John Daggett Collection, 1880s-1914

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Daggett, John (1833-1919)

Title:

John Daggett Collection

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5m60qr914

Dates:

1880s-1914

Size:

1 box and 0.8 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: The John Daggett Collection consists primarily of 41 photographs taken by Daggett documenting his mining life in the Black Bear, Siskiyou County, California, area in the late 1800s.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of 41 photographs (averaging 9.5x12 cm. and including 3 cyanotypes) taken by Daggett and documenting his life in the Black Bear, Siskiyou County, California, area: Daggett and his family, his home, mines, a quartz mill, Klamath Tribal members, mountain scenery. The majority are annotated with Daggett's descriptive notes on the verso. Also included is the letter (1914) Daggett sent to an unnamed cousin enclosing these photographs and a newspaper clipping announcing his selection as superintendent of the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1893. Several captions written by John Daggett on the verso of photographs in Photographs series include racist Chinese accented English speech and racist terminology used to describe the Indigenous individuals depicted.

Collection Creator Biography:

Daggett

John Daggett was born in Newark, New York, May 9, 1833. He came to California around 1852, at age 19, with his brother David and was elected to the Assembly in 1858, and re-elected in 1859, and 1880. He bought into the Black Bear Mine in 1862, sold out in 1863, re-opened in 1866, and sold out again in 1872. He bought it again in 1884-85. Daggett was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1882. He was appointed Superintendent of the United States Mint in San Francisco in 1893, in which capacity he served for four years. He held interest in the Calico Mine in San Bernardino County. The city of Daggett, in this mining area, was named for him. He died August 30, 1919. [sketch from California State Library]

Collection History

Acquisition:: Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino in 2003 (AM2004-18).
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: This collection was processed by Karla J. Vecchia and John Delaney in 2004. Finding aid written by Karla J. Vecchia and John Delaney in 2004. Collection and item-level descriptions were updated by Megan Bardis in September 2023. Harmful anti-Asian and anti-Indigenous language in folder titles were revised and contextualized as being creator-supplied description.

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