Selected documents from the San Diego Museum of Man Archives.

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1911-11-04   Letter from D.C. Collier to Edgar Lee Hewett re invitation to become director of Archaeology and Anthropology exhibits at Panama-California Exposition
1913   The San Diego Summer School of Archaeology flier
1913-06-14   Letter from Kline and O’Byrne, contractors to Panama-California Exposition Commission re quote for construction of California State Building
1913-05-28 and 1913-06-03   Extract of minutes from the Executive Committee meetings of May 27 and June 3, 1913, and minutes of the Buildings and Grounds Committee of May 28, 1913 re changes in names of Exposition buildings and places
1913-07-22   Letter from Bertram G. Goodhue to Thomas O’Halloran re revised drawings for the Fine Arts Building
1913-09-15   Payment to City Guard Band for services at the laying of the cornerstone for the California State Building
1913-09-06   Letter from Charles B Nordhoff, California China Products Company, to California State Commission quote for California State Building tile work
1914-01-17   Letter from Walter Nordhoff, California China Products Company, to Russell C. Allen re color lithograph of California State Building tile work
1914-05-28   Letter from J.T. Weldon to Wurster Construction Company re increase in cost of the carved doors for the California Building
1914-09-14   Estimate #13 from Wurster Construction Company listing estimated costs and percent completion of work on the California Building
1914-10-02   Notice of Completion between Panama-California Exposition Commissioners and Wurster Construction Co. re completion of work on the California State Building, signed by Carleton M Winslow
1914-11-05   Statement of payment for “making cast of the large tablet of glyphs—House of Inscriptions—Palenque signed by William Henry Holmes and Edgar Lee Hewett
1914-12-31   Telegram from George W. Marston, Russell C. Allen, Thomas O’Halloran to Bertram G. Goodhue “congratulations to you as architect”
1914-12-31   Telegram from Bertram G. Goodhue to George W. Marston “greatful (sic) thanks for today’s telegram”
1915-01-26   Financial Statement from the California State Commission, Panama-California Exposition re California State Building
1915-02-24   Handwritten letter from Judge W.A. Sloane to Frank J. Belcher, chair of Finance Committee, Panama-California Exposition re asking California state legislature for additional funds for costs of the California State Building
1915-03-22   Letter from Edgar Lee Hewett to George Marston re California State Building, including the Fine Arts Building, the exhibits and works of art
1915-05-12   Statement on Exposition stationery signed by Edgar Lee Hewett re Southeastern Alaska Indian Canoe and model canoe
1916-11-25   Letter from President of San Diego Museum Association (George Marston) to William Henry Holmes re Edgar Lee Hewett as half-time director
1916-12-09   Letter from William Henry Holmes to George Marston, President of San Diego Museum Association re Edgar Lee Hewett as half-time director
1916-12-22   Letter from Charles Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian, to Edgar Lee Hewett re regrets unable to grant request to keep Smithsonian exhibits during first 3-4 months of 1917
1919-04-29   Letter from ____ to Panama-Pacific International Exposition Commission re seeking $50,000 in funds for San Diego Exposition’s California State Building
1919-06-30   Letter from George Marston to Edgar Lee Hewett re seeking $50,000 in funds