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G. Lawrence Rarick papers, circa 1965-1992.

Materials from George Lawrence Rarick's tenure in the Department of Physical Education at the University of California, Berkeley, including correspondence (1978-1992), professional files, writings, and research files on topics relating mostly to Rarick's work on motor development in disabled children....

 
G. Sutton Breiding papers, 1974-1996.

Correspondence, chiefly with Don Herron, 1974-1996, and George Haas, 1974-1976, and writings by Breiding, including dark fantasy poems and prose, notes, and fragments, along with reviews, articles, and announcements. Includes Breiding's manuscripts for Gothic twilight and Necklace of blood.

 
[Gabriel Moulin photographs of Redwood Highway scenery].

Professional promotional views of scenery along Redwood Highway region of Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, California. Views show trees and other flora, roads, tourists, automobiles, bridges, beaches and campgrounds. Accompanying captions provide information on redwood trees and promote various aspects of...

 
Gabriel Sovulewski papers, 1864-1977 (bulk 1906-1938).

Contains correspondence mostly while Sovulewski was Superintendant of Yosemite National Park. Many of the letters were from Harry C. Benson, his superior in the Dept. of the Interior. The correspondence discusses Yosemite roads, trails, bridges, forestry, and the Sentinel Hotel,...

 
Gabriel Vargas drawings of Familia Burrón comic book characters.

Original drawings of various Familia Burrón comic book characters.

 
Gaffey (John T.) Papers

Materials relate mainly to activities in the Democratic party; Los Angeles civic organizations, including the Free Harbor League and the Federated Tax Reduction Leagues of Los Angeles County; business interests in Los Angeles, Texas, and Mexico.

 
Galen Merriam Fisher correspondence, 1941.

Included is one letter written by Fisher; remainder consists of letters addressed to him, reacting to a statement by the Northern California Committee on Fair Play for Citizens of Japanese Ancestry.

 
Galileo Galilei papers : mss., [17--]

Chiefly correspondence, copied from the originals by several different scribes in the late eighteenth century, for an edition planned by Giovanni Battista Clemente Nelli, 1725-1793.

 
Gallagher, Mary E. (Mary Eleanora) Photographs relating to American socialism and labor from the Gallagher collection.

Collection includes scenes from the San Pedro raid of 1924 (victims of tarring and feathering, wreckage, wounded children); portraits of George Holmes, Mary Gallagher, Douglas Robson, Byron Kitto, Honore Joseph Jaxson (one is a tintype), William D. Haywood, and Lena...

 
Gallardo, Luciano J. Diaries recollecting courtship of Carlota Gil : Guadalajara, San Luis Potosí, etc., 1864,1869.

These diaries record Gallardo's long courtship of Carlota Gil, and the exchange of letters between them. Very little mention of political or national affairs. Some parts signed. Index in each volume.

 
Gallery Paule Anglim records, approximately 1976-2013.

Contains institution, artist and client files, correspondence, press materials, and photographic slides.

 
Galley proofs and illustrations for the book: Mother Lode album, ca. 1948.

Published by Stanford University Press (c1948) under the same title and available at the Bancroft Library, BANC F866.W46.

 
Galloway family papers, 1850-1895.

Includes letters to Captain Joseph Galloway, one concerning shipping activities between Charleston, South Carolina and San Francisco, and one transmitting a gift in recognition of his work on the Washington Street Wharf in 1853; and letters of recommendation and teaching...

 
Galloway (John D.) Papers

Correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous promotional material relating to his participation in the Hoover presidential campaigns, and to his efforts to obtain gifts from various sources for the Lick Observatory.

 
Gally family papers, [ca. 1855-1877].

Letters written by Martha and James Gally; diaries of Martha Gally, 1866-1871; and manuscripts of poems, stories, and articles by James Gally.

 
Game fishing on Santa Catalina Island, California.

Includes views of sport fishermen posed with their catches, a hunter and his dog, boats, campers, and leisure groups.

 
Gamio, Manuel Photographs relating to Manuel Gamio's research on Mexican immigration to the United States.

Photographs show Mexicans, both in Mexico and in the United States; everyday life in the states of Jalisco and Michoacan (including streets, homes, churches, peddlers, fishermen, etc.); views of Tucson, Arizona including many homes, and children and adults at the...

 
Gantner and Mattern Co., San Francisco records, circa 1901-1957.

Primarily material maintained by advertising and promotional department, including scrapbooks, price lists, merchandise catalogs, publicity material, etc.

 
Gapen family papers, [1834-ca. 1920]

Chiefly correspondence of William Gapen, who died of cholera June 13, 1850, en route to California from Dublin, Indiana. Seven letters are to his wife, 1839 and 1850; one to his father-in-law, 1850. Six letters to him, 1834-1850, mostly of...

 
Garcelon family correspondence, 1854-1873.

Contains 45 letters to and from various Garcelon family members. Correspondents include C.C. Garcelon, William Garcelon, Helen M. Kingsley (wife of Rufus Kingsley (1816-1867), sister of Lydia Garcelon Steward, later Helen M. Warren), Lucetta Rogers (wife of Walter Rogers), and...

 
Garcelon-Steward family correspondence, 1849-1876.

Contains 40 letters written by various members of the Garcelon and Steward families in Chico, Susanville, Sacramento, San Francisco, Princeton, Santa Rosa, Donahue to relatives in Maine. Correspondents include: Lydia Garcelon Steward, Helen M. Kingsley (later Helen M. Warren), Charles...

 
Gardiner, John M. Correspondence with E.R. Clark and B.A. Smith of Nampa, Idaho, 1935.

Originals and copies of 21 letters and telegrams concerning Owyhee County mining properties.

 
Gardiner Johnson campaign file, 1944.

Contains Gardiner Johnson's campaign file for the primary election of May 16, 1944 and general election of November 7, 1944 for the California State Assembly. File includes correspondence, election ballots, tables, pamphlets, opponents literature, affidavits, campaign contributions and finances and...

 
Gardner (David Pierpont) papers

Contains personal, professional, and family papers (including correspondence and papers of his wife, Libby Gardner) of David Pierpont Gardner, including writings, speeches, correspondence, committee papers, and photographs.

 
The Garfield Merner residence /

Photos of Spanish style residence of Garfield Merner (in Palo Alto) showing interior and exterior views as well as the garden.

 
Garnet Holme papers, circa 1920-1924.

Contains correspondence, list of plays produced by Holmes, press notices for "Serra," excerpts from "Ersa," and clippings.

 
[Gary Brown portraits of artists with disabilities].

Portraits and scenes of artists at work at various Northern California disabled service centers, including Short Center North, Sacramento (PIC box 1, B boxes 1-3); Neighborhood Center for the Arts, Grass Valley (PIC box 1, B boxes 4-5); Easter Seals...

 
Gary Jerome Torre papers, 1960-1993.

Contains Torre's working files as a long-time member of the Sierra Foundation Board of Trustees, including correspondence, memoranda, financial statements, annual reports, minutes, agendas, committee files, and Trustee Handbooks.

 
Gaspar Días Ferreira letters : Amsterdam : ALS, 1645.

Five letters to Johan Maurits, Count of Nassau-Siegen, concerning Brazil.

 
Gaspar Orẽna papers, 1834-1878.

Contents: copy of title to land near Santa Barbara, the proceeds of which had been divided between the widow and children of Cesareo Lataillade; account presented by Domingo Donglade against Lataillade's estate; letters to Oreña's mother in Spain; letter, 1854,...

 
Gateway Emergency Preparedness Exhibit Center and Firestorm Memorial Garden archive, 1991-2021.

Reports, correspondence, receipts, project proposals, contracts, permits, specifications, and building and landscaping plans for the construction of the Gateway Emergency Preparedness Exhibit Center and Firestorm Memorial Garden, built to commemorate the 1991 East Bay Hills fire and the fire's victims....

 
Gathering dusk and related papers, circa 1970-1971.

Typescript copy of his poem and a photocopy of his letter to Gordon Allenbaugh (23 March 1971) and a photograph of Banks (circa 1970)

 
Gatzert-Schwabacher family papers, 1878-1945 (bulk 1893-1900)

Part I, v. 1 - Testimonials and memorials for Bailey Gatzert (1829-1893), pioneer Seattle merchant. v. 2 - Messages of condolence received by Mrs. Babette Schwabacher Gatzert at her husband's death; letters received on death of her brother, Louis Schwabacher;...

 
Gay and lesbian issues in schools : student papers from Education 188, 1998.

Collection of 39 student papers from Eric Rofes' 1998 undergraduate class on gay and lesbian issues in schools taught at UC Berkeley's School of Education. Students interviewed and observed gay and lesbian teachers in their classrooms, predominantly in the San...

 
[Gay and lesbian politics and culture button collection].

Pin-on buttons or badges, chiefly with political or gay visibility-related slogans. Some items promote specific events (such as San Francisco's Gay Pride day) or venues, others relate to safer sex and the AIDS epidemic.

 
[Gay erotic photographs by Sierra Domino studio].

Gay erotic scenes, in color and black and white, most with at least one African American model. Most picture male couples outdoors or in a barn, and some are solo model portraits.

 
Gay Jones and His Orchestra photograph album.

Album of snapshots documenting a tour of the jazz band Gay Jones and His Orchestra. Includes views taken in California, Arizona (espcially Phoenix), Washington, Idaho and Oregon. Scenes deipict band members at leisure during travel, on stage during performance, and...

 
Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network records, 1991-1998.

Collection consists primarily of organization newsletters, publications for distribution at training conferences and schools, directories of student gay/straight alliances, brochures regarding the GLSEN and volunteer opportunities, an annual report, along with news articles and statistics on the country's response to...

 
Gaytes (Herbert) Photograph Collection

Locations photographed include: Chicago, Mexico, Salt Lake City, Alaska, and many locales in the American West and Southwest, with California views predominating. California locations include Oakland and the San Francisco area, Sierra Nevada scenes, and mining districts. In addition to...

 
Gayton (A.H.) Papers

The A.H. Gayton Papers contains material relating primarily to her work as an anthropologist at the University of California, Berkeley and especially to her research on the Yokuts Indians in California, including correspondence to and from other anthropologists, field notes,...

 
G.B. Worden letters : to his sister and brother-in-law, 1856-1867.

In letters to his sister Phoebe and brother-in-law Ira written from California locations of Jacksonville, Mountain Meadows above Big Oak Flat, and Cottonwood, G.B Worden writes of family and friends at home, and describes his mining claim and income. He...

 
G.C. Jackson letters to his brother : Sacramento, Calif., 1852-1853.

Reporting on conditions in California, including his own ranching operations.

 
G.E. Berry letters to his father, 1857-1860.

Letters describe mining life in Indian Creek and Brandy City, Sierra County, California.

Gee (Edward W.) family papers

Contains mostly personal handwritten and typescript correspondence.

 
Gee Pon Bow family immigration documents, 1912 Mar. 14-16.

Contains immigration documents for Gee Pon Bow's sons Gee Kim and Gee Shaw.

 
Gelett Burgess correspondence, 1931-1933.

Nine letters written from France to Carolyn Wells, 1931-1933. Carbon copy of his letters to Mr. Frisbie, Nov. 30, 1932, commenting on Frisbie's use of acrostics to prove Edward de Vere wrote Shakespeare's plays. Also with these: letter, June 17,...

 
Gelett Burgess diaries, 1885-1887, 1889, 1891-1895, 1917-1951.

Covers his daily activities and social life from early adulthood until shortly before his death. Entries describe his student days at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, his work as a journalist and creative...

 
[Gelett Burgess riding to fame on a purple cow [graphic] /

Original undated drawing inscribed by Burgess "To Charlie Stoddard, from his conceited friend," no doubt intended as an ironic comment upon the fame his original 1895 verse brought. Accompanied by a set of color progressive proofs by the Allied Arts...

 
Gelo Freeman Parker diaries and letterbook : A.mss.S, 1868-1884.

Diaries, v. 1-5 (1868-1875), describe his life in Petaluma, California, his v. 6 (1884), experiences farming and hunting, his schooling; and, his work as surveyor in Oregon. Some accounts included.

 
Gene Anthony photograph collection.

Includes prints, slides and negatives taken by Anthony throughout his career. Projects represented in significant quantity include Vacaville Prison (1960), Ernest Hemingway's funeral (1961), Richard M. Nixon and family (1962), Mendocino (1962, 1985), Brendan Behan (1965), protests (1965-1980), Admiral Chester...

 
Gene Bernardi papers, approximately 1960-2018.

The Gene Bernardi papers document her career as a research sociologist evaluating anti-poverty programs in the City of Oakland; as a Social and Economic Committee consultant to the State Social Welfare Board; and her volunteer work as a social activist...

 
Gene Marine papers, 1948-2002.

Comprises manuscripts, a playscript, and poetry. Includes drafts of the manuscripts: Maxims of Marine; Alisal City; Assignment in Nobeoka; America the Raped; Food Pollution; The Black Panthers; A Male Guide to Women's Liberation; California: Before the Yankee Conquest; and Wren....

 
[Gene Smolensky collection of political cartoons].

3 broadsides issued by Democratic National Campaign Committee pertaining to 1936 presidential campaign of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and 2 tear sheets from Life magazines of 1904 with cartoons pertaining to presidential campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker.

 
Gene Wright photograph archive [graphic].

Chiefly panoramic photographs of landscapes, streets, buildings, and other views in San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area. Also includes cameras and equipment used by Wright and earlier equipment collected by him.

 
Genealogical charts for the Mack, Lilienthal, Fleishhacker, Gerstle and Levison families, 1972 Sept.

Genealogical charts for the Mack, Lilienthal, Fleishhacker, Gerstle and Levison families, BANC MSS 73/129 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

 
Genealogical information about the Reading family and related families, [ca. 1944]

Notes and genealogical charts, typescript and photocopy.

 
Genealogical notes on the Hoth and Waibel families : ms. S., 1961.

Notes on the families of Hans Peter Emanuel Hoth and Joseph Waibel, who came to California from Germany.

 
Genealogical records and California census data for pioneer families of California, circa 1926-1958.

Contains 26 volumes of "Records of the Families of California Pioneers," Volumes 1-8 and 10 of "Honor Roll: World War II Service Records 1941-1945," and miscellaneous chapter yearbooks. The volumes contain filled out forms of genealogical records, in either original...

 
Genealogical records from Nueva Galicia (Mexico), 1537-1777.

Collection of genealogical documents (originals and certified copies) concerning interrelated families of Nueva Galicia-notably the Flores, de la Torre, Alvarado, Contreras, Angulo, Figueroa, Padilla, Bañuelos, and Oñate families. Composed principally of files on genealogical inquiries conducted by the Audiencia of...

 
Genealogical tables, letters and other information regarding Thomas Jeffersons African-American descendants : ms., [ca. 1950]

Also enclosed: a postcard reproduction of Rembrandt Peale's portrait of Thomas Jefferson with explanatory note and two locks of hair.

 
Genealogy of Mr. Thomas Knight and Mrs. Serena Haines Knight : San Francisco, 1872-1927.

Compilation of materials relating to his father, California pioneer Thomas Knight, including notes, typed transcripts of items in Bancroft Library, clippings, biographical information, and genealogies for the Knight, Haines and Kilburn families.

 
Genentech legal counsel and vice president, 1976-1988, and entrepreneur : oral history transcript / 2002.

Education in chemical engineering, law; early experiences as patent examiner and patent solicitor; intellectual property trial lawyer, Lyon & Lyon; outside legal counsel to Genentech, 1976-1980; vice president and general counsel, Genentech, 1980-1988: Genentech's IPO, 1980; Diamond v. Chakrabarty Supreme...

 
Genentech records, approximately 1980-2000.

Primarily press releases, clippings, and internal publications, photographs and videos tracing the development of the pioneering biotechnology company. Includes internal reports on specific Genentech products.

 
[General Henry G. Mathewson photograph album documenting California National Guard during aftermath of 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire].

Photograph album compiled by General Henry G. Mathewson documenting activities of the 1st and 5th Infantry Regiments of the California National Guard in San Francisco during the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire, and in other locations during subsequent...

 
General Pike family album [graphic]

Images include pets, family members, Market Street (San Francisco) illuminated at night and during a parade (for a Masonic event?), home interiors, a curio cabinet, a football game, a view up "The Chutes" water slide, and a hotel or restaurant...

 
 
[General Wastemoreland photograph and memorabilia collection].

Photographs of anti-Vietnam War activist Tom Dunphy in costume as General Wastemoreland. Includes two copy photographs from Dunphy's younger years. Also includes original uniform costumes and props used by Wastemoreland. Poster, owned by Dunphy, bears a portrait and quotation of...

 
General Wastemoreland's wedding and anti-Vietnam war protests [graphic] /

Images of the anti-Vietnam war street theater group that included "General Wastemoreland" (Tom Dunphy) and "General Hershey Bar". Most images are of the wedding of General Wastemoreland at the Lutheran University Chapel in Berkeley, March 7, 1970. Also inlcudes one...

 
Genevieve Adale Davis photograph collection [graphic].

Photographs include studio portraits, publicity photographs, snapshots and other photographs pertaining to the personal life and entertainment career of California actress and vaudeville singer Genevieve Davis. Davis is depicted chiefly from childhood through the end of her performing career. Also...

 
Genevieve Green Hamilton McEnerney papers.

Manuscripts of plays and other writings; certificate of her marriage to Garret W. McEnerney; manuscript of a short story by Zoe Akins (Ms.S.); manuscript of a poem by Sara Bard Field (Ms.S.).

 
Genny Schumacher Smith papers, 1956-1985 (bulk 1965-1983).

Contains the personal papers of Genny Schumacher Smith documenting the trans-Sierra-road controversy in the Mammoth Pass-Minaret Summit area and the subsequent establishment of the Ansel Adams Wilderness. Collection includes correspondence with Norman B. "Ike" Livermore, Jr., Raymond "Ray" Sherwin, W....

 
Gentry (Helen) and David Greenhood Papers

The Helen Gentry and David Greenhood Papers, 1748-1988 (bulk 1930-1980) contain materials relating to Gentry's career as a printer and designer, and Greenhood's work as a writer.

 
Geoffrey Bell negative collection

Copy negatives taken by Geoffrey Bell used in research and production of various film and book projects, including: Those Daring Young Film Makers by the Golden Gate -- My Jack London: a Daughter Remembers -- Bret Harte: Chronicler of the...

 
Geoffrey Bret Harte letter to R.L. Giffen.

Typescript letter from Geoffrey Bret Hart, Bret Harte's grandson, responding to a copy of a letter forwarded to him by an attorney in New York City, R.L. Giffen, concerning copyright and inheritance issues of a Bret Harte story, "Salomy Jane's...

 
Geoffrey F. Chew papers, circa 1921-1991.

The Geoffrey F. Chew papers contain materials related to his professional career as a Physics Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and his work on theoretical particle physics. These include correspondence, writings, course materials, administrative materials related to the...

 
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) Photographs from the Hayden Survey of the territories [graphic]

Photographs show waterfalls and landscapes at Yellowstone National Park, a camp on the Snake River, and other views from the area.

 
Geological Survey of California. Correspondence on the geological survey of California, 1861-1866.

Letters concerning the work of the Survey: Aug. 2, 186l, from J.D. Whitney to W.H. Brewer; Mar. 28, l864, from William Ashburner to Brewer; Apr. ll, l864, from Brewer to Whitney; June 2l, l866, from Charles F. Hoffmann to Whitney.

 
Geological Survey of California Papers

Fieldnotes and memoranda; notebooks concerning geological data, fossils, meteorology, roads and surveys; sketches, diagrams and parts of maps bound together with some items; reprints of scientific reports and other materials related to the survey are also included.

 
Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - Photographs, 1869-1874

Views of the American West taken by W.H. Jackson on the Hayden Expeditions (or "Hayden Surveys"). Views include mining, quarrying granite, landscapes, pioneer homesteads, geysers (at Yellowstone), hunting, camp scenes, adobe ruins, cave dwellings, pack animals, etc....

 
Geometria practica, y mecanica dividida en tres tratados ... : Mexico City, [1706-1727?].

A group of three treatises prepared for the instruction of officials and surveyors in New Spain; with diagrams and charts. Sáenz is described on the title pages and in his own statement as merely the compiler of the work, but...

 
George A. Applegarth papers, 1908-1970.

Drawings of various buildings, primarily in San Francisco [see list in portfolio]; copy of his proposal for a Cabrillo monument at Monterey Bay, with photographs of his sketches; genealogical information on the Applegarth family.

 
George A. Pettitt papers, 1951-1958.

Box 1 contains correspondence and papers as member of the board of directors of the Bay Area Educational Television Association (BAETA) and its station, KQED, and material relating to the founding of the association, and BAETA clippings. Box 2 contains...

 
George A. Treadwell papers, 1866-1910.

Include letters written to his daughter Minnie relating to mining ventures in Mexico and Arizona and to oil speculation in California; letters to him from John James Rivers (concerning zoological and botanical specimens sent him by Treadwell from Arizona), the...

 
George Adams Locke letters and related papers, 1866-1909.

Letters to his family include one from San Francisco, 1866; two from Slabtown, California, 1867; and eight from Montana, 1869-1871, 1898, written at Reynolds City, Bear Town, Yreka, and Bear Mouth, exhibiting the vicissitudes of mining, the activities of vigilante...

 
George Alfred Raymond letters, 1849-1852, to his sister, Sarah.

Written from Stockton, Carson Creek and San Francisco, with accounts of his experiences gold mining and storekeeping, and descriptions of San Francisco. With these: two letters, 1852, written to him by miners; bill from Pinto Jordan & Co. covering transactions,...

 
George and Emmie Vida papers, 1938-1996 (bulk 1938-1959).

The collection consists of biographical and genealogical information and copies of Vida family documents from Europe. The collection also contains Emmie Vida's writings, some correspondence between George and Emmie, a program for George Vida's memorial, materials from Vida's work as...

 
George Atcheson papers, 1917-2004 (bulk 1937-1948).

His account of the bombing of the U.S.S. Panay in China by the Japanese in December 1937 and related papers, including copies of statements of witnesses, U.S. Department of State letters and telegrams, and naval despatches, etc.; letters written by...

 
George B. Roberts recollections : Cathlamet, Oregon, 1878-1882.

A series of letters to Mrs. F.F. Victor, usually in reply to queries, and one to H.H. Bancroft, 1879. A naval apprentice to the Hudson's Bay Company in Oregon from 1830 and for many years clerk at Fort Vancouver, Roberts...

 
George Ballin Epstein papers, 1899-1910.

Typed copy (four pages) of a letter Epstein wrote and sent to his father describing his experience in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, letter written by Epstein's father-in-law, Leopold Veith, on the occasion of his 90th birthday (c....

 
[George Ballis photographs of the Delano grape strike].

Professional photographs documenting various actions of the Delano grape strike (1965-1970). Demonstrations depicted likely include the 1966 march from Delano to Sacramento jointly organized by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and the National Farm Workers of America, who would later...

 
George Bancroft letters, 1845-1886.

Primarily social correspondence. Includes letter to Horace Davis.

 
George Blowers writings, circa 1937-1961.

The bulk of the collection contains manuscripts, typescripts and drafts of articles written by journalist George Blowers. Also includes clippings of articles, correspondence and photographs.

 
George Boosinger papers, 1836-1857.

Includes promissory notes for land and property, county records of lawsuits, letters regarding a Mormon wagon train's journey, family letters, certificate of church ordination.

 
George Booth Post collection [graphic].

Title supplied by cataloger.

 
George Brimley letters received, 1852-1853.

Includes letters by John L. Davies and Fenton J.A. Hort.

 
George Britton letters, 1938-1945.

Copies of transcripts of letters written by George and Helena Britton to their daughter, Elizabeth Britton Elkus, describing life in wartime England; snapshot inserted in v.1. v.1, 1983-1942; v.2, 1943-1945.

 
George C. Bugbee papers, [ca. 1866]

Contains letter to his family, while at anchor in San Francisco Bay. A crew member of the ship "Premier," he writes of shipboard activities and events. There is a brief description of San Francisco Bay, and a few sketches, one...

 
George C. Collier collection of works on California history, circa 1850-1890, collected circa 1962-1972.

Works and notes compiled circa 1962-1972 for material circa 1850-1890. Carton 1: Papers on Contra Costa County government and departments, etc.; carton 2: ranchos - histories; carton 3: miscellaneous writings on Contra Costa County, other topics, primarily California related.

 
George C. Fraser letters : California, to his brother Roderick M. Fraser, Yorkville, New York, 1854-1860.

Describes work as a stonecutter including cutting stone for the San Quentin Penitentiary and the California State Capitol building. Also includes descriptions of the Chinese, a hanging, a vigilance committee, and the areas he lived and worked including San Francisco,...

 
George Catlin family photograph album

Portraits mostly unidentified, with the exception of Cornelia and Mary Catlin (#11), and George Catlin (#47).

 
George Catlin papers, 1798-1874.

Letters, diary, and family papers relating chiefly to Catlin's travels and the execution and exhibition of his Indian portraits.

 
George Chismore writings, 1871-1900.

Include: journal of journey to Peace River Mines, British Columbia, June-Dec. 1871, with descriptions of mines and mining, encounters with Indians, and an account of performing surgery on an injured miner; eleven journals, 1883-1893, primarily of hunting trips to Rogue...

 
George Clayton Foulk photograph collection.

Chiefly portraits of Korean friends or colleagues taken in Japan and Washington, D.C. Includes one portrait of Foulk, one of Foulk and his Japanese wife, another of his wife, and one photo of tomb of G.C. Foulk.

 
George Clinton Gardner papers, [ca. 1857-1903].

V. 1: copies of letters, Sept. 1857-Mar. 1860, written to John G. Parke, chief astronomer and surveyor of the Northwest Boundary Commission, while serving as his assistant, describing progress of work in surveying the boundary along the 49th parallel, in...

 
George Constantine Guins papers, [ca.1920-1971].

Manuscripts of writings and related materials.

 
George Cosgrave papers, circa 1931-1945.

Includes letters from J.N. Bowman, John Howell, John N. LeConte and others; and writings by Cosgrave. Also contains an 1874 letter from Henry Ross to his siblings. Some materials relate to a biography of Robert Wood as told to George...

 
George Counts papers, 1849.

Copies of diary, Mar. 23-May 4, 1849, travel agreement, and miscellaneous papers. With notes supplied by Mrs. Henry Metcalf.

 
George Cruikshank papers, 1840-1878.

Relate to his career as illustrator, and to his work with the Temperance movement in England.

 
George D. Lyman papers, 1928-1946.

Letters from Whitney Darrow and John Hall Wheelock for Charles Scribner's Sons concerning the publication of Ralston's Ring; and genealogical notes entitled A Pedigree of John Marsh.

 
George Davidson letterbooks, 1846-1882.

Reel 1: May 1846-June 1850, 1850-51, 1867 "Book 12"; Reel 2: Oct. 1873-Dec. 1880; Reel 3: Dec. 1880-Nov. 1882; also letters and accounts, 1882.

 
George Davidson letters to Jane Dale Owen Fauntleroy, his mother-in-law, 1851-1860.

Comments on his work with the U.S. Coast Survey, his family, life in San Francisco, etc.

 
George Davis Louderback papers, 1914-1949 (bulk 1914-1916)

Deals primarily with Louderback's geological trip to China for a survey of coal resources.

 
George E. D[?] letter to the Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County, California, 1913 July 28.

Typewritten letter from a man expressing moral outrage about a venue in Monte Rio, California where there is an "...immoral dance adjoining to which is a saloon where young girls are being sold liquor." The letter writer goes on to...

 
George E. Grant deeds and tax records for property in Clinton, California, 1855-1885.

George E. Grant deeds and tax records for property in Clinton, California, BANC MSS C-I 32, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

George E. Hyde & Co. Canning Operations, 1915-1921

The album contains 17 photographic prints taken of the George E. Hyde & Co. canning operations between 1915 and 1921. The album includes a panoramic view of the George E. Hyde & Co. works, with various buildings labeled. Other views...

 
George Ellery Hale papers, 1882-1937.

History of the observatories; theoretical and instrumental development of astrophysics; history of California Institute of Technology; science and government, particularly with respect to the affairs of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council; affairs of the scientific...

 
George Elmendorf Collection of Mexican Miscellany

George F. Elmendorf's collection of assorted Mexican manuscripts dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.

 
George Elmendorf collection of Mexican miscellany, 1584-1973.

Collection consists of a chronologically arranged series of Mexican manuscripts dating from 1584 to 1973. These manuscripts were collected by George Elmendorf of Libros Latinos booksellers. The materials are varied in scope and document religious, political, military, economic, and linguistic...

 
George Ernest Gibson papers, 1908-1958.

Consist of correspondence with family, friends, colleagues including Max Planck and University officials, laboratory notebooks, published professional work and that of his father and colleagues, translations of vedic texts, clippings and photographs.

 
[George Evans collection of photographs for Streetfare Journal broadsides].

Includes photographs collected by George Evans, at least some of which were considered for publication on his Streetfare Journal broadsides. Photographers include Michelle Vignes (dancers at an Oakland blues club), Sue Rosoff (rodeo images The Stretch, Out of the chutes...

 
George Evans papers, circa 1970-2003.

Correspondence, manuscripts, files regarding professional activities.

 
George F. Chamberlain letters : to his father Isaac, Roxbury, Mass., 1849-1852.

Letters from George F. Chamberlain (in Callao, San Francisco, Dry Town, Sacramento, Dry Creek, and Mokelumne Hill) to his father Isaac Chamberlain in Roxbury, Mass. describe life in California during the gold rush. Chamberlain describes the voyage around the horn...

 
George F. Kincaid papers, 1897-1955 (bulk 1915-1919).

Contains correspondence, time books, order books and other material related to the operation of the ranch at Hacienda del Pozo de Verona, Phoebe Apperson Hearst's home in Pleasanton, California. Also includes a folder of notes and material related to buildings...

 
George F. Malone collection of anti-communist and right-wing literature, 1940-1965.

The collection consists of anti-communist and other right-wing literature that was distributed in the U.S. from the late 1940s through the early 1960s (with the bulk of material from the early 1950s). George F. Malone's purpose in collecting these materials...

 
George F. Price correspondence : ALS, 1855-1878.

Contains 12 letters. Four letters written in 1855 by George F. Price to his mother, Mrs. Melissa Price (later, Knapp), and 1 letter to his grandmother, from Yreka, Calif. These include descriptions of mining conditions, concerns about nearby Indians, and...

 
George Foster Emmons papers, 1849-1877.

Deed from Charles T. Botts, with abstract of title from William Richardson family, for property in Sausalito, 1849; letters, 1867-1877, from William L. Maury, John J. Almy, and George M. Colvocoresses, fellow naval officers and former members of the U.S....

 
George Frederic Degen family papers, 1875-1924.

Contains letters and legal documents of George Frederic Degen and family, many from Portland, Oregon and California. Includes letter from a small child with description and drawings of a neighbors dog.

 
[George Grau photographs of the Golden Gate International Exposition and Asian Americans in San Francisco].

Professional views of the Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island, and of Asian-Americans in San Francisco. Exposition views include construction, buildings, sculpture and statuary, fashion models posing in various locations, exhibitions and entertainment. One image depicts Eleanor Roosevelt...

 
George Gridley papers, 1850-1859.

Letters written by Gridley and his brother, John, to family members in Illinois, describing their journey overland to California; mining in Northern California gold fields; experiences as proprietors of several general stores and boarding houses; the gold trade; and cattle...

 
George H. Goddard, 1969.

Two variants of revisions of his manuscript, published as The life of George Henry Goddard ..., Keepsake no. 17 of Friends of the Bancroft Library, BANC xf860.G618.S5. Account of Goddard's arrival in California, 1850; experiences during the Mariposa Indian War;...

 
George H. McLain scrapbook, 1932-1949.

Newspaper clippings concerning his campaigns for organizing the unemployed, for Mayor of Los Angeles and for old age pensions.

 
George H. Smith diaries : mss. S, 1943-1945.

Kept while a prisoner of war (mainly at Stalag XVII in Austria) up to his release and return to America in May 1945.

 
George H. Smith letters to his wife, 1943-1945.

Written while a prisoner of war at Stalag XVII. Also included: letters to his mother and other members of the family, and a few other letters addressed to Mrs. George Smith.

 
George Haas & Sons candy factory panoramic group portraits.

Includes two panoramic group portraits of employees of the George Haas & Sons candy factory. At least one of the photographs appears to be taken on the factory grounds at 54 Mint St., San Francisco, Calif.

 
George Hampton Crosman letters received, 1847 May 16-29.

Letters addressed to Major Crosman, Quartermaster, by Col. Robert T. Paine (San Francisco, May 16), Depot Superintendent A[rnold] Angell (San Francisco, May 19), and W.S. Gregory (Reynosa, Mexico, May 29); relating to the war with Mexico, particularly to supply vessels...

 
George Hampton Crosman letters to W.A. Gordon : Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, 1858-1860.

Written while a member of the U.S. military expedition into Utah Territory. Two letters, from John H. Dickinson and Carlos A. Waite, stationed at Camp Scott and Camp Floyd respectively, also addressed to Gordon, included. Comment on reaction of the...

 
George Hearst letters : Dakota Territory to James B. Haggin, San Francisco, Calif., 1877-1890.

Contains 13 letters, 1877-1879, written from Deadwood and Lead City, Dakota Territory [South Dakota], referring to the Homestake Mine among others in the Black Hills. Also includes one letter from Tucson, Arizona Territory in 1880 and one letter fragment discussing...

 
George Henry Elliot letterbook : U.S. Coast Survey, San Francisco, 1858 Jan. 16 - 1860 Jan. 4.

Letters while on duty as Lieut., Engineers, U.S.A., with the Coast Survey. Many in his handwriting.

 
George Henry Hinkle and Bliss McGlashan Hinkle California photograph collection.

Chiefly 19th century California views in and around Truckee, Donner Lake, the Tahoe basin, and San Francisco. Of particular note are numerous views of C.F. McGlashan's Rocking Stone Tower (Where he housed Donner Party relics), a series of views of...

 
George Henry Hinkle and Bliss McGlashan Hinkle papers, circa 1880-1950.

Contains materials used to write Sierra-Nevada Lakes, by George and Bliss Hinkle. Also includes papers relating to Hinkle's teaching career; a scrapbook; and materials relating to C.F. McGlashan. The C.F. McGlashan materials include: items used by the Hinkles to revise...

 
George J. Hatfield papers, 1923-1953.

Of Mrs. Robert D. Kelley.

 
George Johnson reminiscences and papers chiefly concerning Coloma, California and its inhabitants, 1849-1942.

Biographical sketches of his father, Charles J. Johnson and other members of his family; data on mines, the Chinese in the area and the political organization of El Dorado County, included. Four scrapbooks (volumes 29-32) relate mainly to California politics,...

 
George K. Danchy correspondence.

Contains 6 letters written by George K. Danchy (born around 1829) to his parents (addressed to his father, Samuel Danchy) in Troy, New York, dated February 12-December 15, 1852. Also includes a letter of introduction by John G. Wood, dated...

 
George Knight papers, 1955-1986.

Correspondence, business records, personal papers.

 
George Knight photographs of Robert Louis Stevenson homes, haunts and travels.

Photographs pertaining to the homes, haunts and travels of Robert Louis Stevenson, as well as research material pertaining to the photographs, and illustration layout mock-ups. Material was created and collected to illustrate Knight's book: Search for Stevenson: a biographic sketch...

 
George L. Stewart papers, 1914-1937 (bulk 1929-1937)

Papers relating to the Alaska Hydraulic Gold Mines, Inc. and to mining property in Mexico. Also copies of original documents (1858-1921) relating to land in Baja California.

 
George Lakoff papers, approximately 1960-2010.

Contains drafts, reprints, reviews of Lakoff's writings, interviews, course notes, and lectures. Also includes a small amount of personal papers and photocopies of notes by linguist John Robert Ross (MIT).

 
George Lockwood papers, 1862-1873.

Appointment and list of duties as Assistant Keeper, Golden Gate Park, 1873, included.

 
George Lundy Hunt letters and diary, [ca. 1866-1870]

V. 1. typed transcript of diary, Jan.-Nov. 1867, written at Campo Seco, Calaveras Co., Calif., describing life in mining camp. At the end is a list of his groceries and supplies--v. 2. photocopies of transcripts of letters addressed to him...

 
George M. Briggs papers, approximately 1940-1988.

Contains correspondence, course files, subject files, tapes of lectures, and grant files.

 
George M. Hayden diaries : mss., 1846-1848.

V. 1 - Journal of voyage, New York to California, as a member of Stevenson's Regiment, and experiences in Calif. (Sept. 1846-June 1847) Detailed notes on plant and animal life included. v. 2 - Diary (Apr.-June 1847, portions of which...

 
George M. Wheeler scrapbook : and related material.

Pasted clippings, 1871-1886, pertaining to Wheeler's explorations and "Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," including letters written from the field by various members of his parties. A few relate to the Hayden Survey; 11 letters written by Samuel R. Adams...

 
George M. Whitin letters : Miles City, [Mont.] to parents : ALS, 1881.

Contains 2 letters describing ranch life in Mont. including relationship with Native Americans. Also discusses Chief "Rain in the Face," General Custer and brother Thomas Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

 
George Malcolm Stratton Papers, 1898-1957.

Correspondence, including letters from H. B. Torrey, J.M. Baldwin, R.H. Gault, J.M. Cattell, E.B. McGilvary, D. Warnotte and Ira Remsen; manuscripts of writings; notes; and clippings relating to his career as professor psychology, University of California, Berkeley.

 
George Marcellus Ransom letters.

Six handwritten letters from midshipman George M. Ransom, USN, written aboard the U.S.S Fredonia and the Prize Schooner Mahones containing his eyewitness accounts of the siege of Vera Cruz, Mexico and the castle of San Juan d'Ulúa. Addressed to his...

 
George Marchi Theatrical Production Notebooks, 1958-1962.

George Marchi Theatrical Production Notebooks, BANC MSS 2017/273, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

 
George Marmont article diagrams, 1949.

Contains the diagrams from his article "Studies on the axon membrane."

 
George Max letters, 1849-1851.

Written to Curtiss & Co., Hartfold, Conn., relating to merchandise damaged in trip from New York to San Francisco and to various business ventures in San Francisco and Sacramento.

 
George May letters : to Joseph S. Curtiss, Hartford, Connecticut, 1850.

Two handwritten letters, with integral addresses, to a business partner in Connecticut concerning a mismanaged voyage of goods aboard the Hartford and destined for California at the height of the gold rush and other business related to gold mining. The...

 
George Mead Condee, Prentiss Carpenter, and Gideon Judd Carpenter correspondence, 1867-1892.

Correspondence of Democratic politicians in El Dorado County, California.

 
George Miller papers, 1975-2014.

Includes correspondence, voting records, subject and issue files, press releases and newspaper clippings. Small amount of photographs, audio and visual materials.

 
George Miller papers, approximately 1951-1968.

Contains files related to George Miller's service as state senator from the 7th District of the California Senate. General files are organized alphabetically by topic.

 
George Moore papers, 1921.

Include corrected page proof for Fragments from Héloïse and Abélard, and letters to Werner Laurie concerning the publication of the booklet.

 
George N. Brown letter and photographs, 1849-1878.

1 letter, 2 photographs, and family background info.

 
George N. Brown letters and drawings, 1849.

Contains two letters written while aboard the ship Columbus of New London traveling around Cape Horn to Calif. Also contains two sketches, one of Fernando [de] Noronha Island, and one of Cape Frio at sea.

 
George Oldendorph journals, 1867-1872.

Manuscript journals (3) containing details of a trip to California via Panama from his home in Waterloo, Ill. and a railroad trip to Pilot Knob, Mo. on the St. Louis and Toon Mountain Railroad. A portion of the journal is...

 
George P. Clements papers, 1920-1946.

Includes correspondence, subject files, publications, scrapbooks, and clippings relating primarily to California agricultural development, water resources, forestry, and conservation.

 
George P. Hammond collection of documents relating to Navajo Indians : prepared for use in litigation before Indian Claims Commission, circa 1849-1957.

Primarily transcripts of documents from the National Archives and other repositores. In addition to records relating to the Navajo there are records concerning other Indian tribes, including the Hopi and Ute.

 
[George R. Lawrence panoramic photographs of San Francisco].

Panoramic aerial views of San Francisco. One view, taken within weeks following the 1906 earthquake and fire, depicts the extent of the disaster between City Hall and the Financial District. The other view documents the reconstruction of San Francisco, looking...

 
George R. Taber papers, 1867-1904.

The George R. Taber papers consist primarily of his diaries dating from 1869-1895. The diaries record Taber's emigration from New Jersey to California in 1869 via Panama and the steamer Colorado. The diaries record his arrival in San Francisco, his...

 
George Rapall Noyes correspondence, 1926-1951.

Personal and professional correspondence (circa 200 letters) of a professor of Slavic language studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Correspondents include other scholars of 17th century literature and journal editors. Also includes correspondence related to revising his 1909 edition...

 
George Rodden papers, 1859-1877.

Promissory notes; power of attorney from Frederick Lux; deed for land in Kern County; bill of sale for mining property in Tuolumne County.

 
George S. Sturges papers, [ca. 1905-1920]

Material for the Yellow Jacket, Ophir, Crown Point, Belcher, and related Comstock Lode mining companies. Some papers of Edward B. Sturges included.

 
George S. Waterlow travel album of watercolor and pencil sketches of Western scenery.

Includes drawings in pencil and watercolor depicting scenery of various locations throughout the Western United States and Canada, including prairie lands, Nevada plains, Monterey Bay, Rocky Mountains, and several locations in British Columbia (Victoria, Trail, Rossland, Arrow Lakes, Kootenay Mine)....

 
George Sandy memoirs : and supplementary material relating to the Communist Party : oral history transcript / 1992.

Interview begins with George Sandy's Indiana childhood and family, education, early interest in Socialism, and odd jobs and travel (hitchiking and catching trains) around the United States. The interview continues with his involvement in the Young Communist League as an...

 
George Sandy papers on the Congress of California Seniors, 1981-1996.

Collection contains notes, programs, publicity materials, letters, photographs, and miscellaneous items relating to George and Mary Sandy's involvement in the Congress of California Seniors from 1981-1996. Most of the collection documents specific events such as the Congress' annual conventions, political...

 
George Sealy Livermore papers, 1927-2005.

Primarily architectural and other papers of George Sealy Livermore.

 
[George Sera portraits of authors at Black Oak Books].

Portraits of authors taken following their readings at Black Oak Books. Large-scale copies of these images were hung on the walls of the book store. Those depicted are 1: Christopher Alexander, 1986 -- 2: Isabel Allende, 1986 -- 3: Luis...

 
George Simmons papers, 1902-1904.

Contains a booklet of admission passes for George Simmons to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which took place in St. Louis, Mo. (the booklet also has a photograph of George Simmons); a publication describing the exhibition of the District of...

 
George Steers letters : San Francisco, to various correspondents : ALS, 1855-1856.

Concerning ship design and yachting on the San Francisco Bay.

 
George Sterling letters and poems : California, to Grace Warlock, 1917-1996 (bulk 1923-1925).

Twenty-one letters (57 p.) from George Sterling, mostly on Bohemian Club stationery, to Grace Warlock, who Sterling addresses as "niece" and "Jazette," at Oaks Resort in Applegate and elsewhere. Letters discuss pets, travels, Warlock's new home in "Wopland" North Beach,...

 
 
George Sterling letters to Marie Parmelee and related papers : San Francisco, California, 1920 November - 1925 December.

Papers include typescripts and inscribed copies of books of poetry by Sterling; Box 2 also contains a typescript titled "A Life of George Sterling" by John G. Moore.

 
George Sterling photograph collection [graphic]

Snapshots & portraits of George Sterling, friends, and associated places. At least one portrait with Jack London.

 
George Stoddard letter: Boston, Mass. to F.H. Waterman, San Francisco, Calif., 1875 Dec. 3.

Manuscript correspondence on letterhead stationery and envelope of May & Co. Hardware and Metals addressed to Waterman at the Grand Hotel in San Francisco. Stoddard writes that he left 100 shares "ophir" [i.e. Ophir Silver Mining Co.?] in a C.H....

 
George Strauss papers, approximately 1955-2005.

Comprises mostly Strauss' writings, including drafts of chapters, writings with comments from other readers, research notes, and correspondence about his and other's writings. Also includes course materials, primarily from business administration courses taught at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

 
George Sumner Albee papers, [ca. 1959-1964].

Correspondence, including copies of letters written by him, and letters to him from Joseph W. Krutch; Benjamin H. Lehman; Margerie Lowry (re his dramatization of Under the Volcano); John D. MacDonald; Ira Wallach; his publisher, Simon and Schuster; and his...

 
George Swan property tax receipts : El Dorado County : DS, 1862-1866.

For personal and real property owned by Swan such as Swan's Toll Road (from Kingsberry Road on the east to Strawberry Valley on the west), horses, oxen, wagon, buggy and watch.

 
George T. Davis collection of legal documents related to Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings, 1916-1971 (bulk 1930-1937).

Collection of briefs, petitions, testimony, exhibits, etc. related to various legal actions involving Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings. Includes testimony from the original trial in 1916-1917, petitions and arguments for Billings' pardon, documents pertaining to two suits Mooney...

 
George T. Richards letters, 1852.

Written from Woods Creek, Tuolumne Co., to his brother, Charles, relating mainly to mining.

 
George Tasheira biographical materials, 1926-1940.

Biographical sketch, Christmas greeting cards, and obituary and probate notices.

 
George Tays writings.

Manuscripts relating to early California history, California state parks, and Korea.

 
George Thacher Balch letters, 1855-1862.

Consists chiefly of letters written by Captain Balch while serving as an ordnance officer on the Sioux campaign, Apr.-Dec. 1855, and later from Ft. Pickens, Fla. and Wash., D.C. A copy of Special Orders No. 12, May 12, 1855, issued...

 
George Tufly correspondence, 1855.

These two letters, in German, relate to Carson's life in California before coming to Nevada. One to a brother in Germany, Mount Pleasant Ranch, April 10, 1855, written on an illustrated lettersheet, "Crossing the Plains," discusses hard times in the...

 
George Verne Blue correspondence concerning Samuel Hancock's Thirteen years on the Northwest Coast, 1922-1923.

Two letters from E.J. Hancock, Coupeville, Wash., with information about his uncle; letter from Joseph Schafer and notes from F.C. Matthews about the brigs, Kendall, G.W. Kendall, Eagle and Cayuga.

 
George W. Crockett files, 1948-1964.

Contains trial minutes, briefs, testimony, memorandum, and correspondence relating to the 1949 Smith Act Trial (USA vs. William Z. Foster, Eugene Dennis, et. al.) in which Crockett served as counsel for the 12 defendents, Communist USA Party leaders. Includes large...

 
George W. Farris diaries, 1879-1910.

Kept while a farmer in Yolo County (1879-1880) and while working as a carpenter in San Francisco and Oakland (1902-1903) and (1905-1910). Two small "gem" tintype portraits of young men are present in v.2.

 
George W. Gibson correspondence : ALS, 1854-1865.

Contains business letters to George W. Gibson from A.K.P. Harmon in Boston and the Sacramento banking firm of D.O. Mills and Co. Harmon letters pertain to Gibson's business (a shoe store?), supplying goods, business in Boston, and mutual friends. D.O....

 
[George W. Harting photograph album of Costa Rica views].

Professional-quality amateur views documenting the honeymoon trip to Costa Rica in 1910 of George W. Harting and his wife Mary. Includes several views of San José, Cartago, as well as a few each of Cambalache, Punta Arenas (Puntarenas) and Port...

 
George W. Kimble Papers, 1872-1910.

Scrapbook of clippings; notes on mines, ore deposits, mining geology, American cement, diamond mines, black sands, and Butte County; index of minerals in his collection; memorandum book of engineering notes; brief geological reports on mines in California; and field notes...

 
George W. Marston letters received : TLS, 1923 October 31 - 1945 November 8.

Contents: TLS from Charles Lummis, October 31, 1923, re an unspecified Lummis publication; TLS from Hiram Johnson, US Senate Committee on Imm igration, February 18, 1928, ackowledging receipt of telegram protesti ng the naval program of Secretary of the Navy...

 
George W. Nickel, Jr. papers, ca. 1920-1980.

Contains legal files from attorney C. Ray Robinson regarding land, oil, and water rights and the Miller family battle over the Miller estate.

 
George W. Stewart correspondence, 1905-1930.

Include single letters from the following: Mary Austin, Alfred L. Kroeber and C. Hart Merriam; and copies of letters written by Stewart, 1905-1907, re purchase of private land holdings in Sequoia National Park.

 
George W. Swan Internal Revenue receipts : California : DS, 1864-1866.

For toll road revenue, signed by Robert Steers (collector of Division no. 3 of the 4th District).

 
George W. Trippon papers, circa 1940-2010.

Contains correspondence, clippings, and miscellany, mostly concerning George Trippon's career as a fashion designer and host of the television show, "Sew What's New." Also includes three front page facsimile reprints of extra editions of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu...

 
George W. Trippon World War Two scrapbook and photograph albums.

Includes contents of scrapbook (vol. 1) documenting George W. Trippon's personal experience in the United States military during World War Two and his subsequent interest in the war, the military and related topics. Scrapbook includes original military documents, rations and...

 
George W. Woodburn letters, 1849-1850.

Sterling, Illinois,1849 Mar. 21. Handwritten letter (4 p.) to mother, Agnes Woodburn, in Newtown, Pennsylvania. George W. Woodburn is about to embark on an overland journey to California to search for gold. Gives reasons for his decison and plans including...

 
[George Walter Caldwell paintings of California scenery].

Two paintings: 1. Coastal landscape scene, Santa Monica, Calif., with flowers on hillside and ocean bay in distance; 2. Roadside flower stand, with field of flowers in background and mountains in distance, unidentified location.

 
George Walter Caldwell papers, 1884-1933, undated.

Manuscripts of poems, stories and miscellaneous writings; incomplete journal of trip around the world, 1932-33. Includes typescript written in 1884 when Caldwell was 18 years old.

 
George Washington collection of papers, 1777-1792.

Assembled from various sources. Includes letters written by him to William Alexander (Lord Stirling), Col. Elias Dayton, and Lt. Col. Weltner; transcript of letter to James Madison; and army discharge certificate for Henry Vankleek.

 
George Washington Towle Civil War pension claim records, 1907-1912.

Contains photocopies of George W. Towle's application records for a Civil War pension under the Act of May 11, 1912. Copies include applications, correspondence, documentation, notarized documents, etc. The documents attest to the fact that he served in the California...

 
George Wellen papers, circa 1906-1970.

Concerning his interest and activity in leatherwork, metal craft, and drawing in Seattle, San Francisco, and Honolulu. Correspondence, scrapbooks, catalogs, photographs, and notes.

 
George Wilbert Skilling papers, [ca.1900-1910?]

Carbon typescript of work entitled "Three California Boys" (57 p.) n.d. ; plat map (blueprint, 36 x 34 cm. ) of Skillings Subdivision of the Mathews Tract. Berkeley, Cal. Aug. 22, 1906; invitation to opening of Skilling's "new quarters at...

 
George Wood land grant : Sierra County, Calif., 1880 Apr. 30.

Contains grant for 160 acres of land in California made by President Rutherford B. Hayes.

 
Georgia E. Tanner Woodbridge Borton papers, 1857-1928.

Letters to Mrs. Borton from Illinois attorneys, and others, re her husband's estate and move to Pasadena, Calif. from Illinois; letters from her son, written while assigned to U.S. Ambulance Service Company from Pasadena, encamped in Pennsylvania, 1917; miscellaneous family...

 
Georgia Lee papers, approximately 1968-1997.

The papers include project reports, publications, field notes, maps, drawings, and correspondence. There are also photographs and photographic slides.

 
Georgia Lee photographs of petroglyphs in Easter Island, Hawaii and California.

Chiefly images of petroglyphs and other rock art taken at Easter Island, Hawaii and at Lava Beds National Monument in California.

 
Georgia O'Keeffe letter : to Mrs. Robert Young, Palm Beach, Fla., 1977 Jan. 3.

Framed, typescript letter (1 p.), signed and annotated ("Best greetings for 77") by O'Keefe, asking for confirmation of the ownership of her painting "Oak Leaves, Pink and Grey." O'Keeffe adds that she is including a photograph of the painting for...

 
Georgiana Caroline Carden papers, 1920-1946.

Primarily concerning her work for the California Department of Education and the education of migrant and Indian children. Included are letters from Ralph Palmer Merritt, Katharine Conway Felton, and others; some reports and papers written by Miss Carden; and records...

 
Gerald Cassidy scrapbooks, 1905-1932.

Three scrapbooks, mainly of photographs of Gerald Cassidy's paintings of Indians and the Southwest. Letters from Albert Bushnell Hart, Charles L. Freer, Ernest Thompson Seton and others, and miscellaneous papers pasted into volume 1. Photographic portrait of Cassidy pasted in...

 
Gerald D. Belchick papers, 1967-1971.

Includes reports and articles by and about Mr. Belchick and his work with disabled students at Cowell Hospital at the University of California, Berkeley.

 
Gerald D. Berreman papers, circa 1950-2000.

The papers include drafts of article, books, reviews, and speeches; subject files; and class notes.

 
Gerald Hanna Hagar papers, 1920-1964 (bulk 1948-1964).

Correspondence, clippings, scrapbook, subject files, and photographs concerning his activities with the University of California as a regent, (including Board of Regent Executive session minutes) and Eli Katz Communist Party affiliation case. Also including records concerning his property in California,...

 
Gerald Robert Vizenor papers, 2008-2011.

Includes writings, correspondence, and publicity materials from readings.

 
Geraldine M. Johnson papers, 1973-1997 (bulk 1985-1997).

The collection documents Johnson's work as an activist and includes correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings and subject files relating to the numerous organizations she was involved with. Materials have been broken down according to relevant organization/ project with reference files and...

 
Gerard Debreu prize medals : for the Nobel Prize in Economics and the Institut de France.

Forms part of the Historical Objects Miscellany of The Bancroft Library.

 
Gerard E. Caspary papers, 1933-2005.

The papers include class notes for University of California, Berkeley courses History 4B, 103B, 155B, 156A, and 156B, detailed course handouts, fragments of his one published work, "Politics and Exegesis: Origen and the Two Swords" (U.C. Press, 1979), and a...

 
Gerard family papers, 1859-1897.

Included are letters by Peter Gerard, a sea captain, written to his father and to his brother, August, from various parts of the world (New Orleans, Bombay, South Africa, etc.), describing his travels; letters from Edward Gerard to his brother...

 
Gerda Isenberg papers, 1931-1990.

Consist of correspondence, writings, speeches, reports, interviews, subject files, clippings, a scrapbook, photographs and ephemera. Collection includes records of the European Bookshop (1931-1936), papers of her Civil Rights activities (1941-1984), including the focus of the collection, Japanese-American relocation (1942-1951), her...

 
German American Citizens' League, San Francisco. Letter and ephemera concerning the Deutsches Volksfest, 1925.

Includes letter, ALS, 1925; and printed program for the Deutsches Volkfest (German folk festival) held in California Park, San Rafael, July 12, 1925. Program contains description of California Park.

 
German Diplomatic service papers in Mexico : ms.

Box 1: Correspondence and papers of Mexican officials with the consuls in Mexico City of Frankfurt, Bremen, and various German towns. Box 2: Outgoing correspondence of Etienne Benecke, consul of Prussia and later of Germany, 1850-1876, and other papers, 1838-1871,...

German poster and broadside collection, chiefly from the Nazi party during the Second World War

Chiefly Nazi propaganda material, including handbills, broadsides, and illustrated broadsides as well as posters. Many items are specifically anti-British or anti-American. A few items promoting other political parties during earlier German elections of the 1930s are present....

 
Germany: miscellaneous letters and documents.

Documents in this collection concern armed forces, antiques, celebrations, awards, education, dogs, a proposed government in exile, and French medieval literature. Cataloged separately; see individual records for more complete description of collection content. Search under title: Germany: miscellaneous letters and...

 
Germany, Palestine, Northern California : political and architectural activities, 1993 /

Childhood in Breslau, Germany, and Berlin; emigration to Palestine in 1935; studies at Hebrew University, Jerusalem; spying for Haganah, night patrol, while undertaking pre-med studies at American University, Beirut; meeting and apprenticing with architect Eric Mendelsohn; with British army in...

 
Gerrish family papers.

Samuel Howard Gerrish (1834-1912) diaries, 1860-1912; (52 v. A.Ms.S. 12-18 cm.); and diaries of Charles Gerrish, Mrs. Sarah J. Gerrish, and Edward Gerrish.

 
Gerrish family papers, 1797-1906.

Contains documents concerning property of Nicholas Gerrish in Massachusetts and Maine, Masonic certificate and Civil War records of Charles W. Gerrish, Lieutenant, 29th Maine Volunteers, and pension certificates for his widow Hannah W. Gerrish, two letters from Mrs. Isabella Gerrish...

 
Gerson and Sulamith Goldhaber papers : regarding the first antiproton annihilation event, 1955-1958 (bulk 1956).

Consists of research notes, laboratory results, manuscript notes, drafts and other documents related research on the antiproton-nucleon annihilation process.

 
Gerson Goldhaber papers, 1949-1991.

Includes correspondence, reports, research files, lecture notes, and course materials documenting Professor Goldhaber's career in physics research and teaching at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

 
Gerstle Mack papers, 1903-1974.

Principally correspondence and research materials pertaining to Mack's published and unpublished works, including an annotated typescript for The Land Divided. Includes some theater programs (ca. 1920s), mostly from San Francisco theaters, many listing Mack as one of the production designers....

 
Gerstle Mack photograph collection.

Includes views of Spanish architecture, views of art works, the Panama Pacific International Exposition, Greek ruins, theatrical productions, and travel scenes in North America and Europe.

 
Gerstley (James Mack and Elizabeth Lilienthal) family papers and photographs

The collection consists of the papers, scrapbooks, photographs, and photo albums of the family of James Mack and Elizabeth Lilienthal Gerstley. The family papers include some correspondence, a small amount of material from James Mack Gerstley's tenure at Borax, and...

 
Gertrud Themal Lovey autobiography and reminiscences, circa 1959.

Volume 1: portfolio of loose items; volume 2-3: autobiography; volume 4: photo albume; volume 5: articles by Gertrud Themal Lovey and letters to the editor; volume 6: about and dedicated to General Douglas MacArthur; volume 7: about Kirsten Flagstad; volume...

 
A. Gertrude Anthony papers, 1906-1968.

Consists of correspondence of Gertrude Anthony pertaining to her time as a teacher for the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief (Near East Relief) in Armenia and Turkey following World War I. Correspondence from 1919 to 1922 is from...

 
Gertrude Atherton letters : to Clifford Smyth : ALS and TLS, 1910 April 14-1916 April 23.

Consists of 29 letters to New York Times Book Review literary critic, Clifford Smyth, written primarily from New York, as well as San Francisco, Chicago, London, and Frankfurt. The letters are mostly concerned with literary gossip, Atherton's health and activities,...

 
[Gertrude Behrens autograph album of Berkeley High School].

Autograph album kept by Gertrude Behrens during her years at Berkeley High School, 1930-1934. Includes inscriptions by dozens of Behrens' fellow students and other B.H.S. associates, some accompanied by school or snapshot portraits. In some photographs Behrens is depicted posing...

 
Gertrude Block papers, 1912-1970.

Letters of recommendation from Germany and England testifying to Gertrude's Block's skills as a nurse and kindergarten matron, including a letter from the Head Nurse of the Society of Jewish Nurses in Frankfurt, Germany; a 1939 Nazi passport; Gertrude Block's...

 
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton letters, 1915-1937 : to Charlotte Rudyard Hallowell.

Includes fifty-three letters and five postcards. Some of the letters written from Hollywood, 1921-1922, comment on her work for the film industry.

 
Gertrude Stein manuscripts : typescript, 1967, undated.

Typescript copies, with holograph corrections. Included are two plays, Not Sightly, and Old and Old. Latter also has holograph title page.

 
Get your congressman to vote for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at the Exposition City, San Francisco, 1915 : California guarantees an exposition that will be a credit to the nation.

Postcard promoting congressional approval of San Francisco as the site for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Ilustrated with various symbolic figures and objects associated with California and the United States -- e.g. Liberty figure, miner with shovel, grizzly bear, bear flag,...

 
Gethsemane Congregational Church School group portraits [graphic]

Photographs show groups of teachers, students, and officers of the Gethsemane Congregational Church School (possibly in Los Angeles) posed in front of the church.

 
Geysers, Golden Gate Park, Hotel del Monte and Yosemite views /

Photographs show Sentinel Rock and Sentinel Falls in Yosemite National Park (B969), a lake at the Hotel del Monte in Monterey (B151), the conservatory at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (B1707), and geysers at Devil's Canyon (B928).

 
G.H. Guttridge papers, 1936-1966.

Contains correspondence, transcriptions and notes concerning v. 3 of the 10 v., "The correspondence of Edmund Burke, 1774-1778." (1961) Also includes documents concerning Guttridge's service on the Academic Advisory Committee for the U.C. Santa Cruz campus, 1963-1964.

 
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company records and memorabilia, 1903-1969.

Contains transcripts of proceedings of stockholders' meetings & correspondence pertaining to the sale of the company; personal letters; reprints; company prospectus; mechanical drawing of pumping unit; clippings and printed ephemera; artifacts (e.g. pins); advertising posters; promotional cards of motion picture...

Ghirardelli Co. Photograph Album of Chocolate Manufacturing Process, ca. 1919

The D. Ghirardelli Co. Photograph Album of Chocolate Manufacturing Process contains 56 photographic prints taken of the D. Ghirardelli Company chocolate factory in San Francisco circa 1919. The album features views of the factory grounds, machinery, packaging areas, stock rooms,...

 
Ghirardelli family genealogical miscellany, circa 1874-2002.

Consists of miscellaneous genealogical information on members of the Ghirardelli Family collected by Polly Ghirardelli Lawrence, and later by her son Sidney Smith Lawrence III. Information on most of the family members consists of the location and a photograph of...

 
Ghirardelli family portraits, [graphic]

Includes portraits and snapshots of members of the family of San Francisco chocolatiers. Many childhood photos, presumably of Ynez Ghirardelli, family, and friends, are present.

 
Ghirardelli Square Architectural Records

Includes architectural drawings, clippings, photographs, proposals, and other materials documenting the history and the development of the Ghirardelli Square commercial area in San Francisco. Volume 4 includes five photographs of the Ghirardelli pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and one...

 
Ghirardelli Square construction photographs [graphic].

Includes some photographs of razing of box factory on site, some of completed commercial complex and opening night gala for Maxwell's Plum at Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, Calif.

 
Giambruno, James Photographs of El Dorado and Amador Counties, Calif. [graphic]

Views of: Hetch Hetchy Hospital; the Miners' Store, El Dorado; China Store ruins [?]; an unidentified scene with men, dogs, & women in a buggy; a dry goods store; and the first airplane in Amador County (1912).

 
Giannini Hoffman pictorial collection.

Transferred from the Claire Giannini Hoffman papers (BANC MSS 98/178 c).

 
Gibbons family photograph album.

Chiefly snapshot photographs depicting scenes from family outings, recreation, and other activities; various residential interiors and exteriors; views of Berkeley and the University of California campus, San Francisco Bay, New Orleans, Yellowstone National Park, San Francisco and other locations; scenes...

 
Gibbs (Jewelle Taylor) papers

This collection documents the career of Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, professor emerita at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, and the first African American professor appointed to an endowed chair in the University of California system.

 
Gibson-Wilson family papers, 1820-1888.

Correspondence of William Hawkins Gibson (who came to California in 1852 and settled in Santa Cruz Co.) chiefly with his family and friends in Indiana; correspondence and papers of his brother, David, and his sister, Lois, who married William L....

 
Giffen collection of California photographs.

Photographs of Salton before and after flooding (1906); views of the Monterey area including the presidio, custom house, and others; and Truckee scenes including a train in a roundhouse.

 
Gifford's snapshot series : Columbia River views.

Pictures captioned: Rooster Rock -- Latourelle Falls -- Pillars of Hercules -- Cigar Rock at Cape Horn -- Multnomah Falls -- Castle Rock -- Lower Cascades and Steamer -- The Locks -- Memaloose Island -- North Abutment to Bridge of...

 
Gigoux, Joe. Photographs of the Berkeley fire of 1923 [graphic]

Views show the Berkeley fire of 1923, as well as efforts to combat the fire. Includes views of streets, cars, houses, ruins, smoke, people, fire engine, etc. Includes a view of the University of California campus.

 
Gila River Relocation Center records, 1942-1945.

Consists of records from the Gila River Relocation Center, including pamphlets on the relocation program, anniversary booklets, and passes to leave camp.

 
Gilbert family papers, 1820-1965.

Scrapbook of Ida Schary Markowitz, the granddaughter of Michael and Minnie Gilbert; a marriage certificate for Harry Markowitz and Ida Schary (1908); a short history and family tree of the Gilbert family; and photographs of Ida Schary, members of the...

 
Gilbert McKibbin letters to his sister Madeleine, 1861-1865.

Describes his experiences during the Civil War in campaigns in North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. 5 letters, 1864, from another brother, John, a letterpress copy of a letter by General Robert B. Potter, May 10, 1864, and miscellaneous other...

 
Gilbert Newton Lewis papers, 1904-1946.

Includes lectures and manuscripts.

 
[Gilbert Paltridge photograph album of Sequoia Lake YMCA camp].

Snapshots documenting outdoor YMCA activities at Sequoia Lake camp. Also includes some family photographs.

 
Gilbert S. Walker photograph album of California views [graphic].

Album includes chiefly amateur photographs of California views and the family, social and leisure activities of Gilbert S. Walker, many taken during his years as a student at the University of California, Berkeley. Subjects include Walker's family and residence in...

 
Gilbert V. Johnson poster collection.

Includes 20 posters and 24 smaller format prints, often duplicating the imagery of the posters.

 
Gilda Katz Magnus family papers and photographs, 1900-1950.

The collection consists of family documents, papers relating to the family's transportation to Auschwitz, death certificates, certificates of disparition, official documents relating to Gilda Katz's immigration to the United States, and family photographs from her pre-war life. The collection also...

 
Gill, Virginia Tracy Hunter. Photographs of Virgina Tracy Gill and the Nuremberg trials [graphic]

Photographs show military and political figures, parades, trial scenes, views of Nuremberg (Germany), Capt. Virginia Gill in uniform, sites related to Hitler's public speaking, exterior views of the Palace of Justice, and related scenes.

 
Gilley family. Photographs of Alaska from the Gillis family papers.

Includes views of Alaskan scenery, glaciers and Eskimo people.

 
Gillian Boal collection of Burning Man ephemera, 2008.

Census, program, and map from the 2008 Burning Man arts festival held at Black Rock City in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.

 
Gillis family papers.

Correspondence, accounts and papers relating to law and the Democratic party in Siskiyou County, Calif. Included are papers of Hudson B. Gillis and his son Claude E. Gillis.

 
[Gill-Sanderson family portraits].

Studio portraits of various members of the Gill and Sanderson families of Petaluma, Stockton and possibly San Francisco and elsewhere in the Bay Area. Among the prints (PIC folders) are several portraits of Elizabeth Gill Sanderson, a few of her...

 
Gilmer, Salisbury & Company records : Virginia City, Montana, 1881-1888.

Abstract of passenger way-bills, 1881-1888; daily record of freight and treasure way-bills to Dillon and Boulder and return, 1888, kept in a ledger of the Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company.

 
Gilroy Hot Mineral Springs stereograph views [graphic].

Stereograph views of attractions of Gilroy Hot Mineral Springs, depicting "Spring Avenue", "Grand Rapids", and bath houses.

 
Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames papers, ca. 1970-2005.

Includes laboratory notebooks documenting Ames' research on a variety of topics, including colloids, mutant cloning, purification, crosslinking, and the histidine permease transport system of the salmonella typhimurium. Also includes lecture notes, as well as grant materials relating to the Children's...

 
Girl Scout photography badge scrapbook, Los Angeles, 1953.

Scrapbook with 38 photographs, 11 ephemeral items, handwritten text.

 
Girls' Club records : San Francisco, Calif., 1924-1973.

Contains bulletins and performance programs produced by Girls' Club members in the 1920s and 1930s, clippings about former members and the Mission District neighborhood and a personal scrapbook belonging to a former Girls' Club member. Also includes printed materials related...

 
Girls' Club (San Francisco, Calif.) Photographs from the records of the Girls' Club of San Francisco [graphic]

Includes photos of club activities, dramatic productions, and views of the clubhouse on Capp street in San Francisco (including one block print by Pauline Shinazy, 1934). Also included are one 1915 Russian River flood photograph and one view of Alaska.

 
Glaciers and other Alaskan scenery

Photographs captioned: Twim Glacier -- Twin Glacier camp, Taku River -- Auk Lake and Mendenhall Glacier -- Perseverance Mine Camp -- Power Supply division, Salmon Creek (showing a dam) -- Dawes Glacier, Endicott Arm, Alaska.

 
Gladys Reichard field notebooks on Wiyot Indians, 1922.

Contains 4 volumes of field notes by Gladys Reichard on the Wiyot Indian language. Also includes a Yurok Indian wordlist in the back of volume 3.

 
Glass negatives of Yosemite and other Sierra Nevada scenes [graphic].

A mixed collection of views, predominanlty of the Yosemite Valley. Some may relate to the Geological Survey of California.

 
Glass plate negatives of Yosemite Valley views [graphic].

Waterfall (Vernal or Nevada Falls from high vantage point?), tree and lodge in Yosemite Valley (with opaque paper backing applied), Yosemite Valley, trees and river, El Capitan ("578" scratched at bottom).

 
Glazier family papers, 1852-1957.

The collection consists of Glazier family genealogy; family history materials, including materials on the history of J. Barth and Co.; family documents, including naturalization papers, Isaac and Simon Glaziers' birth certificates from 1829 and 1831, and Simon Glazier's Masonic certificate...

 
Glenn B. Ashcroft papers, 1851-1927.

Material relating to Leander Ransom. Correspondence with Mrs. Amelia E. Neville, Ransom's daughter, 1925-1927; reminiscences of her father; letter from Ransom, Nov. 15, 1852, written from San Francisco to his children in Europe, describing his travels in California, the missions...

 
[Glenn H. Berry Olympic photographs and gymnastics memorabilia from the Harold J. Frey Olympic collection.]

Approximately 640 photographs and related memorabilia documenting Glenn Berry's experience at the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games. One photograph album documents Berry's train trip to New York, the U.S. Olympic trials, voyage to Amsterdam for the 1928 Olympics, and travels...

 
Glenn Loney papers, 2009-2010.

Contains printouts of several online autobiograpical chapter-length books written by Glenn Loney. Also contains printouts of biographical material about Loney.

 
Glenn T. Seaborg and Luis W. Alvarez /

Portraits of two Nobel laureate physicists from the University of California, Berkeley: Glenn T. Seaborg and Luis W. Alvarez. Sittings were trial sessions for an intended project for the National Portrait Gallery that was never undertaken, according to the photographer....

 
Glenn Wessels letters : to Nathan Oliveira : TLS, 1980-1982.

Correspondence addressed to a friend and fellow painter discusses his life as an artist, reminisces about notable artists, and offers views on art criticism and tips on instruction. Included also is a handwritten letter from Wessels' widow, Rita, informing Oliveira...

 
Glenpark, residence of S. A. Brimblecom, Boulder Creek, CA. [graphic]

One view shows two buildings, garden, and people posed near buildings, the other shows a man at the foot of a redwood tree.

 
A glimpse into the life of Carrie Rutledge, 1859-1897.

Contains correspondence from John C. Thompson, R.P. Bland, and Jotham Newton, among others. Letters are mostly love letters but also discuss the Shakers, the Civil War in Calif. and an opinion on Oregon. Also includes family histories of the Rutledge,...

 
Global activist and elder statesmen of the Sierra Club : oral history transcript : Alaska, international conservation, national parks, and protected areas, 1980-1992 / 1996.

Wayburn discusses environmental issues in Alaska, particularly the Tongass National Forest, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and Alaska State government policy; his service on the National Parks Advisory Board; forests of the Pacific Northwest; the...

 
Gloria Bowles papers, 1969-2017.

The collection includes correspondence; budgets; syllabi; Bowles' writings;, publications related to feminism and women's studies; and documentation on the Women's Studies Board, the Women's Studies Program, and the campaign to create a Women's Studies department at the University of California,...

 
G.M. Sayles accounts, 1899-1900.

Mainly for groceries and hardware for resident of Forest City, Sierra County, California.

 
Gómez de la Cortina and Alvarez Rul family papers, ca.1740-1925?

Stereographic photos transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1992.054--STER)

 
God Bless Graffiti Coalition box set.

Set of posters, broadsides, stickers and other printed ephemera, and one-of-a-kind specimens of graffiti, by numerous graffiti artists active in the early 2000s. The material was likely solicited and assembled by Josh MacPhee and Daniel Tucker of the God Bless...

Goddard (Clark M.) photograph collection of California views

Family scenes including many photos of children, residences in Oakland, Calif. area, ships and shipping, logging, railroads, cyclists, picnics, Yosemite, San Francisco Bay area and other locales in California. Some non-California views taken on trips, including Hawaii in 1892. Many...

 
Godefroy family photograph album of the Mexican Revolution.

Chiefly snapshots of street scenes in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. Photographs primarily depict parades and other demonstrations, mostly taken from the second-story patio of the Godefroy residence. Also includes many commercial real photograph postcards of other subjects pertaining...

Goin (Peter) Digital Photograph Archive: Colors of California Agriculture

Digital photographs, taken from 2006 to 2013, documenting various aspects of California agriculture, including produce, irrigation, industry, labor, livestock, and landscape views.

 
Goines (David Lance): Harry Dov Weininger Collection of David Lance Goines Posters and Memorabilia

Posters and prints by Berkeley, California graphic artist and printer David Lance Goines, as well as related memorabilia.

 
Gold discovery in California materials, 1848.

Letter from John Sutter to Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Nueva Helvecia, February 10, 1848 (BANC MSS C-B 12:332) and clipping from The Californian (March 15, 1848, page 2, column 3) concerning the discovery of gold at Coloma, California.

 
Gold (Herbert) Papers

The Herbert Gold papers consist of writings (articles, essays, fiction, non-fiction, interviews, plays, poetry, screenplays, journals and notes), correspondence, legal files, news clippings and audio/visual materials which span the length of Gold's literary career.

 
Gold Hill Dredging Company minutes, 1932-1939.

Brad-bound volume of company records and meeting minutes of a gold mining company operating near Folsom, California. The meetings were held in its offices in Carson City, Nevada and San Francisco, California and are signed by the board members. Contains...

 
Gold Hill Miners' Union records : Gold Hill, Nevada, 1876-1921.

Correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial reports, ledger and warrant books as an independent union and as Local no. 54, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.

 
Gold Mountain Newspaper printing samples, 1959-1968.

Contains examples of announcements, invitations, business cards and rubber stamps for Chinese businesses and persons living in Northern Calif. Rubber stamp examples also include prices and font names.

 
Gold nugget and note from John F. Stacey, 1898.

1 gold nugget, 1 letter, and 1 envelope.

 
[Gold nuggets received with the Lewis A. Corbin California gold rush diary.]

Gold presumably discovered by Corbin when mining in Mariposa County, Calif. in 1852 or later.

 
Gold Queen Mine records : regarding litigration against mine, 1906-1908.

Contains correspondence, legal documents, reports and charts.

 
Gold rush journal : ms., 1852-1854.

Volume (168 p.) by Cunningham concerning his travels from New York to California and life in Chile from Sept. 12, 1852 to Aug. 3, 1854. He provides a detailed account of his voyage via Cape Horn, Sept. 13, 1852-Mar. 12,...

 
Goldberg and Bowen family papers, 1879-1907.

Business cards of J. Goldberg and L. Lebenbaum; stationery of the Goldberg-Bowen store; photographs of Rena Goldberg and classmates at Pacific Heights School, in San Francisco (1907); a certificate from the Auburn and Rock Creek Gold Mining Company; a report...

 
Goldberg, Bowen & Co. invoice : Sutter Street Store : San Francisco, Calif., to Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy, San Rafael, Calif., 1897 Mar. 20.

Itemized invoice on pictorial lettersheet listing grocery items purchased and amounts due ($72.15 total). View of grocery building with firm name of "Goldberg - Bowen - Lebenbaum" at the top of it and people, horses, and carriages parked on street...

 
A. Goldberg land deed, 1860.

Collection consists of a handwritten 1860 Yolo County land deed for A. Goldberg.

Goldberg (Rube) Archive of Cartoon Drawings and Related Pictorial Material

This incomplete guide provides an item listing of more than 2,320 original Rube Goldberg drawings for cartoon strips (comics) housed in portfolio volumes 1 through 25, and approximately 1,190 editorial cartoons housed in portfolio volumes 26 through 36. An estimated...

 
Goldberg (Rube) Papers

Correspondence; over 5000 original drawings for comic strips and for editorial cartoons covering national political campaigns, World War II, and postwar international and domestic affairs; clippings; scrapbooks; Mss. of articles, stories and songs; books written by him; photographs; records; film;...

 
Golden Gate and Oakland Bay Bridge views, San Francisco Bay Area, Calif.

Various views of both bridges, including construction scenes.

Golden Gate Bridge - Construction Photographs, 1933-1934

The Golden Gate Bridge construction photographs were taken between 1933 and 1934. Some of the 2,054 photographs are stamped "Gabriel Moulin Photo." The other photographers are unknown. The collection is a thorough documentation of every phase of construction of the...

 
[Golden Gate Bridge posters [graphic] /

1: Main span from the south tower (photographed 1979?, published 1987) -- 2: From Presidio Bluffs (photographed 1993, published 2003).

 
Golden Gate International Exposition ephemera collection : San Francisco, Calif., 1938-1940.

Contains materials concerning a wide variety of aspects of the Exposition from the planning stages through the event itself. Includes fliers, press releases, brochures, maps, lecture and exposition guidelines, site proposal documents, copies of legislation, tickets and souvenirs, drama and...

 
[Golden Gate International Exposition photograph journal].

Album containing snapshots and extensive captions documenting multiple visits to the Golden Gate International Exposition by an unidentified female "author-photographer". Photographs depict buildings, sculpture, fountains, landscaping, murals, various modes of transportation and other features of the fair. Also depicted are...

 
Golden Gate International Exposition photographs and other views.

Most photographs show snapshots from the Golden Gate International Exposition (grounds, people, sculpture, crews filming, etc.). One photograph shows the Grand Canyon and includes advertising text on verso. One postcard shows San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire.

 
[Golden Gate International Exposition press releases and reports].

Collection includes official press releases from the Golden Gate International Exposition, November 6-December 2, 1936; progress chart, December 2, 1936; President's report to the Board of Directors, San Francisco Bay Exposition, Inc., June 8, 1936; Chairman's report to the Board...

 
Golden Gate International Exposition scrapbook.

Newsclippings, professional photographs, snapshots, postcards, and ephemera documenting the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, San Francisco. Most items document the creation of the "world's largest relief map" of 11 western states, for which Leo Burton was chief...

 
[Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island construction photographs].

Views of various aspects of construction of buildings for the Golden Gate International Exposition, held 1939-1940 on Treasure Island (then also referred to as Yerba Buena Shoals). Views show different stages of erection of several Exposition buildings, including palaces, pavilions...

 
Golden Gate Oil Company records, 1898-1900.

Letters, mainly from Marin County stores, and accounts with San Francisco firms.

 
Golden spike and ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah [graphic]

Photographs show ceremonial railroad spikes, and group portraits at the ceremony celebrating the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

 
Golden West Consolidated Mining Company letter, 1902 July 31.

To prospective investors containing prospectus and stock application.

Goldman (Richard N. and Rhoda H.) papers

The Richard and Rhoda Goldman papers document the lives and contributions of two of the most important figures in twentieth-century philanthropy. The papers are divided into 7 series: Personal and Family Papers; Richard Goldman's Chronological File, Richard Goldman's Travel Files;...

 
Goldschmidt (Richard B.) Papers

Letters written to him by colleagues and friends, some relating to his scientific work in Germany; copies of letters written by him; manuscripts of his writings; speeches and course lectures; notebooks; bibliography; publications about him, including eulogies and biographical material;...

 
Goldstein (Morris) papers

The collection contains a good overview of the life and work of Rabbi Morris Goldstein. More specifically it includes: Goldstein's personal and work correspondence; personal and work related photographs; personal materials relating to family, travel, and schooling; sermons, invocations, and...

 
Golson, B. Letters and documents concerning border relations between the United States and Mexico : El Paso, Texas : DS, 1916 May 2-11.

Letters and reports relating to meetings at El Paso, attended by Major Generals Frederick Funston and Hugh Lennox Scott, and the Mexican representatives. Álvaro Obregón, Minister of War and Marine, and J.N. Amador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, and others, together...

Gomez de la Cortina Family Stereograph Collection, ca. 1870-1906

The Gomez de la Cortina collection consists of 32 stereographs collected by the Gomez de la Cortina family, apparently on a tour of the United States. The stereographs date from 1870-1906. The stereographs are photographic prints, except number 24, which...

 
Gonzalez family papers, 1824-1894.

Correspondence, discharge papers, leases, and accounts concerning the activities and interests of the Gonzalez family in California.

 
Goodman and Levy family papers and scrapbooks

The papers and scrapbooks of the Goodman and Levy families of El Paso, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

 
Goodman family papers, 1838-1906.

Includes deeds for land in Texas, 1838-1849, for mining property in the Esmeralda district, Nevada, 1861-1864, and for land in California, 1864-1866; and letter, Mar. 27, 1906, from J.H. McNatt concerning mining stocks belonging to the Goodman family.

 
Goodman, James H. Letters patent to property in Fresno Co., Calif., 1869, Aug. 10.

Printed forms filled in with signature of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

 
Goodrich-Blanding Family Photographs

Portraits of family and friends filed in Portrait boxes. Additional miscellaneous file includes portraits of Goodrich-Blanding, Hesketh and Pacheco families, many taken abroad. 1 album of family snapshots, consisting primarily of family and friends at home at Belvedere (in Marin),...

 
Goodspeed (Thomas H.) Papers

Primarily copies of letters written by Goodspeed and his associate, Helen-Mar Wheeler, to various botanists, museums, botanical gardens, government agencies; and replies, exchanging information on tobacco, plant specimens, and viable seed. Some comment on response of tobacco to X-rays. Appended...

 
Goodwin, John Daniel Letters and telegrams addressed to John Daniel Goodwin, 1871-1885.

Includes telegram from N. Greene Curtis and letter from George C. Perkins.

 
Goodwin Knight: aides, advisers, and appointees : oral history transcript / and related material, 1977-1981.

Interviewees, and titles of interviews, as follow: Dorothy Hewes Bell: Reminiscences of Goodwin Knight. From high school acquaintance who helped in his political campaigns. Harry Finks: California Labor and Goodwin Knight, the 1950s. John Lamar Hill First Minority Member of...

 
Goodyear family correspondence, 1830-1881.

Six letters, 1857-1881, from Andrew Goodyear and his wife to his sister and niece in Connecticut; letter, 1853, from William Miles Goodyear (son of Miles M. Goodyear) with a letter from Charles M. Blake describing the boy's progress at the...

 
Gordon Charles Davidson notes on the North West Company, 1914-1916.

Notes made in preparation for writing his doctoral thesis (Berkeley, 1916) and published as The North West Company (Berkeley, 1918).

 
Gordon Craig's service to the theatre: annotated by Gordon Craig, with related correspondence and papers, 1913-1949.

The Bancroft Library holds related collections of Sheldon Cheney papers. See also: BANC MSS 78/25, 78/37, 81/42, 83/13, 89/164, and 89/165.

 
Gordon E. Nelson research materials on George Hebard Maxwell, 1891-1991.

Contains research materials used to write "The lobbyist : the story of George H. Maxwell, irrigation crusader," a biography of California attorney and water rights advocate, George Hebard Maxwell. Consists mostly of photocopies of Maxwell's correspondence, published articles, and other...

 
Gordon Frazer Matthews papers, [ca. 1959]

Shipbuilding history of the Matthews family, including biographical sketches of Gordon Matthews's father, Peter Matthews, and his brother-in-law, George H. Hitchings, as well as his own life and experiences in wooden ship construction, mainly at Eureka, Calif., and Hoquiam, Wash.

 
Gordon (Laura) Papers

Correspondence relating to her career as newspaper woman and lawyer in California and to her work on behalf of woman suffrage movement at the state and national levels; clippings; ephemeral material re politics and the suffrage movement; miscellaneous papers.

 
Gordon Robinson Sierra Club papers, 1952-1980.

Papers relating to Gordon Robinson's involvement in the Sierra Club.

 
Gorrill-Bunnell family papers.

Contains correspondence among members of the families, including James, Julia, Kate, Louise, Sterling, and William Bunnell, and Kate, Marion, Sterling, and William Gorrill, as well as a few miscellaneous personal papers, writings, printed materials relating to various family members. The...

 
Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company records, [1862-1875].

Payroll, 1866-1875, with monthly lists of employees, time, rate, and amount of pay; and 8 receipts, 1862-1864.

 
Gove family papers, 1849-1862.

Includes three letters, Mar.-Nov. 1849, from Enoch Gove, Boston merchant, to his brother, Amos, and C.B. Phelps, in California, members of the Boston and California Mining and Trading Co., reporting on excitement in Boston re gold finds and giving advice;...

 
The Governor and the Public, the Press, and the Legislature : oral history transcript / and related material, 1970-1973.

Interviews with three individuals concerned with the operation of the governor's office in California during the Earl Warren administration. Interviews include: Marguerite Gallagher: Administrative Procedures in Earl Warren's Office, 1938-1953. Includes comments also on the Attorney General's office and her...

 
Governor Culbert Levy Olson letters to Fulmer Mood : Sacramento, Calif. : LS, 1941 June 18 & July 24.

Two letters written as Governor of California, concerning Assembly Bill 2162, a measure to abolish the position of Chief, Division of Immigration and Housing, the post held by Carey McWilliams, with a mimeographed copy of veto statement.

Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots Records

Records of the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots, a body created by California Governor Edmund G. Brown on August 24, 1965 to conduct a thorough investigation of that summer's riots in Los Angeles.

 
Governor's Mansion Aide to Prison counselor : oral history transcript / 1970-1975.

Schooling in New Orleans and Sacramento; work as a guard at the Governor's mansion in the Earl Warren administration; impressions of the Governor and his family and Warren's influence on his life; discussions with Warren on integration and segregation, prison...

 
The Governor's Office under Goodwin Knight : oral history transcripts / and related material, 1979-1980.

Interviews with five staff members. Interviewees (copies of photographs and of documentary material inserted), and titles of interviews, as follows: Douglas Barrett. Goodwin Knight's Governor's Office, 1953-1958, and the Youth Authority, 1958-1965. Press secretary and personal friend. Tom M. Bright....

 
[The Governor's Palace, Santa Fe, New Mexico].

Title devised by cataloger. Printed item titles on mounts below each image.

 
 
G.P. Thresher views of Mexico [graphic].

Views taken in Mexico depicting people, homes, churches, natural scenery and crafts. Locations include El Paso del Norte (now Ciudad Juárez), Querétaro, Mexico City, Guadalupe, and Tipec. Also includes California views taken in San Jose and Los Angeles, including Thresher's...

 
Grabadores de y en México /

Portraits of distinguished printers from, and/or working in, Mexico. Each portfolio includes one linocut block.

 
[Grabhorn collection of nineteenth century western photographic views].

Includes seven Houseworth cabinet card photographs of paintings (three are Theodore Wores paintings of Chinese life, others are by Toby Rosenthal, Hamon, and Tojetti); a flume called Dry Gulch Shoot; an unidentified large flume trestle; deer (or similar) in a...

 
Grabhorn Press Records

Contains correspondence, job, and project files including manuscripts, illustrations, and galleys, with various incomplete segments and trial pieces. The Grabhorns' correspondence with authors, artists, and other printers relates chiefly to the work of the Press, but also includes two letters...

 
Grace Buzaljko papers, 1945-2009.

The Grace Buzaljko papers document her career as an editor, most notably as the editor for the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Anthropology. Also included is her uncompleted history of the Anthropology Department.

 
Grace Elwood Hoover North papers, 1941-1952.

Manuscripts, tear sheets and clippings of her articles and stories, with related correspondence. Some of the articles contain descriptions of her travels in the Southwest and in Latin America.

 
Grace Elwood Hoover North plate design drawings of California subjects [graphic].

Drawings for Wedgwood (?) plate designs, one depicting Mission San Buenaventura, the other depicting tableaux of various topics (wagon trains, gold mining, ferry boats, etc.)

 
Grace McDonald papers, bulk 1940-1980.

Relating to her work in obtaining legislation for the little farmers, her interest in the Democratic Party, her involvement in the Freedom from Hunger movement, agriculture, water, California consumer issues, utilities, natural resources, the fishing industry and other issues on...

 
[Grace Moy photograph album].

Snapshot photograph album, perhaps compiled and/or once owned by Grace Moy, a young Chinese American woman. Photographs chiefly depict individuals or small groups of family members and friends, chiefly taken in residential settings or during leisure outings. Most locations are...

 
Grace V. Bird papers, 1910-1976.

Contains correspondence, articles, notes, writings, greeting cards, etc., sent to Grace V. Bird by friends, including Hildegarde Flanner and Frederick Mortimer ("Tim") Clapp, and others. Also includes manuscript notes, sonnets, and poems written by Bird and friends, including Porter Garnett...

 
Graff (Thomas J.) papers

This collection contains the papers of Thomas J. Graff, environmental lawyer and founder of the first California office of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), which he led for 37 years. These papers document the activity of the EDF California office,...

 
Graflex sees the war.

Promotional photographs depicting combat scenes, transport of wounded soldiers and other views of World War Two documented by military photographers using cameras manufactured by the Folmer Graflex Corporation. Images depict battle locations from both Europe and Pacific.

Graham (Julian P.) collection of photographic negatives

This finding aid provides a brief listing of a small portion of the photographic negative archive of commercial photographer Julian P. Graham. In this preliminary listing, the contents of only about 15 out of 188 boxes of negatives have been...

 
[Gran Hotel and the Gran Cantina America] [graphic].

An exterior and an interior view of the hotel building and bar, apparently in Puebla, Mexico. Figures pose in both views, and signs in English advertise and American bar room with free lunch, ice cream, etc. One sign is held...

 
Grand Army of the Republic, Department of California and Nevada records, circa 1879-1940.

25 volumes of minutes, service books, receipt books, descriptive books, and ledgers of the following posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of California and Nevada: Napa Post No. 192, Ellsworth Post No. 20, George H. Thomas Post...

 
The Grand Canyon of the Arizona through the stereoscope [graphic].

Scenic views of the Grand Canyon (Ariz.) and other northern Arizona locales. Human figures present in many. One view includes landscape painter Thomas Moran.

 
[The Grand Central Hotel, Oakland, Calif.] [graphic] /

Photograph of the Grand Central Hotel in Oakland, Calif. bears advertising text on verso about the hotel and about Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery.

 
Grand Coulee Dam photographs [graphic].

Title supplied by cataloger.

 
Grand lady of piano jazz : oral history transcript / 1994.

Teagarden discusses her family history and early childhood in Texas and Oklahoma; jazz in the twenties and thirties in New York and the Southwest; touring in Hollywood during wartime; jazz greats, women's bands, life in northern California, Dixieland festivals, thoughts...

 
Grand Victory Gold Mining Company records, approximately 1894-1937.

Contains reports, maps, and correspondence; some legal papers and some photos.

 
Grant, James. Letter to John A. Rockwell : Washington, D.C. : ALS, 1852 Mar. 25.

Writing as acting director, Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, offering compensation to the Congressman for assistance in obtaining some land in Illinois for the railroad. With note by Rockwell assigning one half of the compensation to A.C. Corbert, Mar. 26,...

 
Grant of coat of arms, 1857, and appointment, 1871 : London, England.

Two documents signed by officials of the Order of the Bath concerning a British general, Sir Robert John Hussey Vivian. One document, dated March 16, 1857, concerns the granting of a coat of arms and contains a description of the...

 
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Letter to W.T. Sherman : Corinth, Tenn. : ALS, 1862 Aug. 8.

Concerning the apprehension of Memphis correspondent of the Chicago Times. With note by W.T. Sherman, Aug. 14. 1862.

 
Grants to William D. Robinson for building lots in Monterey, Calif., 1848 July 10 and July 29.

Conveyed as alcalde of Monterey. Seals of alcalde's office affixed to the documents.

 
Granville Libby letters to his mother and brother : ALS, 1852 Mar. 7-1858 Mar. 2.

Autograph book and 28 letters to Libby's mother and brother Joseph in Portland, Maine from various places, including Virgin Bay, San Francisco, Auburn, Michigan City, China Bar and Portland, Oregon. The letters provide a picture of California during the Gold...

 
Granville Mallen N. Libby letters to his family in Maine, 1852-1869.

Part I: Describes voyage to California, arrival in San Francisco March 26, 1852, and mining on the American River. One letter is written in a Gregory Express letterbook; several written on illustrated lettersheets. (29 letters) Part II (portfolio): Letters re...

 
Graphic Arts Workshop artist portraits.

Photographic portraits of various artist members of San Francisco's Graphic Arts Workshop (GAW) cooperative, taken by printmaker Elinor Randall Keeney. Also includes examples of prints by Susan DeRenne Coerr (4 postcards), Stanley Koppel (print) and James B. Southard (print), as...

 
Grass Valley Congregational Church photographs [graphic]

One exterior view of the Congregational Church, Grass Valley, Calif. and studio portraits of the Rev. W.A. Tenney, and congregation members Mrs. Norton, and Mrs. Abbie Wright.

 
Grass Valley Daily Union Records

Consists of business records from 1866 to 1937, relating to subscriptions, circulation statistics, and advertising, as well as financial operations of the newspaper, including daybooks, ledgers, cash blotters, invoices, cashbooks, and journals. Only one ledger (relating to subscriptions, 1894-1895) documents...

 
Grassroots party organizer to Treasurer of the United States : oral history transcript / and related material, 1975-1978.

Political internship with Coro Foundation; her role as a leader in California Democratic party; working in various political campaigns - local, statewide and national - and planning campaign strategy; friendship and political association with Roger Kent; impressions of political figures,...

 
Graupner Family Papers

Letters, mss. of writings, reports, notes, scrapbooks and clippings of Adolphus E. Graupner and his wife, Annabel Elise (Wenzelburger) Graupner, relating to his law career and other activities involving the American Legion and the Republican party, and to her involvement...

 
Graves family papers, [ca. 1850-1954].

Includes journal kept by Samuel Graves, June-Aug. 1850, on his voyage to California around the Horn; extracts from the journal, with extended narrative, covering departure from New York, April 1850, to arrival in San Francisco in August, and departure in...

Graves (Roy D.) Pictorial Collection, ca. 1850-ca. 1968

The Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection contains circa 23,100 photographic prints classified and arranged by Graves into 96 volumes. Graves began collecting photographs circa 1902, and continued to develop his collection until his death in 1971. The general subject areas...

 
Gray & Easterby records : mss. S., 1849-1853.

Cashbooks and ledger, for storage and commission firm in San Francisco owned by Francis Gray and Anthony Young Easterby, 1849-1853.

 
Gray, Arthur Photographs of wilderness outings /

Views of wilderness outing groups. Location unknown, but may be the Mount Shasts and Castle Crags region of California.

 
Gray Brechin research material for Imperial San Francisco, approximately 1990-2006.

This collection primarily consists of drafts of and research materials for Gray Brechin's book Imperial San Francisco: urban power, earthly ruin, which was first published in 1999. Research materials include photocopied newspaper clippings, articles, photographs used as illustrations, and index...

 
Gray, Samuel C. Letters from Samuel Gray to his brother : San Francisco, 1849 Sept. & 1875 Dec.

Letters concern shipment of goods from San Francisco for their store in Benicia. Comments on ships arriving and prices and business prospects in San Francisco.

 
Grayson (Andrew J.) Papers

Pt.I Letters written to and by Grayson and his wife; diary of overland journey to California, 1846; field notebooks; manuscripts of his writings; water colors of birds of California and Mexico; photographs; and clippings relating primarily to his ornithological studies....

 
Grayson-Rosser Productions papers, 1931-1932, n.d.

Consists of internal corporate and production files, and radio scripts of the "electronic transcriptions" that Grayson-Rosser Productions produced. The internal files include statements regarding the founding of the company, memos detailing the duties and expectations of the staff, production files...

 
Great Britain. Admiralty Office. Letters and reports relating to California and Central America from Rear Admiral Sir George F. Seymour and others of the Pacific Squadron, 1846-1847.

Originals in: the Public Record Office, London, Admiralty Office 1 (Secretary - In letters) 5561 (Cape of Good Hope and Pacific) and 5577 (Pacific, nos. 2-110)

 
Great Britain. Colonial Office. Records of the Governor and Company of Adventurers of Old Province Island, 1630-1650.

Records of the colony off the Mosquito Coast, British Honduras, sponsored by the Earl of Warwick. Book of entries, 1630-1641; journal, 1630- 1650. Filmed in the Public Record Office, London.

 
Great Britain. Consulate (San Francisco, Calif.) Correspondence with the British Foreign Office, 1851-1906.

Photocopies of selected items, made in 1951, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the consulate in San Francisco. Included also are photocopies of some Admiralty records, 1849-1850, relating to California.

 
Great Britain. Consulate, Tahiti. Records relating to the Bark Lucy Ann : Typescripts (carbon), 1842.

Typed transcript copies of records transferred to the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Australia, in 1936, relating to the "mutiny" on the Lucy Ann off Tahiti in 1842, when 11 seamen, including Herman Melville, refused to do duty. The records include copies...

 
Great Britain. Foreign Office. Correspondence respecting the Mosquito Territory, presented to the House of Commons ... : London : transcript, with manuscript map, 1848.

Transcripts of correspondence between Lord Palmerston of the British Foreign Office, Frederick Chatfield from Guatemala, and others, respecting the boundaries of the Mosquito Territory, especially with respect to the line dividing it from New Granada and the states of Central...

 
Great Britain. Foreign Office. Letters from Robert Sutherland, Consul, Colombia, 1828 Jan.-June.

Selected documents from Foreign Office 18 (Columbia) vol. 59. Letters from Sutherland, British consul in Columbia. From the Foreign Office files of the Public Record Office, London.

 
Great Britain: miscellaneous letters and documents.

Single items, catalogued separately. Search under title: Great Britain: miscellaneous letters and documents.

 
 
The great murals : cave paintings in Baja California, Mexico.

Portfolio of professional photographs depicting mural paintings taken in the caves of the Sierra de San Francisco in Baja California, Mexico. Also includes a few photographs of the regional landscape and local expedition guides.

 
Great Sierra Consolidated Silver Co. papers, 1883.

Include pay check for Emerie Reno and payroll for October, containing list of workers, with occupation, signature, number of days worked and salary.

 
[Greater University of Tours trip to Mexico photograph album].

Album of snapshot photographs, postcards, ephemera and other materials compiled by a participant of a Greater University of Tours organized bus tour from the United States to Mexico in 1936. The tour, probably originating in Wyoming, included numerous points of...

Greed (Motion Picture) - Photographs from the Erich von Stroheim Production, Adapted from Frank Norris' McTeague (February to October, 1923)

The Production Photographs from "Greed" album contains 46 black and white photographic prints taken in 1923 during the production of the film Greed. The album consists primarily of production stills taken by Warren Lynch, a Hollywood still photographer of the...

 
[Greek church photographs, Sitka, Alaska].

Photographs of the Greek [i.e. Russian Orthodox] church in Sitka. The La Roche view depicts interior of church. Haynes view is street scene with Sitka Trading Co. at right, with indigenous children and adults in front, and church in middle...

 
Greenbelt Alliance Records, 1968-2008 (bulk 1979-1990).

The records of the Greenbelt Alliance contain materials documenting the work of the organization and its predecessors, Citizens for Regional Recreation and Parks and People for Open Space. Included is documentation of various programs and events sponsored by the group,...

 
Greene, A. Crawford Photographs from the A. Crawford Greene papers.

Includes group and formal portraits of various committees and boards possibly related to Greene's activities and interests as an attorney and in education. Also depicted are family picnics, fishing, horseback riding, beach scenes (ca. 1900), social events, etc.

 
Greenebaum family genealogy and prayer book, 1768 and 1914.

The collection includes a narrative providing genealogical information about the Greenebaum family and other California pioneer families related by marriage; and two 18th-century Hebrew and Judeo-German Prayer Books for women belonging to the Greenbaum family of San Francisco, bound together...

 
Greenebaum, Weil & Michels postcard, 1921 Dec. 4.

Postcard sent to Gust Tsangario, of Helper, Utah, from the firm of Greenebaum, Weil & Michels (located on 740 Mission St., San Francisco) for the selling of Crown Army Shirts. Card postmarked 4 Dec. 1921.

 
Greer family papers, circa 1839-1935.

The collection relates mainly to ranches and other property owned and administered by the Greer family in the town of Mayfield (later Palo Alto), California, and in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Much of the property was inherited by...

 
Greeting cards with images by Kevin Wallace [graphic]

Greeting cards are photographs of sculptures, reliefs, or paintings by Wallace, or are reproductions of relief prints made by him. Many have been mailed by the artist as holiday postcards.

 
Greg Grossman collection on Jews of the Far East records, approximately 1908-2004 (bulk 1940-2004).

The collection consists primarily of research materials compiled by Gregory Grossman about the Jewish communities living in the "Far East," including communities in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Harbin and the Russian community in Manchuria. Included in the collection...

 
Gregorio Briones papers, 1857-1864.

Mainly relate to the settlement of his estate.

 
Gregorio (Renée) Papers

The Renée Gregorio papers document the life and work of a contemporary New Mexico poet. The papers include Gregorio's personal and professional correspondence, journals, personal and professional papers, clippings, manuscript and draft materials, ephemera, and published books and periodicals.

 
Gregory family papers, 1813-1921 (bulk 1850-1921).

Contains correspondence, diaries, notebooks, and related material. Includes diary of Munson Gregory, 1850-1851; notebook and reminiscences of Mary McLean Hardy; correspondence between Warren Gregory and his mother, 1893-1895; and Civil War letters of Herbert Munson Gregory. Typed transcripts of some...

 
Gregory Grossman papers, approximately 1930-1990.

Contains research and writings, class materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, audio-visual materials and a small amount of personal papers.

 
Grice (H. Paul) papers

The H. Paul. Grice Papers (1947-1989) consist of publications, unpublished works, and correspondence from the notable English philosopher of language H. Paul Grice, during his years as Professor Emeritus at Oxford until 1967 and the University of California, Berkeley until...

 
Griffin family portraits [graphic]

Portraits of a young girl and a woman.

 
Griffing Bancroft diaries, mss., 1887-1895.

Kept by the son of Hubert Howe Bancroft from the age of eight, recording life of the Bancroft family in San Diego and in San Francisco, on a farm in Contra Costa County, in Mexico, in the East and in...

 
Griffith (Benjamin G.) Letters - Alaskan Photographs

Includes views of Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Yakutaga; various glaciers, icebergs, settlements, and canneries; fishing on the Naknek River; and coastal views.

 
Griffith, Benjamin G. Photographs of Alaska from the Benjamin G. Griffith letters.

Photographs taken in Alaska of canning machinery at Egegik, shipboard views, and radio equipment.

 
Griffith Conrad Evans papers, circa 1875-1970.

Collection contains papers of George W. Evans II, son of Griffith Evans, and George W. Evans, father of Griffith Evans.

 
Griffith Conrad Evans photograph collection [graphic]

Collection includes photographs, postcards, several tintypes, and one book stamp with Griffith C.E. Evans' name. Mostly family portraits (some framed), many studio portraits and views of family houses in various locations. Also included are publicity photos from Rome and several...

 
Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt papers 1996-2012.

Includes correspondence and conference materials.

Grinnell (Joseph and Hilda W.) Papers

Consists of materials reflecting the Grinnell's work in the fields of natural history and ecology. The bulk of the collection is made up of diaries, field notes, and materials relating to early conservation efforts in California. Also included are drafts...

 
Grinnell (Joseph) Papers

Correspondence, accounts and manuscripts, relating mainly to the activities of the Cooper Ornithological Club and its publication, The Condor, and to the collection, preservation and identification of zoological specimens in Alaska and California.

 
Grinnell Naturalists Society. Photographs from the Grinnell Naturalists Society papers [graphic].

Photographs of activities of the society, mainly taken during annual picnics, meetings and banquets. Some group portraits, but chiefly snapshots. Locations include Howell Mountain, Big Sur, Wildcat Canyon, Austin Creek, and Mt. Diablo, Calif.

 
Grinnell Naturalists Society Records

Records of organization founded by students and staff members of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, including correspondence, minutes of meetings, file of newsletter, accounts, responses to questionnaires, etc.

 
Grizly Damming & Mining Company articles of incorporation, 1850 July.

Contains the articles of incorporation for a damming and mining company in California.

 
Grizzly bear miscellany [graphic].

Prints, ephemera, and objects with images of or references to the California grizzly bear, or grizzly bears in general. Includes a California state flag, a poster for a Japanese horror movie, a sheet music cover, a magazine advertisement, a fruit...

 
Grosh, A. B. (Aaron Burt) Letters of A.B. Grosh to R.M. Bucke from November 1858 to March 1882, 1857-1882.

Typescript (carbon) transcriptions of letters written by Aaron Burt Grosh to Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke. The letters concern the claims of Grosh, the Frank Mining Company of California, the Utah Enterprise, and the Grosch Consolidated Mining Company to Comstock ores,...

 
Grosvenor & Co. receipts, 1874-1882.

from University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center;

 
[Group of 5 photos of the opening of the Northern Pacific Railroad].

Completion of the line from St. Paul to Portland, Oregon. Completion ceremony was in Montana.

 
[Group of 8 stereoviews, panorama of San Francisco from Stanford home, 1875]

Panoramic series from the Stanford mansion, plus a view of the house.

 
Group portraits from California Library Association meetings [graphic]

Includes portraits taken at meetings at the Hotel Del Monte (Monterey) and at Dyerville (Humboldt Co.)

 
Group portraits from San Francisco schools [graphic]

Group portraits from San Francisco schools, filed as San Francisco Schools (#22-24).

 
Group portraits from the Francis William Rubke papers [graphic]

Collection contains 1948 Seals baseball team portrait and a group portrait of men and women outdoors

 
Group portraits of mathematicians from the Alfred Tarski papers [graphic]

One item shows members of the Princeton University Bicentennial Conference (1946). One shows members of the 70e Colloque International du CNRS in Paris (1955). Some photographs from the USSR (1966).

 
Group portraits related to the Spanish-American War [graphic]

Group portrait of Company "C". 1st Regt. Cal[ifornia] Vol[unteers], ca. 1899; group portrait of veterans at their annual dinner, Olympic Club [San Francisco], Nov. 16, 1935.

 
Group portraits taken at Dorothy Peterson's house party at Wahiawa, Hawaii [graphic]

Snapshots of a group of young men and women on a large porch. Names from captions include: Elbert [P.?] Tuttle, Bernice Halstead, Janette Sharp, Malcolm Tuttle, Genevieve Taggart, and Dorothy Peterson.

 
Growing up in the cities : oral history transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted in 1977-1979 by Professor Frederick M. Wirt, 1977-1979.

Interviews with three generations of San Franciscans, with a variety of ethnic backgrounds and status, about their urban experiences prior to the age of 25. Conducted by Prof. Frederick M. Wirt. Subjects covered: religious training, schooling, political learning, ethnic awareness,...

 
Growth of Morrison & Foerster from 1940s to 1980s : a perspective : oral history transcript / 1993.

Austin discusses the early history of Morrison: his early partners, The Crocker Bank and other firms; evolution of law practices in a large firm; hiring practices; women.

 
Grunig family papers, 1856-1915.

Originals and photocopies of miscellaneous materials relating to the German family residing in Mexico, including last will of Francisco Antonio José Monteverde, June 1, 1856; copy of marriage certificate of George Grunig, Mar. 13, 1898; documents re his association with...

 
Grunsky Family Papers

The Grunsky Family Papers consist of correspondence, documents, diaries, notebooks, and professional papers. Correspondence from German immigrant Charles (Carl) Grunsky and his first wife, Clotilde Camerer, describes California during and after the gold rush to family in Germany (written in...

 
G.S. Sanborn state and county taxes : Placer County, Calif., 1877 Nov. 1.

from University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center;

 
Guía a los documentos del Archivo del Gobierno de la Mitra de Sonora : Hermosillo : typescript, 1782-1841.

Guide to documents filmed, Jan. 1959, at Hermosillo by Fr. Luis Baldonado, H.F. Dobyns and Bernard Fontana. Co-authors: Fray Luis Baldonado and Henry F. Dobyns.

 
Guadalupe Chabolla papers, 1850.

Papers relating to the sale of property in San Jose. Connected with settlement of the estate of Luis Chabolla. Include deeds and copy of title to the property, with signatures of Zacariah Jones, Agustín Chabolla, Antonio Buján, J. R. Rivera,...

 
Guadalupe Mine records, 1854-1921.

Correspondence, accounts and records of the Guadalupe quicksilver mine, Santa Clara County, Calif. Papers of the Guadalupe Mining Co., Santa Clara Mining Association of Baltimore, Davy Mining and Investment Co., D & C Mining Co., Century Mining Co., New Guadalupe...

 
Guadalupe Mine records, [1868-1878]

Journal, Oct., 1868 - Oct., 1873; orders on the butcher, 1877 - 1878, by the Santa Clara Mining Association of Baltimore.

 
[Guanajuato photograph album].

Professional photographs depicting views and scenes of Guanajuato City, with an emphasis on historical structures and streets. Also contains photographs of the pages of a 1741 manuscript pertaining to the city's establishment (Titulo de cyudad [sic] : concedido por la...

 
Guatemalan scenes and Latin American pre-Columbian sites.

Album of snapshot and commercial views taken in Guatemala from the 1920s-1940s, depicting indigenous peoples, cities and villages, plantation estates (fincas), churches, landscapes and pre-Columbian ruins. Among the locations depicted are Antigua, Lago de Atitlan, Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, Solola, and...

Guayule Rubber Industry in Salinas, California, ca. 1942

This collection consists of an album of 44 photographic prints, plus ephemera, of the guayule rubber industry in Salinas, California, circa 1942. The photographer is unknown. Included in the photographs are images of workers planting, harvesting and manufacturing the guayule;...

 
Guenther Zimmerman papers, 1910-1992.

Includes the German school report cards of Zimmerman's parents (Betty Blum and Manfred Zimmerman) and photocopied correspondence and newspaper and magazine clippings about Rabbi Josef Zeitin, the leader of Shanghai's Jewish community.

Guerra (de la) Family Photographs

Mainly 19th century studio portraits of members of the de la Guerra family of Santa Barbara, California.

 
Guerra family papers, 1869, 1886-1888.

Includes letters from Josefa O. de Lugo and María de la Guerra Taylor to Trinidad Ortega de la Guerra, and letter from Joaquina de la Guerra to her uncle.

 
Guests at banquets honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidential inauguration [graphic].

Banquet photographs taken at the Henry A. Wallace luncheon at the Biltmore Bowl, Los Angeles (photographed by Weaver, 1940) and at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. (Jan. 19, 1941)

 
Gulbrandsen (Peter) Papers

Correspondence reflecting his interests in various humanitarian and liberal causes and in Scandinavian (particularly Danish) organizations, his association with the Society of Friends, and his writing and translating; manuscripts and clippings of articles written by him; biographical sketches and personalia;...

 
Gump family papers

Papers of the Gump family of San Francisco, consisting of family correspondence and other personal documents as well as some Gump's Department Store correspondence and business records.

 
Gump family. [Photographs from the Gump family papers] [graphic].

Collected by Gump family and Gump's department store.

 
Gundlach (Anita Hinz) Papers

Primarily the papers of Anita Hinz Gundlach, the collection contains correspondence, memorabilia and family papers, documenting the history of the Gundlach and Hinz families. Both families were influential members of the German immigrant community in San Francisco and Sonoma Valley...

 
Gundlach, Anita Hinz Photographs from the Anita Hinz Gundlach papers.

Contains studio portraits and snapshot photographs, mainly of Anita Hinz Gundlach, her husband Henry R. Gundlach, and their daughter Alexandra Gundlach. Also includes views of the family's Rhine Farm (Rhinefarm) vineyard in Sonoma County, the Gundlach-Bundschu Wine Company operations, and...

 
Gunn (Thom) papers

The Thom Gunn Papers consist of correspondence, personal papers (diaries and scrapbooks detailing his life and career), notebooks of poetry and prose, writings (both poetry and prose), professional papers, teaching materials, writings by other poets and authors, and a small...

 
Gunn, Thom. Photographs from the Thom Gunn papers [graphic].

Chiefly snapshots and portraits of poet Thom Gunn and his friends and family. Unidentified snapshots predominate. Many are of Gunn and his partner, Mike Kitay, from their stay in Texas in the mid-1950s through their later life in San Francisco,...

 
[Gunther S. Stent photograph collection].

Chiefly snapshot photographs depicting Stent, his colleagues, friends and family at various points throughout Stent's adult life. Photographs document leisure activities, collegial conferences and other academic and professional events both at U.C. Berkeley and, especially, abroad.

 
Gus Arriola comic strip archive [graphic] : Gordo comics /

Original cartoon drawings by Gus Arriola for his comic strip Gordo, which ran from 1941 until 1985.

 
Gus Arriola ephemera, 1989-2013.

Contains clippings, postcard, promotional materials for two Bancroft Library exhibits about Gus Arriola and his works, and a signed Gordo bean recipe. Also contains one letter from Arriola to a fan with the enclosed bean recipe.

 
Gus Arriola papers, 1924-2007.

The papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, promotional materials, and some personal papers. Professional activities include Arriola interviews, promotions, public appearances, and papers relating to proposed books,a movie, and a musical. Personal papers include information on family trips and small amounts...

 
[Gus Arriola publicity photographs].

Chiefly publicity portraits of cartoonist Gus Arriola. 5 views are studio portraits; 3 views depict Arriola walking and sketching in an unidentified natural area, perhaps near La Jolla; 1 view shows Arriola and a woman, perhaps his wife Mary Frances,...

 
Gus Ringolsky papers, 1901-1948.

The collection consists of correspondence between attorney Gus Ringolsky and convict Jacob Oppenheimer; legal documents, clippings and scrapbook pages relating to the Oppenheimer case; a letter (1913) to Ringolsky from Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme...

 
Gustav Eisen papers, [ca. 1890-1900].

A few letters, clippings, and miscellaneous notes relating primarily to agriculture in California and elsewhere.

 
Gustave Aaron papers, 1912-1938.

Contents: Folders - blueprint drawings for the Insurance Exchange building, San Francisco, 1912; plans for San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition, 1936-1938; and working drawings for the Los Angeles Veterans' Administration Facility; Portfolio - three letters from Irving F. Morrow,...

 
[Gustavo Muñiz woodcut prints of calaveras and other topics].

Woodblock prints chiefly depicting calaveras (the human skull or skeleton as a personification of death) (nos. 1-12) in various situations, with themes including love, heartbreak, etc. Also includes depictions of musicians (nos. 13-16) and boxers and boxing matches (nos. 20-24).

 
Gustavus C. Pearson family photographs [graphic]

Primarily portraits and snapshots of the Pearson and Meeks families, family homes, etc., with some views in Vallejo (Calif.), Hannibal (Mo.), Illinois, and elsewhere. Includes one interior of an unidentified woodworking shop with boy working on mission style furniture.

 
Gustine Magnesite Company ledgers, 1909-1919.

Contains by-laws and ledgers for a magnesite mining company.

 
Guthrie, Douglas Letter to Sir Arthur ̲̲̲̲ : Edinburgh : LS, 1946 Jan. 4.

Sending a copy of the first edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Parasite, and commenting on Doyle and his work.

 
Gutleben, Dan Photographs of sugar mills from the Dan Gutleben papers.

Photographs of sugar industry buildings and mills in various stages of construction, and sugar processing equipment. Industries located in Hooper, Utah; Crosswell, Mich.; Preston, Idaho; and Miami, Florida. Group portraits of sugar industry meetings and others associated with the industry....

 
Gutleben's sugar thesaurus, 1958-1965.

Included in: History of Science and Technology Collection.

 
Guy E. Jones papers, 1850-1923.

Collection of material relating to medicine and public health in California. Partial contents: photocopies and transcripts of newspaper articles re the cholera epidemic, 1850; copy of report of Office of California State Registrar, Dec. 20, l858; transcript of diary of...

 
Guy Tyson Slaughter account notebooks.

Contains three notebooks with handwritten entries for personal daily expenses of Guy Tyson Slaughter and family for food, clothing, utitlities, etc. Entries are entered into columns for each family member, G.T.S. (i.e. Guy Tyson Slaughter), L.K.S (i.e. Libbie Kilton Slaughter),...

 
G.W. Cassidy letter to his brother C.C. Cassidy : Gold Hill, Nev. : ALS, 1868 Feb. 28.

Written on the blank leaf of printed copy of the Constitution of the Gold Hill Democratic Club, which he had helped organize.

 
G.W. Smith letters : Sacramento, Calif. : ALS, 1851.

Two letters written in Gregory's Express pocket letter books discussing travel to Calif. overland and by sea, crime, gambling, and life in Sacramento, Calif. during the Calif. Gold Rush.

 
Gwendolyn Brooks photograph collection [graphic].

Includes portraits and snapshots of Brooks; her parents Keziah Wims Brooks and David Anderson Brooks; her husband Henry Blakely and his family; and her children Henry Blakely Jr. and Nora Blakely. Also contains snapshots of her family and friends in...

 
Gwin (William M.) Papers

Mainly correspondence relating to political affairs in Mississippi, California and Mexico, to property in Panama for the Isthmus Pacific Railway, and to Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian claims. Includes letters from Jefferson Davis, 1875.

 
Gwyn P. Rees miscellany, 1943-1944.

Consists chiefly of letters from Lt. Col. Rees from military bases in Calif., as well as Texas, Utah, and Wash., to his wife, Gertrude, in San Francisco. Most of the letters are written while stationed near Pasadena, and later from...