Journals and Diaries
- 1904-1987 (lacking 1936). Daily Diaries.
- Annual Books recording temperature, winds, and occasional events. These diaries were initially kept by Pietro Olivari, Santa Cruz Island Company employee.
