These collections include correspondence, photo albums, diaries, and other ephemeral materials related to historic individuals or families active locally throughout Humboldt County's history. We are eager to add the records of more families.
Family collections are housed in the Family & Organizations Room on the second floor of the Barnum House.
A
Adams, Ken and Charlotte
1 Box
(1999.058)
Albee, George
1 Box
(2000.060.0137)
Andersen, Viggo and Verda
1 Box
(2003.108)
Anderson, Edith Krestensen
1 Box
(2022.019)
Anderson, John & Family
1 Box
(2021.032)
Anderson, Mary
1 Box
(2009.177)
Anderson/Parton
1 Box
(2012.131)
Anderson Photo Album
1 Box
(2000.066)
Anthony, Ida May
4 Boxes
(1993.31)
Armstrong
1 Box
(2003.091, from Givens)
Arnold, Bessie and Homer
1 Box
(2000.058)
Atwell, Ruth and George Dudley
1 Box
(1991.18)
B
Baadsgaard/Schuler
3 Boxes
(1991.19)
Bach, Katherine Belcher
1 Box
(2002.165, from Cahill)
Bair, Thomas
1 Box
(1990.88.0450 a&b)
Baird Family
1 Box
(2019.055.368)
Barnum, Helen and Zoe
11 Boxes outside Family Room
Scrapbooks & Slide Boxes
(2010.013, 2011.099)
Barron
1 Box
(2003.077)
Bartlett, Sid
1 Box
(2002.198)
Bauriedel, Phyliss Quinn
1 Box
(2008.134)
Baxter
1 Box
(2022.055.062)
Beal, June
2 Boxes
(2010.089, 2008.078)
Bernardi
2 Boxes
(2001.077)
Biasca
1 Box
(2007.133)
Bissell, Vada
3 Boxes
(1990.83)
Boots
1 Box
Boyd/McBride/McCurdy
1 Box
(2016.029)
Boynton
2 Boxes
(2009.176)
Brizard, Alexander
1 Box
(2008.069)
Brown, John
1 Box
(2015.013)
Bryant, Margaret
1 Box
(2000.060.0128)
Buchanan
1 Box
Bull
2 Boxes
(2017.037)
Burnell, Ida
1 Box
(2000.118)
C
Cargill, Hazel
1 Box
(2007.011)
Carr, Mary
1 Box
(YD5410)
Cartwright, Elta
1 Box
(2000.119)
Cates, Helen DeZordo
1 Box
(2003.211)
Christiansen, Carl M.
2 Boxes
(1989.60)
Christiansen, Everett
2 Boxes
(2000.023, 1989.60)
Christopher, June
2 Boxes
Clark
3 Boxes
(2000.060.0133, 2014.054.01-82, 2022.035)
Cloney, Agnes & Frank
1 Box
(2005.004)
Cook, Pomeroy, & Walker
1 Box
(2003.082, from Edeline)
Coombs
1 Box
(2002.147)
Coonan/Duperu/Reid
1 Box
(1999.034)
Cooper
1 Box
(2018.008, from Pettit)
Corbin
1 Box
Cox, Emma
1 Box
(1993.56)
Crabtree
1 Box
(2019)
Crabtree, Edith
1 Box
(YD1038)
Crabtree, Seth H.
1 Box
(2000.060.0127)
Crichton
1 Box
(2001.161)
Cuddeback
1 Box
(2012.073, from Pease)
Cullberg
5 Boxes
(2014.069)
D
Duke, Barbara Brizard
(see Brizard family)
1 Box
Dal Porto
1 Box
(2017.115)
Damus, Chloe
6 Boxes (in closet)
(2007.115)
Daniels, Hibbard
1 Box
Davies, J.N.
2 Boxes
Davis, A.B.C. Davis & Helen
1 Box
(2022.007)
Day
1 Box
(1997.049)
DeLong, Harriet
2 Boxes
(1997.049)
Delaney, Margaret
1 Box
(2006.059)
DeOrsay
1 Box
Dinsmore, William
1 Box
(2012.005.20)
Drechsler
1 Box
(2019.002)
Dryer, Elwain
2 Boxes
(1998.75)
E
Edeline, Denise
2 Boxes
(2002.001, 2002.038, 2003.040, 2002.166)
Eddy
1 Box
(Green Dot BK 1441)
Edwards
1 Box
(2001.099)
Ellery, Frank
1 Box
(2000.060.0171)
Emmerson, Orva Mae
5 Boxes
(2017.048)
Ericson, Richard
1 Box
(1998.54.19)
Evans, David Belcher
2 Boxes
(1990.88.0529)
F
Feenaty
1 Box
(2000.060.0112)
Finigan
1 Box
(2017.103.001-007)
Flowers, Frank
2 Binders of music
(2007.118)
Fountain, Suzie Baker
1 Box
(1997.53.01, from DeLong)
Fox, Susan
1 Box
(2003.203)
Franceschi, Assunta
2 Boxes
(2011.066, 2011.007.04)
Frank Family
1 Box
(2008.090)
French
1 Box
Fulton, Alta
1 Box
G
Gaab/Tank/Johnson
1 Box
(2017.101)
Gates, Bertram
1 Box
Giacomini
1 Box
(1997.049)
Gillis, Curtis
1 Box
(1998.03)
Gillogly/Devoy
1 Box
(2009.063)
Gilmore
1 Box
(1992.67)
Givins, Patty
19 Boxes (in closet)
(1997.69)
Glatt
1 Box
(2010.067)
Goodwin/Scroggins/Huggins
1 Box
(2017.013)
Gragg
1 Box
(2003.047, from Amer-Koch)
Graham
1 Box
(2018.028.14)
Graves, Wallace
5 Boxes
(2001.257)
Grayling, Jan
1 Box
(2011.036)
Grotting
1 Box
(2019.055.229)
H
Hadley
1 Box
(2022.055)
Haffner
11 Boxes
(1999.071)
Hagen
1 Box
(1998.019)
Hale, Mellie Parker
1 Box
(2004.023)
Hansen
1 Box
(2021.01)
Hanson, R. L.
1 Box
Hanson, Virginia
2 Boxes
Harris, Bob & Thelma
1 Box
(2010.001)
Harris, Ina & Noel
8 Boxes
(2022.055)
Hart/McBride
1 Box
(2006.160)
Hash, Theodore & Dorothy
1 Box
(2019.005f)
Haughey
1 Box
(1998.77)
Hawley
1 Box
(Green Dot 1736)
Hays
1 Box
(2000.060.0157)
Heath
1 Box
(2000.060.0103)
Helberg, Helen
1 Box
(2002.056)
Herrick
1 Box
Henderson, Lillian
5 Boxes
(2007.053)
Higgins/Carson
1 Box
(2013.108)
Hill
2 Boxes
(2000.053, 2011.119)
Hill, Happy
1 Box
(2019.009)
Hiner, Sharon Christopher
1 Box
(2000.015, 1997.05)
Hoffman
1 Box
(2006.060.0182)
Holt
1 Box
(2000.050)
Hood, Frances
1 Box
(2017.030)
Hooker
1 Box
(1999.070)
Hope/Benbow
1 Box
(2015.029)
Hover, Marlene
1 Box
(2021.05)
Howard, Elias
1 Box
(2001.207)
Howard, James A.
1 Box
(2005.005)
Howe
Murder Trial
Hoyle, True Dolson
1 Box
(2000.115, 2002.160)
Huber
1 Box
(2011.104)
Hurlbutt
1 Box
(2006.012)
J
Jackson, David Andrew
1 Box
Jacobson, Severn
1 Box
(1991.15)
Jeffers, Edmund & Thais
1 Box
(2012.122)
Jenkins/Bush/Newell
2 Boxes
(2019.87)
Jewett, A.N.
1 Box
(2000.060)
Johnson, Andy
1 Box
(2004.106.02)
Johnson, Ruby
1 Box
(2011.059.05)
Jones, Ada
1 Box
(2000.068)
Judy, John
1 Box
(2010.057)
K
Karshner, Gayle Buchanan
6 Boxes
Keller, William
2 Boxes
(2007.097)
Kendel, Henry Alexander
1 Box
(2007.032.08)
Kerr, Vera Larson
1 Box
(2000.060.0168)
Klein/Critos
1 Box - Murder Scrapbook
(2022.033)
Knudesen/Mortensen
1 Box
(1999.104)
Kronburg
2 Boxes
L
Larsen
1 Box
(2007.089)
Lee, James T.
1 Box
(2019.100)
Lestina, Wendy
1 Box
(2006.207)
Liscom, Charles
1 Box
(2000.060.0135)
Lockett, Terri
1 Box
(2011.007.20)
Lockwood, Imogene
1 Box
(2012.075)
Logan Family
1 Box
(2019.019)
Logan, A.J.
1 Box
(2009.033)
Long Family
1 Box
(2022.08 & 068)
Look, Wallace
1 Box
(1991.40, 1995.33)
Luffelholtz
1 Box
M
McBride
1 Box
McClure
1 Box
(2022.011)
McConaha/Pinkham Families
1 Box
(2009.157)
McFarlan(d)/Connick
1 Box
(YD3745-3756)
McFarlan, Katie
1 Box
(2000.060)
McFarlane, Lloyd
1 Box
(2011.027)
McGaraghan
1 Box
(2001.137, 1998.107)
McIntyre/Johnson
1 Box
(2017.1003.001-174)
McLellan, Herb
1 Box
(2007.166)
McNamara, Virginia Scott
1 Box
(2012.069)
McVicar
1 Box
Mackley, Leona
1 Box
Maple
1 Box
(2013.050)
Martin/Hoffman
1 Box
(2019.077)
Martin/Shaw
1 Album by Harry Martin
(2018.008)
Mathews, Florence
1 Box
(Yellow Dot 3251)
Matthias
1 Box
(2002.03)
Mathews/Clarke
2 Boxes
(2012.030)
Maxwell/McKee (Ranch)
1 Box
(2007.154.02)
Melendy
2 Boxes
(1992.43, 2007.158.02)
Mendenhall, Anne
1 Box
Middlemiss, Maude
1 Box
(2011.061.02)
Milligan
1 Box
(2011.086.03)
Minor
2 Boxes
(2017.1001.001-237)
Monahan
1 Box
(2017.104.001-002)
Monroe/Millikin, James
1 Box
(2011.086.03)
Morton
1 Box
(2008.072)
Morton Family Bible
1 Box
Mudgett
1 Box
(2019.015)
Mueller
1 Box
(2018.008, from Pettit)
Munchheimer, Dr. Kurt
1 Box
(2011.051)
Murray, Annie Zane
1 Box
Murray, George D.
1 Box
Murray, J.S.
1 Box
(2012.005.21)
Muse, Helen Delaney
1 Box
Myers, Mattie
1 Box
(2011.041)
N
Nelson, John
1 Box
(2010.129)
Noble, Nancy Burenell
1 Box
(1999.015)
Null, Wallace
1 Box
(YD2653)
O
Ollivier, Carol
1 Box
(2019.018)
Olsen
2 Boxes
(2001.154)
P
Palmer, S.E.
1 Box
(2013.78.01-.05)
Pardee, A.I.
1 Box
(2004.029)
Paul, Margaret "Muzzie"
2 Boxes
Pavel, Jack
1 Box
(2022.050.212)
Perrott/Rowley/Willsie
2 Boxes
(2022.017)
Person, Helen
1 Box
Peterson, Dr. B.A.
1 Box
(2012.051.03)
Porter/Hartman
3 Boxes
(2008.015, 2008.028, 2010.093)
Poyfaire, A.B.
1 Box
(2008.029)
Q
Quick, Lizzie
1 Box
(2000.060.0183)
R
Redmond
1 Box
(1994.08)
Reicher
1 Box
(2017.102.001-020)
Reid, Verl & William
1 Box
Reynolds/Reid/McFarlan
1 Box
(1996.34)
Richardson by Lilian Sinclair
1 Album
(2018.008)
Ricks, H.L.
1 Box
(2012.100)
Riley
1 Box
(1998.17-18, from Daigan)
Ring/Hunter
1 Box
Rohde, Marylee
1 Box
(1997.43)
Roscoe, Stanley B.
1 Box
(2008.005)
Ryan/Pierce
1 Box
Ryan, Mary & John P.
3 Boxes
(2012.132)
S
Samuels & Hinkley
1 Box
(2014.081.008)
Sanders, Edward H.
1 Box
(2004.175)
Sawyer, Jackson
1 Box
(2010.132, 2011.109.04)
Schober, Helen
1 Box
(1999.013)
Schuler
1 Box
Schunk, Dorothy McCutcheon
1 Box
(2001.226)
Scott, Lynford "Bud"
2 Boxes
(2005.139, 2017.01)
Scott, Samuel & William
1 Box
(1996.19)
Selvage
1 Box
Semilia, Henry & Tillie
1 Box
(2009.168)
Shively
1 Box
(2009.122, 2011.075)
Schuler
1 Box
Shull, Annabell Christie
1 Box
(2006.032)
Silvius
1 Box
(1999.071, from Haffner)
Simpson
2 Boxes
Smith, Dr. Arthur
1 Box
(2012.065.0661)
Smith, Dr. Frank
1 Box
(2002.080)
Smith, Gertrude
1 Box
Smith, Glyndon "Sign"
4 Boxes
(2001.074, 2000.027)
Smith, James
1 Box
Smith, Capt. Joseph
1 Box
(2000.060.0146)
Smith, Kenneth
1 Box
(2012.110)
Smith, Lois
4 Boxes
(2002.063)
Smith, Will & Sarah
1 Box
(2011.109.03)
Snow, Eleanor
1 Box
(2021.048)
Snyder, David
1 Box
(2018.024)
Spadoni, Gino
1 Box
(2011.007.03)
Speegle, Will
1 Box
Spiegle, Dan
1 Box
(2003.182)
Spinas/VanHorne
1 Box
(2007.053)
Stafford
1 Box
(1997.71.02)
Stephens
1 Box
(2000.060.0132)
Steward, George
1 Box
(1997.38)
Stillings
1 Box
(2022.055.012)
Stinehoff
1 Box
(2002.023)
Sullivan/Durnford
1 Box
(2017.014)
Sweasy, Frank R.
1 Box
(2016.038)
Sweasy, Richard
1 Box
(2000.060.0092, 2000.060.131)
T
Tabor
1 Box
Thellmann
1 Box
(2022.055.011)
Thomas, Louis
1 Box
Thompson, Edna
1 Box
(1999.093.06)
Tilley/Daby
1 Box
(2019.033F. 005 & .006)
Timmons, Charles
1 Box
Timmerman, Clara Johnson
1 Box
(2017.044)
Titlow
1 Box
Todd
2 Boxes
(2017.109.001-061)
Tomlinson
1 Box
(YD5547)
Tompkins
1 Box
(2002.040)
Toste
1 Box
(2009.071)
Tracy, Joseph
1 Box
(2010.025.15-16)
Trego
1 Box
(2010.151)
Tschanz/Ward
1 Box
(2004.065)
Turner
2 Boxes
(2003.057, 2012.125)
Tydd
1 Box
(2017.036.004)
V
Van Sant
1 Box
(2001.163)
Valentine, Louis
1 Box
(2005.224)
W
Wahlund, Fran
1 Box
(2007.125)
Waldner
2 Boxes
(2004.047, 2004.022, 2005.077)
Wallace, Bernice Ridley
2 Boxes
(2005.060, 2017.107)
Walsh, Janie
1 Box
(2009.159)
Washington, Jane
1 Box
(2011.007.01)
Waters, Jessie
1 Box
Weaver, Harriett Bahamas
1 Box
(1993.57)
Webber
1 Box
(2008.144)
White, Juanita & Eldon
1 Box
(2000.060.0145)
Willard
5 Boxes
(2010.062)
Wilson, Naomi Peyton
1 Box
Winzler, Clara
1 Box
(2001.223)
Wood, James
1 Box
(2022.055.004)
Wood, Walter
1 Box
(2005.099)
Wood, L.K.
1 Box
(YD2802, 2000.060.0172)
Woodriff
1 Box
(2013.049)
Wyman, Benjamin F.
1 Box
(2001.039)
Wyman, George A.
1 Box
(2023.27)
Yocum/Jones
1 Box
(2021.023)
Z
Zahner, Dannie
1 Box
Updated 7/12/23
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