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Taber (Louise) Family Papers
BANC MSS 96/59 c
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Louise Taber family papers
Creator:
Taber, Louise, 1884-1946
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912
Creator:
Taber, Charles Austin Mendell, 1824-1911
Creator:
Taber (Family : Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912)
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 96/59 c
Physical Description:
9.25 linear feet
(7 cartons, 4 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1859-1942
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.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Louise Taber family papers were gifted to The Bancroft Library by Ruth McLean Cuneo, via her daughter Doris Maslach, on
July 24, 1995.
Louise Taber was born in 1884 in Oakland to Isaiah West and Annie Taber. Beginning in 1915, Louise Taber worked for the Examiner
and, later, the Chronicle, writing sketches of early San Francisco. In the mid-1920s, she began a series of radio programs,
including "California Memories" and "Gold Rush Days. " She died in 1946.
Processed by Lara Michels and Bancroft student processing assistant Malayna Chang in 2023.
Principally materials relating to Louise Taber including transcripts of her radio broadcasts, correspondence and scrapbooks
regarding opera, theater and her career in radio and as an author of San Francisco histories. Also contains diaries (1859,
1885) and other papers of her father, I.W. Taber, as well as of her uncle, C.A.M. Taber, a geologist.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Taber, Louise, 1884-1946 -- Archives
Families -- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Opera--California--San Francisco
Radio programs
Radio scripts