Partington Family Papers, 1864-1987 (Bulk 1864-1933)

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Finding Aid to the Partington family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933)

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 1 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library Title: Partington family papers, Creator: Partington family Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-H 84 Physical Description: 25.75 linear feet (15 cartons, 13 volumes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 box, 3 oversize folders; 1 Digital Object (1 image)) Physical Description: 2 sound discs (vinyl)78 r.p.m. Date (inclusive): 1864-1987 Date (bulk): 1864-1933 Abstract: The correspondence and papers of the John Herbert Evelyn Partington, his wife Sarah, and their children: Blanche Partington, Gertrude Partington Albright, Phyllis Partington, and, to a lesser extent, Jack (John) Partington, Sr., Richard Langtry Partington, Edward Partington, Kate Partington, and Jack Partington, Jr.. Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog. Language of Material: English . Access Collection is open for research. Accruals No additions are expected. Acquisition Information The Partington family papers were purchased by the Bancroft Library from Jack Partington, Sr. in 1957. Additions were gifted by Nellie Barnes, Jack Partington, Sr. and Hedwig Evelyn Albright in between 1977 and 1995. More additions were gifted to the Bancroft Library in 2021 by Gretchen van Nuys, Susanne van Nuys, Carol van Nuys, and Diana Houston. Alternate Forms Available The following items were microfilmed in 1997: Letters from Joaquin Miller to Blanche Partington, 1898-1910 (Carton 6, folder 18; BANC FILM 2207); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to Blanche Partington, 1892-1913 and undated (carton 5, folder 38-41; BANC FILM 2211); Letter from Ambrose Bierce to Gertrude Partington (carton 9, folder 31; BANC FILM 2211); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to John Herbert Evelyn Partington, 1892-1893 (carton 1; folder 64; BANC FILM 2211); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to Kate Partington, approximately 1900 (carton 14, folder 16; BANC FILM 2211); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to Richard Partington (carton 14, folder 6; BANC FILM 2211); selected letters from Carrie Sterling to Blanche Partington (C-H 84 mf); and letters from Upton Sinclair to Blanche Partington (X-X FILM 5). Note that additions to the collection and additional processing since the microfilming in 1997 may have revealed more letters from Ambrose Bierce to the Partington family. Digital reproductions of selected items are available. Biographical Information John Herbert Evelyn Partington (1843-1899) was a painter in the Manchester School of Painters, which was founded in 1870 by artists in Manchester, England who were disgruntled with the traditional Victorian art education they were receiving at the Manchester Art School. Partington and his fellow painters were interested in painting and drawing from life and were strongly influenced by French painting, especially the Pont-Aven School. J.H.E. Partington opened the Stockport Art School, modeled on the Academie Julian in Paris, in the late 1880s. In 1865, J.H.E. Partington married Sarah Ann Mottershead. They lived in Stockport and, for a time in the 1880s, on the Isle of Man. John and Sarah had seven children: Blanche, Richard Langtry, Edward, Gertrude, Jack (John) Allan, Phyllis, and Kate. In 1890, Partington moved his family to Oakland, California, where they mingled with local artists and writers, including Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, George and Carrie Sterling, and Joaquin Miller. J.H.E. Partington established himself as a local portrait painter and painted portraits of both Bierce and Miller. In 1895, J.H.E. Partington and his son Richard Langtry Partington founded the Partington School of Illustration on Pine Street in San Francisco. Daughter Gertrude taught classes in the school. Many of the Partington children went on to have successful careers in the arts. Blanche Partington (1866-1951) was a music and drama critic for The Call newspaper in San Francisco. She was the friend and confidante of many literary figures including Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Joaquin Miller, and George Sterling. She was also a noted Christian Science practitioner in San Francisco. Richard Langtry Partington (1868-1929) taught at the San Francisco School of Illustration and did some newspaper illustration until 1906, when the school was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Richard then moved back

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 2 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) to Oakland, where he served as curator of the Piedmont Art Gallery. In 1916, he moved to Philadelphia and became a much-respected portrait painter of Philadelphia society. Gertrude Partington Albright (1874-1959) was a painter and etcher who studied with her father as well as in Europe (between 1900 and 1912). She was a well-known local painter and one of the only woman magazine and newspaper illustrators on the west coast. Gertrude married artist Herman Oliver Albright (1875-1944) in 1917. Albright's first wife, Kate Peterson, died in 1907. Hedwig Evelyn Albright was Gertrude's and Herman's only child. Phyllis Partington (1883-1933) was an opera singer whose career started in 1912-1913 on a road tour of Gypsy Love, a Broadway adaptation of Franz Lehar's Zigeunerliehe. In 1913, Phyllis went to Europe to study under Salvatore Cottone and Jose Mardones. While in Europe, she adopted the stage name Frances Peralta. Upon returning to the United States in 1915, Peralta sang soprano roles with Opera companies in Boston, Saint Louis, Chicago, and Memphis. In 1920, Peralta joined the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she remained until 1930. Her most famous role was Dorabella in the U.S. premiere of Cosi fan Tutte in 1922. Phyllis Partington died in 1933 in New York City. Jack (John) A. Partington, Sr. (1889-1944) built a career as an operations manager for theaters such as San Francisco's Imperial Theater and New York's Paramount. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Partington family papers, BANC MSS C-H 84, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Processing Information Collection fully processed in 2012 by Lara Michels. Additions processed by Lara Michels in 2021. Scope and Content of Collection Correspondence and other papers of John Herbert Evelyn Partington and Sarah Partington and their children: Blanche Partington, Gertrude Partington Albright, Phyllis Partington, Jack (John) Partington, Sr., Richard Langtry Partington, Edward Partington, and Kate Partington. Correspondence is mostly between members of the Partington family, but the collection does include incoming correspondence from prominent California artists and writers. Particularly noteworthy in the correspondence are the following: J.H.E. Partington's letters to his wife, Sarah, from his painting excursions throughout Britain and Europe during the 1870s and 1880s; letters to the Partingtons, especially Blanche, from Ambrose Bierce, Jack and Charmian London, George and Carrie Sterling, Upton Sinclair, Joaquin Miller, and the family of Samuel Bancroft (Delaware textile industrialist and early collector of Pre-Raphaelite art); the letters Gertrude Partington sent to her family during her art studies in Paris and other European cities between 1900 and 1910; and the letters Phyllis Partington wrote from New York and other cities during her travels and performances with various opera companies between 1913 and 1930. Other materials in the collection include notes and notebooks, sketches and sketchbooks, scrapbooks, clippings, biographical files, and ephemera. These materials document, among other things, J.H.E. Partington's career as painter and director of art schools in Stockport, England and San Francisco, California; Blanche Partington's work as a Bay Area music critic and her relationships with prominent writers and artists; Gertrude Partington's work as a painter and newspaper illustrator; Phyllis Partington's opera career under the stage name Frances Peralta; and John A. Partington's career as a theatrical producer. Separated Material Photographs have been transferred to the Bancroft Library's pictorial collection (BANC PIC 1957.008-.013, BANC PIC 1957.017--POR, BANC PIC 1988.049--AX). Manuscripts of poems by George Sterling were removed from the Partington family papers and added to the Sterling Collection (BANC MSS C-H 60). Inscribed books have been removed from the collection and cataloged separately. Publication Rights Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies Subjects and Indexing Terms Albright, Gertrude Partington, 1874-1959--Correspondence. Albright, Herman Oliver, 1875-1944--Correspondence

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 3 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Bancroft, Joseph, 1875-1936--Correspondence. Bancroft, Samuel, 1840-1915--Correspondence. Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?--Correspondence. London, Charmian--Correspondence. London, Jack, 1876-1916--Correspondence. Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913--Correspondence. Partington, Blanche, d. 1951--Correspondence. Partington, J. A. (John Allan), 1890-1944--Correspondence Partington, J. H. E., (John Herbert Evelyn), 1843-1899--Correspondence Partington, J. H. E., (John Herbert Evelyn), 1843-1899--Family--Archives Partington, Kate, b. 1871--Correspondence. Partington, Phyllis, 1883-1933--Correspondence. Partington, Richard Langtry, 1868-1929--Correspondence. Partington, Sarah Ann, d. 1909--Correspondence. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968--Correspondence. Sterling, George, 1869-1926--Correspondence. Bancroft family Partington family--Archives Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Partington School of Illustration Stockport Art School Art schools--California--San Francisco Art schools--England--Stockport Art--Collectors and collecting--Delaware--Wilmington Art--England--19th century Art--Great Britain--19th century Artists--California--San Francisco Bay Area Christian Scientists--California Illustrators--California--San Francisco Bay Area Music critics--United States Opera--United States Painters--California--San Francisco Bay Area Painters--England--19th century Painters--Great Britain--19th century Theater critics--United States Women artists--California--San Francisco Bay Area Women in opera Clippings Diaries Family papers Letters Scrapbooks Sketchbooks

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 4 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 1:John Herbert Evelyn Partington., 1864-1899 Subseries 1.1. Correspondence., 1864-1898

Series 1: John Herbert Evelyn Partington., 1864-1899 Physical Description: carton 1-2; carton 3, folder 1-30; vol. 11; oversize box 1, folder 2-3; oversize box 2-3; oversize folder 1 Scope and Content of Series Correspondence, notebooks and notes, writings, sketches, and other papers. The outgoing correspondence consists primarily of letters J.H.E.Partington wrote to his wife, Sarah, while on painting excursions throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and continental Europe during the 1870s and 1880s. Also included are a small number of letters Partington wrote to his parents and his children. Incoming correspondence includes a folder of letters from Ambrose Bierce (sent in 1892-1893) and Samuel Bancroft, Delaware industrialist and collector of Pre-Raphaelite art.

Subseries 1.1. Correspondence., 1864-1898

Outgoing, 1864-1898 carton 1, folder 1 John Herbert Evelyn Partington (JHEP) to Sarah Partington (SP) (from Uppermill), 1865 carton 1, folder 2 JHEP to SP (from Wales) , 1869 carton 1, folder 3 JHEP to SP (from Crowle near Doncaster), 1871 carton 1, folder 4 JHEP to SP (from Hull), 1871 carton 1, folder 5 JHEP to SP (from Pont Aven, Bretagne), 1871 carton 1, folder 6 JHEP to SP (from Rotterdam, Holland), 1871 carton 1, folder 7 JHEP to SP (from Stockport), 1871 carton 1, folder 8 JHEP to SP (from Island of Hay, Orkney), 1872 carton 1, folder 9 JHEP to SP (from Tygwyn, Wales), 1871-1872 carton 1, folder 10 JHEP to SP (from Isle of Wight), 1872 carton 1, folder 11 JHEP to SP (from Kelso, Scotland), 1872 carton 1, folder 12 JHEP to SP (from Conway), 1873 carton 1, folder 13 JHEP to SP (from Howth near Dublin), 1873 carton 1, folder 14 JHEP to SP (from Morecombe), 1873 carton 1, folder 15 JHEP to SP (from Heysham), 1874 carton 1, folder 16 JHEP to SP (from Brasenose Club, Manchester), 1875 carton 1, folder 17 JHEP to SP (from Levenshulme, Manchester), 1875 carton 1, folder 18 JHEP to SP (from Stockport), 1876 carton 1, folder 19 JHEP to SP (from Portrero, Isle of Skye), 1877 carton 1, folder 20 JHEP to SP (from London), 1876-1877 carton 1, folder 21 JHEP to SP (from Churchtown), 1878 carton 1, folder 22 JHEP to SP (from Isle of Man), 1879 carton 1, folder 23 JHEP to SP (from Galway and Athlone, Ireland), 1879 carton 1, folder 24 JHEP to SP (from Naples), 1879 carton 1, folder 25 JHEP to SP (from on board The Algerian on the River Mersey), 1879 carton 1, folder 26 JHEP to SP (from Capri), 1879-1880 carton 1, folder 27 JHEP to SP (from Pembrokeshire), 1880 carton 1, folder 28 JHEP to SP (from Rome), 1880 carton 1, folder 29 JHEP to SP (from Tywyn near Conway, North Wales), 1881 carton 1, folder 30 JHEP to SP (from Hawkshead, Cumbria), 1882 carton 1, folder 31 JHEP to SP (from London), 1882 carton 1, folder 32 JHEP to SP (from Portugal and Gibralter), 1882 carton 1, folder 33 JHEP to SP (from Tangiers), 1882 carton 1, folder 34 JHEP to SP (from Brasenose Club, Manchester), 1880-1883 carton 1, folder 35 JHEP to SP (from Isle of Man), 1883 carton 1, folder 36 JHEP to SP (from Spain), 1882-1883 carton 1, folder 37 JHEP to SP (from Longford Place, Manchester), 1884 carton 1, folder 38 JHEP to SP (from Belgium), approximately 1886 carton 1, folder 39 JHEP to SP (from Manchester), 1886 carton 1, folder 40 JHEP to SP (from Stockport), 1885-1887

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 5 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 1:John Herbert Evelyn Partington., 1864-1899 Subseries 1.1. Correspondence., 1864-1898

carton 1, folder 41 JHEP to SP (from Brasenose Club, Manchester), 1886-1887 carton 1, folder 42 JHEP to SP (from Buxton), 1886 carton 1, folder 43 JHEP to SP (undated from Ayr), approximately 1868-1888 carton 1, folder 44 JHEP to SP (undated from Isle of Man), approximately 1868-1888 carton 1, folder 45 JHEP to SP (undated from Earnshaw's, Eccles), approximately 1868-1888 carton 1, JHEP to SP (undated from Fanny's), approximately 1868-1888 folder 46-47 carton 1, folder 48 JHEP to SP (undated from Brasenose Club, Manchester), approximately 1868-1888 carton 1, folder 49 JHEP to SP (undated from Coldingham), approximately 1868-1888 carton 1, folder 50 JHEP to SP (undated from "My Studio"), approximately 1868-1888 carton 1, JHEP to SP (undated from Stockport), approximately 1868-1888 folder 51-52 carton 1, folder 53 JHEP to SP (undated and/or from unknown locations), approximately 1868-1888 carton 1, JHEP to SP (fragments), approximately 1868-1888 folder 54-56 carton 1, folder 57 JHEP to SP (from Oakland and San Francisco), 1895-1898 carton 1, folder 58 JHEP to his parents, 1864-1871 carton 1, folder 59 JHEP to his children, approximately 1880-1895 carton 1, folder 60 JHEP to Samuel Bancroft, undated carton 1, folder 61 JHEP to Ambrose Bierce, 1892-1893 carton 1, folder 62 JHEP general outgoing, 1890-1892 Incoming, 1880-1897 carton 1, folder 63 Samuel Bancroft to JHEP, 1890-1897 carton 1, folder 64 Ambrose Bierce to JHEP, 1892-1893 carton 1, folder 65 Helen Ray Bierce to JHEP, 1897 carton 1, folder 66 Edwin Markham to JHEP, 1897 carton 1, folder 67 William Mather to JHEP, approximately 1890 carton 1, folder 68 Edwin Waugh to JHEP, 1884-1889 carton 1, folder 69 General incoming, approximately 1880-1897 carton 1, folder 70 Unidentified fragment, approximately 1891 Other Correspondence, 1890-1891 carton 1, folder 71 Letters of Introduction for JHEP, 1890-1891 carton 1, folder 72 Letter from Adolph Sutro to Joaquin Miller regarding Partington portrait, 1891 carton 1, folder 73 Letter from Henry Read to a Mr. [?] describing the art scene in Denver, 1891

Subseries 1.2. Notebooks, Sketchbooks, Writings, and Other Papers., approximately 1870-1899

carton 1, Notebooks/diaries and loose notes, 1879-1885 folder 74-82 carton 2, Notebooks/diaries and loose notes, approximately 1885-1890 folder 1-31 carton 3, folder 1 Notebooks/diaries and loose notes, 1870-1895 oversize_box 3, Assorted essays and notes, approximately 1870-1895 folder 1 carton 3, folder 2 Notes on Salvation Army Meeting, approximately 1885 carton 3, folder 3 Notes on Gibralter, Genoa, Naples, approximately 1879 carton 3, folder 4 Notebook from the Isle of Skye, 1877 carton 3, folder 5 Notes on Joaquin Miller and camping in the East Bay hills, approximately 1890-1898 carton 3, folder 6 "California Camp Jottings" notebook, approximately 1890-1895 carton 3, Sketches and sketchbooks, approximately 1870-1890 folder 7-12 carton 3, Assorted lectures, writings, and verse, approximately 1880-1892 folder 13-14 carton 3, folder 15 Art Education by JHEP, 1889 oversize_folder 1 Art Education by JHEP, 1889

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 6 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 1:John Herbert Evelyn Partington., 1864-1899 Subseries 1.2. Notebooks, Sketchbooks, Writings, and Other Papers., approximately 1870-1899

carton 3, folder 16 Manuscript: Dissertation on Justice (incomplete), approximately 1880 carton 3, folder 17 Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of J.H.E. Partington, Brasenose Club, Manchester (photocopy), 1879 carton 3, folder 18 Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition Catalogue, 1881 carton 3, folder 19 Clippings scrapbook, oversize_box 2 Clippings scrapbook, 1892 oversize_box 2 Stockport Art School cash book and general clippings scrapbook, approximately 1888-1892 oversize_box 1, JHEP illustrations (clippings) and assorted magazines, approximately 1890-1895 folder 2 carton 3, folder 20 JHEP obituary, 1899 carton 3, folder 21 Clippings, approximately 1891-1895 carton 3, folder 22 Manchester Coffee Tavern card, 1882 carton 3, folder 23 Manchester Architectural Association invitation, 1889 carton 3, folder 24 Presentation to J.H.E. Partington on the Occasion of his Leaving for America, 1890 oversize_box 3 Holy Bible inscribed to JHEP by teachers and scholars, approximately 1890 carton 3, folder 25 School of Magazine and Newspaper Illustration (San Francisco) brochure and invitation, approximately 1896 oversize_box 1, JHEP British passport, 1871 folder 1 carton 3, folder 26 Checkbook, 1897 carton 3, folder 27 Breakfast Bill of Fare, S.S. Nevada (Liverpool to New York), October 4, 1890 carton 3, folder 28 Stockport Art School, approximately 1888 volume 11 Clippings scrapbook on Stockport Art School, approximately 1888-1890 carton 3, folder 29 Stockport Literary Club Syllabus and clipping, 1889 carton 3, folder 30 Biographical details and list of portraits by JHEP and Richard Langtry Partington, undated oversize_folder 1 Gold medal certificate for Portrait in Oil at California Midwinter International Exposition, 1894 carton 3, folder 31 The Land, the Devil and Things in General by Rubens Megilf, approximately 1880 Series 2. Sarah Partington., 1868-1908 Physical Description: carton 3, folder 32-36; carton 4, folder 1-11 Scope and Content of Series Correspondence from Sarah Partington to her husband and her children. Incoming correspondence includes a few letters from Sarah's Mottershead relations.

Subseries 2.1. Outgoing Correspondence, approximately 1868-1908

carton 3, folder 32 Sarah Partington (SP) to J.H.E. Partington (JHEP), approximately 1868-1888 carton 3, folder 33 SP to Blanche Partington (BP), 1902-1906 carton 3, SP to Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA), 1901-1906 folder 34-36 carton 4, SP to Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA), 1906-1907 folder 1-2 carton 4, SP to Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA), approximately 1900-1908 folder 3-4 carton 4, folder 5 SP to Phyllis Partington (PP), approximately 1906-1907 carton 4, folder 6 SP to Richard Langtry Partington (RLP), Kate Partington (KP), and Edward Partington (EP), approximately 1900-1908 carton 4, folder 7 SP letter fragments, undated

Subseries 2.2. Incoming Correspondence, 1881-1908

carton 4, folder 8 N. Mottershead (sister) to SP, approximately 1881-1891 carton 4, folder 9 Grace Sterling to SP, undated carton 4, folder 10 Letters received upon the death of J.H.E. Partington, 1899

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 7 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 2. Sarah Partington., 1868-1908 Subseries 2.2. Incoming Correspondence, 1881-1908

carton 4, folder 11 General incoming, approximately 1890-1908 Series 3. Blanche Partington., 1886-1949 Physical Description: carton 4, folder 12-31; carton 5-7; carton 8, folder 1-37; vol. 5; vol. 7; vol. 9-10; oversize box 1, folder 3; oversize box 1, folder 8; oversize box 3, folder 2 Scope and Content of Series Correspondence, notebooks/diaries, notes, and other papers. Outgoing correspondence consists primarily of letters from Blanche Partington to her mother and siblings (and one letter to her father). There is also outgoing correspondence to Samuel, Mary and Joseph Bancroft. Incoming correspondence consists primarily of letters from a range of prominent West Coast artists, writers, and journalists, among others. These include Ambrose Bierce, Henry Pike Bowie, Ina Coolbrith, Charmian London, Jack London, Joaquin Miller, Juanita Miller, Yoshimatsu Nakata and family (Jack London's valet), Yone Noguchi, Teru Shimada (Japanese-American film actor), Upton Sinclair, Carrie and George Sterling, and Oscar Weil. Incoming correspondence also includes letters from the Bancrofts in Delaware. In addition, this series includes diaries, notebooks, and notes, including notes Blanche Partington took for her music reviews and articles for The Call newspaper.

Subseries 3.1. Correspondence., 1886-1949

Outgoing, 1896-1949 carton 4, folder 12 Blanche Partington (BP) to J.H.E. Partington (JHEP), 1886 carton 4, folder 13 BP to Sarah Partington (SP), approximately 1903-1905 carton 4, BP to Gertrude Partington Albright, approximately 1900-1944 folder 14-23 carton 4, folder 24 BP to Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright, approximately 1933-1936 carton 4, BP to Phyllis Partington, approximately 1907-1933 folder 25-31 carton 5, BP to Phyllis Partington, approximately 1907-1933 folder 1-3 carton 5, folder 4 BP to Jack (John) Partington and family, 1908-1948 carton 5, folder 5 BP to Jack Partington, Jr. regarding Ambrose Bierce, undated carton 5, folder 6 BP to Evelyn Albright, approximately 1914-1949 carton 5, folder 7 BP to Edward Partington, 1900-1908 carton 5, folder 8 BP to other family, 1902 carton 5, BP to family (fragments), undated folder 9-11 carton 5, BP to Samuel, Mary, and Joseph Bancroft, 1894-1915 folder 12-13 carton 5, folder 14 BP to Juanita Miller (Joaquin Miller's daughter), 1945 carton 5, folder 15 BP to Genevieve Rice, 1921 carton 5, folder 16 BP to "Izabel" regarding death of George Sterling, approximately 1926 carton 5, folder 17 BP to George Sterling, approximately 1925 carton 5, folder 18 General outgoing, approximately 1906-1941 Incoming, carton 5, folder 19 Mottershead family to BP, approximately 1885-1890 carton 5, folder 20 Condolence cards to BP on death of Sarah Partington, 1908 carton 5, folder 21 Condolence cards to BP on death of Phyllis Partington, 1933 carton 5, folder 23 Atherton, Gertrude to BP, approximately 1910 carton 5, folder 24 Austin, Mary to BP, approximately 1904 carton 5, Bancroft, Samuel, Mary, and Joseph to BP, 1894-1938 folder 25-32 carton 5, folder 33 Bender, Albert to BP, 1921 carton 5, folder 34 Barrymore, Ethel to BP, 1904 carton 5, folder 35 Bates, Blanche to BP, undated carton 5, folder 36 Beel, Sigmund to BP, 1913

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 8 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 3. Blanche Partington., 1886-1949 Subseries 3.1. Correspondence., 1886-1949

carton 5, folder 37 Bierce, Albert Sherwood to BP, approximately 1900-1913 carton 5, Bierce, Ambrose to BP, 1892-1894, 1913 folder 38-41 carton 5, folder 42 Bierce, Helen Ray to BP, 1893-1901 carton 5, folder 43 Bierce, Lora to BP, 1896-1913, undated carton 5, folder 44 Bonner, Geraldine to BP, 1906 carton 5, folder 45 Blaettler, Rudolph to BP, 1941, undated carton 5, folder 46 Bowie, Henry Pike to BP, 1904-1909 carton 5, folder 47 Burbank, Luther to BP, 1911 carton 5, folder 48 Carter, Leslie to BP, 1904 carton 5, folder 49 Casals, Pablo to BP, 1902, undated carton 5, folder 50 Chamberlain, S[amuel] S[elwyn] to BP, 1910 carton 5, folder 51 Coolbrith, Ina to BP, 1897-1921, undated carton 5, folder 52 Crawley, Constance to BP, 1904, undated carton 5, folder 53 Dumont, Henry to BP, 1907-1911 carton 5, folder 54 Field, Charles Kellogg to BP, 1906 carton 5, folder 55 Fiske, Minnie Madden to BP, 1904-1913 carton 5, folder 56 Fountain, Grace R. to BP, undated carton 5, folder 57 French, Nora May to BP, 1906-1907 carton 5, folder 58 Greet, Ben to BP, undated carton 5, folder 59 Gronlund, Beulah (Carey) to BP, 1897 carton 5, folder 60 Gronlund, Lawrence to BP, 1895-1897 carton 5, folder 61 Harris, Elmer Blaney to BP, approximately 1915 carton 5, folder 62 Henderson, Victor E. to BP, 1906 carton 5, folder 63 Hotaling, Richard M. to BP, 1909-1910 carton 5, folder 64 Hyman, Carlton Sydney to BP, 1932 carton 5, folder 65 Johns, Cloudesley BP, 1905 carton 5, folder 66 Johnson, Martin Elmer, 1931-1932 carton 5, folder 67 Johnson, Osa Helen (Leighty) to BP, 1932 carton 5, folder 68 "Julia" to BP (regarding Phyllis Partington), 1922 carton 5, folder 69 Knapp, Adeline to BP, 1895 undated carton 5, folder 70 Lafler, Henry Anderson to BP, 1904-1906 carton 5, folder 71 Lee, B. Virginia to BP, 1927 carton 5, folder 72 Lewis, Austin to BP, 1906-1907 carton 5, folder 73 Locke, William to BP, undated carton 5, folder 74 Loeb, Jacques to BP, 1909 carton 5, London, Charmian (Kittredge) to BP, 1907-1927 folder 75-80 carton 6, London, Charmian (Kittredge) to BP, 1928-1939 folder 1-2 carton 6, London, Jack to BP, 1903-1915 folder 3-6 carton 6, folder 7 London, Jack to BP (copy of letter of resignation from Socialist Party), 1916 carton 6, folder 8 McNaught, John to BP, 1903-1904 carton 6, folder 9 Mansfield, Richard to BP, 1904-1906 undated carton 6, folder 10 Markham, Anna Catherine (Murphy) to BP, 1900 carton 6, folder 11 Markham, Edwin to BP, 1895-1899 carton 6, folder 12 Marlowe, Julia to BP, 1905 carton 6, folder 13 Mason, Redfern to BP, 1913-1916 carton 6, folder 14 Maxwell, Elsa Wyman to BP, undated carton 6, folder 15 Michelson, Miriam to BP, undated carton 6, folder 16 Miller, Abigail to BP, 1911-1916 carton 6, folder 17 Miller, Henry to BP, 1908 carton 6, folder 18 Miller, Joaquin to BP, 1898-1910 carton 6, folder 19 Miller, Juanita to BP, 1911 1913 carton 6, folder 20 Miller, Lischen M. (Mrs. George Melvin Miller) to BP, approximately 1911 carton 6, folder 21 Miller, Margaret to BP, 1899 carton 6, folder 22 Morrison, Florence Roberts to BP, 1904

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 9 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 3. Blanche Partington., 1886-1949 Subseries 3.1. Correspondence., 1886-1949

carton 6, folder 23 Morrow, W.C. to BP, 1900 carton 6, folder 24 Mundell, W.A. to BP, 1939-1941 carton 6, Nakata, Yoshimata (and family) to BP, 1912-1925 folder 25-26 carton 6, folder 27 Nielson, Alice to BP, 1905-1906 carton 6, folder 28 Noel, Joseph to BP, approximately 1905 carton 6, folder 29 Noguchi, Yone to BP, 1898-1900 carton 6, folder 30 Price, Warwick James to BP, 1870-1933 carton 6, folder 31 Rix, Alice to BP, 1900 carton 6, folder 32 Roselle, Anne to BP, undated carton 6, folder 33 Ross, Peter V. to BP, 1927-1935 carton 6, folder 34 Russell, Henry to BP, 1906 carton 6, folder 35 Russell, Theresa to BP, undated carton 6, folder 36 Scheffauer, Herman to BP, 1900-1907 carton 6, folder 37 Schumann, Heink to BP, 1906 carton 6, folder 38 Shaw, Mary to BP, undated carton 6, Shepard, Eliza London to BP, 1939 undated folder 39-40 carton 6, folder 41 Shepard, Irving and Mildred to BP (re: death of Eliza London Shepard), approximately 1941 carton 6, Shimada, Teru to BP, approximately 1930-1937 folder 42-43 carton 6, folder 44 Sinclair, Upton to BP, 1909 undated carton 6, folder 45 Skinner, Constance Lindsay to BP, 1937 carton 6, Sterling, Carrie to BP, 1904-1914 undated folder 46-50 carton 6, Sterling, George to BP, 1904-1905 folder 51-52 carton 6, folder 53 Sterling, George to BP (transcript copy of letter from Sterling to Ambrose Bierce), 1906 carton 6, folder 54 Sterling, George to BP, 1910-1925 undated carton 6, folder 55 Stewart, Nell E. to BP, undated carton 6, folder 56 Takahashi, Kosen to BP, 1899-1902 carton 6, folder 56 Letter from Kosen Takahashi to Blanche Partington with photograph., March 29, 1899 http://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk0013m5m4p carton 6, folder 57 Thomas, Eva W. to BP, 1946 carton 6, folder 58 Thompson, Vance to BP (letter to Yone Noguchi), 1898 carton 6, folder 59 Tobin, Agnes to BP, 1905-1910 carton 6, folder 60 Tomlins, William L. to BP, 1895 carton 6, folder 61 Vigne, Arturo to BP, undated carton 6, folder 62 Wagner, Harr to BP, 1928 carton 6, folder 63 Weil, Oscar to BP, approximately 1902-1905 carton 6, folder 64 Winter, William to BP, 1905 carton 6, General incoming, approximately 1900-1947 folder 65-70 carton 7, folder 1 General incoming, approximately 1900-1947 carton 7, Incoming postcards, approximately 1895-1947 folder 2-4 Other Correspondence, 1890-1923 carton 7, folder 5 Letter of recommendation for Blanche Partington, 1890 carton 7, folder 6 Correspondence regarding Anne Bremer, approximately 1923

Subseries 3.2. Notebooks/Diaries and Notes, approximately 1900-1948 approximately 1900-1948

carton 7, Notebooks and diaries, 1894-1911 folder 7-17 Volume 9 Notebooks and diaries, 1894-1911

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 10 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 3. Blanche Partington., 1886-1949 Subseries 3.2. Notebooks/Diaries and Notes, approximately 1900-1948 approximately 1900-1948

carton 7, Notes for The Call music reviews, 1904-1906 folder 18-28 carton 8, Notes for The Call music reviews, 1906 undated folder 1-12 carton 8, folder 13 Notes on Joaquin Miller, 1899 carton 8, folder 14 Notes on interviews with Giorgio Polacco, 1905 carton 8, Notes, assorted, approximately 1900-1948 folder 15-17

Subseries 3.3. Other Papers, approximately 1890-1940

carton 8, folder 18 Japan Society of America, approximately 1909 carton 8, folder 19 India Famine Relief Fund, approximately 1905 carton 8, folder 20 Yosemite Stage and Turnpike card, 1901 carton 8, folder 21 Invitation to Longsight Liberal Club dance (Stockport), 1890 carton 8, folder 22 Musical performance programs (Oakland, Calif.), approximately 1892-1897 volume 5 Theatrical and musical program scrapbook, approximately 1898-1906 volume 7 Postcard scrapbook, approximately 1900-1910 Scope and Contents Includes poscards of travels to Japan and other countries as well as images of singers, performers, and poets (many inscribed to Blanche Partington).

carton 8, folder 23 Music reviews, approximately 1900-1905 carton 8, folder 24 Clippings, approximately 1909 carton 8, folder 25 Clippings on the Bancrofts (Delaware), approximately 1938 oversize_box 1, Clippings of Blanche Partington's articles, approximately 1903-1904 folder 8 oversize_box 3, Clippings of Blanche Partington's articles, folder 2 carton 8, folder 26 Verse, approximately 1900-1940 carton 8, folder 27 Manuscript: Diary of Miss Cherry Flower, undated carton 8, folder 28 Manuscript: The Western Renaissance, undated carton 8, folder 29 Manuscripts and notes, assorted, approximately 1910-1930 carton 8, folder 30 Manuscript: Observations from a Go-Cart, undated carton 8, folder 31 Manuscript: On the Porch at [Kyoto], undated carton 8, folder 32 Manuscript poem: The Camels are Coming, undated carton 8, folder 33 Manuscript: The Comet that Was: A Brief Comment on Hale's Magazine, approximately 1899 oversize_box 1, Article by Blanche Partington (A Quartet of Heddas), approximately 1900 folder 3 carton 8, folder 34 Twenty Minutes of Reality by Margaret Prescott Montague, 1916 carton 8, Christian Science, approximately 1900-1934 folder 35-36 Series 4. Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright., approximately 1876-1957 Physical Description: carton 8, folder 37-42; carton 9; carton 10, folder 1-38; vol. 8; oversize box 1, folder 5; oversize box 3; oversize folder 1 Scope and Content of Series Correspondence, illustrations and sketches, materials on Herman Oliver Albright, and other papers. The outgoing correspondence consists of letters from Gertrude Partington Albright to her mother and siblings from 1900 to the 1940s. Of particular note are the letters she sent home to her mother and siblings from her art studies in Paris from 1900 to approximately 1910. Among the items that document Gertrude Partington Albright's illustration career are oversize clippings of many of her newspaper illustrations.

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 11 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 4. Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright., approximately 1876-1957 Subseries 4.1. Correspondence, 1894-1954

Subseries 4.1. Correspondence, 1894-1954

Outgoing, 1894-1954 carton 8, Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA) to Sarah Partington (SP), 1899-1902 folder 37-42 carton 9, GPA to Sarah Partington, 1903-1913 undated folder 1-14 carton 9, GPA to Blanche Partington, approximately 1889-1941 folder 15-17 carton 9, GPA to Phyllis Partington, approximately 1900-1933 folder 18-20 carton 9, folder 21 GPA to Kate Partington, 1902 1906 carton 9, folder 22 GPA to Jack (John) Partington and family, 1905-1951 carton 9, folder 23 GPA to Edward Partington, 1900-1905 carton 9, folder 24 GPA to Evelyn Albright, approximately 1934-1940 carton 9, GPA to Samuel Bancroft, 1900-1911 folder 25-26 carton 9, folder 27 General outgoing, approximately 1900-1940 carton 9, folder 28 Outgoing fragments, undated Incoming, 1894-1954 carton 9, folder 29 Albright, H.O (Toddy) to GPA, approximately 1907-1940 carton 9, folder 30 Bancroft, Samuel to GPA, 1900-1915 carton 9, folder 31 Bierce, Ambrose to GPA, 1894 carton 9, folder 32 Hall, Sharlot M. to GPA, 1902 carton 9, Kidlin (Elizabeth S. Bond) to GPA, 1903-1906 folder 33-34 carton 10, Kidlin (Elizabeth S. Bond) to GPA, 1903-1906 folder 1-2 carton 10, folder 3 London, Charmian to GPA, 1927-1936 carton 10, folder 4 London, Jack to GPA, 1904 carton 10, folder 5 Sterling, Carrie to GPA, 1905-1913 undated carton 10, General incoming, approximately 1900-1954 folder 6-10 carton 10, Incoming postcards, approximately 1900-1907 folder 11 Herman Oliver Albright (HOA) Correspondence, 1898-1945 carton 10, HOA to Blanche and Sarah Partington, 1907-1908 folder 12 carton 10, HOA incoming, cirac 1905-1945 folder 13 carton 10, HOA incoming postcards, approximately 1898-1910 folder 14 carton 10, Sterling, George to HOA, 1904 1912 folder 15 carton 10, Sympathy letters to HOA on death of Kate Peterson, 1907-1908 folder 16

Subseries 4.2. Other Papers, 1876-1957

carton 10, Family documents, approximately 1876-1939 folder 18 carton 10, H.O. Albright birth certificate, 1876 folder 19 carton 10, H.O. Albright and Kate Peterson marriage certificate, 1905 folder 20 carton 10, Gertrude Partington biography, undated folder 21

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 12 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 4. Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright., approximately 1876-1957 Subseries 4.2. Other Papers, 1876-1957

carton 10, Gertrude Partington obituary, 1959 folder 22 carton 10, H.O. Albright material regarding exhibitions and awards, approximately folder 23-24 1931-1947 carton 10, H.O. Albright's Yosemite, 1954 folder 25 carton 10, Inventory of the Albright home at 1507 39th Avenue, San Francisco, undated folder 26 carton 10, Gertrude Partington illustrations and reproductions of paintings, approximately folder 27 1896-1920 oversize_folder 1 Gertrude Partington illustrations and reproductions of paintings, 1896-1920 oversize_box 3 Gertrude Partington bronze medal from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 carton 10, Gertrude Partington exhbition catalogs and programs, 1908 undated folder 28 carton 10, Gertrude Partington writings, approximately 1957 folder 29 carton 10, Article on Western Etchers from Sunset Magazine, 1908 folder 30 carton 10, Gertrude Partington manuscript: Thoughts in a Redwood Grove, 1959 folder 31 oversize_box 1, Gertrude Partington poems, undated folder 7 carton 10, Gertrude Partington diary/notebook, 1892 undated folder 32 carton 10, Letter asking permission for Gertrude Partington to board the steamer Newport to folder 33 make a sketch, 1898 carton 10, Gertrude Partington clippings of newspapers illustrations by GPA and Richard folder 34-35 Partington, approximately 1895-1900 carton 10, Gertrude Partington clippings, approximately 1895-1915 folder 36-37 oversize_box 1, Gertrude Partington clippings, assorted, approximately 1895-1905 folder 5 volume 8 Gertrude Partington clippings scrapbook, approximately 1910-1925 carton 10, The Burro Book (publication from S.M. McCandless, Pueblo, Colorado), 1900 folder 38 Series 5. Phyllis Partington, 1897-1933 Physical Description: carton 10, folder 39-41; carton 11-12; carton 13, folder 1; vol. 2-4; vol. 6; oversize box 1, folder 6; oversize folder 1 Scope and Contents Correspondence, clippings, and publicity materials and programs. Outgoing correspondence consists primarily of correspondence to other members of the Partington family sent from Phyllis' (Frances') studies or stints with various opera companies in New York, Europe, and other areas of the United States between 1910 and 1930. There is substantial correspondence between Phyllis Partington and Samuel and Joseph Bancroft in Delaware. Noteworthy among the other materials in this series are the clippings scrapbooks that document Frances Peralta's opera career from 1913 to 1930.

Subseries 5.1. Correspondence, approximately 1897-1933

Outgoing, approximately 1897-1933 carton 10, Phyllis Partington (PP) to family (Dear Folks...) from New York, approximately folder 39-41 1897-1933 carton 11, Phyllis Partington (PP) to family (Dear Folks...) from New York, 1897-1933 folder 1-7 carton 11, folder 8 PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Italy, approximately 1914-1914

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 13 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 5. Phyllis Partington, 1897-1933 Subseries 5.1. Correspondence, approximately 1897-1933

carton 11, folder 9 PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Delaware, approximately 1913-1933 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Paris and London, approximately 1913-1933 folder 10 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Saint Louis, approximately 1913-1933 folder 11 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Philadelphia, approximately 1913-1933 folder 12 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Chicago, approximately 1913-1933 folder 13 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Switzerland, approximately 1913-1933 folder 14 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Mexico, 1920 folder 15 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Spain, approximately 1926 folder 16 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Boston, approximately 1913-1933 folder 17 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from various places in the United States, folder 18-19 approximately 1913-1933 carton 11, PP to family (Dear Folks...) from various places in Europe, approximately folder 20 1913-1933 carton 11, (PP) to family (Dear Folks...) from unspecified places, approximately 1913-1933 folder 21 carton 11, PP to Blanche Partington, approximately 1900-1930 folder 22-24 carton 11, PP to Gertrude Partington, approximately 1900-1930 folder 25-28 carton 11, PP to H.O. Albright (Toddy), cirac 1904-1905 folder 29 carton 12, folder 1 PP to Jack (John) Partington and family, approximately 1924-1933 carton 12, folder 2 PP to Edward Partington, 1910 carton 12, folder 3 PP to Dixie, undated carton 12, folder 4 PP to family (fragments), approximately 1913-1933 carton 12, PP to Samuel and Joseph Bancroft, 1910-1914 1931 folder 5-10 carton 12, General outgoing, undated folder 11 carton 12, PP Christmas cards, undated folder 12 carton 12, General outgoing (fragments), undated folder 13 Incoming, approximately 1900-1933 carton 12, Bancroft, Samuel and Joseph to Phyllis Partington (PP), 1907 1910 1914-1930 folder 14-17 carton 12, Dixie to PP, undated folder 18 carton 12, London, Charmian (Kittredge) to PP, 1924 undated folder 19 carton 12, Scheffauer, Herman George to PP, 1903 folder 20 carton 12, Sterling, George to PP, 1902 folder 21 carton 12, General incoming, approximately 1900-1933 folder 22-27 carton 12, Incoming postcards, approximately 1900-1907 folder 28

Subseries 5.2. Other Papers, approximately 1900-1933

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 14 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 5. Phyllis Partington, 1897-1933 Subseries 5.2. Other Papers, approximately 1900-1933

carton 12, Biography, approximately 1920 folder 29 carton 12, Obituary clippings, 1933 folder 30 carton 12, Passports, 1923 1926 folder 31 carton 12, Frances Peralta publicity and programs, approximately 1911-1930 folder 32-33 oversize_box 1, Frances Peralta posters, brochures, flyers, approximately 1911-1930 folder 6 oversize_folder 1 Frances Peralta posters, brochures, flyers, 1911-1930 carton 12, Frances Peralta clippings (Gypsy Love), 1913 folder 34 carton 12, Frances Peralta clippings (Aida; Seattle), approximately 1917 folder 35 carton 12, Frances Peralta clippings (Ravinia, Illinois), 1921 folder 36 carton 12, Frances Peralta clippings (Henchman; Detroit), 1927 folder 37 carton 12, Frances Peralta clippings (Carmen; Saint Louis), approximately 1929 folder 38 carton 12, Frances Peralta clippings (Huntington, West Virginia), approximately 1929 folder 39 carton 12, Frances Peralta clippings, assorted, approximately 1913-1930 folder 40-41 carton 13, folder 1 Frances Peralta clippings, assorted, 1910-1930 oversize_box 1, Frances Peralta clippings, assorted, approximately 1910-1930 folder 4 volume 6 Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook, approximately 1905-1912 volume 2 Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook, approximately 1917-1927 volume 4 Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook (Los Angeles and San Francisco performances), 1927 volume 3 Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook, approximately 1924-1929 Series 6: Other Partingtons, approximately 1900-1987 Physical Description: Carton 13, folder 2-25; carton 14, folder 1-29 Scope and Contents Correspondence and other papers of Jack (John) Partington, Sr. and family, Richard Lantry Partington, Kate Partington, Edward Partington, and Hedwig Evelyn Partington.

Subseries 6.1. Jack (John) Partington and Family, approximately 1905-1984

carton 13, folder 2 Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Sarah and Blanche Partington, approximately 1905-1909 carton 13, Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Blanche Partington, approximately folder 3-10 1920-1948 carton 13, Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Gertrude Partington and H.O. Albright, folder 11-14 approximately 1930-1955 carton 13, Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Phyllis Partington, approximately folder 15 1924-1932 carton 13, Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Evelyn Albright, approximately folder 16-21 1930-1984 carton 13, Correspondence between Jack Partington, Sr. and Jack Partington, Jr., 1936-1942 folder 22 carton 13, Other correspondence, approximately 1930-1979 folder 23

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 15 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 6:Other Partingtons, approximately 1900-1987 Subseries 6.1. Jack (John) Partington and Family, approximately 1905-1984

carton 13, Jack Partington, Jr. school essays, undated folder 24 carton 13, Jack Partington, Jr. obituary, 1987 folder 25 carton 14, folder 1 Inger Partington ephemera (including Panama-Pacific International Exposition Admission Coupon Booklet), 1900-1915

Subseries 6.2. Richard L. and Ida Partington, approximately 1890-1957 Physical Description: carton 14, folder 2-10

carton 14, folder 2 Richard L. Partington and family letters to Blanche Partington, approximately 1900-1928 carton 14, folder 3 Richard L. Partington and family letters to Phyllis Partington, approximately 1906-1907 carton 14, folder 4 Richard L. Partington and family letters to Sarah, Gertrude, and Jack (John) Partington, 1908-1925 carton 14, folder 5 Richard L. Partington outgoing to Mr. Tewson, 1926 carton 14, folder 6 Bierce, Ambrose to Richard L. Partington, approximately 1900 carton 14, folder 7 General incoming, 1890 carton 14, folder 8 Biographical, approximately 1957 carton 14, folder 9 Sketches, approximately 1890-1910 carton 14, Clippings, 1897-1929 folder 10

Subseries 6.3. Kate Partington, approximately 1900-1915 Physical Description: carton 14, folder 11-18

carton 14, Kate Partington letters to Sarah Partingon, approximately 1902 folder 11 carton 14, Kate Partington letters to Blanche Partington, approximately 1902 folder 12 carton 14, Kate Partington letters to Gertrude Partington, approximately 1900-1915 folder 13 carton 14, Kate Partington letters to Edward and Phyllis Partington, approximately folder 14 1900-1907 carton 14, Letter fragments, approximately 1902 folder 15 carton 14, Bierce, Ambrose to KP, 1904 folder 16 carton 14, Hall, Sharlot M. to KP, 1903-1904 folder 17 carton 14, Scheffauer, Herman George to KP, 1904 folder 18

Subseries 6.4. Edward Partington, approximately 1900-1906 Physical Description: carton 14, folder 19-20

carton 14, Edward Partington letters to family, approximately 1900 folder 19 carton 14, General incoming, approximately 1906 folder 20

Subseries 6.5. Hedwig Evelyn Albright, approximately 1930-1984 Physical Description: carton 14, folder 21-29

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 16 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 6:Other Partingtons, approximately 1900-1987 Subseries 6.5. Hedwig Evelyn Albright, approximately 1930-1984

carton 14, Hedwig Evelyn Albright letters to Gertrude Partington and H.O. Albright, folder 21 approximately 1930-1940 carton 14, General outgoing, approximately 1930-1984 folder 22 carton 14, Condolence cards on death of mother (Gertrude Partington Albright), 1959 folder 23 carton 14, London, Charmian to HEA, 1939 folder 24 carton 14, Shimada, Teru to HEA, 1931 1960 folder 25 carton 14, General incoming, approximately 1930-1980 folder 26 carton 14, Poems, writings, undated folder 27 carton 14, Legal documents, 1935-1955 folder 28 carton 14, Miscellany, approximately 1930-1980 folder 29 Series 7. Family Subject Files, Postcards, and Miscellany, approximately 1895-1950 Physical Description: Carton 14, folder 30-59; box 1; vol. 1; vol. 12-13; oversize box 1, folder 7 Scope and Contents Subject files kept by one or another member of the Partington family as well as poscards and miscellany. The subject files often include clippings, original poems or writings, correspondence, and secondary material. The series includes subject files on Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Joaquin Miller, Yone Noguchi, and Carrie and George Sterling. The George Sterling subject file includes a number of original postcards addressed to Sterling from a variety of senders as well as clippings on his death and tributes. The Jack London subject file includes material on Jack London as well as two diaries (in Japanese and English) kept by Jack London's valet, Yoshimatsu Nakata, from approximately 1908-1910. These diaries appear to have come into the possession of Blanche Partington, who had established a friendship with the Nakata family.

carton 14, Subject file: Bierce, Ambrose, approximately 1922-1936 folder 30 carton 14, Subject file: Bierce, Helen Ray (wedding announcement), 1902 folder 31 oversize_box 1, Subject file: Anne Bremer (tribute by Witter Bynner), 1930 folder 7 carton 14, Subject file: French, Nora May, 1907 folder 32 carton 14, Subject file: Gronlund, Lawrence (wedding announcement and Fabian Society folder 33 document), 1895 carton 14, Subject file: Hay, John (on Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), 1898 folder 34 carton 14, Subject file: Johnson, Martin, approximately 1930-1940 folder 35 carton 14, Subject file: London, Jack, approximately 1913-1916 folder 36 carton 14, Subject file: London, Jack (clippings), approximately 1905-1915 folder 37 carton 14, Subject file: London, Jack (Overland Monthly Tribute to Jack London), 1917 folder 38 oversize_box 3 Subject file: London, Jack (Yoshimatsu Nakata (Jack London's valet) diaries (2), approximately 1908-1910 carton 14, Subject file: Markham, Edwin, 1898 folder 39

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 17 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 7. Family Subject Files, Postcards, and Miscellany, approximately 1895-1950

carton 14, Subject file: Miller, Joaquin (clippings regarding death), 1913 folder 40 carton 14, Subject file: Noguchi, Yone, approximately 1920 folder 41 carton 14, Subject file: Scheffauer, Herman, approximately 1904-1912 folder 42 carton 14, Subject file: Sinclair, Upton (What Life Means to Me pamphlet), undated folder 43 carton 14, Subject file: Sterling, Carrie, undated folder 44 carton 14, Subject file: Sterling, George (poems, tributes, clippings, incoming postcards), folder 45-52 approximately 1900-1928 carton 14, Miscellany: unidentified Partington family correspondence, approximately 1880-1950 folder 53 carton 14, Miscellany: family calling cards, approximately 1890-1920 folder 54 box 1, folder 1-3 Miscellany: general, approximately 1900-1950 volume 1, Postcards: Partington family postcard albums, approximately 1895-1910 volume 12 Scope and Contents Poscards of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, San Francisco's Chinatown, Mt. Tamalpais, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Monterey, Carmel, Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite.

volume 13 Postcards: Photocopy of disbound postcard album, approximately 1900-1910 carton 14, Postcards: blank postcards, approximately 1890-1930 folder 55-59 Series 8. 2021 Additions, approximately 1865-1986 Physical Description: carton 15, overize folder 2-3

Subseries 8.1. John Herbert Evelyn Partington,

carton 15, folder 1 JHEP to Sarah Partington, 1865-1886 carton 15, folder 2 JHEP letter fragments, approximately 1870-1895 carton 15, JHEP notebooks/diaries/sketchbooks, approximately 1882-1895 folder 3-4 carton 15, Presentation to JHEP on the occasion of his leaving for America (Stockport folder 14 Advertiser), 1890 carton 15, JHEP composition: The Workmen's Song, approximately 1880 folder 15 carton 15, JHEP--other materials from Stockport, England, approximately 1880-1892 folder 16 carton 15, JHEP--Program for Jubilee Exhibition of Works in Manchester, 1909 folder 17

Subseries 8.2. Sarah Partington,

carton 15, SP Incoming from sister (regarding the death of Kate) and postcard from Gertrude folder 18 Partington, undated 1902 carton 15, SP to JHEP, approximately 1880-1890 folder 19

Subseries 8.3. Blanche Partington,

carton 15, Inventory of letters to Blanche Partington, undated folder 20

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 18 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 8. 2021 Additions, approximately 1865-1986 Subseries 8.3. Blanche Partington,

carton 15, Christian Science materials, 1900-1950 folder 21-22 carton 15, Issue of Hale's Magazine (edited by Blanche) with advertisement for the folder 23 Partington School of Magazine and Newspaper Illustration, 1899 phonodisc 792, Blanche Partington to the New York Partingtons (sound recording), 1940 item 1 Physical Description: 1 sound disc (vinyl)78 r.p.m.

phonodisc 792, Blanche Partington speech (sound recording), 1940 item 2 Physical Description: 1 sound disc (vinyl)78 r.p.m.

Subseries 8.4. Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright,

carton 15, Sunset Magazine article featuring Gertrude Partington, 1908 folder 24 carton 15, Assorted materials, 1900-1950 folder 25 carton 15, Incoming correspondence (including letter from Carrie Sterling just after the 1906 folder 26 earthquake and fire), 1906-1950 carton 15, Assorted letter fragments (mostly in Gertrude's hand), approximately 1900-1950 folder 27

Subseries 8.5. Phyllis Partington,

carton 15, Phyllis Partington's copy of C.K. Chesterton's Simplicity and Tolstoy (inscribed to folder 28 Frances Peralta) from Herman Smith and Richard Hall (damaged binding), 1921 carton 15, Frances Peralta publicity, approximately 1910-1940 folder 29

Subseries 8.6. Other Partingtons,

Jack (John) Partington and Inger Partington, carton 15, Incoming letters to Jack Partington, Sr. and Inger Partington, 1902-1945 folder 30 carton 15, Telegrams, 1920-1929 folder 31 carton 15, Obituaries (newspaper clippings), 1944 folder 32 carton 15, Program for farewell dinner for Jack Partington, Sr. (Fairmont Hotel), 1926 folder 33 carton 15, Assorted materials relating to Jack Partington's career in theater and folder 34-35 entertainment, 1920-1930 oversize_folder 3A Issue of Paramount Artcraft Progress-Advance magazine with Jack Partington, Sr. on cover, 1918 carton 15, Sheet music written by Jack Partington, 1920-1929 folder 36 oversize_folder 3A Sheet music written by Jack Partington, 1920-1929 carton 15, Production materials and photographs for stage shows produced by Jack folder 37-54 Partington Productions, 1925-1929 Subseries 8.7. Richard Partington, carton 15, Assorted press materials relating to Richard Partington's artwork, 1928-1973 folder 55 Subseries 8.8. Jack Partington, Jr. and Jeanne Partington, carton 15, Incoming correspondence (mostly from Blanche and Gertrude Partington), folder 56-57 1940-1985

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 19 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933) Series 8. 2021 Additions, approximately 1865-1986 Subseries 8.6. Other Partingtons,

carton 15, Jack Partington, Jr. childhood compositions, undated folder 58

Subseries 8.9. Family Subject Files, Postcards, and Miscellany,

carton 15, Subject file: London, Jack, 1920-1965 folder 59 carton 15, Subject file: Ponselle, Rosa, undated folder 60 carton 15, Subject file: Sterling, George, undated folder 61 carton 15, Subject file: Wawona Summer School and Camp, undated folder 62 oversize_folder 2A Subject file: Chinese newspaper found by family member in 1930 in abandoned gold mine near Downieville, undated

Finding Aid to the Partington BANC MSS C-H 84 20 family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933)