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Finding Aid to the Bolton-Wilder-Brower Family Photographs, circa 1850-circa 1990
BANC PIC 1999.001--PIC  
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Description
The Bolton-Wilder-Brower Family Photographs collection contains approximately 3,500 items, mostly photographs, dating from ca. 1850-ca. 1990. The collection pictures several generations of the Bolton, Wilder, and Brower families, who settled in various regions of the San Francisco Bay Area from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century.
Background
Herbert Eugene Bolton was born on the family farm in Wilton Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin on July 20, 1870. The family later moved to nearby Tomah. After teaching at various local rural schools, Bolton attended the State University of Wisconsin where he studied under historian Frederick Jackson Turner and received a Bachelor of Letters degree in 1895. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania, where - under the guidance of John Bach MacMaster - he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in history in 1899. In 1901, Bolton became an instructor at the University of Texas and soon developed an interest in the history of the Spanish Southwest, an era which until then was little-studied by American historians. In 1909, Bolton accepted a position at Stanford University, but was soon lured to the University of California, Berkeley and its recently acquired library of Hubert Howe Bancroft. In 1911, Bolton began his professorship at Berkeley, where he would teach for the remainder of his career. Specializing in the history of Spanish colonial North America, Bolton became one of the most pioneering and distinguished American historians of his time. A prolific writer and field researcher, Bolton was also a devoted mentor to countless students, many of whom became prominent historians themselves. During his tenure at U.C. Berkeley, Bolton was Director of The Bancroft Library (1916-1940), Chairman of the Department of History (1919-1940), and Sather Professor of History (1931-1940). Bolton retired in 1944.Marcus Theodore Brower was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1871. His family later moved to San Jose, California, where his father, Theodore Marcus Brower, established a print shop. After learning the print trade from his father, Marcus opened his own printing firm, Marcus Brower & Co., in San Francisco in 1912.Robert Weldon ("Bob") Brower was born in Berkeley, California in 1921. The son of Laura Bolton Brower and Theodore Wilder Brower, Bob graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1943 and worked for the California Ink Company. He is now retired.
Extent
Number of containers: 8 boxes (11 albums, circa 2,800 photographic prints), 4 albums (circa 500 photographic prints), 8 oversize folders, 1 box (62 negatives), 60 negatives, and 1 box (3 ambrotypes) : chiefly b&w ; various sizes.
Restrictions
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Availability
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.