Guide to the Columbia Research Collection, 1936-1942

Processed by Rosemary Evetts; revised by Mary-Jo Wainwright

The Bancroft Library.

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, 94720-6000

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Guide to the Columbia Research Collection, 1936-1942

Collection number: BANC MSS C-R 25

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

Contact Information:

The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

Processed by:: Rosemary Evetts
Revised by:: Mary-Jo Wainwright
Date Completed:: January 1991; updated June 1994
Encoded by:: Susana Franco

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Columbia Research Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1936-1942

Collection Number: BANC MSS C-R 25

Extent: Number of containers: 13 cartons (7 cartons contain 37 card file boxes), 1 oversize folder Linear feet: 16.25

Repository: The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

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

Abstract: A collection of research materials, primarily newspaper, magazine and book abstracts, and indexes, chiefly pertaining to the mining town of Columbia, California, 1850-1879, but including additional materials for Tuolumne County and Calaveras County. The project to compile these materials was directed by Hero Eugene Rensch and performed under the auspices of the U.S. Works Progress Administration and the California State Emergency Relief Administration, California California Division of Parks.

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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], Columbia research collection, BANC MSS C-R 25, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Materials Cataloged Separately

Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Columbia Research Collection was given to The Bancroft Library by Hero Eugene Rensch in 1942.

Scope and Content

The Columbia Research Collection consists of research materials, primarily newspaper, magazine and book abstracts, and indexes referring to the mining town of Columbia, California, and the surrounding area, 1850-1879. The bulk of the collection is a descriptive index, primarily to Tuolumne County newspapers: Sonora Herald, Tuolumne Courier, Union Democrat, Columbia Gazette, Columbia Times, and Columbia Citizen. Newspapers from metropolitan areas such as San Francisco and Sacramento are also included.

This material was collected and compiled for the United States Works Progress Administration and the California State Emergency Relief Administration, under the auspices of the California Division of Parks. The project was directed by Hero Eugene Rensch.

The W.P.A./S.E.R.A. project, completed in 1936, resulted in the volume Descriptive Index to Items Referring to the Mining Town of Columbia, California, 1850-1870. The cards containing the raw research for this volume are contained in Carton 6, card file box #32, and Carton 7, card file boxes #33, #34, #35, #36 and #37. However, Mr. Rensch continued to add to this collection until 1942 when it was presented to The Bancroft Library. The cards for this expanded index are in card file boxes #1-14, contained in Cartons 1-3.

Series 1: Proper Names Indexes

Place Names in Columbia and Vicinity

Ctn. 1, card-file-box 1

Aaron's Ranch -- Cavorea Creek

card-file-box 2

Cedarville -- Columbia Creek

card-file-box 3

Columbia - education -- Columbia - mining

card-file-box 4

Columbia - mining -- Columbia - religion

card-file-box 5

Columbia - social conditions -- Columbia - vital statistics

card-file-box 6

Columbia Flat -- Gold Spring Road

Ctn. 2, card-file-box 7

Gold Street -- Knickerbocker Gulch

card-file-box 8

Knights -- Mountain Pass

card-file-box 9

Murphys -- Sawmills

card-file-box 10

Sawpit Gulch -- Sonora - geology

card-file-box 11

Sonora - government, local -- Sonora - social conditions

card-file-box 12

Sonora - social conditions -- Sugar Pine Hill

Ctn. 3, card-file-box 13

Sugarpine Creek -- Tuttletown

card-file-box 14

Twist Ranch - Yosemite Crossing

Proper Names Index

Arrangement

(Arranged alphabetically within subjects or by names)

Ctn. 3, card-file-box 15

Businesses: 1850-1875; Mines: 1850-1876

card-file-box 16

Social Organizations: 1851-1879;Persons: 1850-1852

card-file-box 17

Persons: 1858 -1862

Ctn. 4, card-file-box 18

Persons: 1852 -1865

card-file-box 19

Persons: 1866 -1879

Series 2: Chronological Index

Ctn. 4, card-file-box 20

Index - local newspapers, 1851-1879

card-file-box 21

Index - citations - metropolitan newspapers, 1850-1860

card-file-box 22

Index - citations - metropolitan newspapers, 1860-1879

Series 3: Subject Index

Arrangement

(Arranged alphabetically within subjects, and then chronologically)

Ctn. 5, card-file-box 23

Index - local newspapers, 1854-1879

Scope and Content Note

Advertisements to miscellaneous

card-file-box 24

Index - local newspapers, 1852-1979

Scope and Content Note

Social conditions to writing

card-file-box 25

Index - Columbia - Metropolitan newspapers, 1851-1879

Scope and Content Note

Advertisements to zoology

card-file-box 26

Index - Metropolitan newspapers, 1850-1879

Scope and Content Note

Advertisements to military organizations

card-file-box 27

Index - Metropolitan newspapers, 1850-1879

Scope and Content Note

Mining to social life

Series 4: Miscellaneous Indexes

Arrangement

(Arranged alphabetically within subjects or by name)

Ctn. 6, card-file-box 28

Vital statistics, births, deaths

card-file-box 29

Vital statistics, marriages, various arrangements; also miscellaneous births, deaths, marriages

card-file-box 30

Index to books and magazines by proper names:

Scope and Content Note

Businesses, mines, folklore, legal, social organizations, George Ezra Dane material

card-file-box 31

Persons

card-file-box 32