Description
This collection consists of an incomplete, typescript of 156 pages of
"The History of New California" edited by Leigh H. Irvine and published in 2
volumes by Lewis Publishing Co. (1905). The manuscript is a partial draft of
the first part of volume 1. Many chapters were written by important educators
and scholars such as David Starr Jordan and James O'Meara. The manuscript has
no bibliography or footnotes.
Background
Leigh Hadley Irvine (1863-1942) was an author, editor, and journalist.
He was, at various times, the assistant managing editor of the San Francisco
Examiner in 1888, Sunday editor of the Sacramento Union (1898-1899), managing
editor of the newspaper syndicate, 1906-1909, and managing editor of the Daily
Eureka Times (1912-1913). Irvine was also the author of a number of books,
including: Irvine's New Cyclopedia of Diction, (1910); A History of
California's Bench and Bar, (1912);and the History of Humboldt County,
(1913).