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Bruce Porter papers : additions, 1883-1976.
BANC MSS 2003/125 cLOCAL
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Title:
Bruce Porter papers: additions, 1883-1976Creator/Contributor:
Porter, Bruce, 1865-1953, creatorAbstract:
Contains correspondence, poems, essays and manuscripts. Also includes biographical information on Bruce Porter and family.
Date:
1883 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caArtists, American -- California
Authors, American -- California -- San Francisco
Poets, American -- California -- San Francisco
Écrivains américains -- Californie -- San Francisco
Poètes américains -- Californie -- San Francisco
Authors, American
Poets, American
Russian Hill (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History
California
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco -- Russian Hill
Porter, Bruce -- 1865-1953
Porter, Bruce -- 1865-1953
Note:
Artwork and Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC).
Related collection: Bruce Porter papers, [ca. 1887-1953] (BANC MSS C-H 159).
Related collection: Bruce Porter papers, [ca. 1899-1953] (BANC MSS 78/171 c).
Related collection: Bruce Porter papers : additions, [ca. 1900-1953] (BANC MSS 85/148 c).
Bruce Porter was a San Francisco writer and artist. He founded and edited the literary magazine "The Lark." As an artist he
worked as a painter in oils, printmaker, and stained glass windows. He was also a photographer and a landscape architect.
Porter was one of the original Russian Hill Bohemians.
Type:
History.Physical Description:
print
1 box (.4 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2003/125 cLOCAL