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Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Kemble Newspaper collection
Identifier/Call Number: Kemble MS 49
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Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
2 oversize flat boxes
25 inches x 21 inches x 3 inches
Date (inclusive): 1854-1940
Physical Location: Jessie vault 4-6-A; 4-6-B
Abstract: Comprises scattered issues of early
California newspapers with the bulk published in San Francisco from the 1960s to the early
1900s. The collection includes newspapers in Spanish, German, Serbian, French, German,
Japanese, Hebrew, and Chinese.
Language of Material: Newspapers primarily in English,
with some publications in Spanish, German, Serbian, French, German, Japanese, Hebrew, and
Chinese.
Comprises scattered issues of early California newspapers with the bulk published in San
Francisco. The collection comprises mostly single issues, with the bulk covering the years
1860 to 1900. A portion of the newspapers are foreign language papers reflecting the
diversity of San Francisco at that time. They include Serbian, Japanese, Chinese, German,
French, Hebrew, and Spanish-language papers. Collection also includes two 1870 issues of the
Brooklyn Independent, published in Brooklyn, California, a
former city in Alameda County that was annexed to Oakland in 1872. Also includes two single
issues from newspapers published in Nevada.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by George L. Harding.
Collection is open for research.
The California Historical Society (CHS) has no information about copyright ownership for
this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials
from it. Materials in this collection created before 1928 are in the public domain in the
United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Processed by Simone Snukst, 2022.
[Identification of item, date]; Kemble Newspaper Collection, Kemble MS 49; [box number,
folder number]; California Historical Society.
The newspapers are arranged alphabetically by title, except for the foreign language
newspapers and the Nevada newspapers.
In 1964, former California Historical Society president, printing historian, and collector,
George L. Harding, founded the Kemble Collection on Western Printing and Publishing, named
in honor of pioneer California printer and publisher Edward Cleveland Kemble. This
collection of single issue newspapers was collected by Harding and donated to the California
Historical Society.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African Americans--California--Newspapers.
Newspapers
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Newspapers
Newspapers--California--San Francisco.