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title	Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
repository	University of California, Berkeley
description	The Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material is comprised of over 2300 items, with formats and media ranging from original oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, engravings, etchings, lettersheets, clipper cards, and ephemera, to plates and spoons featuring western themes, and a fore-edge painting. The collection focuses on pictorial interpretations of the old West, with emphasis on the early California and Gold Rush periods. Views depict the changing landscape of the West under the impact of westward migration, the development of towns and cities, early settlements, California missions, railroads, gold mining scenes, pioneer and frontier life, native populations, social history, and many other topics.
extent	2371 items: oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, engravings, etchings, lettersheets, clipper cards, ephemera, objects, etc. 2271 digital objects
access	Restricted originals. Use digital facsimiles or selected viewing prints only. Use of originals only by permission of the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.
record link	https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9p3012wq/entire_text/
record source	https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9p3012wq/
finding aid	https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9p3012wq/entire_text/
acquisition information	The Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material was purchased by The Bancroft Library in 1963. It was funded by the UC Regents and private donations raised by The Friends of The Bancroft Library. Robert B. Honeyman Jr. assembled this collection largely with the help of his agent Warren Howell of John Howell Books in San Francisco. Many items were purchased abroad, chiefly in Britain, Germany, and Spain. The collection was previously housed in Mr. Honeyman's private museum at Rancho Los Cerritos near Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, and until now has never been exhibited in its entirety.
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title	Records on Robert B. Honeyman Gifts To Lehigh University Library (1928-1978)
repository	Lehigh University
description	Records on Robert B. Honeyman Gifts to Lehigh University Library (1928-1978) contain items relating to Honeyman’s collection of rare books and manuscripts and his gift of part of that collection to his alma mater Lehigh University. These records include correspondence, primarily with Lehigh librarians Howard Seavoy Leach and James D. Mack, inventory and appraisal lists, and receipts for purchases from international antiquarian book dealers. Robert B. Honeyman (1897-1987) was graduated from Lehigh University in 1920 as a metallurgical engineer and began collecting rare books soon after his graduation. In 1955, Honeyman and his wife Marian Stewart Honeyman gave Lehigh University an extensive collection of American and British literature thereby establishing the Honeyman Collection. Howard Seavoy Leach (1887-1948) was Head Librarian at Lehigh University from 1924 to 1948 and caretaker of Honeyman’s first gifts of individual rare books in the 1920s and 1930s. James D. Mack (1916-2001) assumed the role of Head Librarian and curator of the collection in 1948. He facilitated the acquisition of the Honeyman Collection and many subsequent gifts.
extent	4 boxes; 1.6 linear feet
access	This collection is open for research.
record link	https://www.lehigh.edu/library/speccoll/honeyman.html
record source	n/a
finding aid	https://www.lehigh.edu/library/speccoll/honeyman.html
acquisition information	n/a
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