Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Consists of a variety of ephemera relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and California. Bulk of ephemera relates to forty-niners, gold rush-era miners, and members of The Society of California Pioneers. The collection also includes materials pertaining to: members of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance; prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century San Franciscans such as political and civic leaders, and early explorers; police and fire chiefs; attorneys and judges; artists, writers, and actors; musicians, conductors, and composers; businessmen, merchants, and other ordinary citizens. Also contains family trees, family histories, and other genealogical documents.
- Extent:
- 34.6 Linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], [File name], Biographical File Collection, BIO FILES, The Society of California Pioneers.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Consists of a variety of ephemera relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and California. Bulk of ephemera relates to forty-niners, gold rush-era miners, and members of The Society of California Pioneers. The collection also includes materials pertaining to: members of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance; prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century San Franciscans such as political and civic leaders, and early explorers; police and fire chiefs; attorneys and judges; artists, writers, and actors; musicians, conductors, and composers; businessmen, merchants, and other ordinary citizens. Also contains family trees, family histories, and other genealogical documents.
Range of ephemera includes: newspaper and magazine clippings, biographical sketches; obituaries, birth, and death certificates; correspondence; pamphlets; photocopies of handwritten documents and photographs; transcripts of interviews; and commemorative materials from memorials and historic events.
- Acquisition information:
- Assembled by the staff at The Society of California Pioneers.
- Processing information:
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Processed by California Ephemera Project staff, funded by a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, in 2009-2010.
- Arrangement:
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Collection is arranged alphabetically.
- Accruals:
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Additions to the collection are ongoing.
- Physical location:
- Collection is stored onsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open by appointment for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be submitted in writing to the Librarian.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], [File name], Biographical File Collection, BIO FILES, The Society of California Pioneers.
- Location of this collection:
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300 Fourth StreetSan Francisco, CA 94107, US
- Contact:
- (415) 957-1849 ext. 160