Finding Aid for the Ruth Frey Axe Collection of material about H.H. Bancroft and Company, 1854-1977
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Expanded Scope and Content Note
- Box 1: Axe's inventory of items in collection; items #2-52.
- Box 2: Items #53-68; #79-84 (folder 1 of 4). [For #69-78 see box 8]
- Box 3: Items #84 (folder 2)-85 (folder 5 of 6).
- Box 4: Items #85 (folder 6)-89; #91-103. [#90 not included]
- Box 5: Items #104-118.
- Box 6: #119-126; items not on checklist:
- Bancroft Library tickets of admission
- Bancroft Co. stationery
- Evolution of a Library (1901)
- Miscellaneous articles and ephemera re Hubert Howe Bancroft
- Box 7: Item #127.
- Box 8: Items #69-78.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Container List
Ephemera
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Item No. 1△cat. Z998B22c Catalogue of H.H. Bancroft & Co. 1857
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Item No. 2 H.H. Bancroft & Co's Law Catalogue, Messrs. Little; Brown & Co's Miscellaneous Books 1858
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Item No. 3 This day published H.H. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco November 11, 1861
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Item No. 4 Office of The Pacific Encyclopedia, San Francisco March 13, 1872
Item No. 5 Bancroft's Diary for 1873 1873
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Item No. 6 1873 Announcement of receipt of University Texts
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Item No. 7 Emma Nevada in gold star
Item No. 7 One side: The New Star Coal
Item No. 7 Second side: all other Coals
Item No. 7 Advertising Bancroft schoolbooks
Item No. 7 One invitation to piano recital and reception. 1888
Item No. 7 The Bancroft Company...other side ...take place at the History Building
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Item No. 7 "Gaudy" letterhead paper
Item No. 8 Prospectus, The Book of the Season (The Native Races) 1875
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- 5 publishers listed, 5 vols completed
- A.L. Bancroft & Co.
- Prospectus
Item No. 9 1874 The Native Races Vol. I, N.Y., D. Appleton & Co.
Item No. 10 1874 Prospectus, 3 volumes completed, The Native Races
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Item No. 11 What is being said of Mr. Hubert H. Bancroft and his literary work? 1874
Item No. 12 Prospectus The Native Races, D. Appleton & Co. 1874
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Item No. 13 Prospectus The Native Races, [A.L. Bancroft & Co.] 1874
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Item No. 14 The Adoption of the Pacific Coast Series of Readers, A.L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco January 22, 1875
Item No. 15 To the Honorable County Board of Education, School Library Book, A.L. Bancroft & Co. 1875
Item No. 16 Memorial is of A.L. Bancroft & Co. to the Senate and Aseembly. 1876 January 3
Item No. 17 Descriptive list of law publications of A.L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco 1877 March
Item No. 18 Bancroft's Catalogue of American and English Medical Books, A.L. Bancroft & Co. [1875-1879]
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Item No. 19 Silver Carols songs, A.L. Bancroft & Co. 1879
Item No. 20 Camp's New Physical Political Outline maps 1879
Note
Item No. 21 [Exchange price list of A.L. Bancroft & Co. for schoolbooks] 1880 January
Item No. 22 White's Recitation Card 1880
Item No. 23 Washington Territory Circular to school officers and teachers. 1880, after December 24
Item No. 24 Gross Misrepresentation Oregon accusations 1880
Item No. 25 The Notorious Syndicate Swindle. San Francisco Circular, 1880 May 18
Item No. 26 To the Honorable State Board of Education of the State of Oregon 1880 October 20
Item No. 27 That Cheeky Circular II 1880 October
Item No. 28 [Further revision of the Bancroft readers] 1880
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Hard-cover Imprints
Item No. 29 Dwinelle, Rev. I.E. Relation of Religion to Civilization. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Co. Printers, 1881.
Item No. 30 Bancroft's Christmas Messenger 1881
Item No. 31 A Rare Chance to Make Money - Something that Every Household Should Have, Bancroft's Pictorial Chart 1882
Item No. 32 Order of Publication of The Works of H.H. Bancroft 1882?
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Item No. 33 Bancroft's Works Order of Publication 1883
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Item No. 34 Publisher's Notice of Deviation History of Pacific States 1883 (?)
Item No. 35 Publisher's Notice History of Pacific States [of Deviation] 1883?
Item No. 36 Suggestions to the Reader 1883?
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Item No. 37 The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice as presented at Baldwin Theater San Francisco July 14, 1884
Item No. 38 Platt's Hall Thursday, May 8th, 1884, program 1884
Item No. 39 What Montana Educators say of Bancroft's Readers. San Francisco, A.L. Bancroft & Company 1885
Note
Item No. 40 Obras Históricas de Huber to H. Bancroft. Imprenta de A.L. Bancroft y Compañia 1886?
Item No. 41 Prospectus of History of California, Vol.V, signed by A.L. Bancroft & Co., Publishers 1886 August
Item No. 42 August Prospectus of History of California, Vol.V., signed by A.L. Bancroft & Co. Publishers 1886
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Item No. 43 History of Oregon, Vol. 1, Bancroft's Works, Vol. XXIX, San Francisco, The History Company 1886 October 1
Item No. 44 Quarterly Book List of The Bancroft Company, Vol.1, No.1 1887 July
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Item No. 45a Quarterly Book List of the Bancroft Company, Vol.1, No.2 1887 October
Item No. 45b Vol 1, No. 3 1888 January
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Item No. 46 The Historical Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft with Special Reference to the Progress and Destiny of Texas 1886-1887
Item No. 47 The Historical Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft in their relation to the progress and destiny of the Pacific States 1886-1887
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Typewritten material
Item No. 48 Obras Historicas de Huberto H. Bancroft su Relacion con el progreso y porvenir de America Central 1889?
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Item No. 49 Historical Biography. 1889?
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Item No. 50 Prospectus History of British Columbia 1887 January
Item No. 51 Prospectus History of British Columbia 1887
Item No. 52 Prospectus History of Central America, Vol. III 1887 March
Item No. 53 Prospectus History of Central America, Vol. III 1887 March
Item No. 54 Prospectus Popular Tribunals, Volume I, The History Company 1887 July
Item No. 55 History of Utah 1889
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Item No. 56 Catalogo de las obras Publicadas en Español por the History Company Libreros Editores, History Building, San Francisco 1890
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Item No. 57 Postcard, San Francisco November 20, 1890
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Item No. 61 West American History Hubert Howe Bancroft Autograph Edition, New York, The Bancroft Company 1902
Item No. 62 Receipt dated San Francisco, December 29, 1890. "On account of Bancroft's Works in full of all demands." 1890
Item No. 63 1890 Receipt, The History Company, publishers of The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. San Francisco. December 6, 1890
Item No. 63 Prospectus for Literary Industries.
Item No. 63 Further Late and Earlier Notices of Mr. Bancroft and his books undated
Item No. 64 Holograph letter of Hubert Howe Bancroft to William Henry Knight from London September 17, 1866
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Item No. 65 Prospectus for Chronicle of The Kings
Item No. 66 From Hubert H. Bancroft to Mr. Adolph Sutro August 10, 1888
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Item No. 67 California Publications, published by The Bancroft Company History Building. Market St. San Francisco [1889]
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Item No. 68 Analysis and Valuation of the Bancroft Library 1886 June 11
Note
Bancroft hard-cover imprints
Item No. 69 Prussia and the Franco-Prussian War 1871
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Item No. 70 Caxton's Book: A collection of Essays, Poem, tales and sketches, by the late W. H. Rhodes. Edited by Daniel O'Connell. San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft and Company. 1876
Item No. 71 The New Penelope and other stories and poems by Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company, printers 1877
Item No. 72 The Poison Fountain or Anti-Parental Education. 1878
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Item No. 73 Pacific Coast Series The Pacific Coast Fourth Reader. Revised Edition. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Company, publishers. Booksellers and Stationers. 1878
Item No. 74 The Handy Companion for constant use. Hubbard Brothers. Publishers Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco 1883
Item No. 75 Our Lost Explorers: The narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition 1883
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Item No. 76 A Popular California Flora, or Manual of Botany for Beginners, by Volney Rattan. Sixth Revised Edition, San Francisco, A.L. Bancroft and Company. 1885
Item No. 77 Salesman's Dummy History of Utah
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Item No. 78 Shifting Scenes Poems by T.J. Richards San Francisco The Bancroft Company 1889
Item No. 79 Analysis and Valuation of the Bancroft Library 1886
Item No. 79 The Publications of the Bancroft Organizations with an Introduction by Henry R. Wagner Preface
Item No. 80 Original H.R. Wagner letter to Eleanor Bancroft. April 19, 1955
Item No. 81 Miscellaneous, including misrepresentations
Item No. 81 By John Howell of Misrepresentations in Bancroft work
Item No. 81 Reference to passages in the author's edition of the works of HHB which later editions were expurgated or revised John Howell
Item No. 81 Publication Data on Bancroft's Works
Item No. 81 Bancroft's Works and their authors
Item No. 81 HRW
Item No. 82 The Library
Item No. 82 Knight Gerson collection undated
Item No. 82 The Evolotion of a Library, dictated by HRW
Item No. 82 The Bancroft Library
Item No. 82 Library sale
Item No. 82 Traveler
Item No. 82 Fisher's description of Bancroft
Item No. 82 Conclusion
Item No. 82 Bancroft's Character
Item No. 82 More conclusion
Item No. 82 Chart of Book of the Fair (variations)
Item No. 83 White folder marked "Discard of HRW Bancroft"
Item No. 84 Envelope addressed to Mr. J.L. Chernofsky
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- Checklist of Publications H.H. Bancroft and Company
- 1857 to 1870 Volume I by Henry R. Wagner and Eleanor Bancroft, completed and by Ruth Frey Axe
- 157 typewritten pages ready for publication with one addition, from Mr. Michael Hackenburg of University of Chicago. Correspondence and xerox
- 8 pages of Harry Clark's list of Bancroft Publications to year 1868
Item No. 85 Checklist of Publications, A.L. Bancroft and Company 1868 to 1886
Bancroft Law
Item No. 86 Idaho State Law Library May 23, 1950
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Item No. 86 Notes: Territories and States Laws, Statutes, Supreme Court
Item No. 86 Letters of L.A. County Law Bibliographer, Howard Jay Graham January 1955
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- February 14, 1951
- February 2, 1951
- Answer HRW: February 6, 1951
- January 22, 1951; 4 p
- February 7, 1951
- Answer HRW February 9, 1951
Item No. 86 Mr. Thomas S. Dabagh UCLA Law Library January 10, 1951
Item No. 86 California Supreme Court Reports
Item No. 86 Bibliography of California Reports
Item No. 86 California Supreme Court Reports
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Mr.Graham February 2, 1981
Item No. 86 Letter of William B. Stern January 9, 1951
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Miss Caroline Wenzel California State Library January 2, 1[?]
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Johan Adams January 15, 1951
Item No. 86 Reply: January 17, 1951
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Thomas Dabagh, UCLA Law Library January 3, 1951
Item No. 86 Notes Reports of Cases, Supreme Court
Item No. 86 Letter HRW Montana Historical Society May 16, 1949
Item No. 86 Reply: May 24, 1949
Item No. 86 Letters HRW Nevada State Library May 16, 1949
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- March 3, 1964 to Mrs. Hater
- March 6, 1964 Nevada State Library
Item No. 86 Notes Oregon Supreme Court Reports
Item No. 86 Letter Oregon State Library June 2, 1949
Item No. 86 Letter Robert Greenwood March 4, 1964
Item No. 86 Letter to Robert Greenwood March 1, 1964
Item No. 86 Letter to Utah State Historical Society March 3, 1964
Item No. 86 Reply: March 6, 1964
Item No. 86 Letter from N. Orwin Rush Director University of Wyoming Library December 7, 1949
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Item No. 86 Letter of Ellen Crowley State Librarian to HRW May 24, 1950
Item No. 86 Letter of Mrs. Hager to State Library March 5, 1964
Item No. 86 Letter of Dr. Andrew Horn November 11, 1949
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Item No. 86 HRW reply November 16, 1949
Item No. 86 Note
Item No. 86 2 letters - HRW to Los Angeles Bar Association October 25, 1948 November l, 1948
Item No. 86 Letter Thomas H. Dabagh November 5 1948
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Item No. 86 Letter Howard Jay Graham January 18, 1948
Item No. 86 Letter HRW to Librarian of Congress November 8, 1948
Item No. 86 Reply Francis X. Dwyer Acting Law Librarian, Library of Congress January 11, 1949
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Homer Crotty, (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher) August 7, 1948
Item No. 86 Reply: Mr. Crotty August 4, 1948
Item No. 86 Letter of Mr. Crotty July 30, 1948
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Mr. Dabagh November 23, 1948
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Mr. Howard Jay Graham January 16, 1951
Item No. 86 Letter of Mr. Dabagh November 15, 1948
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Librarian Hastings College of Law January 13, 1950
Item No. 86 Letter of Mr. Dabagh December 8, 1948
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Librarian Yale Law Library January 4, 1950
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW with copy to Librarian Yale Law Library December 23, 1949
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW go Mr. Dabagh December 14, 1948
Item No. 86 Letter of Cecil Skipwith May 18, 1949
Item No. 86 Letter of Ruth Axe to Francis R. Doyle, Reference Librarian, Boalt Hall September 18, 197[?]
Item No. 86 Reply September 15, 1972
Item No. 86 Page from Bancroftiana regarding find of Labatt. (May, 1857)
Item No. 86 Letter of HRW to Howard Jay Graham January 23, 1951
Item No. 86 Notes
Item No. 86 California Supreme Court Reports Reporter's Edition
Note
Item No. 86 "My notes"
Correspondence Bancroft Whitney
Item No. 86 Letter from A.A. Herschley to HRW November 19, 1949
Item No. 86 Letter from C.E. Brumm Library Services Counsellor September 8, 1950
Item No. 86 Letter from HRW to W.K. Kuhl September 20, 1950
Item No. 86 Letter from Kuhl to HRW September 15, 1950
Item No. 86 Letter from HRW to Mr. Brumm September 11, 1950
Item No. 86 Letter HRW to Mr. Herschler September 21, 1949
Item No. 86 Letter from to Mr. Kuhl October 25, 1950
Item No. 86 Letter of Mr. Kuhl to HRW October 30, 1950
Item No. 86 Letter from Poster to Mrs. Hager August 19, 1965
Item No. 86 Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Hager from Mr. Taft June 17, 1965
Item No. 86 Letter to Mrs. Axe from Mr. Taft June 17, 1965
Item No. 86 Letter from Mr. Taft to Mrs. Hager July 17, 1965
Item No. 86 Letter to Mrs. Axe from Hager to Mrs. Axe and Mr. Taft July 8, 1965
Item No. 86 Letter from Mrs. Hager to Mr. Taft August 4, 1965
Item No. 86 Check List of Sumner Whitney law publications
Item No. 86 Notes
Item No. 87 UCLA and UC
Item No. 87 List of Bancroft imprints holdings
Note
Item No. 87 List Bancroft A.L. Imprints checked by UCLA
Item No. 87 List checked by UC Ed and UCLA List of H.H. Bancroft imprints
Item No. 87 List with UCLA library nos. December 4, 1949
Item No. 87 Covering letter dated December 13, blue paper from Andrew Horn to HRW
Item No. 87 Lyman List
Item No. 87 Letter and list of Andrew Horn to HRW July 23, 1951
Item No. 87 Letter and list of Andrew Horn to HRW December 1, 1949
Item No. 87 HRW to Andrew Horn February 2, 1949
Item No. 87 Andrew Horn to HRW February 14, 1949
Item No. 87 (RFA list) H.H. Bancroft & Co. publications, UCLA
Item No. 87 Letter of HRW to Mr. Andrew Horn March 30, 1950
Item No. 87 Andrew Horn to HRW September 28, 1948
Item No. 87 Andrew Horn March 14, 1950
Item No. 87 HRW to Andrew Horn August 18, 1951
Item No. 87 Andrew Horn to HRW from Washington D.C. July 10, 1951
Item No. 87 HRW to Andrew Horn June 2, 1951
Item No. 87 HRW to Wilbur Smith August 30, 1951
Item No. 87 Wilbur Smith to HRW August 17, 1951
Item No. 87 Wilbur Smith to HRW August 23, 1951
Item No. 87 Dr. Ed. Carpenter to HRW August 11, 1950
Item No. 87 HRW to Ed. Carpenter (Lyman library) August 11, 1950
Item No. 87 Dr. Carpenter to HRW re Savage Manual October 5, 1949
Item No. 87 HRW to Ed Carpenter re Savage Manual September 30, 1949
Item No. 87 HRW to Ed Carpenter August 26, 1949
Item No. 87 Ed Carpenter to HRW August 25, 1959
Item No. 87 Wilbur Smith to HRW January 28, 1956
Item No. 87 HRW to Wilbur Smith February 4, 1956
Item No. 87 Notes
Item No. 87 Wilbur Smith to Ruth Axe July 15, 1959
Item No. 87 HH Bancroft bibliography, UCLA prepared for H.R. Wagner September 28, 1948
Item No. 88 Directories
Item No. 88 Chart of Bancroft firms
Item No. 88 Chart of Bancroft firms
Item No. 88 Chart of Bancroft firms
Item No. 88 Notes
Item No. 88 Charts of Bancroft companies
Item No. 88 [?]
Item No. 88 Bancroft firms as listed in directories
Item No. 88 San Francisco Journal of Commerce August 12, 1886
Item No. 88 San Diego Union September 26, 1886
Item No. 88 A.L. Bancroft and Co. addresses 1885 to 1896
Item No. 88 Letter from HRW to Gladys Wickson (California Historical Society) November 21, 1949
Item No. 88 Bancroft Family and companies
Item No. 88 Newspaper articles re The Fire of April 30, 1886
Item No. 88 Miss Wickson to HRW May 24, 1948
Item No. 88 HRW to Miss Wickson May 29, 1948
Item No. 88 S.F. Directories, Has Brouck
Item No. 88 Letter of Miss Wickson re Directories Colley and Schmidt January 16, 1950
Item No. 88 San Francisco Directories: Nathan J.and F.Stone
Item No. 88 HRW to Wickson, asking for info re W.H. Knight July 19, 1948
Item No. 88 Business addresses S.F. Directories W.H. Knights
Item No. 89 Correspondence with bookdealers and with Hagers
Scope and Content Note
Item No. 90 Folder marked Bancroft correspondence, Muybridge, [Paper manufacturing]
Note
Item No. 90 Letter from Cordon Hendricks requesting information re Muybridge
Item No. 90 Letter to Warren Howell re pub. CheckList May 26, 1973
Item No. 90 Letter from Warren declining.
Item No. 90 2 Letters from Burt Cahonn requesting info. re W.E. Bancroft
Item No. 90 Letter from James D. Hart re early Ban. imprints
Item No. 90 Letter of Hart April 26, 1973
Item No. 90 Letter of Peter Hanff with article on Early Ban. Imprints 29 November 1972
Item No. 90 My letter to Peter Hanff October 16, 1972
Item No. 91 List of Copyright of H.H. Bancroft & Co. Publications 1857-1870
Note
Item No. 91 Bancroft Lib. Lacks H.H. Bancroft & Co. Pub.
Item No. 91 Census of H.H. Bancroft & Co. imprints
Item No. 92 Paper making
Item No. 92 Note of extract from Titus Fey Cronise Paper making in California
Item No. 92 Letter from the Huntington Library
Item No. 92 Letter from HRW to Cone Free Librarian October 18, 1950
Item No. 92 Letter from Librarian Mason Librarian Great Barrington October 31, 1950
Item No. 92 Extract from Horace Lyman Weeks A History of Paper manufacturing in the UC
Item No. 92 Extract of HRW work
Item No. 93 Bancroft imprint [?] Not Found
Item No. 94 The Templeton Crocker Collection of Western American in California Historical Library 1936
Item No. 94 Edna Parratt to HRW California Teacher December 14, 1949
Item No. 94 Bancroft published in California Historical Society Library exclusive of the Works
Item No. 94 H.H. Bancroft & Co. Publ. Checked by C.H.S.
Item No. 94 Bancroft Imprints and The Works all checked by CHS
Item No. 94 Pub. adv. in Pacific Coast Series Fifth Reader A.L. Bancroft & Co. (copyright 1874)
Item No. 94 The Bancroft Publications all checked by CHS
Item No. 94 The History Co. Publications all checked by CHS
Item No. 94 HRW to Edna Martin June 14, 1951
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Item No. 94 "My notes"
Item No. 94 Goodspeeds Western Scout, vol. 1 February 1, 1952
Item No. 94 Letter of HRW to Edna Parrett pinned to it February 8, 1952
Item No. 94 Letter of Ruth Axe to Reference Librarian November 4, 1972
Item No. 94 Reply November 15, 1972
Item No. 94 Letter R. Axe to Reference Librarian March 5, 1973
Item No. 94 Reply Mrs. Swingle March 15, 1973
Item No. 94 Mr. Absjian to Ruth Axe March 23, 1977
Item No. 94 Not Bancroft
Item No. 95 List of Pioneer Society Items
Item No. 96 Doxsee references
Item No. 97 California State Library
Item No. 97 Letter HRW to Miss Edith Coulter August 3, 1948
Item No. 97 Letter HRW to Miss Edith Coulter July 6, 1948
Item No. 97 Miss Coulter to HRW July 9, 1948
Item No. 97 Miss Coulter to HRW July 30 1948
Item No. 97 "Some of Bancroft & Co's Publications all checked"
Item No. 97 Extract from The Bookseller
Item No. 97 Letter HRW to Miss Mabel Gillis August 23, 1948
Item No. 97 Letter Miss Gillis to HRW September 28, 1948
Item No. 97 Letter HRW to Miss Gillis August 9, 1948
Item No. 97 Letter HRW to Miss Gillis October 12, 1948
Item No. 97 Letter Miss Gillis December 12, 1949
Item No. 97 Letter HRW to Caroline Wenzel February 1, 1950
Item No. 97 Letter HRW to Caroline Wenzel March 24, 1950
Item No. 97 Letter HRW to Caroline Wenzel January 9, 1949
Item No. 97 California State Library List of their H.H.Bancroft & Co., holdings all checked
Item No. 97 A Report on the location of Early California Imprints for the California State Library in Greenwood's California Imprints (by Rllen R. Ottley)
Item No. 97 The American Almanac 1856 not Ban
Item No. 97 Letter Ruth Axe to California State Library September 9, 1972
Item No. 97 Bancroft publ. not yet located but checked by CSL for some they have
Item No. 98 Los Angeles Public Library
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Item No. 99 Biographical
Item No. 99 Bancroft children's reminiscences
Item No. 99 Letter of HRW to Mr. Brigham AAS re Bancroft August 30, 1948
Item No. 99 Reply September 1, 1948
Item No. 99 Mr. Lohmann, Secretary Yale University September 8, 1948
Item No. 99 Letter from Harry J. Crosby to HRW re Clarence King January 12, 1951
Item No. 99 Reply HRW January 16, 1951
Item No. 99 R. Axe to Crosby December 29, 1963
Item No. 99 Notes on John Swett
Item No. 99 Letter HRW to W.W. Robinson re Watts November 17, 1950
Item No. 99 Reply W.W. Robinson re Watts November 21, 1950
Item No. 99 Sara Bancroft Fry to HRW March 20, 1950
Item No. 99 Letter John Kemble to HRW re travel exp. of Bancroft December 25, 1949
Item No. 99 Oassenger list
Item No. 99 Letter Caroline Wenzel Bancroft's travels April 13, 1950
Item No. 99 Dates of arrivals and departures
Item No. 99 Letter HRW thank you and also for news of HHB diary in Ban
Item No. 99 From HRW to Griffin Bancroft November 7, 1949
Item No. 99 Reply Philip Bancroft February 13, 1950
Item No. 99 HRW to Philip Bancroft February l7, 1950
Item No. 99 Philip Bancroft reply March 1, 1950
Item No. 99 HRW to Philip Bancroft March 8, 1950
Item No. 99 HRW to Philip Bancroft October 30, 1950
Item No. 99 HRW to Mrs. Chas P. Lineweaver March 8, 1950
Item No. 99 Reply C. Lineweaver March 23, 1950
Item No. 99 HRW to L.B. Harrison March 8, 1950
Item No. 99 Philip Bancroft to HRW reply to below February 13, 1954
Item No. 99 HRW to Philip Bancroft February 3, 1954
Item No. 99 Letter of HRW to Charles Forward November 6, 1950
Scope and Content Note
Item No. 99 Reply November 9, 1950
Item No. 99 HRW to Charles Forward November 10, 1950
Item No. 99 Letter of Mabel Gillis August 20, 1948
Item No. 99 Biographical from State Lib. Albert Little Bancroft
Item No. 99 Biographical from State Lib. Samuel Leonidas Simpson
Item No. 99 Biographical from State Lib. Andrew W. Patterson
Item No. 99 William Henry Knight
Item No. 99 Arthur H. Bell
Item No. 99 Ed McGowan
Item No. 99 Frederick Peter Stone
Item No. 99 Letter of HRW to Caroline Wenzel thanks for biographical material
Item No. 99 Letter re ALB and Honey Lake August 18, 1950
Item No. 99 Article: Has Fraud been Practiced? ALB
Item No. 99 Letter HRW reply
Item No. 99 San Diego Union December 12, 1976
Item No. 99 San Diego Union January 4, 1977
Item No. 99 San Diego Union January 1, 1963
Item No. 100 Ed Carpenter and Huntington Library
Item No. 100 Letter to HRW February 1, 1949
Item No. 100 Letter to HRW July 25, 1949
Item No. 100 List Entries in Huntington Library Catalog under HHB except Works checked
Item No. 100 List from Mrs. Hager checked March 4, 1964
Item No. 101 Library of Congress
Note
Item No. 101 Letter November 18, 1949
Item No. 101 Letter reply HRW November 23, 1949
Item No. 101 Letter HRW October 31, 1949
Item No. 101 Letter LC form October 26, 1949
Item No. 101 Letter HRW October 21, 1949
Item No. 101 Letter October 12, 1949
Item No. 101 Copyright office L.C. November 30, 1940
Item No. 101 HRW September 14, 1949
Item No. 101 Bancroft imprints
Item No. 102 Maps, including Library of Congress and Almanacs
Item No. 102 Bancroft Library: 2 3x5 cards maps
Item No. 102 HHB and ALB Maps unlocated
Item No. 102 My notes on Henry Hancock survey
Item No. 102 Bancroft's Maps in Library of Congress
Item No. 102 Extract 'Wheat's Mapping the A....'
Item No. 102 Maps and locations, etc.
Item No. 102 List of Printed Maps of California Supplement to ... Board of Regents, Berkeley 1887, Library Bulletin No. 9
Item No. 102 "My notes on newsprint of above"
Item No. 102 Description of Bancroft map in Clark Library prepared by Ed Carpenter (December 14, 1949)
Item No. 102 Letter from B. Whiting to R. Axe December 21, 1957
Item No. 102 1 card from B. Whiting to R. Axe January 22, 1958
Item No. 102 1 letter from Peggy Christian June 22, 1971
Item No. 102 1 letter from Warren Howell May 28, 1973
Item No. 102 1 letter to Wesley Catlin CSL March 29, 1973
Item No. 102 1 letter reply
Item No. 102 3 maps Cal State Library
Item No. 102 Almanacs
Item No. 102 Letter of Clarence S. Brigham A.A.S. January 7, 1949
Item No. 102 List of California Almanacs in AAS to 1870
Item No. 102 Letter of HRW to CSL April 4, 1949
Item No. 102 Am. Almanac 1857 not Ban.
Item No. 103 Lithographs
Item No. 103 Bird's Eye Views of California Cities by Mary Lou de Lapp
Item No. 103 Letter NYPL to HRW with list March 16, 1954
Item No. 103 Letter to Bob Becker Peter Hanff Suzanne Gallup Bancroft Library April 3, 1977
Item No. 103 Reply May 9, 1977
Item No. 103 My notes on Lithos
Item No. 103 Letter of Bowers Museum July 12, 1977
Item No. 103 Letter of Bowers Museum July 5, 1977
Item No. 103 Letter to CHS May 27, 1977
Item No. 103 Reply June 9, 1977
Item No. 103 Notes
Item No. 103 Notes from Peters California on Stone
Item No. 104 The Works and the Native Races (cont.)
Item No. 104 HRW to S W Museum July 15, 1949
Item No. 104 HRW to S W Museum August 5, 1949
Item No. 104 F.W. Hodge ingloses
Item No. 104 Circular from Lummis papers re Bancroft (dated 1907)
Item No. 104 F.W. Lodge letter, October 4, re books
Item No. 104 HLRW to Stanford University Library re Bancroft History of California
Item No. 104 Reply December 2, 1949
Item No. 104 HRW to Edna Parratt CHS January 18, 1950
Scope and Content Note
Item No. 104 Reply? October 30 1950
Item No. 104 Dawson re History of California September 17, 1950
Item No. 104 Harold Holmes November 3, 1950
Item No. 104 HRW to H.P. Kraus re Native Races June 1, 1951
Item No. 104 List of CHS Works October 26, 1954
Item No. 104 Letter CHS November 1, 1954
Item No. 104 Anna Marie Hager to CHS February 27, 1964
Item No. 104 Accompanying list not checked
Item No. 104 Reply James Abajian March 3, 1964
Item No. 104 Circular Alta California bookstore Bancroftiana
Item No. 104 Bancroftiana October 15, 1970
Item No. 104 Edna Parratt CHS March 28, 1951
Item No. 104 Letter HRW to CHS April 10, 1951
Item No. 104 List general CHS
Item No. 104 List Bancroftiana (gen'l.) don't know from whom
Item No. 104 Misrepresentations in the Bancroft Works by John Howell
Xerox copies
Item No. 105 Schoolbooks
Item No. 105 HRW letter to Library Education Department UC February 21, 1949
Item No. 105 RG Cowan letter re his father's schoolbook collection
Item No. 105 HRW to James Babb, Yale University Library May 23, 1949
Item No. 105 HRW to Library Education, UC
Item No. 105 HRW to Miss Wilma W. Waite acknowledging her letter and list August 15, l949
Item No. 105 Miss Wilma Waite letter and list of UC Ed library holdings August 4, 1949
Item No. 105 HRW July 29 to Miss Waite
Item No. 105 Miss Waite to HRW March 8 with list
Item No. 105 Letter HRW to Miss Waite March 15, 1949
Item No. 105 Letter of from Yale June 6, 1949
Item No. 105 Ack. HRW to Yale letter
Item No. 105 Advertisement in Swett's Common School Readings
Item No. 105 California State Library Works by Charles Russell Clarke
Item No. 105 Letter of William F. Kelleher January 23, 1950
Scope and Content Note
Item No. 105 Original in this coll.
Note
Item No. 105 "My notes"
Item No. 105 Letter R. Axe to Reference Librarian, Nevada State Historical Society October 29, 1972
Item No. 105 Reply Has Warren's Intermediate Geog. November 1, 1972
Item No. 105 Letter R. Axe to Nevada State Historical Society, 11-472
Item No. 105 Letter R. Axe to Librarian, Oregon State Library one with his notes May 27, 1977
Item No. 105 Bancroft schoolbook imprints
Item No. 105 Letter R. Axe to Bancroft Library May 13, 1971
Item No. 105 R. Axe notes
Book of the Fair
Item No. 106 "My notes on UCLA copies"
Item No. 106 "My notes on Los Angeles Public Library copy"
Item No. 106 Letter of Mr. Lake, Riverside Public Library with description of their copy November 1, 1948
Item No. 106 "My chart" California Historical Society, UCLA, California State Library, Los Angeles Public, Riverside copies
Item No. 106 Letter Ruth Axe to Silveira de Braganza and Jake Zeitlin February 27, 1971
Item No. 106 Letter HRW to Peter Decker send Book of Fair to CHS December 27, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter to Edna Parratt December 27, 1949
Item No. 106 Description of Book of Fair received at CHS
Book of Wealth or Achievements of Civilization
Item No. 106 Chart of UCLA copies
Item No. 106 HRW to Eleanor Bancroft question August 17, 1948
Item No. 106 Ralph Lyon to HRW October 11, 1948
Item No. 106 HRW to Ralph Lyon October 15, 1948
Item No. 106 HRW to Ralph Lyon October 19, 1949
Item No. 106 HRW to Ralph Lyon October 8, 1948
Item No. 106 HRW to Ralph Lyon December 1, 1948
Item No. 106 Ralph Lyon to HRW October 21, 1948
Item No. 106 HRW to Ralph Lyon October 28, 1949
Item No. 106 HRW to Ralph Lyon October 29, 1948
Item No. 106 Ralph Lyon to HRW November 8, 1948
Item No. 106 HRW to Ralph Lyon November 12, 1948
Item No. 106 Mabel Gillie, California State Library October 22, 1948
Item No. 106 HRW to Miss California State Library November 4, 1949
Item No. 106 Miss Caroline Wenzel, California State Library June 24, 1949
Item No. 106 Description of California State Library Book of Wealth
Item No. 106 Letter Ralph Lyon to HRW November 2, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter HRW to Librarian Wesleyan, University Library, Middletown, Connecticut October 27 1949
Item No. 106 Reply of Librarian Wesleyan, University Library, Middletown, Connecticut November 8, 1949
Item No. 106 List of Subscriptions & amounts subscribed from Fullerton Special Collections (Stone papers)
Item No. 106 Letter HRW to Mr. Lake (Riverside Public Library) October 25, 1948
Item No. 106 Letter Mr. Lake To HRW November 8, 1948
Item No. 106 Card Mr. Lake to HRW November 23, 1949
Item No. 106 HRW to Miss Caroline Wenzel, California State Library January 28, 1949
Item No. 106 Card of Miss Wenzel, reply
Item No. 106 "My Chart" - Frick collection, California State Library, Ban Author's and Fin de Siecle No name editions, Riverside
Item No. 106 "My description" Riverside copy
Item No. 106 Letter Franklin Biebel Frick Library February 21, 1949
Item No. 106 Description Frick copy Cogne Noir (NYPL has Cygne noir)
Item No. 106 Description, California State Library
Item No. 106 Letter HRW to Frick January 24, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter HRW to Frick February 7, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter, Pierpont Morgan Library, Fred Adams to T.W. Streeter, No copy in
Item No. 106 Frick to HRW February 1, 1949
Item No. 106 Wesleyan to HRW November 1, 1949
Item No. 106 NYPL to HRW March 9, 1949
Item No. 106 R. Axe to Riverside Public Library February 11, 1949
Item No. 106 HRW to Riverside Public Library November 2, 1948
Item No. 106 Description of Frick copy to Riverside
Item No. 106 HRW to Ralph Lyon March 1, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter HRW to Director New York Historical Society re Book of Wealth March 2, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter HRW to Reference Librarian, NYPL March 2, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter Ralph Lyon re his holdings of Book of Wealth March 7, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter HRW to Ralph Lyon, thank you March 11, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter, Ralph Lyon will ask mother about A.L. Bancroft October 29, 1948
Item No. 106 Questionnaire HRW to Ralph Lyons re the Bancrofts filled in and answered and returned March 22, 1949
Item No. 106 Letter HRW to Librarian Wesleyan U
Item No. 106 Pencil chart, UCLA Book of Wealth copies
Item No. 106 California State Library copy of Book of Wealth some notes in HRW's writing
Item No. 106 Letter, HRW to Eleanor Bancroft November 4, l949
Item No. 106 Letter, HRW to Mr. Lake, Riverside Public Library
Item No. 106 Letter, Andrew Horn to HRW February 3, 1950
Item No. 106 Letter, Andrew Horn to HRW February 23, 1950
Item No. 106 Letter, HRW to Andrew Horn February 6, 1950
Item No. 106 Letter, HRW to Andrew Horn February 28, 1950
Item No. 106 Letter, Ralph Lyon price of Book of Wealth April 27, 1954
Item No. 106 Letter, Ralph Lyon April 7, 1954
Item No. 106 "My notes on Riverside copy Book of Wealth"
Item No. 106 "1 side Henry Lebbeus Oak by ...Ora Oak, my notes"
Item No. 106 "My notes" Portfolios
Item No. 106 California State Library, List of Bancroft books including Book of Wealth
Item No. 107 The History Company Inc. September 23, 1886 forfeit December 14, 1905
Item No. 107 List of imprints and descriptions
Item No. 107 Additional notes
Item No. 107 Additions
Item No. 107 UCLA holdings descriptions filled in
Item No. 108 The Bancroft Co. Inc. June 22, 187? Forfeit December 4, 1905
Item No. 108 List of imprints and descriptions, locations
Item No. 108 To California State Library and Bancroft
Item No. 108 To UCLA, all filled in
Item No. 108 To Bancroft, filled in
Item No. 108 Letter, Hager to Historical Society of Montana February 29, 1964
Item No. 108 University of Washington, Library Pacific Northwest collection letter to Hager March 9, 1964
Item No. 108 Bancroft Co. publications
Item No. 108 Hager to Southwest Museum February 29, 1964
Item No. 108 Hager to Solano County Free Library, copy March 2, 1964
Item No. 108 John Barr Tompkins Bancroft Library to Hager March 4, 1964
Item No. 108 California State Library to Hager May 12, 1964
Scope and Content Note
Item No. 109 List of W. B. Bancroft imprints (he was a newphew of H.H.)
Item No. 109 Copy partial list of ephemera
Item No. 110 T. Percival Gerson Collection
Item No. 110 Letter holograph to HRW inviting Ruth Axe to his house on March 25, 1950 to work on his collection March 22, 1950
Scope and Content Note
Item No. 110 Notes
Item No. 110 1 paragraph on Knight's remarks about formation of Bancroft, Knight & Co. 1877-1878
Item No. 110 Notes
Item No. 110 Wrathful pioneers notes September 17, 1951
Item No. 110 Article Los Angeles Times by William K. Knight on collaboration with Bancroft March 10, 1918
Item No. 110 "My notes on letters of William H. Knight"
Item No. 110 "My notes on Ambrose Bierce" (circa 1888)
Item No. 110 "My notes"
Item No. 110 In Out West by Charles F. Lummis December 26, 1925
Item No. 110 Asiatic Labor Urgently Needed reprint by Los Angeles Times article by K.H. Bancroft May 24, 1907
Item No. 110 "My notes"
Item No. 110 Letter of A.L. Bancroft & Co. assuring that publication will continue of Bancroft's work after the fire of April 30th May, 7, 1886
Item No. 110 Biographical index of Gerson collection at UCLA
Item No. 111 Miscellaneous HHB
Item No. 112 Material from Bancroft article and Introduction
Item No. 112 HRW marked p. 2
Item No. 112 HRW
Item No. 112 California newspapers in Roadblocking article, 1907 book
Item No. 112 Doxsee quotes HRW
Item No. 112 From method chapter
Item No. 112 H.H. Bancroft Co.
Item No. 112 Bancroft Progress
Item No. 112 III
Item No. 112 End of Annals HHB
Item No. 112 Portfolios
Item No. 112 Plates in 1891 edition of Lit. Ind.
Item No. 112 The Bookseller
Item No. 112 Oak's estimate of Bancroft's writings
Item No. 112 Marked 2
Item No. 112 Alleged Bancroft publication not yet located. HHB Many since found June 1951
Item No. 112 ALB not yet located (many since found)
Item No. 113 From Lyons's Book of the Fair
Item No. 113 For Book of Fair (received from Warren Howell in 1972)
Item No. 114 Catalogo de las obras publicadas en Español por The History Company ....History Building San Francisco, California 1890
Item No. 115 Obras Historicasde Huberto Howe Bancroft 1883
Item No. 116 From CSL Sargent Epes Standard First Reader xerox of one of the earliest HHB publications, only copy known
Schoolbooks
Item No. 118 Photograph letter (HHB) schoolbook publishing (org in coll)
Item No. 118 Pacific Coast Fourth Reader
Item No. 118 Pacific Coast Fourth Reader 1873
Item No. 118 Pacific Coast Fourth Reader 1875
Item No. 118 Pacific Coast Fourth Reader 1878
Item No. 118 What Montana Educators say about Bancroft Readers
Item No. 118 Pacific Coast Second Reader
Item No. 118 Sargent's Standard Series of Speakers Intermediate Speaker 1858
Scope and Content Note
Item No. 118 Pacific Coast Series Fifth Reader 1873
Item No. 118 Pacific Coast Series Fifth Reader 1878
Item No. 118 Silver Carols for Day Schools
Item No. 118 The Adoption of Pacific Coast Readers
Item No. 118 The Adoption of Pacific Coast Readers
Item No. 118 CSLU and Oregon State Library
Note
Item No. 118 What Montana Educations say of Bancroft's Readers
Item No. 118 Sargents Standard Series of Speakers No. 2 by Epes Sargent
Note
Item No. 119 Some H.H. Bancroft publications
Scope and Content Note
- Bancroft Library tickets of admission
- Bancroft Co. stationery
- Evolution of a Library (1901)
- Miscellaneous articles and ephemera re Hubert Howe Bancroft.
Item No. 119 Mabel Vaughan (CSL ) only copy known
Item No. 119 H.H. Bancroft & Co.'s Law Catalogue, Messrs Little; Brown & Co.'s Miscellaneous books
Note
Item No. 119 H.H. Bancroft & Company's Law Catalogue 1865
Item No. 119 Mexico
Item No. 119 "The Hermitage" and other poems
Item No. 119 Mexico
Item No. 119 The Great Metropolis
Item No. 119 Bancroft's Catalogue of Subscription Works 1866
Item No. 119 Mexico and the United States
Miscellaneous H.H. Bancroft and A.L.B.
Item No. 120 Minutes of the California Annual Conference--Methodist Episcopal Church 1867
Item No. 120 Attention Pacific Encyclopedist March 13, 1872
Note
Item No. 120 The New California Reports, Charles H. Parker, Esq. 1869
Item No. 120 H.H. Bancroft & Company's Law Catalogue 1865
Item No. 120 This Day Published 1861
Item No. 120 History of the Great Rebellion
Item No. 120 The Bookseller H.H. Bancroft 1858
Item No. 120 The Value of Hydrocarbon Oils, A.L.B. and Co. 1870
Item No. 121 Historical Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft May 7, 1886
Item No. 121 Quarterly Book List Bancroft Company January 1888
Item No. 121 Bancroft Library for sale
Item No. 121 Maps and Guides for sale 1877
Item No. 121 Bancroft's Christmas Messenger
Item No. 121 H.H. Bancroft's & Company Bookseller & Stationers 1868
Item No. 121 A.L. Bancroft & Co. Map Publishing
Item No. 121 Publishers Notice
Item No. 121 Order of Publication
Item No. 122 The Bancroft Historical Library
Item No. 122 Letter of U.S. Attorney on value of Library
Item No. 122 A brief account of the literary undertakings of H.H.Bancroft
Item No. 123 "The Complete Parallel Bible at CLU but I have not seen"
Item No. 123 A.L. Bancroft & Co.
Item No. 123 [?]. 1887
Item No. 123 Reports of Cases Matthew P. Deady TP 1872
Item No. 123 Letter, HHB (holograph) to R.E. Cowan in praise of 1914 Bib.
Note
Item No. 123 West American History Autograph edition with HHB autograph
Item No. 124 Fullerton Special Collections (Stone papers)
Item No. 124 Azariah Bancroft (HHB and ALB father) journal
Item No. 124 My notes on newsprint
Item No. 124 Stone's resignation
Item No. 124 Stone's business correspondence with Bancroft
Item No. 124 Newspaper article vindicating Stone
Item No. 125 Not Bancroft but related to
Item No. 125 Cinco de Mayo
Item No. 125 History of the Bench and Bar Shuck Law Reference
Item No. 125 Reports of Cases determined in the District Courts, Vol.1 Boalt Hall not Bancroft 1858
Item No. 125 Reports of Cases determined in the District Courts, Vol.1, CSL not Bancroft 1858
Item No. 125 Reports of Cases determined in the District Courts, Vol.1 Number 5, Boalt Hall not Bancroft 1858
Item No. 125 Reports of Cases Vol.II. No.2, Boalt Hall not Bancroft 1858
Item No. 125 Reports of Cases Vol.II, CSL, no title, no preface not Bancroft
Item No. 125 Reports of Cases No.3, Boalt Hall not Bancroft 1858
Item No. 125 The History Company Deportamento Editorial Español Carta Circular
Item No. 125 Orden de Publicacion Obras Literarias de Huberto Howe Bancroft superimposed on page of Library Material
Item No. 125 Special Offer We Pay Freights Books Manufactored and Shipped from St.Louis, Mo. ....The History Company, Publishers. History Building 721 Market St. San Francisco, California
Item No. 125 Sitka, Alaska, letter to HHB from Alaska Historica Society March 25, 1890
Item No. 125 The Western Shore Gazetteer and Commercial Directory
Item No. 126 About Bancroft
Item No. 126 The Paper World March 1881
Scope and Content Note
Item No. 126 Bancroft's Exhaustive Work Described by Collaborator ( Los Angeles Times) March 10, 1918
Item No. 126 San Diego History News: Bancroft Park a Reality February 1978
Item No. 126 (1 port) UCLA Folder
Item No. 126 World Life or Comparative Geology
Scope and Content Note
Item No. 126 The Panama Canal: San Francisco Exposition, San Diego Exposition, The Bancroft Co. 1915
3 x 5 cards
Note
Item No. 127 H.H. Bancroft & Co. 1857-May-1870
Item No. 127 A.L. Bancroft & Co. 1870-1886
Item No. 127 The History Company 1886-1905
Item No. 127 HHB ALB Maps, etc., unlocated
Note
Item No. 127 More ALB cards
Note
Item No. 127 New L.L. Bancroft Co. later, after 1886
Item No. 127 The Bancroft Co. 1887 to 1905
Item No. 127 W.B. Bancroft
Item No. 127 Sold but not published by A.L. Bancroft & Co. 1882