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Finding Aid to the Allen Lawrence Chickering Papers,
1937-1957
MS 371
MS 371
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Collection Title: Allen Lawrence Chickering papers
Date (inclusive): 1937-1957
Collection Number: MS 371
Creator:
Chickering, Allen Lawrence,
1877-1958
Physical Description:
Extent: 2 boxes
(1.0 linear feet)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Correspondence, news clippings, ephemera, printed
materials, and other documents pertaining to the discovery, investigation, and
custody of Drake's Plate of Brasse, found in Marin County in 1937, which carried an
inscription declaring Sir Francis Drake's claim of the land on behalf of the English
monarch; together with some general correspondence of the California Historical
Society and its publication, California Historical Society Quarterly (1947-1956).
Chickering organized subscriptions to finance acquisition of the plate and was
involved in the controversy regarding its authenticity. Includes metallurgists'
reports, with photographic plates, concerning related archaeological study and
objects found in the vicinity of the plate's discovery.
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[Identification of item], Allen Lawrence Chickering Papers, MS 371, California
Historical Society.
Gift of Allen Chickering.
Chickering was president of California Historical Society in 1937 when the supposed
Drake "Plate of Brasse" was found. He organized subscriptions to finance its
acquisition and was involved in the controversy regarding its authenticity. He was
also in touch with the later archaeological work carried out in Marin County.
Correspondence, news clippings, ephemera, printed materials, and other documents
pertaining to the discovery, investigation, and custody of Drake's Plate of Brass,
found in Marin County in 1937, which carried an inscription declaring Sir Francis
Drake's claim of the land on behalf of the English monarch; together with some
general correspondence of the California Historical Society and its publication, The
California Historical Society
Quarterly (1947-1956).
Chickering organized subscriptions to finance acquisition of the plate and was
involved in the controversy regarding its authenticity. Includes metallurgists'
reports, with photographic plates, concerning related archaeological study and
objects found in the vicinity of the plate's discovery.
Photographs and negatives transferred to Photography Collection, shelved under:
General Subjects--Drake Plate.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
California Historical Society.
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
Archaeology--California--Marin County
Forgery of antiquities--California
Marin County (Calif.)--Antiquities