Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Zimmerman (Rheta L.) Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1933-1953
Collection number: Mss85
Creator:
Extent: 0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Zimmerman (Rheta L.) Collection, Mss85, Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Zimmerman, Rheta L.
personal name
Coolbrith, Ina Donna (1841-1928)
personl name
Drury, Newton B.
personal name
Kent, Thomas F.
personal name
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1883-1945) -Correspondence
corporate name
California State Park Commission
corporate name
Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)
corporate name
Native Daughters of the Golden West
corporate name
Daughters of the American Revolution
corporate name
California Club (San Francisco, Calif.)
corporate name
Columbia (Calif.) State Historic Park
corporate name
Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)
subject
Parks -California -San Francisco
subject
Parks -California
subject
Cemeteries -California -San Francisco
subject
Historic sites -California -San Francisco
subject
Historic sites -California -Columbia
subject
History -Societies, etc. -Correspondence
Biography
During the 1930s and 1940s Mrs. Rheta L. Zimmerman was Historian of the California Club
and the Yerba Buena Parlor (SF), Native Daughters of the Golden West. She was also a
member of the San Francisco Historic Sites Committee (1938). Her primary interest was in
California landmark preservation. She was involved in the creation of the Columbia State
Historic Park (1934-1949), as well as in the restoration of the San Francisco Presidio
(1938) and in the creation of small historic parks in San Francisco (1940-1946). Mrs.
Zimmerman also spoke on San Francisco historic sites before service organizations and on
the radio.
Scope and Content
The Zimmerman Collection consists of correspondence and clippings relating to the
establishment of Columbia (Calif.) State Historic Park (1934-1949); the restoration of
the San Francisco Presidio (1938); the establishment of the Ina Coolbrith Park (San
Francisco, 1946); the establishment of Laurel Hill Cemetery Park (San Francisco, 1940);
and, the establishment of the John Muir-Kings Canyon National Park. It also contains
minutes of the San Francisco Historic Sites Committee (1938) and documents relating to
various landmarking projects in the San Francisco area (1933-1947).
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