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Helen Huntington Perrin writings, [ca. 1981] : typescripts.
BANC MSS 82/101 cLOCAL
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Title:
Helen Huntington Perrin writings, [ca. 1981] : typescriptsCreator/Contributor:
Perrin, Helen Huntington, 1895-, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
1. One Summer in the High Sierras. Gives information on her parents; her father's work building dams for the Blue Lakes Water
Company in Alpine Co., 1899-1901, utilizing Washoe Indians as laborers; life in Sutter Creek (51 leaves). 2. Early Years in
San Francisco. Comments on life in San Francisco from 1902; the San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906; city government,
the graft prosecution, Abraham Ruef and Eugene E. Schmitz, 1900-1910; development of Golden Gate Park under W.H. Hall and
John McLaren. Appendix by John J. Conlon re his experiences during the 1906 earthquake and fire (83 leaves). Copies of photographs
inserted.
Date:
1981 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caIndians of North America -- California
Dams -- California -- Alpine County
Washoe Indians
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco
Fires -- California -- San Francisco
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Personal narratives
Peuples autochtones -- Californie
Washo
Tremblements de terre -- Californie -- San Francisco
Incendies -- Californie -- San Francisco
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906 -- Récits personnels
Dams
Earthquakes
Fires
Indians of North America
Manners and customs
Politics and government
Travel
Washoe Indians
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government
Sutter Creek (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.)
California
California -- Alpine County
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco -- Golden Gate Park
California -- Sutter Creek
Blue Lakes Water Company.
Ruef, Abraham -- 1864-1936
Schmitz, Eugene E
Hall, Wm. Ham. (William Hammond)
McLaren, John -- -1943
Conlon, John J -- 1898-
Hall, Wm. Ham. (William Hammond)
Ruef, Abraham -- 1864-1936
Note:
Also available in digital format: accessible through Online Archive of California.
Type:
Personal narratives.Photographs.
Physical Description:
1 box (.4 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 82/101 cLOCAL