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Scope and Contents
Title: Biographical file collection
Identifier/Call Number: BIO FILES
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
34.6 Linear feet
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1850-2010
Date (inclusive): 1602, 1774-2010
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Abstract: Consists of a variety of ephemera relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in San Francisco, the greater Bay
Area, and California. Bulk of ephemera relates to forty-niners, gold rush-era miners, and members of The Society of California
Pioneers. The collection also includes materials pertaining to: members of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance; prominent
nineteenth- and early twentieth-century San Franciscans such as political and civic leaders, and early explorers; police and
fire chiefs; attorneys and judges; artists, writers, and actors; musicians, conductors, and composers; businessmen, merchants,
and other ordinary citizens. Also contains family trees, family histories, and other genealogical documents.
Access
Collection is open by appointment for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be
submitted in writing to the Librarian.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [File name], Biographical File Collection, BIO FILES, The Society of California Pioneers.
Related Collections
California Counties Ephemera Collection
California General Subjects Collection
Additions to the Collection
Additions to the collection are ongoing.
Processing Information
Processed by California Ephemera Project staff, funded by a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from
the Council on Library and Information Resources, in 2009-2010.
Aquisition
Assembled by the staff at The Society of California Pioneers.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of a variety of ephemera relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in San Francisco, the greater Bay
Area, and California. Bulk of ephemera relates to forty-niners, gold rush-era miners, and members of The Society of California
Pioneers. The collection also includes materials pertaining to: members of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance; prominent
nineteenth- and early twentieth-century San Franciscans such as political and civic leaders, and early explorers; police and
fire chiefs; attorneys and judges; artists, writers, and actors; musicians, conductors, and composers; businessmen, merchants,
and other ordinary citizens. Also contains family trees, family histories, and other genealogical documents.
Range of ephemera includes: newspaper and magazine clippings, biographical sketches; obituaries, birth, and death certificates;
correspondence; pamphlets; photocopies of handwritten documents and photographs; transcripts of interviews; and commemorative
materials from memorials and historic events.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California Ephemera Project.
Clippings.
Correspondence.
Ephemera.
Memorial works.
Obituaries.