Guide to the Pacific Slope Scrapbooks,
1819-1906
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Guide to the Pacific Slope Scrapbooks,
1819-1906
Collection number: M0211
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Encoded by:
- Patricia White
© 1997
Descriptive Summary
Title: Pacific Slope Scrapbooks,
Date: 1819-1906
Collection number: Special Collections M0211
Creator:
Barnes, Mary Sheldon
Extent:
25 volumes
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Provenance:
Collected by Mary Shelden Barnes and other Stanford faculty and students.
Acquisition Information:
Unknown
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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:
[Identification of item], Pacific Slope Scrapbooks, M0211, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Scope and Contents Note:
This collection has three series: scrapbooks on San Francisco and California, Pacific Slope History scrapbooks, and Pacific
Slope pamphlets. Volumes in the first series contain clippings from 1855 to 1894 pertaining to political and civic issues,
railroads, and the general history of San Francisco and California. The Pacific Slope History scrapbooks in series 2 contain
clippings, with some letters and other documents, pertaining to Indians (1880s-1890s); Alaska, Pacific, and Asiatic relations
(1860s-1890s); Oregon Country (1846 and later); the San Francisco Peninsula (1890s); and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
CONTAINER LIST
Scrapbooks on San Francisco and California
Volume 1
General clippings, 1855-1864
Volume 2
Clippings primarily on railroads, 1872-1875
Volume 3
General clippings, 1873-1874
Volume 4
General clippings, 1875-1877
Volume 5
General clippings, 1883-1885
Volume 6
Clippings mounted in manuscript diary by Washington Bartlett, 1884
Volume 7
Clippings on political and civic issues, 1885
Volume 8
General clippings, 1885-1886
Volume 9
Clippings on political and civic issues, 1886
Volume 10
General clippings, 1887-1894
Pacific Slope History Scrapbooks
Volume 1
Indians
Scope and Content Note
Clippings on Indians are arranged by subject spanning the period of the 1880s and 1890s. Items of note include:
- p. 6: letter by Ambrose Bierce on spearheads, 1892 June 19
- p. 17: letter of M. W. Greer to Mrs. Barnes, 1893 May 9
- p. 19: letter of L. C. G. Harris to Mrs. Barnes, 1892 May 30
- p. 94: manuscript copy of a speech of Standing Bear
- p. 122: manuscript note signed by Margaret Hood
Volume 2
General History
Scope and Content Note
Clippings in this volume date from 1819 to 1846. Items of note include:
- p. 2: telegram from N. P. Vallejo to Wm. Boggs on the death of his father, 1890 Jan. 19
- p. 3: letter from W. M. Boggs to Mrs. Barnes on the Boggs -Boone relationship, 1892 Dec. 17
- p. 6: letter from W. M. Boggs to Mrs. Barnes on the Donner Party and Mrs. Kelsey, 1893 Feb 5
Volume 3
General History
Scope and Content Note
This volume of clippings begins in 1846 and includes, on page 105, a manuscript poem, "Song of the Iron Horse."
Volume 4
California Civil War Period
Scope and Content Note
This volume of clippings on California during the Civil War begins in 1850. Items of note include:
- p. 1: "A Constitution for the Overland Journey Contributed by A. R. Cotton;" typescript
- p. 2: letter from John Brown Jr., sec. San Bernadino Society of California Pioneers, to Benjamin R. Bledsoe concerning pioneer
songs
- p. 10: letter from W. M. Boggs to Mrs. Barnes concerning flour prices, 1892 Dec. 16
- p. 21: note from P. Scanlon to Mayor Bartlett giving entry to the Alms House, 1885
- p. 81: certificate concerning railroad fare signed by E. P. Marselein, Society of California Pioneers
Volume 5
Oregon Country
Scope and Content Note
This volume contains clippings, 1846 and later, about the area that became the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Also
included on pages 11-12 is a manuscript of the song "Oregon" as recalled by Henry Hill.
Volume 6
Alaska, Pacific and Asiatic Relations
Scope and Content Note
This volume contains clippings pertaining to Alaska, the Sandwich Islands, China, Japan, and other Pacific and Asian relations,
1860s-1890s. Of note on page 37 is a letter from U. Thompson to Mrs. Barnes concerning Hawaiians, 1893 Mar. 27.
Volume 7
San Francisco Peninsula
Scope and Content Note
This volume of clippings pertains to the general history of the San Francisco peninsula in the 1890s. Also included is a printed
circular letter of the Law and Order League of California.
Volume 7a
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Scope and Content Note
This volume was assembled by G. A. Batchelder and, in addition to clippings, includes telegrams and letters on pages 1-4,
94-95, and 125.
Pacific Slope Pamphlets
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of seven volumes of pamphlets pertaining to the Pacific Slope. Of note in volume 3 are the following:
- "The Sun God; an Indian Edda," by J. E. Wharton. Phoenix, Arizona, 1889; typescript, with a letter from J. E. Wharton to Mary
S. Barnes, 1893 Mar. 6
- "Indian reluctance to talk about religion or superstition"
