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Toulmin Estate Papers: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Li Wei Yang The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2012 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.

Toulmin Estate Papers: Finding mssToulmin Estate papers 1 Aid Descriptive Summary Title: Toulmin Estate papers Dates: 1829-1965 Collection Number: mssToulmin Estate papers Creators: Toulmin, Alice Larkin; Toulmin, Henry Wrougton; Holladay, Margaret Extent: Approximately 2,992 items in 16 boxes Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection consists of records concerning the planning and distribution of the estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin (1879-1963), owner of the Larkin House in Monterey, California. Language of Material: The records are in English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Toulmin Estate Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance In library. Biographical Note Alice Larkin Toulmin (1879 Dec. 5 - 1963 Feb. 13) is the granddaughter of Thomas Oliver Larkin (first U.S. consul to Alta California and a signer of the original California Constitution) and daughter of Alfred O. Larkin and Mary Ball Larkin Chappell. She married Henry W. Toulmin in 1914. The Toulmin Estate included stocks, bonds, cash, furniture, residential and commercial properties, and miscellaneous items. Among her real Estate holdings, the Larkin House in Monterey, California, stood out for its historical significance, for it was built by Thomas Oliver Larkin in 1835 and served as the U.S. consulate in Alta California. Alice purchased the house in 1922 and made it her family residence for many years. In 1962 she deeded the Larkin House to the State of California. The Larkin House is recognized by the U.S. government as a National Historic Landmark and is part of the larger Monterey State Historic Park. Henry Wrougton Toulmin (1871 March 2 - 1952) was a sportsman and amateur archaeologist born in England. He and his wife Alice lived in the Larkin House in Monterey, California, for many years. Scope and Content This collection consists of records concerning the planning and distribution of the estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin (1879-1963), owner of the Larkin House in Monterey, California. Records include correspondence, manuscripts, ephemera, and diaries. The bulk of the correspondence and documents concern the planning and distribution of Alice Larkin Toulmin’s Estate by executor Margaret Holladay, the law firm O’Melveny and Myers, and the Larkin House Advisory Committee. Other correspondence includes a small number of early correspondence by Alice Larkin Toulmin, Henry W. Toulmin, Alfred O. Larkin, and Mary Ball Larkin Chappell. In addition, photos of the Larkin, Toulmin, Molera, and Childs families are also included. There are a total of 66 bound diaries of Alice Larkin Toulmin in the collection, dating from 1900 to 1962. Arrangement The Toulmin Estate papers are organized into two series: 1) Correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera, 2) Dairies. Indexing Terms

Toulmin Estate Papers: Finding mssToulmin Estate papers 2 Aid The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Personal and Corporate Names Toulmin, Alice Larkin California. Dept. of Parks and Recreation California. Division of Beaches and Parks Hammond, George P. (George Peter), 1896-1993 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery Holladay, Margaret Larkin, Alfred O. O'Melveny and Myers Portsmouth Athenaeum (Portsmouth, N.H.) Subjects Distribution of decedents' Estates Executors and administrators--. Trusts and trustees--California. Women--California Geographic Areas California--History--20th century--Sources. Los Angeles (Calif.) Monterey (Calif.) Genre Letters (correspondence)--United States Photographs--United States--19th century. Photographs--United States--20th century.

Correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera

Box 1 Address books; Agreements; Bank checks; Birth certificates; Calendars; Certificate of naturalization; Contracts; Correspondence Folder 1 Address books. c. 1920s Folder 2 Address books. Around 1943 Folder 3 Address books. Before 1963 Folder 4 Address books. 1960s or before Folder 5 Agreements. 1893 Sep. 3 Folder 6 Agreements. 1923 July 16 Folder 7 Agreements. 1913 Folder 8 Agreements. 1925 June 20 Folder 9 Bank checks. 1905 Folder 10 Birth certificates -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. Issued on 1949 Oct. 14 Folder 11 Calendars -- 1956 Historic American Landmarks. 1956 Folder 12 Certificate of naturalization -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1927 Nov. 7 Folder 13 Contracts -- Cemetery of Mount Auburn. 1860 Folder 14 Correspondence. 1850-1960 Folder 15 Correspondence -- Bisselt, L. B. to Eliza Larkin. 1829 Oct. 7 Folder 16 Correspondence -- Chappell, Mary Ball Larkin to Alice Larkin Toulmin. 1929; 1930s Box 2 Correspondence Folder 1 Correspondence -- Chappell, Mary Ball Larkin to Alice Larkin Toulmin. 1930s Folder 2 Correspondence -- Chappell, Mary Ball Larkin to Alice Larkin Toulmin. 1930s Folder 3 Correspondence -- Chappell, Mary Ball Larkin to Alice Larkin Toulmin. 1930s; 1941 Folder 4 Correspondence -- [Chappell, Mary Ball Larkin] to Harry. 1930s; 1933 Folder 5 Correspondence -- Larkin, Alfred O. to various recipients. 1871-1901

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Folder 6 Correspondence -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin to Burke Halliday. 1917 July 23 Folder 7 Correspondence -- Toulmin, Henry W. to Alice Larkin Toulmin. 1929-1941 Folder 8 Correspondence -- Toulmin, Henry W. to Alice Larkin Toulmin. 1930-1934 Folder 9 Correspondence -- [Various admirers] to Alice Larkin. 1902-1909 Box 3 Correspondence; Deeds; Diaries; Estate correspondence Folder 1 Correspondence -- Various sender to Alfred O. Larkin. 1896-1904 Folder 2 Correspondence -- Various sender to Alice Larkin Toulmin. Undated; 1917-1962; Folder 3 Deeds. 1912 July 18 Folder 4 Deeds -- Lone Mountain Cemetery. 1858 Folder 5 Diaries -- Larkin, Alfred O. 1901–1902 Folder 6 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin *See Diaries series*. 1900–1962 Folder 7 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Appraisals. 1963 April 28 Folder 8 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1960–1965 Folder 9 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1957; 1963 – 1964 Folder 10 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1962–1965 Box 4 Estate correspondence (continued) Folder 1 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963 Folder 2 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963–1965 Folder 3 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963–1965 Folder 4 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963–1966 Folder 5 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963–1966 Box 5 Estate correspondence (continued) Folder 1 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963-1966 Folder 2 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963-1967 Folder 3 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963-1967 Folder 4 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963-1967 Folder 5 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963-1967 Box 6 Estate correspondence (continued) Folder 1 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963-1968 Folder 2 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963-1969 Folder 3 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963-1969 Folder 4 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1963-1971 Folder 5 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1964 Folder 6 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Correspondence. 1964-1969 Box 7 Estate receipts; Genealogies; Hairnets; Larkin House Advisory Committee; Manuscripts; Newspaper clippings; Notes; Obituaries Folder 1 Estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin -- Receipts. 1963 Folder 2 Genealogies -- Larkin family. Undated Folder 3 Hairnets. 1940s Folder 4 Larkin House Advisory Committee -- Correspondence. 1963-1967 Folder 5 Larkin House Advisory Committee -- Correspondence. 1963-1970 Folder 6 Larkin House Advisory Committee -- Minutes. 1957-1964 Folder 7 Manuscripts -- Joslin. Undated Folder 8 Newspaper clippings -- Wedding of Alfred O. Larkin and Mary L. Ball. 1878 June 21 – 1878 June 22 Folder 9 Notes. Undated Folder 10 Notes -- Larkin family genealogies. 1904-1964 Folder 11 Obituaries -- Larkin, Thomas Oliver. 1858 Oct. Folder 12 Passports -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1934; 1959 Box 8 Passports; Photographs Folder 1 Passports -- Toulmin, Henry W. 1945 Folder 2 Photos. Undated Folder 3 Photos -- Ball, Alice Douglas Sistare. Around 1865 Folder 4 Photos -- Chappell, Mary Ball Larkin. 1877-1942 Folder 5 Photos -- Childs, E. L. Undated Folder 6 Photos -- Childs, Wentworth, Mrs. Undated Folder 7 Photos -- Childs family. Undated Folder 8 Photos -- [Daphne]. 1924

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Folder 9 Photos -- [The Five Pioneers]. Undated Folder 10 Photos -- Haswell, Julian Ball. 1887 Oct. Folder 11 Photos -- Joslin, Francis J. Before 1916 Folder 12 Photos -- Laese, Pompesa. Undated Folder 13 Photos -- Larkin, Alfred O. 1848-1917 Folder 14 Photos -- Larkin, Alfred O. Undated Folder 15 Photos -- Larkin, Francis Rodgers. Undated Folder 16 Photos -- Larkin, Frank M. 1870 Folder 17 Photos -- Larkin, Frederic Hobson. Before 1869 Folder 18 Photos -- Larkin, Rachel Hobson. Before 1873 Folder 19 Photos -- Larkin, Thomas Oliver. Undated Folder 20 Photos -- Larkin family. 1881 Folder 21 Photos -- Larkin House. Undated Folder 22 Photos -- Merewether, Arthur. Undated Folder 23 Photos -- McLeod, . Undated Folder 24 Photos -- Molera, Andrew. Undated Folder 25 Photos -- Molera, E. J. Undated Folder 26 Photos -- Molera, Fannie. Undated Folder 27 Photos -- [Sneyd-Kennersley, Edith]. Undated Folder 28 Photos -- Tams, Carolina Larkin. Undated Folder 29 Photos -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. After 1880 Box 9 Photographs; Printed ephemera; Probate records; Property records; Receipts; Rental statements; Tax records; Theses; Typescripts Folder 1 Photos -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. c. 1900s Folder 2 Photos -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. c. 1900s Folder 3 Photos -- Toulmin, H. J. Undated Folder 4 Photos -- Toulmin, Henry W. Between1871 - 1952 Folder 5 Photos -- Treaty of Portsmouth. Around 1905 Sep. 5 Folder 6 Photos -- [Wedding of daughter of Wendell]. Undated Folder 7 Printed ephemera. 1963-1964 Folder 8 Probate records. 1899 Folder 9 Probate records. 1965 Dec. Folder 10 Property records. 1870 - 1926 Folder 11 Quitclaim deed. 1895; 1899 Folder 12 Receipts. 1899 Folder 13 Rental statements. 1926 Nov.–1926 Dec. Folder 14 Tax records. 1895-1896 Folder 15 Theses -- The United States Consulate in California. 1910 June Folder 16 Typescripts -- Biography of Thomas O. Larkin. c. 1930s Box 10 Wills Folder 1 Wills -- Larkin, Alfred O. 1918 Folder 2 Wills -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. Before 1963 Diaries of Alice Larkin Toulmin

Box 11 Diaries, 1900-1911 Item 1 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1900 Item 2 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1901 Item 3 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1902 Item 4 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1903 Item 5 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1904 Item 6 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1905 Item 7 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1905 Item 8 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1907 Item 9 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1907-1908 Item 10 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1908 Item 11 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1909 Item 12 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1910 Item 13 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1911

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Box 12 Diaries, 1911-1921 Item 14 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1911-1912 Item 15 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1912 Item 16 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1913 Item 17 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1914 Item 18 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. [1914-1918] Item 19 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1915 Item 20 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1916 Item 21 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1917 Item 22 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1918 Item 23 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1919 Item 24 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1919-1923 Item 25 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1920 Item 26 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1921 Box 13 Diaries, 1922-1932 Item 27 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1922 Item 28 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1923 Item 29 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1924 Item 30 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1925 Item 31 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1926 Item 32 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1927 Item 33 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1928 Item 34 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1929 Item 35 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1931 Item 36 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1932 Box Diaries, 1933-1944 Item 37 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1933 Item 38 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1934 Item 39 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1935 Item 40 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1937 Item 41 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1938 Item 42 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1940 Item 43 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1941 Item 44 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1942 Item 45 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1943 Item 46 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1943-1944 Box 15 Diaries, 1944-1953 Item 47 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1944 Item 48 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1945 Item 49 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1946 Item 50 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1947 Item 51 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1948 Item 52 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1949 Item 53 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1950 Item 54 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1951 Item 55 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1952 Item 56 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1953 Box 16 Diaries, 1953-1962 and undated Item 57 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1953 Item 58 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1954 Item 59 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1955 Item 60 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1956 Item 61 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1957 Item 62 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1958 Item 63 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1960 Item 64 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1961 Item 65 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. 1962 Item 66 Diaries -- Toulmin, Alice Larkin. Undated

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