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Anson Stiles Blake papers, 1866-1953 (bulk 1908-1953).
BANC MSS 2006/158 v. 1; BANC MSS 2006/158 box 1; BANC MSS 2006/158
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Title:
Anson Stiles Blake papers, 1866-1953 (bulk 1908-1953)Creator/Contributor:
Blake, Anson Stiles, 1870-1959, creatorAbstract:
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-nyBlake, Anson Stiles -- 1870-1959 -- Archives
Young Men's Christian Association of the University of California (Berkeley, Calif.)
Stiles Hall -- History
Women -- Suffrage -- California -- History
Women -- Suffrage -- New York (State) -- History
Note:
Collection processed at folder level in 2006.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2006.087).
Anson Stiles Blake papers, BANC MSS 2006/158, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gift; of Igor Robert Blake; in 2003.
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.
In English.
Physical Description:
print
1 box, 1 v. (0.6 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2006/158 v. 1
BANC MSS 2006/158 box 1
BANC MSS 2006/158