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Guide to the Jenkins family papers, 1846-1937
BANC MSS C-I 65
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Collection Title: Jenkins Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1846-1937
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-I 65
Creator: Jenkins family
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box and 1 oversize folder
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: Deeds, correspondence, and other documents (transcripts and originals) relating to the family's claim to Alcatraz Island.
Portfolio contains map of San Francisco Bay showing location of Alcatraz, and a tracing of the map.
Portfolio contains map of San Francisco Bay showing location of Alcatraz, and a tracing of the map.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
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.
[Identification of item], Jenkins family papers, BANC MSS C-I 65, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
These papers, given to the Bancroft Library by Mrs. June J. KInley and Mrs. Anita Ruby Kellogg on February 3, 1961, contain
transcripts and originals of documents, deeds, maps and correspondence relating to the family's claim to Alcatraz Island,
and include several letters from John Charles Frémont stating his own case for ownership.
The collection has been arranged chronologically. A calendar and partial list of correspondents follows.