Bancroft Reference Notes for California, Circa 1870S-1890S

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Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s

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Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 1 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s

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Collection Summary Collection Title: Bancroft reference notes for California Date (inclusive): circa 1870s-1890s Collection Number: BANC MSS B-C 12 Collector: Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918 Extent: Number of containers: 4 boxes, 22 cartonsLinear feet: 29.20 Repository: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Abstract: Consists of bibliographic and research notes pertaining to and used in the preparation of the History of California (volumes 18-24), California Pastoral (vol. 34) and California Interpocula (vol. 25), nine volumes of Hubert Howe Bancroft's 39-volume, History of the Pacific States of North America published between 1882-1890. Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights 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 the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited 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

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 2 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s [Identification of item], Bancroft reference notes for California, BANC MSS B-C 12, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Related Collections Library: Hubert Howe Bancroft, Records of the library and publishing companies, BANC MSS B-C 7. Hofmann & Curtis Architects, Specifications ... in the erection of a ... library building for H. H. Bancroft, 1881, BANC MSS 73/122 c: [no.] 64. Catalogue of the Bancroft Library of Pacific Coast Books, Maps, and Manuscripts, BANC MSS B-C 4. William Henry Knight, Bancroft Library MS Scrapbooks, 1860-64, BANC MSS C-E 200. San Francisco Bulletin index, 1855-1872, BANC MSS B-C 2. Publishing Companies: Hubert Howe Bancroft, In these Latter Days, BANC MSS B-A 1 John S. Hittell, A History of the City of San Francisco, 1878, BANC MSS 90/19 c History Company. The History Company periodical index, BANC MSS B-C 3 Hubert Howe Bancroft, Letters and papers from Mexico, 1886-91, BANC MSS M-M 384 Porfirio Diaz Collection of Papers, 1881-93, BANC MSS M-M 392 Hubert Howe Bancroft, Authorities quoted in the History of California, BANC MSS B-C 1 Thomas Savage, Report of labors in archives and procuring material for the History of California, 1876-79, BANC MSS C-E 191 Hubert Howe Bancroft, Preliminary notes and plans for the Pioneer Register, BANC MSS C-E 170 Hubert Howe Bancroft, Correspondence relating to the History of Oregon, 1863-1889, BANC MSS P-A 169 Hubert Howe Bancroft, Correspondence, BANC MSS C-B 362 Bancroft Reference Notes for the Western States, excluding California, BANC MSS B-C 8 Bancroft Reference Notes for Central America, BANC MSS B-C 9 Bancroft reference notes for Mexico, BANC MSS B-C 10 Bancroft reference notes for British Columbia and Alaska, BANC MSS B-C 11 Bancroft Reference Notes--Bibliography, BANC MSS B-C 13 Bancroft Reference Notes on the conquest of Mexico, BANC MSS B-M 1 Bancroft Reference Notes, BANC MSS 97/31 c Bancroft Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, 1860-1890, BANC MSS B-C 14 Henry Cerruti, Sketches of the California Pioneers, BANC MSS C-E 65 Ivan Petroff, Journal of Trip to Alaska in Search of Information for the Bancroft Library, 1878, BANC MSS P-K 62 Harry Bishop Hambly, Information for the Bancroft Library, 1936, BANC MSS C-D 5081 Henry Lebbeus Oak, Correspondence and papers, BANC MSS C-B 387 Henry Lebbeus Oak, Letters from H.H. Bancroft and diary, 1874-87, BANC MSS 67/153 Frances Fuller Victor, Correspondence and notes relating to the History of Oregon, 1865-[ca. 1886], BANC MSS P-A 170 A.L. Bancroft & Co., Account of stock, Jan. 1, 1879, BANC MSS C-E 195 A.L. Bancroft & Co., Resolutions for the year 1890, BANC MSS C-E 196 Bancroft family: Albert Little Bancroft, My Brother Hubert Howe Bancroft,1907, BANC MSS 73/122 c:109 Hubert Howe Bancroft family papers, BANC MSS 73/64 c Bancroft family, Family genealogical data, 1886-1907, BANC MSS 89/91 c Hubert Howe Bancroft letters to his family, 1882-1918, BANC MSS 77/169 c Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. California Interpocula Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. California Pastoral Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. History of California

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 3 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Agriculture--California--History--Sources Education--California--History--Sources Mines and mineral resources--California--History--Sources Missions--California--History--Sources California--History--1846-1850--Sources California--History--1850-1950--Sources California--History--To 1846--Sources Acquisition Information The Bancroft reference notes for California were part of the Bancroft Collection, purchased by the University of California in 1905. Biography Hubert Howe Bancroft was born in Granville, Ohio on May 5, 1832. After working for some time in the Buffalo, N.Y. book store owned by his brother-in-law, George H. Derby, Bancroft came to California in 1852 to establish a West Coast outlet for the shop. In 1855, after selling the initial stock, he went east and returned with sufficient books and stationery to open a San Francisco store the following year. Within two years, his firm on Montgomery Street began to grow into a publishing house, issuing such items as law books and legal stationery, texts and maps for schools, and music and piano sales. In 1860, as an outgrowth of assembling research materials for publication of a Pacific Coast handbook, Bancroft began to collect regional writings: this was the beginning of his unparalleled collection of books and manuscripts on the West. Within a decade he had 16,000 volumes, encompassing not only California and the Pacific Coast as the central focus, but also British Columbia and Alaska to the north, the Rocky Mountains to the east, and Mexico and Central American to the south, extending back in time from the native Indian cultures of all these regions and the subsequent era of Spanish control. The collection continued to grow as a result of collecting trips to the east and Europe, as well as through extensive purchases at a number of major auctions. Eventually it included not only books and manuscripts, but pamphlets, maps, newspapers and other periodicals, and transcriptions of manuscripts made by his corps of copyists from originals still in private hands or in government and church archives. Bancroft and his staff also created original materials by interviewing pioneers whose recollections might not otherwise have been preserved, resulting in hundreds of early oral histories termed "dictations." By 1868, a move became necessary to relieve overcrowding in Bancroft's expanding and prosperous Montgomery Street headquarters. He bought property on Market Street near Third, and began to build in 1869. In April 1870, the completed five-story building boasted a modernized steam engine in the basement to provide power for the printing presses. The first four floors accommodated nine departments, including wholesale and retail books, and stationary, music, law, and education sales; a subscription department; and a printing, bindery, and blank book production division. The fifth floor of the new Bancroft Building was a literary workshop, completely divorced from the business, where Bancroft's collections could be put to use. He engaged Librarian, Henry Lebbeus Oak, to catalog the works he had acquired. Bancroft continued to collect materials as he planned a vast publication project of a series of histories of western North American, which in the end numbered 39 volumes: the History of the Pacific States of North America, also known as Bancroft's Works. First were five volumes on The Native Races (1874-1875), then three volumes on the History of Central America and six more on the History of Mexico, followed by two volumes on the Northern Mexican States and Texas, and one treating Arizona and New Mexico. All of these preceded his central topic, a seven-volume History of California (1886-1890), which were followed by nine more volumes on other parts of the west, and a number of more informal works, including Literary Industries , the author's biography. Bancroft's ten year marriage to his beloved wife, Emily Ketchum Bancroft, ended upon her death in 1869. Left alone to raise their daughter, Kate, born in 1860, Bancroft devoted his energies to family and literary productions. He placed the full responsibility of managing the business interests of the firm with his younger brother, A. L. (Albert Little) Bancroft, creating a new partnership in 1860 under the title, A. L. Bancroft and Company. The business expanded and prospered under A. L. Bancroft's direction until a fire destroyed the Bancroft Building and its contents in 1886. Old resentments and quarrels erupted following the traumatic event which eventually severed the brothers personal and professional relationships. Fortunately, the library (referred to as both the Bancroft Library and the Pacific Library) was spared. In 1881, it had been moved from the fifth floor of the Market Street location to a specially constructed fire-proofed brick building on Valencia Street. Following the fire and dissolution of his partnership with A. L. Bancroft in 1886, Hubert Howe Bancroft formed two new companies: The History Company, and the Bancroft Company. In August 1887, under these new imprints, the production, publication, and marketing of Bancroft's Works resumed in the rebuilt quarters at 723 Market Street, known thereafter as the History Building.

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 4 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Throughout the West, Bancroft's numerous sales agents continued to sell subscriptions to his Works and the seven-volume Chronicles of the Builders . Following a successful marketing campaign which secured orders for more than 6,000 sets of volumes during the 1870's and 80's, the canvassing effort was abandoned in 1892. In the late 1880's, Bancroft's methods for writing and marketing his works came under attack by literary critics and several of his former employees, including Mr. Henry Oak and Mrs. Francis Fuller Victor. Oak and Victor claimed authorship for major portions of the Works that were credited solely to Bancroft, calling the historian's methods and reputation into question. The retail book and stationary store finally closed its doors in 1894, after a long and bitter price war had made the business unprofitable. In 1905, Bancroft's accomplishments as an historian and collector were recognized by the University of California. The institution purchased the book and manuscript collections of the eminent historian, numbering over sixty-thousand items, for $250,000. Although the collector contributed $100,000 of the purchase price, the contents of the library had been appraised at twice the net cost to the University. The History of the Pacific States won recognition as an indispensable work for students of western history. The collection as a whole remains a distinguished primary source of unique books, maps, pamphlets, and documents on the early history of the West, from Alaska to Central America. In his later years, Bancroft wrote several volumes ( Retrospection, The New Pacific, In These Latter Days ) expressing his political, moral, economic, and social concerns for a modernizing world. On March 3, 1918, at the age of 86, Hubert Howe Bancroft died at his home, having been struck by a street car several days earlier. He was survived by his daughter, Kate, and his four children (Paul, Philip, Griffing, and Lucy Bancroft) by his second wife, Matilida Griffing Bancroft. They were married in 1876 and she predeceased him in 1910. Harry Clark, A Venture in History: The Production, Publication, and Sale of the Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. University of California Press, 1973. John Walton Caughey, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Historian of the West. University of California Press, 1946. The Bancroft Library, University of California, The Bancroft Collection of Western and Latin Americana , June 4, 1998, http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/bancroft.html . Scope and Content of Collection Bancroft reference notes for California consists of bibliographic and research notes pertaining to and used in the preparation of the History of California (volumes 18-24), California Pastoral (vol. 34) and California Inter Pocula (vol. 25), nine volumes of Hubert Howe Bancroft's 39-volume, History of the Pacific States of North America published between 1882-1890. The research notes for the seven volumes of the History of California include early explorations of the west coast, settlement, societal, and land issues between 1550-1890. The notes are largely bibliographic citations along with brief descriptive text about society and customs of indigineous peoples, the Mission period, pioneers, and the development of rural and industrial areas into separate California counties and the establishment of a state. The notes for California Pastoral volume cover early voyages, mission establishment, presidios, and regional developments during the Mission period. California Inter Pocula research and bibliography notes concern the turbulent period between Mexican rule of California and establishment of an effective State government when swelling populations descended upon California seeking gold. The California notes as a whole originate from primary sources such as diaries, personal correspondence, and company logs and more abundant secondary source material such as pamphlets, journals, newspapers, and previously published histories. A few of the numerous subjects covered in the notes are finances, politics, land grants, mining, pioneers, transportation. A large group of notes document individual county and city development, including San Francisco and San Jose. The research notes about the Gold Rush period are informative concerning social character of gold seekers, cemeteries, crime, drinking, duels, epidemics, earthquakes, fires, shipwrecks and other hazards of early California life. Also covered are enterprises such as overland journeys, manufactures, journalism, railroads, stagecoaches and theater. Research subjects also include population groups such as immigrants, women, pioneers, Forty-niners, and the Chinese. In addition, the material provides information about H. H. Bancroft's methods of compiling notes and references in preparation for writing chapter drafts for the Works volumes. The distinctive handwriting of many of Bancroft's assistants is revealed. The majority of notes were taken from manuscripts, books, and other sources that were part of Bancroft's Pacific Library collection during the years 1870-1890. Consistently noting a subject heading in the left margin, the notes range from one-inch wide strips of papers citing bibliographic references to longer texts copied or summarized from sources, the majority of which were Bancroft's own book, manuscript, and clippings collection. The notes and strips were often pasted or pinned to larger sheets to construct draft outlines and text footnotes.

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 5 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Series 1:Bibliography and Research Notes, History of California 1550-1890

Series 1: Bibliography and Research Notes, History of California 1550-1890 Physical Description: Cartons 1-22Linear feet: 29.20 Language of Material: English Arrangement Arranged alphabetically by subject or county name, then chronologically within each subject. Content/Description The majority of bibliographic notes were taken between 1870 and 1890 from manuscripts and books which were part of Hubert Howe Bancroft's collection Bibliographic notes include title, author, volume, and page citations; many notes are simple, 1- to 4-line summaries with a specific region and date noted in the left hand margin. Research notes are one to ten page transcriptions or summaries of historical documents, biographies and earlier published histories and clippings pasted onto paper. Major subject topics include agriculture, arts, architecture, politics, disasters, education, economics, industry, land, military, mining, religion, transportation, and water.

carton 1, folder Agriculture: Alameda-Yuba Co.. 1774-1885 undated 1-13 carton 1, folder 14 Alameda. 1850-1880 carton 1, folder 15 Alpine Co.. 1868-1874 carton 1, folder 16 Anza's Voyage. 1774 carton 1, folder 17 Arts and entertainment. 1820-1860 carton 1, folder 18 Benicia. 1860 carton 1, folder Biography. 1780-1885 19-21 Biography carton 1, folder 22 James Beckworth. 1849 carton 1, folder 23 Edward McGowan. 1863 carton 1, folder 24 Joaquin Murietta. 1851-1853 carton 1, folder 25 Romaldo Pacheco. 1825-1831 carton 1, folder 26 Botany 1830-1885 carton 1, folder 27 Bouchard's Invasion. 1817-1819 carton 1, folder 28 Boundaries. 1845-1875 carton 1, folder Branciforte. 1795-1848 29-30 carton 1, folder 31 Buildings. 1794-1869 carton 1, folder 32 Butte County. 1835-1885 carton 1, folder 33 Calaveras County. 1849-1880 carton 1, folder 34 California dictations. undated carton 1, folder 35 California general history. 1845-1885 carton 2, folder Californian Indians. 1791-1880 undated 1-7 carton 2, folder 8 Capital history and debates. 1835-1885 carton 2, folder 9 Chinese. 1806-1877 carton 2, folder 10 Chronology. 1534-1860 undated carton 2, folder 11 Churches and religions 1750-1885 carton 2, folder Civil War. 1861-1865 12-13 carton 2, folder 14 Climate. undated carton 2, folder 15 Colonization. 1768-1770 carton 2, folder 16 Colusa County. 1849-1875 carton 2, folder 17 Communication. 1769-1878 carton 2, folder 18 Conquest of California. 1846-1847 carton 2, folder 19 Contra Costa County. 1884-1897 carton 2, folder 20 Crime. 1850-1862 carton 2, folder 21 Del Norte County. 1852-1884 carton 2, folder 22 Discovery and exploration. 1636-1843

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 6 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Series 1:Bibliography and Research Notes, History of California 1550-1890

carton 2, folder 23 El Dorado County. 1848-1860 carton 2, folder 24 Earthquakes. 1806-1812 carton 2, folder 25 Education. 1813-1863 carton 2, folder 26 Farallones. 1860-1865 carton 2, folder 27 Filibusters. 1850-1860 carton 2, folder Finance. 1840-1886 28-29 carton 3, folder 1 Fires. 1848-1883 carton 3, folder 2 Fish and game. 1781-1885 carton 3, folder 3 Foreign relations 1836-1845 carton 3, folder 4 Fresno. 1850-1885 carton 3, folder 5 Fur trade. 1790-1850 carton 3, folder Graham affair. 1840 6-7 carton 3, folder Geology. 1803-1885 8-9 carton 3, folder 10 Hide and tallow trade. 1830-1850 carton 3, folder 11 History. 1847-1869 carton 3, folder 12 History, rough draft, n.d carton 3, folder 13 Humboldt County. 1830-1880 carton 3, folder Immigration and colonization 1773-1885 14-23 Immigration and Colonization carton 4, folder 1 The Donner Party 1846-1847 carton 4, folder 2 Maritime. 1849 carton 4, folder 3 Overland. 1849 carton 4, folder 4 Inyo County. 1850-1875 carton 4, folder 5 Journalism. 1840-1870 carton 4, folder 6 Justice. 1777-1880 undated carton 4, folder 7 Kern County. 1855-1880 carton 4, folder 8 Labor. 1780-1850 carton 4, folder 9 Lake County. 1860-1881 carton 4, folder Land. 1769-1885 undated 10-23 Land carton 5, folder 1 Los Angeles. 1790-1860 carton 5, folder 2 Monterey. 1848 carton 5, folder 3 Sacramento. 1840-1850 carton 5, folder 4 San Diego. 1849-1850 carton 5, folder San Francisco. 1830-1859 5-7 carton 5, folder 8 San Jose. 1845-1849 Land Grants carton 5, folder Locations A-Z. 1800-1880 9-15 carton 5, folder 16 Missions. 1815-1850 carton 5, folder 17 Unnamed. 1830-1880 carton 5, folder 18 Lassen County. 1830-1870 carton 5, folder 19 Libraries. 1801-1870 carton 5, folder Literature. 1820-1885 20-21 carton 5, folder Los Angeles. 1769-1840 22-27 carton 6, folder Los Angeles. 1841-1885 1-6 carton 6, folder Manufacturing and industries. 1820-1880 7-8 carton 6, folder 9 Marin County. 1840-1850

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 7 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Series 1:Bibliography and Research Notes, History of California 1550-1890

carton 6, folder 10 Mariposa County. 1850-1870 carton 6, folder 11 Medicine. 1820-1850 carton 6, folder 12 Mendicino County. 1850-1885 carton 6, folder 13 Merced County. 1850-1885 carton 6, folder 14 Military. 1796-1877 undated carton 6, folder 15 Military Cavalry Company of Monterey Mining carton 6, folder Gold Discovery. 1848-1859 16-20 carton 6, folder 21 Mining and Mineral Resources. 1848-1878 undated carton 7, folder Mining and Mineral Resources. 1849-1883 1-8 Mining and Mineral Resources carton 7, folder 9 County Place Names List carton 7, folder Alameda-Santa Barbara County. 1820-1885 10-20 carton 8, folder Santa Clara-Yuba County. 1775-1885 1-4 Missions carton 8, folder Dated 1716-1824 undated 5-17 carton 9, folder Dated 1825-1884 1-6 carton 9, folder 7 Nuestra Senora de Soledad. 1790-1850 carton 9, folder 8 Purisima Concepcion. 1785-1850 carton 9, folder San Antonio de Padua-San Diego de Alcala. 1680-1885 9-16 carton 10, folder San Fernando Rey de Espana-San Rafael Arcangel. 1760-1885 1-16 carton 11, folder Santa Barbara-Santa Ines. 1769-1850 1-6 Mission Politics carton 11, folder 7 Echeandia vs. Padres. 1826-1830 carton 11, folder Secularization. 1820-1850 8-11 carton 11, folder Modoc-Mono County. 1840-1885 12 carton 11, folder Monterey. 1769-1820 13-16 carton 12, folder Monterey. 1821-1874 1-6 Monterey carton 12, folder 7 Immigration. 1830-1849 carton 12, folder 8 Invasion. 1842-1843 carton 12, folder 9 Mormons. 1848-1882 carton 12, folder Napa-Nevada County. 1840-1860 10 carton 12, folder Newspaper history. 1846-1877 undated 11 carton 12, folder Orange County. 1849-1878 12 carton 12, folder Pioneers and pioneer societies. 1530-1881 undated 13-17 carton 13, folder 1 Placer County. 1848-1867 carton 13, folder 2 Plumas County. 1850-1853 carton 13, folder Politics and government. 1796-1850 3-21

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 8 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Series 1:Bibliography and Research Notes, History of California 1550-1890

carton 14, folder Politics and government 1851-1886 1-10 Politics and government carton 14, folder Governor Alvarado. 1838-1839 11 carton 14, folder Don Carlos Carrillo. 1838 12 carton 14, folder Population. 1775-1852 13 Population carton 14, folder List of inhabitants 1772-1800 14 carton 14, folder Monterey. 1782-1800 15 carton 14, folder San Buenaventura-Sonoma. 1774-1850 16-17 carton 14, folder Southern California. 1775-1850 18 carton 14, folder Prisons. 1850-1875 19 carton 14, folder Public finance. 1822-1835 20-21 carton 15, folder Public finance. 1836-1856 1-5 carton 15, folder 6 Railroads and transportation. 1841-1888 undated carton 15, folder 7 Revolution. 1835 carton 15, folder Russians in California. 1711-1870 8-13 carton 15, folder Sacramento. 1844-1870 undated 14-18 carton 16, folder 1 Sacramento. 1871-1885 carton 16, folder 2 San Benito-San Bernardino. 1846-1877 carton 16, folder San Diego. 1749-1875 3-9 San Francisco carton 16, folder Dated 1769-1830 undated 10-18 carton 17, folder Dated 1831-1869 1-24 carton 18, folder Dated 1870-1886 1-4 carton 18, folder 5 Bear and bull fight story. 1860 carton 18, folder 6 Cemeteries. 1865 carton 18, folder 7 Churches. 1848-1875 carton 18, folder Commerce. 1849-1885 8-10 carton 18, folder Fires. 1830-1886 11 carton 18, folder Population. 1842-1850 12 carton 18, folder Residence history. 1839-1849 13 carton 18, folder Stock exchange. 1860-1880 14-15 carton 18, folder San Joaquin County. 1813-1880 16 San Jose

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 9 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Series 1:Bibliography and Research Notes, History of California 1550-1890

carton 18, folder Dated 1777-1844 17-22 carton 19, folder Dated 1845-1855 1-2 carton 19, folder 3 Land grants and settlements. 1777-1790 carton 19, folder 4 San Juan Bautista. 1841 carton 19, folder 5 San Juan Capistrano. 1846 carton 19, folder 6 San Luis Obispo. 1846-1886 carton 19, folder 7 San Mateo. 1857-1883 carton 19, folder Santa Barbara. 1777-1880 8-17 carton 19, folder Santa Clara-Santa Cruz County 1849-1880 18 carton 19, folder Science 1850-1897 19 carton 19, folder Shasta County. 1850-1879 20 carton 19, folder Shipping and commerce. 1770-1826 21-27 carton 20, folder Shipping and commerce. 1827-1880 1-13 carton 20, folder Shipwrecks. 1789-1885 14 carton 20, folder Sierra County. 1809-1875 15-16 carton 20, folder Siskiyou County. 1851-1875 17 carton 20, folder Slavery and segregation. 1850-1870 18 carton 20, folder Social customs. 1744-1849 undated 19-23 carton 21, folder Social customs. 1850-1884 1-3 carton 21, folder 4 Solano County. 1824-1860 carton 21, folder Sonoma County. 1554-1880 5-6 carton 21, folder 7 Stanislaus County. 1849-1873 carton 21, folder 8 Stockton. 1840-1860 carton 21, folder Sutter-Ventura County. 1774-1885 9-12 carton 21, folder Vigilance Committee. 1848-1857 13 carton 21, folder Water supply. 1794-1886 14-17 carton 21, folder Weather and climate. 1785-1867 18 carton 21, folder Weights and measures. 1773-1844 19 carton 21, folder West coast. undated 20 carton 21, folder Yolo-Yuba County. 1842-1870 21 carton 21, folder Miscellany. 1609-1880 undated 22-25 carton 22, folder Volume 1-6 notes, 1542-1859 1-26

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 10 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Series 2:Bibliography and Research Notes, California Pastoral 1769-1848.

Series 2: Bibliography and Research Notes, California Pastoral 1769-1848. Physical Description: Box 1 Arrangement Arranged alphabetically by subject. Content/Description Contains primary research notes.

box 1, folder 1 Benicia box 1, folder 2 Early Voyages box 1, folder 3 Missions and Presidios box 1, folder 4 Mission Paintings box 1, folder 5 Yerba Buena box 1, folder 6 Bibliographic Notes box 1, folder 7-8 Miscellany Series 3: Bibliography and Research Notes, California Inter Pocula 1848-1856. Physical Description: Box 2-4 Arrangement Arranged alphabetically by subject. Content/Description Includes a majority of research notes written on topics associated with the Inter pocula period (Latin term meaning between drinks or drunkeness or full cups). The term inter pocula was chosen by Bancroft to describe the period between the discovery of gold and the development of a legally functional society in California after statehood. Lawlessness, crime, fires, earthquakes, judicial matters, prices, prostitution, lynching, slavery, shipwrecks, women and the Vigilance Committee a sampling of topics researched for this volume focusing on the hazards and disillusion suffered by a large influx of gold seekers. Also there is an assemblage of research notes on population groups, commerce and business enterprises, politics, mail, transportation, social customs and activities, population, and property matters during these years. Of significance are two separate dictations, eyewitness accounts of discovery of gold (one by Mrs. Wimmer) and Sutter's personal reaction to the find.

box 2, folder 1 Agriculture box 2, folder 2 Amusements box 2, folder 3 Anecdotes box 2, folder 4 Architecture box 2, folder 5 Art box 2, folder 6 Australian gold box 2, folder 7 Banks box 2, folder 8 Bibliographic notes box 2, folder 9 Business box 2, folder 10 Brannan, Sam box 2, folder 11 Cemeteries box 2, folder 12 Character box 2, folder 13 Children box 2, folder 14 Chinese box 2, folder 15 Church and clergy box 2, folder 16 Climate box 2, folder 17 Coins box 2, folder 18 Commerce box 2, folder 19 Crime box 2, folder 20 Drinking box 2, folder 21 Duels box 2, folder 22 Earthquakes box 2, folder 23 Epidemics box 2, folder 24 Executions

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 11 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s Series 3:Bibliography and Research Notes, California Inter Pocula 1848-1856.

box 2, folder 25 Express Business box 2, folder 26 Filibustering box 2, folder 27 Fires box 3, folder 1 Forty-niners, stories and legends box 3, folder 2 Gold, gold dust yields box 3, folder 3 Gold rush box 3, folder 4 Greeley, Horace box 3, folder 5 Immigration box 3, folder 6 Indian Affairs box 3, folder 7 Jewish in San Francisco box 3, folder 8 Journalism box 3, folder 9 Journey overland box 3, folder 10 Judicial matters box 3, folder 11 Land titles box 3, folder 12 Law box 3, folder 13 Literature box 3, folder 14 Lotteries box 3, folder 15 Lynching box 3, folder 16 Mail box 3, folder 17 Manufacturers box 3, folder 18 Marriage box 3, folder 19 Marshall, James Include Wimmer account of gold nugget box 3, folder 20 Mines box 3, folder 21 Mormons box 3, folder 22 Pioneers box 3, folder 23 Population box 4, folder 1 Prices box 4, folder 2 Progress box 4, folder 3 Prospecting box 4, folder 4 Prostitution box 4, folder 5 Property box 4, folder 6 Railroads box 4, folder 7 Ralston, William C. box 4, folder 8 Restaurants box 4, folder 9-10 San Francisco box 4, folder 11 Ships and sailing box 4, folder 12 Shipwrecks box 4, folder 13 Slavery box 4, folder 14 Society box 4, folder 15 Society of California Pioneers box 4, folder 16 Stagecoaches box 4, folder 17 Steamships box 4, folder 18 Theatre box 4, folder 19 Towns box 4, folder 20 Trade box 4, folder 21 Vigilance Committee box 4, folder 22 Women box 4, folder 23 Miscellany

Finding Aid to Bancroft Reference BANC MSS B-C 12 12 Notes for California, circa 1870s-1890s