Bears; Charters; Clubs; Engraving; Flowers; Membership certificates; Native Sons of the Golden West; People; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees;
This is the charter document for the Santa Clara Parlor No. 100 of the Native Sons of the Golden West. Granted on November 21, 1902, the names listed include a number of distinguished Santa Clara residents of that time: John A. Day, W.H. Killam,...
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Ephemera; Evergreen School; Public schools; Receipts; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; School supplies;
School supplies receipt for Evergreen School dated March 29, 1890.
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Carnadero School; Education; Ephemera; Public schools; Receipts; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Textbooks;
Receipt for books purchased for Carnadero School, February 25, 1890.
Chinese; Chinese Americans; Chinese Exclusion Acts; Diversity; Ephemera; Geary Act; Receipts; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Receipt for $1.00 donation from Ng Seung Fun of Ning Yeung District Association for legal fees to fight the Geary Act. Issued by the Chinese Six Companies.
Drawings; Education; Fruit; Mission Santa Clara; Poetry; Prunes; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; University of Santa Clara
Poem by Santa Clara University English professor Henry Louis Walsh called "The Prune." Walsh was a Catholic priest who wrote the forty-one quatrain poem in 1935. It is comprised of nine pages.
Diversity; Imprisonment; Indians of North America; Mission Period; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
May 3, 1809 document from Jose Maria Estudillo in Monterey to the Commissioner of the town of San Jose, discussing the capture of a fugitive Native American named Secundino who has been charged with several thefts, and is a suspect in a rape case....
Diversity; Mexican Americans; People; Peralta, Luis; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Taxation; Tithes;
Itemized account, dated November 30, 1816, of tithes collected in kind and cash for the year. Items covered include wheat, corn, beans, other farm products, cattle, and sheep. Producers and amounts involved are listed. Signed by Luis Peralta, San...
Documents; Ordinances, Municipal--California--San Jose; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Handwritten, undated document marked "Ordinance No. 2 from No. 1 to 8, marked on the Journal as No.2." Ordinance describes several criminal activities, including galloping "his or their horses through the Streets of this Town";...
Big Basin Redwoods State Park (Calif.); Documents; Forest conservation; Hill, Andrew Putnam, 1853-1922; Redwoods; Reunions; Richards, W. W.; Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--History; Sempervirens Club of California; People;
Document written by W.W. Richards ("a Charter Member") covering the years 1900-1927 (for their 27th reunion). Andrew P. Hill was the "Father of [the] Sempervirens Club," and this document was part of an album containing all of...
Agriculture; California--History; Missions--California; Mission Period; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spanish missions of California;
Document detailing the religious activities and agricultural output of the California Missions in 1824.
California--History--1800-1850; Diversity; Mexican Americans; Mission Period; Mission Santa Clara; Pacheco, Dolores; Palomares, Francisco; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Document dated October 14, 1841 from Jose R. Estrada, Monterey to the Sub-prefect in San Jose. The document acknowledges receipt of a petition from Dolores Pacheco and Francisco Palomares regarding living conditions for neophytes released from the...
Certificates of residence; Chinese Exclusion Acts; Chinese laborers; Diversity; Geary Act; People; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Certificate of residence includes photograph of Chinese laborer Ng Len. "No. 76240" at top left.
California--History--1800-1850; Diversity; Indians of North America ; Mission Period; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
August 3, 1808 document from Jose Maria Estudillo in Monterey to the Commissioner of the town of San Jose. Estudillo urges kindness and fair treatment of the "heathen" Indians who are to be brought in to help with the current harvest,...
Arithmetic--Early works to 1900; Education; Elementary schools; Multiplication Tables; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spanish language;
"Table for children who are learning to count..." Includes multiplication tables, and tables for converting currencies.
California--History--1800-1845; Diversity; License system--California; Liquors; Mexican Americans; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--Sheriff's Dept.; People;
1841 Annual Report on Liquor Licenses, Pueblo of San Jose.
