Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- William Frederic Badè papers,
- Dates:
- 1871-1936
- Creators:
- Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936
- Abstract:
- Correspondence relating mainly to conservation activities in the Sierra Club and to the publication of his works on John Muir; manuscripts and reprints of some of his writings; clippings of reviews of his work; subject files on Hetch-Hetchy, John Muir, national parks, the proposed Roosevelt-Sequoia National Park (California), the Water and Power Act of 1922, and Yosemite National Park.
- Extent:
- Number of containers: 2 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item] William Frederic Badè papers, BANC MSS 72/174 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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William Frederic Badè, born in Carver, Minnesota on January 22, 1871, attended the Moravian College in Pennsylvania where he obtained his doctorate in 1898, teaching Greek, German, Hebrew and Old Testament literature there until 1902. He then became professor of Old Testament literature and of Semitic languages at the Pacific School of Religion, remaining in Berkeley until his death on March 4, 1936.
Professor Badè, one of the early members of the Sierra Club, was a close friend of John Muir, and as his literary executor, edited many of Muir's works.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection of papers, a gift of Mrs. Badè in April 1972, reflects primarily Professor Badè's conservation activities in the Sierra Club, and his work as editor of the writings of John Muir.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1996
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid erived from WordPerfect; machine-readable finding aid encoded by Merrilee Proffitt. Finding aid originally encoded using the Finding Aid DTD (findaid.dtd) developed in the Bancroft Finding Aid Project; encoding converted to EAD using perl supplemented by manual editing and review. Date of source: Unknown. Final version edited by Gabriela A. Montoya.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of item] William Frederic Badè papers, BANC MSS 72/174 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481