Burns (Daniel M.) Papers, 1888-1926

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Summary

Title:
Daniel M. Burns Papers,
Dates:
1888-1926
Creators:
Burns, Daniel M.
Abstract:
Series 1: Chiefly incoming correspondence pertaining to political activities at the local and statewide level. Includes requests for jobs, political appointments, letters of acknowledgement and references. Correspondents include prominent businessmen, politicians and several special interest groups. Includes a file of letters from the Afro-American League of San Francisco, headed by T.B. Morton.
Series 2: Chiefly papers pertaining to Burns' mining interests in Mexico as well as miscellaneous other personal business and financial records. Mining interests records consist of account books and ledgers for machinery, payroll, tax records and correspondence concerning mining operations.
Extent:
Number of containers: 6 boxes and 2 volumes Linear feet: 2.5
Language:
Collection materials are in Spanish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Daniel M. Burns Papers, BANC MSS 87/230 cm, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Daniel M. Burns was born in Mississippi in 1846. His father, William Burns, was a well-to-do rancher and farmer. The senior Burns died en route to Oregon in 1847. Burns' mother died in Sacramento two years later. Young Burns was raised by W. A. Selkirk, a man engaged in mining at Independence Hill, California. Burns began to earn his own livelihood as a cattle rancher in 1855. During the Civil War, he served the Fourth California Regiment in Arizona.

On his return to California, he continued ranching and later ran a hotel in Woodland. He served two terms as Yolo County Clerk before being elected Secretary of State for California in 1879. In 1883, he began mining operations in Mexico. He was president of the Candelaria Consolidated Mexican Mining Company At San Dimas. In 1889 he returned to California and settled in San Francisco, where he served as police commissioner and was active in Republican party politics.

Acquisition information:
The Daniel M. Burns Papers were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Yerba Buena Books in 1987.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Kay Finney and Ann Blum
Date Prepared:
© 1996
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect 5; finding aid encoded by Susana Franco. 0. Date of source: 1990.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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 to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which just also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Daniel M. Burns Papers, BANC MSS 87/230 cm, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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