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Wheeler Scrapbook Collection
  • All fields: California
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    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 334

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 334

    • Auditors; Anderson, Robert M.; Angellotti, Frank M.; Banks and banking; Beatty, William H.; California. Dept. of General Services; California. District Attorney (Los Angeles County); California. Legislature. Assembly; California. Office of State...

    • Collection of short articles describe 1902 California electoral results, accusations against banks, and a critique of James N. Gillett and his collusion with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 15

    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 15

    • School buildings; Photographs; Landscape photography; Landscape and garden; Residential real estate; Scrapbook journaling; Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison; Sumner, Charles Burt; Norton, Edwin Clarence; Spalding, Phebe Estelle; Glee clubs; College...

    • Page contains a commemorative page from "The College Letter," various photos from campus and the college community, a photograph of the town of Claremont and a booklet of town regulations.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 123

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 123

    • Airplanes; Architecture, Domestic; Archives; Beekeepers; Botany; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dwellings; El Alisal (Claremont, Calif.); Flood damage; Flood damage prevention;...

    • Articles cover William T. Martin, Claremont's first American settler, as well as the early history of Claremont floods and flood damage. Other pieces describe the unique history of specific areas in early Claremont including Palmer Canyon, El...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 118

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 118

    • Armour, Elmer Eugene; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Avis, Walter Moore; Cahuilla Indians; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Congregational Church (Claremont, Calif.); Curran, Charles P.; Duvall, Oliver...

    • A booklet and newspaper clipping on the early history of Claremont and Pomona. Both describe the Spanish and Native American occupancy of the area. The booklet contains extensive detail on the creation and expansion of Pomona College.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 106

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 106

    • Architecture, Domestic; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Biography; Business enterprises; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Congregational Church (Claremont, Calif.); Obituaries; Palmer, Frank L.; Photographs; Portraits;...

    • Collection of obituaries, biographies, and photographs of Frank L. Palmer and Lewis Nathaniel Smith. Includes photograph of Mrs. Lewis Nathaniel Smith.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 122

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 122

    • Architecture, Domestic; Bears; Beekeepers; Biography; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dwellings; Founding; Frontier and pioneer life; Land settlement; Landscape and garden; Letters; Martin, Margaret Mary; Martin, Robert Andrew; Martin, William...

    • Articles and photographs of William T. Martin, the first white settler in Claremont. Includes information on his family, history, and active participation in Claremont and Los Angeles County's development.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 4

    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 4

    • Portraits; Bernard, Robert J.; Letters; Menus; Photographs; Blaisdell, James Arnold, 1867-1957

    • The page contains portraits of James A. Blaisdell, President of Pomona College and the Claremont Colleges, a letter from the Secretary of the Board of the colleges mentioning Blaisdell's presidency, and a menu from a dinner held in his honor.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 101

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 101

    • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Founding; Frontier and pioneer life; Garner, Herman H.; Gold; Horse-drawn vehicles; Land settlement; Landscape and garden; Letters; Martin, William T.; Mexicans; Mormons; Parties; Photographs; Portraits, Group;...

    • Captioned "Early history of Claremont by H. A. Palmer," page includes a collection of articles and short pieces on the history of El Alisal and Claremont's development.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 47

    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 47

    • Glee clubs; Awards; Portraits, Group; Portraits; Photographs; Concert programs; Scrapbook journaling; Quotations; College publications; Yale University; Pennsylvania State University; Railroads; Editorials; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.);...

    • Items relate to national and regional awards won by Pomona College's Men's and Women's Glee Clubs. Includes a program for a concert given by the clubs at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 49

    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 49

    • Glee clubs; Programs; Concert programs; Concerts; Graduation (School); Ribbons; Tree planting; Musical performance; History; College students; Oratory; Endowments; Solicitation; Funding; Congregational churches; Scholarships; Ribbons; Essays;...

    • Items contributed by alumnus Louis G. Neville. Includes items relating to the School of Music, the Pomona College Athletic Association, the Pomona College Glee Club, and solicitations of donations to the school.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 50

    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 50

    • Culture; Women's rights; Tea; Vassar College; Scrapbook journaling; Education-Japan; Scripps College; International relations

    • Two newspaper articles concerning the Consul-General for Japan in Los Angeles, Tomokazu Hori. Hori's wife attended Pomona College from 1919-1921.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 110c

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 110c

    • Advertising fliers; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Banks and banking; Belcher, Harry T.; Boards of trade; Citrus fruit industry; City attorneys; Clerks; Cree, Ira J.; Directories; Engineers; Geer, Francis Heman; Griswold, George...

    • Collected Claremont City Directories for the years 1912-1913, 1914, 1914-1915, 1916-1917, and 1919-1920. Also includes a 1912 advertisement for the city of Claremont.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 119

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 119

    • Architecture, Domestic; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dwellings; Hikers; Horses; Frontier and pioneer life; Gold mines and mining; Landscape and garden; Landscape photography; Miners; Parade floats; Photographs;...

    • Two photographs and a newspaper clipping on development and hiker expeditions in the mountain ranges near Claremont, particularly the San Antonio Canyon. Also includes landscape photographs from residences on Foothill Boulevard and a photograph of...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 125-1

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 125-1

    • Census; Civil service Salaries, etc.; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Committees; Municipal bonds; Municipal incorporation; Public meetings; Public officers; Roads Design and construction; Seaver, Carlton; Small cities; Taxation; Trusts and...

    • Title in full states: "Absurdity of Claremont incorporation. City Government for Claremont will mean heavy taxation--what is to be gained--incorporation will create perpetual discord--final appeal to voters." Article is a submitted plea to...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 126

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 126

    • Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Automobiles; Automobiles-Societies, etc.; Caricatures and cartoons; Census; Clerks; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Committees; Geer, Francis Heman; Marshals; Mayors; Motorcycles; Photographs;...

    • Titled "the shame of Claremont (1912)," page shows a collection of newspaper clippings and a multiple-city survey on increased police activity in giving multiple speeding tickets to Claremont citizens. Focuses particularly on the influence of...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 23

    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 23

    • Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College buildings; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Frank P. Brackett Observatory; Extreme weather (Claremont, Calif.)

    • Highlights from the life of Professor Brackett in Claremont and his career at Pomona College.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 308

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 308

    • Agriculture; American Home Missionary Society; Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Appendicitis; Artesian wells; Banks and banking; Beet sugar industry; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; California State...

    • Newspaper clippings recount various topics including, but not limited to, deaths, suicides, marriages, reports on the Congregational Church, and then current population counts of Pomona.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 311

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 311

    • Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Botany; Camps; Canyons; Citrus fruit industry; Claremont Colleges; Climate; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College teachers; Congregational churches; Dinosaurs; Droughts; Electric railroads;...

    • Page contains newspaper articles which cover a plethora of subjects in Claremont and Los Angeles. Also contains a booklet which describes the positive qualities of Indian Hill and Claremont.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 333, verso

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 333, verso

    • Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882; Architecture, Domestic; Carrion, Saturino; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dams; Famines; Fruit growers; Irrigation; Land grants-California; Mortgages; Obituaries; Palomares, Ignacio; Photographs; Ranchers;...

    • Reverse page contains an obituary, photograph, and short histories on the Carrions and the land grant they received from Ignacio Palomares and Ricardo Vejar.

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