Guide to the Mount Diablo Museum Advisory Committee records, [ca. 1935-1939]
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Guide to the Mount Diablo Museum Advisory Committee Records, [ca. 1935-1939]
Collection number: BANC MSS C-A 383
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Processed by:
- A former Committee member
- Encoded by:
- James Lake
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Mount Diablo Museum Advisory Committee Records,
Date (inclusive): [ca. 1935-1939]
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-A 383
Creator:
Mount Diablo Museum Advisory Committee
Extent:
Number of containers: 11 cartons
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Correspondence, minutes of committee meetings, administrative reports, photographs, reference materials used in preparation
of reports, and copies of reports prepared by the staff on the history of the redwoods and on Mt. Diablo. They relate to the
projects sponsored by the State Division of Parks under the SERA and the WPA for the preparation of graphic educational material
for the California Redwoods Park and the Mt. Diablo State Museum. The Mt. Diablo project, 1937-1939, succeeded the earlier
redwoods project.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mount Diablo Museum Advisory Committee records, BANC MSS C-A 383, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Container List
#1: Redwood Pictorial - Correspondence - Administration and Reports
Ctn. 1
Exhibits and Publicity
Physical Description: 1 File
Installation - Temporary Museum
Physical Description: 1 File
Permanent Museum Building
Physical Description: 1 File
Winter Housing
Physical Description: 1 File
Work Divisions
Physical Description: 1 File
Art
Physical Description: 1 File
Maps and Legends
Physical Description: 1 File
Photographs and Lantern Slides
Physical Description: 1 File
Signs and Carpentry
Physical Description: 1 File
Quarters
Physical Description: 1 File
Property and Costs
Physical Description: 1 File
Accomplishment Record
Physical Description: 1 File
December -April 1936
Physical Description: 1 File
February -May 1937
Physical Description: 1 File
Division of Parks, 1935-37
Physical Description: 1 File
W.P.A., 1935-37
Physical Description: 1 File
Division of Parks, 2873
Physical Description: 1 File
Federal Arts, 2130
Physical Description: 1 File
J. D. Ellsworth
Physical Description: 1 File
R. S. Ellsworth
Physical Description: 1 File
General
Physical Description: 1 File
Artists
Physical Description: 1 File
Training and Field Work
Physical Description: 1 File
Clarkson Dye
Physical Description: 1 File
SERA Progress Report, 1935
Physical Description: 1 File
SERA Accounts
Physical Description: 1 File
Ctn. 2
WPA Woolridge, 1936
Physical Description: 1 File
WPA Progress Report, 1937
Physical Description: 1 File
WPA Project Proposal, 1937
Physical Description: 1 File
WPA Progress Report, 1937
Physical Description: 1 File
Master Report
Physical Description: 1 File
Part I, July 1937
Physical Description: 1 File
Part II, July 1937
Physical Description: 1 File
Progress Report of Work for Year 1937
Physical Description: 1 File
Progress Report of Work for Year 1938
Physical Description: 1 File
Summary of Work Completed 1938
Physical Description: 1 File
#2: Pictorial History of Redwoods - Visualizations and Texts
Ctn. 2
Master Report, July 1937
Physical Description: 1 File
Historical Series - general
Physical Description: 1 File
Building a Pioneer Redwood Cabin
Physical Description: 1 File
Splitting Cut Boards and Shakes
Physical Description: 1 File
Pioneer Family Life
Physical Description: 1 File
Pioneer Use of Tan Oak
Physical Description: 1 File
Pioneer Use of Madrone
Physical Description: 1 File
Early Lumbering Operations
Physical Description: 1 File
Scientific Series - General
Physical Description: 1 File
Redwood's Ancestry
Physical Description: 1 File
Stream of Human Events
Physical Description: 1 File
Ctn. 3
How Redwoods Reproduce
Physical Description: 1 File
How Redwoods Grow and Feed
Physical Description: 1 File
Redwood's Root System
Physical Description: 1 File
Why Redwoods are Large And Old
Physical Description: 1 File
Plants of the Redwoods
Physical Description: 1 File
Animals of the Redwoods
Physical Description: 1 File
Mammals of the Redwoods
Physical Description: 1 File
Biological Values - Big Basin
Physical Description: 1 File
Life Lists - Big Basin Plants
Physical Description: 1 File
Saving the Big Basin Redwoods
Physical Description: 1 File
Great Men and Sayings (Sequoyah)
Physical Description: 1 File
I. Research on Two University Exhibits - Science in the Service of Man - Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939-40
Ctn. 3
A. Zoology : Five Life Zones in California
Physical Description: 1 File
Field Trips and Accounts
Physical Description: 1 File
Photographs, Charts and Texts
Physical Description: 1 File
Original Pen and Ink Tracings
Physical Description: 1 Packet
B. Botany : Flora of California
Physical Description: 1 File
Early Botanical Explorations
Escholtz and Chamiso
Physical Description: 1 File
Menzies and others
Physical Description: 1 File
David Douglas
Physical Description: 1 File
Curtis Companion
Physical Description: 1 File
Haenke
Physical Description: 1 File
Fremont
Physical Description: 1 File
Ctn. 4
Memoirs of My Life
Physical Description: Typed Text
II. Redwood Pioneering Santa Cruz Mountains
Physical Description: 99 Packets
Ctn. 4
Original Drawings: Pencil and Pen and Ink for lantern slides
Building a Pioneer Redwood Cabin
Sketches of Maddock Family
Transporting Redwood Products
Splitting Out Boards and Shakes
Building the Maddock Cabin
Pioneer Life Associated with the Cabin
Making Furniture for the Cabin
Some packets contain preliminary sketches used in planning the drawings and others are source materials
Drawings authenticated by surviving pioneers
Ctn. 4
Western Museum Laboratories NPS
Physical Description: 1 File
American Association of Museums
Physical Description: 1 File
Records of Santa Cruz daily precipitation 1897-1934, also Del Monte 1911-1934
Physical Description: 1 Binder
#4: Mt. Diablo Pictorial - Files of Correspondence
Ctn. 4
State Park Coordinator - Frederick Perl
Physical Description: 1 File
Workers Alliance
Physical Description: 1 File
Mathew Anglim
Physical Description: 1 File
Marjorie Lee
Physical Description: 1 File
Ctn. 5
Planning
Physical Description: 1 File
White Sands National Monument
Physical Description: Booklet
Proposed NPS Museum Ansel Hall
Physical Description: 1 File
Advisory Committee
Physical Description: 1 File
Lay Committee
Physical Description: 1 File
Historical Committee
Physical Description: 1 File
Scientific Committee
Physical Description: 1 File
Report of September 1939
Physical Description: 1 File
Chaney-Drury Opposition
Physical Description: 1 File
Reports
Physical Description: 2 copies
Fund Raising Committee
Physical Description: 1 File
Minutes of Committee Meetings
I. December 8, 1937
Physical Description: 1 File
II. February 16, 1938
Physical Description: 1 File
III. April 27, 1938
Physical Description: 1 File
IV. May 17, 1938
Physical Description: 1 File
V. April 28, 1939
Physical Description: 1 File
VI. September 14, 1939
Physical Description: 1 File
VII. December 1, 1939
Physical Description: 1 File
VIII. December 13, 1939
Physical Description: 1 File
IX. January 25, 1940
Physical Description: 1 File
Park Commissioner
Physical Description: 1 File
Publicity
Physical Description: 1 File
General Publicity
Physical Description: 1 File
Ctn. 6
Museum Building and Installation
Physical Description: 1 File
Museum Building Permanent
Physical Description: 1 File
Master Plan - Exhibit Layout
Physical Description: 1 File
Temporary Museum Summit House
Physical Description: 1 File
Summit House Registration, April 1938-October 1939
Physical Description: 1 File
Visitors by World
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Visitors by State
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Visitors by Counties
Physical Description: 1 Folder
#5: Mt. Diablo Pictorial - Historical - Visualization and Texts
Ctn. 6
Myths of the Miwok by C. Hart Merriam
Physical Description: Typed Text
Mural - Miwok Myths
Physical Description: 1 File
Folk Lore - Spanish Legends
Physical Description: 1 File
Legend of Mt. Diablo by Bret Harte
Physical Description: Typed Text
El Monte Del Diablo by John Fox
Physical Description: Typed Text
Indian Life and Cultural Traits
Physical Description: 1 File
Handbook of the Indians of California by A. L. Kroeber - Costanoans
Physical Description: Typed Text
Fages-Crespi Expedition
Physical Description: 1 File
Anza-Font Expedition
Physical Description: 1 File
Crespi Diary
Physical Description: Typed Text
Fages Diary
Physical Description: Typed Text
Spanish Borderlands by Bolton
Physical Description: Typed Text
Costanso Diary by Teggart
Physical Description: Typed Text
Additional Note
Cover for Costanso Diary.
Spanish Exploration
Physical Description: Packet
Settlement - John Marsh
Physical Description: 1 File
California Home of John Marsh
Physical Description: (4 copies)
Physical Description: Booklet
S.F. Evening Bulletin, July 19, 1856
John Marsh, Pioneer by George D. Lyman,
Oakland Tribune
Physical Description: 1 File
John Marsh (1) Site of Operations
Physical Description: 1 Packet
John Marsh (2) Richter Visualizations
Physical Description: 1 Packet
John Marsh (3)
Physical Description: 1 Packet
Ctn. 7
Spanish Land Grants - Livermore
Physical Description: 1 File
Robert Livermore - Visualization
Physical Description: 1 Packet
Robert Livermore - Thesis by Flora Lauretta Denier
Physical Description: Typed Text
American Frontier - Fur Trade
Physical Description: 1 File
Reminiscences of John Monroe Walker - MS
Physical Description: 1 File
Bidwell - First Emigrant Train
Physical Description: Typed Text
Bidwell - Life in California
Physical Description: Typed Text
Base and Meridian - Leander Ransom
Physical Description: 1 File
Ransom
Physical Description: 1 Packet
Recollections of Leander Ransom
Pioneer Engineer, by his Daughter
Physical Description: Typed Text
Scientific Surveys - J. D. Whitney
Physical Description: 1 File
Brewer - Up and Down California
Physical Description: Typed Text
Coast Geodetic Survey - George Davidson
Physical Description: 1 File
Coast Geodetic Survey
Physical Description: 1 Packet
Coast Geodetic Survey Tracings
Physical Description: 1 File
Ghost Towns - Coal Mining
Physical Description: 1 File
Panorama Photo - Tassajera Valley
Panorama Photo - Tassajera Valley
Coal Mining in Mt. Diablo Region
Physical Description: 1 Packet
by Margaret Bullard - Thesis
Physical Description: (2 copies)
Physical Description: Typed Text
Early Development - Recreation
Physical Description: 1 File
#6: Mt. Diablo Pictorial - Natural Science - Animals and Plants
Ctn. 7
General Subject Matter
Physical Description: 1 File
General Subject Matter - Outline
Physical Description: 1 File
Mt. Diablo Pictorial
Physical Description: 1 File
Packet of Photographs
Physical Description: Packet
History of Contra Costa by F. J. Hulaniski
Physical Description: Typed Text
Historical Geology
Physical Description: 1 File
Geology of Diablo by Clark
Physical Description: 1 File
Origin of Mt. Diablo
Physical Description: 1 File
Roadside Stations
Physical Description: 1 File
Prehistoric Life
Physical Description: 1 File
Ctn. 8
Invertebrates
Physical Description: 1 File
Black Hawk Quarry
Physical Description: 1 File
Fossil Animals
Physical Description: 1 File
Prehistoric Life General
Physical Description: 1 Packet
Prehistoric Life Mt. Diablo
Physical Description: 1 Packet
McClintock Wild Life Study
Physical Description: 1 File
Check List Birds - Kayne
Physical Description: 1 File
Check List Birds - Leach
Physical Description: 1 File
Check List Birds - Grinnell
Physical Description: 1 File
Living Bird Life
Physical Description: 1 File
Bird Life (Mounted Photos)
Physical Description: 1 Packet
Plants
Physical Description: 1 File
Wild Flowers of California
Physical Description: 1 Booklet
Bowerman Check List
Physical Description: 1 Packet
General Plant Lists
Physical Description: 1 File
Progress of Paintings
Physical Description: 1 File
Artists Meetings
Physical Description: 1 File
Field Trips Collecting
Physical Description: 1 File
Vegetation Types
Physical Description: 1 File
Common Flowering Plants
Physical Description: 1 File
Plant Lists - Greene
Physical Description: 1 File
Plant Lists - Eastwood
Physical Description: 1 File
Plant Lists - Bowerman
Physical Description: 1 File
William Henry Brewer
Physical Description: 1 File
Volney Rattan
Physical Description: 1 File
Edward Lee Greene
Physical Description: 1 File
Duncan Wild Flowers
Physical Description: 1 File
Trees of Mt. Diablo
Physical Description: 1 File
Summit
Physical Description: 1 Packet
Woodland
Physical Description: 1 Packet
Chaparral
Physical Description: 1 Packet
Grassland
Physical Description: 1 Packet
#7: Mt. Diablo Pictorial - Administration and Work Divisions
Ctn. 9
Administration
Physical Description: 1 File
Division of Parks
Physical Description: 1 File
WPA District 7
Physical Description: 1 File
WPA, September 1937-July 1939
Physical Description: 1 File
WPA Bulletins and Requisitions
Physical Description: 1 File
Parks: District Superintendent
Physical Description: 1 File
Mt. Diablo: Warden R. S. Coon
Physical Description: 1 File
Materials and Supplies
Physical Description: 1 File
Housing and Property
Physical Description: 1 File
Sponsors Contribution
Physical Description: 1 File
Work Divisions
Physical Description: 1 File
I. Art Work
Physical Description: 1 File
II. Photographic Work
Physical Description: 1 File
Photographs Park Office
Physical Description: 1 File
Photographs - Transmittals
Physical Description: 1 File
III. Lantern Slides
Physical Description: 1 File
IV. Maps
Physical Description: 1 File
V. Cabinet and Carpentry
Museum Cases
Physical Description: 1 File
1 File
VI. Signs
Physical Description: 1 File
VII. Clerical Work
Physical Description: 1 File
Technical Supervision
Physical Description: 1 File
Transportation and Travel Costs
Physical Description: 1 File
Technical Supervision - Rodney S. Ellsworth
Physical Description: 1 File
Qualifications
Physical Description: 1 File
Ctn. 10
Transportation and Personnel Account
Physical Description: 1 File
Travel Authorizations
Physical Description: 1 File
Personnel
Physical Description: 1 File
Administration
Physical Description: 1 File
Artists
Physical Description: 1 File
Field Work
Physical Description: 1 File
Staff Meetings
Physical Description: 1 File
Conflicts and Suspensions
Physical Description: 1 File
Artists - Biographies
Physical Description: 1 File
#8: Mt. Diablo Pictorial - Reports
Ctn. 10
Project Proposal, October 1937
Physical Description: Master Copy
Project Proposal, October 1937
Physical Description: Working Office Copy
Completion Redwood Pictorial # 2873, September 15
Beginning Mt. Diablo Pictorial # 7754, October 27
Progress Report, July 1938
Physical Description: Master Copy
Progress Report, July 1938
Physical Description: Working Office Copy
Cover for Progress Report (unused)
General History
Physical Description: 1 File
Walnut Kernel, 10th Anniversary
Walnut Kernel, August 14, 1941
Miscellaneous newspaper accounts
Geographical Location and Area
Physical Description: 1 File
Contra Costa County and Miscellaneous
Contra Costa Development Association Histories
1. New York Landing, Nortonville, Pittsburg Landing, Sumersville, Empire Mine
7. Relocation of Crockett-Martinez Highway
El Monte del Diablo by John Samuel Fox, Landmark Series
Physical Description: 5 copies
Ctn. 11
Museum vs Non-Museum Controversy
Physical Description: 1 File
Museum vs Non-Museum Controversy Cabinet Shop
Physical Description: 1 File
Museum vs Non-Museum Conroversy
Physical Description: 1 File
Contra Costa Schools Use of Project
Physical Description: 1 File
Architect's Drawing - Permanent Museum - Mat
Prehistoric Animal Life
Physical Description: 3 Packets
Wildflowers of California principally Diablo
Physical Description: Typed Text
Mt. Diablo and Setting
Physical Description: Large Photograph
