Register of the Margaret B. Taverner Collection, 1940-1960

Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library, University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA 95211

Phone: (209) 946-2404

URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html

Register of the Margaret B. Taverner Collection, 1940-1960

Collection number: Mss36

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library

University of the Pacific

Contact Information

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library, University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html

Processed by:: Don Walker
Date Completed:: 1994
Encoded by:: Don Walker

Descriptive Summary

Title: Margaret B. Taverner Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1940-1960

Collection number: Mss36

Creator: Margaret B. Taverner

Extent: 0.5 linear ft.

Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

Stockton, CA 95211

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

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Margaret B. Taverner Collection, Mss36, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Biography

Margaret Taverner was an educator in Stockton, Calif.From the late 1940s through 1961 she was a counselor, then Associate Dean of Women at Stockton [Junior] College. During most of that time Miss Taverner carried out research on the Gold Rush era writings of Bret Harte and Mark Twain. She was particularly interested in the relationship between the prose of these two writers and the locales which inspired it. Miss Taverner died in 1961 or 1962. Her mother, Mrs. G.M. Taverner, and a friend, Miss Ina Marmon, gave Margaret Taverner's notes to Holt Atherton in 1967.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photos and notes Taverner gathered in the course of her research on the relationship between the real and fictional landscapes in the California writings of Mark Twain and Bret Harte (1940-1960).

BOX 1: MARGARET B. TAVERNER COLLECTION

TWAIN/HARTE COUNTRY PHOTO ALBUM N.B.--Folders are arranged alphabetically by location; photos annotated by Taverner

1.1 A/C

Alamo

Aurora NV

Angels Camp

Berkeley

Byrnes Ferry [Poker Flat]

Carson City NV

Cherokee Flat

Chinese Camp

Coast Range

Coulterville

1.2 D/P

Fiddletown

Garrotte, lst & 2nd

Genoa NV

Gold Hill NV

Grass Valley

Heavytree Hill

Hornitos

Jamestown

Knight's Ferry

La Grange

Lake Tahoe

Mariposa

Marysville

Melones

Mono Lake

Mt. Diablo

Murphys

Nevada City

North Bloomfield

Oakland

Placerville

Poker Flat

Poverty Flat

1.3 Q/S

Red Dog

Red Mountain

Reno NV

Rough & Ready

Sacramento

San Andreas

San Francisco

San Rafael

Santa Clara

Santa Cruz

Shaw's Flat

Sonora

Stanislaus River

Steamboat Springs NV

Stent

Stockton

1.4 T/Z

Tassajara [Contra Costa Co.]

Tassajara Hot Springs [Monterey Co.]

Tuttletown

Uniontown [Arcata]

Unionville NV

Vallecito

Virginia City NV

Washoe City NV

West Point

Woods' Crossing

You Bet

Imaginary places

Maps showing itineraries of Mark Twain in CA [2] & NV [1] & Bret Harte [2]

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

1.5 Bret Harte: List of works

1.6 Bret Harte: List of studies on

1.7 Mark Twain: List of works

1.8 Mark Twain: List of studies on

NOTES

1.9 Bret Harte: From Studies on

1.10 Bret Harte: On Works

1.11 Mark Twain: On Works

1.12 On Locations

1.13 On Real or Imaginary Places mentioned