Portrait file of The Bancroft Library
Finding aid created by Bancroft Library staff using RecordEXPRESS
UC Berkeley. Bancroft Library
2017
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
510-642-6481
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Title: Portrait file of The Bancroft Library
Dates: bulk circa 1860-circa 1960
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1905.00002--POR
Creator/Collector:
Extent: approximately 100 linear feet
Repository:
UC Berkeley. Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: Portraits of identified individuals and groups. Primarily individuals and families associated with the history of the San
Francisco Bay Area, California, or the American West, including pioneers, artists, literary figures, community leaders, elected
officials, scholars, etc. Also includes individuals outside the scope of Western Americana.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
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Portrait file of The Bancroft Library. UC Berkeley. Bancroft Library
Compiled by the library from various sources.
Scope and Content of Collection
Portraits of identified individuals and groups. Primarily individuals and families associated with the history of the San
Francisco Bay Area, California, or the American West, including pioneers, artists, literary figures, community leaders, elected
officials, scholars, etc. Also includes individuals outside the scope of Western Americana. Includes photographs, prints,
and a small number of drawings. Some portraits are present as copy photographs only. Also known as the "Bancroft Portrait
Collection."
Portraits
Group portraits
Photographs
Prints