Arguello, Concepcion, 1791-1857; Combs; Mantilla; Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1764-1807; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Shawls;
Concepcion Arguello was 15 in 1806 when she met the Russian Count Nicolai Rezanov, Chamberlain to the Czar while he was in San Francisco. After a three week courtship, they became engaged. An official of the royal court, he had to return to...
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Letters; People; Burnett, John; Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman), 1807-1895;
A copy of a letter from Bernard J. Reid to John M. Burnett, the son of former California Governor Peter Burnett. Reid gives his condolences on Peter Burnett's death.
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Letters; People; Miller, R. Howard
A letter from R. Howard Miller to Bernard J. Reid, 1895. Miller informs Reid that the 63rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Association adopted a resolution to send their sympathies to Reid upon the death of his daughter Genevieve Reid.
Earthquakes; Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the collapsed north wing of the Vendome Hotel in San Jose. The hotel was built in 1904. There was one death in the hotel as a result of the 1906 earthquake.
Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930; Men; Portraits
James Duval Phelan was born in San Francisco, April 20, 1861. He graduated from St. Ignatius College (now the University of San Francisco) in 1881 and studied law at the University of California in Berkeley. Phelan became a partner in the banking...
