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Title: Verbarg (Leonard) Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1945-1974
Collection number: Mss208
Creator:
Leonard Verbarg
Extent: 15.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Verbarg (Leonard) Collection, Mss208, Holt-Atherton Department
of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Verbarg, Leonard
Hunt, Rockwell Dennis
Rosborough Alexander J.
Mauldin, Henry
Oakland (Calif.) Tribune
Journalism -California -Oakland
Historians -California -Correspondence
California -History -Sources
California -Social conditions
Oakland (Calif.) -History -Sources
Nevada -History -Sources
California -History, Local
San Francisco (Calif.) -History -Sources
Alameda County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Alpine County (Calif.) -History
Siskiyou County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Lake County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Nevada County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Sonoma County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Tehama County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Trinity County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Modoc Indians -History -Sources
Humboldt County Calif.) -History -Sources
Amador County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Contra Costa County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Leonard Verbarg was a journalist and editor of the "Knave" column in the Oakland Tribune
for more than twenty years (1953-1974). The "Knave" was begun during the 1930s and was
dedicated principally to California local history. Because Leonard Verbarg opened the
column to the public, history buffs, community boosters and descendants of pioneer
families all sent him copy, much of which he edited and published. Some published local
historians, including Rockwell D. Hunt, F. Hal Higgins and Charles M. Loring contributed
regularly to the "Knave." Leonard Verbarg received the California Historical Society's
Award of Merit in 1965. Nine years later, on the death of long-time Tribune publisher,
Joseph R. Knowland, the "Knave" column was terminated.
The Verbarg Collection consists of: [Series I] the hundreds of brief local history essays
submitted for publication in the Oakland Tribune's "Knave" column (1953-1974); [Series
II] correspondence between Leonard Verbarg and the public relative to these submissions;
[Series III] memorabilia sent to Verbarg with the articles (most notably early theatre
programs) as well as tear sheet copies of "Knave" columns (1954-1969); and, [Series IV]
the photographs and drawings that were published with the essays.