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Amy Deeter California Hiking Clubs scrapbooks
SFH 502  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Amy Deeter California Hiking Clubs scrapbooks
    Dates: 1924-1959
    Collection Number: SFH 502
    Creator/Collector: Deeter, Amy F., 1892-1968
    Extent: (2 pamphlet boxes) 11 folders
    Repository: San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco History Center
    San Francisco, California 94102
    Abstract: Scrapbooks created by a Contra Costa Hills Club and Sierra Club member
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.

    Publication Rights

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

    Preferred Citation

    Amy Deeter California Hiking Clubs scrapbooks. San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco History Center

    Acquisition Information

    Gift

    Biography/Administrative History

    Amy Deeter was born in Michigan. She married Conrad Askerberg of Detroit in 1914; the couple divorced in San Francisco in 1927. Deeter worked as a stenographer in San Francisco, and hitchhiked from San Francisco to Yosemite and back with her friend Norah Roberts in 1924. Roberts married Thomas F. Maddick, and Amy and Norah remained friends until Amy's death. Deeter was a storyteller, and an officer of the Golden Gate Story League in San Francisco during the time she created these scrapbooks.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection includes eleven scrapbooks created by Deeter, a member of several organizations. The earliest material is her typewritten account of hitchhiking around California with her friend Norah Roberts, 1924. There is a gap until 1936, when she was affiliated with the Contra Costa Hills Club (CCHC), which was focused on preserving open space in the East Bay and on hiking. Scrapbooks include Deeter's detailed typewritten accounts of various excursions, along with correspondence, photographs, Sierra Club, California Alpine Club, Tamalpais Conservation Club, and CCHC publications, and ephemera. Some correspondence of Harold French, founder of CCHC, is included. Deeter, a popular storyteller, documented her storytelling at various club gatherings.

    Indexing Terms

    Hiking.
    Hitchhiking.
    Parks--California--History.
    Outdoor recreation--California--History.
    Nature conservation--California, Northern.
    Women storytellers--United States.
    Maddick, Frances Norah Roberts, 1897-1991
    Contra Costa Hills Club (Calif.)--History.
    Sierra Club--History.
    Tamalpais Conservation Club (Calif.)--History.
    California Alpine Club (Calif.)--History.
    National Story League
    Yosemite National Park (Calif.)-Description and travel.
    Sequoia National Park (Calif.)-Description and travel.
    Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)-Description and travel.
    Cazadero (Calif.)-Description and travel.
    Los Angeles (Calif.)-Description and travel.
    San Francisco (Calif.)-Description and travel.
    Hearst-San Simeon State Historical Monument (Calif.)-Description and travel.
    Scrapbooks

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