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Anson Stiles Blake papers, 1866-1953 (bulk 1908-1953).
BANC MSS 2006/158LOCAL
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Title:

Anson Stiles Blake papers, 1866-1953 (bulk 1908-1953)

Creator/Contributor:

Blake, Anson Stiles, 1870-1959, creator

Abstract:

Contains correspondence concerning the Blake House, business letters, California history, and about opposition to Women's Suffrage in 1911 most notably regarding California and New York State; miscellaneous items for the Golden Gate International Exposition; two scrapbooks on Blake's service and retirement from the University of California YMCA (Stiles Hall); Anson and Anita Blake's guest book. Also includes documents relating to the first Stiles Hall on the University of California campus.

Date:

1908 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- n-us-ny
Women -- Suffrage -- California -- History
Women -- Suffrage -- New York (State) -- History
Femmes -- Suffrage -- Californie -- Histoire
Femmes -- Suffrage -- New York (État) -- Histoire
Women -- Suffrage
California
New York (State)
Young Men's Christian Association of the University of California (Berkeley, Calif.)
Stiles Hall -- History
Stiles Hall.
Blake, Anson Stiles -- 1870-1959 -- Archives
Blake, Anson Stiles -- 1870-1959

Note:

Gift; Of Igor Robert Blake; in 2003.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2006.087).
Anson Stiles Blake was a graduate of the University of California in 1891. He joined the University YMCA as a freshman and served as Chairman for 50 years. His grandmother, Mrs. Anson Gale Stiles, gave the University its first Stiles Hall.
Preferred citation: Anson Stiles Blake papers, BANC MSS 2006/158, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

Archives.
History.

Physical Description:

print
1 box, 1 v. (0.6 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2006/158LOCAL

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined