Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- California Letters, 1852-1858
- Creators:
- Gibbons, A. S. Gibbons, Sarah Cloud Krebs, James A.
- Extent:
- 29 items
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], California Letters, M0038, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The bulk of this collection consists of twenty letters by A. S. Gibbons and/or his wife Sarah Cloud Gibbons to her family in Virginia, 1852 to 1857. A. S. Gibbons was an itinerant Methodist preacher who spent one year teaching at Santa Clara College. The letters primarily consist of descriptions of domestic problems and the temperance movement.
Other items in the collection include five letters concerning James A. Krebs, a prospecter, 1854-1858; a letter addressed to H. H. Heath dated July 22, 1854 concerning schools and law practice in San Francisco; and one page of an unidentified diary for June 1852.
- Custodial history:
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Gift of George Coffin Taylor
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1997
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying. Date of source: 1962
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], California Letters, M0038, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022