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Title: California biography collection
Date (inclusive): 1827-2001
Collection Identifier: BIO COLL
Extent:
80.0 boxes
(40.0 Linear feet)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Consists of ephemeral items relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in California. The individuals and families
represented include: pioneers and settlers; professionals, including teachers, doctors, scientists, lawyers and judges; bankers
and merchants; political and cultural figures, including labor leaders, performers and artists; farmers and ranchers; religious
leaders; craftspeople; volunteers; and employees of city agencies and non-profit organizations. Contains mostly newspaper
obituaries, but also includes: handwritten biographical documents, invitations, wedding announcements, family reunion newsletters,
genealogy forms, family trees, memorials, political speeches, campaign material, correspondence, and newspaper and magazine
clippings.
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Director
of the Library and Archives, North Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco,
CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
San Francisco Ephemera Collection
California Ephemera Collection
California Business Ephemera Collection
Menu Collection
Theater Ephemera Collection
Additions to the collection are ongoing.
[Identification of item], [File name], California Biography Collection, California Historical Society.
General Information File Collection
County File Collection
Collection is arranged alphabetically.
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.
Consists of ephemeral items relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in California. The individuals and families
represented include: pioneers and settlers; professionals, including teachers, doctors, scientists, lawyers and judges; bankers
and merchants; political and cultural figures, including labor leaders, performers and artists; farmers and ranchers; religious
leaders; craftspeople; volunteers; and employees of city agencies and non-profit organizations.
Contains mostly newspaper obituaries, but also includes: handwritten biographical documents, invitations, wedding announcements,
family reunion newsletters, genealogy forms, family trees, memorials, political speeches, campaign material, correspondence,
and newspaper and magazine clippings.
Individual ephemera files can contain a single item or more extensive amounts of material, ranging from photocopies to handwritten
documents.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
California Ephemera Project.
Announcements.
Clippings.
Correspondence.
Ephemera.
Invitations.
Newsletters.
Obituaries.