MS 68 Frank Frary Papers

Summary Information

Repository
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Creator
Frary, Frank P.
Title
Frank Frary Papers
ID
MS 68
Date [inclusive]
1876-1886
Extent
0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
Language
English
Abstract
This collection contains diaries and other papers of Frank P. Frary, a stagecoach company agent who started the San Diego and Julian City Stage Line and served as Mayor of San Diego, CA from 1901-1905.

Preferred Citation

Frank Frary Papers, MS 68, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.

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Biographical / Historical Notes

Frank P. Frary (1857-1911), a native of Ohio, moved to San Diego, California in 1875 as an agent of a stage company which operated stages between San Diego and Santa Ana. It also held a government contract for carrying mail to and from Julian. Throughout 1877, he was employed as a handy man to Lew Guillame, a beekeeper, in Harbison Canyon. Later, he and a friend, Frank Foster, started the San Diego and Julian City Stage Line. Frank Frary was elected mayor of San Diego in 1901 and served in that capacity until 1905. He married Maud Thayler, a schoolteacher and native of San Francisco in 1886. They had two daughters, Ruth Thayer and Gladys May Frary.

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Scope and Content

This collection contains diaries and other papers of Frank P. Frary, a stagecoach company agent who started the San Diego and Julian City Stage Line and served as Mayor of San Diego, CA from 1901-1905.

Frary’s diaries regard day-to-day life in San Diego between 1876 and 1886. He writes of parties he attended, his daily tasks, shootings, sickness, and his own wedding day. The 1882 diary provides a detailed record of Frary’s trip from San Diego to Lansing, Michigan by railroad. He provides observations of the countryside and towns he passes through as well as technical details of the freight the train was carrying and when engines and cars were switched throughout the trip.

Additional papers include correspondence, business cards, calling cards, and a receipt.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged by material type.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

San Diego History Center Document Collection April 4, 2017

1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Melanie Lytle on September 23, 2006.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • San Diego and Julian City Stage Line.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Julian (Calif.)
  • San Diego (Calif.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Frary, Frank P.
  • Frary, Maud Thayler
  • Guillame, Lew

Subject(s)

  • Bee culture
  • Travel

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Collection Inventory

Box-folder
Diaries, 1876-1886

Scope and Content:

Four diaries dated 1876, 1877, 1882, 1885-1886, and 1877. Subject matter includes Frary’s social activities, daily tasks, shootings, sickness, and his wedding day. The 1882 diary details a trip from San Diego to Lansing, Michigan by railroad.

1:1
Diary (transcript), 1877

Scope and Content:

This is a typed copy of Frary’s 1877 diary, with contextual notes added by the transcriber.

1:2
Miscellanea, 1876-1886 and undated

Includes:

A receipt for a coat; business cards of T. Henry Asche (P. Centemer & Co.) and Claude Carboulec (Cosmopolitan Hotel proprietor); calling cards of F.S. Foster and Annie E. Sullivan; and personal correspondence.

1:3

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