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L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation pictorial material.
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Title:
L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation pictorial materialCreator/Contributor:
L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, creatorAbstract:
Includes formal portraits, snapshots and other personal photographs pertaining to Mary C. Skaggs, L.J. Skaggs and their family,
friends and associates. Also includes some photographs of Skaggs Foundation officials, including Philip Jelley. Other items
include posters, certificates and tributes pertaining to the Skaggs Foundation; a manuscript copy of a Mary C. Skaggs oral
history interview with Wesley Johnson and Marian Johnson conducted in 1995; a manuscript copy of Fishing with Jens, a memoirs
by Dave Hamlin pertaining to his recreational outings with Jens Jensen and L.J. Skaggs, with accompanying photographs; correspondence
to the Foundation pertaining to the death and memorial of Mary C. Skaggs; a hand-sewn flag of Africa; and a tributary gold
pan pertaining to the Skaggs' support of Hangtown's Gold Bug Park in Placerville, Calif.
Date:
approximately 1875-ca. 2009 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPhilanthropists -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Family foundations -- California -- Oakland
Endowments -- California -- Oakland
Leisure -- Photographs
Philanthropes -- Californie -- Oakland -- Photographies
Fondations familiales -- Californie -- Oakland
Fondations -- Californie -- Oakland
Loisir -- Photographies
Endowments
Family foundations
Leisure
Philanthropists
California -- Oakland
L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation -- Pictorial works
L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation -- Correspondence
L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation.
Skaggs, Mary C -- Pictorial works
Skaggs, L. J -- Pictorial works
Jelley, Philip -- Pictorial works
Note:
Numerous photographers.
Title devised by cataloger.
Five photograph albums were, upon receipt, disbound for preservation purposes. Their contents are in PIC box 2.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Gift ; Of the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation; 2012.
Annual reports transferred to the serials unit of the Bancroft Library.
Mary Cordelia Dee Skaggs was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 1900. Her family emigrated to the United States in 1906
and settled in Ogden, Utah. In 1919 she married L.J. Skaggs, who, along with his brothers, would become one of the nation's
major drug and grocery retailers. The couple eventually settled in Oakland, California. From 1967 until 2012, their L.J. Skaggs
and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation awarded national and international grants in the areas of the arts, history and the environment.
L.J. Skaggs died in 1970. Mary remained active within the Skaggs Foundation until her death in 2009.
Preferred citation: L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation pictorial material, BANC PIC 2012.115, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicmanuscripts for publication.
memoirs.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Personal correspondence.
Photograph albums.
Posters.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
photoprint
3 boxes and 7 oversize folders (approximately 600 photographic prints and other items) : black and white and color ; 48 x
54 cm or smaller
Language:
English
Origin:
Various placesCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC