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Title: Maude C. Pilkington papers,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1964
Date (bulk): (bulk 1916-1934)
Collection number: MS 61
Creator:
Pilkington, Maude C.
Extent:
2 boxes, 1 flat
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: Includes biographical material, clippings, travel magazines, photograph albums of Maude Pilkington and her husband Richard
Lukens.
Physical location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Maude C. Pilkington Papers. MS 61. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Gift of Elliot Evans, 1971.
Maude C. Pilkington was a journalist and travel writer who was born on January 22, 1888, and raised in the Seabright neighborhood
of Santa Cruz, California. After school she became a writer for the San Jose Mercury Herald, and in 1919, after a 10 year
courtship, she married Richard R. Lukens, captain of a ship in the service of the U.S. Geodetic Survey.
She continued her journalistic endeavors well into the 1930's, publishing travel narratives. In 1936 the couple bought a
home in Riverside, CA, where they resided after retirement. Captain Lukens died in 1964, followed by Maude on May 29, 1966.
Includes biographical material, travel magazines, photograph albums, and article clippings by and on Maude Pilkington and
her husband Richard Lukens.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Pilkington, Maude C.
Journalists--United States
Travel Writing
Women Journalists
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Lukens, Richard R., 1886-
Pilkington, Mary, "A Mirror For the Female Sex : Historical Beauties For Young Ladies", 1799.