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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Use
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Mary Sheldon Barnes Pacific Slope Collection
source:
Barnes, Mary Sheldon
Identifier/Call Number: M0067
Identifier/Call Number: 283
Physical Description:
8 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1890s
Abstract: Letters, reminiscences, interviews, and term papers on Western American history written for and collected by Mary Sheldon
Barnes along with her students and fellow faculty, 1892-1896. Includes manuscripts of William B. Ide and others on the Bear
Flag Revolt; a letter by Jessie Fremont; and other materials pertaining to mining and early life in the Pacific states.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collected by Mary Sheldon Barnes and other Stanford faculty and students (1892-1897).
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Mary Sheldon Barnes Pacific Slope Collection (M0067). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Processing Information
Processed by Ralph W. Hansen, 1963. Other items added to collection later.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes term papers, theses, interviews, letters, sketches, and reminiscences written and collected for various
courses at Stanford University pertaining to the history of the Pacific States. Original papers of particular interest deal
with the Bear Flag Revolt, original maps from the Evencio family, and the excavation of the Ohlone mound at Castro Station.
Note that Volume 2 of the original bound volumes is missing. A small number of related photographs collected by Barnes have
been added to the collection.
Conditions Governing Use
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California -- History -- 1846-1850.
Sheep -- California.
Oregon -- History.
Napa (Calif.)
Bear Flag Revolt, 1846.
Sonoma (Calif.)
San Benito (Calif.)
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Miners -- California.
Ohlone Indians
Cooper, Joseph Wright.
Vasquez, Don Pablo.
Easterby, Anthony Y.
New Coso Mining Co. (Calif.)
Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902
Ide, William B.
Hittell, Theodore Henry
Barnes, Mary Sheldon
Boggs, William Montgomery, 1826-1911