Personal notes about the Russo-Japanese War; corrected typescripts in 2 notebooks were probably typed at a later date from handwritten diaries. Loose items include notes by someone trying to identify the material and about Russian visits to Japan in the...

Contains original journal (107 p.) of Aaron D. Riker's overland journey from Champaign County, Ohio to Calif. during the gold rush, his time in Calif. and his return home via Nicaragua. Also includes photocopies of John Page Hoover's dissertation, "The...

Letters describe his jewelry business and watch repair service; the growth of the city; the great fire of May 1851; his venture selling spring water in 1853. Some of the letters are contemporary copies.

1846 document re sale of land, signed by J.L. Sepúlveda, Mariano Roldán, Ignacio Coronel and Juan Domingo; declaration of martial law by Stears, June 20, 1846; agreement with José R. Arguello re care of livestock, renewed by Juan Bandini for...

Statement, recorded for H.H. Bancroft, describes his voyage to San Francisco via Cape Horn in 1849, brief experience in the mines, and business activities in San Francisco from 1860. (6 l.)

Correspondence; papers re dispute with Harr Wagner over Joaquin Miller copyrights; papers re Miller estate; clippings; notes; photographs.

Letters written from Barker, a San Francisco businessman, to his family in Maine. Letters cover the Calif. Gold Rush years, and business trips back east to New York City and Boston. Also includes a map of Barker's properties in San...

Containing property documents including indentures, mortgages and tax payments in Mendocino County, Calif. Also includes articles written by Abner Raffety about traveling to Calif., and an eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii, and letters, one to the U.S. Attorney General...

Ethnological notes, with some vocabularies and illustrative sketches.

Include by-laws and articles of incorporation, and materials re ownership and mortgage.

Materials used by Holtzman to write his published thesis, "The Townsend movement: a political study." Contains correspondence, legislative bills, financial reports, newspaper articles and publications by the Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc. including speaker's manuals, songbooks, pamphlets and newspapers.

Photographs show views related to the Spanish Civil War: buildings, people, streets, rubble, children, first aid, ambulances, signs, soldiers, refugees, schools, and other images of daily life during the war. Most were taken in or near Sagunto, Spain. Negatives show...

Draft of campaign speech, Sectionalism. ([1856] [8] l. 32 cm.)

Materials relate mainly to Californians.

Chiefly concerning his legal practice, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Francisco.

Contains 6 letters from the captain of a whaling ship.

The property was a portion of the Rancho San Antonio or Peralta grant.

Abstract to property located in San Francisco at the corner of 24th Street and Alabama St. Originally made at the request of Benjamin Healey. Dated 1892 Jan. 18, and continued 1897 Sept. 7 and 1900 Jan. 16.

v.1: for 50 vara lot no. 57, 1881: v.2: for vara lot no. 46, 1894.

1890 abstract continued by San Jose Abstract Title and Trust Co., 1891-1920.

Some continued by San Jose Abstract Title and Trust Company.

SEE ALSO related collections: C-I 35 ; C-I 42 ; 89/130 c.

Documents abstracted date from 1853. Continued by John S. Rolls, Mar. 30, 1893 (20 p.)

Typed transcript. The abstracts were made at Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River from the original Ms. then in the possession of James McDougall of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Abstract of title (ca. 288 p.) for lots primarily within the 50 Vara and 100 Vara districts, as well as water lots, in San Francisco, 1847-1859. This summarizes the transfer of deeds, as well as mortgages and legal actions, and...

Abstract for a portion of land within Northeast corner of "Section 22, Township 8 South, Range 2 West, Mt. Diablo Meridian," 1900-1916, which summarizes the transfers of deeds, as well as mortgages, taxes, and various legal actions. The transactions chiefly...

Abstracts for portions of land within the San Ysidro Rancho summarize transfers of deeds, as well as mortgages, articles of incorporation, and legal actions. Two vols. concern lot 5 and part of lot 4 (Sturla subdivision). An undated sketch map...

Shows the history of ownership to several lots in San Jose, Calif. Includes map.

Contains: 11 letters from A.C. Stevens to his sister Sarah A. Stevens of Solon, Maine; 1 letter, possibly from A.C. Stevens in San Francisco, to "Absent Friend"; and 1 letter from "Helen" in Orland (Maine?) to "Dear Friend". A.C. Stevens...

Deals with problems of academic freedom at the University of California following the Loyalty Oath, including materials dealing with the University Security Officer and the California Senate Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities.

Cards contain a record of each individual's academic titles and dates of service during tenure at the University of California.

A collection of microfilmed documents relating to the history of the Order of Saint Francis in the New World, including the exploration, settlement, and colonization of Mexico, Central, and South America, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Include scientific papers of Lorenzo Magalotti.

Includes business card and bill head.

Daily record later used as a scrapbook; many pages covered with clippings from the New York Sun, 1894-1896.

Contains record prints of material in the of the Archivo General de la Nación in Mexico City, selected by Professor L. B. Simpson....

Both sons served as clerks in London.

Ledgers recording family expenses, including detailed accounts of clothing, contributions, household needs, and personal expenses.

Accounts of a dentist, practicing first in Sacramento, and then in Suisun, Napa, and Sonoma, Calif. Includes names of clients and work performed as well as costs and payment. Ball makes gold fillings, upper and lower plates, and performs minor...

Chiefly describes Mapel's overland journey to the Washington Territory and his subsequent settlement (after meeting with his father, Jacob, and his brother, Samuel), along with recollections of service in the Indian wars, 1855-1856. Endorsed: "Autobiography of Maple [or Mapel] family,...

A first hand account (40 p.) of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of April 1906, written by Edward I. De Laveaga. Accompanied by a small group of ephemera (permits to pass, permit to use electricity, and notice of chimney...

Included also: a letter from Carr to his wife, written from St. Catherine's, Jan. 27, 1850.

v. 1 - ledger, and record of subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, 1865-1906; v. 2 - subscription book showing accounts due, 1878-1880.

V.1: Cash sales, 1876-1877; v.2: Journal (accounts), 1877-1878.

Lumber contract signed by Joel G. Dorman and Thomas Bloomfield, and mentions Stone & Fullerton. Accounts mention Richard P. Hammond as dispersing agent, signed by J. Frank Miller, auditor.

Presumably accounts for partnership of John T. Little and John F. Pope, whose advertisements under the name, John T. Little and Pope, appear in newspapers of the period. (Individuals and firms unlisted in San Francisco Directory, 1850)

Entries for sales in San Francisco, Sydney and Hobartown; some accounts with Daniel Gibb. Later used as a recipe book. Many pages missing.

From the T.W. Norris Collection.

Portions of account books for the estates of Bocas and Illescas. Contains: 1) José Miguel de Ávila's "Libro Vorador de esta Hazienda de Bocas, perteneciente al S.r D.r D.n Fra.co Espinosa, y Navarixo ... October 1, 1765-" (75 p.). These...

1 item housed in box with 90/191 through 90/206.

Entries in the handwriting of W.H. Taylor, deputy clerk; Josiah Gordon and A. St. Clair Denver. Includes a list of elected office holders, El Dorado co., 1850-1854.

Organized in five "schedules:" A, institutional administration and organization; B, student personnel program (includes reports on placement, counseling and health services, admissions and dean of students offices); C, the library; D, general education; E, academic majors and teaching majors for...

This collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents from the years 1610 through 1916. Most of the letters, account books, invoices and documents pertain to business dealings, such as the loaning of money, payment of debts or the day-to-day...

A survey of events leading up to the U.S. war with Mexico and part played by his father, William Maxwell Wood, U.S. Navy Surgeon, in the occupation of California.

Partial record of his overland journey to California in 1849 from Indiana, via Mexico, as a member of a joint stock company. The narrative covers the trip as far as Durango.

Copies of Act in English and Hawaiian, each with certification by D.L. Naone, Speaker, and James N.K. Keola, Clerk, that the bill had passed its third reading before the House.

Photos show a theatrical folklore performance (in costume), dancing, wrestling, games, working in the fields, a general view of the Japanese relocation center, outdoor scenes, etc.

A record of the ceremonial function held under the auspices of the University of Mexico on July 24, 1803, in honor of the first visit paid the University by Viceroy Iturrigaray and his wife, Doña María Inés Jáuregui y Aróstegui....

Records of pleas, petitions, trials, complaints, etc., heard or received by the cabildo. Chiefly concerning maritime commerce.Capitulation payment to the British, 1762,under discussion.

A record of the decisions taken by the Junta Superior de Real Hacienda, January 3-December 19, 1794, on matters relating to royal revenue and expenditures in various parts of New Spain. The approximately weekly reports on these decisions include the...

Thirteen disputations on Aristotles Physica.

Typed transcripts and notes made by F.M. Young of dispatches, September 4-29, 1851, published in the St. Louis Missouri Republican, October 6-November 30, 1851. Chambers, editor of that paper, acted as secretary for the U.S. Commissioners, David D. Mitchell and...

Describe his overland journey to California and his experiences mining on the Mokelumne River and in Sonora.

Banking and express records acquired from various sources (noted on folders)

Paintings titled: Moon and the movies -- Christmas night -- Ferry post office -- Four houses -- Storm -- City corner. Also includes one photo of a painting by Walt Kuben. Locations of paintings not identified.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Include two letters, 1697-1700, by Richard Adams, Chester, England, to his brother, Francis, in Boston re shipment of weaving equipment and wool to Massachusetts; diary of Mary Carver Adams, Oct. 1856, re her travels from Washington, D.C., to New York...

Approximately 500 items pertaining to Adams H. Johnson's life family business activities in Eureka, Nevada. Includes billheads and letters; data on mines and mills in eastern Nevada; some fraternal items; mining maps; legal documents; banking material; telegrams.

Concerning publications and teaching activities.

Letters, financial records, property tax records, and clippings relating mainly to his career as president of the Nevada Lava Stone Company, treasurer of the Nevada Gypsum Company, and to his livestock business, especially his partnership with W.N. McGill.

Discusses Louisiana Revenue Bill, and outlines his objections to the bill as it then stood.

Pages 149-182 and 299-314.

Chiefly family correspondence, including a letter from his father, Aaron L. Lindsley. A few relate to Washington Territory politics.

The Kurt Herbert Adler papers, 1921-1990, consist of primary and secondary source materials relating to Maestro Adler's musical career, chiefly as conductor for the San Francisco Opera. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence, programs, and notes documenting Adler's...

Macintosh

Includes views of adobes and other buildings. Pictured are houses occupied by the Hinke family, a frame house occupied by Kennett, a store built by Bernardino Vasquez (presently known as Colombo House), the Washington Hotel, the Trescony adobe, Jacob Escobar's...

Photographs of various adobe buildings throughout California. Mostly residences, but includes some missions.

Contents: Letters, some addressed to his wife, Mary (Sprague) Miller, by John H. Finley, Felix Frankfurter, Joseph C. Grew, Franklin D. Lane, William Phillips, Mark Sullivan, Archibald MacLeish (for U.S. Library of Congress), Eleanor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Harlan...

Collection of books on Sir Francis Drake, and voyages and travels, from the library of Adolph S. Oko, housed at The Bancroft Library. The Library's Manuscripts collections include other material from his library

Correspondence, photographs, clippings, subject file, and scrapbook concerning Drake's landing in California, Drake's life, and the Drake Navigators Guild.

With the above: 1888, Aug. 30 Moss, George. Corrected notes on the Sutro Library ... for Mr. Sessions.

Contains: 1 letter from R.H. Cross to A.T. Leonard thanking him for material on San Miguel Rancho; 3 newspaper clippings on the same subject; 1 auction catalog from Butterfield & Butterfield of Sutro's collection (1939); and 1 acknowledgment from the...

Correspondence and papers concerning a variety of business matters related to Sutro's San Francisco interests.

Manuscripts of her poems and related correspondence with magazine editors.

Manuscripts and correspondence chiefly relating to Stoutenburg's work as a poet. Principal correspondents include David Slavitt (aka Henry Sutton), Virginia Elson, James Dickey, and her publishers, Curtis Brown Ltd. and Viking Press, with a few letters from others, including Thomas...

Financial statement of the customs-and-tax office for Aguascalientes District, recording receipts from taxes and listing also other receipts and expenditures, notably for pensions.

Radio scripts with emendations.

Ledger of abstracts of deeds, titles, bonds, covenants, mortgages, and records of legal actions in the Potrero Hill area of San Francisco, Calif. Entries are mostly grouped by original claim, many including sketch maps; transactions within each claim are listed...

1. Admonition to the Duke of Lerma, minister of Philip IV, by his secretary, Antonio Pérez, then in exile in France, advising him to continue in office, for the benefit of the people. [N.p., n.d.] 312 p.

Collection of various advertising and collecting cards, mostly from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Includes Roos Bros Clothing at 31-37 Kearny St., San Francisco; Sing Fat Co., Inc. (with illustration of store) at corner of California St. and Grant...

Title supplied by cataloger.

Prints consist of views and advertising text for the following clipper ships, primarily sailing to or from San Francisco: David Crockett, Richard S. Ely, Flying Mist, Hornet, Andrew Jackson (two cards), Pocahontas, Prima Donna, Sumatra, and Volunteer. Several of the...

Advertising cards promoting various attractions of real estate in the El Cajon Valley area of San Diego County, Calif. Rectos printed with images of El Cajon Village, (El Cajon?) High School and Meridian Grammar School, a eucalyptus grove, irrigation of...

One item shows an attack on an emigrant train, with pioneers defending themselves against Indians. The other shows a mailcoach being attacked by Indians. Anheuser Busch products visible in both images.

Discusses Fla.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Views of the damsites show the sites of the dams (drawn in), with geographical markers and elevations labeled.

Photos are primarily aerial views of bears and other wildlife (possibly in Alaska?). Mary Ellen Leary is shown in a helicopter and a plane, talking with officials, and with a camera. Some photos show the U.S. Army Arctic Test board.

Religious verses, in the form of quintillas, purportedly written by a repentant sinner on the verge of death.

A collection of 220 broadsides, which have been stuck on the Paris walls and in the provinces from 1789 to 1804 (proclamations, notices, judgments, laws, news from the army, etc."--Cf. Letter from Champion, Mar. 1923.

Includes reports, plans, annual updates for academic, staff and student employees.

Interviews with leaders of a sample of black men's, women's, church, and community organizations concerning the nature, extent, and funding of their group's charitable activities. Commissioned by the Joint Center for Political Studies (Washington, D.C.) for a study of various...

This collection of photographs of African Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area consists almost entirely of press photographs collected by James Abajian. Many of the photographs have captions provided by the press photographer or news agency. Photographers include Peter...

Photographs of various African-American authors taken during their visits to the University of California, Berkeley, including Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Al Young, Daphne Muse, Mary Helen Washington, and Huey Newton. Also pictured are professors Barbara Christian, Paule Marshall...

Diaries and manuscripts of folk tales.

Includes agenda and various reports sent with the agenda as background material for the discussion of the Regents.

Title devised by cataloger.

Album of Agnes M. Donnelly includes photographs of babies and children, mothers with newborn infants, of Agnes Donnelly and friends and family, and of her cousin James O'Neill, rector of the Church of the Holy Family in Glendale. Other photographs...

Typescript copy of Jean Racine's Phédra and correspondence concerning Tobin's activity and interest in writing.

Re transfer of stock in Las Chuscas Silver Mining Company (San Antonio District, Baja California)

Positive photostat of the agreement recorded in Plumas Co., Calif., Nov. 10, 1854 in which he agreed to relate his experiences; Bonner to record them and prepare the manuscript for publication; Davis was to advance money for publication; and they...

The Photographs of Agricultural Laborers in California collection contains 101 photographic prints taken circa 1906-1911. The collection documents various ethnic groups, many of them agricultural workers, present in California in the early twentieth century. Especially featured in the collection are...

Correspondence between Agustín Flores, owner of a hide and bone company in San José del Cabo, Baja California, Mexico, and various relatives and businesses between the years 1909 and 1916.

Consists chiefly of memos, letters, forms and fliers documenting the response of the Berkeley campus to the AIDS health crisis. Includes information about such campus-supported fund raising activities as the AIDS Walks and AIDS Rides.

1. AIDS: the unheard voices (1989/90) -- 2. AZT: cause for concern (45 minutes) -- 3. The Frank Bough interview: Sky TV, Peter Duesberg (July 25, 1989) -- 4. Hunting the virus hunter. part 1; Tony Brown's Journal #1410 --...

Photographs show aircraft of Pan-American Airways and Qantas, both in flight and on the ground. Also shows loading and unloading. Locations include Australia and the United States.

Original documents written in or pertaining to the native languages; vocabularies compiled by or prepared for Pinart; and copies of manuscripts and published works, mainly religious in character, made by Pinart.

Concerns publishing matters, teaching, reading tours and domestic news. Also includes comments about current events occurring around him including the People's Park confrontation in 1969.

Binder's title.

Includes correspondence, resolutions, promotional material, signatures, and census statistics from an organization created to block passage of a charter that would restructure the local government of Alameda County, California.

The Views of Alameda County, California album contains 25 photographs taken circa 1913 by the Cheney Photo Adv. Co. E.S. Cheney, president of the company, may be the photographer. Views include downtown Oakland, Lake Merritt, the Claremont Country Club, the...

from University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center;

Include deeds and other documents.

Includes citizens' pledges to contribute to county expenses; documents of justice court (Oakland) and district court; abstracts relating to the water front of Oakland; miscellaneous receipts and documents.

Includes certificate and articles of incorporation, copy of by-laws, minutes of meetings, secretary's reports, subscription lists, lists of directors and board members.

Contains letter of thanks for campaign fund raising dinner hosted by the Meyers and another letter about his son Robin's death.

Photos show buildings in disrepair; a horse and wagon, and Nez Perce Indians in Idaho; a general view of Seattle; ships (in Seattle?) and people leaving Seattle for Alaska; dogs headed for the Klondike, etc. One photo shows Howard V....

Many scenic views and photographs of passengers on the S.S. Buford. Also included are numerous views of eskimos, of whaling, and walrus hunting. Several photographs of Roald Amundsen and his pilot Lt. Omdahl are present.

Photographs show Alaska scenery and towns of Skagway (including Red Cross hospital), Fort Wrangel (totem poles), White Pass, and Sitka (Russian trading post, Episcopal Church, etc.) Alaska views also show men and women fishing. and native American men, women and...

Miscellany includes views of Alaska and Yukon towns, gold miners and gold mining.

Census data for Unalaska; baptismal records at Sitka, 1805-1819; translation of a petition by inhabitants of Unalaska for the removal of Ivan Laduigin, an objectionable character, 1878; translation and Russian text of an undated Chief's Address to Sea Otter Hunters.

Album of snapshots and professional-quality photographs chiefly depicting construction of the Alaska Central Railway. Locations include Seward (founded as the terminal for the railway) and Valdez. Views of dog sleds, sawmills, railroad cuts, and lines of track are present. Album...

Title supplied by cataloger.

Photographs show a village, interiors of huts, canoes, a papoose, and totem poles in the Yakutat Bay region of Alaska.

Captioned: Gold miners and their Dog Teams, Dyea Trail, Alaska -- Transfer Point at St. Michael's en route to Dawson City, Alaska -- Prospectors Returning to Camp, 62 [degrees] Below Zero, Alaska -- Searching for the Dead after Snow Slide...

Title supplied by cataloger.

Concerns Ivan Petrov's writings regarding Alaska and its Russian occupation, publications regarding Indians of Alaska and archeology, Captain Roald Amundsen and the crew of Gjoa, 1959 Alaska elected officials signatures, canonization of Father Herman, Russian orthodox Church in Alaska, the...

Mss. in English, Russian, French, German, Latin, and Alaskan dialects. Box 1 contains sketch maps and drawings of Alaskan terrain with legends in French, Russian, and English; ethnological notes on the Aleuts and others; and miscellaneous reference notes, mainly bibliographical....

Includes photos relating to Gjoa expedition lead by Roald Amundsen and numerous views of Alaska towns (unidentified) and their native and new inhabitants. A number of portraits, some including Amundsen, are present. Several photos of the Gjoa ship and Amundsen's...

210 photographs including Juneau, businesses, ships, glaciers, sled dogs, and eskimos and their homes. Dawson (Yukon) views include: street scenes, hotels, the Chilkoot Pass, the Good Samaritan Hospital, doctor's office interior, etc. Also views of gold and mining operations and...

This collection consists of 46 photographic prints (23 stereographs, 21 "PIC" size, and 2 "A" size) of views from Alaska to Mexico, circa 1859-1902. Includes work by various photographers: American Stereoscopic Co., W. B. Ingersoll, C. W. Woodward, Continent Stereoscopic...

Includes sea-planes and other small planes in and around Juneau, gold mining equipment, hydraulic mining, an aerial view of Juneau, Alaska-Juneau Gold Mill, an Eskimo village and dwellings, Eskimo Indians fishing, in kayaks, drying fish, and doing other daily tasks.

Views include towns, street scenes, glaciers, mountains and landscapes, mining scenes, steamboats and trains, sled dogs, native persons, and totem poles.

Chiefly snapshots recording sites related to the Alaska gold rush. Locations include Kotzebue Sound, the Kobuk River, Reilly Camp (or "Reillyville"), and Nome. Includes views of miners and ship's passengers and crew, eskimos and their elevated burial platforms, river steamers,...

Snapshots and professional photographs of salmon catches, native Alaskans, reindeer, landscapes, coastlines, towns, and numerous views of ships, shipwrecks and ships in ice. Also present are several views of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (Seattle, 1908), the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,...

Photos include views of Fort Wrangle, Sitka, Juneau, Jakutat Bay, glaciers, Indian villages and settlements, totem poles, groups of people (tourists?), a Russian block house in Sitka, a photo of Madonna from the Greek [Russian] Church in Sitka, etc.

Photographs show Dawson patrols (men in furs) at Fort MacPherson; a Sunday School picnic, a midnight ball game in Fairbanks, a mining camp and other mining scenes, marathon race runners in Fairbanks, Mrs. Willis high diving into the Chena River...

Photographs show construction scenes at the exposition site in Seattle, Wash. Pictured are interior and exterior views and finished buildings including: agriculture, hospital, auditorium, chemistry, fisheries, mines, cascades, powerhouse, etc. Also includes many views of construction equipment.

American author.

Mainly correspondence and manuscripts of his novels and short stories. Some royalty statements, contracts and financial papers also included.

Adelson writes to President W. Wilson on Oct. 5, 1918 to offer his services as mediator in the controversy between the United States and Russia. As qualifications he states that he was Russian-born and his lineage comes from the most...

Contents: A sketch on Stevenson's Regiment (12 l.); sketch on the Mormon Battalion (8 l.); a list of officers of the California Volunteers...(5 l.); an account of Indian wars in Northern California and Nevada, 1866-1867 (8 l.); printed copy of...

Letters of the French paleontologist, some addressed to Stanislas Meunier.

Accounts relating mainly to property in San Francisco. Many pages blank.

Consists of draft letters and notes from Albert Mundhenk's trip abroad to Germany and France to study art. He describes his trip across the United States from California to Washington, D.C. and aboard the S.S. Munchen to Germany, including a...

Title supplied by cataloger.

Regarding his social engagements.

Typed transcript, with notes by Charles Kelly, of Thurber's original ledger in the possession of R.T. Thurber, Richfield, Utah.

Written from Monterey and Castroville, Calif.

Collection contains two letters to Randolph Valliere, one from Joe E. Brown, and another from Sargent Shriver. Includes signed and printed acknowledgements (1932-1964) of birthday and Christmas greetings from Miss Harriet Banks to Herbert Hoover, as well as a letter...

An account of operations in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines during World War II; written by an ensign, U.S.N.R.

Clippings describe a trip from Albany, New York to Alaska. Photos show only the Alaska portion of the trip, focusing on Indians, other inhabitants, scenery, glaciers, views of Sitka, etc.

Chiefly groups of family and friends at picnics and other leisure outings, photographed by amateur photographers. Individuals pictured include Captain and Mrs. J.C. Ayres, the Mizner family, R.S. Rodman, and members of the Carroll, Hooker, Adams, McAllister, McFarlane, Eldridge, Atherton,...

An album of snapshots, primarily of San Francisco Bay Area scenes but also depicting numerous locales in Northern and Southern California. Includes domestic scenes of family, friends, pets, family vegetable garden and orchard, as well as civic events and local...

Costume drawings for opera productions. Also includes 2 brief letters from the artist, dated 1880, his printed calling card with a note on verso, and a cabinet card portrait of tenor Anton Schott in costume for the role of Joseph.

Chiefly snapshots of locales and family activities in Hawaii, California, Norfolk (Virginia), Fort George Island, and Cape Vincent (New York). Includes some professional photographs of the U.S.S. Bennington, its crew, the victims of its explosion in San Diego, Calif., and...

Collection mainly consists of landscape views of various Pacific locations including Alaska (Skagway, Sitka, etc.), Washington, Oregon, California (Yosemite, San Francisco and Mt. Lowe, near Pasadena). Sitka views include a number of photographs of the "Greek Church" and photos of...

Title supplied by cataloger.

Surrounding each portrait are advertisements of California firms.

Views show the football statue of a wounded hero (by Douglas Tilden) and a snapshot of Jim Whipple (football hero) giving a speech at its dedication; portraits of identified football players in uniform and their trainer; a man next to...

Includes views of lakes, rivers and mountains in Idaho.

The Fiesta de Los Angeles was started in 1894, discontinued for the Spanish American War (1898?) and reinstituted as the Fiesta de las Flores in 1901.

Views include snapshots of friends or family of the unidentified compiler, scenery in Oregon, Nevada, and numerous California locations (including Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, and other Sierra Nevada places), people swimming, and two views of a car wreck. Some postcards included.

Views from an unidentified Mexican city in the hills show a bull fight, market streets with vendors selling produce, buildings, street scenes, women doing chores, men in large hats and serapes, children, plazas, railroads, and other scenes from everyday life....

Photographs show groups of students (mainly women), homes (in Berkeley?), dogs, horses, swimmers, and others.

Includes 24 photographs from Los Angeles Metropolitan area, showing dirigibles, and photographic equipment used by F.M. Huddleston.

Includes many views in San Francisco, Yosemite, and other California locations. Some photographs of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, and some East Coast and western Canada views.

Chiefly professionally photographed views of China and Japan. Many are in and around Hong Kong, with a few of Canton. A view of beheaded pirates is present. Japanese scenes, some of which are hand-colored, include views as well as posed...

Views of cabins, leisure activities (swimming, badminton, horseshoes, etc.), and wooded environs of a small resort in California's Feather River Canyon (Butte County.)

Album shows young women athletes engaged in various sporting events: swimming races, diving, foot races, high jump, field hockey, etc. Events took place at the University of California in Berkeley.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Views of the buildings, grounds, students, and faculty of St. Matthew's Military School.

Views of Hawaii include Oahu College, Oahu scenery, water sports (including surfing), and agriculture. Views from a road trip to Eureka, Calif. show fishing, countryside, the car and road, Views of Stanford University show buildings, snapshots of students, football games...

Contains four photographs of buildings and grounds of Alcatraz Island when it served as a military prison. Also present are views of Fort Winfield Scott, a residential building at Fort Mason (Black Point), other views of San Francisco Bay, and...

Three letters, l930, to George Wilson Knight commenting on Shakespearian productions; 1941 letter addressed to Jack Spicer.

Declining an invitation.

Include drafts of Oratorios and two drawings.

Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of Annie Montague Alexander, concerning the establishment, work with and gifts to the Museum of Vertebrae Zoology (MVZ) at the University of California, Berkeley. The bulk of the letters are from Joseph Grinnell, the first...

Indentures, promissory notes and related papers, originals and copies, concerning the La Junta grant in New Mexico upon which Barclay's Fort was built; and papers relating to the settlement of Barclay's estate under the administration of William Kroenig and Moritz...

Include papers of William P. Alexander, pioneer missionary to the Sandwich Islands (letters and journals); letters written by his wife, Mary Ann (McKinney) Alexander; and papers of their son William DeWitt Alexander, including letters from Hiram Bingham, James Dwight Dana,...

Papers relating to Alexander Hildebrand's involvement in the Sierra Club.

Diary, 1855-1886, kept while engineer on U.S. Revenue cutter Bear, New York to Valparaiso and the Arctic; related vouchers and accounts; and letters from the U.S. Dept. of Treasury written by W.E. Chandler, G.S. Boutwell and others, and from the...

A few days out of Monterey, Calif. en route to Mazatlan. Describes his recent visit to Hawaii, remarking in particular on the "civilizing influence" of American missionaries, including observations on King Kamehameha and other members of the royal family. Of...

Correspondence (mainly copies), reports, legal papers, maps, etc., concerning agriculture, mining, and oil interests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

In v. 1 are 162 letters and telegrams received, including many concerning the work of the commission: 73 from George Gibbs, 1864-1868, affording sidelights on affairs in Washington, D.C., during the Johnson Administration; 34 from Sir John Rose, 1864-1871; 20...

Includes letters to Albert Stebbins and clippings of Taylor's Precis India Californicus.

Concerning events in Hawaii and his writings.

Originally part of the Foot Collection.

Two letters (2 p.) presumably by Alexandre Dumas, père. One is addressed to Monsieur Merle, rue Blanche, [Paris?]; the other is a brief note addressed simply to "Cher Maitre."

Part of a collection of manuscript materials associated with the Franciscan missions in California. For other items in the collection, search under title: California mission miscellany, 1630-1830.

Contains letters and telegrams from Hall McCallister and other business associates. Also includes legal notes.

Dictated recollections of overland journey to Oregon, 1845, and on to California, 1846; experiences to 1866, including service in Fremont's Battalion and participation in the Gold Rush before settling in Santa Clara.

Album contains snapshot photographs of leisure activities involving Alfred James Waterhouse and his family, especially his daughter Dorothy Waterhouse. Also includes photographs of Waterhouse homes and other residences. Joaquin Miller is pictured in two photographs. Includes many photographs of family...

Volume 1-2: letterpress copybooks, kept while U.S. Consul in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1902-1904, containing some reports on political situations; volume 3: miscellaneous papers pertaining mainly to his consular activities in Dublin and Bordeaux, 1904-1910.

Letters concern a privateering scheme in San Francisco during the Civil War. With transcripts and related notes by Elisabeth Coe Adams.

Deeds and mortgages for property in Napa County.

Papers relating to Alfred W. Baxter's involvement in the Sierra Club.

Typescripts of articles relating to agricultural problems and foreign colonization ventures in Mexico.

A Bancroft Library factitious collection.

Sixteen letters (23 pages) from Alice B. Toklas to Anne Low-Beer, mainly written from Paris, describing daily life, visits with mutal friends, distress at the publication of Gertrude Stein's biography in 1957, travels, expressing friendship, etc. Typed transcripts available for...

interview transcript.

Include letter from James P. Shaw, director of the Hunters Point Project Committee; letter from Miss Griffith to Catherine Bauer Wurster concerning the first Telegraph Hill Neighborhood House in San Francisco, built by Bernard R. Maybeck; and copy of her...

Consist of letters relating mainly to education in early Santa Clara, manuscripts of her writings, and a few newspaper clippings.

Letters of appreciation, clippings, mementos and photographs relating to service as army nurse in Base Hospital No.30 in France, during World War I.

Materials from the estate of Alice Lorraine Andrews of Berkeley, California, daughter of Allie Newell, and grand-daughter of George Baker Newell. Alice Andrews was the owner of the Lola Montez House in Grass Valley, Calif., 1933-197?.

Notes for chapters of contemplated biography; research notes; transcripts of letters, ca. 1844-1867, by Reading and to him, including some from John A. Sutter and John Bidwell; 5 photostats from his journal of detail maps showing his route from the...

Describes living in San Francisco, Calif. including a description of a fire.

Correspondence discusses Winans writing, other writers including Beat poets and personal matters. Also includes mss. of poems and other writings by Winans sent to Kennedy.

24 letters to or from Allen A. Hall, United States ambassador to Bolivia. Includes correspondence with Secretary of State William Henry Seward, and with Bolivian officials. Subjects include political situation and events in Bolivia. Typed transcript included in each folder.

Program from memorial at Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, April 20, 1997; poems written for Ginsberg by Neeli Cherkovski, Ivan Argüelles, Jake Berry, Jack Foley, Stephen Ronan, Clive Matson; and copies of newspaper clippings on Ginsberg.

Relating mainly to the founding of the American Ornithologists' Union and its publication, The Auk. Drafts of constitution, minutes of the first meeting, form letters and miscellaneous papers pertaining to the Union included.

Correspondence relating to his book, A Concordance to Euripides, with the holograph Ms. of the work; Mss. of miscellaneous articles; lesson plans; his notes for a class taught by Prof. Isaac Flagg, at Berkeley, 1896.

Consists of annotated galley proofs, proof sheets, and typed pages of some of Ralston's books (written under the name Alma Smith Payne), including The Low Sodium Cookbook, Partners in Science, and Discoverer of the Unseen World: a biography of Antoni...

Concerns the feelings and activities of a ship captain's wife.

Journal, 1858-1866, as Mrs. George W. Beam, a settler on Whidbey Island, Wash. Ter. Intermittent entries recording pioneer life in Puget Sound area. Mention of Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Bozarth (neighbors), Major Haller, Samuel Hancock and others.

Legal file concerning Estrada Sosa's complaint against Cristobal García, a free Black, including record of money and goods provided to García.

Letters addressed or transmitted to the Archbishop, and copy of a document issued in his name, as follows:

Contains 3 letters to a friend back home communicating the doings of other members of their company of miners and business in San Francisco. By 1853 Hill has become a police officer in San Francisco, William Gill has returned to...

:1 Alonzo J. Doolittle in miner's clothing with two leather gold pokes (1/4 plate daguerreotype) -- :2 Alonzo J. Doolittle in patterned wastecoat (1/6 plate daguerreotype by Wm. C. North) :3 Alonzo J. Doolittle (close variant of :2, lacking case)...

Documents relating to the investigation of Alonzo W. Adams' conduct as collector of foreign miners tax, California. Include deposition of Jules Carlo, miner, before the Senate investigative committee, signed also by J.J. Warner and David F. Douglass; the license to...

Minutes, activity files, Cal Camp files, plaques and other artifacts, scrapbooks and albums.

Contains 147 items of correspondence, legal documents and shipping documents concerning early California history. Follows is a list of persons, ships and subjects related to the collection.

For the most part in Pinart's handwriting or with his library press-mark. Items cataloged individually and can be searched under title: Alphonse L. Pinart collection on the linguistics of the Pacific Islands and Australia, 1877-1885.

Includes photos of the following missions: Altar, Caborca, Oquitoa[?], Pitiquito, San Ignacio, and Tubutama. Views of chapels and exteriors and interiors of missions, with emphasis on architectural details.

Include power of attorney; letter announcing arrival of ship Eureka from Hongkong; and receipt for quicksilver to be delivered from New Almaden.

Fragments of documents saved by Lewis Stein when Alvarado Adobe was torn down Sept. 1, 1954. Fragments include lists of registered voters in Contra Costa County, a letter and the lord's prayer in various languages. Also includes letter from Ralph...

The Luis W. Alvarez papers include correspondence, research files, diaries, reports, and notes documenting Professor Alvarez's accomplishments as a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and as a research associate at the Lawrence Berkeley...

Collection includes photographic prints taken in San Francisco following the disaster of 1906. Views show earthquake and fire damage, temporary business locations, safes, and reconstruction efforts. Among the locations and buildings pictured are Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, Hotel St. Francis,...

Copies of genealogy charts for the Alviso family.

Contents: v. I, 1775-1860, miscellaneous (chiefly land and legal) papers, with a few photographs and biographical data, mounted in album.

Papers collected by H.H. Bancroft for his history of California. Primarily Alviso family documents relating to the sale of cattle, tallow and hides and to early government in San Jose. Also included are miscellaneous papers of Juan B.R. Cooper, M.G....

California business man, banker, mayor of San Francisco. Correspondence; autographs; badges and invitations relating to memorial services for U.S. Grant and William McKinley.

Some general correspondence, including letters from Gladys S. Doyle, Richard A. Gleeson and James D. Phelan; letters and cards of sympathy received after the deaths of her uncle, Senator Phelan, and her father, Francis J. Sullivan; and clippings, mainly obituaries.

Consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to A.M. Robertson's publishing business. Correspondents include authors George Sterling, Clark Ashton Smith, Charles Warren Stoddard, Ina Coolbrith, Grace Hibbard, David Starr Jordan, and Louis A. Robertson. Newspaper clippings concern Robertson and his...

Letters and forms directed to the Jackson, California station, from various agents, concerning freight and sale of tickets.

Includes record of marriages by a justice of the peace, 1873-1893; certificates of election or appointment to public office; posted bonds for public officials; declarations of intention to become citizens; documents in various legal transactions and court cases, including writs...

Depicts members of the group during film making and stills from various identified productions.

Photographs show many views from the Los Angeles, Calif. area: San Gabriel Mission, family activities (picnicking, pets, etc.), Laurel Canyon, West Lake Park, the garden and conservatory of amateur horticulturalist and Standard Oil executive J.C. Harvey (many detailed views of...

Studio and informal portraits of Ambrose Bierce, his friends (including Herman Scheffauer), and other related views.

Views of Forest (also called Forest City, Calif.) show the main street with buildings and inhabitants (one building bears a sign reading "daguerrean room"); local citizens showing a variety of dress in front of a house; miners, trestles, ore carts,...

Drafts, revisions and fair copies of published and unpublished works. v. 1-4: Histoire du XV siècle (v. 1-2, France; v. 3, Italy; v. 4, Portugal); v. 5-7: Marie Stuart en France; v. 8: Henry 2[!], duc de Montmorency; v.; 9:...

Diaries kept by Gertrude Stein's mother during residences in Vienna, Paris and Oakland.

Chiefly portraits of presidents of the association, from the years 1916-1997. Also includes some group portraits and paste-ups for publication....

Portraits show various identified personalities, many of them military figures.

Includes constitution, correspondence, press releases, position papers, etc.

Part of a collection titled Western Miscellany.

Include letters to Henry M. Stephens from Ephraim D. Adams, Clyde A. Duniway and James D. Phelan; copy of report of secretary-treasurer, 1904; announcements and programs of meetings; list of members; and proceedings of the 1907 meeting.

Collection of posters and other graphic material promoting various events -- e.g. exhibitions, concerts, powwows, demonstrations -- and other themes pertaining to Native American culture, history and politics.

Preferred citation: American Indian Community History Center, BANC MSS 2008/108, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Panoramic portraits of members of the American Library Association in front of Doe Library at the University of California in Berkeley, at Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, and in Riverside.

Letters, manuscripts and documents relating to American literature. Each item cataloged individually. Search under title: American literary miscellany.

Documents relating to the El Tajo and La Leona (a.k.a. La Prieta Leona) mines and the Parral Silver Mining Company located in Chihuahua, Mexico. Documents include production and expense figures, acts of incorporation in New York, sales of percentages of...

Items captioned: 48th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union held at the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. Oct. 21-24, 1930 -- American Ornithologists' Union, Ottawa, Canada. Oct. 13th, 1926.

Concerns poetry and poets in the United States. Cataloged separately. See individual records for collection content.

The American Seedless Raisin Company Records (formerly the Franklin P. Nutting Papers), 1894-1956, contain materials related to the raisin industry in California during the first half of the 20th century. The collection includes administrative correspondence, legal documents, and material...

Representative blueprints of buildings (exterior and interior), machinery necessary for refining lead and zinc, and some buildings in the company town. Many of them have cost estimates broken down by supplies needed. Some constitute revisions of plant and/or machinery.

Annual reports, 1938-58, 1963.

1) Portland, Or. cable road incline -- 2) Mt. Lowe Ry. on summit of Echo Mountain. Pasadena in the distance -- 3) Method of transporting a wire rope in mountainous country.

Two group portraits of employees in San Francisco, Calif. One large group portrait of men and women workers, ca. 1900, is posed in a company facility with wire cable and other products displayed. A smaller banquet group portrait pictures the...

Views of Santa Fe, New Mexico; California; Utah; and Colorado. Includes a view of Pasadena; a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco; miners and hydraulic mining scenes in the Iowa Hill region (Placer Co.) and Butte County, Calif.; the Yosemite Valley;...

1: letterpress copybook, 1904-1909, kept by James Neel, treasurer, re membership dues, contributions to special funds, annual meetings.

Scenery and views of nature, trees in Olympic National Park (Washington), Mt. Jefferson in Oregon, Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming) and one view of San Francisco, Calif. (by P. Jones.) Apparently images were intended for a Parnassus Press publication entitled:...

Members of the family included Oakes (1804-1873), his brother Oliver (1807-1877), Oliver's son, Frederick Lathrop (1835-1893), and Oliver (1831-1895), the son of Oakes. Dictations by Frederick Lathrop Ames, W.L. Chaffin, and G.H. Campbell; letters by George H. Morrison, W.L. Chaffin,...

Correspondence, press releases, and pamphlets relating to Pinchot's political interests, including activities of the America First Committee. Duplicates from the Pinchot Collection in the Library of Congress.

Photographic prints of engraved silver menu. One print depicts cover text: Dinner to Hon. William Sharon by his old friends of the Comstock Lode. Palace Hotel. Feb. 8th 1876. San Francisco. A.A. Selover [guest]. Other print depicts menu items.

Mainly correspondence as sub-prefect of Santa Barbara; several letters to the Justice of the Peace of San Luis Obispo. Petition by John F. Smith for land in Santa Barbara included.

Mainly kept by George Chase, Recorder.

Minutes of meetings, list of members in good standing and roll book of members.

Views of the Cook Road crossing of Dry Creek, Ione vicinity, Amador County, Calif.

Views of the Rawson Road crossing of Red Bank Creek, Red Bluff vicinity, Tehama Co., Calif.

Letter from R.T. Leonards, promoter, encloses prospectus for the company.

Dictation, recorded for H.H. Bancroft, concerns his voyage to San Francisco via Panama in 1849, and business activities including work as agent for Pacific Mail Steamship Co. (13 l.)

To his wife and daughter, mainly concerning insurance matters.

Relate to the Dr. Groves California Association, organized in Philadelphia to go to the California mines. Includes letters from members of the association and others applying, the agreement by which the company was formed and the agreement by which a...

Includes a pair of ambrotype portraits in a single case picturing Andrew J. Drips and his two young sons, Andrew Jackson Drips, Jr. and Thomas Drips. Copy portraits are of Francis Marion Barnes, Catherine Mulkey Drips Branch, Louise Geroux Drips,...

Deed for property at Pacific and Kearney Streets in San Francisco.

Studio portraits of Dr. Andrew E. Johnson of Healdsburg, Calif., his wife Callie, and their two children. Also includes snapshot of George A. Johnson (relation unknown) of Santa Rosa.

Letters between Alfred Andrews, his wife Julia, son Leighton, and various family members and friends about domestic matters mostly dating from 1882. In 1888, the correspondence resumes in which Julia Andrew's letters describe her convalescence in Santa Monica, Calif. at...

Consists of a photocopy of a typed transcript of Andrew Hogin's journal, March 26-Oct. 18, 1849, describing his journey from New York to Calif, as well as photocopies of typed transcripts of two letters written by Hogins from Coloma, Calif....

Letters addressed to him relating to the design of book-plates for him, written by Alfred Cossmann and a Mr. Schmitz. Also included: a bibliographical note concerning books illustrated by Cossmann and a prospectus for Cossman's book, Alfred Cossman's Exlibris und...

Letter to his brother, ALS, Oroville, October 24, 1855, concerning his life and activities (recently engaged in the daguerrean business); partial cover cancelled, Sacramento, November 13, 1857; and one quarter dollar 1871 gold piece.

Dictation, recorded for H.H. Bancroft, concerns his arrival at San Francisco in 1850; experience in the mines; business activities at Benicia, Sacramento and San Francisco; service as mayor of San Francisco from 1875.

Autograph letters, signed, by Andrew Jackson: letter of 1828 Feb. 3, from the Hermitage, to Colonel William Robison, Oak Grove, Westmorland Co., Va., regarding Jackson's political opponents, with remarks on Henry Clay; and letter of 1838 Sept. 19, from the...

Contains accounts, correspondence and scrapbooks. Accounts relate to the schooner, Julis Pringle and Moulder's private accounts. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings and printed items concerning San Francisco, Calif., state and local schools, politics including the American Civil War and Moulder's European...

In 1896, zoologist Andrew Jackson Stone, made an expedition to the Cassiar District of British Colombia. In 1897, financed by the American Museum of Natural History, he left Seattle early in July for Fort Wrangell, Alaska on what was to...

Written from Mariposa Co., relating to mining.

Relates to his work with the U. S. Land Office as surveyor in California, Nevada, Montana, and New Mexico.

Mainly papers re litigation in Marin County, including complaint of Bethuel Phelps concerning cattle at Rancho Punta de los Reyes and affidavit of James King of William. A few papers (1857-1892) relating to the settlement of Randall's estate also included.

Includes annual addresses to the Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, 1869-1877, 1894; miscellaneous reports concerning the University of California, Berkeley; reports on mining, wire rope transportation, and other material.

Letters, July 30, 1946 and Dec. 30, 1947, commenting critically on the reindeer program and giving other news of Alaska.

Concerning military and political events in Chihuahua. Include letters from Eulogio V. Salazar and Generals Manuel Avila Camacho, Marcelo Caraveo, Juan Andreu Almazán, Calixto Contreras and others.

V. I: Correspondence, memoranda and clippings regarding the preservation and development of the island for park use; earlier records (1950-1951) of the Angel Island Foundation (correspondence, minutes of meetings, articles of incorporation, and a copy of a 1947 report by...

Letter concerning local administration, documents relating to the minting of tlacos (small copper coins) to remedy a shortage of small change, and a request that Alejo García Conde, newly appointed Governor Intendant, immediately assume his duties in Durango.

Snapshots and other photographs of camps and works of the "Angels' Brigade" on railroad bridge construction and mine tunnels. Many images show federal and revolutionary troops in transit, and a few show General Pancho Villa and other leaders. Identified locales...

Letter (20 p.) written from Fort Douglas, Utah, 27 Sept. 1879, describes a trip taken with her husband by railroad from Ogden, Utah, to San Francisco, and return. Letter (23 p.), 16-29 May 1892 from aboard the Steamer Mexico and...

22 letters written by various members of the family of N.L. Angier. Includes 13 letters (April 12 - October 28, 1850) from Dr. N.L. Angier to his wife, Elizabeth, written during his overland trip to California and his early days...

Description of mining in Maripsa, with record of amount mined and comments on prices of provisions. Diary ends with return to San Francisco (Apr. 1853)

Assorted plates compiled from various editions and printings.

Correspondence and scrapbook containing invitations of a young woman in Mamaluke Hill, El Dorado Co., Calif.

Collection includes liberty bond posters, Red Cross material, badges, banners, flags, and ephemera.

Correspondence with Amos P. Catlin and David R. Sessions for The History Company.

Notes on the origin of her play for the Partheneia, correspondence (including some with Porter Garnett), printed copies of the first four Partheneia plays. Includes some material on the origins of the Partheneia

Arrival in San Francisco, 1852; experiences as physician; work with the People's Party in San Francisco as police judge, 1856-1860, and mayor, 1863-1867.

Typed transcript of Books A (1847-1869) and B (1869-1877); also ms. (photocopy) of Book B, part III.

Correspondence relating to Hopi Indians includes letters from H. C. Diehl commenting on litigation involving the Hopis and Navajos, proposed Hopi cultural center, etc.; from the recipient of a scholarship fund donated by Miss Avakian; and from other Hopi Indians.

Letters describe her activities and travels related to post-war relief in Poland.

Contains correspondence, writings, clippings, reviews, and related material regarding Rosenshine's art and interest in psychoanalysis. Significant correspondents include Flora Arnstein, Constantin Brancusi, Erich Fromm, Allen Ginsberg, Henri Matisse, Henry Miller, Lewis Mumford, Paul Padgette (her literary executor), Chris Rambo, Evelyn...

Views of Portugal and various parts of Africa. Includes hunting photographs, Masai and Kavirondo people and villages, and views of Mombasa, Entebbe, Lake Victoria, Uganda, Lake Nakuru, Zanzibar, Mozambique, and South Africa. Taken on safari in British East Africa during...

Chartered and incorporated April 1898.

Tapes of selected annual meetings of The Friends of The Bancroft Library include featured speakers and business from 1966-1977.

Copies of reports for Churchill, Clark, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe, and White Pine counties. Each includes "detailed report of receipts and expenditures."

Includes a few letters to Lawton Kennedy; birth announcements, wedding invitations, Christmas cards, with photographs by Adams, printed by Lawton Kennedy.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Papers relating to Adams's involvement in the Sierra Club. Contains one folder of correspondence, 1964-1965; and subject files, arranged alphabetically, which are evenly divided between conservation issues and Sierra Club business, primarily concerning chapters and committees.

Papers relating to Hall's involvement in the Sierra Club.

Contains correspondence concerning the Blake House, business letters, California history, and about opposition to Women's Suffrage in 1911 most notably regarding California and New York State; miscellaneous items for the Golden Gate International Exposition; two scrapbooks on Blake's service and...

Materials concerning agrarian reform in Mexico.

Compilations of an anthology of French poetry and of a short dictionary of French proverbs and colloquial expressions: (v.1-2) Anthologie; (v.3) Proverbes et locutions; (v.4) Receuil de proverbes et locutions; (v.5) Mon Zoo (a description of various animals).

Six brief letters from the Earl of Shaftesbury to various individuals.

Banking business in Philadelphia, New York, and Paris; railroad interests; views on silver, government operation of railroads, capital and labor, etc.

Compilation of six articles, three by William Tornheim, the others by Miss Mabelle Hust; edited by Mrs. Lois Cox.

Contains views of antique motorcars, and an aerial view of exhibition buildings and grounds.

Contains bulletins and circulars distributed by various campus groups, one poster (oversize) and newspaper clippings about the movement and about the arrest of several students for leafleting.

Clippings of reviews of Epopeia maldita are accompanied by a letter from Cértima to America[?] Cardoso.

Miscellaneous letters, received by the Mexican general, from Maximino Avila Camacho, Ignacio M. Beteta, and Ignacio García Téllez.

A miscellany of various authors in several languages copied in manuscript from the printed Antologia de vari autori, Milano, 1816. Contains: Antologia di Shakspeare... Milano, 1817; and Sofocle. Accompanied by a printed text: Il manuale d'epitteto [Epictetus, Manual] tradotto da...

Chiefly portraits of William Everson, including images when he was Brother Antoninus. Includes snapshots of book signings and Everson's 67th birthday party.

Skeletal diary 1829 Nov. 7 - 1830 April 25, of a trading and exploratory journey from New Mexico to California and back, enclosed in letter, Santa Fe, May 14, 1830, from José Antonio Chávez, Jefe Político of New Mexico, to...

Letter from Trinidad Rodríguez to Cordero, requesting protection for the Indians in San Juan de Sultó, Huejotitán, March 22, 1819. Also letter of Cordero to Angel Pinilla for dispatch of requested documents, Los Alamos, February 21, 1820.

Folders 17-18 of document No. 7 in the archives of New Mexico at Santa Fe, concerning projected attack on El Paso; and confession four Indians about projected attack on El Paso by the Tiguas, Piros and Apache Indians, as recorded...

Letters from Santa Anna to Agustín de Iturbide and to his lawyer Joaquín Alcalde; documents by Santa Anna and Alcalde, relating to his trial in October 1867, containing biographical information; communications from Ignacio Mejía and Juan C. Doria; copy of...

Contains 8 letters of acknowledgment concerning expulsion of Spaniards from Mexico, holidays, elections, and an invasion of Veracruz from Havana, Cuba.

Contains 3 letters concerning the election of Manuel Gómez Pedraza as President of Mexico and the protest by the population in Verzcruz.

Documents relating to litigation over land near Guerrero on the Río Grande in the state of Coahuila, involving López and Romualdo Flores. Include petitions; papers relating to a survey; the final settlement, and the fine imposed on López; letter (June...

Letters selected by Alfred B. Thomas from the Archivo General de Indias, Seville.

Letters written by the viceroy from Mexico to Francisco Pangua, guardian of the College of San Fernando, re sending religious with ships sailing to San Diego and Monterey and on voyages of exploration along the coast of California.

Contains request for specimens of fungi by C.G. Lloyd of the Lloyd Library and correspondence with collector W.H. Henderson in Sacramento, Calif.

Evidently a preliminary draft of Appendix VII of the above work, much abbreviated, entitled, "Razon de la construccion del Mapa particular de la California y del general de la America Septentrional, Asia Oriental, y del Mar del Sur intermedio. Traduccion...

from University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center;

A consulting engineer's description of proposed bus routes for the Bridge Bus Lines Corporation, in Marin County, containing detailed list of stops, maps, schedules, transfer points, estimated saving in time over other methods of transportation, and estimated expenditures.

Copies of the applications with supporting documents, including snapshots, for the following: Yucaipa Adobe; Sycamore Grove Monument; Stoddard-Waite Monument; Santa Fe and Salt Lake Trail Monument; Mormon Trail Monument; Daley Toll Road Monument; Yucaipa Rancheria; Holcomb Valley; Garces-Smith Monument; Lugonia...

Thomas Wagstaff's appointment of Hawes as treasurer. A copy of the biography of Wagstaff and letters patent included.

Comments on her mother and father, Rosalie and Sigmund Stern and the Meyer, Stern and Haas families; growing up in San Francisco and in Atherton; marriage to Walter Haas; her community services; family's support of Stern Grove; her interest in...

Three binders: 1, miscellaneous background correspondence and other materials; 2, minutes of advisory committee; 3, research project titles and abstracts.

Biographical notes on the career of Francisco Segura, jurist and secretary general for the state of Morelos, containing references to Governors Jesus Preciado and Carlos Pacheco and other officials.

A compendium of Spanish and Mexican laws, some relating to Indians and the measurement of land in the New World, and including a copy of José Berní's treatise on Spanish jurisprudence, 1773.

A collection of data on the history of Lower California, with emphasis upon missions, Indian disturbances, and the biographies of political administrators, covering in a few instances events in northern California.

Reports of Lodge No. 30 of Baja California to the Masonic Supreme Council, with a history of the lodge, 1869-1871, lists of officers and members, and a financial statement.

Notes on world geography with emphasis on North America, particularly Mexico; touching upon waterways, topography, population centers, natural resources, climates, and various matters.

Contains correspondence between Dr. Aquila B. Massey and Anne R. Massey, concerning Dr. Massey's overland journey to California in 1849 during the gold rush, and his work as a doctor during the American Civil War in Nashville, Tenn. Also includes...

Statement, recorded for H.H. Bancroft, concerns his voyage to San Francisco via Panama in 1851, gold mining to 1853, and his several businesses. (2 l.)

Photograph album of hand colored snapshots shows the life and amusements of the Arakelian family and friends in Fresno and elsewhere in California. Subjects include picnics, outings, dressing up in costumes, tableaux of various types, beach scenes, bathers, etc. Mr....

Draft of manuscript of her reminiscences as descendant of the Bandini family, covering childhood at the Guajome Rancho with its Indians, early memories of San Diego, and recollections of her great-aunt Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker. With many illustrative photographs.

Reports of the 1973 and 1974 archeological investigations at Champoeg and of the search for complementary historical materials relating to the site (now Champoeg State Park). The 1973 report includes history of the settlement, reconstruction of building techniques, some biographical...

Slides show excavation, artifacts, and members of the original Calico Site field staff: Dr. Thomas Clements, Dee Simpson, Dr. Louis Leakey, and others.

Photographs show buildings designed for the Treasure Island 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco.

Title from report cover.

1 set of architectural drawings; 1 set of general specifications and 1 of specifications for mechanical work (plumbing, heating, and electrical).

With these: autobiographical notes (1 l., typescript), and a list compiled by M.H. White, Sept. 19, 1947, of projects and/or buildings completed by Maybeck.

Includes key plan of grounds; preliminary study of the California Group (2); main entrance; untitled cross-section; untitled drawings (9).

The drawings show: sewage piping of the East Yard; dry docks 4-6, marine railways 1-3; electrical distribution system; and piping map of the East Yard.

Primarily drawings of buildings on the Berkeley campus. Includes works by a large number of architects, including designated university architects John Galen Howard and Arthur Brown.

Illustrated with photographs by the author.

Copies of articles, pamphlets, programs, etc. Ephemeral material.

Includes a photograph of a drawing for Montecito beach cottages by Myron Hunt, the First Church of Christ (Berkeley, Calif.) by Bernard Maybeck, a house by Green and Green, and various Southern California homes in the Spanish mission style. Includes...

Includes designs for an adobe rancho, sketches of various homes and other projects, designs for remodeling, and some items related to Golden Gate International Exposition. One item is by Charles F. Maury.

Architectural views showing interiors and exteriors, architectural models, furniture, etc.

Extracts and copies of documents (273 v. and loose papers) assembled in the U.S. Surveyor General's Office, San Francisco. Made for H.H. Bancroft by and under the direction of Thomas Savage, 1876-1877. Originals destroyed in 1906 fire.

Copies of documents made for H.H. Bancroft from originals housed in various California repositories. Most materials date from 1846 to 1850.

Provincial State Papers, Benicia, 1770-1821. Vols. I-II; register of Brands and Marks, 1828-1834; Mexican Archives, Lower California, 1847-1848, Vols. I-II; state papers, Benicia, 1773-1829, Vol. I; Cuaderno de actas de elecciones de Diputados al Congreso general y á la Diputación...

Copies and extracts of documents selected by E.F. Murray for H.H. Bancroft.

Original documents and contemporary copies, emanating from or relating to the California missions. Include correspondence, circular letters, reports, accounts, a few padrones, and one book of marriages.

Primarily views of the arctic cruise of the revenue steamer Bear. Contains views of whaling ships, native dwellings and villages, sled dogs, snapshots and portraits of native people (including children), native costumes, totem poles, graveyards, group portraits of ship and...

Clippings, notes, photocopies of articles, photographs, etc.

Collection of materials that accompanied several volumes purchased from the Private Press of Ariel Wardi. Includes information sheets that describe production details of specific volumes.

Records span the years from its beginning in 1911 throughout the operation and closure of Arequipa Sanatorium in 1957/58. Contains a small amount of administrative, financial, and medical files, as well as the correspondence of Dr. Philip King Brown, and...

Contains fragments of letters, financial records, notes, poetry, and an incomplete copy book containing poetry. Includes materials relating to José Ramón Argüello, María de la Consepción Argëullo, and Luis Antonio Argüello; a poem dedicated to Pío Pico; and a leaf...

Include papers of Santiago Argüello, many relating to his army career and to his property in Baja California; José Ramón Argüello and Luis A. Argüello.

The documents, primarily from the T.W. Norris and the Cowan Collections, include 1792 census record for Monterey, San Jose and some of the missions; copy of a report, 1797, re Indians of the Colorado River area; an order, 1801, re...

Depicts dedication ceremony on May 2, 1965 (crowd surrounding decorated playground), and a group of people playing chess.

Include crew list, freight list, accounts, receipts, etc.

Protect the Earth [caricature depicting pollution, waste, war, and overpopulation] -- San Francisco Bay [caricature depicting industrial development of the Bay for profit]

Photographs of Arizona desert country made during the U.S. military exploration for roads under General McDowell, Clarence King, and James T. Gardiner. Includes views of Fort Mojave (Arizona), Mojave Indians, surveyors' camps, scenery of the Granite Moutains, the town of...

Snapshots chiefly of Hopi (and perhaps other pueblo tribes) and Navajo Indians. Some views identified as Oraibi (Ariz.) and Mishongnovi. Includes some family groups, dances, and ceremonies. Multiple copies of some images are present.

Arizona, views along the Apache Trail, Point Lobos, Grass Valley, etc.

At Casa Grande, Jere Fryer (1849-); at Florence, Thomas F. Weedin (1854-); at Pinal, James DeNoon Reymert (1821-); at Silver King, Robert Williams (1839-); at Thompson Valley, John Chartz (1856-)

A collection of dictations from settlers in Yavapai County, Arizona Territory, taken by an agent of H.H. Bancroft.

A collection of dictations from settlers in Apache, Gila, Mohave and Yuma counties in Arizona Territory, taken by an agent of H.H. Bancroft.

A collection of dictations from settlers in Cochise County, Arizona Territory, taken by an agent of H.H. Bancroft.

A collection of dictations from settlers in Maricopa County, Arizona Territory, taken by an agent of H.H. Bancroft.

A collection of dictations from settlers in Pima County, Arizona Territory, taken by J.M. Long, an agent of H.H. Bancroft. Includes letters from Long regarding the sale of Bancroft's works to prominent men in Arizona.

Concerns such topics as railroads, land tenure, mines and mineral resources, Indians of North America, stocks, armed forces, Abraham Lincoln, and Indian warfare. Each item cataloged separately. Search under title Arizona miscellany.

Binder's title.

Letters and notes on a variety of Arizona historical events and personalities. Cataloged individually. For description of contents, search under title: Arizona miscellany, 1877-1889.

Photographs show homes, many with Indians in front of them. Other photos of Indians also included, showing Havasupai, Apache, and Mojave Indians (some on reservations). Also includes missions in Tuscon and on an Indian reservation. Some photos related to Dr....

Photograph shows a group of trappers at Tombstone, Az. with the prey they caught to earn the bounty offered by Cochise County. Accompanying letter gives number of each type of animal caught, and other information about the event.

Includes view of a street scene in Tuscon, the San Xavier Mission near Tucson, a group of miners near a hay bale house at Catactive[?], and views of the Gila Bend Reservoir and irrigation channel.

Letters, subject files, speeches and clippings, relating mainly to his activities connected with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, California Board of State Harbor Commissioners, Progressive Party, prohibition, and Plymouth Congregational Church, Oakland, California.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Mainly predictions re events during World War II by members, Clarence D. Brenner, Charles L. Camp, George R. Stewart, Ronald N. Walpole, Joseph H. Jackson, C.S. Forester and others. Included is a letter from C.H. Wright, Mar. 2, 1946.

Include accounts, 1940-1972, and minutes, 1940-1943; accounts, 1942-1973, membership lists, and minutes, 1941-1983, of its Ladies' Chapter; minutes, 1943-1967, for its Men's Chapter. Also included are accounts and minutes, 1923-1940, for its predecessor, the Berkeley-Oakland Branch, and some financial statements,...

Collection includes scrapbooks of clippings, programs, and photographs documenting activities of the Ladies' Auxiliary; texts of plays in Armenian given by the Auxiliary; and miscellaneous records.

Letters and postcards from the British playwright to Ronald Hayman regarding his work in the theater; and the fourth typed draft of his play, The Journalists.

The Daniel Israel Arnon Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts of his writings, grant files, laboratory notebooks, experimental data, drawings for slides, research notes, lectures and speeches, awards and honors, and biographical information, which document his distinguished career at U.C. Berkeley....

The Flora J. Arnstein Papers document the career of a San Franciscan alternative educator and writer.

Papers relating to Arnstein's interest in various public health issues such as raw milk, child care centers (including speeches he made and a statement to the California State Board of Health); material on the San Francisco Social Hygiene and Health...

Wanted poster offering reward for arrest of Torahiko Yoshimizu (pictured), Hattaro Terada, L. Shiraish and O. Kuma, all of whom are suspected in the beating and murder of foreman John Kyne in Betabel, near Gilroy (Santa Clara County, Calif.). Also...

P. 5-7 and 1-22 of two incomplete records of arrivals and departures of vessels.

Postcards of scenic views and attractions around Arrowhead Springs, Calif. Subjects include Arrowhead Hot Springs Hotel, Penyugal Hot Spring, Cold Water Canyon, and the Spanish bayonet plant (yucca glauca).

Caption title.

Childhood in Italy and emigration of family to California in 1905; early interest in art and move to San Francisco in 1914; career as artist, book illustrator (including work for Grabhorn Brothers), printer and author. Appended: copies of documentary material,...

Artwork by Daniel Moore, as well as photographs of performances by the company. Includes performances of Bliss apocalypse and The walls are running blood.

1: Mt. Hood from Lost Lake, Oregon (by J.E. Stuart) -- 2: Indian Encampment in Yosemite Valley (attr. to Raymond Dabb Yelland) -- 3: San Francisco after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire (by Theodore Wores) -- 4: lithograph entitled Mammoth...

Include an account of the founding, roster of members and copies of minutes of meetings.

Chiefly artwork for his Leaves of life, including many nudes; one drawing with revolutionary slogans; and one portrait of Ferlinghetti.

Original artwork for 1925 Cal-Washington game poster and cover, and black and white drawings for track, baseball, and football, 1927.

The works illustrate something of the process of artistic composition. Many drawings experiment with the same theme; others are of people.

Volume I contains material on the grammar and vocabulary of the Pame dialect, a divergent branch of the language group of the Otomí Indians. Volume II, the "Historical Prologue," is a treatise on the history of the Pame nation and...

Correspondence with publishers, contracts, and royalty statements, concerning the publication of his history textbooks; and financial papers. Letter from Claude B. Hutchison included.

Contains correspondence, Eaton's journals, reports and maps from his time in China. Also includes reports on oil in southern California, Utah and Wyoming and mineral resources in Oregon, a narrative about China written by his wife Emily Churchill later in...

Papers relating to Blake's involvement in the Sierra Club.

Papers concerning promotion of oil company in Montana, 1919-1925, and the 1925 session of the California Legislature.

Contains Chamberlain's vita, ca. 1909, and an undated draft of unknown authorship concerning Chamberlain's suitability for superintendent of schools in Pasadena, Calif. Includes three letters by Chamberlain to E.C. and C.C. Boynton of Boynton and Esterly regarding his interest in...

A Bancroft Library factitious collection.

Dean of Westminister.

Contains letters written by Arthur Rodgers to his family, discussing the sinking of the ship Brother Jonathan on its way to Oregon, spiritualism, the effect of the Civil War on Tennessee, attending the California State Normal School and teaching school,...

Four letters written to A.C. Miller, plus a typed biographical sketch of Wheeler.

Include drafts of the following papers and lectures: Robert Louis Stevenson and Jules Simoneau - A California Friendship; Conquista y Colonización; La Renovación del Pacto de Familia en el Año 1779; an introduction to The First Geographical Description of New...

Photocopies of letters, with typed transcripts. Later letters express his views on American politics, slavery, and the Civil War.

Articles relate to wilderness trips, forestry, preservation, and Marshall's founding of The Wilderness Society. Many are written by his brother, George Marshall.

Drafts of treaties (one signed by Meriwether) signed by the witnesses (including Richard S. Ewell) with the Capote and Moache bands of the Utes. With names of chiefs signing.

Comprises 15 articles of agreement, followed by list of officers and crew; Elisha Snow, commander.

Signed by members of the party.

Printed form, filled in; 2 copies.

Incomplete.

Transcripts by A. Pinart, in Russian, of "The River Mednaia, Described by Serebrennikov, 1847-1848" (7 p.); "Information about the Chukchi, from the Notes of Captains Shishmarev, 1821" (14 p.); "Expedition to the Aleutian Islands of Captains Krenitsin and Levashev, 1764-1769";...

Photocopies.

Photocopy of signed draft, with additional article, Jan. 16, 1847, of surrender of the California forces to Colonel J.C. Fremont.

Part of a collection of transcriptions of 7 documents relating to the Mosquito Question, collected by Alphonse Louis Pinart.

Artistic Homes of California consists of twenty-seven views of exteriors (and a few interiors) of mansions located in California. Most of the mansions are located in San Francisco. A few are located in San Jose and Oakland. The individual photomechanical...

A collection of celebrity cartes de visite and other portraits from Europe and the United States including actors, actresses, royalty, literary figures, military officers, and some unidentified people.

Views of artists working on murals for the World's Fair of 1939-1940 held in New York.

Files comprised chiefly of the "chronicles" (i.e. papers delivered, chiefly by members, at Arts Club meetings), 1937-1958. Also includes: Record of membership and meetings, 1935-1946 (Stephen C. Pepper); "The Early Years of the Arts Club (1935-1940)," by Edward W. Strong,...

Collection includes dummies of seven covers for "The lark" (pen & ink) by Ernest C. Peixotto; a drawing by W.W. Fawcett to illustrate Carolyn Wells' parodies of "The Purple cow;" eight relief print posters for "The Lark" and an original...

Albums prepared by Justine Jones Fixel with text and color photographs documenting her paintings and constructions. Artwork depicted dates from 1946-2002. Much of the text is autobiographical, chiefly regarding her influences and the inspirations for her artwork.

Collection includes many caricatures of political and other figures, some French. Also includes portraits of Indians of Port Orford, Oregon; a view of San Francisco Chinatown; and other unidentified portraits.

Includes letters, 1861 & 1863, from Asa and Henry E. Adams to family in the East, written from Honey Lake Valley, Calif., concerning the "Sagebrush War."

Mounted photographs, clippings and miscellaneous papers, with explanatory notes.

Written to family in Maine concerning mining experiences in the vicinity of Columbia and Yreka, California. Some letters written by his brother, Charles, and other relatives.

Consists of manuscripts of Heydon's writings and correspondence with friend Maude Horn. Manuscripts include "Po-pa-gie," a retelling of a Native American tradition, "Alaska Yukon ballads," about life in the Yukon, "My pearl" and "The sourdough's lament." Correspondence covers his trial...

Photographs show general and detailed views of the Burlingame train depot (Calif.), relating to its restoration and conservation.

Documents in a law suit, agreements, and reports, relating to various mining properties in California.

Includes: two letters; clippings of articles written by and about him; Mercury Theatre program; obituary clipping.

Letter from Benjamin Ashurst to Mr. [Ambrose?] Philips regarding the purchase of tickets to a performance; and letter from W[illia]m Ayerst to "Sir" (possibly Ambrose Philips) regarding the papers of the late Mr. [Thomas?] Harrison. Includes related manuscript, apparently relating...

Mainly letters and invitations relating to his career as U.S. Senator from Arizona.

Receipts and lists of delinquent tax payers included. Certified by various federal commissioners.

Collection of 6 individual assignats in various amounts and one uncut sheet of 20 assignats in the amount of 50 sols from 1793; watermarks and embossing in the center of each specimen. A specimen from 1791 includes a cameo portrait...

Four letters from 1879 and one from 1883, all discussing the details of membership reunions. Three letters are signed by the Association's secretary, Francis D. Clark, and the fourth by Senior Vice-President H.G. Gibson. One letter has been annotated with...

Biographical sketches of John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), William Backhouse Astor (1792-1875), John Jacob Astor II (1822-1890), and William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919); concerns the establishment of the family fortune through the fur and China trade and through real estate operations in...

Includes copies of articles of incorporation and by-laws; financial records; notes on meetings of board of directors, publications, memberships, etc.; and correspondence, including letters from George O. Abell, Louis Berman, Louis G. Henyey, Hamilton M. Jeffers, Gerald E. Kron, John...

Receipts for sums in silver supplied by order of Gov. Gaspar de Portolá and on the responsibility of Juan Sixto García de la Prada of Madrid, to the vessels "España" and "Dragon", for delivery in Cádiz by the ship's officers...

Account of political developments in Panama, 1848-1868. Stresses the population increase caused by the California Gold Rush, diminution of ecclesiastical civil powers, relations between foreigners and Panamanians, whites and Negroes, and the Conservative-Liberal conflict.

Handwritten and typed minutes of meetings for the Athenian Club, Aug. 14, 1893-July 7, 1910, mostly concerning activities, financial matters, and rules.

Correspondence includes letters from publishers and friends. Contracts and accounts; manuscripts of various novels and stories; copies of stories published in magazines and papers; clippings. Correspondents include Mary R. Beard, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Max Eastman, Fannie Hurst, Joseph Henry...

Collection consists primarily of reports submitted to or prepared by Atkins, Kroll & Co. on mining properties, chiefly in California & Nevada. Also contains files of Atkins' personal correspondence, ca. 1898-1907, much of which is addressed to his family in...

Mainly papers of various members of the Atkins family in Ohio, relating to family matters, land holdings and the anti-slavery movement from 1836-1850. A few papers of Mary (Atkins) Lynch, including some pertaining to the Benicia Young Ladies Seminary, and...

Chiefly family portraits and snapshots of the Atkinson family (of Colorado Springs and Los Angeles), with some views related to their construction business. Construction photographs are chiefly related to the Pardee Dam and Coolidge Dam projects.

Contains personal and business related items pertaining to three generations of the Atkinson family including Lynn Samuel Atkinson, Sr., Lynn Samuel Atkinson, Jr., Mary Atkinson, and Thelma Atkinson. The bulk of the collection compiled by Lynn Atkinson, Jr., are scrapbooks...

Includes views of vehicles, machinery, and job sites employing Atlas engines. Includes pumps and other machinery, tractors, steam shovels, dredges, etc. Sites include oil fields, Grand Coulee Dam, Kaiser Paving Co. facilities, the Colorado River Aqueduct, Casalco Dam, San Francisco...

Photographs show the interior of the Atlas Insurance Co. office in San Francisco (in ruins), Sacramento St. from in front of the Atlas building, and a view downtown taken from near the office.

Relates to Clinton E. Clarke's involvement in the Sierra Club.

Material for a contemplated editing of the diaries of Alfred Doten.

Notes re California, Arizona and Nevada history, with some ms. of articles.

Correspondence, promotional material, and clippings, relating to the need for a large modern reflector for Lick Observatory; the University of California Alumni Association; and work for the Statewide Committee on Higher Education. Include letters from Newton B. Drury, Robert G....

Contains two ms. notes from meetings of the Auburn Grays (one is signed by Wm. H. Sullivan, Acting Orderly Sgt.). Also includes correspondence between Thomas E. Stephens, Captain, Company C, 184th Infantry, Calif. National Guard, and Mrs. C.H. Fulweiler of...

Correspondence relating to membership and activities of the association, to the publication of the Gull, and to preservation of bird life in California; bird lists; minute book no. 3, 1930-1944; and miscellaneous accounts, 1926-1940.

Correspondence with contributors, manuscripts, mock-ups, corrected proofs, mailing lists, accounts, and samples of ephemeral printing.

Concerns Vollmer's involvement with police work including helping English, Canadian and Japanese police study the U.S. system of police work, about Samuel Chapman, Hentze's son and his studies in police work, and about Vollmer's health. Also includes two letters from...

Concerning business affairs in San Francisco and the Limantour case. Included is a letter from his brother Ignace in Mexico.

Also included is a holograph draft of his article, My Philosophy of Life.

Diary, Feb. 11 - Aug. 17, 1849 of a trip to California on the bark Isabel. Included is a letter, Mar. 30, 1879, from J.R. Hardenberg, a fellow passenger on the trip.

Statements concerning himself, his wife Mary Ellen, and daughter Eva; and five letters to H.H. Bancroft, 1883.

Contains notes and drawings on geological formations of the area along the Santa Ynez mountain range on the coastline of Santa Barbara County, Calif.

Commission signed by Henry S. Handy, Windsor [Ontario], Sept. 26, 1839, and regulations and pay of the North Western Army on Patriot Service ... issued by the Grand Eagle Chapter of Upper Canada on Patriot Executive Duty. With explanatory note...

Contains 13 diaries given to a women only known as "Aunt Lulu" living in Berkeley, Calif., from her niece Jane as New Years' gifts. Everyday has an entry usually covering the weather, health, visits, and local happenings.

Papers relating to Aurelia S. Harwood's involvement in the Sierra Club.

Chiefly Berkeley campus grounds and buildings. Includes some student activities such as football games and bonfire gatherings. Two interior views of a student's room are present.

California court cases, containing legal points and authorities, arranged alphabetically.

Scrapbook of newsclippings and advertisements regarding the nine-day charity event, beginning Oct. 23, 1879 at Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, featuring booths and performances representing literary authors.

Three unidentified views: a view through over trees to a lake with low mountains beyond, a large stone home or inn among trees (with low mountains beyond), and a path in the woods with birch or aspen trees. All are...

A few signatures of musicians and authors included also.

Primarily English, early twentieth century, many writers. Many letters addressed to a Miss Graham.

V.1 : Poems gathered from various sources, mounted and annotated by Joseph C. Rowell.

Autographs of Lawrence Barrett, Struthers Burt, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Samuel Hull, William Hull, Thomas Jefferson (facsimile), Louis Kossuth, Alexander H. Stephens, John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and William H. Taft.

Judgment in suit brought by Juan Fernández Munilla and Juan Ignacio Briones against Tomás López de Ecala for damages to their property near Querétaro, Mexico due to Ecala's damming a river for irrigation. Signed for the King by Francisco Cerda...

Documents relating to a general inspection of conditions in Nueva Vizcaya conducted in compliance with a royal order by Sierra Osorio, Governor and Captain General of that region, and subsequently a member of the Council of the Indies.

A collection of decrees, land deeds, petitions, declarations, reports, notifications, etc., relating to the establishment and implementation of the rights claimed by Mexico City over its public lands. Primary attention is given to the 1690 proceedings conducted by the Real...

Contains schedules of theater bookings, photographs and other miscellaneous items. Photographs include professional shots of Avil and Grimm seperatly and one while portaying their character's the Zulu Kids in black face.

Description of voyage from New York to San Francisco via Panama; travels in California, with account of the New Almaden quicksilver mines; life in Santa Cruz.

Photographs of an outdoor performance of The Awakening of Everymaid which took place as part of Partheneia at the University of California in 1913.

Correspondence with Herbert E. Bolton, Carl O. Sauer, Arthur Woodward and A.M. Huntington and note book entry concerning discovery of the 16th century battle axe.

Legal documents concerning the activities of members of the family.

Burial records of Aztec Indians from the villages of Tepepan, Tecpan, and Tepetenchi, located in the Mexican region of Xochimilco. The records were kept in leather-bound volumes by Spanish Jesuit priests and each entry lists name, date, location and additional...

Five pictographic Aztec catechisms. Copied by Alphonse L. Pinart in 1881 from Mss. in the library of Joaquín García Icazbalceta.