Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library BANCROFTIANA Number 142 • University of , Berkeley • Summer 2013

The Colors of California Agriculture he exhibition, The Colors of Cali- The title of the exhibition was the diversity of crops grown in Califor- Tfornia Agriculture, in The Bancroft taken from Goin’s print, “Colors of nia and the variety of implements and Library Gallery that closed on July California Agriculture: From Alfalfa machinery used in their cultivation. The 26, 2013, featured a selection of Peter Flower to Zucchini Blossom.” The grid also evokes industrial agriculture, Goin’s digital color photographs and print comprises 160 individual color a mega-enterprise with a long history in Paul Starrs’s text from their Field Guide squares, each of which presents the California that demands checkerboard to California Agriculture (University color of a specific crop or agricultural rows of crops and squared-off trees and of California Press, 2010). Their work object that Goin photographed. He bushes to enable efficient mechanized was shown in the context of histori- isolated the colors for the individual harvesting. cal materials from Bancroft, including squares by sampling his digital photo- Color lends vitality not only to the Depression-era photographs of agri- graphic files. The uppermost left square photographs but also to the language cultural workers by Johanna Hansel is the actual color of alfalfa flowers that describes the agricultural products. Meith and Dorothea Lange, a map of and the last square on the lower right It’s as if California agriculture de- “Mid-California’s Garden of the Sun” is the color of zucchini blossoms as manded a vocabulary of color: Aspara- and a scrapbook of illustrated fruit captured by Goin’s camera. Referenc- gus (row 1–square 7), Blood Orange labels (both produced by the Schmidt ing the work of Josef Albers and Piet (row 2–square 7), John Deer Tractor Lithography Company in the 1920s), Mondrian (Goin teaches art history), Green (row 10–square 3), Pinot Noir and a 2002 drypoint of the Sacramento this grid is both an elegant abstraction (row 4–square 15), Yellow Chard (row Valley by Wayne Thiebaud. and a photographic representation of 10–square 15). Paul Starrs’s captions Continued on page 4

Colors of California Agriculture: From Alfalfa Flower to Zucchini Blossom by Peter Goin. BANC PIC 2013.047—FR. Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library From the Director TEACHING AT BANCROFT: Added Value for the Campus Curriculum

his students also learn the history of ancient texts within the traditions that the western book from him by study- they document. Director Todd Hickey ing original items from the collection has even had his classes make papyrus he amount and variety of teach- that date from the 15th century to the so that they can better understand Ting that The Bancroft Library present. These students analyze rare how writing on this material works. contributes to the Berkeley campus and first editions and then they actually In the Mark Twain Project stu- the community is one of its great and produce one. Similarly, in his course dents who study with General Editor underreported glories. In addition to on telling life stories, Regional Oral Bob Hirst often transcribe original the nearly 7,400 patrons who consulted History Office Director Neil Henry has manuscripts by Samuel Clemens original materials in the Reading Room students analyze biographical profiles and his correspondents as a first step in the past year, 2,970 Berkeley stu- as he is teaching them how to interview toward learning how to edit texts. dents had a class session in the press subjects and write profiles of them. While Clemens’s 19th-century Ameri- room or one of the Bancroft seminar Many Bancroft courses teach can hand is arguably more accessible rooms. And some of them had many students how to verify and interpret to most Berkeley undergraduates than more. Seven courses and an Under- primary evidence. A lot of this work in- the Greek of some of the Tebtunis graduate Research Apprentice Program volves learning to reconstruct, read, and fragments, it is still unfamiliar to those (URAP) group were taught entirely at construe older texts, the languages in students who are no longer taught Bancroft or Magnes facilities by Berke- which they are written, and the cultures to read or write cursive in grammar ley faculty and lecturers. These figures to which they bear witness. Courses at school. But they can still pick up these do not include the number of Cal stu- the Center for the Tebtunis Papyri ex- skills in the most intriguing ways dents who heard guest lectures by the pose students to the full range of these at Bancroft. This spring a group of circuit-riding Bancroft curators, who complications. With only about five URAP students, working with Profes- were featured in courses held elsewhere percent of its material analyzed to date, sor Thomas Laqueur (UCB History) on campus, or the number of individu- the work of CTP includes everything and Magnes Fellow Daniel Viragh, als in the community who had a chance from piecing together disintegrating tackled the original papers of Berke- to hear Bancroft staffers lecture on bits of papyrus fragment, to teaching ley faculty members who fled Europe the collections at a variety of regional students to read the ancient languages during the 1930s, which are part of venues. Fifteen UCB programs received written on them, and interpreting these the University Archives collection in teaching support from Bancroft in the 2012-13 academic year. Based on these numbers, the teaching Bancroft provides Berkeley students annually could be compared to that offered by a medium-sized academic department on campus. Bancroft teaching focuses on authentic primary materials and the techniques that are necessary to pre- serve and interpret them. Each semester students work hands-on—under the supervision of Cal faculty and Ban- croft staff specialists—with treasures from the collections. Many of these Bancroft courses have a performance or studio component. In his course on the hand-printed book, for example, master printer Les Ferriss teaches four classes a year on how to set, print, and Two URAP students, Maiya Moncino and Elena Kempf, participate in a URAP project at Magnes that studied bind a previously unpublished text, as original papers from Berkeley faculty who fled Europe during the 1930s. (Photo by Peg Skorpinski.)

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under Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies (UGIS), as does the under- graduate course on primary research taught jointly by Bancroft Deputy Director Peter Hanff and Professor James Casey (UCB Mechanical Engi- neering). The courses on oral history are sponsored by Media Studies. The papyrology classes show up on the Classics Department curriculum as Greek. The Mark Twain class appears as an English course. And I teach my Bancroft courses for the German Department. Dozens of other courses across the UCB curriculum feature regular—but unadvertised—sessions at Bancroft. So how does a Berkeley student Theresa Salazar, Curator of the Bancroft Collection of Western Americana, with teachers from the CLAS Summer ever discover the fabled “Bancroft Institute 2011, explains original materials from the collection. printing class” unless someone whis- pers in her ear that it’s listed under Bancroft. The fruits of this research wont to say, “that’s another story.” UGIS? Or how can an aspiring editor will be the basis of an exhibit at The Let me close this first vignette on guess that he might learn his craft in Magnes Collection in the coming aca- teaching at Bancroft with a curious an English course on Mark Twain? demic year. fact. You can search Berkeley’s General With great difficulty! Catalog or the curricula of individual Teaching at Bancroft, by Bancroft Cal departments in vain for a list, or staffers, or with Bancroft materials is a even a mention, of courses that are great value-added feature of the Berke- taught at Bancroft or have a significant ley learning experience, but it remains Bancroft (or Magnes) value-added one of the best-kept secrets on campus. dimension of the kinds I have just We will be telling you more about mentioned. Because Bancroft is not an it. academic department, it cannot offer courses under its own brand, even when Bancroft staffers teach them. So the The James D. Hart Director printing class appears in the Catalog The Bancroft Library

Les Ferris demonstrates the printing press during the popular printing course taught at Bancroft.

These courses taught in conjunc- tion with Bancroft’s research groups and printing program are only part of the Bancroft teaching story that I look forward to telling you more about in future issues of Bancroftiana. The role of the Bancroft curators and other staff specialists, for example, on and off the Berkeley campus deserves a sketch of its own. And so do the courses that

Berkeley faculty choose to teach at Professor James Casey teaches an Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies class in the Stone Seminar Room. His Bancroft because of its unique collec- teaching partner, Bancroft Deputy Director Peter Hanff, is behind the camera. tions and facilities. But, as Kipling was Page 3 / Summer 2013 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library

COLORS OF CALIFORNIA Continued from page 1 for the photographs and his text for the Field Guide are replete with color and wit: “From the air, California seems like the empire of a creator bent on constructing the world’s most cruelly demented jigsaw puzzle, a vast agriscape cast in shades of green, tan, emerald and gold” (Field Guide to California Agriculture). University of Nevada Professors Goin and Starrs traveled thousands of miles over a five-year period to complete a com- prehensive and concise survey of California agriculture. Their survey combines the latest government data with thousands of hours spent in the field conducting interviews, mostly in Spanish. The photographs document California’s cornucopia of agricultural products from tree, vine, bush, field, root, and row crops to grain, hay, pasture crops, and livestock. The genesis of the exhibit was a show-and-tell meeting in 2006 in which Goin first showed me his photographs, and Starrs provided the commentary for their project and book. Since that first meeting, Goin and Starrs have been excep- tionally generous donors, presenting proof photographs, the longest panoramic photographic print that I have ever seen, galleys proofs of the book, as well as their field notes to The Mexican farmworkers harvesting strawberries, near Jensen Road, Monterey County. BANC PIC 2013, Bancroft Library. Then at the beginning of 2013, after the 047:Ag000356 --ffAIB biblical number of seven years had passed, Goin presented Bancroft with the extraordinary gift of a portfolio of more than 60 of his final photographs from which we selected 35 prints for the show. This elegant exhibition, called on all of us to stop and take a closer look at the food many of us may take for granted as we speed along the interstate highways of California that Mexican farm workers harvesting strawberries near Jensen Road, Monterey County, continue to be the nation’s fruit and vegetable basket. BANC PIC 2013.47:Ag000356—ffALB. ­— Jack von Euw, Curator, Pictorial Collection

Thompson seedless grapes, horizon, trellis, Madera County. BANC PIC 2011.022:Ag00178—f fA LB . Page 4 / Summer 2013 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library Grabbing the Reader’s Interest with Pictures

was told this many years ago by a Union Democrat. First published in Ivery wise newspaper editor. Rule April 1854, the Democrat is said to be number one: The best way to reach the state’s oldest, continuously oper- out and grab the reader, figuratively ated daily newspaper still in print. At speaking of course, is with a good last count, I am up to 658 published photograph, lithograph, or some other articles in this historic paper, a large form of graphic illustration that at once number of which have been greatly enhances the story and catches the eye. improved upon by The Bancroft A picture is worth a thousand words; Library’s on-line digital image collec- that was the phraseology I think. Rule tions. number two: Rule number one is es- Now, I often work past mid- pecially important when the subject is night to meet deadlines. I begin my history, should the least curious reader next article before the ink on my opt out and hastily turn the page. last one has had a chance to dry, A pity, really, since history, namely and the keys on my keypad have California history, is arguably one of worn thin. But do I worry that the most interesting fields of social someday my supply of research science. The aspiring historian, need I material and story ideas will say, must not confine his (or her) ob- peter out, as did the gold placers servations to words and pictures alone. in 1860? Not in the least. The One must venture forth into the Sierra Union Democrat, again figura- foothills, talk to the old people whose tively speaking, is an inexhaust- ancestors were 49ers, and visit the ible gold mine of breaking news lonely, deserted gold camps of a bygone from olden times, i.e., those era to return no more. stirring days of the Wild Old Riverbed Mining, 1850 – The Union Democrat, May 31, 2012. Story Title: “Good Old Days.” Not too long ago—about the West. As for pictures to accompany BANC PIC 1905.16242:084—CASE. time my casual interest in the Mother my humble narratives, I am told that Lode warped into a mania—my some eight million historic images “morgue” of ancient, yellowed newspa- wife, Barbara, and I departed the Bay are embosomed within The Bancroft pers, I am hardly at a loss for well-illus- Area lowlands and moved to Sonora, Library’s vast holdings. trated stories to grab the attention of my in Tuolumne County, where I soon Simply put, between The Bancroft loyal readers—stories of gold strikes and began writing weekly columns for The Library and the Democrat’s dimly lit wild doings, shootouts, daily murders, lynchings, both lawful and unlaw- ful, conflagrations that reduced whole towns to ashes in a matter of minutes, stagecoach holdups, sluice box rob- bings, bear and bull fights, tong wars, buried treasure rumors, ongoing saloon updates, etc., and accounts that go into great detail of the noisy Fourth of July celebrations in gold camps with strange- sounding monikers. The possibilities are endless. I could devote several volumes to this fascinating subject, and I would do that if it were not for the narrow space of my columns. Stories from the diggings (told as truth, I might add) are vivid reminders of old California’s “Golden Harvest.”

Sunset, California Scenery by Albert Bierstadt, 1868 – Friends and Neighbors Magazine, autumn issue, 2010. — Bob Holton Story Title: “Gold Lake – Lost Gold Mines of the Sierra Nevada.” BANC PIC 1963.002:0401—B. Researcher and Historian

Page 5 / Summer 2013 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library Regional Oral History Office ORAL HISTORY ON AND ABOVE THE BAY BRIDGE

wo-thousand thirteen is the “Year The forthcoming Oakland Museum He fell quickly for the young toll taker. Tof the Bay.” The America’s Cup exhibit is part of that mitigation, as is A number of the interviews are sailing race, the anticipated opening the Bay Bridge project of the Regional with the men who worked in profound- of the new eastern span of the Bay Oral History Office (ROHO), which ly contrasting positions on the bridge Bridge, and the staging of a major ex- was funded by the Oakland Museum over the past 60 years. We spoke, on hibit, “Above and Below: Stories From of California, Caltrans, the Metropoli- the one hand, with structural engineers Our Changing Bay,” at the Oakland tan Transportation Commission, and who knew the bridge mathematically Museum of California are just three the Bay Area Toll Authority. and factually from blueprints and events that will direct attention to To date, ROHO has conducted 14 designs and, on the other hand, with the body of water that binds—and interviews for the project, with another maintenance workers and tow truck separates—our region. The Bancroft one or two yet to be completed. All drivers who came to know bridge Library, too, will contribute to the Year told, about 40 hours of interviews will intimately through its rivets, bolts, steel of the Bay with an exhibit featuring be recorded. Project historian Sam plates, towers, moorings, and grime. recent photographs of the construction Redman and I have conducted inter- Berkeley-educated engineer of the new eastern span and with an views with a wide variety of people, Bob McDougald ’54, for example, oral history project on the Bay Bridge all of whom point to the Bay Bridge recounts the process by which the looking back from its construction in as having played a significant role in bridge was substantially redesigned the 1930s up through today. their lives. There is Frances Ryan, for in the late 1950s, when the lower The genesis for the oral history example, who took a job as a toll col- deck was retrofitted so that it could project was the listing of the original lector on the bridge during World War carry automobiles rather than the rail eastern span on the National Register II. Not only did this job provide her lines that had been there since 1936. of Historic Places in 2001. According (newly arrived from the Central Valley) He recalled, “We discovered that the to regulations, before the span can be with a good wage, but she also met her framing for the upper deck consisted demolished, Caltrans must first under- future husband on the job—an officer of cross floor beams, stringers—only take a historical mitigation program. with the California Highway Patrol. four stringers—and then a joist that

A view of suspension towers 6, 3, and 2 looking west from Yerba Buena Island toward San Francisco a year into construction. BANC PIC 1905.14239:108—PIC.

Page 6 / Summer 2013 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library went across; that supported the deck. It turned out that the deck up there on that side was over-stressed, so we had to add additional joists between each one of the existing joists.” And he goes on in similarly detailed fashion for the next several minutes. Compare this to the ac- count offered up by Bob Sorenson, who worked in bridge maintenance from the 1970s through the 1990s: “Probably the worst, kind of the most—you just did not want to do this job—was cleaning the pans. On the deck, on the upper deck, you have expansion joints that would allow things from the upper deck to fall down onto the lower deck traffic. They would have then a drain down at the far end. With the suspension span in place, workers begin the western Bay Bridge approach in San Francisco just 9 months before the bridge would open to traffic. BANC PIC 1905. 14239:594—PIC.

What do these wildly different of photographs of the construction of perspectives of the Bay Bridge tell us? the original span in the 1930s or the In addition to the basic information Joe Blum photographs commissioned about the bridge, perhaps difficult to by Bancroft to document the build- uncover elsewhere, the interviews each ing of the new eastern span. And the offer up unique, personal experiences Bay Bridge oral history project carries of a very real thing: the bridge. These on the tradition established by Hu- recollections reveal how the monu- bert Howe Bancroft in the 1860s. By mental structures around us influence, recognizing that the story is never— and are influenced by, the way we indeed, can never be—fully realized move about in the world, physically in the written documents of an era, perform labor, imagine concepts of ROHO’s interviews capture the voices, nearness and distance—indeed, they memories, and subjective experiences affect the very manner in which we that flesh out, quite dramatically, the inhabit space. The interviews quoted historical record for the benefit of here augment and enliven other future generations. kinds of documents preserved at The —Martin Meeker Bancroft Library, including hundreds Associate Director, ROHO

Suspension tower 2 as seen from the San Francisco waterfront. BANC PIC 1905. 14242:6—PIC.

“What that was for was to collect water, and what it also collected was cigarette butts, dirt, anything that came off the trucks and the traffic on the upper deck. So we would have to go in there occasionally and clean the pans. You probably had about, oh, five and a half feet of clearance inside these things. They were probably as wide as maybe 12, 13 feet wide. So you would go in there, and traffic is going right over your head. Katoom, katoom, katoom, katoom, katoom. You crouched down. You got a dust mask on. Boy, that was a Worker safety was ad hoc and regulations virtually nonexistent during construction in the 1930s, as shown by this thankless job!” worker on the upper deck of the eastern span. BANC PIC 1905. 14240:190—PIC. Page 7 / Summer 2013 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library The Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting Made History

Director Tennant described the Hubert Howe Bancroft Award as a measure of the Friends’ highest esteem and appreciation of individuals whose work can be understood in the spirit of Hubert Howe Bancroft’s original project, which amounted to nothing less than maintaining the record of California, as it was happening, and in its widest manifestations, beginning first in the Gold Rush period, and then extending backward and forward as far as his researchers could reach. The original geographic focus of the collection on California was expanded during Bancroft’s lifetime to include the vast area from the Rock- Elaine Tennant, Betty Jean Thiebaud, Judy Dater, and Wayne Thiebaud pause and pose after the festivities. ies to the Pacific and from Alaska to Panama. And over time the scope and stablished originally to recognize during which generous donors provided the formats of the collection expanded Eindividuals who have made a Bancroft with its new gallery, making as well. Only in the mid-20th century, significant contribution to historical it possible for the first time to show- for example, did The Bancroft Library research and scholarship on California case items from the collection [like the begin to collect literature, and even and the American West, the Hubert photographs in The Colors of California more recently did it begin to develop Howe Bancroft Award has in recent Agriculture.] This exhibition, which its pictorial collections in a serious way years also been presented to creative ran through July, brought to the public with the purchase of the Robert Honey- writers for their distinctive interpreta- photographs and panoramas by Peter man, Jr. Collection of early Californian tion and imaginative recreation of the Goin and field research notes by Paul pictorial material. More recently the region and its history. This year for the Starrs, and included materials that they San Francisco Examiner collection has first time the Award was presented to compiled during the five years in which brought Bancroft millions of photos a visual artist, renowned California they co-authored their Field Guide to documenting the story of this vibrant painter and long-time UC Davis faculty California Agriculture (University of region. member, Wayne Thiebaud. California Press, 2010), the first major Born in Mesa Arizona, Wayne The Friends of The Bancroft survey of agriculture in California in Thiebaud moved to California in his Library gathered for their Annual 30 years. first year, and has remained here ever Meeting on Saturday, April 27, 2013. After the business meeting, the The day began with a business meeting Friends of The Bancroft Library and held in the Krouzian Seminar Room at their guests enjoyed lunch and a Bancroft to discuss successes of the past history-making awards ceremony in the year and plans for the future. Reading Room. Kirsten Weisser, Chair of the After lunch and lively conversation, Council, described exciting opportuni- Bancroft Director Elaine Tennant an- ties during challenging times, includ- nounced that world-renowned painter ing the importance of raising funds for Wayne Thiebaud was the 2013 recipient endowment and current use. Treasurer of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Award. David Lei reported that the Bancroft Before this year, the Hubert Howe administration was keeping expendi- Bancroft Award had never been made tures under budget, and that while en- to a visual artist. This was something dowment income is up, we are seeking the Friends of The Bancroft Library greater contributed income at all levels. were eager to change in recognizing It has been four years since the tremen- Wayne Thiebaud at the Sixty-Sixth An- Wayne Thiebaud signs Hubert Howe Bancroft’s guest dously successful renewal campaign, nual Meeting. book.

Page 8 / Summer 2013 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library since. He grew up in Southern Califor- The Annual Luncheon nia before WWII, where as a teenager also included the presen- he began drawing cartoons, working tation of the Fellowship on set design, and taking art classes. Awards to 14 recipients— There was a summer when he worked many in attendance and in the Disney animation studios. And acknowledged by our own in this early period of his life he also David Kessler of Bancroft worked in restaurants and bakeries. Public Services. David, who According to legend, this is when retired in June, worked very the characteristics for which he is best closely for decades with known came together: his appetite for students, faculty, and thou- hard work; his remarkable skill as a sands of researchers, many craftsman; and his love for the Califor- of whom he helped through nia scene in all its detail. After serving Bancroft’s online Reference as an artist and cartoonist in the Army Service, bancref. Many of during the forties, he became a com- the award recipients who mercial artist and illustrator in Los were able to attend are Angeles. In the fifties he studied studio pictured below with Wayne fine arts and art history, taught paint- Thiebaud (center) and ing, and began to make extraordinary Bancroft Director Elaine prints and paintings. He joined the Art Tennant (second from the Department at UC Davis in 1960 and left). for more than 30 years inspired genera- ­—Amy Sollins Wayne Thiebaud entertains the audience with his gracious acceptance tions of students with his unparalleled Development Director of the HHB Award. (Photo by Judy Dater.) skill and generosity of spirit. The Bancroft Library

Some of the Bancroft fellowship winners were able to attend the meeting and enjoy a moment with Thiebaud, who spoke of his enjoyment of teaching and working with students. From left to right: Adam Romero, Elaine Tennant, Susan Wood, Amy Lee, Samia Rahimtoola, Wayne Thiebaud, Reginald James, Marilola Perez, Hunan Rostomyan.

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igital scholarship is a rapidly among other activities. Perhaps this is digitization initiatives to continue to Dgrowing field of endeavor for due to the maturation of the field of build our digital research collections. many of today’s scholars. This broadly humanities computing, or the avail- We can also take on new activities, defined “digital” discipline encom- ability of more digital source content, such as supporting technology solutions passes scholars working in both the or the rise of a new generation of (e.g., digital tools), providing or sharing humanities and social sciences who digital native researchers. Whatever digital lab workspaces and expertise, do the majority of their work digi- the reason, the role of the library is and facilitating bulk access to data and tally, using digital content and digital central to this evolving research area. content through mechanisms such as tools, most often resulting in a digi- With one of the largest primary source Application Protocol Interfaces (APIs). tal outcome. The Bancroft Library, digital research collections in the UC Just as we have curated and facilitated as a long-time leader in developing system (based on Association of Re- access to analog research materials, we digital collections and digital library search Libraries statistics 2011–2012), need to turn our attention to developing technologies, is in an ideal position to Bancroft is an obvious source of digital and supporting use of digital research seize the momentum of this emerg- research materials for these scholars. collections. ing discipline to establish a more Bancroft’s digital holdings include The collaborative nature of digi- visible presence in this area. Bancroft close to 500,000 digitized items, over tal humanities and social sciences has been at the forefront of building a terabyte of born-digital content, and projects—and centers—brings together digital research collections for 15 years, 2.5 million pages of digitized books. researchers, technologists, tools, and and we have an opportunity to focus While we have an impressive digital content. These “places” may take various increased attention on that work and collection already, considering that this forms, but in almost all cases, the library expand it through partnerships on represents only approximately 1.5% of and the historical content it collects campus with our faculty and students our total physical holdings, the scale of and preserves play a central role as the working in this new field. the work before us is daunting. “stuff” of which digital humanities and With scholars’ work increasingly Providing digital research materi- social science research and scholarly focused on digital materials, either als aligns with our traditional role as a production is made. To date, however, digitized from physical collections library. Bancroft can sustain this role such a Center has not been established or born-digital, we are seeing more by providing access to digital research in the Library. demand for digital content and tools materials through traditional activi- With its historical role in collecting to carry out digital analysis, visualiza- ties, such as acquiring and cataloging and providing access to research materi- tion, and computational processing, digital materials, and supporting new als, supporting teaching and learning, and long affinity with using technology for knowledge discovery, The Bancroft Library is well positioned to further sup- port this work and be an active partner in the supporting digital humanities and social sciences scholarship. We have the impetus to move forward, but lack the funding to get this work off the ground. Bancroft has already begun to move in this direction through participation and support for events hosted by the Digital Humanities Working Group on campus, offering to teach workshops for the newly launched D-Lab that supports digital social science and humanities projects, authoring papers and editing publications on digital humanities, and serving as a resource to colleagues in the library who are interested in the field. With additional funding, we could further pursue this area of interest by Figure 1: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. The 1906 Earthquake and Fire Collection was establishing a digital collections curator digitized in the last 15 years. to provide digital scholarship support; Page 10 / Summer 2013 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library collaborating further with colleagues from Bancroft and plots those onto makes clear the need to develop our at D-Lab; establishing a “collabora- Google Earth to show historical data digital holdings in a thoughtful and tory” space in the library where digital related to the colonization and settle- deliberate way to expand online access scholarly projects could be developed, ment of early California (figure 2). and facilitate research. With the rapid vetted, and shaped; reaching out to This type of reuse is becoming more growth of digital scholarship, the time students and faculty working in this common and is made possible because is right to put more resources toward area; offering fellowships in digital the materials are searchable and acces- this work, to establish a more visible scholarship; and establishing a pool of sible online. By expanding knowledge presence for Bancroft in this field, and funding to pursue projects in this area. of our digital holdings and increasing to expand our digital research collec- the rate at which we digitize our physi- tions through partnerships with our The Importance of Being Digital cal collections, we will see new and friends, campus partners, and faculty increased use of our online materials and students. Supporting digital scholarship is a in the years to come. —Mary W. Elings natural role for Bancroft to assume. This increasing use of what is only Head of Digital Collections Bancroft has been in the vanguard a tiny percentage of our total holdings in launching digital scholarship projects and building digital collec- tions over the past 15 years, including the Digital Scriptorium, California Heritage Collection, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Archive (figure 1), Mark Twain Project Online, Advanced Papyrological Information System, Digital Zamorano 80, and many more. These projects have made digital primary source materials avail- able to scholars throughout the world and have contextualized these materi- als, with the goal that they encourage further exploration and research. Evidence of the success of this work is shown by how well used our digital collections are. These collec- tions were accessed through the Cali- fornia Digital Library by more than 282,000 unique visitors with 1.7 mil- lion pages viewed in one year (2012). Our digitized books on the Internet Archive have been downloaded more than 4.2 million times since 2009. These virtual visits are not limited by geographic or economic restraints and therefore provide an important avenue of access to Bancroft’s collections to anyone around the globe, which is especially important for those who are unable to walk through our doors. We anticipate that these num- bers will continue to grow as more and more researchers do their initial searching online and as researchers increasingly use digital materials in part or exclusively in their work. An example of this is the Early California Cultural Atlas project at UC Berkeley Figure 2: Early California Cultural Atlas, Rancho / Land Grant founding in Area that integrates multiple types of data digitally integrates many types of online data with historic maps. with digitized historic land case maps http://ecai.org/ecca/SpanishMexicanLandGrants/index.html Page 11 / Summer 2013 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library H onor Roll of Gifts to The Bancroft Library Donors from July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012

Gifts Totaling $10,000 or More Professor Catherine and James William S. Floyd, Jr., ‘56 and Skip Rhodes Aeroflex Foundation Koshland Cynthia Floyd Lila S. and Neville Rich Anonymous Leakey Foundation Bing Yue Fong Memorial Fund Ms. Justine Roberts Assured Guaranty Corp Dave and Rebecca Livermore Ron and Barbara Forsstrom Leigh and Ivy Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bancroft, III Connie and Robert Loarie Mrs. Marianne M. Gagen Mr. Thomas W. Rogers Barkley Fund Ms. Neylan McBaine Nancy Hult Ganis, ‘78, M.J. ‘81 and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rosston John E. Cahill Mrs. Lorraine Parmer Sid Ganis Roger and Jeane Samuelsen Helen Kennedy Cahill † Ms. Barney Quinn David P. and Sheila S. Gardner Donald A. and Joanne Sandstrom Mr. Donald Cairns Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Theodore and Frances Geballe Mrs. Barbara W. Seeburger Mrs. Isobel Smith Christensen Memorial Fund Mr. John E. Gibson, in memory of Dr. Andrew M. 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Levitt Gale Bolton Randall Dr. Ann Huberty Duncan, ’56 Mr. John Geoffrey Motlow Ms. Ann Gabor Arancio Ms. Sue Reinhold and Ms. Deborah Dr. Jonathan P. and Mrs. Caroline Professor and Mrs. William K. Muir Ms. Arlene Arky Newbron Earhart Karl Frederick Munz Stephen S. Arnon, M.D. Professor Gene Rochlin Iris and Bill Edlund Kathryn M. Neri Mr. Fred Astren Mr. William C. Rosso Roy and Betsy Eisenhardt Brian L. Norden Mrs. Bobbi and Mr. Marty Bach Professor and Mrs. Sheldon Rothblatt Ms. Claire Louise Englander Jeremy M. Norman Mrs. Eleanor J. and Mr. William G. Mr. Klaus Ullrich Rotzscher Ernst and Young Foundation Mr. Steven H. Oliver Bade Salesforce.com Foundation Mr. Jay Espovich Professor Roderic B. Park and Howard and Nancy Baetzhold Dr. Martha E. Schaffer Grant D. Esterling Mrs. Catherine B. Park Daniel C. Bancroft, ’55 John R. Schwabacher, in memory of Dr. and Mrs. E.C. Evans, III Mr. Harry A. 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The Council of the Friends Exhibitions • Summer 2013 of The Bancroft Library 2013–2014

Kirsten Weisser Frederick F. Gregory Through August 30, 2013 Chair Noah Griffin GLORIOUS PAST, GLORIOUS FUTURE: CELEBRATING Timothy Hachman Sophie Hahn Vice Chair David Hartley CALIFORNIA MEMORIAL STADIUM David Lei Tamra C. Hege Rowell Cases, 2nd floor corridor between Doe and Bancroft Treasurer Sheila M. Humphreys Elaine Tennant Bruce J. Janigian Secretary Debra L. Kasper This exhibition explores the colorful history of California Memorial Stadium, Linda Saag Baker Deborah Kirshman from its predecessor athletic fields and original dedication in 1923 to its 2012 Kim Bancroft Laurence A. Lasky reopening following renovation and seismic retrofitting. An array of mate- B. Bradley Barber Betsy Leland Link rial, drawn largely from University Archives’ collections, traces the rise of this George Breed Mary E. MacDonald Christine Lee Richard Morrison campus icon. Campbell Ron Najafi Susan Honeyman David W. Pettus Opens August 1, 2013 Crawford Skip Rhodes Frances Dinkelspiel Theresa Salazar CLIPPER SHIP SAILING CARDS IN THE BANCROFT LIBRARY Edwin M. Epstein Camilla Smith James T. Fousekis Susan Snyder Bancroft Corridor between The Bancroft Library and Doe Library Shelby Gans Richard Walker Joseph Genshlea Steven C. Walske The clipper ship sailing cards first appeared in the 1850s, advertising the Robert Green departure of a ship on an imminent but indeterminate date. Numerous artists, engravers, and printers turned to this new advertising medium at a time when BANCROFTIANA 142 color printing processes were also improving. The cards were printed letterpress Editor Camilla Smith on cardstock, and accented by colorful wood-engraved images or dramatic let- Managing Editor Elizabeth Gardner tering. Today, The Bancroft Library is home to the largest collection of clipper Copy Editor Ben McClinton cards. Design Catherine Dinnean Printer Minuteman Press Bancroftiana is made with 25% recycled post-consumer waste