Series 1: Publications of A. L. Bancroft Co. And the History Company. 1871-1896.
H. H. Bancroft, Pacific Encyclopedia. (unpublished) 1871-1872
Bancroft's Pacific Encyclopedia of History, Biography, Science Commerce, Politics, and General Information (notebook)
Correspondence
J. F. Bowman, Bancroft's Handbook of Travel for the Pacific States. 1882
Additional Note
Drafts, Publisher's and Editor's Prefaces
Chapter drafts, numbered chapters
Ch. I, The Physical Geography of the Pacific Coast
Ch. II, Historical Sketch of Discovery and Settlement
Ch. III, Physical Geography of California
Ch. IV, Production and Resources of California
Ch. V, The Voyage from New York to San Francisco
Ch. VI, Aspinwall and Crossing the Isthmus
Ch. VII, The Voyage from New York to San Francisco via Panama
Ch. VIII, The Voyage from Panama to San Francisco
Ch. IX, San Francisco and Environs
Ch. X, Visit to the Interiors and North of California
Ch. XI, Routes from Marysville with Schedule
Ch. XII, Routes from Sacramento with Schedule
Ch. XIII, Routes from Stockton with Schedule
Chapter drafts, unnumbered chapters
The Overland Route
Table of Distances from St. Joseph, Mo. to Placerville, Calif.
Table of Distances by Ocean from San Francisco
Trip from Sacramento through the Southern Mines to Stockton
To Los Angeles by Way of San Jose, Returning Up the Coast
Alameda, Amador, and Buena Vista counties
Butte, Calavaras, Colusa, and Contra Costa counties
The Mount Diablo Coal Mines, Del Norte, Fresno, and
Humboldt counties
Klamath, Lake, Los Angeles, Marin, and Mariposa counties
Mariposa County, The Yosemite Valley, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, and Napa counties
Nevada and Placer counties
San Bernadino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, and San Mateo counties
Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, and Siskiyou counties
Solano, Sonoma, and Stanislaus counties
Sutter, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, and Yolo counties, Routes and Distances from Marysville
H. H. Bancroft, California's Biography. 1882
Signature, pp. 1-34, and promotional literature Published in Contemporary Biography of California's Representative Men, compiled by Alanzo Phelps
J. S. Hittell, Bancroft's Pacific Coast Guidebook. 1882
Research notes
Alaska
Bathing establishments
Cemeteries (San Francisco)
Cliff House and Golden Gate Park
Climate (1879-1882)
Clubs (San Francisco)
Drives (country roads)
Education (College of the Pacific and Cogswell Institute)
Hot springs and resorts (advertisements and clippings. 1877-1881)
Hotels (San Francisco)
Libraries (San Francisco)
Public buildings (San Francisco)
Seattle steamship lines
Theaters (San Francisco)
Miscellaneous
J. S. Hittell, Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast. 1882
Unpublished chapter drafts and notes written by J. S. Hittell
Constitutional law
Relation to the union
Land titles
General legislation
General administration
Politics
Population
Cities and Towns
Intellectual condition
Railroads
Agriculture
Wood industries
Manufactures in general
Production notes
Samples of information gathering materials
Publishers instructions to agents
Agents field notes to publishers
Lists of individuals and companies to be interviewed
Bibliography of industrial subjects
Correspondence
J. S. Hittell to H. H. Bancroft
Information requests to California counties re manufacturing
Information requests returned to A. L. Bancroft from California counties
A. L. Bancroft to Governor's of Mexican State (in Spanish)
Harlow P. Bancroft to J. S. Hittell re Mexican research
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to J. S. Hittell
To J. S. Hittell and Henry L. Oak (miscellaneous)
Guide to organization of divisions of research notes
(from table of contents)
Research notes: Division I
Customs and conditions of the Chinese in San Francisco
Land for settlers, U.S. treasury statistics, state libraries
Society and enterprise of Californians and San Franciscans
The labor supply, trade unions wage scales
Research notes: Division II
Insurance
Railroads, earnings of railroads and employees
Roads
Express companies (Wells Fargo)
Telegraph, telephone
Commerce and shipping
Merchandising (importers and exporters)
Research notes: Division III
Horticulture (wine grapes and fruit)
Domestic fruit, dairy and poultry
Agriculture
Irrigation
Research notes: Division IV
Mining (gold, minerals, ores, thermal)
Research notes: Division V
Pisciculture and fish propagation
Furs and game
Cod fisheries
Whaling
Marine fisheries and canneries
Research notes : Division VI
Engineering (harbor and river improvements)
Research notes: Division VII
Textile manufacturing (wool, cotton, silk, jute, etc.)
Leather manufacturing (tanneries, shoes, glue, saddler, etc.)
Glass
Marble and granite
Bricks, plaster, lime, pottery
Concrete, artificial stone, pavement
Provisions (meat packing, sugar, flour, coffee, breweries, etc.)
Wood (lumber mills, furniture, wagons, ships, instruments, etc.)
Iron (smelters, foundries, rolling mills, tool manufactures, etc.)
Brass and bell foundries, coppersmiths
Plumbing and gas fittings
Roofing and hardware
Japanning, galvanizing, tinware
Mathematical instruments, lenses
Gold, nickel, silver plating
Watches, clocks, jewelry, lapidaries
Miscellaneous manufactures (tobacco, firearms, matches, explosives, brooms, paper, printers, type foundries, ink, paint, etc.)
Soap, perfume
Oil refining (whale, coconut, castor, linseed, etc.)
Miscellaneous manufactures (candles, oakum, hair works, etc.)
Photography
Bath houses
Hotels (California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, British Columbia)
Miscellaneous
Publication notes
Galleys, proofs, printed pages
Unbound copy tied in signatures [very fragile]
"Paper bag" files
Completed research forms (booklets)
Commerce (banking, merchandising, shipping)
Agriculture (distilleries, feed mills, canneries)
Fisheries (cod, salmon, canneries)
Engineering (coal, gas works, steam power)
Manufactures, textiles
Manufactures, leather
Manufactures, glue factories
Manufactures, earthworks (stone, brick, lime, marble, granite, etc.)
Provisions
Manufactures, wood
Manufactures (printers, foundries, bookbinders, paper mills, etc.)
Manufactures, iron (foundries, machine shops, pipes, etc.)
Manufactures, other metals (brass, copper, tin, etc.)
Miscellaneous manufactures
Photographers
Baths
H. H. Bancroft, History of the Pacific States of North America. v. I-XXXIX 1882-1890
v. I-V: Native Races
v. I, Chapter drafts
Ch. I, Ethnological Introduction
Ch. II, Hyperboreans
Henry L. Oak, Literature of the Pacific States- -Aboriginal Writing
v. I, Bibliographic notes
Ch. II, Hyperboreans (parts 1-3)
Ch. II, Hyperboreans (parts 4-6)
v. II, Illustrations, Aztec picture writing
Scrapbook of engraved illustrations of Mesoamerican ruins
Research plans and production notes
Proofs (title and dedication pages)
Galley, v. III, Ch. II, Quiche Creation Myth
v. VI-VIII: History of Central America
v. VI, Chapter drafts [unpublished, with English and Spanish versions]
Preface
Central American Geography and Progress. 1801-1887
Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. 1837-1887
v. VI, Chapter drafts
Ch. I, Introduction
Ch. V, Factions and Foraging in Darien, 1511-1513
Ch. VI, The Government of Andalucia and Castilla del Oro
(portion entitled, Characters of the Early Chroniclers for Veracity)
Ch. VI, Discovery of the Pacific Ocean (published as v. VI, Ch. IX)
Ch. VII, Pedrarias Davila Assumes the Government of Darien, 1514-1515
(published as v. VI, Ch. X)
Ch. VIII, Darien Expeditions under Pedrarias, 1515-1517 (published as v. VI, Ch. XI)
Ch. XII, The Fate of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 1516-17
Ch. XIII, Discovery and Pacification of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, 1518-1523
(portions published in v. VI, Ch. XIII, XIV)
v. VII, Chapter drafts
Ch. I, Pizarro and Peru, 1524-1544
Ch. X, Discords of the Spaniards, Pacification of Honduras, 1523-1541
(portions published in v. VII, Ch. IX)
Ch. XI, First Attempt to Pacify the Province of Nuevo Cartago, or Costa Rica
(retitled, Expedition of Diego Gutierrez to Costa Rica)
Ch. XIII, Discovery of Peru
(portion used in v. VI,Ch. I)
Ch. XIV, Conquest of Peru, 1528-1532
(portions used in v. VI, Ch. I)
Ch. XV, Pacification of Peru, 1532-1542
(portions used in v. VI, Ch. I)
Ch. XVI, Revolt of Hernando and Pedro de Contreras in Nicaragua and invasion of Panama, 1550
(published as v. VII, Ch. XVI)
Unnumbered chapter, End of Contreras Government in Nicaragua, 1541-1550
(portions used in v. VII, Ch. X)
Unnumbered chapter, Government of Francisco de Castaneda and Rodrigo de Contreras in Nicaragua, 1531-1540
(incomplete) (portions used in v. VII, Ch. X)
v. VIII, Chapter drafts
Ch. I- XIII, as published
Unidentified chapter fragments
Ch. XXXVIII, Mines and Mining
v. IX, Chapter drafts
Ch. I-VIII, as published
Index
Alphabetical subject index (bound volume)
List of authorities (Guatemala and Salvador, 1541-1550)
Signatures
Research correspondence
Production notes and correspondence
Galley proof, v. VIII, Ch. XIII, Republic of Guatemala
Page proofs, title and content
Copybook, v. VI, Ch. I-VI, The Conquest of Central America (with dedication to Henry Oak)
Copybook, v. VI, Ch. VII-XI, The Conquest of Central America
Bound mock-up, v. VI, 1501-1530
Maps, Central America. undated
v. IX-XIV: History of Mexico
v. IX, Chapter drafts
Ch. IX-X, as published, Ch. XI (incomplete)
Ch. XXX-XXXIV, as published
v. XI, Chapter drafts
Ch. XII, XIV, and unidentified chapter
Research correspondence and production notes, advertisement
Copybook, v. IX, Ch I-XI, The Conquest of Mexico
Copybook, v. X, Ch. I (two versions), Mexico Under the Viceroys, The Colonial Policy of Spain [unpublished]
v. XV-XVI: North Mexican States and Texas
v. XV, Chapter drafts
Ch. III-VI, The Jesuit Occupation of Lower California, 1703-1767
(published as v. XV, Ch. XV-XVII)
Ch. VII-VIII, The Franciscan Occupation of Lower California, 1767-1772
(published as v. XV, Ch. XVII, XXV)
Ch. IX-X, XII-XV, The Dominican Occupation of Lower California, 1768-1846
(published as Ch. XXV-XXVI, XXIX)
v. XVI, Chapter drafts
Ch. XVII, The War with the United States, 1847-1848
(published as v. XVI, Ch. XXIX)
Ch. XVIII, The Military Colony, 1849-1854
(published as v. XVI, Ch. XXX)
Ch. XIX, Walker's Invasion, 1853-1854
(published as v. XVI, Ch. XXVI)
Ch. XXI, Lower California. 1866-1871
Ch. XXII, Resources, Industries, Statistics
(published as v. XVI, Ch. XXXII)
v. XV-XVI, unidentified chapter fragments
Bound mockup, v. XV
v. XVII: History of Arizona and New Mexico
Chapter drafts
Ch. VII, Onate's Conquest of New Mexico, 1595-1599
(published as v. XVII, Ch. VI)
Ch. X, Reconquest by Don Diego de Vargas, 1692- 1700
v. XVIII-XXIV: History of California
v. XXIII, Chapter drafts
Ch. I-VI, VIII-XI
Important Observers, Aug.-Dec.1848
[unpublished chapter]
Incomplete chapters
Incomplete chapter on the Chinese question
[unpublished?]
Research correspondence, California pioneers
Reference list of California pioneers
Production notes
v. XXVII, galley proofs (Edward F. Spence, Moses l. Wicks, Henry Mayo Newhall)
"Paper bag" files
Bound mockups
v. XVIII
v. XVIII, XIX
v. XX, XXI
v. XXII, XXIII
v. XXIV
v. XXV: History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming
Chapter drafts
Ch. I-III
v. XXVI: History of Utah
Chapter drafts
Ch. I-III, 1540-1846 1835
Ch. IV-VI, XV, XX
Utah and Mormon Justice
[unpublished chapter]
Authorities quoted
The Boys of New York Newspaper
"The Mountain Meadow Massacre".
Nov. 5, 1877
Correspondence, F. D. Richards to H. H. Bancroft. 1884
Production notes and page proof
(The Deseret alphabet)
Signatures
Review, poster
Bound mockups
v. XXVII-XXVIII: History of the Northwest Coast
v. XXVII, Chapter drafts
Ch. VII, The Nookta Controversy 1789-1790
[p. 156-163 only]
v. XXVIII, Chapter drafts
Ch. I-III, Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1804-1806
Ch. VII, Founding of Fort Astoria. 1789-1812
Research notes
Galley proofs
Signatures
Bound mockup, v. XXVII
v. XXIX-XXX: History of Oregon
Ch. XX-XXI, untitled
[unpublished]
Books quoted in Oregon
(bound volume)
Correspondence and production notes
Bound mockup, v. XXX
v. XXXI, History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana
Biographical Index
Ch. VII, Galley proof (published pages 566-568)
Signatures
Bound mockup
v. XXXII, History of British Columbia
Chapter drafts
Ch. I-VII
Ch. VIII-XX
Ch. XXI-XXIX
Ch. XXX, Geographical, Railway, and Geological Explorations.
[unpublished]
1857
Numbered unpublished chapters
Ch. XXXI, Fort Simpson and the North Coast. 1850-1860
Ch. XXXII, Queen Charlotte Islands, Fort Simpson, and North Coast Affairs. 1860-1880
Ch. XXXIII, Progress of Settlement
Ch. XXXIV, Union of the Colonies and Consolidated Government. 1864-1871
Ch. XXXV, Confederation with Canada and Consequent Legislation. 1871-1880
Ch. XXXVI, The Canadian Pacific Railway. 1858-1880
Ch. XXXVII, Religion and Education. 1838-1877
Ch. XXXIX, Society
Ch. XXXXII, Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures. 1846-1878
Unnumbered and unpublished chapter drafts
The Canadian Pacific Railroad Scheme
The Island Railway and the Route-violation of the Terms and Separation
Mackenzie's Administration and the Railway Engagement
The Mackenzie or Liberal Party and Their Policy
Production notes and memoranda
Correspondence, R.J. Graham to Mr. T. M. Copperwaite. Oct. 1886
Copybook, Ch. 1, Summary of the Earliest Voyages
v. XXXIII, History of Alaska
Chapter drafts
Ch. I-II, XIX (incomplete), XX-XXVII
Ch. XXVIII-XXXII
Chapter fragments
Chapter outlines
Correspondence
Ivan Petroff to History Co. relating to Alaska research
Research notes
U.S. Navy archives; John Rogers correspondence. 1854
Toschou Kalendar from St. Petersberger. 1811-1865
Russian-American Company archives; correspondence. 1816-1817
Copied from Sitka Archives, Russian-American Company. 1852-1857
Copied from Sitka Archives, v. I (1857) and v. II (1854)
Morskoi Sbornik (Russian maritime periodical)
Miscellaneous
Clippings (miscellaneous) 1868-1869
Galleys
Index to v. XXXIII
Bound mockup
v. XXXIV: California Pastoral
Research notes
Report of combs worn by Mrs. M. G. Vallejo, Henry Cerruti. 1874
Correspondence
Platon Vallejo to H. H. Bancroft. 1875
Platon Vallejo to M. G. Vallejo (father). 1875
M. G. Vallejo to H. H. Bancroft. 1874-1880
M. G. Vallejo to Mr. Savage
Letter from Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo to Thomas Savage. October 16, 1878 BANC MSS B-C 7
Scope and Content Note
Hand drawn map from Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo that shows the location where San Francisco de Asisi Mission (Mission Delores) was originally founded. 1878 BANC MSS B-C 7
M. G. Vallejo to Henry Cerruti. 1874
Miscellaneous to Henry Cerruti
Henry Cerruti to H. H. Bancroft. 1874
Henry Cerruti to Henry L. Oak. 1874
Dr. George McKinstry to H. H. Bancroft. 1871
Vallejo family member (incomplete and unsigned) to H. H. Bancroft. 1875
Ula Vallejo to H. H. Bancroft. 1878
Miscellaneous research correspondence
v. XXXV: California Inter Pocula
Copybook, Ch. I (2 versions)
Chapter drafts
Ch. I-III
Ch. IV
Unnumbered and unpublished chapter drafts
Chinese in America
Asia in America
Chapter fragments
California newspapers and ephemera. 1871-1874
Plumas National, v. 6, no. 9 Nov. 25 1871
San Rafael Herald, v. 1, no. 2 Aug. 6 1874
The Evening Post. June 26, 1886 Nov. 8, 1886
San Diego Union. Nov. 14, 1886
Centennial of Father Junipero Serra (notice)
Correspondence
A. L. Bancroft to H. H. Bancroft. 1874
Orson Pratt to H. H. Bancroft. 1880
G. H. Leonard, MD to H. H. Bancroft. 1885
"Paper bag" files
v. XXXVI-XXXVII: Popular Tribunals
v. XXXVI, Chapter drafts
Ch. I, Vigilance Committees and Mobocracy
(portions published as the Preface and Table of Contents)
Ch. II, The San Francisco Vigilance Committee and the Law and Order Party
(portions published in Introduction)
Ch. III, Law and Government
(published as Ch. II, Popular Tribunals and Popular Government)
Ch. IV, The Right of Revolution
(published as part of Ch. II, Popular Tribunals and Popular Government)
Ch. V, Signs Significant of Storms
(published as Ch. IV, Significations of Storm)
Ch. VI, The Hounds Association
(published as Ch. V)
Ch. VII, The San Francisco Society of Regulators
(published as Ch. VI)
Ch. VIII, The Advent of Law
(published as Ch. VII)
Ch. IX, Characteristics of Crime in California
(published as Ch. VIII)
Ch. X, Law and Disorder
(published as Ch. IX)
Ch. XI, The Burdue-Stuart Affair
(published as Ch. XII)
Ch. XII, Organization of the Vigilance Committee of 1851
(published as Ch. XIII, Organization of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of
1851)
Ch. XIII, Behind the Scenes
(published as Ch. XIV)
Ch. XIV, The Executive Committee of 1851
(published as Ch. XVI, The San Francisco Executive Committee of
1851)
Ch. XV, John Jenkins, Nolens Volens
Ch. XVI, Vigilance Becomes a Power.
(published as Ch. XVII)
Ch. XVII, Enter James Stuart.
(published as Ch. XVIII)
Ch. XVIII, Exit James Stuart.
(published as Ch. XIX)
Ch. XIX, A Busy Month.
(published as Ch. XX)
Ch. XX, Opposition to Vigilance Administration.
(published as Ch. XXI)
Ch. XXI, Whittaker and McKenzie.
(published as Ch. 22)
Ch. XXII, The Circumventors Circumvented.
(published as Ch. XXXIII)
Ch. XXIII, Minor Rascalities.
(published as Ch. XXIV)
Ch. XXIV, The Inquisitors in Council.
(published as Ch. XXV)
Ch. XXV, Close of the First Crusade.
(published as Ch. XXVI)
Ch. XXVI, Before the World.
(published as Ch. XVII)
Ch. XXVII, Country Committees of Vigilance.
(published as Ch. XXIX)
Ch. XVIII, Sacramento Vigilance Committee.
(portions used in Ch. XXIX, Country Committees of Vigilance)
Ch. XXIX, Stockton and Marysville.
(portions used in Ch. XXIX)
Ch. XXX, Hangtown and Vicinity.
(portions used in Ch. XXIX)
Ch. XXXI, Sonora and Columbia Vigilance.
(portions used in Ch. XXIX)
Ch. XXXII, Infelicities at Angel's, Murphy's, Mokulmne Hill, and in Calavaras, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Mariposa.
(portions used in Ch. XXX, Infelicities and Alleviations)
Ch. XXXIII, Vigilance in Northern California.
[unpublished?]
Ch. XXXIV, About the Bay.
[unpublished?]
Ch. XXXV, Los Angeles Vigilance Committee.
(portions used in Ch. XXIX)
Ch. XXXVI, Vigilance in Southern California.
(portions used in Ch. XXIX)
v. XXXVII, Chapter drafts
Ch. I, The Beginning of the End.
[unpublished?]
Ch. II, Ballot Box Stuffing.
(published as Ch. I)
Ch. III, Assassination.
(published as Ch. II)
Ch. IV, The Prince of Villains.
(published as Ch. III)
Ch. V, The Loosing-of Latent Law.
(published as Ch. IV)
Ch. VI, Genesis of the Grand Tribunal.
(published as Ch. V)
Ch. VII, Completion of the Organization.
(published as Ch. VI)
Ch. VIII, The Executive Committee of 1856.
(published as Ch. VII)
Ch. IX, The Governor, the General, the President of Vigilance
Ch. X, Attack upon the Jail and Seizure of Prisoners
Ch. XI, Outward Manifestations.
(published as Further Outward Manifestations)
Ch. XII-XVII.
(as published)
Ch. XVIII-XXX.
(as published)
Ch. XXXI, Disbandment.
(published as Final Adjournment)
Ch. XXXII-XXXV.
(as published)
Crusade Against Foreigners.
(reduced and utilized in
California Inter Pocula)
Galley proof, Index
v.XXXVIII: Essays and Miscellany
Chapter drafts
Ch. XXVI, Battre le fer sur L'enclume
Galley proofs
v. XXXIX: Literary Industries
Chapter drafts
Ch. I, The Field
Ch. II, Springs and Little Brooks.
(published as Ch. III)
Ch. III, The Country Boy Becomes a Bookseller.
(published as Ch. IV)
Ch. IV, Hail California! Esto Perpetua!.
(published as Ch. V)
Ch. V, House of Bancroft and Company.
(published as Ch. VI)
Ch. VI, From Bibliopolist to Bibliomaniac.
(published as Ch. VII, From Bibliopolist to Bibliophile)
Ch. VII, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Aboriginal.
(unpublished)
Ch. VIII, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Sixteenth Century Productions.
(unpublished)
Ch. IX, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Literature.
(unpublished)
Ch. X, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Nineteenth Century Publications.
(unpublished)
Ch. XI, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Maps
(unpublished)
Ch. XII, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Manuscripts.
(unpublished)
Ch. XIII-XIV, The Library and the Pacific States Literature - Material for the
History of California.
(unpublished)
Ch. XV, Desperate Attempts at Great Things.
(published as Ch. IX)
Ch. XVI, A Literary Workshop.
(published as Ch. X)
Ch. XVII, Henry Lebbeus Oak.
(portions used in Ch. XI, Some of my Assistants)
Ch. XVIII, Others of my Collaborators.
(portions used in Ch. XI)
Ch. XIX, The Enterprise Takes Form.
(portions used in Ch XI-XII
Ch. XX, The Native Races of the Pacific States.
(portions used in Ch XII, My First Book)
Ch. XXI, Library Detail
Ch. XXII, Historic Explorations Northward
Ch. XXII, Tours of the Alta California Missions - from San Francisco to San Diego, San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano and Los
Angeles.
(unpublished)
Ch. XXIII, Further Library Detail
Ch. XXIII, Tours of the Alta California Missions - from Los Angeles to San Fernando, San Buenaventura, Santa Barbara, Santa
Inez, San Luis Obispo, to San Francisco.
(unpublished)
Ch. XXIV, The Bringing Forth.
(published as Ch. XIII, The Perils of Publishing)
Ch. XXV, A Literary Pilgrim.
(published as Ch. XIV)
Ch. XXVII, The Two Generals.
(published as Ch. XV)
Ch. XXVIII, Italian Strategy.
(published as Ch. XVI)
Ch. XXIX, Alvarado and Castro.
(published as Ch. XVII)
Ch. XXX, Close of the Cerruti-Castro Campaign.
(published as Ch. XVIII)
Ch. XXXI, The Ingathering of Facts and Experiences.
(published as Ch. XXV, Further Gatherings)
Ch. XXXII, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Archives.
(published as Ch. XXI, Historic Researches in the South)
Ch. XXXIV, Committees of Vigilance and Popular Tribunals
Ch. XXXV, History Writing.
(published as Ch. XXIV, My Method of Writing History)
Ch. XXXVI, My Method of Writing History.
(published as Ch. XXIV)
Ch. XXXVII, Body and Mind.
(published as Ch. XXVII)
Ch. XXXVIII, Home
V(published as Ch. XIX)
Unpublished chapter drafts and notes
Criticism
Native Races Criticism
Journalism, book collecting and the library
Correspondence
E. F. Murray to H. H. Bancroft. 1878
California State Library to H. H. Bancroft. 1879
Advertisement
Bound mock-up
v. I-XXXIX History of the Pacific States of North America
Maps--Original drawings
Alaska
Alaska and British Columbia
California
California
Central America
Early explorers
Mexico
Mexico
Northwest Coast
Northwest Coast
Railroads and overland routes
Routes west-Missouri Territory, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Southwest
San Francisco Bay Area
Western Pacific States
Western Pacific States
Maps and Illustrations--proofs
Alaska- Plan of the Port of Okhotsk
California
Central America
Early map makers, voyages and colonial settlements
Mexico
Missouri, western Indian territories, reservations, forts, battle sites
Northwest coast and Alaska
Northwest Territories, Indian Reservations, Mountain passes, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho
San Francisco Bay Area
Southwest
Maps--engravings
Alaska, Hyperborean Group
Native Races, v. 1
Central American group
Mexican group
Columbian group
California group
New Mexican group
Native Races v. II, The Civilized Nations
Official government seals--originals
U. S. states and territories
Colony of British Columbia, Royal Danish Consulate (Chicago)
Official government seals--impressions (states and territories)
Proofs
U. S. state and territory seals
British Columbia seals
Oregon "Beaver Money".
(5 & 10-dollar gold pieces minted in
1849)
Mexican and Central American state seals
Mexican Coat-of-Arms
Panama and Nicaragua Coat-of-Arms (original illustrations)
Committee of Vigilance seal, illustrations from Popular Tribunals, v. XXXVI-XXXVII
Correspondence, concerning official seals (in English and Spanish)
Production notes
Lists of placements of maps and illustrations into works in progress
List of illustrations and maps inserted in English and Spanish editions
Publishers notes concerning map reproductions
Production notes for unidentified works
Inter-staff communications, memoranda.
[removed from Memoranda book, v. 10]
Memoranda book
Research correspondence to H. H. Bancroft & History Co. 1868-1895
Research materials
Authorities quoted or consulted
Central America and Mexico
Mexico and California
Utah, Alaska, Oregon
Northwest Coast
British Columbia and Utah
California history sources. undated
Speeches: the Chinese Question, School Dedication, Temperance.
(Wm. Lovitt), Pacific Coast Historical Exhibition.
1892
Notes
American history
Unidentified
Fragments
Galleys, unidentified pages
Reviews
Native Races, v. I-V. 1874
Literary Industries [review by George Frederick Parsons, incomplete 1891]
Cartoon illustration from The Wasp. undated
The
Works of H. H. Bancroft.
(in Spanish and English)
Scrapbook of reviews and History Co. memorabilia (Griffing Bancroft)
Scrapbook of reviews and History Co. memorabilia (Philip Bancroft)
Scrapbook [very fragile]
Scrapbook, newspaper reviews in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian
H. H. Bancroft, the Life of Porfirio Diaz. 1885
v. I, Chapter drafts
Ch. I, Oajaca, Old and New
Ch. II, Parentage and Birth of Porfirio
Ch. III, The Diaz Family
Ch. IV, Antecedents and Environments
Ch. V, Early Life and Education
Ch. VI, Benito Pablo Juarez
Ch. VII, Porfirio Enters Public Life
Ch. VIII, Society, Composition, and Classification
Ch.IX-X, Society Past and Present
v. II, Chapter drafts
Ch. XXI, Death of Juarez. 1867-1872
Ch. LII, The Fall of Diaz.
[unpublished?]
Chapter fragments, unidentified
Research notes
v. I, Corrected proofs, pages 1-357
Pages 30-103, 274-323 (in Spanish)
H. H. Bancroft, Popular History of the Mexican People. 1887
Chapter draft: Ch. LIX, The Future of Mexico.
[unpublished]
Research notes
Newspaper article, H. H. Bancroft, "The Mexico of Today", San Francisco Chronicle. March 22, 1884
Bound mock-up
H. H. Bancroft, History of the Life of John Deane. 1889
Corrected galley proofs
H. H. Bancroft, Chronicles of the Builders. 1891-1892
v. IV, Chapter drafts
Ch. I, Mines and Mining--general review
Ch. III, Mines and Mining--Central America and Mexico
Ch. IV, Mines and Mining--California
Ch. V, Mines and Mining--Oregon and Washington
Ch. VI, Mines and Mining--Idaho and Montana
Ch. VII, Mines and Mining--British Columbia and Alaska
Ch. VIII, Mines and Mining--Nevada
Ch. XI, Mines and Mining--Utah and Wyoming
Ch. XIII, Mines and Mining--Colorado
Ch. XVI, Mines and Mining--New Mexico, Arizona and Texas
v. V, Chapter drafts
Ch. VIII, Railways--Observation Tours and Discussion
Ch. IX, Railways--Explorations and Surveys
v. VI, Chapter drafts
Ch. III, Railways--Measures Before Congress
Ch. IV, Railways--Development in California
Ch. VI, Railways--The Central Pacific Co.
Ch. VII, Railways--Union Pacific and Other Lines
Ch. VIII, Railways--In the South
Ch.IX, Railways--The Southern Pacific, Atlantic & Pacific, and Other Lines
Ch. X, Railways--Nevada and Utah
Ch. XI, Railways--Wyoming and Colorado
Ch. XII, Railways--New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas
Ch. XIV, Railways--Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana
Ch. XV, Railways--British Columbia and Alaska
Research correspondence--Dictation from the Hale Brothers. 1888
Print reviews
Scrapbook of reviews
v. I, Galleys
Ch. II, Centralization of Power- Life of Frederick Billings
Ch. III, Dominating influences in America- Frederick Billings.
(press sheets)
Ch. IV, The Power of Religion
Ch. VI, Advent and Agency of Law- Life of Stephen J. Field
v. II, Galleys
Ch. X, Life of George Hyde
Ch. XII, Life of Charles Maclay
Ch. XXII, Life of Solomon Hirsch
v. III, Galleys
Ch. V, Life of Daniel Freeman
Ch. VII, Life of Joseph Spencer Cone
Ch. XIV, Life of James B. Lankershim
Ch. XV, Life of James Adams
Ch. XXI, Life of Richard B. Knapp.
(author's proof)
v. IV, Galleys
Ch. IX, Life of James G. Fair
Ch. XI, Mines and Mining--Utah and Wyoming
v. V, Galleys
Ch. II, Life of Collis Huntington
Ch. VII, Lives of the Vanderbilts
Ch. V, Life of George H. Sisson.
(foundry proof)
Ch. X, Railways--Nevada and Utah
Ch. XVII, Life of Josiah Failing
Ch. XXIV, Life of Joseph P. Hale
Ch. XXV, Life of George H. Bonebreak
Ch. XXVIII, Life of Orville D. Baldwin
Ch. XXIX, Life of Chauncey Hatch Phillips
v. VII, Galleys
Ch. VII, Life of Bernard Goldsmith.
(authors proof)
Ch. XX, Life of Marion Bovard
H. H. Bancroft, the Book of the Fair. 1894
Correspondence
H. H. Bancroft, the Book of Wealth. 1896
Correspondence
Autographs
Scrapbook
H. H. Bancroft, the New Pacific and Retrospection. 1900-1915
Correspondence
Advertising
Galleys and illustrations
Reviews and press clippings
H. H. Bancroft, Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam. 1907
Press notices
Series 2: Bancroft Library (Pacific Library). 1864-1905
Catalog Records
Catalog cards
General index, A-S
General index, S-Z
General subject index, C-E
Books, alpha by subject (to M)
Index: Maps
Index: Physical geography
Fiction, S-V
Index: Bibliographic, A-F
Index: Bibliographic, F-Z
Index: Mexico
Index Mexico: by subject
Index: History (alphabetical by location)
Manuscripts and pamphlets
Papeles Various
Papeles Various
Subject Index, AT-X
Almanacs and directories
Index: unidentified
Index: unidentified
Catalog lists
Instructions: arrangement and content
Catalog index--subject headings
Books in Spanish
California Supreme Court briefs and U.S. House Executive Doc. sets
List of U.S. government documents in possession of Bancroft Library (copybook). undated
Folios
Lettered sets--guide
List A-C, California private and public architecture, Mission architecture
List C, Linguistics
List D, Personal narratives and dictations
List E, Miscellany, original copies and scraps
Lista de coleccion Mugarrita
Maps, charts, and engravings
Mexican manuscripts
Newspapers
Numbered sets
Name and number lists
Rare books, octavo, quarto, and folio
Author index to 1869
Subject index with numbered references
Bosquetti's Catalog of Bancroft Library. 1869
Catalog of Books and Pamphlets in the Bancroft Library, by Henry L. Oak. 1879
Untitled index
Unidentified lists
Bibliographies
Documents from the California State Library
Documents from Santa Clara College
Books on Columbus
Books reviewed, criticized, or quoted
Manuscript Dication Lists
British Columbia
California
Colorado
Montana
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah and Nevada
Washington Territories
Wyoming
Acquisitions. 1866-1897
Books sought. undated
Old List of Books Wanted. undated
Bosquetti's Catalog of Books Wanted. undated
Books Wanted. undated
Records of the Alphonse Pinart Collection. 1883
Auction notices and catalogs. 1871-79
Collections offered for sale--notices and lists. 1870-95
Collections offered for sale--Correspondence. 1878-84
Book dealers catalogs. 1868-95
Publishers notices. undated
Purchase receipts
San Francisco Bookshops. 1884-85
Andrade'sche Auction. undated
Sullivan Bros. & Libbie, General Auctioneers. 1879
Gustave Bossange & Co., Paris. 1866
Miscellaneous. undated
Receipts, miscellaneous
List of second hand booksellers, San Francisco. undated
Daily Chronicle, San Francisco. 1884-87
The American Banker, The San Francisco Journal of Commerce. 1889
Mexican Republic Census Reports. 1897
Correspondence. 1864-1896
Incoming
Requests for information. 1870-89
Book buying and selling agencies. 1864-96
Inquiries about the sale of the Bancroft Library. undated
Inter-library memos. undated
Miscellaneous. undated
Outgoing
To newspapers, concerning back issues. undated
Sale of the Bancroft Library. 1900-1905
Evolution of a Library, H.H. Bancroft, Promotional booklet, draft and notes. ca. 1900 undated
Plan, first floor, Valencia Street [The Bancroft Library, San Francisco] circa 1880 BANC MSS B-C 7
"Analysis and Valuation of the Bancroft Library". 1905
"Report submitted to the President and Regents of the University of California upon the condition and marketable value of the Bancroft Library", Ruben Thwaites. 1905
Newspaper clippings reporting on sale to the University of California. 1900 1905
Report of intended sale of Bancroft Library, San Francisco Chronicle. Dec. 16, 1900
Report of Sale of Bancroft Library
New York Evening Post.
Dec. 9, 1905
Miscellany
Library Floor Plans
Market Street, fifth floor
Plan of the [Fifth] floor, Market Street, The Bancroft Library, [San Francisco]. BANC MSS B-C 7
Scope and Content Note
Additional Note
Valencia Street, first floor
Valencia Street, second floor
Ground plan, second floor, Valencia Street [The Bancroft Library, San Francisco]. circa 1880 BANC MSS B-C 7
Additional Note
The fifth floor library, [Bancroft Building] 721 Market Street, San Francisco. BANC MSS B-C 7
Additional Note
Bancroft Building, 721 Market Street, San Francisco. BANC MSS B-C 7
Scope and Content Note
Additional Note
Invitations and calling cards
Visitor ticket
Stationery
Bookplates
End papers and leaves with bookplate
Book cover: Vida del V.P. Fr. Junipero Serra, Palou. 1787
Book covers
Parchment Book covers
Book packing list for move to Valencia Street
Life and Deeds of General U.S. Grant, 1885
(memento of the Bancroft fire.)
May 1886
Miscellaneous notes
Series 3: Business Records of A. L. Bancroft & Co. And the History Co.. 1869-1910.
Publications. 1872-1891
Newsletters
"Bancroft's Christmas Messenger." 1877 1879 1880-81
"Bancroft's Messenger." 1877 April-1878 Aug.
Catalogs and Advertisements
"Monthly Bulletin", February. 1872 May
Catalog of legal blanks. rev. 1887
Quarterly book list. 1888 July
California publications. 1889
Bancroft's manual for election officers. 1890
Scientific and practical books. undated
French, Spanish, and German books. undated
Gift books for the holidays. 1872-1873
Publicadas en Espanol ciencias letras. 1891
Spanish American manual (draft). 1888
Piano and music (advertisement). undated
Maps and charts (advertisement). undated
Advertising received. undated
"Allgemeiner Anzeiger", German publication on printing presses. undated
School Texts and Library Books
Solicitations for sales, textbook introduction and exchange bill report form. undated
School library and textbook adoption campaign notices. undated
Price lists. 1878-79
Teacher and school supplies. undated
Resume for Spanish Reader (draft). undated
Libro Primario (Edited copy of Spanish primer). undated
French vocabulary primer. undated
Map samples. undated
Promotional Booklets for Historical Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
"Historical Biography." undated
"Progress and Destiny of Texas." undated
"Progress and Destiny of the Pacific States." undated
"Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft", by George Frederick Parsons. undated
"The Significance of Books" (Typescript copy). undated
Miscellaneous notices. 1875
Sales Agents. 1886-1890
Lists of names for sales calls. undated
Reports on sales calls. 1886-89
Orders for books. 1889-90
Application for an agency. undated
Travel receipts, Mexico (R. D. Faulkner) 1887
Notarized document allowing R. D. Faul on behalf of the History Company in Mexico
Dictations taken by agent E. B. Palmer. undated
Galleys
Agents list of questions for dictations
"Works"
Specimen opinions for agents use
Sample pages for agents
Title pages for agents
Information for agents
Price lists for bindings
Sample bindings
"Literary Industries", sample
Stock System, Joseph L. Duque, Bancroft Co., sample copy in German, Spanish, and English 1888
Subscribers to Bancroft's "Works"
Libraries
Washington Territory and Utah
Colorado
Wyoming Territory
Utah
Texas
Oregon
California
California, Wyoming Territory, Colorado, and Idaho
Signed contracts (by individuals)
Signed contracts (multiple signatures)
Correspondence. 1869-1910
Incoming to H.H. Bancroft
Judge McGowan. 1889
Joseph Walden. 1869
Alex S. Taylor. 1872-73
Outgoing
Drafts (addressee unknown). undated
N. J. Stone. 1883-84 undated
H. Struve (re Ashley Bancroft) 1887
W. Newberry Boschetti, John N. Boschetti. 1869 undated
R. D. Faulkner (includes letters from Mexican officials) 1883-1910
Miscellaneous
A. L. Bancroft from H. Diaz Pena. 1870
Victor, Frances Fuller and business correspondence. undated
Bancroft-Whitney notice to clients relating San Francisco Fire. 1907
Newspaper clippings, Bancroft's history endeavors. undated
Triennial Conclave souvenir. 1883
"Resumes for book", handwriting samples of copyists. undated
Series 4: Financial Records. 1868-1898.
Index to Ledger 1868-71
A. L. Bancroft, Booksellers and Stationers, Ledger H, v. 1. 1868-71
A. L. Bancroft, Booksellers and Stationers, Ledger H, v. 2. 1872-76
Supplement to Ledger H. 1872-76
A. L. Bancroft & Co. Music Ledger. 1892-97
Library employee time book. 1883-87
Library payroll reports. 1887-88
Employee cash accounts. 1884-86
Payroll, miscellaneous. 1868-86 undated
Estimate and statement from Terrill & Slaven, building contractors. ca. 1880
Receipts, La Grande Laundry. 1884-86
Receipts for plumbing repairs and maintenance. 1885-90
Receipts, miscellaneous. 1886-98