Guide to the Percy H. Gregory Letters, 1906-1908
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Guide to the Percy H. Gregory Letters, 1906-1908
Collection number: MS 3455
California Historical Society
North Baker Research Library
San Francisco, California
Contact Information:
- California Historical Society
- North Baker Research Library
- 678 Mission Street
- San Francisco, California 94105-4014
- Phone: (415) 357-1848, ext. 220
- Fax: (415) 357-1850
- Email: reference@calhist.org
- URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
- Processed by:
- California Historical Society staff
© 1999 California Historical Society. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Percy H. Gregory Letters,
Date (inclusive): 1906-1908
Collection number: MS 3455
Origination:
Gregory, Percy H.
Extent: 1 folder
Repository:
California Historical Society, North Baker Library
San Francisco, California 94105-4014
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Donor
Gift of James Ahearns, 1974.
Access
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obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Percy H. Gregory Letters. MS 3455, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library.
Access Points
San Francisco--Earthquake and Fire, 1906
Strikes and Lockouts-San Francisco 1907
Scope and Content
This collection consists of six ALS from Percy H. Gregory, carpenter and immigrant from Australia, to his mother in Australia.
The letters give a good overall view of life in San Francisco during the period, with an exceptional eyewitness account of
the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906.
3/29/06
From Percy to mother; general life in San Francisco, availability of work.
5/29/06
From Percy to mother; detailed description of earthquake and fire, extent of damage, and casualties.
9/11/06
From Percy to mother; strike by trolley motormen and conductors.
12/10/06
Description of reconstruction of San Francisco following quake, as well as a vignette of public transportation in San Francisco.
1/1/08
From Percy to mother: further description of reconstruction of city, including insight on property values and availability
of work; description of six-month strike by trolley crews in 1907; possibility of U.S. going to war with Japan.
3/14/08
News about family.
