Finding Aid to the Book Club of California records, 1913-2001
Finding Aid to the Book Club of California records, 1913-2001
Collection number: BANC MSS 90/41 c
The Bancroft Library- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Lara Michels
- Date Completed:
- 2012
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
Scope and Content of Collection
Series 1: Publication Series Files. 1914-1993
Arrangement
Publication #1: Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1914
Publication #2: The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham, 1916
Publication #3: The Luck of Roaring Camp; The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte, 1916
Publication #4: Thirty-Five Sonnets by George Sterling, 1917
Publication #5: The Vision of Mirzah by John Henry Nash, 1917
Publication #6: Nationalism (empty file), 1917
Publication #7: California (empty file), 1918
Publication #8: Odes and Sonnets by Clark Ashton Smith, 1918
Publication #9: The Kasidah of Haji El-Yezdi by Sir Richard Burton, 1919
Publication #10: A Horseman in the Sky; A Watcher by the Dead by Ambrose Bierce, 1920
Publication #11: The Vintage Festival by Sara Bard Field, 1920
Publication #12: Lilith by George Sterling, 1920
Publication #13: A Gracious Visitation by Emma Frances Dawson, 1921
Publication #14: Prayer by Charles K. Field, 1921
Publication #15: The Sermon on the Mount (printed by John Henry Nash), 1921
Publication #16: The City of the Golden Gate by Samuel Williams, 1921
Publication #17: The Letters of Ambrose Bierce, 1922
Publication #18: The Song of Songs (empty file), 1922
Publication #19: Oscar Weil: Letters and Papers, 1923
Publication #20: Dickens in Camp (empty file), 1923
Publication #21: The Letter of Christopher Columbus, 1924
Publication #22: Aldus Pius Manutius, 1924
Publication #23: Old French Title Pages, 1924
Publication #24: Continent's End, 1923
Publication #25: Philo Biblon of Richard de Bury, 1925
Publication #26: The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, 1926
Publication #27: The Gentle Cynic, 1927
Publication #28: The Book of Ruth, 1927
Publication #29: The Testimony of the Suns by George Sterling, 1927
Publication #30: Around the Horn in '49: The Journal of the Hartford Union Mining and Trading Company, 1928
Publication #31: Poems by Robinson Jeffers, 1928
Publication #32: An Invocation by Ambrose Bierce, 1928
Publication #33: The Final Stanza, 1929
Publication #34: The Persistence of Poetry, 1929
Publication #35: Abraham Lincoln, 1929
Publication #36: The Book of Thel by William Blake, 1930
Publication #37: Mr. Strahan's Dinner Party by A. Edward Newton, 1930
Publication #38: The Nurenberg Chronicle by Henry Lewis Bullen, 1930
Publication #39: The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Oscar Lewis, 1931
Publication #40: A Brief and Accurate Treatise of Tobacco, 1931
Publication #41: The Santa Fe Trail to California by H.M.T. Powell, 1931
Publication #42: Sir Walter Scott by John Buchan, 1932
Publication #43: The City That Has Fallen by William Marion Reedy, 1933
Publication #44: A Diary of a Visit to Molokai by Charles Warren Stoddard, 1933
Publication #45: California in 1602, 1933
Publication #46: Bierce and the Doe Hoax, 1934
Publication #47: The Heathen Chinee, 1934
Publication #48: California Sketches by Prentice Mulford, 1935
Publication #49: A Printer's Garland: A Typographic Miscellany, 1935
Publication #50: A Sojourn at San Francisco by Adelbert von Chamisso, 1936
Publication #51: A Leap from the 1611 King James Bible by John Livingston Lowe, 1937
Publication #52: An Artist in El Dorado by Daniel Wadsworth Coit, 1937
Publication #53: Mark Twain's Letter to William Bowen, 1938
Publication #54: An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon by Benjamin P. Kurtz, 1938
Publication #55: The Helmet of Mambrino, 1938
Publication #56: An Original Issue of The Spectator, 1939
Publication #57: Cato's Moral Distichs, 1939
Publication #58: Fire and Other Poems, 1940
Publication #59: Ballads of El Dorado, 1940
Publication #60: An Account of a Visit to California, 1941
Publication #61: The Beauties of Boswell by Thomas Rowlandson, 1942
Publication #62: Heraldry of New Helvetia, 1945
Publication #63: A Sojourn in California by the King's Orphan: The Travels of Sketches of G.M. Waseurtz, 1945
Publication #64: The Diary of Patrick Breen, 1946
Publication #65: The Discovery of Florida, 1946
Publication #66: California Adventure, 1947
Publication #67: Donner Miscellany, 1947
Publication #68: California Towns, 1947
Publication #69: Ace High, The 'Frisco Detective, 1948
Publication #70: The Miner's Own Book, 1949
Publication #71: A Leaf from the Golden Legend, 1949
Publication #72: Gregory's Guide for California Travelers via the Isthmus of Panama, 1949
Publication #73: The Estiennes, 1949
Publication #74: The Mother of Felipe and Other Early Stories by Mary Austin, 1950
Publication #75: George Clymer and the Columbian Press, 1950
Publication #76: Muleback to the Convention, 1950
Publication #77: The Maps of San Francisco Bay, 1950
Publication #78: San Francisco in 1866 by Bret Harte, 1951
Publication #79: Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure in California and Mexico by WIlliam M'Ilvaine, Jr., 1951
Publication #80: The Coppa Murals, 1952
Publication #81: La Porte de Maletroit, 1952
Publication #82: Kelmscott, Doves, and Ashendene, 1952
Publication #83: Tour of the California Missions, 1856
Publication #84: Pioneers of the Sacramento, 1953
Publication #85: Physiologus, 1953
Publication #86: Reglamento Provincial, 1954
Publication #87: Bayside Bohemia, 1954
Publication #88: Silverado Journal, 1954
Publication #88: Silverado Journal, 1954
Publication #90: Ambitious Projects of Russia..., 1955
Publication #91: Meyers' Journal of a Cruise by William H. Meyers, 1955
Publication #92: Letters of Frank Norris, 1951
Publication #93: Themes in My Poems by Robinson Jeffers, 1956
Publication #94: Early Printing in California, 1956
Publication #95: Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent, 1957
Publication #96: Hortus Sanitatis (The Garden of Health), 1957
Publication #97: The Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon, illustrating his adventures through Mexico and California in 1848-1850, 1957
Publication #98: Estracto de Noticias, 1958
Publication #99: The Voyage of the Racoon; a "secret" journal of a visit to Oregon, California, and Hawaii, 1813-1814, 1958
Publication #100: The Hundredth Book: a bibliography of the publications of the Book Club of California and a history of the club, 1958
Publication #101: Typographic Design, 1959
Publication #102: Concerning Cats; two tales by Mark Twain, 1959
Publication #103: Figure Prints of Old Japan by Harold P. Stern, 1959
Publication #104: Year of American Travel by Jesse Benton Fremont, 1959
Publication #105: Trip to the Gold Mines...in 1848 by John A. Swan, 1960
Publication #106: Landscape Prints of Old Japan, 1961
Publication #107: Oregon and California Drawings, 1961
Publication #108: My First Publication, 1961
Publication #109: Ah Sin by Mark Twain and Bret Harte, 1962
Publication #110: R.L.S. to J.M. Barrie, a Vailima portait, 1962
Publication #111: Vacation among the Sierras by Thomas Starr King, 1962
Publication #112: Ukiyo-e, "the floating world." Illustrated by 28 rare examples of Japanese woodblock prints by 17 great masters of the art, 1962
Publication #113: The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1963
Publication #114: San Francisco, a modern cosmopolis, 1963
Publication #115: Wonderful City of Carrie Van Wie, 1963
Publication #116: Geographical Memoir upon Upper California by John Charles Fremont, 1964
Publication #117: Adventures of N and C, 1964
Publication #118: Disenos of California Ranchos, 1964
Publication #119: Second Reading, 1965
Publication #120: The young miner; or, Tom Nelson in California, 1965
Publication #121: 12 Woodblock Prints of Utamaro, 1965
Publication #122: The Seacoast of Bohemia by Franklin Walker, 1966
Publication #123: The Private Press Ventures of S.L. Osbourne and R.L.S., 1966
Publication #124: The Great Polyglot Bibles, 1966
Publication #125: The Upper California by Heinrich Kunzel, 1967
Publication #126: Mr. Eric Gill, 1967
Publication #127: The Sting of the Wasp, 1967
Publication #128: Behind the Scenes by Gelett Burgess, 1968
Publication #129: The Life and Times of Edward Robeson Taylor, 1968
Publication #130: Holinshed's Articles, 1968
Publication #131: Archy Lee by Rudolph Lapp, 1969
Publication #132: H.M.S. Sulphur, 1969
Publication #133: Designs on the Land by Robert Becker, 1969
Publication #134: Printing as a Performing Art by Ruth Teiser, 1970
Publication #135: Journal of a Journey across the Plains in 1859 by James Berry Brown, 1970
Publication #136: Sketches of California and Hawaii by William H. Meyers, 1970
Publication #137: Ah-Wah-Ne Days by Helen Hunt Jackson, 1971
Publication #138: Das Goldenland Californien, 1971
Publication #139: Dr. Johnson and Noah Webster: Two Men and Their Dictionaries, 1971
Publication #140: Rezanov Reconnoiters California, 1806, 1972
Publication #141: California as an Island, 1972
Publication #142: Irish Poets and Poetry of the Nineteenth Century by Oscar Wilde, 1972
Publication #143: Overland Journey to Carson Valley and California by Hozial Baker, 1973
Publication #144: A Naval Campaign in the Californias: Journal of Lt. A.M. Craven--U.S.N., 1973
Publication #145: Coverdale Bible, 1973
Publication #146: Aurifodina by George Washington Peck, 1974
Publication #147: Cobden-Sanderson Lectures, 1974
Publication #**: Indian Herbal (book unpublished due to death of author), 1975
Publication #148: The Gold Digger's Song Book, 1975
Publication #149: Spanish Approaches to the Island of California, 1628-1632, 1975
Publication #150: San Francisco 1906 in Contemporary Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolors, 1975
Publication #151: Growing New Roots by Claire Leighton, 1976
Publication #152: William Caxton and his Quincentenary, 1976
Publication #153: Images of Chinatown, 1976
Publication #154: Valenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, Printer, 1976
Publication #155: El Triunfo de la Cruz, 1977
Publication #156: A Leaf from the Dodoens Herbal of 1853 printed by Christopher Plantin, 1977
Publication #157: Letters to Elizabeth: A selection of letters from John Steinbeck to Elizabeth Otis, 1977
Publication #158: Frederic Goudy and Joseph Foster, 1978
Publication #159: Wine Making in California, 1978
Publication #160: Themes in Aquatint, 1978
Publication #161: A Matter of Taste: Willis Polk's Writings on Architecture in The Wave, 1979
Publication #162: From Kapuvar to California: The Travel Letters of Baron Gustav von Berg, 1979
Publication #163: A Western Journey with Emerson, 1979
Publication #164: Fond of Printing, 1980
Publication #165: Dan De Quille of the Big Bonanza, 1980
Publication #166: Bruce Rogers, 1981
Publication #167: A Trumpet of Our Own, 1981
Publication #168: The Grabhorn Press: A Biography, 1981
Publication #169: Paul Landacre, 1982
Publication #170: John Henry Nash, 1982
Publication #171: Vignettes of Early California: Childhood Reminiscences of Juan Bautista Alvarado, 1982
Publication #172: Edward Vischer's Drawings of the California Missions, 1982
Publication #173: At the Sign of the Lark: William Doxey's San Francisco Publishing Venture, 1983
Publication #174: Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests, 1983
Publication #175: Thomas Bewick and the Fables of Aesop, 1983
Publication #176: Benjamin C. Truman: California Booster and Bon Vivant, 1984
Publication #177: Baptism in Oil: Stephen S. Peckham in Southern California, 1865-1866, 1984
Publication #178: Mexico in Stone: Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900, 1984
Publication #179: Romualdo Pacheco: A Californio in Two Eras, 1985
Publication #180: The Allen Press Bibliography, 1985
Publication #181: The Engraved Bookplates of Eric Gill, 1986
Publication #182: The Letters of Frank Norris, 1986
Publication #183: The Log of Apollo, 1986
Publication #184: Art Deco: The Books of Francois-Louis Schmied, 1987
Publication #185: The First 75 Years: The Story of the Book Club of California, 1987
Publication #186: The Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush, 1987
Publication #187: By Horse, Stage and Packet: The Far West Letters of Joseph Pratt Allyn, 1988
Publication #188: Lawton Kennedy, 1988
Publication #189: Isadora Duncan and Gordon Craig, 1989
Publication #190: Frank Pixley of the Argonaut, 1989
Publication #191: Gaelic Airs, 1989
Publication #192: An artist records the California missions by Henry Chapman Ford, 1989
Publication #193: The Rhemes New Testament, 1990
Publication #194: A typographical masterpiece : an account by John Dreyfus of Eric Gill's collaboration with Robert Gibbings in producing the Golden Cockerel Press edition of "The Four Gospels" in 1931, 1990
Production #195: Controversial James : an essay on the life and work of George Wharton James, 1991
Publication #196: Raymond Duncan, 1991
Publication #197: A pictorial tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852 : watercolors, paintings, & drawings, 1991
Publication #198:Six years experience as a book agent in California : including my trip from New York to San Francisco via Nicaragua, 1992
Publication #199: On printing by William Everson, 1992
Publication #200: The Two Hundredth Book : a bibliography of the books published by the Book Club of California 1958-1993, 1993
Publication #201: An essay by Gary F. Kurutz on A bibliography of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906 by Robert E. Cowan, 1993
Publication #202: Charles & Kathleen Norris : the courtship year, 1993
Publication #203: Porter Garnett : philosophical writings on the ideal book, 1994
Publication #212: Splendide Californie! : impressions of the Golden State by French artists, 1786 to 1900, 2001
Unidentified publication production materials, undated
Series 2: Keepsake Series Files. 1933-1995
Arrangement
California Mining Towns, 1933-1934
The Letters of Western Authors, 1935
California Literary Pamphlets, 1936
California Short Stories, 1937
Coast and Valley Towns of Early California, 1938
Six California Tales, 1939
Pacific Adventures, 1940
California on Canvas, 1941
Guardians of the Pacific, 1942-1944
A Camera in the Gold Rush, 1946
California Poetry Portfolios, 1947
Letters of the Gold Discovery, 1948
California Clipper Cards, 1949
Bonanza Banquets, 1950
Pioneer Western Playbills, 1951
Attention, Pioneers, 1952
Pictorial Humor of the Gold Rush, 1953
Early Transportation in Southern California, 1954
The Vine in Early California, 1955
Treasures of California Collections, 1956
Early California Resorts, 1957
Gold Rush Steamers, 1958
California Sheet Music Covers, 1959
Early California Mail Bag, 1960
Early California Firehouses, 1961
Portfolio of Book Club Printers, 1962
California Governmental Seals, 1963
Early West Coast Lighthouses, 1964
The Panama Canal, 1965
Early California Trade Cards, 1966
Homes of California Authors, 1967
The Pleasure of Your Company, 1968
Central Pacific Life and Times, 1969
West Coast Expositions and Galas, 1970
Historical Mining Certificates, 1971
Cathay in El Dorado, 1972
Indians of California, 1973
Early Theaters of California, 1974
Some Unusual California Magazines, 1975
Vignettes of California Medicine, 1976-1977
Early California Stock Certificates, 1978
California Trails and Mountain Passes, 1979
Early California Printing Parts I, II, and III, 1980-1982
Early California Printing Part I, 1980
Early California Printing Part II, 1981
Early California Printing Part III, 1982
70 Years: A Checklist, 1914-1983, 1983
Breadbasket of the World, 1984
Lithographic Views of California Towns, 1985
Sports in California, 1986
Portfolio of Book Club Printers Part II, 1962-1987, 1987
Wayside Inns of California, 1988
Chinese Book Arts and California, 1989
California Avifauna, 1990
Early California Trade Catalogs, 1991
California and the Civil War, 1992
William F. Lewis: A San Francisco House Builder, 1993
Hand Bookbinding in California, 1994
California Flora, 1995
Series 3: Membership and Financial. 1913-1987
Members ledger, A-Z 1913-1943
Receipts and disbursements, 1913-1915
Journal, 1914-1915
Ledger, 1913-1915
Journal entries, 1914-1934
Cash received and checks drawn, 1913-1943
Journal entries, 1934-1943
Ledger, 1943-1946
Ledger, 1946-1949
Ledger, 1947-1948
Ledger, 1954-1957
Ledger, 1959-1969
Ledger, 1977-1979
Ledger, 1984-1986
Ledger, 1986-1987
Series 4: Newsletter. 1933-1998
Newsletter, vol. 1-27, 1933-1962
Newsletter, vol. 28-47, 1962-1984
Newsletter, vol. 48-61, 1984-1998
Newsletter index, 1933-1995
Newsletter production files, 1960-1980
Newsletter production files, 1980-1998
Series 5: Other Publications and Projects. circa 1930-1954
Muleback to the Convention, 1950
Bayside Bohemia, 1954
The Canadian Emigrant, undated
Presses of Northern California, circa 1930-1940
Bibliography of Oscar Lewis, circa 1958
Series 6: Administrative. circa 1950-1993
Publications Committee, 1961-1988
Public Programs, 1984-1988
Exhibit archive, 1988-1989
House matters, circa 1950-1983
Newsletter bids, circa 1975-1980
Events and public programs archive, 1988-1989
Community college gifts, 1993