Finding Aid to the Oscar Lewis papers, undated, 1859-1988 (bulk 1930-1965)
Finding Aid to the Oscar Lewis papers, undated, 1859-1988 (bulk 1930-1965)
Collection number: BANC MSS 93/97 c
The Bancroft Library- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Mario H. Ramirez
- Date Completed:
- 2012
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
Scope and Content of Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, undated, 1923-1988
A, Miscellaneous
Adams, Ansel
Albright, Carmen
Allen, Lewis
Altrocchi, Julia
The American Annual
American Broadcasting Company
American Girl
The American Institute of Graphic Arts
The American Magazine
Anderson, Gregg
Angelo, Valenti
Appleton (D.)- Century Company
Atherton, Gertrude
The Atlantic Monthly
Ayer (N.W.) and Sons
B, Miscellaneous
Baily, Pat
Bangert, Ethel
Bank of California
Bechtel, Kenneth
Beebe, Lucius
Bender, Albert M.
Bennett, Melba
Bentley, Wilder
Bohemian Club
Book Club of California
Bretano's Book Chat
Brief Stories Magazine
Brynner, Witter
C, Miscellaneous
Cady, Howard
Caen, Herb
California Historical Society
California Lure Publishers
California State Library, Sacramento
California State Library, Sutro Branch
California Writers Club
Californians Inc.
Chambrun, Jacques
Chanticleer Press
Chasselacres, Norman and Adele
Children: The Magazine for Parents
Christian Board of Publication
The Christian Endeavor World
The Christian Science Monitor
Christopher, George
The Clarke (S.J.) Publishing Company
The Classmate
Clausen, Gertrude
Cleland, Robert Glass
Clemens, Cyril
Coblentz, Stanton A.
The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly
Congregational Publishing Society
Cook (David C.) Publishing Company
Coward-McCann, Inc.
Crowell (Thomas Y.) Company
D, Miscellaneous
Damon, Bertha
Davis, Dorcas
Davis, Melton S.
Day, Henry L.
De Voto, Bernard
Dean, Mallette
Dillon, Dick
Dodd, Mead and Company
Dorse, Kenneth K.
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
Dover Publications, Inc.
Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Inc.
Dyer, Joseph
E, Miscellaneous
Elder (Paul) and Company
The Encyclopedia Americana
F, Miscellaneous
Fahey, Herbert and Peter
Farquhar, Francis P.
Fatout, Paul
Fidelity Guaranty Building and Loan Association
Field, Sara
The Folio Society Limited
Fortune
Freeman, Ted
G, Miscellaneous
Garden City Books
Grabhorn, Jane
Greenberg Publisher, Inc.
Grosset and Dunlap, Inc.
H, Miscellaneous
Haas, Robert
Haldeman-Julius Company
Hall, Carroll
Harper and Brothers Publishers
Hart, Horace
Hart, James D.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Herndon, William
Hogan, William
Holbrook, Stewart H.
Holl, Walter
Holliday, James S.
Holt (Henry) and Company
Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc.
The House Beautiful
Howell-North Books
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Hunt, Rockwell D.
Hutchenson, Austin E.
I, Miscellaneous
The Independent
J, Miscellaneous
Jackson, Joseph Henry
James D. Phelan Awards in Literature and Art
John Howell Books
Jones, Dayton E.
K, Miscellaneous
Keeler, Charles
Kemble, John Haskell
Knopf, Alfred A. Inc.
Knopf, Edwin H.
Koshland, William A.
L, Miscellaneous
Lane Magazine and Book Company
Lane Publishing Company
Lapham, Roger D.
LaSelle, Eunice Pond
Lehman, Benjamin Harrison
Lengyel, Corwel
Lewis, Oscar (outgoing)
Lewis, Ruth
Lewis, William
The Limited Editions Club
Lippincott (J.B.) Company
Little, Brown and Company
Little (J.J.) and Ives Company, Inc.
Longmans, Green and Company, Inc.
M, Miscellaneous
MacKay School of Mines, University of Nevada
Maslin, Marsh
McClatchy Newspapers
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
McIntosh, McKee and Batchhelder
McKay (David) Company, Inc.
McWilliams, Carey
Merner, Garfield D.
Messner (Julian), Inc.
Mirrielees, Edith R.
Moody, Ralph
Motor Life
N, Miscellaneous
The Nation
National Broadcasting Company
The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly
The New Republic
New York Herald Tribune Book Review
Newbegin's Bookshop
Norris, Charles G.
O, Miscellaneous
Oakland Public Library
Osborne, Lewis
The Outlook Company
P, Miscellaneous
Pacific Historical Review
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Parker Publishing Company
Parks, Bruce M.
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Powell, Lawrence Clark
Prentice Hall, Inc.
Printers' Ink Publications
The Publisher's Weekly
Putnam's (G.P.) Sons
Q, Miscellaneous
R, Miscellaneous
Random House, Inc.
Rexroth, Kenneth
Rinehart and Company Publishers
Ritchie, Ward
Ritchie Press (Ward)
Robertson, Alexander W. (Mrs.)
Robinson, Elmer E.
Robinson Co. (J.W.)
Rosaire, Forrest
Roxburghe Club of San Francisco
S, Miscellaneous
The Sacramento Bee
San Francisco Art Commission
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition
San Francisco Maritime Museum
San Francisco Mayor's Office
San Francisco News, The Call Bulletin
San Francisco Public Library
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Review of Literature
Scientific American
Scribner's (Charles) Sons
Shelley, John F.
Shinn, Charles H. (Mrs.)
Shumate, Alfred
Sims, Jerry
The Society of California Pioneers
Southern Pacific Company
The Spur
Standard Oil of California
Stanford University
Sterry, Norman S.
Stevens, Georgina
Strouse, Norman
Swanson, Carl
Sutro, Alfred and Oscar
T, Miscellaneous
Taylor, Glenhall
Texas Medallions, Inc.
Thatcher, W.F.G.
Theta Sigma Phi
Time-Life Books
Tongees, William
Turner, Lyle H.
U, Miscellaneous
United Lutheran Church in America, Inc., Board of Publications
United States Library of Congress
Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California Press
V, Miscellaneous
The Vanguard Press
W, Miscellaneous
Wagner, H.R.
Waite, Edgar
Waldo, Harold
Walker, Franklin D.
The Westgate Press
Wheat, Carl
Wing, Willis Kingsley
Wright, Louis B.
Y, Miscellaneous
Yale University Press
Young People's Weekly
Youth's World
Z, Miscellaneous
Zeitlin, Jake
Zellerbach, Harold L.
Writings, undated, 1923-1975
Lewis, Oscar, undated, 1923-1975
Army Journal, 1917
Articles, Published, undated, 1923-1983
Articles, San Francisco, 1927
Articles, San Francisco, The Encyclopedia Americana, 1972
Manuscript, Agnes Tobin: A Biographical Sketch, undated
Manuscript, Agnes Tobin: Her Life and Letters, undated
Manuscript, Arcadia's End, undated
Galley Proof, The Autobiography of the West, 1958
Manuscript, Autobiography of the West, undated
Manuscript, The Autobiography of the West, undated, 1958
Gallery Proof, Bay Window Bohemia, 1955-1956
Manuscript, Bay Window Bohemia, undated, 1956
Manuscript, Bay Window Bohemia, 1956
Manuscript, Benton Block, undated
Manuscript, The Big Four, undated
Manuscript, Bonanza Inn: America's First Luxury Hotel (with Hall, Carroll), undated, 1959
Manuscript, A Boy's God, undated
Manuscript, The Bulletin's Baby, undated
Manuscript, California in the Civil War, undated
Manuscript, Comedy Landing, undated
Manuscript, Continuity, undated
Manuscript, The Devil's Delegate to the Motherlode, undated
Manuscript, Exploring California By Auto, undated
Manuscript, Extra Innings: The Occasional Notes of a Lifelong Non-Notetaker, undated
Manuscript, Fabulous San Simeon, 1958
Manuscript, A Family of Builders, undated
Manuscript, A Family of Builders: The Story of the Hasses and the Thompsons, 1959
Manuscript, Firewall, undated
Manuscript, Footnote to a Biography, undated
Manuscript, The Friendship of Books, undated
Manuscript, Gateway to the Gold Fields, undated
Manuscript, George Davidson: Pioneer West Coast Scientist, 1954
Manuscript, The Hawaiian Islands: The Pacific Stronghold and its People, undated
Manuscript, Here Lived the Californians, undated
Photographs, Here Lived the Californians, undated
Manuscript, John Henry Nash: Master Printer - Master Salesman, undated
Manuscript, High Sierra Country, undated, 1935
Galley Proof, I Remember Christine, 1941
Galley Proof, I Remember Christine, 1941
Manuscript, I Remember Christine, circa 1942
Galley Proof, Introduction, The Wave, undated
Manuscript, Introduction, Anthology, Quaterly Newsletter, Book Club of California, 1964
Manuscript, Introduction, Western Shores, undated, 1973-1975
Manuscript, Introductions, undated, 1989
Manuscript, The Kingwells Need Practical Wives, undated
Manuscript, Lemuel Beagle: A Tribute, undated
Manuscript, Memories of Old San Francisco - Introduction, undated, 1906, 1933, 1972
Manuscript, Minority Report: An Anthology of Destructive Criticism, undated
Drawings, The Lost Years, undated
Front Matter, The Lost Years, 1951
Galley Proof, The Lost Years, 1951
Manuscript, The Lost Years, undated
Manuscript, The Lost Years: A Fanciful Biography, undated
Manuscript, Making Friends with Books, undated
Manuscript, The Man Who Understands America, undated
Manuscript, Notes on a Novel, 1945
Manuscript, The Obsolete Virtue, undated
Manuscript, Painless Parker: Maverick Dentist, undated
Research Material and Notes, Painless Parker, undated, 1925-1969
Manuscript, Remembering Christine, undated
Manuscript, The Ringing World, undated
Manuscript, The Sacramento, undated
Manuscript, The Sacramento Bee: 1957-1957, undated
Manuscript, The Sacramento River: Highway to Adventure, undated
Manuscript, Sagebrush Casino: The Story of Legal Gambling in Nevada, undated
Manuscript, San Francisco, undated
Manuscript, San Francisco, From Misson to Metropolis, undated
Manuscript, San Francisco: A History, undated
Manuscript, San Francisco: A History, undated
Manuscript, The San Francisco Reader, undated
Manuscript, Sea Routes to the Gold Fields, undated, 1948
Notes, Sea Routes to the Gold Fields, undated, 1948
Manuscript, Seven Dog Saunders and the Misused Smell, undated
Manuscript, Short Stories, undated
Galley Proof, Silver Kings, 1947
Manuscript, Silver Kings, undated
Photographs, Silver Kings, undated
Manuscript, Sketches of Early California, undated, 1971
Manuscript, The Story of Oregon, 1958
Manuscript, A Suggestion for a Musical Play with a San Francisco Setting (with Bissinger, Paul A.), undated
Galley Proof, Sutter's Fort: Gateway to the Gold Fields, 1966
Manuscript, Sutter's Fort: Gateway to the Gold Fields, undated, 1965
Photographs, Sutter's Fort: Gateway to the Gold Fields, undated
Manuscript, That Hargreaves Pair, undated
Galley Proof, This Was San Francisco, 1962
Galley Proof, This Was San Francisco, 1962
Manuscript, This Was San Francisco, 1962
Manuscript, To Remember Albert M. ("Mickey") Bender, 1973
Manuscript, Tomalas Road, undated
Manuscript, Tooth-Tinker: An Informal Biography, undated
Manuscript, Tooth-Tinker: An Informal Biography of Dr. Painless Parker, First of the Advertising Dentists, undated
Manuscript, The Town That Died Laughing, circa 1953
Manuscript, Treasures of the Earth, 1961
Manuscript, The Tree: A California Story, undated
Manuscript, The Uncertain Journey, 1945
Manuscript, A Very Rowdy Person, undated
Manuscript, Victorian Shadows on Walnut and Main: Red Bluff, California, undated
Manuscript, The War in the Far West: 1861-1865, 1961
Notes, The War in the Far West: 1861-65, undated
Manuscript, The Wavering Hand, undated
Miscellanous, undated
Notebooks, undated
Other Authors, undated, 1971-1972
Manuscript, Berkove, Laurence I., Dives and Lazarus, undated
Manuscript, Hunt Jackson, Helen, Ah-Wah-Ne Days: A Visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1872, circa 1970s
Manuscript, Lewis, W. Guillermo, The Arena, undated
Manuscript, Lewis, W. Guillermo, The Fighting Bobcats, 1972
Manuscript, Lewis, William, The Arena, undated
Manuscript, Lewis, William, Short Stories, circa 1971
Manuscript, Markham, Edwin, undated, 1927
Manuscript, Weston, Otheto, Historic Landmarks of the Motherlode, undated
Manuscript, Yeager, Christian, Journal of a Voyage From New York to California On Board Ship Thomas H. Perkins, undated
Subject Files, undated, 1879-1988
Appointment to the San Francisco Art Commission, Lewis, Oscar (certificate), 1951
Bender, Albert M., undated, 1925-1953
Bender, Albert M. (scrapbook), 1941
California Redwood Association, undated, 1964
Central Pacific Railroad Company, 1879
Clamproclamation! (broadside), undated
Clippings and Articles, 1933-1958
Clippings and Other Ephemera (scrapbooks), circa 1880s-1890s
Contracts, 1930-1988
Copy of Address Labels, undated
De Quille, Dan, undated
Dedication of the Ichthyosaur "Cathedral" (broadside), 1966
Dedication of the Pioneer Paper Mill (broadside), 1956
Fair, James, undated, 1894-1897, 1929, 1938, 1946
Gold Rush Literature: A Symposium, undated, 1948
Haas Family, undated, 1957-1959
Letter Press Samples, undated, 1947, 1955-1957
Letter Press Samples, undated, 1949-1956
Low Jinks, Shoot the Works, Bohemian Club (poster), 1957
Medallions, Literature Award, Commonwealth Club of California, 1938, 1942
Mexico, 1949
Miscellaneous, undated, 1919-1988
News of Borzoi Books, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1938-1943
Notes, The Examiner, undated
Notes, Miscellaneous, undated
Photographs, Lewis, Oscar, undated
Portfolio of Old California, circa 1971
Programs, Invitations and Announcements, 1916-1957
Proposal, The Restoration of the Name of "Iland of St. James" to One of the Present Farallon Islands According to the Original Intent of Sir Francis Drake, undated
Roxburghe Club, Zamarono Club (broadside), undated
Sacramento, undated, 1955-1969
The Smart Set, undated, 1916
Sutro, Adolph, undated, 1859-1877
Sutro Tunnel Maps and Poster, Comstock Lode, undated
United States and Mexican Boundary Commission (map), undated
Walter, Thomas U., undated, 1950-1980