Title	Finding aid for Papers of Franklin S. Farquhar, 1902-1945.
Creator	Farquhar, Franklin S. (Franklin Smith), b. 1865.
Extent	27 items, plus clippings.
Biographical Note	Franklin S. Farquhar was born in Fayette City, Pennsylvania on February 28, 1865. In April 1900, Farquhar, who was city editor of the Daily News Standard of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, moved his family to Montesano, Washington (where one of his uncles had been living for sometime). After an 8-month stay there, the family moved to Yakima, where Farquhar became city editor of the Weekly Republic. After moving a few more times in the state of Washington, Farquhar and his family moved to Livingston, Merced County, California in 1916. Farquhar first worked at the Weekly Chronicle, and in 1918, he became the town's postmaster. He held the post until 1935, after which he retired to his farm "Carmichael Place" just south of Livingston. Farquhar has published several books including History of Livingston, California, which was published in 1945. Farquhar's brother-in-law was United States Navy Rear Admiral William R. Furlong (their wives were sisters).
Scope and Content	Most of Farquhar's diaries, which are arranged, chronologically, include his daily activities but also include reminiscences about his life and family history and musings on a variety of topics. There is one "Account Book and Memo Book" from 1902 to 1907 and one "Journal" which includes Farquhar's memories of his life (it includes no daily entries). His earlier diaries (1906-1911) were written while he was living in Washington; the later diaries were written while he was living in California. In his diaries Farquhar also talks about the attack on Pearl Harbor, World War II, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, his brother-in-law Rear Admiral William R. Furlong, the bombing of Hiroshima and Japan's surrender. Many of the volumes have loose clippings with them, the majority of which are obituaries for people Farquhar knew. The manuscripts include copies of several of his writings including '49, And what of the years?, and History of Livingston, California. These books deal with early California pioneer history, the Gold Rush, and the Chinese in California. There are also two manuscripts regarding the genealogy of the Burgess and Farquhar families. These manuscripts, which are arranged alphabetically by title, are all carbon copies with Farquhar's handwritten edits.
Notes	All inquiries about this collection should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator, Western American Manuscripts.
Date	1902-1945.
Provenance	Gift of Franklin S. Farquhar, June 1946.
Subject	Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Farquhar, Franklin S. (Franklin Smith), b. 1865. Furlong, William Rea, 1881-1976. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Authors, American -- California -- Archives. Chinese -- California. Gold mines and mining -- California. Journalists -- California. Journalists -- Washington (State) Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. Pioneers -- California. World War, 1939-1945. California -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Livingston (Calif.) Merced County (Calif.)
Form/Genre	Diaries California 20th century. (aat) Manuscripts for publication California 20th century. (aat)
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department.
Call Number	mssHM 71720-71742
Physical Collection	Franklin S. Farquhar Papers.
Digital Collection	Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library
Physical Description	5 p.
Digitization Specifications	Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2011-10-01.
Date Digital	2011-10-01
DCMI Type	text
Digital Format	pdf
Original Finding Aid	Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, July 27, 2009.
Citation Information	Finding aid for Franklin S. Farquhar Papers, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
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