Paintings, drawings, and artifacts, 1878-1925, undated
Scope and Contents
Paintings, drawings, and artifacts contain realia related to Burr-Allyne family members. Among the variety of materials is a lithograph of Ephraim Willard Burr’s Mountain Home Ranch (1867-1872) created by early African American lithographer and artist Grafton Taylor Brown. The series also contains a Cine-Kodak motion picture camera (circa 1925) belonging to Alice Burr and probably used to film the home movies taken of her travels in Africa.
Dates
- 1878-1925, undated
Language of Materials
Collection materials are primarily in English.
Access
Collection is open for research, with the following exceptions: original home movies are unavailable for paging and viewing. Use digitized copies, available on DVD.
Extent
6.0 boxes
System of Arrangement
Paintings, drawings, and artifacts are arranged by format.
Repository Details
Part of the California Historical Society Repository