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Jack Fleming prison ephemera collection, 1796-2001 (bulk 1900-1999).
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Title:

Jack Fleming prison ephemera collection, 1796-2001 (bulk 1900-1999)

Creator/Contributor:

Fleming, Jack, creator, collector.

Creator/Contributor:

Manson, Charles, 1934-2017, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Oppenheimer, Jacob, -1913

Abstract:

Ephemera, correspondence, and other materials relating to California prisons, the Tom Mooney case, Black history and the Ku Klux Klan. Also includes a box of letters and cards sent to Charles Manson following an incident in 1984 in which Manson was set on fire by a fellow inmate at the California Medical Facilty in Vacaville.
Prison ephemera, prison related correspondence, prisoner correspondence, prisoner artwork on cards and envelopes, souvenir prison postcards, articles, a death row inmate autobiographical account of Jacob Oppenheimer, miscellany, etc., mostly concerning prisons in the United States. Includes one postcard with handrawn art from a German prisoner of war being held in Canada (1943). Also includes two newspapers devoted to prison topics, The Youth Companion (March 12, 1885), and Prison Focus (Winter 1999). Also includes one copy of the Columbian Centinel (February 18, 1824), a newsletter, McQuillon's Corner (2004), and a community newsprint publication about Massachusetts prison life featuring prisoner's writings (1972?). Oversize items include wall calendars from San Quentin Prison (1991, 1994-1995) and Pelican Bay Prison (1995), prisoner artwork depicting a group meeting, and a poster (1978?) protesting solitary confinement in Canada.

Date:

1900 (issued)

Subject:

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Prisons -- California -- History
Prisons -- United States -- History
Prisoners -- California
Prisoners -- United States
Prisoners -- Correspondence
Prisoners' writings, American
Prisoners as artists -- United States
Prisons -- California -- Calendars
Prison administration -- United States
African American prisoners
Women prisoners -- United States
Prisoners of war -- Canada
Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Correspondence
Capital punishment -- California
Solitary confinement -- Canada
Prisons -- Californie -- Histoire
Prisons -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Prisonniers -- Californie
Prisonniers -- États-Unis
Écrits de prisonniers américains
Artistes prisonniers -- États-Unis
Prisons -- Administration -- États-Unis
Prisonniers noirs américains
Prisonnières -- États-Unis
Prisonniers de guerre -- Canada
Prisonniers de guerre -- Allemagne -- Correspondance
Peine de mort -- Californie
African American prisoners
Capital punishment
Prison administration
Prisoners
Prisoners as artists
Prisoners of war
Prisoners' writings, American
Prisons
Solitary confinement
Women prisoners
California
Canada
Germany
United States
California State Prison at San Quentin.
California State Prison at San Quentin -- Calendars
Folsom Prison.
Pelican Bay State Prison (Calif.) -- Calendars
Michigan State Prison.
Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet, Ill.)
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
California State Prison at San Quentin.
Folsom Prison.
Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet, Ill.)
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Michigan State Prison.
Pelican Bay State Prison (Calif.)
Manson, Charles -- 1934-2017 -- Correspondence
Mooney, Thomas J -- 1882-1942
Oppenheimer, Jacob -- -1913 -- Biography
Manson, Charles -- 1934-2017
Mooney, Thomas J -- 1882-1942
Oppenheimer, Jacob -- -1913

Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Collection processed at folder level in 2008 and 2014.
Gift; of Jack Fleming; in 2003.
Additions (box 3): Purchase; from San Francisco Public Library; 20140122.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2005.187).
Preferred citation: Jack Fleming prison ephemera collection, BANC MSS 2005/240 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English with some Spanish.

Type:

Souvenirs.
Biographies.
Calendars.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Drawings.
Postcards.
Ephemera.
Newspapers.
Posters.
Calendars.

Physical Description:

print
3.25 (1 3 2 1

Language:

English
Spanish

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF SITE: Advance notice required for use.