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Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965)

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Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 1 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965) Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman Papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965)

Collection number: BANC MSS C-R 18

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Collection Summary Collection Title: J.N. Bowman Papers, Date (inclusive): circa 1933-1965 Date (inclusive): (bulk 1933-1965) Collection Number: BANC MSS C-R 18 Creator: Bowman, J. N. (Jacob Neibert), 1875-1968 Extent: Number of containers: 7 cartons, 5 oversize folders, 1 volume, 1 porfolio (9.5 linear feet) Repository: The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Abstract: Correspondence, California history subject files, and personalia of Jacob N. Bowman, historian and creator of an important index to the California land grant and land case records. Languages Represented: English Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights

Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 2 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965) All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html . Preferred Citation [Identification of item], J.N. Bowman papers, BANC MSS C-R 18, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Photographs of J.J. Vioget's grave transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library Related collection: Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California (BANC MSS C-R 17). Related collection: Indices to California land cases (BANC MSS C-R 16). Related collection: Indices to California land grants (BANC MSS C-R 15). Related collection: Index to witnesses in United States District Court (Northern District) third party private land grant cases (BANC MSS 67/130 c). Associated collection: Spanish land grant files (or Bowman files) (California State Archives 79-30). Alternate Forms Available There are no alternate forms of this collection. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Bowman, J. N. (Jacob Neibert), 1875-1968--Archives. Missions--California--History Land grants--California--HIstory Land tenure--California--HIstory Building, Adobe--California--History Weights and measures--California--History Agriculture--California--History Archives--California California--History California--Biography California--History--Sources San Francisco (Calif.)--History Accruals No additions are expected. Processing Information Additional processing Bancroft Library staff in January 2013. Biographical Information Jacob N. Bowman (1875-1968) was born near Greenville, Ohio. He graduated from Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio in 1896 and then traveled abroad to study history at Heidelberg University and Leipzig University in Germany from 1896 to 1900. Bowman taught history at Western Washington College, the University of California, Berkeley, and Washington University. From 1948 until 1955, he served as Historian at the California State Archives in Sacramento. In the late 1920s, Bowman became interested in California's private land grant cases. Difficulty researching in the land grant records prompted

Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 3 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965) Bowman to undertake the task of updating and revising the index in Judge Ogden Hoffman's 1862 reports on the California land cases, up until then the main tool for researching these records. The completion of Bowman's more comprehensive index required that he conduct a complete study of the widely scattered land grant papers. At the time, the land case files from the Board of Land Commissioner's hearings were in the possession of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The original Spanish and Mexican government land records were in the office of the Surveyor General in San Francisco and then in Glendale in 1932. In 1937, these original Spanish records were ordered to be sent to the National Archives for repair of the fire damage they had suffered in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. They never returned to California (though a set of certified copies and translations exists at the State Archives in Sacramento). Bowman always maintained that the accessioning of these records into the National Archives in Washington was made despite that fact that the District Court judges in San Francisco had requisitioned them to be placed with the land cases in the court's custody. The land case files from the Board of Land Commissioner's hearings are now on permanent deposit at the Bancroft Library. In addition to his index, Bowman wrote extensively on many areas of California history. Scope and Content of Collection The collection consists of correspondence dating from circa 1933 until 1965, California history subject files, and personalia and other papers. The correspondence includes general correspondence as well as a small amount of correspondence (and other material) relating to the California State Archives and some responses to reference queries Bowman received in his position as Historian at the State Archives. The subject files, by far the bulk of the collection, consist of files on a wide range of California history subjects. These subject files might include manuscripts of articles and essays written by Bowman, notes, and correspondence. Of particular note among these subject files are manuscripts, correspondence, and notes documenting Bowman's investigations into the land records of California. Among the personalia are reminiscences and other writings and course diaries, diplomas and other materials relating to Bowman's student days in Germany.

Series 1: Correspondence. circa 1933-1958 Physical Description: Carton 1, folder 1-16

Carton 1, Folder General Correspondence, circa 1933-1958 14 Carton 1, Folder California State Archives correspondence and other items, circa 1945-1955 15 Carton 1, Folder Assorted responses to reference queries, circa 1945-1955 16 Series 2: California History Subject Files. circa 1940-1965 Physical Description: Carton 1, folder 17-26; carton 2-6; carton 7, folder 1-31

Carton 1, Folder California private land grants (manuscripts, notes, and correspondence) circa 17-26, Carton 2, 1945-1955 Folder 1-21, Scope and Content Note Oversize Folder 5 Includes manuscripts of Bowman's The California Private Land Granting and Land Grants and Bowman's Index to Witnesses in the California Private Land Grant Cases as well as notes on land grants and cases. There are also other files on land grants and land grant records scattered throughout this series of subject files. See for example, carton 4, folders 22-23, 36; carton 5, folders 14, 24; and carton 6, folders 1, 3, and 16 for manuscripts, notes and correspondence that illuminate Bowman's investigations into the land records of California.

Carton 2, Folder Burial of Antonio del Valle in 1841 (correspondence) 22 Carton 2, Folder Expediente 311(correspondence) 23 Carton 2, Folder Parochial Books of the California missions (manuscripts, correspondence, notes) 24-25 Carton 2, Folder Cattle brand used at Mission La Purisima Conception (correspondence) 26

Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 4 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965) Series 2: California History Subject Files. circa 1940-1965

Carton 2, Folder Relationship of private land grant cases in the U. S. District Court, S. F. to American 27-28 sovereignty to the Pacific Coast and off-shore islands (manuscripts and correspondence) Carton 2, Folder Dates of various editions of Mariano Galvan Rivera's Ordenanzas de Tierras y Aguas, 29 1936-1948. Carton 2, Folder Vara staffs at Bancroft Library (correspondence) 30 Carton 2, Folder Provincial fanega (correspondence) 31 Carton 2, Folder Peralta family and their homesites (correspondence, manuscripts, and notes) 32-37, Carton 3, Folder 1-3 Carton 3, Folder 4 Santa Clara Mission (correspondence) Carton 3, Folder 5 Juana Briones de Miranda (correspondence and other materials) Carton 3, Folder Length of the old Mexican vara 5a Carton 3, Folder 6 Sonoma fanega measure (notes) Carton 3, Folder 7 Birthdays of California's urban communities Carton 3, Folder 8 List California governors Carton 3, Folder General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and family (manuscripts, notes, correspondence). 9-12 Carton 3, Folder The birthday of San Francisco (correspondence) 13 Carton 3, Folder The Comenzada dates of the California missions. 14 Carton 3, Folder The names of the California missions. 14 Carton 3, Folder The date when Francisca bacame Benicia (manuscript and correspondence) 15 Carton 3, Folder Peter Lassen (manuscript) 16 Carton 3, Folder Periodization of the agriculture (manuscript and notes) 17 Carton 3, Folder The area of Rancho Ulpines Sobrante (manuscript) 18 Carton 3, Folder The area of Rancho Suscol (manuscript) 19 Carton 3, Folder The Schools of Provincial California (manuscript) 20 Carton 3, Folder Vancouver's Anchorage in (manuscript and notes)1792. 21-22 Carton 3, Folder The Great Seal Press of California of 1849. and the Hand Seal Press in the Office of 23 the Secretary of State (manuscripts) Carton 3, Folder Burnt Brick from the Reservoir of the Polin Spring in the San Francisco Presidio and 24 the Second Site of Mission Santa Clara (manuscripts Carton 3, Folder Captain Jean Jacques Vioget (manuscripts, notes, correspondence) 25-35, Oversize Folder 1-2 Carton 3, Folder Capitol building (gold ball, seal above, contents of cornerstone, level of surrounding 36 streets) (manuscripts) Carton 3, Folder On the boundaries of The Delta, Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley (memo) 37 Carton 3, Folder The Last Changes of California County Seats 38 Carton 3, Folder Incorporation Date of Martinez 39 Carton 3, Folder The California County Making the Largest Proportionate Contribution to the 40 Washington Monument, Nov. 6, 1860.

Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 5 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965) Series 2: California History Subject Files. circa 1940-1965

Carton 3, Folder The Population of Provincial California (manuscripts, notes, correspondence) 41-44 Carton 3, Folder July 7, 1846 as the Terminal Date Of the Mexican Regime (manuscript) 45 Carton 3, Folder The El Camino Real Traditional (manuscript) 46 Carton 3, Folder George Davidson and the Introduction of the California Quail into Washington 47 (manuscript) Carton 3, Folder The Date when Yerba Buena Became San Francisco (manuscript) 48 Carton 3, Folder The Resident Neophytes (Existentes) of the California Missions (manuscript) 49 Carton 3, Folder Gubernatorial papers in California State Archives (manuscript) 50 Carton 3, Folder The Writer of the Secretary of State's Day Book, 1851-1856. 51 Carton 3, Folder Irrigation in provincial California (correspondence) 52 Carton 3, Folder The Number of California Indians Baptized during the Mission Period 1770-1834. 53 (manuscript) Carton 3, Folder La Puente (manuscript) 54 Carton 3, Folder The Bridges of Provincial California 55-56 Carton 3, Folder Missions (correspondence) 57 Carton 3, Folder De Guadalupe (manuscript, correspondence) 58 Carton 4, Folder 1 The State Archives and the California State Government (manuscript) Carton 4, Folder 2 The Vara de Burgos (manuscript and correspondence) Carton 4, Folder 3 "Surveyor of the Seas The Life and Voyages of Captain George Vancouver," by Bern Anderson (book review) Carton 4, Folder 4 Die Lansgemeinde at Altdorf, Canton, Uri, May 6, 1900. Carton 4, Folder The Migrations of the California Capitol, 1851 to 1854 (manuscript) 5-6 Carton 4, Folder The Vineyards of Provincial California (manuscript and correspondence) 7-8 Carton 4, Folder 9 Wheat Rust During the Spanish Era in California Carton 4, Folder Journalism. [Attempt to establish School of Journalism at University of California, 10 Berkeley] Carton 4, Folder Sheldon-Daylor grant and "store" (manuscript) 11 Carton 4, Folder Patriotism on the Pacific Coast (manuscript) 12 Carton 4, Folder Richardson map (or Torres-Breen map) and the Burns-Breen Map of Yerba Buena of 13 1835 (correspondence) Carton 4, Folder Libraries of Calif. Before 1846. 14 Carton 4, Folder Agricultural Statistical (manuscript and correspondence) 15-16 Carton 4, Folder California Weights and Measures (manuscript, correspondence, notes) 17-19 Carton 4, Folder Urban Birthdays (manuscript, correspondence, notes) 20-21 Carton 4, Folder Spanish Archives (correspondence and notes) 22-23 Carton 4, Folder San Francisco Early Maps and Forts (manuscripts, correspondence, notes) 24-27

Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 6 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965) Series 2: California History Subject Files. circa 1940-1965

Carton 4, Folder Quesesosi (manuscript and correspondence) 28 Carton 4, Folder O'Farrell Swing (manuscript and notes) 29-30 Carton 4, Folder Mission Lands (manuscripts, correspondence, notes) 31-33 Carton 4, Folder Lost Toma de Razon (manuscripts, correspondence, notes) 34-35 Carton 4, Folder Land Grant Papers in National Archives (manuscripts and correspondence) 36 Carton 4, Folder Gold Placer in California (correspondence) 37 Carton 4, Folder Valentine Grant and Scrip (correspondence) 38 Carton 4, Folder W. J. Bowen (correspondence) 39 Carton 5, Folder 1 Mt. Diablo Base Line (correspondence) Carton 5, Folder 2 W. P. Toler (correspondence) Carton 5, Folder 3 Rosa de Castilla Carton 5, Folder Juan Bautista de Anza 4-9 Carton 5, Folder Lincoln's Birthplace Cabin (correspondence and other materials) 10 Carton 5, Folder The Gold Spike of 1876 and 1887 (manuscript) 11 Carton 5, Folder James H. Coleman - U. S. District Court, S.D. (1858-59) (correspondence) 12 Carton 5, Folder Calistoga Centennial (correspondence) 13 Carton 5, Folder Land Grants - Californla (correspondence) 14 Carton 5, Folder Introduction of Prunes (correspondence) 15 Carton 5, Folder Adobe Houses in Bay Counties (manuscripts, correspondence, notes) 16-20 Carton 5, Folder The Santa Barbara Channel and the Public Domain, including some correspondence 21 re the Disturnell Map of 1847 Carton 5, Folder The Pacific Association of Scientific Societies (manuscript) 22 Carton 5, Folder The First Modern Land Survey in California (manuscript) 23 Carton 5, Folder The Court Cases and Records of the Private Land Grants of Callfornia (manuscript) 24 Carton 5, Folder Diseño of Rancho Rio Ojotoka (manuscript) 25 Carton 5, Folder Microfilms of California Missions - Checklist 26 Carton 5, Folder The Eastern Headland of Drake's Bay (manuscript) 27 Carton 5, Folder California Land Claims: Maps - a description of the volume in the California State 28 Library Carton 5, Folder The Founding Date of the University of California (manuscript and notes) 29-30 Carton 5, Folder Proposal to establish California Historical Rose Garden (correspondence) 31 Carton 5, Folder The First Site and the Founding Date of Mission Dolores (manuscript and notes) 32-33

Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 7 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965) Series 2: California History Subject Files. circa 1940-1965

Carton 5, Folder Identification of California Governors buried in the missions (correspondence) 34 Carton 5, Folder Laguna do los Dolores (manuscript) 35 Carton 5, Folder Human Nature (manuscripts and notes) 36-42 Carton 6, Folder 1 The Private Land Grant Cases 1906 to the Present (manuscript and correspondence) Carton 6, Folder 2 Description of leather jackets of Spanish and Mexican soldiers (correspondence) Carton 6, Folder 3 Transfer of land grant records from Glendale, Calif. to National Archives (correspondence) Carton 6, Folder 4 An American Historical Association -Pacific Coast Branch (correspondence) Carton 6, Folder 5 Filming case 846 SD in U.S. District Court Clerk's Office (correspondence) Carton 6, Folder The Indians and the California Private Land Grants (manuscript) 6-7 Carton 6, Folder 8 Von Schmidt survey of Now Helvetia Portfolio 1 Inland waters and seaward boundaries of the state of California (correspondence and related papers) Carton 6, Folder 9 Correspondence re location and reproduction of the letter, Dec. 16, 1961, from El Presidente Municipal, Arizpe, to the Governor of California Carton 6, Folder Material relating to the Bojorques and Salazar families, gathered by one of the 10 descendents, Roger Rehm Carton 6, Folder Diary of James Ainsa (transcription) 11 Carton 6, Folder On the Trail of Provincial Traditions re El Polin Spring (manuscript) 12 Carton 6, Folder Letter, Feb. 6, 1968, from W.W. Daris, Jr., Chief of Archives, Calif., re Micheltorena's 13 memo of Oct. 21, 1843 relation to Expediente 340 in Land Case 339 N.D. Enclosure: photocopy of the memo Carton 6, Folder How We Think: a protogomina to Dewey's How We Think 14 Carton 6, Folder Maps of the Missions and Ranchos as claimed by the Catholic Church 15, Oversize Folder 4 Carton 6, Folder Index of Spanish Land Grant of Documents S.N. Bowman's Notes on Index to the 16 Land Cases (manuscript) Carton 6, Folder The Date of Sutter's Landing at Sacramento(manuscript, correspondence, notes) 17-18 Carton 6, Folder Bidwell maps (notes) 19 Carton 6, Folder History of the Provincial Archives of California (manuscript) 20 Carton 6, Folder California agriculture (notes) 21-25 Carton 6, Folder Missions (notes and correspondence) 26-30 Carton 6, Folder Provincial California (manuscripts and correspondence) 31 Carton 6, Folder Domestic Animals of Provincial California (manuscripts and correspondence) 32-33 Carton 6, Folder Roads of Provincial California (manuscripts and notes) 34-35 Carton 6, Folder Earthquake of 1812 (notes) 36 Carton 6, Folder Ranchos in Alameda County West of the Hills (manuscripts and correspondence) 37 Carton 6, Folder The State Colors (manuscript) 38

Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 8 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965) Series 2: California History Subject Files. circa 1940-1965

Carton 6, Folder La Rosa de Castilla (manuscript) 39 Carton 6, Folder The Period of Transition from Spanish-Mexican to American-California (manuscript) 40 Carton 6, Folder The Estacada in the Presidio(manuscript) 41 Carton 7, Folder 1 The Birth of the Pacific (as an international sea) (manuscript) Carton 7, Folder 2 The Birthdays of the California Missions (manuscript) Carton 7, Folder California Landmarks (reports) 1932-1943 3-5 Carton 7, Folder California Landmarks (reports) 3-5 Carton 7, Folder 6 Traditions of the California Spanish Land Grants (manuscript) Carton 7, Folder 7 The Names of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers (manuscript) Carton 7, Folder 8 The Elusive Rio Jesus Maria (manuscript) Carton 7, Folder 9 Early Castros of Northern Alta California (manuscript) Carton 7, Folder Report on Trips to Mission Santa Barbara and Mission Santa Clara (manuscript) 10 Carton 7, Folder First Wharf in San Francisco (manuscript) 11 Carton 7, Folder The Three Centers of the Beginning of San Francisco (manuscript and notes) 12 Carton 7, Folder Birthdays in Provincial California (manuscript) 13 Carton 7, Folder Rio Ojostka -- American River ( manuscript) 14 Carton 7, Folder Notes on Flax and Linen in Provincial California ( manuscript) 15 Carton 7, Folder The Population of Early Berkeley ( manuscript and notes) 16 Carton 7, Folder Sub-Committee on the Method of Estimating Intercensal Population for California 17 (report), 1932 Carton 7, Folder The Question of the Western Boundary of California in the Constitutional Convention 18 of 1849 (manuscript) Carton 7, Folder The First Map of Sacramento Valley and The Second Map of Sacramento Valley 19 (manuscripts) Carton 7, Folder Mexico's Attempted Purchase of New Helvetica (manuscript) 20 Carton 7, Folder The Old Course of Mission Creek in San Francisco (manuscript) 21 Carton 7, Folder July 7, 1846 as the Terminal Date of the Mexican Regime (manuscript) 22 Carton 7, Folder Date of the Beginning and Completion of the State Capitol (manuscript) 23 Carton 7, Folder Adobe Bricks of Mission Purisima Concepcion (manuscript) 24 Carton 7, Folder Ojo de Agua de Figueroa (manuscript) 25 Carton 7, Folder The Sandridge between California and Pine Streets (manuscript) 26 Carton 7, Folder The Selection of the Townsite of San Francisco (manuscript) 27-28 Carton 7, Folder Early Maps and Surveys of Yerba Buena (manuscript) 29 Carton 7, Folder Founding of Los Angeles (notes) 30 Carton 7, Folder Rufus Hopkins (notes) 31

Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 9 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965) Series 3: Personalia and other papers. circa 1940-1965

Series 3: Personalia and other papers. circa 1940-1965 Physical Description: Carton 7, folder 32-

Carton 7, Folder University Days (manuscript) 32 Carton 7, Folder Reminiscences of U.C., 1906- (manuscript) 33 Carton 7, Folder University of California correspondence and other materials from syllabus project 34 Carton 7, Folder Course diaries, honors, and diplomas for University of Leipzig and University of 35, Oversize Heidelberg, 1896-1900 Folder 3 Carton 7, Folder Cabinet card photographs of Bowman's teachers in Germany, circa 1896-1900 36 Carton 7, Folder Kosmos Club, 37 Volume 1 Physical Demands and Capacities Analysis (publication of the War Manpower Commission for the benefit of the shipbuilding industry in 1944), Carton 7, Folder Other writings, 38

Finding Aid to the J.N. Bowman BANC MSS C-R 18 10 papers, circa 1890-1965 (bulk 1933-1965)