Preliminary Guide to the Margaret Mallory Collection

Processed by D. Tambo
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Fax: (805) 893-5749
Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
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Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Preliminary Guide to the Margaret Mallory Collection, ca. 1914-1917

Collection number: Bernath Mss 5

Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Contact Information:

  • Department of Special Collections
  • Davidson Library
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Santa Barbara, CA 93106
  • Phone: (805) 893-3062
  • Fax: (805) 893-5749
  • Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
  • URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections/
    Processed by:
    D. Tambo
    Date Completed:
    13 August 2003
    Latest revision:
    April 15, 2013
    Encoded by:
    David C. Gartrell, A. Demeter
© 2012 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Margaret Mallory Collection
Dates: ca. 1914-1917
Collection Number: Bernath Mss 5
Creator: Brown, Will L.
Extent: ca. 1.1 linear feet (2 document boxes and 1 oversize box).
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Norte (boxes 1-2); Annex 2 (box 3).
Abstract: Photographs of the Kasai District in the Belgian Congo and date books from Americans working in the region, 1914-1917. Includes collection of West African postcards. Also some unrelated material such as framed Western Americana.
Language: English.

Access Restrictions

Collection is partially stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Margaret Mallory Collection. Bernath Mss 5. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Donation by Margaret Mallory, via transfer from UCSB Art Museum, 1995, 2006.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection primarily contains 1914-1916 date books (diaries), a 1914-1917 transit book, photos (prints and negatives), picture postcards, and a few documents and letters of Will L. Brown, San Bernardino, California, who for much of that time was a miner/prospector/trader in the Kasai region of the Belgian Congo. The date books generally talk about drilling operations, day-to-day life, and relations with other Congolese and Europeans in the area. Also included are typed transcripts for the date books and a few unrelated items such as framed Western Americana. The connection between Margaret Mallory and Will L. Brown is unknown.
Margaret Mallory also gave Kasai region artifacts to UCSB, as well as books and manuscripts, many art related, to the UCSB University Libraries.
There is no container list for this collection.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Pictorial works.
Brown, Will L.