Description
Consists of bibliographic and research notes pertaining to and used
in preparation of v. 25-31 of Hubert Howe Bancroft's History of the Pacific states of North
America. His research notes track the settlement and development by Europeans and American
pioneers of the western states, including various political, religious, military, and
economic upheavals, changes, and developments in each new state or territory between the
1450s and the 1890s. References are to both primary sources, including ship's logs, diaries,
and military and church correspondence, and secondary sources, including pamphlets,
journals, and newspapers. The variation in scripts found in these handwritten notes provide
evidence of the team of researchers employed by H.H. Bancroft. The majority of notes were
taken from manuscripts and books which were part of Bancroft's collection during the years
1879 to 1890.
Background
Hubert Howe Bancroft was born in Granville, Ohio on May 5, 1832. After working for some
time in the Buffalo, N.Y. book store owned by his brother-in-law, George H. Derby, Bancroft
came to California in 1852 to establish a West Coast outlet for the shop. In 1855, after
selling the initial stock, he went east and returned with sufficient books and stationery to
open a San Francisco store the following year. Within two years, his firm on Montgomery
Street began to grow into a publishing house, issuing such items as law books and legal
stationery, texts and maps for schools, and music and piano sales.
Extent
Number of containers: 28 cartons
Linear feet: 35
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Availability
Collection is open for research.