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Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s
BANC MSS B-C 12  
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Description
Consists of bibliographic and research notes pertaining to and used in the preparation of the History of California (volumes 18-24), California Pastoral (vol. 34) and California Interpocula (vol. 25), nine volumes of Hubert Howe Bancroft's 39-volume, History of the Pacific States of North America published between 1882-1890.
Background
Hubert Howe Bancroft was born in Granville, Ohio on May 5, 1832. After working for some time in the Buffalo, N.Y. book store owned by his brother-in-law, George H. Derby, Bancroft came to California in 1852 to establish a West Coast outlet for the shop. In 1855, after selling the initial stock, he went east and returned with sufficient books and stationery to open a San Francisco store the following year. Within two years, his firm on Montgomery Street began to grow into a publishing house, issuing such items as law books and legal stationery, texts and maps for schools, and music and piano sales.
Extent
Number of containers: 4 boxes, 22 cartons Linear feet: 29.20
Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.