Grace E. Barneberg Papers, 1912-1953
Special Collections and Archives Department
Robert E. Kennedy Library
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California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
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2011
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Grace E. Barneberg Papers
Special Collections and Archives Department
Robert E. Kennedy Library
1 Grand Avenue
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Contact Information
- Special Collections and Archives Department
- Robert E. Kennedy Library
- 1 Grand Avenue
- California Polytechnic State University
- San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
- Phone: 805/756-2305
- Fax: 805/756-5770
- Email: archives@calpoly.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/specialcollections/
- Processed by:
- Catherine J. Trujillo
- Date Completed:
- 2011
- Encoded by:
- Byte Managers, 2013
2011 Trustees of the California State University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Grace E. Barneberg Papers
Date (inclusive): 1912-1953
Date (bulk): (bulk 1920s)
Collection number: MS 002
Creator:
Barneberg, Grace Elizabeth, (1883-1970)
Extent:
1 document box (.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Special Collections and Archives, Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
93407
Abstract: Papers of San Luis Obispo civic leader Grace E. Barneberg, comprised of correspondence, organizational records, legal documents,
newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera. The collection documents her official activities as president of the Monday
Club and activities in regional and statewide women's and service organizations, including the California State Hospital Libraries,
San Luis Obispo Free Public Library, Board of Women's Prisons, San Luis Obispo Dental Clinic, San Luis Obispo Mitchell Park,
County Health Center, and the Red Cross. Also included are Barneberg family records.
Provenance
Gift, 1981.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment. For more information on access policies and to obtain a copy of the Researcher
Registration form, please visit the Special Collections Access page.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
In order to reproduce, publish, broadcast, exhibit, and/or quote from this material, researchers must submit a written request
and obtain formal permission from Special Collections, Cal Poly, as the owner of the physical collection.
Photocopying of material is permitted at staff discretion and provided on a fee basis. Photocopies are not to be used for
any purpose other than for private study, scholarship, or research. Special Collections staff reserves the right to limit
photocopying and deny access or reproduction in cases when, in the opinion of staff, the original materials would be harmed.
Preferred Citation
Grace E. Barneberg Papers, Special Collections and Archives, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Biographical Note
Grace E. Barneberg (1876-1970)
Grace Elizabeth Barneberg was born in San Luis Obispo, California on September 24, 1876, the daughter of Sarah E. Barneberg
(1857-1936) and John Wesley Barneberg (1851-1930). She attended San Luis Obispo High School, graduating in 1897. She received
her A.B. in History from Stanford University in 1901 and a high school teaching credential from the University of California,
Berkeley in 1902.
Returning to San Luis Obispo to an appointment at East Santa Fe School District teaching high school, she became a prominent
organizer and member of many women's and civic improvement organizations regionally as well as throughout the state of California.
Notably, she established the Monday Club in 1925, a women's organization promote civic, social and cultural welfare.
In addition to her local civic duties, Barneberg lectured throughout California on behalf of women's causes, including the
Women's Prison Board and Free Public Library initiatives.
Remaining unmarried, she assisted her parents in raising her niece and nephew. She died on February 23, 1970.
Barneberg Family
John Wesley Barneberg & Sarah E. Barneberg
John Wesley Barneberg (1851-1930) was born in Iowa and arrived in San Luis Obispo in 1868. He had several business endeavors,
including farming, hardware, and banking. Barneberg was a prominent financial figure in the county, having served as president
and vice-president of several of San Luis Obispo banks, including Commercial Bank, and Security-First National Bank. He was
elected as the City Tax Collector of San Luis Obispo in 1883. He served on the committee to establish California Polytechnic
School (1901) and in 1912 he served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He married Sarah E. Barneberg (1857-1936).
They had three children: John Frederick Barneberg (1874-1935), Grace Elizabeth Barneberg (1876-1970) and Chester Harry Barneberg
(1880-1944.) John W. Barneberg died in March 1930, in San Luis Obispo.
John Frederick Barneberg
John Frederick Barneberg (1874-1935), son to John W. Barneberg and Sarah E. Barneberg, was a prospector having claims in the
Klondike region, Dawson City, and the Yukon Territory in Canada. He and his wife, Ruby Barneberg, had one daughter, Jane Barneberg.
Chester Harry Barneberg
Chester H. Barneberg (1880-1944) married Emelinda Estella Dana on April 19, 1901. Emelinda was the daughter of Charles William
Dana (1837-1890) and Blandina Esquerra Dana (1845-unknown.) The Barnebergs had a daughter, Helen Maxine Barneberg (Vanschaick)
(1901-1989) and a son, John Chester (Jack) Barneberg (1903-1977). Little is known about Chester Barneberg's occupation. He
had a tragic accident in 1899, resulting in the amputation of his foot. He is noted as divorced in the 1910 census. His children
were raised by his parents and his sister, Grace Barneberg.
Sources
San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune, 29 May 1897
San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune, 27 July 1897
The San Francisco Call, 5 August 1897, pg. 2
San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune, 10 February 1899
San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune, 11 June 1899
San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune, 11 June 1899
San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune, 30 July 1899
San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune, 3 August 1899
San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune, 28 July 1901
San Luis Obispo Daily Tribune, 13 March 1930
Stevens, Stanley D.
A Researcher's Digest on F.A. Hihn and the Founding of California Polytechnic School at San Luis Obispo. Santa Cruz: The Hihn-Younger Archive, University Library, University of California Santa Cruz, 2001.
California Death Index (1940-1997), Ancestry.com
1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 Census of the United States, Ancestry.com
Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com
(1901). Register. University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content Note
The Grace E. Barneberg Papers contain correspondence, organizational records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, photographs,
and ephemera documenting the activities of San Luis Obispo resident Grace E. Barneberg. The collection documents her role
as president of the Monday Club and activities in regional and statewide women's and service organizations including California
State Hospital Libraries, San Luis Obispo Free Public Library, Board of Women's Prisons, San Luis Obispo Dental Clinic, San
Luis Obispo Mitchell Park, County Health Center, and the Red Cross. The collection includes papers of her father, John W.
Barneberg, and the Barneberg family. Donated in 1981.
Where possible, the provenance, or original organization, of the papers has been preserved. However, in order to simplify
access to the collection for researchers, some materials in specific formats and topics were reorganized and refoldered to
more accurately reflect their contents.
The Grace E. Barneberg Papers are divided into 3 series:
Series 1: Personal Papers 1912-1953
Series 2: Professional Papers 1918-1944
Series 3: Monday Club Papers 1924-1983
The collection is housed in one document box with the Professional Papers and Monday Club Papers containing the most extensive
and unique portions of the collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Barneberg, Grace Elizabeth, (1883-1970)
San Luis Obispo (Calif.)--History.
San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)--History
Societies--California--San Luis Obispo.
Women in charitable work--California--San Luis Obispo
Women civic leaders--California--San Luis Obispo.
Women--California--San Luis Obispo.
Women--Societies and clubs.
Women--Suffrage.
Correspondence.
Clippings.
Documents.
Holographic notes.
Photographs.
Secondary sources.
Related Material
Related Collections:
Sinsheimer Collection 1868-1997 (MS 036)
Jack Family Papers (MS 014)
Monday Club Records (MS 087)
1. Personal Papers
1912-1953
Scope and Content Note
Contains 5 subseries: A. Biographical information, B. Family records, C. Correspondence, D. Photographs, and E. Booklets.
A. Biographical Information
Scope and Content Note
Contains reproductions of ancestry records for the Barneberg family, unarranged. 1 folder.
Box 1, Folder 1
Reproductions of census, death records, and ancestry records, for the Barneberg family.
Scope and Content Note
(John W. Barneberg Senior, Sarah E Barneberg, John R. Barneberg, Chester H. Barneberg, Grace E. Barneberg, Helen Maxine Barneberg
Vanschaick, and John C. Barneberg.)
B. Family Records
Scope and Content Note
Contains newspaper clipping and rendering, unarranged. 2 folders.
Box 1, Folder 2
Obituary, John Barneberg
March 13, 1930
Scope and Content Note
(San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune)
Box 1, Folder 3
Beach Cottage, Floor plan
no date
C. Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Contains correspondence arranged chronologically, from circa 1912-1953 (gaps). 2 folders.
Box 1, Folder 4
Unattributed correspondence, Economic Aspects of the Liquor Problem
circa 1912.
Box 1, Folder 5
Warren, Earl Chief Supreme Court Justice to Barneberg, Grace
1953
D. Photographs
circa 1900-1930
Scope and Content Note
Contains photographs of Grace E. Barneberg and family and local citizens of San Luis Obispo, arranged chronologically. 5 folders.
Box 1, Folder 6
Barneberg, Grace
circa 1900-1930s.
Box 1, Folder 7
Barneberg, (Helen) Maxine, Marcella Fitzgerald, Mable Weathers, Helen Palmer, Helen Shipsey, San Luis Obispo
1918
Box 1, Folder 8
Chinese funeral procession in San Luis Obispo (copyprint)
no date
Box 1, Folder 9
Vachell, Horace (?),
circa 1890
Box 1, Folder 10
Unidentified Photographs
no date
E. Booklets
Scope and Content Note
Contains booklets, unarranged. 2 folders.
Box 1, Folder 11
Bylaws of the Mitre Club, San Luis Obispo
circa 1892
Box 1, Folder 12
Eugenics: A Journal of Race Betterment, Volume II, No. 3
March 1929
2. Professional Papers
1918-1944
Scope and Content Note
Contains 8 subseries: A. Speeches, B. Department of Institutional Libraries, C. Free Public Library, D. Health Clinic, E.
Women's Prison Board, F. World Friendship Among Children, World War II "Tea during war" and H. Red Cross.
A. Speeches
Scope and Content Note
Contains typescript relating to county homes for the aged with accompanying photographs relating to the topics. Unarranged,
no date 3 folders.
Box 1, Folder 13
Typescript, "A Friendship Christmas" By Grace E. Barneberg, Chairman Division of Institutional Relations
no date
Box 1, Folder 14
Unidentified group of men, Laval Company, Inc., Fresno
no date
Box 1, Folder 15
Unidentified group of women with holographic note by Grace Barneberg "...the Dream has departed." Laval Company, Inc., Fresno
no date
B. Department of Institutional Libraries
Scope and Content Note
Contains correspondence and documents, unarranged. 1929. 2 folders.
Box 1, Folder 16
Correspondence from Robert Rea, San Francisco Public Librarian to Grace Barneberg
1929
Box 1, Folder 17
California State Hospitals, library inventory questionnaires
1929
C. Free Public Library, San Luis Obispo
Scope and Content Note
Contains correspondence and documents, unarranged. 1939-1944. 3 folders.
Box 1, Folder 18
Correspondence from W.T. Shipsey, attorney, to Grace Barneberg
1944
Box 1, Folder 19
Typescript, Poem to Mrs. Kellogg, Librarian
no date
Box 1, Folder 20
Free Public Library, Annual Reports
1939-1942
D. Health Clinics, San Luis Obispo
Scope and Content Note
Contains documents and holographic notes, unarranged from 1921-22. 2 folders.
Box 1, Folder 21
San Luis Health Center
1921-1922
Box 1, Folder 22
Holographic notes, loan closet inventory, and work records, County Dental Clinic
1921-1922
E. Women's Prison Board, Tehachapi
Scope and Content Note
Contains correspondence, unarranged from 1928. 1 folder.
Box 1, Folder 23
Correspondence and reports
1928
F. World Friendship Among Children
Scope and Content Note
Contains brochure and photographs, unarranged, from 1928. 2 folders.
Box 1, Folder 24
Brochure "World Friendship Among Children" New York, NY
1928
Box 1, Folder 25
Photographs, "Felix and Josephine Abcede"
no date
G. World War II "Tea during war"
Scope and Content Note
Contains typescripts of addresses and holographic notes arranged in original order, 1941. 3 folders.
Box 1, Folder 26
Typescript, List of Officers [sic] Wives of the 40
th Division
no date
Box 1, Folder 27
Typescript and holographic notes, Directory of Officers Living off Post
March 28, 1941
Box 1, Folder 28
Typescript, Address List of Officers' Families Residing in the Vicinity of Camp San Luis Obispo
no date
H. Red Cross, San Luis Obispo
Scope and Content Note
Contains programs and photographs, unarranged from 1918. 2 folders.
Box 1, Folder 29
Program, Junior Red Cross Lunch Room
1918
Box 1, Folder 30
Photographs, Red Cross parade, San Luis Obispo
1918
3. Monday Club Papers
1924-1983
Scope and Content Note
Contains 5 subseries: A. California Federation of Women's Club, Monday Club directory records, B. Monday Club meeting notes,
C. Programs, D. Speeches, E. Mitchell Park Square, San Luis Obispo and F. Photographs.
A. California Federation of Women's Club, Monday Club directory records
Scope and Content Note
Contains correspondence and documents relating to the Monday Club's request to join the California Federation of Women's Club,
unarranged from 1924-1926.
3 folders.
Box 1, Folder 31
Correspondence, Lorbeer, Mrs. J.B., to Grace Barneberg
1924
Box 1, Folder 32
Correspondence, Toll, Mrs. Eleanor J., California Federation of Women's Clubs to Grace Barneberg
1924
Box 1, Folder 33
Monday Club directory listing, California Federation of Women's Clubs
1926
B. Monday Club meeting notes
Scope and Content Note
Contains holographic meeting notes, unarranged, 1927. 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 34
Holographic notes, Barneberg, Grace
1927
C. Programs
Scope and Content Note
Contains programs and typescripts of performances, unarranged, 1929, 1983. 4 folders
Box 1, Folder 35
Monday Club Building Fund card, San Luis Service Station
no date
Box 1, Folder 36
Second Community Artist Series
March 13, 1929
Box 1, Folder 37
"Clubhouse 50
th Anniversary" Monday Club
May 22, 1983
Box 1, Folder 38
Typescripts, "Where Yesterdays Look Backward with a Smile" intermittent music to accompany a descriptive monologue, and "Street
Cleaners" lyrics
no date
D. Speeches
Scope and Content Note
Contains typescripts with holographic notes, unarranged from 1934. 2 folders.
Box 1, Folder 39
Typescript, "Address Given by Miss Grace E. Barneberg at the Convention of the California Federation of Women's Clubs, Riverside
May 9, 1934
Box 1, Folder 40
Typescript with holographic notes, "Pundita Ramabai,"
no date
E. Mitchell Park Square, San Luis Obispo
Scope and Content Note
Contains documents, reports, and correspondence regarding advocacy efforts on behalf of Monday Club members to found a park
in the City of San Luis Obispo. Arranged chronologically from 1927-1928. 3 folders.
Box 1, Folder 41
Motions and City agreements
circa 1927
Box 1, Folder 42
Correspondence, Shepard, H. W. Professor Landscape Design, Berkeley to Mrs. Helen Latimer
1927
Box 1, Folder 43
Report on proposed site for park square in the City of San Luis Obispo, California, Monday Club
1928
F. Photographs, Monday Club
Scope and Content Note
Contains photographs of club activities, unarranged, circa 1930s. 4 folders.
Box 1, Folder 44
Groundbreaking for Monday Club, Mrs. Jane L.T. Curtright, Grace E. Barneberg, and James Jepson, Contractor
circa 1933
Box 1, Folder 45
Exterior building and rendering, Monday Club
circa 1932
1934
Box 1, Folder 46
Interior building, Monday Club members
no date
Box 1, Folder 47
Lower Higuera, San Luis Obispo City Limit, "Monday Club paid for the city entry sign..."
no date
