Consists of bibliographic and research notes pertaining to and used in the preparation of the History of British Columbia (volume 32) and the History of Alaska (volume 33), part of Hubert Howe Bancroft's 39-volume History of the Pacific States of North America published between 1882-1890.

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.

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