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Helen Harding Bretnor papers, 1920-1990.
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Title:

Helen Harding Bretnor papers, 1920-1990

Creator/Contributor:

Bretnor, Helen Harding, creator, creator.

Creator/Contributor:

Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Morgan, Dale L. (Dale Lowell), 1914-1971, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Perlot, Jean-Nicolas, 1823-1900

Creator/Contributor:

Oregon Historical Society

Abstract:

Box 1 relates primarily to her translation of Jean Nicolas Perlot's autobiography, Gold Seeker. Included is correspondence with Alfred A. Knopf, Dale L. Morgan, Ghislaine LeJeune (Perlot's granddaughter) and others; notes; a photocopy of her manuscript, and several reviews of the book. Box 2 contains typescript drafts which are indexes of the writings of nine California Franciscan priests.
Additions (cartons 1-9, box 3, oversize boxes 1-2) include correspondence, journals, writings, ephemera, personalia, and professional papers of Helen Harding Bretnor. Papers include her personal writings which include both prose and poetry and work she conducted in her role as librarian, including translations of Edouard Auger's "Les Hounds de San Francisco" and J.N. Perlot's "A Belgian Argonaut" and her work editing and writing the forward to the 1962 publication of Edward Cleveland Kemble's "History of California Newspapers." Also includes a small series of material on her husband, author and publisher Reginald Bretnor.

Date:

1920 (issued)

Subject:

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Gold mines and mining -- California
Missions -- California -- Bibliography
Gold mines and mining
Missions
California
Franciscans -- California -- Bibliography
Franciscans.
Bretnor, Helen Harding -- Archives
Perlot, Jean-Nicolas -- 1823-1900
Durán, Narciso -- 1776-1846 -- Bibliography
Lasuén, Fermín Francisco de -- 1736-1803 -- Bibliography
Palóu, Francisco -- 1723-1789 -- Bibliography
Payeras, Mariano -- 1769-1823 -- Bibliography
Sanchez, Jose Antonio -- -1843 -- Bibliography
Sarría, Vicente Francisco de -- 1767-1835 -- Bibliography
Saint -- Serra, Junípero -- 1713-1784 -- Bibliography
Tapis, Estevan -- 1754-1825 -- Bibliography
Señan, Jose Francisco de Paula -- 1760-1823 -- Bibliography
Bretnor, Helen Harding
Durán, Narciso -- 1776-1846
Lasuén, Fermín Francisco de -- 1736-1803
Palóu, Francisco -- 1723-1789
Payeras, Mariano -- 1769-1823
Sarría, Vicente Francisco de -- 1767-1835
Saint -- Serra, Junípero -- 1713-1784
Tapis, Estevan -- 1754-1825

Note:

Cartons 1-9, boxes 2-3, and oversize boxes 1-2: UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. ǂb Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special Collections Request link.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Original art and family photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2018.110).
Portrait photograph of Hubert Howe Bancroft transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2018.111).
Bretnor was a librarian for the Bancroft Library from 1943 to 1967.
Helen Harding Bretnor papers, BANC MSS 86/106 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

bibliography
manuscripts for publication.
Autobiographies.
Archives.
Bibliographies.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

print
13.75 ( 9 3 2 1

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Cartons 1-9, boxes 2-3, and oversize boxes 1-2: UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. ǂb Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special Collections Request link.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.