Biographical File Collection, 1602, 1774-2010, bulk Bulk, 1850-2010

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Summary

Title:
Biographical file collection
Dates:
1602, 1774-2010, bulk Bulk, 1850-2010
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:

[Identification of item], [File name], Biographical File Collection, BIO FILES, The Society of California Pioneers.

Background

Scope and content:

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:

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:

Collection is arranged alphabetically.

Accruals:

Additions to the collection are ongoing.

Physical location:
Collection is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Finding aid prepared by California Ephemera Project staff.
Sponsor:
The California Ephemera Project was funded by a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources in 2009-2010.
Date Prepared:
2010
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-04-22T11:44-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open by appointment for research.

Terms of access:

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:

[Identification of item], [File name], Biographical File Collection, BIO FILES, The Society of California Pioneers.

Location of this collection:
300 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94107, US
Contact:
(415) 957-1849 ext. 160
mmdevine@californiapioneers.org
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