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1945-1974
Mss208
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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.