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The Family Papers Collection number: 243.1 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: 1771-1975 Bulk Dates: 1850-1938 Collection number: 243.1 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 (1807-1890) was born in Monterey in 1807. 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 (1815-1891). 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. 243.1 2
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 1933. 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, 1846-1848 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 1914. 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 243.1 3
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. 1771-1947 Physical Description: 21 file folders, 235 items I/1-3 Subseries A: Correspondence 1840-1889 Physical Description: 90 items I/4-6 Subseries B: Manuscripts Writings 1846-1889 undated Physical Description: 35 items I/7-14 Subseries C: Financial Legal Documents 1829-1889 Physical Description: 63 items I/15-21 Subseries D: Ephemera 1771-1947 Physical Description: 47 items Subseries E: Separated / Oversized Items Series II: Francisca Maria Felipa Benicia Carrillo de 1815-1891 Physical Description: 4 file folders, 57 items Drawer 1, Folder II/1 Subseries A: Correspondence 1850-1888 Physical Description: 25 items 243.1 4
Series II: Francisca Maria Felipa Benicia Carrillo de 1815-1891 Subseries B: Financial Legal Documents 1851-1891 undated II/2-3 Subseries B: Financial Legal Documents 1851-1891 undated Physical Description: 21 items Drawer 1, Folder II/4 Subseries C: Ephemera 1815-1891 Physical Description: 11 items Series III: Luisa Eugenia Lulu Emparan 1836-1943 Physical Description: 29 file folders, 479 items III/1-10 Subseries A: Correspondence 1875-1943 Physical Description: 204 items III/11-13 Subseries B: Manuscripts writings 1929-1935 Physical Description: 15 items III/14-16 Subseries C: Financial Legal Documents 1889-1943 Physical Description: 108 items III/17-20 Subseries D: Periodicals publications 1891-1941 Physical Description: 12 items III/21-23 Subseries E: Voyage to Panama 1932 Physical Description: 24 items III/24-29 Subseries F: Ephemera 1836-1951 Physical Description: 116 items Subseries G: Separated / Oversized Items Series IV: Platon Mariano Guadalupe, M.D. c1875-1925 Physical Description: 5 file folders 58 items IV/1-2 Subseries A: Correspondence 1888-1912 Physical Description: 36 items 243.1 5
Series IV: Platon Mariano Guadalupe, M.D. c1875-1925 Subseries B: Manuscripts writings 1916-1921 IV/3 Subseries B: Manuscripts writings 1916-1921 Physical Description: 7 items IV/4 Subseries C: Financial legal documents c1875-1886 Physical Description: 4 items IV/5 Subseries D: Ephemera 1890-1925 Physical Description: 11 items Subseries E: Separated / Oversized Items Series V: Napoleon Primo 1862-1923 Physical Description: 4 file folders 40 items V/1-2 Subseries A: Correspondence 1862-1922 Physical Description: 7 items V/3 Subseries B: Manuscripts writings 1916-1921 Physical Description: 34 items V/4 Subseries C: Ephemera 1916-1923 Physical Description: 3 items Subseries D: Separated / Oversized Items Series VI: Other Descendants 1862-1923 Physical Description: 4 file folders 40 items VI/1 Subseries A: Statements of opposition to the Bear Flag Monument 1911-1913 Physical Description: 3 items VI/2 Subseries B: Andonico A. 1863-1890 Physical Description: 14 items 243.1 6
Series VI: Other Descendants 1862-1923 Subseries C: Fanny Frisbie 1851-1950 VI/3 Subseries C: Fanny Frisbie 1851-1950 Physical Description: 40 items VI/4 Subseries D: Adela Frisbie 1877-1891 Physical Description: 7 items VI/5 Subseries E: Natalia Haraszthy 1891-1913 Physical Description: 7 items VI/6 Subseries F: Jovita Haraszthy 1858 Physical Description: 3 items VI/7 Subseries G: Maria Cutter 1900-1975 Physical Description: 16 items VI/8 Subseries H: Anita Emparan Thomson 1902-1958 Physical Description: 20 items VI/9 Subseries I: Carlos H. Emparan 1896-1950 Physical Description: 6 items VI/10-15 Subseries J: R. Raoul Emparan 1896-1969 Physical Description: 56 items VI/16 Subseries K: Francisca McGettigan 1904-1961 Physical Description: 15 items VI/17 Subseries L: Gantner 1927-1949 Physical Description: 6 items VI/18-22 Subseries M: Robert Harris 1846-? Physical Description: 14 items 243.1 7
Series VI: Other Descendants 1862-1923 Subseries N: Henry D. Josefa Fitch 1840-1924 VI/23 Subseries N: Henry D. Josefa Fitch 1840-1924 Physical Description: 6 items VI/24-26 Subseries O: Various 1815-1964 Physical Description: 23 items VI/24 Subseries P: family associats 1878-1914 undated Physical Description: 30 items Subseries Q: Separated / Oversized Items Series VII: Sonoma Water Works 1874-1932 Physical Description: 10 file folders 61 items VII/1 Subseries A: Correspondence 1875-1876 Physical Description: 3 items VII/2-6 Subseries B: Financial legal documents 1873-1921 Physical Description: 51 items VII/7-10 Subseries C: Ephemera 1874-1932 Physical Description: 7 items 243.1 8
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 1840-1889 1 Manuscripts Mariano writings undated 3 Robert Harris Ephemera 1907 1 Family Description Date(s) of Member items Financial documents Mariano legal 1857 1 Mariano Ephemera 1849-1947 5 Family Description Date(s) of Member items Luisa Emparan Periodicals 1891 1 Manuscripts Maria Cutter writings 1929-1932 5 Family Description Date(s) of Member items Luisa Emparan Postcards 1905-1943 139 1912 Platon Postcards undated 3 Napoleon Postcards 1906-1907 2 Maria Cutter Postcards 1908 1 Anita Thomson Postcards 1907 1 Carlos Emparan Postcards 1907-1909 8 Raoul Emparan Postcards 1907-1924 15 family, various Postcards 1906-1911 undated 26 Family Description Date(s) of Member items Financial documents Mariano legal 1867 1 Periodicals Luisa 243.1 9 1906-1935 9 publications Periodicals Raoul Emparan publications 1936 1
Appendix A: Separated Items - by Container 243.1 10