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MS.661
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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island Collection
Creator:
McAllister, H. E.
Creator:
Dudley, M. E.
Creator:
Geiger, Maynard
Creator:
Hardacre, Emma Chamberlain
Creator:
Tenney, W. A.
Creator:
Bennett, William C.
Creator:
Mathis, S. J.
Creator:
Shippey, Lee
Creator:
Hudson, Travis
Identifier/Call Number: MS.661
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1899-1950
Abstract: This is a collection of two booklets and many newspaper clippings from 1899-1981 regarding the "Lone Woman" of San Nicholas
Island, who was supposedly abandoned and lived alone on a tiny island off the Southern California coast between 1836 and 1853.
Language of Material:
English
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This is a collection of two booklets and many newspaper clippings from 1899-1981 regarding the "Lone Woman" of San Nicholas
Island, who was supposedly abandoned and lived alone on a tiny island off the Southern California coast between 1836 and 1853.
One of the booklets is a reprint of an article written by Elizabeth Mason, which originally ran in
Scribner's in 1880. Other materials include photocopies of articles, and a reprinted photograph.
Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island Collection, 1899-1950, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.661; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Processed by Library staff after 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October
30, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Juana Maria (died 1853 October 18), better known to history as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island (her birth name is unknown),
was a Native American woman who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño. She lived alone on San Nicolas Island
from 1835 until her discovery in 1853. Scott O'Dell's award-winning children's novel
Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) was inspired by her story.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs
Indians of North America -- California
Booklets
Clippings
Channel Islands (Calif.)
Nicoleño Indians
San Nicolas Island (Calif.) -- History
Juana Marie