Overview of the Collection
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Santa Rosa Seminary at First Presbyterian Church commencement and closing exercises
Date (inclusive): 1880 and 1885
Identification: SPC.00029
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet
1folder 27 x 20 cm
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Repository:
Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library
725 Third Street
Santa Rosa, CA,
Abstract: This collection contains two items related to graduation exercises at the Santa Rosa Seminary at the First Presbyterian Church:
closing exercises announcement dated Friday, May 28, 1880; and: commencement exercises announcement, dated May 28, 1885. Both
include schedules of speakers and events.
Biography/Organization History
The Santa Rosa Seminary was a young women's school located at First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Beaver Street and
College Avenue in Santa Rosa, Calif. The school was founded by early Santa Rosa resident Martha Chase, who had moved from
the East Coast in 1875; the school opened on Monday, August 7, 1876. Chase served as principal for many years and was active
in church circles until she closed the school in 1896 for unspecified reasons. She went on to become a missionary at the Hoopa
Indian reservation in Humboldt County and eventually retired to Los Angeles due to poor health, where she died at age 89 in
January 1936. https://www.newspapers.com/image/276239023
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two items related to graduation exercises at the Santa Rosa Seminary at the First Presbyterian Church:
closing exercises announcement dated Friday, May 28, 1880; and: commencement exercises announcement, dated May 28, 1885. Both
include schedules of speakers and events.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Corporate Names
Santa Rosa Seminary (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
First Presbyterian Church (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
Topical Terms
Theological seminaries--California--Santa Rosa
Commencement ceremonies--California--Sonoma
Genre and Format Terms
Announcements
Archival materials
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Conditions Governing Access:
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Conditions of Use
Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes
that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its
copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws
of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and
reuse information at
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[Identification of item], Santa Rosa Seminary at First Presbyterian Church commencement and closing exercises, 1880 & 1885.
SPC.00029, History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA.
Gift: donor unknown,
2011?
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