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A Guide to the Papers of Frances Evelyn Bishop
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Title: A Guide to the Papers of Frances Evelyn Bishop
Date (inclusive): 1852-1987
Date (bulk): 1852-1900 and 1975-1985
Collection number: 243.1
Creator:
Bishop, Frances Evelyn
Extent:
4.5 Cubic Feet
Repository:
California State Parks. Calaveras Big Trees State Park
PO Box 120
Arnold, CA 95223
Abstract: The papers of Frances Bishop were donated to the Department
of Parks and Recreation and consist of 4.5 cubic feet of materials. The
papers date between 1852 and 1987, with the bulk of the materials between 1852 and
1900 and 1975-1985. Document types include annotated manuscript drafts and
typescripts, research notes and note cards, correspondence, articles and news clippings,
and photographs.
Physical location: Please contact the Calaveras Big Trees State Park for information regarding the location of this collection.
Language:
English.
This collection is open for research.
Please contact the Calaveras Big Trees State Park for information regarding publication of any material from this collection.
[Identification of item], Francis Evelyn Bishop Papers. 243.1. Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Arnold,CA.
The papers of Frances Bishop were donated to the Department
of Parks and Recreation.
Frances Bishop was born in Sacramento and grew up in the Stockton area,
attending school in both Stockton and the town of Lodi. She was a descendent of
a pioneer family, and her aunt and uncle, Frances and Charles Gann, owned grazing
land along Highway 4 above Cottage Springs. Bishop and her husband, Thomas
Bishop, moved to the town of Arnold in 1967.
As a historian, researcher, and writer, Bishop's life work focused on the history
of the Calaveras Big Trees, with an emphasis on the Ebbett's Pass area. For nearly
30 years, Bishop gathered facts from various repositories and individuals for her
articles, brochures, and unpublished manuscript. She served as historian for the
Calaveras Big Trees Association for 13 years, often contributing articles to the
organization's newsletter. Although her major work remains unpublished, Bishop's
influence permeates the brochures, trail guides, maps, and interpretation of Calaveras
Big Trees State Park.
Arrangement
The papers of Frances Evelyn Bishop have been organized into four series and
four subseries.
- Series I: Publications
- Series II: Background Research
- Subseries I: Individuals
- Subseries II: Places and subjects
- Subseries III: Graphics
- Subseries IV: General background materials
- Series III: Personal Papers
- Series IV: Calaveras Big Trees Association
The papers of Frances Bishop were donated to the Department of Parks and
Recreation and consist of 4.5 cubic feet of materials. The papers date between
1852 and 1987, with the bulk of the materials between 1852 and 1900 and 1975-1985.
Document types include annotated manuscript drafts and typescripts, research notes
and note cards, correspondence, articles and news clippings, and photographs.
Folder headings were copied and material were rehoused in acid-free folders and
boxes. Harmful fasteners, such as brads and paper clips, were removed and replaced
with plastic clips. Photographs were sleeved in polyethylene sleeves. Newspaper
articles were photocopied and the originals discarded.
Often, it is unclear which notes and graphical materials correlate with which
writing effort, and occasionally several articles or manuscript drafts will use the same
graphics. No attempt has been made to separate background research materials
and relate them to specific efforts.
Arrangement
Frances Bishop was an extremely meticulous researcher, often questioning her
sources and her own conclusions. For this reason, and because her major work was
still in progress, the vast majority of her handwritten notes and her research note
cards have been retained and kept in their original order when possible.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
- Anable, Henry Sheldon
- Atwood, Henry
- Baker, Isaac W.
- Bernasconi, Barney
- Blake, William P.
- Case Philip H.
- Curtis, Charles A.
- Cutting, Ephraim
- Davis, Ina
- DeLaittre, John
- Doble, John
- Dowd, Augustus T.
- Dunbar, Freeman
- Dunbar, Willis
- Farquhar, Francis P.
- Flanders, Ira M.
- Fricot, Desire
- Gibbes, Charles D.
- Graves, Newton H.
- Greeley, Horace
- Greenlaw, Louise
- Horn, Alexander
- Hutching, James M.
- Hutchinson, James Sloan
- Jameson, Phoebe Caroline
- Jaquith, Abram
- Journeay, James
- Lapham, William W.
- Libby, William J.
- Manuel, John
- Ordway, Ed
- Sequoyah
- Silliman, Benjamin
- Smith, Andrew J.
- Smith, Jedediah Strong
- Smith, Leslie James
- Sperry, James L.
- Sperry, Mehitable Berry Felton
- Taylor, Bayard
- Thompson, John A. "Snowshoe"
- Tourtillott, Jane Augusta Holbrook
- Turrill, Charles B.
- Watkins, Carleton E.
- Wheeler, George M., Lt.
- Whiteside, Elizabeth
- Whitney, J. D.
- Wooster, John Marshall
The big tree story The Mammoth Tree Ranch The big tree, the big stump, and the first hotel A brief history of the big tree and the big stump The Winter of the Flood: 1861-1862
- Arnold (Calif.)
- Cottage Springs (Calif.)
- Dorrington (Calif.)
- Douglas Flat (Calif.)
- Ebbets Pass (Calif.)
- Mosquito Lake (Calif.)
- Murphys (Calif.)
- Silver Valley (Calif.)
- Squaw Hollow (Calif.)
- Tamarack (Calif.)
- Blagen Lumber Company
- Calaveras Timber Company
- Union Water Company.