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.
Alcoholic beverages; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa fe Railroad Company; Business enterprises; California; Canyons; Census; Clerks; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College publications; Cree, Ira J.; Diamond mines and mining; Duvall, Oliver...
A various collection of newspaper articles and records on land valuations, average rainfall, and historical happenings in Claremont. Its records include neighboring city records in order for comparison. Also contains an article on California...
College yearbooks; College students; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Wit and humor, Pictorial; Photographs; Portraits, Group; College athletes; College sports; Football uniforms; Scrapbook journaling;...
Wheeler corresponds with Brackett to learn more about Pomona College and presents snippets of Claremont's history through its educational institutions.
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.
Agriculture; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Census; Citrus fruit industry; Complaint letters; Congregational Church (Claremont, Calif.); Country clubs; Dates (Fruit); Lemon trade; Letters; Letterheads; Los Angeles County Fair (Los...
Entitled, "The Pirates of Pomona," page contains pages from Rand McNally and Company's guide as well as a letter of complaint from Frank Wheeler and its response from the company president.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Essays; Libraries; Photographs; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Library; Portraits; Speeches, addresses, etc.
Two articles written by Willis Holmes Kerr and Albert Daniel Stauffacher and published in the Pomona College Magazine. Kerr writes about the importance of history and the preservation of libraries. Stauffacher's article is his 1934 convocation...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Canyons; Foothill Boulevard (Claremont, Calif.); Geological surveys; Land grants; Land grants-California; Maps; Mountains; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Real property; Real property-California;...
Material laid on top of, but not affixed to page 402 consists of a topographic map of La Verne and Claremont with information on the U. S. Geological Survey on the reverse side
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College teachers; College students; Dedications; Norton, Edwin Clarence; Photographs; Portraits; Portraits, Group; Scrapbook journaling; College yearbooks; College athletes; Letters to the editor; Glee clubs;...
Dated 1897, the page contains photographs of Pomona College faculty and organizations and clippings from the college yearbook. A newspaper clipping and a poem address an unexpected snowfall.
Clergy; Clergy-Clothing; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Galleria degli Uffizi; Goddesses, Roman; Land settlement; Letters; Mythology, Roman; Photographs; Portraits; Scrapbook journaling; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Statues; Wheeler, Frank
Booklet, newspaper article, and photograph on a statue of the goddess Pomona as a gift to the city of Pomona from Reverend C. F. Loop, who is also depicted.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College students; College teachers; College yearbooks; College presidents; Dedications; Bent, Henry Kirke White; Ferguson, Franklin LaDu; Glee clubs; Portraits; Portraits, Group; Scrapbook journaling; Sumner,...
Dated 1900 and 1901, the page contains clippings from volumes of The Metate published in those years.
Airplanes; Architecture, Domestic; Automobiles; Banks and banking; Bells; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Business enterprises; Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908; College teachers; Duvall, Oliver Harvey; Dwellings; Eastman Kodak Company; Electrical...
Articles recount tales by older members of Claremont community who were active in the founding and modernizing of the city. Focuses on college faculty, the general neighborhood, the first Claremont store, and establishment of the city's water...
Captioned, "The Father of Pomona College", the page contains a magazine clipping and several newspaper clippings covering the life and death of Charles Burt Sumner. Portrait of Sumner inscribed "Sincerely yours, C.B. Sumner".
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.
Artesian wells; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison; Banks and banking; Belcher, Harry T.; Bell Telephone Company; Bent, H. K. W.; Blanchard, Nathan W.; Boards of trade; Bonds; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b....
Collection of newspaper clippings present a chronological history of the development of Claremont. Acknowledgement for much of the source material is made to Frank Wheeler and his scrapbook. The scrapbook is reported as housed in the Claremont...
Claremont (Calif.)-Maps; Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Maps; Real property; Real property-California; Scrapbook journaling; Signatures (Writing); Street names
Map laid on top of, but not affixed to, page 372 shows properties between Mills Avenue and Monte Vista Avenue. Map marks the Los Angeles and San Bernardino County borders. The name Anna Ferguson and Margaret Fleming appear on the map. The map also...
Foothill Boulevard (Claremont, Calif.); Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Maps; Public schools; Real property; Real property-California; Street names
Map of Claremont laid on top of, but not affixed to, page 393 locates properties between Baseline Road and Foothill Boulevard. Owners and acreage are noted. Two properties are marked as "school."
Allard, Joseph A.; Business enterprises; First National Bank (Pomona, Calif.); Newcomer, Paul W.; Nichols, Allen P.; Real property; Real property-California; Real property-Valuation; Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Trusts and trustees; Water...
Pamphlet lists buyers and monetary values of properties in Ganesha Hills, Pomona. Buyers include businesses such as the Armstrong N. Co. and a water company. Notable individual buyers include physician Paul W. Newcomer, lawyer Joseph A. Allard, and...
City maps; Engineers; Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Maps; Public schools; Real property; Real property-California; Sanatoriums; Scrapbook journaling; Street names
Map of Monrovia shows tracts of land that make up the city as well as street names, the city park, the Pottenger Sanatorium, and names of local schools. Schools include: Wild Rose Avenue School, Monrovia High School, and Orange Avenue School. Map...
Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison; College yearbooks; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Caricatures and cartoons; Citrus fruit industry; Scrapbook journaling; Portraits; Photographs; Dedications; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)-Alumni and alumnae;...
The page, titled "The Speculum" and dated 1895, contains photographs of Pomona College faculty and administration, clippings from college yearbook, including dedications to faculty.
