California general subjects collection, 1776-2010, bulk Bulk, 1844-2010

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Summary

Abstract:
Comprises a wide variety of ephemera documenting the natural, social, political, economic, and cultural life of California -- and particularly San Francisco -- in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Collection materials are organized into hundreds of subjects, representing different places (cities, neighborhoods, streets, buildings, and geographic features); events (natural disasters, migrations, holidays, and wars); commercial enterprises (businesses, trades, and industries); and political, educational, and cultural organizations and activities (schools, churches, political parties, labor unions, and clubs). Particularly well documented are diverse and specific industries, businesses, technologies, schools, churches, and clubs that flourished in San Francisco and throughout the state during and after the Gold Rush.
Extent:
42.6 Linear feet
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], [File name], California General Subjects Collection, CALIF FILES, The Society of California Pioneers.

Background

Scope and content:

Comprises a wide variety of ephemera documenting the natural, social, political, economic, and cultural life of California -- and particularly San Francisco -- in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Collection materials are organized into hundreds of subjects, representing different places (cities, neighborhoods, streets, buildings, and geographic features); events (natural disasters, migrations, holidays, and wars); commercial enterprises (businesses, trades, and industries); and political, educational, and cultural organizations and activities (schools, churches, political parties, labor unions, and clubs). Particularly well documented are diverse and specific industries, businesses, technologies, schools, churches, and clubs that flourished in San Francisco and throughout the state during and after the Gold Rush.

Range of ephemera includes: newspapers and newspaper clippings; journals and journal articles; advertisements; circulars; flyers; pamphlets; brochures; booklets; viewbooks; souvenir programs; catalogs; programs; invitations; business cards; membership cards; dues cards; constitutions and bylaws; articles of incorporation; tickets; ballots; stationery; timetables; maps; correspondence; menus; indentures; deeds; contracts; certificates; certificates of shares; checks; receipts; coupons; directories; report cards; reports; reminiscences; souvenirs; ribbons; prospectuses; financial records; notary seals; passenger lists; ship logs; passes; licenses; dance cards; poems; songs; and political cartoons.

Acquisition information:
Assembled by the staff at The Society of California Pioneers.
Processing information:

Processed by California Ephemera Project staff, funded by a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, in 2009-2010.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

Accruals:

Additions to the collection are ongoing.

Physical location:
Collection is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open by appointment for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be submitted in writing to the Librarian.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], [File name], California General Subjects Collection, CALIF FILES, The Society of California Pioneers.

Location of this collection:
300 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94107, US
Contact:
(415) 957-1849 ext. 160
mmdevine@californiapioneers.org
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