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Pierce family papers, [ca. 1868-1961].
BANC MSS 75/35 cLOCAL
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Title:

Pierce family papers, [ca. 1868-1961]

Creator/Contributor:

Pierce, Margaret Cameron (Mrs. James Manning Pierce), 1851-1921, Correspondent

Creator/Contributor:

Pierce, Mary Eugenia, 1872-1964

Creator/Contributor:

Stebbins, Horatio, 1821-1902, Correspondent

Creator/Contributor:

Cowan, Robert Ernest, 1862-1942, Correspondent

Abstract:

Box 1: Letters (1869-1888) and 1868 diary of Margaret Cameron Pierce, relating to her early life in San Francisco and to her singing career; diaries (1897 and 1915-1917) of her daughter, Mary Eugenia, relating to travels to Japan and to social life in the Bay Area; miscellaneous family correspondence, including letters from Horatio Stebbins and Robert E. Cowan; and miscellaneous papers, some including genealogical information. Box 2: Materials concerning Cloyne Court, Berkeley; scrapbook of clippings (ca. 1899-1907) and loose clippings.

Date:

1868 (issued)

Subject:

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Singers, American
Manners and customs
Travel
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Berkeley (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Japan -- Description and travel
Cloyne Court (Berkeley, Calif.)
Japon -- Descriptions et voyages
California -- Berkeley
California -- San Francisco
Japan

Note:

1868 diary : Also available in microfilm.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.

Type:

Scrapbooks.
Clippings.
Diaries.

Physical Description:

2 boxes
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 978:1)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 75/35 cLOCAL

Origin:

California