http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf3k40033b Online items available Inventory of Photographs from the Marsh Family Papers, circa 1855-1952 Processed by The Bancroft Library staff The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ © 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Inventory of Photographs from BANC PIC 1963.004-.009 1 the Marsh Family Papers, circa 1855-1952 Inventory of Photographs from the Marsh Family Papers, circa 1855-1952 Collection number: BANC PIC 1963.004-.009 The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Finding Aid Author(s): Processed by The Bancroft Library staff Finding Aid Encoded By: GenX © 2016 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Photographs from the Marsh Family papers Date (inclusive): circa 1855-1952 Collection Number: BANC PIC 1963.004-.009 Creator: Marsh family Extent: circa 350 photographic prints91 digital objects (91 images) Repository: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Abstract: Photographs from the Marsh and Camron (Cameron) family. Collection includes large number of portraits and several albums of the Marsh and Camron (Cameron) families and friends. In addition, views taken in San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Mill Valley, Pleasanton, Auburn, Ben Lomond, Soda Spring, Calif. and other locations (Honolulu) are present. Photos depict city views, missions, ships, camping, vacationing, and exteriors and interiors of residences. Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Access Collection is open for research, except for portraits (tintype and portrait on ivory[?]), which are restricted. Use of portraits only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library. Also, the collection is partially unarranged and unavailable for use. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation Inventory of Photographs from BANC PIC 1963.004-.009 2 the Marsh Family Papers, circa 1855-1952 [Identification of item], Photographs from the Marsh Family Papers, BANC PIC 1963.004-.009, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Alternate Forms Available Digital reproductions of selected images are available. Title: Marsh Family Papers, Date (inclusive): 1815-1960, Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-B 879 Acquisition Information Gift of the estate of Amy Gertrude Cameron, with additions from the estate of Dorothy V. Lyman, 1965. Biographical Information John Marsh and his wife Abigail Smith (Tuck) Marsh were early California pioneers in Contra Costa County. Their daughter, Alice, married William Walker Camron, a landowner in the vicinity of Orinda, Calif. and, later, a resident of Oakland, Calif. Alice and/or her daughter changed the spelling of their surname to Cameron. Scope and Content of Collection Photographs from the Marsh and Camron (Cameron) family. Collection includes large number of portraits and several photograph albums of the Marsh and Camron (Cameron) families and friends. In addition, views taken in San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Mill Valley, Pleasanton, Auburn, Ben Lomond, Soda Spring, Calif. and other locations are present. Photos depict city views, missions, ships, camping, vacationing, and exteriors and interiors of residences. Two 1860s cartes de visite photographs by W. Dickson of Honolulu are included, picturing a grass house and poi eaters. One ambrotype (collodion positive) plate of the John Marsh home (Brentwood area, Contra Costa Co., Calif.) and numerous later views of the home and the historic marker erected are present. Summary of portions of collection, as divided by 6 call numbers: 1963.004: Portraits of the Marsh, Tuck and Camron (Cameron) families and friends, 11 of which are cased photographs (daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintype). 1963.005: Album of cartes de visite portraits of the Camron (Cameron), Marsh, Tuck, and related families in California and New England, chiefly. 1963.006: Album of cabinet card portraits of the Camron (Cameron), Marsh, Tuck, and related families in California and New England, chiefly. 1963.007: Miscellaneous family photographs, including views of family homes, San Francisco Bay Area snapshots, and other California locales. 1963.008: Album and removed snapshots of Bay Area and other California locations. 1963.009: Album of cyanotype outdoor scenes taken by William Walker Cameron. Locations include: Auburn, Soda Springs, Sierra Nevada mountains, Calaveras, Bay Area locales. BANC PIC 1963.004--POR Physical Description: 169 photogaphs Portraits distributed alphabetically in the Portrait File. Original cased photographs shelved as BANC PIC 1963.004--CASE. Scope and Content of Collection Portraits of the Marsh , Tuck and Camron (Cameron) families and friends, 11 of which are cased photographs (daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintype). Allen, Charles R. --POR 1. Additional Note Photo by Bradley & Rulofson. Carte de visite Barton, Milton --POR 1. Additional Note Cabinet card; by Warren's Portraits, Boston. Inventory of Photographs from BANC PIC 1963.004-.009 3 the Marsh Family Papers, circa 1855-1952 Container Listing Barton, Otis --POR 1. Additional Note Cabinet card; by L. Alman, N.Y. Barton, Sarah Tuck --POR 1. Additional Note Cabinet card; by S. Piper, Manchester, N.H. Berry, Elizabeth Cameron --POR 1. Additional Note Carte de visite. Bonham, Emma 1873 --POR 1. Additional Note Cabinet card; by William Shew, S.F. Bouton, William Egbert --POR 1. Additional Note Cabinet card; by Thors, S.F. Bouton, William Egbert --POR 2. Additional Note Studio port; by Tonkin, S.F. Brown, Caroline Cameron --POR 1. Additional Note Photostat copy. Brown, Elam C. 1897 --POR 1. Additional Note Cabinet card; by Wilson, Martinez, Calif. Brown, Fanny --POR 1. Additional Note Photo on postcard. Brown, Mary 1903 --POR 1. Additional Note Studio portrait; by Sherman(?), Andover [Mass?] Brown, Maysie --POR 1. Brown, Maysie --POR 2. Additional Note Studio portrait; by Souvenir Gallery, S.F. Brown, Thomas A. --POR 1. Additional Note Inventory of Photographs from BANC PIC 1963.004-.009 4 the Marsh Family Papers, circa 1855-1952 Container Listing Cameron, Alice Marsh (portrait 1). circa 1858 BANC PIC 1963.004:016--CASE Physical Description: 1 photograph : ambrotype Additional Note Ambrotypes. Additional Note Digitized as part of: Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf4x0nb13z/ Cameron, Alice Marsh (portrait 2). circa 1856 BANC PIC 1963.004:017--CASE Physical Description: 1 photograph : ambrotype Additional Note Digitized as part of: Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2199n5nw/ Cameron, Alice Marsh (portrait 3). circa 1855 BANC PIC 1963.004:018--CASE Physical Description: 1 photograph : ambrotype Additional Note Digitized as part of: Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf4w1004mv/ Cameron, Alice Marsh (portrait 4). circa 1855 BANC PIC 1963.004:019--CASE Physical Description: 1 photograph : ambrotype Scope and Content Note Alice Marsh Cameron as a girl, with her mother? Additional Note Digitized as part of: Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3t1nb0qt/ Cameron, Alice Marsh (portrait 5) circa 1865-1870 BANC PIC 1963.004:020--CASE Physical Description: 1 photograph : opalotype Additional Note On ivory. Additional Note Digitized as part of: Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf7580063d/ Cameron, Alice Marsh --POR 6. Additional Note Photo by I. W. Taber & Co. Cameron, Alice Marsh --POR 7. Additional Note Photo by Thors, S.F. item 23 Cameron, Alice Marsh 1888? --POR 8. Additional Note 1888? Phot by Morse, S.F. Cameron, Alice Marsh --POR 9. Additional Note Photo by Morse, S.F. Inventory of Photographs from BANC PIC 1963.004-.009 5 the Marsh Family Papers, circa 1855-1952 Container Listing Cameron, Alice Marsh --POR 10. Additional Note Photo by Boye & Habernicht, S.F. Cameron, Alice Marsh circa 1890 --POR 11. Additional Note Cameron, Alice Marsh --POR 12-14. Additional Note Snapshots. Cameron, Amy Gertrude --POR 1. Additional Note Photo by Morse.