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1 No online items California State Parks th Street Room 902 Sacramento, California Phone: (916) Fax: (916) URL: California State Parks. All rights reserved

2 The Family Papers Collection number: California State Parks Sacramento, California Processed by: California State Parks Date Completed: 2001 Encoded by: Larry Bishop 2005 California State Parks. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: The Family Papers Dates: Bulk Dates: Collection number: Creators: Mariano G. Francisca Maria Felipa Benicia Carrillo de Luisa Eugenia Lulu Emparan Platon Mariano Guadalupe Napoleon Primo Extent: 5 cubic feet Repository: California. Department of Parks Recreation Sonoma State Historic Park, Sonoma, CA Access The collection is open for research. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the California State Parks. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact California State Parks. Preferred Citation [Item] Family papers, 243.1, California State Parks, Sacramento, California. Biographical Notes A prominent early native Californian, Mariano Guadalupe ( ) was born in Monterey in In 1834, with the title Military Commer Director of Colonization of the Northern Frontier, the Mexican Army sent him to take charge of secularization of Mission San Francisco Solano at what is now Sonoma. On June 24, 1835, he founded the Pueblo of Sonoma, laying out the 8-acre plaza structures facing the plaza such as the soldiers barracks his first home Casa Gre. A portion of the site of Casa Gre, the barracks, the Mission are now on the site of the Sonoma State Historic Park. General s private rancho in Petaluma was a highly productive agricultural empire. The Petaluma Adobe is one of the largest adobe structures still sting in California, is also a State Historic Park. General was an advocate of United States annexation of California, was active in early California State government. He established the new city of as the second state capital, was also involved in the founding of Benicia, the third state capital, which was named for his wife, Francisca Maria Felipa Benicia Carrillo de ( ). He also served twice as mayor of Sonoma. In 1850, General purchased the l to build his new home, Lachryma Montis. The General his wife lived there for 35 years. During that time, he was also involved in the establishment of the Sonoma City Water Works, utilizing the spring at Lachryma Montis

3 General Mrs. had 16 children, 10 of who survived to adulthood. (Genealogy attached; more detailed genealogy on file at Sonoma State Historic Park.) Much of the documentary artifact collection of the family is from the papers of daughter Luisa Lulu Emparan. The 15th of their children, she inherited, with her younger sister Maria Cutter, Lachryma Montis. Mrs. Emparan was a major force in having her father s place in early California history recognized, acted as the first curator when her home became a State Historical Monument in With the assistance of her son, Richard Raoul Dal Emparan, Mrs. Emparan also ran the Sonoma City Water Works until 1933, when ownership was transferred to the City of Sonoma. Also represented in the collection are the other children their descendants as well as the Carrillo family line of Mrs.. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. California History Californios Mexican-American War, Sonoma (Calif.) History. Sonoma (Calif.) History Sources Sonoma County (Calif.) Sonoma County (Calif.) History Sonoma Water Works Emparan, Luisa Eugenia, Francesca Maria, Mariano G., Napoleon Primo, Platon Mariano Scope Content of Collection The Family Papers can be divided into 5 main categories of documents: correspondence, manuscripts other writings, financial legal documents, periodicals publications, a variety of miscellaneous documents. The collection includes facsimiles of original documents in addition to original documents, as well as research materials specialized groupings, such as the memorabilia from Luisa Emparan s 1932 voyage to Panama as hostess on the S.S. Santa Rosa. Correspondence, composed of letters, greeting cards, postcards, telegrams, is primarily between family members, the largest groupings of which are Spanish language photostatic copies of letters from General to his children, a large collection of letters greeting cards kept by recipient Luisa Emparan. The collection of almost 200 postcards to/from family members not only serves to illustrate the family relations, but can also be seen as a reflection of social cultural history. The family s love of history as well as the arts (especially poetry music) can be seen in the writings of both the immediate family their descendants. General himself left a diverse array of documents, from treatises on California history to poetry written on his children s birthdays. Son Platon wrote his Memoirs of the s in His brother Napoleon wrote a series of essays that covers a range of subjects, from defending his father s place in history to reflections on the ideal mate. Platon s daughter Francisca McGettigan was an accomplished published poet composer. Financial legal documents also cover a wide range. Household receipts from local merchants give details of daily family life. L deeds, titles, mortgages show not just the history of the family holdings but also of the evolution of the town of Sonoma. Also included are court documents in the case of Mariano G. vs. the United States, in which he petitions for restitution in the face of the losses he sustained as a result of the Mexican American War. The family s interest in the intertwined subjects of their own history California history are evident in the periodicals other publications in the collection. From esoteric journals such as the Society of California Pioneers Quarterly The Grizzly Bear, published by the Native Sons of the Golden West, the literary journal The Northern Crown, to mainstream periodicals such as Motorl, family members were subjects of, contributors to, collectors of such published material. Interest in the arts is again seen in the wide array of sheet music music books, mostly used by Luisa Emparan but also

4 by her oldest brother, music teacher Andronico, other family members. Finally, the collection contains a variety of miscellaneous documents research materials such as scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, invitations programs for events performances, a Senate Resolution issued in 1943 honoring Luisa Emparan. Also included are 2 research documents, one that focuses on the genealogy the other on General s relationship with Native Americans in California. The Family papers have been organized into the following series: 1. General Mariano G. 2. Francisca Maria Felipa Benicia Carrillo de 3. Luisa Eugenia Lulu Emparan 4. Platon Mariano Guadalupe, M.D. 5. Napoleon Primo 6. Other Descendants 7. Sonoma Water Works Series I: General Mariano G Physical Description: 21 file folders, 235 items I/1-3 Subseries A: Correspondence Physical Description: 90 items I/4-6 Subseries B: Manuscripts Writings undated Physical Description: 35 items I/7-14 Subseries C: Financial Legal Documents Physical Description: 63 items I/15-21 Subseries D: Ephemera Physical Description: 47 items Subseries E: Separated / Oversized Items Series II: Francisca Maria Felipa Benicia Carrillo de Physical Description: 4 file folders, 57 items Drawer 1, Folder II/1 Subseries A: Correspondence Physical Description: 25 items

5 Series II: Francisca Maria Felipa Benicia Carrillo de Subseries B: Financial Legal Documents undated II/2-3 Subseries B: Financial Legal Documents undated Physical Description: 21 items Drawer 1, Folder II/4 Subseries C: Ephemera Physical Description: 11 items Series III: Luisa Eugenia Lulu Emparan Physical Description: 29 file folders, 479 items III/1-10 Subseries A: Correspondence Physical Description: 204 items III/11-13 Subseries B: Manuscripts writings Physical Description: 15 items III/14-16 Subseries C: Financial Legal Documents Physical Description: 108 items III/17-20 Subseries D: Periodicals publications Physical Description: 12 items III/21-23 Subseries E: Voyage to Panama 1932 Physical Description: 24 items III/24-29 Subseries F: Ephemera Physical Description: 116 items Subseries G: Separated / Oversized Items Series IV: Platon Mariano Guadalupe, M.D. c Physical Description: 5 file folders 58 items IV/1-2 Subseries A: Correspondence Physical Description: 36 items

6 Series IV: Platon Mariano Guadalupe, M.D. c Subseries B: Manuscripts writings IV/3 Subseries B: Manuscripts writings Physical Description: 7 items IV/4 Subseries C: Financial legal documents c Physical Description: 4 items IV/5 Subseries D: Ephemera Physical Description: 11 items Subseries E: Separated / Oversized Items Series V: Napoleon Primo Physical Description: 4 file folders 40 items V/1-2 Subseries A: Correspondence Physical Description: 7 items V/3 Subseries B: Manuscripts writings Physical Description: 34 items V/4 Subseries C: Ephemera Physical Description: 3 items Subseries D: Separated / Oversized Items Series VI: Other Descendants Physical Description: 4 file folders 40 items VI/1 Subseries A: Statements of opposition to the Bear Flag Monument Physical Description: 3 items VI/2 Subseries B: Andonico A Physical Description: 14 items

7 Series VI: Other Descendants Subseries C: Fanny Frisbie VI/3 Subseries C: Fanny Frisbie Physical Description: 40 items VI/4 Subseries D: Adela Frisbie Physical Description: 7 items VI/5 Subseries E: Natalia Haraszthy Physical Description: 7 items VI/6 Subseries F: Jovita Haraszthy 1858 Physical Description: 3 items VI/7 Subseries G: Maria Cutter Physical Description: 16 items VI/8 Subseries H: Anita Emparan Thomson Physical Description: 20 items VI/9 Subseries I: Carlos H. Emparan Physical Description: 6 items VI/10-15 Subseries J: R. Raoul Emparan Physical Description: 56 items VI/16 Subseries K: Francisca McGettigan Physical Description: 15 items VI/17 Subseries L: Gantner Physical Description: 6 items VI/18-22 Subseries M: Robert Harris 1846-? Physical Description: 14 items

8 Series VI: Other Descendants Subseries N: Henry D. Josefa Fitch VI/23 Subseries N: Henry D. Josefa Fitch Physical Description: 6 items VI/24-26 Subseries O: Various Physical Description: 23 items VI/24 Subseries P: family associats undated Physical Description: 30 items Subseries Q: Separated / Oversized Items Series VII: Sonoma Water Works Physical Description: 10 file folders 61 items VII/1 Subseries A: Correspondence Physical Description: 3 items VII/2-6 Subseries B: Financial legal documents Physical Description: 51 items VII/7-10 Subseries C: Ephemera Physical Description: 7 items

9 Appendix A: Separated Items - by Container Appendix A: Separated Items - by Container Scope Content Note These tables list the items separated out from the collection as noted within the individual series. Family Description Date(s) of Member items Mariano Correspondence Manuscripts Mariano writings undated 3 Robert Harris Ephemera Family Description Date(s) of Member items Financial documents Mariano legal Mariano Ephemera Family Description Date(s) of Member items Luisa Emparan Periodicals Manuscripts Maria Cutter writings Family Description Date(s) of Member items Luisa Emparan Postcards Platon Postcards undated 3 Napoleon Postcards Maria Cutter Postcards Anita Thomson Postcards Carlos Emparan Postcards Raoul Emparan Postcards family, various Postcards undated 26 Family Description Date(s) of Member items Financial documents Mariano legal Periodicals Luisa publications Periodicals Raoul Emparan publications

10 Appendix A: Separated Items - by Container