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Archives related to: Clark, Jonas Gilman, 1815-1900
| title | The Jonas G. Clark Rare Book Collection | repository | Clark University |
| description | The finding aid describes the almost 800 books in the Jonas Clark Rare Book Collection. They were given to Clark University by Jonas Gilman Clark, its founder. The descriptions were compiled by Louis Napoleon Wilson, the first librarian at Clark, from descriptions probably supplied by the book sellers. |
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| record link | https://commons.clarku.edu/goddard_library_finding_aids/12/ |
| finding aid | https://commons.clarku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=goddard_library_finding_aids |
| acquisition information | Gift of Jonas Gilman Clark. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:57 |
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| title | Jonas G. Clark & Company Furniture Advertisement | repository | Clark University |
| description | An advertisement for furniture which appeared in San Francisco in 1859. Jonas G. Clark lived in California for eleven years and there laid the foundations of a respectable fortune. 28 years after this advertisement appeared Jonas Clark founded Clark University. |
| extent | 1 page |
| access | Permission to use images must be obtained in advance and in writing from the Clark University Archives by writing to Archives@clarku.edu Contact host institution for more information. |
| record link | https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:bk128t317 |
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| updated | 02/08/2023 17:57:14 |
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| title | Biographical file collection | repository | Society of California Pioneers |
| description | Consists of a variety of ephemera relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and California. Bulk of ephemera relates to forty-niners, gold rush-era miners, and members of The Society of California Pioneers. The collection also includes materials pertaining to: members of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance; prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century San Franciscans such as political and civic leaders, and early explorers; police and fire chiefs; attorneys and judges; artists, writers, and actors; musicians, conductors, and composers; businessmen, merchants, and other ordinary citizens. Also contains family trees, family histories, and other genealogical documents. |
| extent | 34.6 Linear feet |
| access | Collection is open by appointment for research. |
| record link | https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6v19s0n3/entire_text/ |
| finding aid | https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6v19s0n3/entire_text/ |
| acquisition information | Assembled by the staff at The Society of California Pioneers. |
| updated | 02/08/2023 17:59:16 |
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| title | Albert A. Michelson Collection, 1803-1989 | repository | United States Naval Academy |
| description | Albert A. Michelson, USNA Class of 1873, was the first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize (for Physics, in 1907). His career included teaching and research positions at the Naval Academy, the Case School of Applied Science, Clark University, and the University of Chicago. In addition to his experimental contributions to physics, spectroscopy, metrology, astronomy, and geophysics, Michelson invented instruments, such as the interferometer, the harmonic analyzer, the echelon spectroscope, and ruling engines, all of which continue to influence science today. Spanning from 1803 to 1989, the collection documents Michelson's long career, but also includes materials relevant to Michelson that were created before and after his lifetime. The majority of documents are photocopies of originals. |
| extent | 61.08 linear feet |
| access | Access is unrestricted. |
| record link | https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/man-findingaids/view.php?f=MS_347#Access+and+Use |
| finding aid | https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/man-findingaids/view.php?f=MS_347#Access+and+Use |
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| updated | 02/08/2023 18:06:40 |
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| title | SALISBURY FAMILY, PAPERS, 1674-1916 | repository | American Antiquarian Society |
| description | Nicholas Salisbury (1694-1748), the son of John Salisbury ( - ), who came from England and settled in Boston, Mass., was born on 20 August 1694. Nicholas was a merchant in Boston. He married, on 1 October 1724, Martha Saunders (1704-1792). They had two children: Samuel I and Stephen I. Samuel Salisbury I (1739-1818), the son of Nicholas and Martha Saunders Salisbury, was an importer and merchant in Boston and was deacon of Boston's Old South Church for twenty-four years. He married Elizabeth Sewall (1750-1789) and after her death, he married Abigail Snow ( - ). Stephen Salisbury I (1746-1829), the son of Nicholas and Martha Saunders Salisbury, was born in Boston on 25 September 1746. He was in partnership with his brother, Samuel, importing hardware and merchandise from England and the West Indies. In 1767, Stephen came to Worcester, Mass. to establish a branch store which thrived due to his ability to cater to individuals as well as to other merchants. Stephen made Worcester his permanent home when in 1771 he purchased the farm adjacent to his store and built a large house there. He married, on 31 January 1797, Elizabeth Tuckerman (1768-1851), the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Tuckerman of Boston. They had one son, Stephen II. In politics Stephen I was a Whig and served on several committees during the American Revolution. Stephen Salisbury II (1798-1884), the son of Stephen and Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury, was born in Worcester on 8 March 1798. After attending local grammar schools and the Leicester Academy in Leicester, Mass., Stephen was graduated from Harvard College with honors in 1817. He studied law in the office of Samuel M'Gregore Burnside (1783-1850) and was admitted to the Wrocester bar but chose instead a career in business and became one of the most influential local businessmen of his time. He was the treasurer of the Blackstone Canal Company and became president of the Worcester Bank in 1845, as well as a director and president of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad. Stephen built the factory know as Court Mills with buildings on Prescott Street, Union Street, and Grove Street, as well as numerous shops and houses in the Lincoln Square area of Worcester. He was a selectman and an alderman for Worcester and served as a state representative and senator. He was a member and served as a councillor and president of the American Antiquarian Society. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and served as a founder, benefactor, and the first president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In 1875, he was awarded the doctor of laws degree from Harvard and was named an overseer of that college. He married, on 7 November 1833, Rebekah Scott Dean (1812-1843), of Charlestown, N.H. They had one son, Stephen III. Stephen II married, in 1850, Nancy Hoard Lincoln (1820-1852), the widow of Captain George Lincoln. He married, in 1855, Mary Grosvenor Bangs (1800-1864), the widow of Edward Dillingham Bangs (1790-1838). Stephen Salisbury II died, on 24 August 1884, in Worcester. Stephen Salisbury III (1835-1905), the son of Stephen and Rebekah Scott Dean Salisbury, was born in Worcester on 31 March 1835. He attended various public and private schools. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1856 and continued his studies abroad in Berlin and Paris. Returning home in 1858, he entered Harvard Law School and received his degree in 1861. In 1862, he made the first of two visits to Central America to study the ruins of the Mayan Indians. Stephen had a wide range of business interests, serving as a trustee of the State Mutual Life Assurance Company, as a director and president of the Worcester National Bank, as a trustee and president of Worcester County Institution for Savings, and as a director of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company as well as of the Boston, Barre, and Gardner Railroad. He was active in local politics and served as a state senator, 1893-1895, becoming chairman of several committees. Stephen supported numerous charitable and educational institutions and donated large sums of money to, among others, the Worcester Lyceum, Natural History Society, Worcester County Agricultural Society, the Music Hall Association, the Memorial Hospital, St. Vincent Hospital, the Peabody Museum at Harvard, the Massachusetts Historical Society, Worcester City Hospital, Clark University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the Worcester Art Museum. The organization to which he was most attached was the American Antiquarian Society of which he became a member in 1863 and for which he served as a councillor and president from 1887 until his death. He wrote several articles on Central American archaeology and other subjects which were published in the _Proceedings_ of the American Antiquarian Society. He never married and died, in Worcester, on 16 November 1905. This extensive collection concerns the Salisbury family whose members lived in Boston and Worcester, Mass., during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Important family figures represented in this collection are Nicholas Salisbury, his wife Martha Saunders Salisbury, and their two sons Samuel I and Stephen I; Stephen I's wife Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury and their son Stephen Salisbury II; Stephen Salisbury II's wife Rebekah Scott Dean Salisbury and their son Stephen Salisbury III, Stephen II's second wife Nancy Hoard Lincoln Salisbury, and Stephen II's third wife Mary Grosvenor Bangs Salisbury. There is also substantial material from members of the extended family, including Daniel Waldo (1724-1808), Samuel Barrett (1738-1798), and Benjamin Greene (1715-1776), brothers-in-law of Samuel Salisbury I and Stephen Salisbury I; Edward Tuckerman II (1775-1843), George Washington Tuckerman (1775?-1837), and Gustavus Tuckerman I (1785-1860), brothers of Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury; Waldo Flint (1794-1879) and his wife Catharine Dean Flint (1802-1869), sister of Rebekah Scott Dean Salisbury; and Georgianna DeVillers Lincoln (1840-1861), daughter of Nancy Hoard Lincoln Salisbury. The papers of Nicholas and Martha Saunders Salisbury include deeds, wills, powers of attorney, and business papers. There are also two receipt books, 1725-1784, and account book, 1753-1773, and a 1793 inventory of the estate of Martha Saunders Salisbury. The papers of Samuel Salisbury I include deeds, powers of attorney, indentures, and other legal documents. There are also bills, receipts, and business correspondence between him and his customers and wholesalers in England. There is considerable business and family correspondence with his brother Stephen Salisbury I which offers extensive political, financial, religious, and social commentary. Business and family correspondence with his brothers-in-law, the merchants Daniel Waldo, Samuel Barrett, and Benjamin Greene, is also included. There are also two journals, 1769-1775, which Samuel I kept while on a tour of England. The papers of Stephen Salisbury I include powers of attorney, indentures, deeds (including the deed for the Salisbury farm from John Hancock), and other legal documents. The business papers include orders, receipts, and requests for loans from customers. There is also correspondence to wholesalers in England and other merchants and manufacturers in America. There is extensive correspondence with his brother Samuel I, including requests for goods, money, advice, and information, as well as family correspondence and commentary on political and social developments before, during, and after the American Revolution. There is business and family correspondence with his brothers-in-law, the merchants Daniel Waldo, Samuel Barrett, Benjamin Greene, and Edward Tuckerman II. There is also business correspondence with Josiah Salisbury II (1781-1826) and Cleveland and Fling Company who managed Stephen I's investments. Family correspondence includes that with his wife Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury and her brothers Henry Harris Tuckerman (1783-1860), George Washington Tuckerman, and Gustavus Tuckerman I. Correspondence with his son Stephen Salisbury II especially concerned Stephen II's education at Leicester Academy, and at Harvard College. Furthermore, there are ledgers, account books, and inventory books dated 1757-1814 for Samuel I's and Stephen I's Boston and Worcester stores; Stephen I's farm account books, 1797-1829, bank books for 1812-1829, legal notes for the years 1798-1805, and estate account books, 1827-1831; and plans, sketches, and accounts for the Worcester store, farm, and mansion. The papers of Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury include correspondence with her husband Stephen I and with her son Stephen II, as well as with her brothers Edward Tuckerman II, George Washington Tuckerman, The Reverend Joseph Tuckerman (1778-1840), Henry Harris Tuckerman, and Gustavus Tuckerman, and their wives. In addition, there is correspondence to the Reverend Charles Augustus Goodrich (1790-1862) requesting his dismissal from the Old South Church of Worcester. There are also household account books, 1828-1851, diaries for the years 1837-1839 and 1841-1849, and a record of Stephen II's correspondence from Europe, 1841-1849. The papers of Stephen Salisbury II include legal, business, financial, family, personal, and philanthropic correspondence. there are numerous receipts, bills, and orders for goods. The principal business correspondets include the Boston brokerage firm of the Hubbard Bros.: Ichabod Washburn (1798-1868), especially concerning mills in Worcester; Rejoice Newton (1782-1868), Eli Thayer (1819-1899), George Bancroft (1800-1891), Daniel Waldo Lincoln (1813-1880), Samuel Foster Haven (1806-1881), and others. There is considerable business and financial correspondence concerning the Blackstone Canal Company, the Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the Worcester and Nashua Branch Railroad, Washburn and Moen Mfg. Company, the Ames Plow Works, and others. Among the principal family correspondents of Stephen II are his mother Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury, his first wife Rebekah Scott Dean Salisbury, her sister Catharine Dean Flint, Catharine's husband Waldo Flint, Stephen II's second wife Nancy Hoard Lincoln Salisbury and her daughter Georgianna DeVillers Lincoln, Stephen II's third wife Mary Grosvenor Bangs Salisbury, Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Elizabeth Lucretia Weir Hubbard Edwards ( -1841), Gustavus Tuckerman I, and Edward Tuckerman II. There are also requests for and payments of loans, letters from Harvard classmates, letters from Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) about paintings, and letters praising Stephen II's article on "The Star-Spangled Banner." There is correspondence conerning the American Antiquarian Society, Harvard College, and other educational institutions. There are journals of his trips in 1841-1843 to Georgia, in 1870 to California, and in 1871 to the Midwest; passports, 1830, 1831; a log of visitors to his home for the years 1847-1857; an 1850 notebook; diaries for the years 1857 through 1884; account books for the farm, house, and stocks, 1825-1863; bank books, 1832-1842; reports for the state senate committee on banking, c.1870s; checkbook stubs; and plans, sketches, and accounts of the Salisbury home and farm. The papers of Rebekah Scott Dean Salisbury, first wife of Stephen II and mother of Stephen III, include family correspondence with her husband and with her sister Catharine Dean Flint. There are also household account books, 1830-1839, and a diary with an account of her terminal illness. The papers of Nancy Hoard Lincoln Salisbury, second wife of Stephen II, include family correspondence with her husband and with his son, Stephen III. There is also household account books, 1849-1852, and an 1852 diary. The papers of Mary Grosvenor Bangs Salisbury, third wife of Stephen II, include family correspondence with her husband and with his son, Stephen III. There is also a journal of social events, 1861-1864, and diaries for the years 1863 and 1864. The papers of Stephen Salisbury III include business, personal, and family correspondence, as well as legal papers, receipts, and bills. His principal family correspondents include his father Stephen II, his mother's sister Catharine Dean Flint and her husband Waldo Flint, and Georgianna DeVillers Lincoln, the daughter of his father's second wife, Nancy Hoard Lincoln Salisbury. There is substantially more family correspondence while Stephen III was in Europe, 1856-1858, and in Central America, 1861-1862 and 1886. Stephen III's business correspondence concerns the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company, the Ames Plow Works, the Loring and Blake Organ Factory, and other manufacturers leasing buildings from Salisbury. There are also letters concerning the Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company and the Boston, Barre, and Gardner Railroad, as well as letters about stocks, bonds, banking, and requests for or repayments of loans and the sale of real estate. Personal correspondence includes letters from George Bancroft and letter concerning the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the Peabody Museum at Harvard, Harvard University, and other educational institutions. There are also letters from Louis Henri Ayme (1855-1912), Philipp Johann Josef Valentini (1828-1899), Andre Aznar Perez (1831-1894), Augustus Le Plongeon (1826-1908), and others, concerning Central American archaeology. There are also legal notes, deeds of land purchased from Stephen Salisbury II for $1.00, wills dated 1872, 1884, 1888, and 1896, as well as a transcript for the 1890 court case of Salisbury v. Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company concerning water rights. There are notes for essays, speeches, and addresses given by Stephen III and papers concerning the estate of Stephen II. Included also are genealogical materials for the Salisbury family and related families and transcripts of articles appearing in the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. There are also diaries for the years 1848, 1850, and 1852-1904, an 1858 passport, journals of his European trip in 1858 and for his Central American trips in 1861-1862, 1886, and 1894. Finally, there are personal and business account books and notebooks, as well as a genealogical notebook and a card catalog of his library. |
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| record link | https://www.americanantiquarian.org/Manuscripts/salisburyfamily.htm#about |
| finding aid | https://www.americanantiquarian.org/Manuscripts/salisburyfamily.htm#about |
| acquisition information | n/a |
| updated | 02/08/2023 18:15:18 |
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| title | Materials related to the will of Jonas G. Clark : Massachusetts : typescript, 1916. | repository | University of California, Berkeley |
| description | Correspondence and will extracts concerning the deposition of his will and the terms to establish a library endowment. |
| extent | 4 items in 1 folder |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://search.library.berkeley.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991043074519706532&context=L&vid=01UCS_BER:UCB&lang=en&search_scope=MyInstitution&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,743388636&offset=0 |
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| updated | 02/08/2023 18:17:49 |
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