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Finding Aid to the Julian Dana papers, circa 1930-1961
BANC MSS C-H 141
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Collection Title: Julian Dana papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1930-1961
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 141
Creators :
Dana, Julian, 1902-1961
Extent:
Number of containers: 8 cartons, 2 boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(linear feet: 19)
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The papers of Julian Dana, newspaperman, columnist, editor, and writer of popular stories and histories of California.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition,
the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor
restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected
by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner.
Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
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[Identification of item], Julian Dana papers, BANC MSS C-H 141, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1962.014-.015--PIC).
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The Julian Dana papers were gifted to the Bancroft Library by the Estate of Julian Dana in 1962.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dana, Julian, 1902-1961--Archives
Ralston, William Chapman, 1826-1875
Westbrook, George Egerton Leigh
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880.
Giannini, Amadeo Peter, 1870-1949
Bank of America
Transamerica Corporation
Authors, American--California--20th century
Banks and banking--West (U.S.)--History
California--History
San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Samoan Islands--History
Clippings
Diaries
Scrapbooks
No additions are expected.
Processed by Lara Michels in 2013.
Julian Dana (1902-1961) was a newspaperman, columnist, editor, and writer of popular stories and histories of California.
He was editor of the Pony Express Courier (of Placerville), a magazine dedicated to Western Americana. His major publications
included: A.P. Giannini: Giant in the West (1947); Gods who die; the story of Samoa's greatest adventurer, as told to Julian
Dana (1935); Lost springtime, the chronicle of a journey far away and long ago (1938); The man who built San Francisco; a
study of Ralston's journey with banners (1936); The Sacramento, river of gold (1939); and Sutter of California; a biography
(1934).
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection consists of correspondence dating from 1931 to 1961; files on Dana's writings, including notes and research materials
for his major publications as well as files of manuscripts of assorted short stories and articles; notes, diaries and scrapbooks,
some of which document the reception of Dana's books; and assorted other papers.