Guide to the Hubert Howe Bancroft : Records of the Library and Publishing Companies, 1864-1910

Cartons 1-16; Boxes 1-5; Oversize Boxes 1-22; v.1-16, 34; Oversize Folder 1 A

Series 1: Publications of A. L. Bancroft Co. And the History Company, 1871-1896.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by date of manuscript or publication, then by numerically by volume where appropriate, and then hierarchically. Each volume may include, in this order: chapter drafts; related research and bibliographic notes; production materials; and correspondence. Research and bibliographic notes are arranged by topic either alphabetically (as under Pacific Coast Guidebook) or following chapter seq

Divided into fourteen sub-series, listed by title. Research from two J. S. Hittel works, Bancroft's Pacific Coast Guidebook and Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast, both published by A. L. Bancroft Co. in 1882, contain industry statistics, factory locations and owners, production methods, sales, and wages. Questionnaire booklets also include names, dates of immigration, family history, and land acquisition information.

The History of the Pacific States of North America was published in thirty-nine volumes including the final volume Literary Industries, Bancroft's autobiography. These have been further divided into 18 sub-subseries, listed by title of each set or volume. Roman numerals are used to identify volumes and chapters following Bancroft's original numbering system: unnumbered or unpublished chapter drafts, and those that changed number and/or title between draft and final publication are noted. Materials associated with the production of individual volumes in the subseries are found with each volume, while those that apply to the set as a whole, such as engravings, illustrations, proof pages, handrawn maps, production notes, and reviews are grouped together at the end. Correspondence includes incoming and outgoing letters from H. H. Bancroft and his employees relating to various book projects, along with inter-staff memos addressing publication and distribution matters. Published reviews are bound in scrapbooks or assembled in clippings files found at the end of each title or set. "Paper bag" files refer to samples of the flat brown paper bags which H. H. Bancroft systematically used as a method of organizing and storing his research notes.

Highlights of Bancroft's 39-volume "Works" include a manuscript copybook of Native Races with a dedication page to Henry Lebbus Oak that never appeared in print. History of California contains correspondence to and from Bancroft from pioneers in response to his inquiries about their early settlement histories. The History of British Columbia includes unpublished chapters on the Canadian Pacific railroad scheme under the Mackenzie administration and copious notes on the Hudson's Bay Company, the San Juan Island's question, and settlement on Vancouver Island. Ivan Petroff was sent to Alaska to copy the Sitka archives of the Russian-American Co., and his findings and correspondence are found with the History of Alaska. Included with California Pastoral is a group of correspondence between H. H. Bancroft, the Vallejo family (including General M. G. Vallejo), and General Henry Cerruti, Bancroft's employee and liaison to the family. These letters document in part the scheme by which Bancroft copied or acquired Vallejo's wealth of historical manuscripts . Popular Tribunals includes chapter drafts (some unpublished) dealing with the Hounds and the Vigilance Committees in San Francisco, and law and order issues in other early California towns. Two scrapbooks of reviews and memorabilia of their father's writings and family history are inscribed to H. H. Bancroft's sons, Philip and Griffing.

H. H. Bancroft, Pacific Encyclopedia, 1871-1872 (unpublished)

volume v. 1

Bancroft's Pacific Encyclopedia of History, Biography, Science Commerce, Politics, and General Information (notebook)

Ctn. 1, folder 1

Correspondence

J. F. Bowman, Bancroft's Handbook of Travel for the Pacific States, 1882

Additional Note

(unpublished manuscript)

oversize OS Box 1, folder 1

Drafts, Publisher's and Editor's Prefaces

Chapter drafts, numbered chapters

Ch. I, The Physical Geography of the Pacific Coast

Ch. II, Historical Sketch of Discovery and Settlement

Ch. III, Physical Geography of California

folder 2

Ch. IV, Production and Resources of California

Ch. V, The Voyage from New York to San Francisco

Ch. VI, Aspinwall and Crossing the Isthmus

folder 3

Ch. VII, The Voyage from New York to San Francisco via Panama

Ch. VIII, The Voyage from Panama to San Francisco

Ch. IX, San Francisco and Environs

folder 4

Ch. X, Visit to the Interiors and North of California

Ch. XI, Routes from Marysville with Schedule

Ch. XII, Routes from Sacramento with Schedule

Ch. XIII, Routes from Stockton with Schedule

Chapter drafts, unnumbered chapters

folder 5

The Overland Route

Table of Distances from St. Joseph, Mo. to Placerville, Calif.

Table of Distances by Ocean from San Francisco

Trip from Sacramento through the Southern Mines to Stockton

folder 6

To Los Angeles by Way of San Jose, Returning Up the Coast

Alameda, Amador, and Buena Vista counties

folder 7

Butte, Calavaras, Colusa, and Contra Costa counties

folder 8

The Mount Diablo Coal Mines, Del Norte, Fresno, and

Humboldt counties

oversize OS Box 2, folder 1

Klamath, Lake, Los Angeles, Marin, and Mariposa counties

folder 2

Mariposa County, The Yosemite Valley, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, and Napa counties

oversize OS Box 2, folder 3

Nevada and Placer counties

folder 4

San Bernadino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, and San Mateo counties

folder 5

Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, and Siskiyou counties

folder 6

Solano, Sonoma, and Stanislaus counties

folder 7

Sutter, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, and Yolo counties, Routes and Distances from Marysville

H. H. Bancroft, California's Biography, 1882

oversize OS Box 2, folder 8

Signature, pp. 1-34, and promotional literature Published in Contemporary Biography of California's Representative Men, compiled by Alanzo Phelps

J. S. Hittell, Bancroft's Pacific Coast Guidebook, 1882

Research notes

Ctn. 1, folder 2

Alaska

folder 3

Bathing establishments

folder 4

Cemeteries (San Francisco)

folder 5

Cliff House and Golden Gate Park

folder 6

Climate (1879-1882)

folder 7

Clubs (San Francisco)

folder 8

Drives (country roads)

folder 9

Education (College of the Pacific and Cogswell Institute)

folder 10-11

Hot springs and resorts (advertisements and clippings, 1877-1881)

folder 12

Hotels (San Francisco)

folder 13

Libraries (San Francisco)

folder 14

Public buildings (San Francisco)

folder 15

Seattle steamship lines

folder 16

Theaters (San Francisco)

folder 17

Miscellaneous

J. S. Hittell, Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast, 1882

Unpublished chapter drafts and notes written by J. S. Hittell

Ctn. 1, folder 18

Constitutional law

folder 19

Relation to the union

folder 20

Land titles

folder 21

General legislation

folder 22

General administration

folder 23

Politics

folder 24

Population

folder 25

Cities and Towns

folder 26

Intellectual condition

folder 27

Railroads

folder 28

Agriculture

folder 29

Wood industries

folder 30

Manufactures in general

Production notes

folder 31

Samples of information gathering materials

folder 32

Publishers instructions to agents

folder 33

Agents field notes to publishers

folder 34

Lists of individuals and companies to be interviewed

folder 35

Bibliography of industrial subjects

Correspondence

folder 36

J. S. Hittell to H. H. Bancroft

folder 37

Information requests to California counties re manufacturing

folder 38

Information requests returned to A. L. Bancroft from California counties

folder 39

A. L. Bancroft to Governor's of Mexican State (in Spanish)

folder 40

Harlow P. Bancroft to J. S. Hittell re Mexican research

folder 41

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to J. S. Hittell

folder 42

To J. S. Hittell and Henry L. Oak (miscellaneous)

folder 43

Guide to organization of divisions of research notes

(from table of contents)

Research notes: Division I

folder 44

Customs and conditions of the Chinese in San Francisco

folder 45

Land for settlers, U.S. treasury statistics, state libraries

folder 46

Society and enterprise of Californians and San Franciscans

folder 47

The labor supply, trade unions wage scales

Research notes: Division II

folder 48

Insurance

folder 49

Railroads, earnings of railroads and employees

folder 50

Roads

folder 51

Express companies (Wells Fargo)

folder 52

Telegraph, telephone

folder 53

Commerce and shipping

folder 54

Merchandising (importers and exporters)

Research notes: Division III

folder 55

Horticulture (wine grapes and fruit)

folder 56

Domestic fruit, dairy and poultry

folder 57

Agriculture

folder 58

Irrigation

Research notes: Division IV

folder 59-61

Mining (gold, minerals, ores, thermal)

Research notes: Division V

folder 62

Pisticulture and fish propagation

folder 63

Furs and game

folder 64

Cod fisheries

folder 65

Whaling

folder 66-67

Marine fisheries and canneries

Research notes : Division VI

folder 68

Engineering (harbor and river improvements)

Research notes: Division VII

folder 69-75

Textile manufacturing (wool, cotton, silk, jute, etc.)

Ctn. 2, folder 1-6

Leather manufacturing (tanneries, shoes, glue, sadddler, etc.)

folder 7

Glass

folder 8

Marble and granite

folder 9

Bricks, plaster, lime, pottery

folder 10

Concrete, artificial stone, pavement

folder 11-16

Provisions (meat packing, sugar, flour, coffee, breweries, etc.)

folder 17-24

Wood (lumber mills, furniture, wagons, ships, instruments, etc.)

folder 25-31

Iron (smelters, foundries, rolling mills, tool manufactures, etc.)

folder 32

Brass and bell foundries, coppersmiths

folder 33

Plumbing and gas fittings

folder 34

Roofing and hardware

folder 35

Japanning, galvanizing, tinware

folder 36

Mathematical instruments, lenses

folder 37

Gold, nickel, silver plating

folder 38

Watches, clocks, jewelry, lapidaries

folder 39-45

Miscellaneous manufactures (tobacco, firearms, matches, explosives, brooms, paper, printers, type foundries, ink, paint, etc.)

folder 46

Soap, perfume

folder 47

Oil refining (whale, coconut, castor, linseed, etc.)

folder 48-49

Miscellaneous manufactures (candles, oakum, hair works, etc.)

folder 50

Photography

folder 51

Bath houses

folder 52

Hotels (California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, British Columbia)

folder 53

Miscellaneous

Publication notes

folder 54-56

Galleys, proofs, printed pages

carton v. 2

Unbound copy tied in signatures [very fragile]

folder 57

"Paper bag" files

Completed research forms (booklets)

Box 1, folder 1-3

Commerce (banking, merchandising, shipping)

folder 4-6

Agriculture (distilleries, feed mills, canneries)

folder 7-9

Fisheries (cod, salmon, canneries)

folder 10

Engineering (coal, gas works, steam power)

folder 11-17

Manufactures, textiles

folder 18-21

Manufactures, leather

folder 22

Manufactures, glue factories

Box 2, folder 1-5

Manufactures, earthworks (stone, brick, lime, marble, granite, etc.)

folder 6-19

Provisions

Box 3, folder 1-14

Manufactures, wood

folder 15-19

Manufactures (printers, foundries, bookbinders, paper mills, etc.)

Box 4, folder 1-7

Manufactures, iron (foundries, machine shops, pipes, etc.)

folder 8-10

Manufactures, other metals (brass, copper, tin, etc.)

folder 11-21

Miscellaneous manufactures

folder 22

Photographers

folder 23

Baths

H. H. Bancroft, History of the Pacific States of North America, 1882-1890, v. I-XXXIX

v. I-V: Native Races

v. I, Chapter drafts

Ctn. 2, folder 58-59

Ch. I, Ethnological Introduction

Ch. II, Hyperboreans

folder 60

Henry L. Oak, Literature of the Pacific States- -Aboriginal Writing

v. I, Bibliographic notes

folder 61-63

Ch. II, Hyperboreans (parts 1-3)

Ctn. 3, folder 1-3

Ch. II, Hyperboreans (parts 4-6)

folder 4

v. II, Illustrations, Aztec picture writing

volume v. 4

Scrapbook of engraved illustrations of Mesoamerican ruins

Ctn. 3, folder 5

Research plans and production notes

folder 6

Proofs (title and dedication pages)

folder 7

Galley, v. III, Ch. II, Quiche Creation Myth

v. VI-VIII: History of Central America

v. VI, Chapter drafts [unpublished, with English and Spanish versions]

Ctn. 3, folder 8-13

Preface

Central American Geography and Progress, 1801-1887

Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, 1837-1887

v. VI, Chapter drafts

folder 14

Ch. I, Introduction

folder 15

Ch. V, Factions and Foraging in Darien, 1511-1513

oversize OS Box 3, folder 1-2

Ch. VI, The Government of Andalucia and Castilla del Oro

Ctn. 3, folder 16

(portion entitled, Characters of the Early Chroniclers for Veracity)

folder 17

Ch. VI, Discovery of the Pacific Ocean (published as v. VI, Ch. IX)

folder 18

Ch. VII, Pedrarias Davila Assumes the Government of Darien, 1514-1515

(published as v. VI, Ch. X)

folder 19

Ch. VIII, Darien Expeditions under Pedrarias, 1515-1517 (published as v. VI, Ch. XI)

folder 20-21

Ch. XII, The Fate of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 1516-17

folder 22

Ch. XIII, Discovery and Pacification of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, 1518-1523

(portions published in v. VI, Ch. XIII, XIV)

v. VII, Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 3, folder 3-4

Ch. I, Pizarro and Peru, 1524-1544

Ctn. 3, folder 23

Ch. X, Discords of the Spaniards, Pacification of Honduras, 1523-1541

(portions published in v. VII, Ch. IX)

folder 24

Ch. XI, First Attempt to Pacify the Province of Nuevo Cartago, or Costa Rica

(retitled, Expedition of Diego Gutierrez to Costa Rica)

folder 25

Ch. XIII, Discovery of Peru

(portion used in v. VI,Ch. I)

folder 26

Ch. XIV, Conquest of Peru, 1528-1532

(portions used in v. VI, Ch. I)

folder 27

Ch. XV, Pacification of Peru, 1532-1542

(portions used in v. VI, Ch. I)

folder 28

Ch. XVI, Revolt of Hernando and Pedro de Contreras in Nicaragua and invasion of Panama, 1550

(published as v. VII, Ch. XVI)

folder 29

Unnumbered chapter, End of Contreras Government in Nicaragua, 1541-1550

(portions used in v. VII, Ch. X)

folder 30

Unnumbered chapter, Government of Francisco de Castaneda and Rodrigo de Contreras in Nicaragua, 1531-1540

(incomplete) (portions used in v. VII, Ch. X)

v. VIII, Chapter drafts

folder 31-43

Ch. I- XIII, as published

folder 44-47

Unidentified chapter fragments

oversize OS Box 3, folder 5

Ch. XXXVIII, Mines and Mining

v. IX, Chapter drafts

folder 6-13

Ch. I-VIII, as published

Ctn. 3, folder 48

Index

folder 49

Alphabetical subject index (bound volume)

folder 50

List of authorities (Guatemala and Salvador, 1541-1550)

folder 51

Signatures

Ctn. 4, folder 1

Research correspondence

folder 2-3

Production notes and correspondence

folder 4

Galley proof, v. VIII, Ch. XIII, Republic of Guatemala

folder 5

Page proofs, title and content

volume v. 4

Copybook, v. VI, Ch. I-VI, The Conquest of Central America (with dedication to Henry Oak)

volume v. 5

Copybook, v. VI, Ch. VII-XI, The Conquest of Central America

Ctn. 9

Bound mock-up, v. VI, 1501-1530

Ctn. 4, folder 6

Maps, Central America, n.d.

v. IX-XIV: History of Mexico

v. IX, Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 4, folder 1-3

Ch. IX-X, as published, Ch. XI (incomplete)

Ctn. 4, folder 7-16

Ch. XXX-XXXIV, as published

v. XI, Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 4, folder 4-7

Ch. XII, XIV, and unidentified chapter

Ctn. 4, folder 17-18

Research correspondence and production notes, advertisement

volume v. 6

Copybook, v. IX, Ch I-XI, The Conquest of Mexico

volume v. 7

Copybook, v. X, Ch. I (two versions), Mexico Under the Viceroys, The Colonial Policy of Spain [unpublished]

v. XV-XVI: North Mexican States and Texas

v. XV, Chapter drafts

Ctn. 4, folder 19-22

Ch. III-VI, The Jesuit Occupation of Lower California, 1703-1767

(published as v. XV, Ch. XV-XVII)

folder 23-24

Ch. VII-VIII, The Franciscan Occupation of Lower California, 1767-1772

(published as v. XV, Ch. XVII, XXV)

folder 25-30

Ch. IX-X, XII-XV, The Dominican Occupation of Lower California, 1768-1846

(published as Ch. XXV-XXVI, XXIX)

v. XVI, Chapter drafts

folder 31

Ch. XVII, The War with the United States, 1847-1848

(published as v. XVI, Ch. XXIX)

folder 32

Ch. XVIII, The Military Colony, 1849-1854

(published as v. XVI, Ch. XXX)

folder 33

Ch. XIX, Walker's Invasion, 1853-1854

(published as v. XVI, Ch. XXVI)

folder 34

Ch. XXI, Lower California, 1866-1871

folder 35

Ch. XXII, Resources, Industries, Statistics

(published as v. XVI, Ch. XXXII)

folder 36

v. XV-XVI, unidentified chapter fragments

Ctn. 9

Bound mockup, v. XV

v. XVII: History of Arizona and New Mexico

Chapter drafts

Ctn. 4, folder 37-38

Ch. VII, Onate's Conquest of New Mexico, 1595-1599

(published as v. XVII, Ch. VI)

folder 39

Ch. X, Reconquest by Don Diego de Vargas, 1692-1700

v. XVIII-XXIV: History of California

v. XXIII, Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 4, folder 8-15

Ch. I-VI, VIII-XI

oversize OS Box 5, folder 1

Important Observers, Aug.-Dec.1848

[unpublished chapter]

folder 2

Incomplete chapters

folder 3

Incomplete chapter on the Chinese question

[unpublished?]

folder 4-5

Research correspondence, California pioneers

folder 6

Reference list of California pioneers

folder 7

Production notes

folder 8

v. XXVII, galley proofs (Edward F. Spence, Moses l. Wicks, Henry Mayo Newhall)

folder 9

"Paper bag" files

Bound mockups

Ctn. 9

v. XVIII

Ctn. 10

v. XVIII, XIX

Ctn. 11

v. XX, XXI

Ctn. 12

v. XXII, XXIII

Ctn. 13

v. XXIV

v. XXV: History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming

Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 5, folder 10-12

Ch. I-III

v. XXVI: History of Utah

Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 5, folder 13-15

Ch. I-III, 1540-1835

oversize OS Box 6, folder 1-6

Ch. IV-VI, XV, XX

folder 7

Utah and Mormon Justice

[unpublished chapter]

folder 8

Authorities quoted

folder 9

The Boys of New York Newspaper

"The Mountain Meadow Massacre", Nov. 5, 1877

folder 10

Correspondence, F. D. Richards to H. H. Bancroft, 1884

folder 11-12

Production notes and page proof

(The Deseret alphabet)

Ctn. 5, folder 1-2

Signatures

oversize OS Box 20, folder 1

Review, poster

carton Ctns. 13-14

Bound mockups

v. XXVII-XXVIII: History of the Northwest Coast

v. XXVII, Chapter drafts

Ctn. 5, folder 3

Ch. VII, The Nookta Controversy 1789-1790

[p. 156-163 only]

v. XXVIII, Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 7, folder 1-3

Ch. I-III, Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806

Ctn. 5, folder 4-6

Ch. VII, Founding of Fort Astoria, 1789-1812

folder 7

Research notes

folder 8

Galley proofs

folder 9

Signatures

Ctn. 14

Bound mockup, v. XXVII

v. XXIX-XXX: History of Oregon

Ctn. 5, folder 10-11

Ch. XX-XXI, untitled

[unpublished]

folder 12

Books quoted in Oregon

(bound volume)

folder 13

Correspondence and production notes

Ctn. 15

Bound mockup, v. XXX

v. XXXI, History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana

Ctn. 5, folder 14

Biographical Index

folder 15

Ch. VII, Galley proof (published pages 566-568)

folder 16-18

Signatures

Ctn. 15

Bound mockup

v. XXXII, History of British Columbia

Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 7, folder 4-10

Ch. I-VII

oversize OS Box 8, folder 1-13

Ch. VIII-XX

oversize OS Box 9, folder 1-9

Ch. XXI-XXIX

folder 10

Ch. XXX, Geographical, Railway, and Geological Explorations, 1857

[unpublished]

Numbered unpublished chapters

oversize OS Box 10, folder 1

Ch. XXXI, Fort Simpson and the North Coast, 1850-1860

folder 2

Ch. XXXII, Queen Charlotte Islands, Fort Simpson, and North Coast Affairs, 1860-1880

folder 3

Ch. XXXIII, Progress of Settlement

folder 4

Ch. XXXIV, Union of the Colonies and Consolidated Government, 1864-1871

folder 5

Ch. XXXV, Confederation with Canada and Consequent Legislation, 1871-1880

folder 6

Ch. XXXVI, The Canadian Pacific Railway, 1858-1880

folder 7

Ch. XXXVII, Religion and Education, 1838-1877

folder 8

Ch. XXXIX, Society

folder 9

Ch. XXXXII, Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures, 1846-1878

Unnumbered and unpublished chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 11, folder 1

The Canadian Pacific Railroad Scheme

folder 2-3

The Island Railway and the Route-violation of the Terms and Separation

folder 4

Mackenzie's Administration and the Railway Engagement

folder 5

The Mackenzie or Liberal Party and Their Policy

folder 6

Production notes and memoranda

Bibliographic notes

Ctn. 5, folder 19

Agriculture

folder 20-22

Biographies

folder 23

British America, 1792-1887

folder 24

African, Chinese, Irish migrants and immigrants

folder 25

Coal

folder 26

Commerce, trade, exports, labor, prices, wages

folder 27

Currency, mints, banks

folder 28

Early voyages

folder 29

Education

folder 30

Fisheries, lumber

folder 31-33

Forts and posts

Ctn. 6, folder 1

Frazer River

folder 2

Fur trade

folder 3

Government and politics

folder 4

Hudson's Bay Company

folder 5

Immigration and naturalization

folder 6

Indians

folder 7

Land

folder 8

Mail and telegraph

folder 9-10

Mining

folder 11

Naval and military

folder 12

New Westminster

folder 13

Newspapers, literature, theater, society

folder 14

Police, crime, justice, law

folder 15

Public works, waterworks, lighthouses, graving docks

folder 16

Railways

folder 17

Religion

folder 18

Revenue, taxation, tariffs, free ports

folder 19

Roads

folder 20

San Juan Islands question

folder 21

Sanitation, disease, hospitals

folder 22

Ships, shipping, navigation, shipbuilding, shipwrecks

folder 23

Topography

folder 24

Vancouver Island

folder 25

Victoria (Vancouver Island)

folder 26

Miscellaneous

folder 27

Research notes

folder 28

Correspondence, R.J. Graham to Mr. T. M. Copperwaite, Oct. 1886

volume v. 8

Copybook, Ch. 1, Summary of the Earliest Voyages

v. XXXIII, History of Alaska

Chapter drafts

Ctn. 6, folder 29-44

Ch. I-II, XIX (incomplete), XX-XXXII

folder 45

Chapter fragments

folder 46

Chapter outlines

Correspondence

folder 47

Ivan Petroff to History Co. relating to Alaska research

Research notes

folder 48

U.S. Navy archives; John Rogers correspondence, 1854

folder 49

Toschou Kalendar from St. Petersberger, 1811-1865

folder 50

Russian-American Company archives; correspondence, 1816-1817

Ctn. 7, folder 1

Copied from Sitka Archives, Russian-American Company, 1852-1857

folder 2

Copied from Sitka Archives, v. I (1857) and v. II (1854)

Morskoi Sbornik (Russian maritime periodical)

folder 3

Miscellaneous

folder 4-21

Bibliographic notes (sorted by date), 1648-1885

folder 22

Miscellaneous

folder 23

Clippings (miscellaneous) 1868-1869

folder 24

Galleys

card_file_box Card File Box 36

Index to v. XXXIII

Ctn. 16

Bound mockup

v. XXXIV: California Pastoral

Research notes

oversize OS Box 11, folder 7

Report of combs worn by Mrs. M. G. Vallejo, Henry Cerruti, 1874

Correspondence

folder 8

Platon Vallejo to H. H. Bancroft, 1875

Platon Vallejo to M. G. Vallejo (father), 1875

folder 9

M. G. Vallejo to H. H. Bancroft, 1874-1880

M. G. Vallejo to Mr. Savage

folder 10

M. G. Vallejo to Henry Cerruti, 1874

Miscellaneous to Henry Cerruti

Henry Cerruti to H. H. Bancroft, 1874

folder 11

Henry Cerruti to Henry L. Oak, 1874

folder 12

Dr. George McKinstry to H. H. Bancroft, 1871

Vallejo family member (incomplete and unsigned) to H. H. Bancroft, 1875

Ula Vallejo to H. H. Bancroft, 1878

folder 13

Miscellaneous research correspondence

v. XXXV: California Inter Pocula

volume v. 9

Copybook, Ch. I (2 versions)

Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 11, folder 14-16

Ch. I-III

oversize OS Box 12, folder 1

Ch. IV

Unnumbered and unpublished chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 12, folder 2-3

Chinese in America

folder 4

Asia in America

folder 5

Chapter fragments

folder 6

California newspapers and ephemera, 1871-1874

Plumas National, v. 6, no. 9, Nov. 25, 1871

San Rafael Herald, v. 1, no. 2, Aug. 6, 1874

The Evening Post, June 26, 1886 and Nov. 8, 1886

San Diego Union, Nov. 14, 1886

Centennial of Father Junipero Serra (notice)

Correspondence

folder 7

A. L. Bancroft to H. H. Bancroft, 1874

Orson Pratt to H. H. Bancroft, 1880

G. H. Leonard, MD to H. H. Bancroft, 1885

folder 8

"Paper bag" files

v. XXXVI-XXXVII: Popular Tribunals

v. XXXVI, Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 13, folder 1

Ch. I, Vigilance Committees and Mobocracy

(portions published as the Preface and Table of Contents)

folder 2

Ch. II, The San Francisco Vigilance Committee and the Law and Order Party

(portions published in Introduction)

folder 3

Ch. III, Law and Government

(published as Ch. II, Popular Tribunals and Popular Government)

folder 4

Ch. IV, The Right of Revolution

(published as part of Ch. II, Popular Tribunals and Popular Government)

folder 5

Ch. V, Signs Significant of Storms

(published as Ch. IV, Significations of Storm)

folder 6

Ch. VI, The Hounds Association

(published as Ch. V)

folder 7

Ch. VII, The San Francisco Society of Regulators

(published as Ch. VI)

folder 8

Ch. VIII, The Advent of Law

(published as Ch. VII)

folder 9

Ch. IX, Characteristics of Crime in California

(published as Ch. VIII)

folder 10

Ch. X, Law and Disorder

(published as Ch. IX)

folder 11

Ch. XI, The Burdue-Stuart Affair

(published as Ch. XII)

folder 12

Ch. XII, Organization of the Vigilance Committee of 1851

(published as Ch. XIII, Organization of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1851)

folder 13

Ch. XIII, Behind the Scenes

(published as Ch. XIV)

folder 14

Ch. XIV, The Executive Committee of 1851

(published as Ch. XVI, The San Francisco Executive Committee of 1851)

folder 15

Ch. XV, John Jenkins, Nolens Volens

folder 16

Ch. XVI, Vigilance Becomes a Power.

(published as Ch. XVII)

folder 17

Ch. XVII, Enter James Stuart.

(published as Ch. XVIII)

folder 18

Ch. XVIII, Exit James Stuart.

(published as Ch. XIX)

folder 19

Ch. XIX, A Busy Month.

(published as Ch. XX)

oversize OS Box 14, folder 1

Ch. XX, Opposition to Vigilance Administration.

(published as Ch. XXI)

folder 2

Ch. XXI, Whittaker and McKenzie.

(published as Ch. 22)

folder 3

Ch. XXII, The Circumventors Circumvented.

(published as Ch. XXXIII)

folder 4

Ch. XXIII, Minor Rascalities.

(published as Ch. XXIV)

folder 5

Ch. XXIV, The Inquisitors in Council.

(published as Ch. XXV)

folder 6

Ch. XXV, Close of the First Crusade.

(published as Ch. XXVI)

folder 7

Ch. XXVI, Before the World.

(published as Ch. XVII)

folder 8

Ch. XXVII, Country Committees of Vigilance.

(published as Ch. XXIX)

folder 9

Ch. XVIII, Sacramento Vigilance Committee.

(portions used in Ch. XXIX, Country Committees of Vigilance)

folder 10

Ch. XXIX, Stockton and Marysville.

(portions used in Ch. XXIX)

folder 11

Ch. XXX, Hangtown and Vicinity.

(portions used in Ch. XXIX)

folder 12

Ch. XXXI, Sonora and Columbia Vigilance.

(portions used in Ch. XXIX)

folder 13

Ch. XXXII, Infelicities at Angel's, Murphy's, Mokulmne Hill, and in Calavaras, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Mariposa.

(portions used in Ch. XXX, Infelicities and Alleviations)

folder 14

Ch. XXXIII, Vigilance in Northern California.

[unpublished?]

folder 15

Ch. XXXIV, About the Bay.

[unpublished?]

folder 16

Ch. XXXV, Los Angeles Vigilance Committee.

(portions used in Ch. XXIX)

folder 17

Ch. XXXVI, Vigilance in Southern California.

(portions used in Ch. XXIX)

v. XXXVII, Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 15, folder 1

Ch. I, The Beginning of the End.

[unpublished?]

folder 2

Ch. II, Ballot Box Stuffing.

(published as Ch. I)

folder 3

Ch. III, Assassination.

(published as Ch. II)

folder 4

Ch. IV, The Prince of Villains.

(published as Ch. III)

folder 5

Ch. V, The Loosing-of Latent Law.

(published as Ch. IV)

folder 6

Ch. VI, Genesis of the Grand Tribunal.

(published as Ch. V)

folder 7

Ch. VII, Completion of the Organization.

(published as Ch. VI)

folder 8

Ch. VIII, The Executive Committee of 1856.

(published as Ch. VII)

folder 9

Ch. IX, The Governor, the General, the President of Vigilance

folder 10

Ch. X, Attack upon the Jail and Seizure of Prisoners

folder 11

Ch. XI, Outward Manifestations.

(published as Further Outward Manifestations)

folder 12-17

Ch. XII-XVII.

(as published)

oversize OS Box 16, folder 1-13

Ch. XVIII-XXX.

(as published)

folder 14

Ch. XXXI, Disbandment.

(published as Final Adjournment)

folder 15-18

Ch. XXXII-XXXV.

(as published)

folder 19

Crusade Against Foreigners.

(reduced and utilized in California Inter Pocula)

folder 20

Galley proof, Index

v.XXXVIII: Essays and Miscellany

Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 16, folder 21

Ch. XXVI, Battre le fer L'enclume

Ctn. 7, folder 1-2

Galley proofs

v. XXXIX: Literary Industries

Chapter drafts

oversize OS Box 17, folder 1

Ch. I, The Field

folder 2

Ch. II, Springs and Little Brooks.

(published as Ch. III)

folder 3

Ch. III, The Country Boy Becomes a Bookseller.

(published as Ch. IV)

folder 4

Ch. IV, Hail California! Esto Perpetua!.

(published as Ch. V)

folder 5

Ch. V, House of Bancroft and Company.

(published as Ch. VI)

folder 6

Ch. VI, From Bibliopolist to Bibliomaniac.

(published as Ch. VII, From Bibliopolist to Bibliophile)

folder 7

Ch. VII, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Aboriginal.

(unpublished)

folder 8

Ch. VIII, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Sixteenth Century Productions.

(unpublished)

folder 9

Ch. IX, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Literature.

(unpublished)

folder 10

Ch. X, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Nineteenth Century Publications.

(unpublished)

folder 11

Ch. XI, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Maps

(unpublished)

folder 12

Ch. XII, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Manuscripts.

(unpublished)

folder 13

Ch. XIII-XIV, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Material for the History of California.

(unpublished)

oversize OS Box 18, folder 1

Ch. XV, Desperate Attempts at Great Things.

(published as Ch. IX)

folder 2

Ch. XVI, A Literary Workshop.

(published as Ch. X)

folder 3

Ch. XVII, Henry Lebbeus Oak.

(portions used in Ch. XI, Some of my Assistants)

folder 4

Ch. XVIII, Others of my Collaborators.

(portions used in Ch. XI)

folder 5

Ch. XIX, The Enterprise Takes Form.

(portions used in Ch XI-XII

folder 6

Ch. XX, The Native Races of the Pacific States.

(portions used in Ch XII, My First Book)

folder 7

Ch. XXI, Library Detail

folder 8

Ch. XXII, Historic Explorations Northward

folder 9

Ch. XXII, Tours of the Alta California Missions - from San Francisco to San Diego, San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano and Los Angeles.

(unpublished)

folder 10

Ch. XXIII, Further Library Detail

folder 11

Ch. XXIII, Tours of the Alta California Missions - from Los Angeles to San Fernando, San Buenaventura, Santa Barbara, Santa Inez, San Luis Obispo, to San Francisco.

(unpublished)

folder 12

Ch. XXIV, The Bringing Forth.

(published as Ch. XIII, The Perils of Publishing)

folder 13

Ch. XXV, A Literary Pilgrim.

(published as Ch. XIV)

folder 14

Ch. XXVII, The Two Generals.

(published as Ch. XV)

folder 15

Ch. XXVIII, Italian Strategy.

(published as Ch. XVI)

oversize OS Box 19, folder 1

Ch. XXIX, Alvarado and Castro.

(published as Ch. XVII)

folder 2

Ch. XXX, Close of the Cerruti-Castro Campaign.

(published as Ch. XVIII)

folder 3

Ch. XXXI, The Ingathering of Facts and Experiences.

(published as Ch. XXV, Further Gatherings)

folder 4

Ch. XXXII, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Archives.

(published as Ch. XXI, Historic Researches in the South)

folder 5

Ch. XXXIV, Committees of Vigilance and Popular Tribunals

folder 6

Ch. XXXV, History Writing.

(published as Ch. XXIV, My Method of Writing History)

folder 7

Ch. XXXVI, My Method of Writing History.

(published as Ch. XXIV)

folder 8

Ch. XXXVII, Body and Mind.

(published as Ch. XXVII)

folder 9

Ch. XXXVIII, Home

V(published as Ch. XIX)

Unpublished chapter drafts and notes

folder 10

Criticism

folder 11

Native Races Criticism

folder 12

Journalism, book collecting and the library

folder 13

Correspondence

E. F. Murray to H. H. Bancroft, 1878

California State Library to H. H. Bancroft, 1879

oversize Oversize, folder 1 A

Advertisement

Ctn. 16

Bound mock-up

v. I-XXXIX History of the Pacific States of North America

Maps--Original drawings

oversize OS Box 20, folder 2

Alaska

Ctn. 7, folder 3

Alaska and British Columbia

folder 4

California

oversize OS Box 20, folder 3

California

Ctn. 7, folder 5

Central America

folder 6

Early explorers

folder 7

Mexico

oversize OS Box 20, folder 4

Mexico

folder 5

Northwest Coast

Ctn. 7, folder 8

Northwest Coast

oversize OS Box 20, folder 6

Railroads and overland routes

Ctn. 7, folder 9-10

Routes west-Missouri Territory, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Southwest

folder 11

San Francisco Bay Area

folder 12

Western Pacific States

oversize OS Box 20, folder 7

Western Pacific States

Maps and Illustrations--proofs

folder 8

Alaska- Plan of the Port of Okhostk

Ctn. 7, folder 13-14

California

folder 15

Central America

folder 16-17

Early map makers, voyages and colonial settlements

folder 18-20

Mexico

folder 21

Missouri, western Indian territories, reservations, forts, battle sites

folder 22-25

Northwest coast and Alaska

folder 26-28

Northwest Territories, Indian Reservations, Mountain passes, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho

folder 29

San Francisco Bay Area

folder 30-31

Southwest

Maps--engravings

oversize OS Box 20, folder 9

Alaska, Hyperborean Group

Ctn. 7, folder 32-36

Native Races, v. 1

Central American group

Mexican group

Columbian group

California group

New Mexican group

folder 37

Native Races v. II, The Civilized Nations

Official government seals--originals

folder 38-39

U. S. states and territories

folder 40

Colony of British Columbia, Royal Danish Consulate (Chicago)

folder 41

Official government seals--impressions (states and territories)

Proofs

folder 42-43

U. S. state and territory seals

folder 44

British Columbia seals

folder 45

Oregon "Beaver Money".

(5 & 10-dollar gold pieces minted in 1849)

folder 46

Mexican and Central American state seals

folder 47

Mexican Coat-of-Arms

folder 48

Panama and Nicaragua Coat-of-Arms (original illustrations)

folder 49

Committee of Vigilance seal, illustrations from Popular Tribunals, v. XXXVI-XXXVII

folder 50-51

Correspondence, concerning official seals (in English and Spanish)

Production notes

folder 52-53

Lists of placements of maps and illustrations into works in progress

folder 54

List of illustrations and maps inserted in English and Spanish editions

folder 55

Publishers notes concerning map reproductions

folder 56

Production notes for unidentified works

folder 57

Inter-staff communications, memoranda.

[removed from Memoranda book, v. 10]

volume v. 10

Memoranda book

Ctn. 7, folder 58

Research correspondence to H. H. Bancroft & History Co., 1869-1895

Research materials

folder 59-63

Authorities quoted or consulted

Central America and Mexico

Mexico and California

Utah, Alaska, Oregon

Northwest Coast

British Columbia and Utah

volume v. 16

California history sources, n.d.

Ctn. 8, folder 1

Speeches: the Chinese Question, School Dedication, Temperance.

(Wm. Lovitt), Pacific Coast Historical Exhibition, 1892

folder 2-4

Notes

American history

Unidentified

Fragments

folder 5

Galleys, unidentified pages

Reviews

folder 6

Native Races, v. I-V, 1874

folder 7

Literary Industries [review by George Frederick Parsons, incomplete,1891]

oversize OS Box 22, folder 1

Cartoon illustration from The Wasp, n.d.

Ctn. 8, folder 8-9

The Works of H. H. Bancroft.

(in Spanish and English)

volume v. 11

Scrapbook of reviews and History Co. memorabilia (Griffing Bancroft)

volume v. 12

Scrapbook of reviews and History Co. memorabilia (Philip Bancroft)

volume v. 13

Scrapbook [very fragile]

volume v. 34

Scrapbook, newspaper reviews in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian

H. H. Bancroft, the Life of Porfirio Diaz, 1885

v. I, Chapter drafts

Ctn. 8, folder 10

Ch. I, Oajaca, Old and New

folder 11

Ch. II, Parentage and Birth of Porfirio

folder 12

Ch. III, The Diaz Family

folder 13

Ch. IV, Antecedents and Environments

folder 14

Ch. V, Early Life and Education

folder 15

Ch. VI, Benito Pablo Juarez

folder 16

Ch. VII, Porfirio Enters Public Life

folder 17

Ch. VIII, Society, Composition, and Classification

folder 18-19

Ch.IX-X, Society Past and Present

v. II, Chapter drafts

folder 20

Ch. XXI, Death of Juarez, 1867-1872

folder 21

Ch. LII, The Fall of Diaz.

[unpublished?]

folder 22

Chapter fragments, unidentified

folder 23-26

Research notes

folder 27-30

v. I, Corrected proofs, pages 1-357

folder 31-32

Pages 30-103, 274-323 (in Spanish)

H. H. Bancroft, Popular History of the Mexican People, 1887

Ctn. 8, folder 33

Chapter draft: Ch. LIX, The Future of Mexico.

[unpublished]

folder 34-41

Research notes

folder 42

Newspaper article, H. H. Bancroft, "The Mexico of Today", San Francisco Chronicle, March 22, 1884

Ctn. 16, folder 0

Bound mock-up

H. H. Bancroft, History of the Life of John Deane, 1889

oversize OS Box 21, folder 1

Corrected galley proofs

H. H. Bancroft, Chronicles of the Builders, 1891-1892

v. IV, Chapter drafts

Box 5, folder 1

Ch. I, Mines and Mining--general review

folder 2

Ch. III, Mines and Mining--Central America and Mexico

folder 3

Ch. IV, Mines and Mining--California

folder 4

Ch. V, Mines and Mining--Oregon and Washington

folder 5

Ch. VI, Mines and Mining--Idaho and Montana

folder 6

Ch. VII, Mines and Mining--British Columbia and Alaska

folder 7

Ch. VIII, Mines and Mining--Nevada

folder 8

Ch. XI, Mines and Mining--Utah and Wyoming

folder 9

Ch. XIII, Mines and Mining--Colorado

folder 10

Ch. XVI, Mines and Mining--New Mexico, Arizona and Texas

v. V, Chapter drafts

folder 11

Ch. VIII, Railways--Observation Tours and Discussion

folder 12

Ch. IX, Railways--Explorations and Surveys

v. VI, Chapter drafts

folder 13

Ch. III, Railways--Measures Before Congress

folder 14

Ch. IV, Railways--Development in California

folder 15

Ch. VI, Railways--The Central Pacific Co.

folder 16

Ch. VII, Railways--Union Pacific and Other Lines

folder 17

Ch. VIII, Railways--In the South

folder 18

Ch.IX, Railways--The Southern Pacific, Atlantic & Pacific, and Other Lines

folder 19

Ch. X, Railways--Nevada and Utah

folder 20

Ch. XI, Railways--Wyoming and Colorado

folder 21

Ch. XII, Railways--New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas

folder 22

Ch. XIV, Railways--Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana

folder 23

Ch. XV, Railways--British Columbia and Alaska

folder 24

Research correspondence--Dictation from the Hale Brothers, 1888

folder 25

Print reviews

volume v. 14

Scrapbook of reviews

v. I, Galleys

oversize OS Box 21, folder 2

Ch. II, Centralization of Power- Life of Frederick Billings

folder 3

Ch. III, Dominating influences in America- Frederick Billings.

(press sheets)

folder 4

Ch. IV, The Power of Religion

folder 5

Ch. VI, Advent and Agency of Law- Life of Stephen J. Field

v. II, Galleys

folder 6

Ch. X, Life of George Hyde

folder 7

Ch. XII, Life of Charles Maclay

folder 8

Ch. XXII, Life of Solomon Hirsch

v. III, Galleys

folder 9

Ch. V, Life of Daniel Freeman

folder 10

Ch. VII, Life of Joseph Spencer Cone

folder 11

Ch. XIV, Life of James B. Lankershim

folder 12

Ch. XV, Life of James Adams

folder 13

Ch. XXI, Life of Richard B. Knapp.

(author's proof)

v. IV, Galleys

folder 14

Ch. IX, Life of James G. Fair

folder 15

Ch. XI, Mines and Mining--Utah and Wyoming

v. V, Galleys

folder 16

Ch. II, Life of Collis Huntington

folder 17

Ch. VII, Lives of the Vanderbilts

folder 18

Ch. V, Life of George H. Sisson.

(foundry proof)

folder 19

Ch. X, Railways--Nevada and Utah

folder 20

Ch. XVII, Life of Josiah Failing

folder 21

Ch. XXIV, Life of Joseph P. Hale

folder 22

Ch. XXV, Life of George H. Bonebreak

folder 23

Ch. XXVIII, Life of Orville D. Baldwin

folder 24

Ch. XXIX, Life of Chauncey Hatch Phillips

v. VII, Galleys

folder 25

Ch. VII, Life of Bernard Goldsmith.

(authors proof)

folder 26

Ch. XX, Life of Marion Bovard

H. H. Bancroft, the Book of the Fair, 1894

Ctn. 8, folder 43

Correspondence

H. H. Bancroft, the Book of Wealth, 1896

Ctn. 8, folder 44

Correspondence

folder 45

Autographs

carton v. 15, folder 0

Scrapbook

H. H. Bancroft, the New Pacific and Retrospection, 1900-1915

Ctn. 8, folder 46

Correspondence

folder 47

Advertising

folder 48

Galleys and illustrations

oversize Oversize, folder 1 A

Reviews and press clippings

H. H. Bancroft, Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam, 1907

Ctn. 8, folder 49

Press notices

Cartons 17-24; Oversize Box 22; v. 17-27

Series 2: Bancroft Library (Pacific Library).

Scope and Content Note

Divided into five sub-series: Catalog Records, Acquisitions, Correspondence, Sale of the Bancroft Library, and Miscellany. Catalog Records are further divided into four sub-subseries by format: cards, lists and volumes, bibliographies, and manuscript dictations. The card sets, though incomplete, include subject, map, and manuscript indexes, papeles various, and a bibliographic index to the libraries holdings, while catalog lists and bibliographies contain additional holdings and source information. Manuscript dictation lists (arranged alphabetically by state) include the names of persons interviewed for oral histories.

Acquisitions contains records of books and collections Bancroft sought and acquired through dealers, catalogs, auctions, and newspaper subscriptions, and includes a small number of original purchase receipts. Correspondence includes requests for information from the public, book selling agencies, and staff memos.

Documents concerning the sale of the Bancroft Library include pre-sale promotional material ( Evolution of a Library), newspaper clippings, and correspondence, along with the analysis and valuation reports by Ruben Thwaites on the marketable value of the library, sold to the University of California in 1905. Miscellany from the library includes engravings of both the Market St. fifth floor and Valencia Street libraries, and their respective floor plans. Also of interest are library visitors tickets, invitations and calling cards, bookplates, covers, and other memorabilia. In addition, an 1885 volume, The Life and Deeds of General Grant is inscribed as a rescued memento from the fire that destroyed the Bancroft Building on Market Street in 1886.

Catalog Records

Catalog cards

Ctn. 17, card_file_box 1-5

General index, A-S

Ctn. 18, card_file_box 6

General index, S-Z

card_file_box 7

General subject index, C-E

card_file_box 8-10

Books, alpha by subject (to M)

Ctn. 19, card_file_box 11

Index: Maps

card_file_box 12-13

Index: Physical geography

card_file_box 14

Fiction, S-V

card_file_box 15

Index: Bibliographic, A-F

Ctn. 20, card_file_box 16-18

Index: Bibliographic, F-Z

card_file_box 19-20

Index: Mexico

Ctn. 21, card_file_box 21

Index Mexico: by subject

card_file_box 22

Index: History (alphabetical by location)

card_file_box 23

Manuscripts and pamphlets

card_file_box 24-25

Papeles Various

Ctn. 22, card_file_box 26

Papeles Various

card_file_box 27-28

Subject Index, AT-X

card_file_box 29

Almanacs and directories

card_file_box 30

Index: unidentified

Ctn. 23, card_file_box 31-35

Index: unidentified

Catalog lists

Ctn. 24, folder 1

Instructions: arrangement and content

folder 2

Catalog index--subject headings

folder 3

Books in Spanish

folder 4

California Supreme Court briefs and U.S. House Executive Doc. sets

volume v. 17

List of U.S. government documents in possession of Bancroft Library (copybook), n.d.

Ctn. 24, folder 5

Folios

folder 6

Lettered sets--guide

folder 7

List A-C, California private and public architecture, Mission architecture

folder 8

List C, Linguistics

folder 9

List D, Personal narratives and dictations

folder 10

List E, Miscellany, original copies and scraps

folder 11

Lista de coleccion Mugarrita

folder 12

Maps, charts, and engravings

folder 13

Mexican manuscripts

folder 14

Newspapers

folder 15

Numbered sets

folder 16

Name and number lists

folder 17

Rare books, octavo, quarto, and folio

volume v. 18

Author index to 1869

volume v. 19

Subject index with numbered references

volume v. 20

Bosquetti's Catalog of Bancroft Library, 1869

volume v. 21

Catalog of Books and Pamphlets in the Bancroft Library, by Henry L. Oak, 1879

volume v. 22

Untitled index

Ctn. 24, folder 18

Unidentified lists

Bibliographies

Ctn. 24, folder 19

Documents from the California State Library

folder 20

Documents from Santa Clara College

folder 21

Books on Columbus

volume v. 24

Books reviewed, criticized, or quoted

Manuscript Dication Lists

Ctn. 24, folder 22

British Columbia

folder 23

California

folder 24

Colorado

folder 25

Montana

folder 26

New Mexico

folder 27

Oregon

folder 28

Utah and Nevada

folder 29

Washington Territories

folder 30

Wyoming

Acquisitions, 1866-1897

Ctn. 24, folder 31-32

Books sought. n.d.

volume v. 24

Old List of Books Wanted. n.d.

volume v. 25

Bosquetti's Catalog of Books Wanted. n.d.

volume v. 26

Books Wanted. n.d.

Ctn. 24, folder 33

Records of the Alphonse Pinart Collection. 1883

folder 34-36

Auction notices and catalogs. 1871-79

folder 37

Collections offered for sale--notices and lists. 1870-95

folder 38

Collections offered for sale--Correspondence. 1878-84

folder 39

Book dealers catalogs. 1868-95

folder 40

Publishers notices. n.d.

Purchase receipts

folder 41

San Francisco Bookshops. 1884-85

folder 42

Andrade'sche Auction. n.d.

folder 43

Sullivan Bros. & Libbie, General Auctioneers. 1879

folder 44

Gustave Bossange & Co., Paris. 1866

folder 45

Miscellaneous. n.d.

Receipts, miscellaneous

folder 46

List of second hand booksellers, San Francisco. n.d.

folder 48

Daily Chronicle, San Francisco. 1884-87

folder 50

The American Banker, The San Francisco Journal of Commerce. 1889

folder 51

Mexican Republic Census Reports. 1897

Correspondence, 1864-1896

Incoming

Ctn. 24, folder 52

Requests for information. 1870-89

folder 53

Book buying and selling agencies. 1864-96

folder 54

Inquiries about the sale of the Bancroft Library. n.d.

folder 55

Inter-library memos. n.d.

folder 56

Miscellaneous. n.d.

Outgoing

Ctn. 24, folder 57

To newspapers, concerning back issues. n.d.

Sale of the Bancroft Library, 1900-1905

Ctn. 24, folder 58-59

Evolution of a Library, H.H. Bancroft, Promotional booklet, draft and notes. ca. 1900, n.d.

folder 60

"Analysis and Valuation of the Bancroft Library". 1905

folder 61

"Report submitted to the President and Regents of the University of California upon the condition and marketable value of the Bancroft Library", Ruben Thwaites. 1905

folder 62

Newspaper clippings reporting on sale to the University of California. 1900, 1905

oversize OS Box 22, folder 2

Report of intended sale of Bancroft Library, San Francisco Chronicle. Dec. 16, 1900

Report of Sale of Bancroft Library

New York Evening Post. Dec. 9, 1905

Miscellany

Library Floor Plans

Ctn. 24, folder 63

Market Street, Fifth floor

folder 64

Valencia Street, First floor

folder 65

Valencia Street, Second floor

oversize OS Box 22, folder 3

Engraving of the Bancroft Building, 721 Market St., Fifth floor library, Valencia Street Library, second floor

Ctn. 24, folder 66

Invitations and calling cards

folder 67

Visitor Ticket

folder 68

Stationery

folder 69

Bookplates

folder 70

End papers and leaves with bookplate

folder 71

Book cover, Vida del V.P. Fr. Junipero Serra, Palou, 1787

folder 72-73

Book covers

oversize OS Box 22, folder 4

Parchment Book covers

Ctn. 24, folder 74

Book packing list for move to Valencia Street

volume v. 27

Life and Deeds of General U.S. Grant, 1885

(memento of the Bancroft fire, May 1886)

Ctn. 24, folder 75

Miscellaneous notes

Carton 25, folders 1-62; Oversize Box 22, v. 28-29

Series 3: Business Records of A. L. Bancroft & Co. And the History Co., 1869-1910.

Scope and Content Note

Divided into five sub-series: Publications, Sales Agents, Subscribers to Bancroft's "Works," Correspondence, and Miscellaneous.

Publications are further divided into four sub-subseries: Newsletters, which includes Bancroft's Christmas Messenger and Bancroft's Messenger; Catalogs and Advertisements; School Texts and Library Books; and Promotional Booklets for Historical Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft.

The traveling sales agents Bancroft employed to sell his "Works" documented their sales calls across the western states with lists of names, book orders, travel receipts, and dictations. Sample bindings, specimen pages, and a list of agents questions for dictations included here exemplify the marketing strategies used by Bancroft. Lists of subscribers, organized by agents' territories are recorded in the signed contracts of individual and multiple subscribers.

Correspondence includes incoming and outgoing letters to H. H. Bancroft, notably, a number of official documents allowing R. D. Faulkner, a Bancroft employee, to act on behalf of H. H. Bancroft concerning legal matters in Mexico. Miscellany contains clippings about Bancroft's history writing endeavors, a notice sent to clients following the 1906 earthquake and fire, and a souvenir from the Triennial Conclave of the Knights Templar held San Francisco in 1883. Also of interest is a letter written to H. H. Bancroft by Frances Fuller Victor, the only female researcher and writer to work for Bancroft, expressing concerns about her pending employment.

Publications, 1872-1891

Newsletters

Ctn. 25, folder 1

"Bancroft's Christmas Messenger." 1877, 1879, 1880-81

folder 2

"Bancroft's Messenger." 1877 April-1878 Aug.

Catalogs and Advertisements

Ctn. 25, folder 3

"Monthly Bulletin", February. 1872 May

folder 4

Catalog of legal blanks. rev. 1887

Quarterly book list. 1888 July

California publications. 1889

Bancroft's manual for election officers. 1890

folder 5

Scientific and practical books. n.d.

French, Spanish, and German books. n.d.

Gift books for the holidays. 1872-23

Publicadas en Espanol ciencias letras. 1891

folder 6

Spanish American manual (draft). 1888

folder 7

Piano and music (advertisement). n.d.

folder 8

Maps and charts (advertisement). n.d.

folder 9

Advertising received. n.d.

oversize OS Box 22, folder 5

"Allgemeiner Anzeiger", German publication on printing presses. n.d.

School Texts and Library Books

Ctn. 25, folder 10

Solicitations for sales, textbook introduction and exchange bill report form. n.d.

folder 11

School library and textbook adoption campaign notices. n.d.

folder 12

Price lists. 1878-79

folder 13

Teacher and school supplies. n.d.

folder 14

Resume for Spanish Reader (draft). n.d.

folder 15

Libro Primario (Edited copy of Spanish primer). n.d.

folder 16

French vocabulary primer. n.d.

folder 17

Map samples. n.d.

Promotional Booklets for Historical Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft

Ctn. 25, folder 18

"Historical Biography." n.d.

"Progress and Destiny of Texas." n.d.

folder 19

"Progress and Destiny of the Pacific States." n.d.

folder 20

"Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft", by George Frederick Parsons. n.d.

folder 21

"The Significance of Books" (Typescript copy). n.d.

folder 22

Miscellaneous notices. 1875

Sales Agents, 1886-1890

Ctn. 25, folder 23

Lists of names for sales calls. n.d.

folder 24

Reports on sales calls. 1886-89

folder 25

Orders for books. 1889-90

folder 26

Application for an agency. n.d.

folder 27

Travel receipts, Mexico (R. D. Faulkner) 1887

oversize OS Box 22, folder 5

Notarized document allowing R. D. Faul on behalf of the History Company in Mexico

Ctn. 25, folder 28

Dictations taken by agent E. B. Palmer. n.d.

Galleys

folder 29

Agents list of questions for dictations

folder 30-32

"Works"

Specimen opinions for agents use

Sample pages for agents

Title pages for agents

folder 33

Information for agents

folder 34

Price lists for bindings

volume v. 28

Sample bindings

volume v. 29

"Literary Industries", sample

Ctn. 25, folder 35

Stock System, Joseph L. Duque, Bancroft Co., 1888

sample copy in German, Spanish, and English

Subscribers to Bancroft's "Works"

Ctn. 25, folder 36

Libraries

folder 37

Washington Territory and Utah

folder 38

Colorado

folder 39

Wyoming Territory

folder 40

Utah

folder 41

Texas

folder 42

Oregon

folder 43-44

California

folder 45

California, Wyoming Territory, Colorado, and Idaho

folder 46

Signed contracts (by individuals)

oversize OS Box 22, folder 6

Signed contracts (multiple signatures)

Correspondence, 1869-1910

Incoming to H.H. Bancroft

Ctn. 25, folder 47

Judge McGowan. 1889

folder 48

Joseph Walden. 1869

folder 49

Alex S. Taylor. 1872-73

Outgoing

Ctn. 25, folder 50

Drafts (addressee unknown).n.d.

folder 51

N. J. Stone. 1883-84, n.d.

folder 52

H. Struve (re Ashley Bancroft)1887

folder 53

W. Newberry Boschetti, John N. Boschetti. 1869, n.d.

folder 54-56

R. D. Faulkner (includes letters from Mexican officials)1883-1910

Miscellaneous

Ctn. 25, folder 57

A. L. Bancroft from H. Diaz Pena. 1870

folder 58

Victor, Frances Fuller and business correspondence. n.d.

folder 59

Bancroft-Whitney notice to clients relating San Francisco Fire. 1907

folder 60

Newspaper clippings, Bancroft's history endeavors. n.d.

folder 61

Triennial Conclave souvenir. 1883

folder 62

"Resumes for book", handwriting samples of copyists. n.d.

Carton 25, folders 63-77; v. 30-33

Series 4: Financial Records, 1868-1898.

Scope and Content Note

Several ledgers document the financial transactions of the A. L. Bancroft Co. for the years 1868 to 1876, plus one ledger that records the sales of music and pianos during 1892 and 1897. Payroll records and cash accounts of Bancroft's library employees and research assistants were kept in several volumes and on notepaper. Also includes estimates from building contractors, Terrill & Slaven, for 1880, and receipts for plumbing repairs and maintenance to the Valencia Street library.

volume v. 30

Index to Ledger 1868-71

volume v. 31

A. L. Bancroft, Booksellers and Stationers, Ledger H, v. 1. 1868-71

volume v. 32

A. L. Bancroft, Booksellers and Stationers, Ledger H, v. 2. 1872-76

volume v. 33

Supplement to Ledger H. 1872-76

Ctn. 25, folder 63-68

A. L. Bancroft & Co. Music Ledger. 1892-97

folder 69-70

Library employee time book. 1883-87

folder 71

Library payroll reports. 1887-88

folder 72

Employee cash accounts. 1884-86

folder 73

Payroll, miscellaneous. 1868-86, n.d.

folder 74

Estimate and statement from Terrill & Slaven, building contractors. ca. 1880

folder 75

Receipts, La Grande Laundry. 1884-86

folder 76

Receipts for plumbing repairs and maintenance. 1885-90

folder 77

Receipts, miscellaneous. 1886-98

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