Guide to the Bernard Moses papers, 1875-1915
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Note
History --History, University of California
Geographical (By Place) --University of California
Social Sciences --Education
History --History, Asia --History, Philippines
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Bernard Moses Papers,
creator:
Moses, Bernard, 1846-1930
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-B 994
Physical Description:
1.75 linear feet
2 cartons, 1 portfolio, 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1875-1915
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Correspondence, notes, manuscripts and reprints of articles and lectures, and clippings, pertaining to his career as professor
of history, University of California, and as U.S. Commissioner in the Philippines.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bernard Moses papers, BANC MSS C-B 994, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Related Collection
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Title: Philippine diary, typescript
Identifier/Call Number: 308x m911.di
Scope and Content
This collection of papers, transferred form Archives to the Bancroft Library in November 1965 and in March, 1966, contains
some correspondence, manuscripts and reprints of lectures and articles, some material and clippings concerning the Philippine
Commission, miscellaneous notes on the history of South America, and a file of clippings relating to his lectures.
Biography
Born in 1846, Bernard Moses attended the University of Michigan and the University of Heidelberg. He began his teaching career
at Albion College, and came to the University of California in 1876 as professor of history and political science. He was
a member of the U. S. Philippine Commission from 1900-1902, and later participated in the Panamerican Scientific Congress
in Santiago, Chile, and in the International Conference of American States in Buenos Aires. He was also minister plenipotentiary
on a special mission to Chile.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Moses, Bernard, 1846-1930
Correspondence,
Arrangement
The letters have been arranged chronologically, and an alphabetical list of correspondents is appended.
Scope and Contents
A bibliography is placed at the end of the portfolio.
portfolio 1
Adams, Charles Francis (1835-1915),
November 16, 1914
portfolio 1
Bryce James Bryce, Viscount (1838-1922),
1885-1892
Physical Description: 3 letters.
portfolio 1
Cortelyou, George Bruce (1862-1940),
March 8, 1900
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Scope and Contents
Written as Secretary to President McKinley.
portfolio 1
Day, William Rufus (1849-1923),
March 1, 1900
Physical Description: 1 letter.
portfolio 1
Eliot, Charles William (1834-1926),
1882
Physical Description: 1 telegram.
portfolio 1
Funck-Brentano, Frantz (1862-1947),
July 1, 1915
Physical Description: 1 letter.
portfolio 1
Harper, William Rainey (1856-1906),
August 27, 1898
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Scope and Contents
Regarding sale of Bancroft's Library.
portfolio 1
Hittell, Theodore Henry (1830-1917),
December 23, 1885
Physical Description: 1 letter.
portfolio 1
Lefranc, Abel Jules Maurice (1863-),
August 17, 1915
Physical Description: 1 postcard.
portfolio 1
Moses, Bernard (1846-1930),
1875
Physical Description: 2 letters.
portfolio 1
Nybolm, Carl Rupert (1832-1907),
December 29, 1880
Physical Description: 1 letter.
portfolio 1
Perkins, George Clement (1839-1923),
February 28, 1900
Physical Description: 1 telegram.
portfolio 1
Pond, Charles Fremont (1856-1929),
October 16, 1910
Physical Description: 1 receipt.
portfolio 1
Royce, Josiah (1855-1916),
September 7, 1883
undated
Physical Description: 1 letter and 1 postcard.
portfolio 1
Stebbins, Horatio (1821-1902),
1875
Physical Description: 2 letters.
Scope and Contents
One letter (September) is copy in hand of Bernard Moses.
portfolio 1
Taft, William Howard (1857-1930),
April 23, 1907
Physical Description: 1 letter.
carton 1
Manuscripts and reprints of articles and lectures,
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title. One folder of unitled manuscripts is at the end of the carton.
carton 2
Untitled addresses,
undated
Carton 2
Clippings relating to lectures,
Carton 2
Lecture notes on Spanish American history,
Carton 2
Notes on history of South America,
Carton 2
Philippine Commission material,
Carton 2
Copies of official correspondence and reports,
1900-1907
Carton 2
Miscellaneous writings on Philippines,
oversize-folder 1
Map of the Philippines,
October 1902
Scope and Contents
Two large sheets. Map of the Philippines prepared in the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department.
Carton 2
Clippings roughly arranged by subject,
