Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Kaufman, Polly Welts, 1929-
- Abstract:
- Research material used by Polly W. Kaufman for her 1994 edition of Apron Full of Gold: The Letters of Mary Jane Megquier from San Francisco, 1849-1856.
- Extent:
- Approximately 263 items
- Language:
- The records are in English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains the research material Polly W. Kaufman used for her 1994 edition of Apron full of gold. It includes notes, correspondence, photocopies of letters and clippings, magazine clippings, book reviews, photographs, genealogy research, and notecards.
The original order was kept by the cataloger. The collection is housed in one box.
- Biographical / historical:
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Dr. Polly W. Kaufman published a new edition of Robert Glass Cleland's 1949 book Apron full of gold, which tells the story of California pioneer Mary Jane Megquier, in 1994. Kaufman's edition includes the full text of each letter and a new introduction.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was a gift of Polly Welts Kaufman, September 2015.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Frontier and pioneer life -- California
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Women -- California -- Correspondence
Women pioneers -- California -- Correspondence
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 21st century
Research (document genres) -- United States -- 20th century
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191