Knight's Scrapbooks, 1860-1864]

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Title:: [Scrapbooks compiled primarily for the Handbook Almanacs for the Pacific States, edited by W. H. Knight and published by H. H. Bancroft,
Dates:: 1860-1864]
Creators:: Knight, William Henry, 1835-1925
Abstract:: Printed forms, circulated by the H. H. and A. L. Bancroft Companies, completed in manuscript, with added letters, clippings and notes. They include information on various Western towns and counties and economic conditions in California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Washington.
Extent:: Number of containers: 40 v. in 6 cartons
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], [Scrapbooks compiled primarily for the Handbook Almanacs for the Pacific States, edited by W. H. Knight and published by H. H. Bancroft], BANC MSS C-E 200, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and content:

v. 1-17: California counties [arranged alphabetically]

v. 18: Idaho counties

v. 19: Idaho miscellany

v. 20-21: Nevada counties

v. 22: Nevada miscellany

v. 23-25: Oregon counties

v. 26: Oregon miscellany

v. 27-28: Utah counties

v. 29-32: Washington counties

v. 33: Washington miscellany

v. 34: Land routes

v. 35: Water routes

v. 36: Oregon miscellany

v. 37: Utah miscellany

v. 38: South America, Islands, China

v. 39: Trade directory

v. 40: Clippings concerning books published by the H. H. Bancroft company

A detailed list of the county volumes follows.

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by The Bancroft Library staff
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying; finding aid encoded by Xiuzhi Zhou. Date of source: Unknown.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], [Scrapbooks compiled primarily for the Handbook Almanacs for the Pacific States, edited by W. H. Knight and published by H. H. Bancroft], BANC MSS C-E 200, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US