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Helene Maxwell Brewer papers, 1900-1966.
BANC MSS 2007/201 Box 1; BANC MSS 2007/201 Carton 1; BANC MSS 2007/201
Collection Overview

Title:

Helene Maxwell Brewer papers, 1900-1966

Creator/Contributor:

Brewer, Helene Maxwell., creator

Abstract:

The Helene Maxwell Brewer papers consist of notes, interviews, original correspondence, photographs, and partial drafts for an intended biography of Francis J. Heney. There are several folders of correspondence concerning Heney's unsuccessful 1918 campaign to be the governor of California. There is also background information gathered by Brewer in preparation for editing Amos Pinchot's "The History of the Progressive Party, 1912-1916" (published in 1958). There is no personal material aout Brewer in the papers.

Date:

1900 (issued)

Subject:

Heney, Francis J. (Francis Joseph) -- 1859-1937
Pinchot, Amos -- 1873-1944
Progressive Party (Calif.)

Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Collection processed at folder level in 2007.
Helene Maxwell Brewer papers, BANC MSS 2007/201, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gift; of Sarah Caldwell; in 2007.
Helene Maxwell Brewer was a professor of American Literature and American Studies, Queens College, City University of New York. (She also published under the name Helene Maxwell Hooker.) She later conducted interviews for the Regional Oral History Office, U.C. Berkeley.
In English.

Physical Description:

print
1 carton and 1 box (1.65 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2007/201 Box 1
BANC MSS 2007/201 Carton 1
BANC MSS 2007/201

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.