Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library BANCROFTIANA Number 132 • University of California, Berkeley • Spring 2008

Clipperships, the Celebrities of the Sea

lipper ships conjure up images the diseases and dangers of crossing Cof long and narrow, sleek and el- the Isthmus were neither glamorous egant sailing vessels propelled by wind nor romantic. The clippers—built for captured in a cloud of sails as they cut speed, not for comfort—were bat- through the waves at a fast clip. They tered by the huge swells and howling carried eager Argonauts in record time winds as they rounded Cape Horn; to the gold fields of California and passengers and crew alike suffered brought luxury goods from the eastern sea sickness and sometimes poison- seaboard to the Barbary Coast. With ing from improperly stored food. The names such as Flying Cloud, Zouave, dominance of the clipper ship in mov- Galatea, and Invincible, the clipper ing people and goods was relatively ships were the celebrities of the seas, short-lived; vulnerability to attack in projecting adventure and romance. the Civil War, improvements in ocean- From the early 1850s, they represented going steamers, and the completion of the epitome of sailing technology, eas- the transcontinental railroad all led to ily outrunning the early transoceanic its decline. steamers, and setting record times from What remain today are the Clip- New York and Boston to San Francis- per Ship Cards advertising the quali- co. Some clippers could reach 20 knots ties of the ships in hyperbolic descrip- under full sail, almost doubling the top tions and fanciful imagery. Printed speed of any steamship. on heavy stock and in color—indeed, The realities of four-to-six months they are the first advertisements in Printed by G. F. Nesbitt & Co., Galatea, 1854; of ocean travel for those who feared color—these once-ubiquitous cards, engraving, color, and letterpress ; 6 x 4 in; BANC PIC 1963.002:1556:033–A

now scarce and expensive (at the book fairs this past February in San Francisco and Los Angeles, I found beautiful examples for sale at over $1,000 each), decorated the windows of shipping firms, banks, and shops along the waterfronts of East Coast ports from the 1850s through the 1880s. Appearing mere days before a ship’s departure date (which was care- fully omitted from the card itself) the advertisements were intended to entice last-minute passengers and to secure cargo for ships not yet filled.

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From the Director “Home Stretch”

collections immediately after the 4th of ed Press Room—have been moved to July, and Bancroft staff will move back the second floor. For the first time there along with their collections over the will be a single entrance and exit to next several months. Thus the staff of Bancroft. Access will be controlled by the Mark Twain Papers and the Center a security desk just inside the first-floor for the Tebtunis Papyri will accompany entrance, which will be staffed whenever their collections to their new homes on Bancroft is open. Within the Bancroft It is starting to get exciting. the third floor, with the Mark Twain security perimeter card keys will be We have begun the count-down Project facing east toward the Campa- required for access to all areas where to May 23, 2008, when we shall close nile esplanade and the Center for the collections are stored, temporarily or Bancroft-in-Exile off campus and begin Tebtunis Papyri facing north across permanently. the process of moving 80 staff members Memorial Glade toward the new C. The new Exhibition Gallery, four and 40 student employees back to their V. Starr East Asian Library. Ironically, times the size of the old one and with permanent homes in the Doe Library the office of Bob Hirst, the General the kind of flexibility found in museum Annex, along with a significant portion Editor of the Mark Twain Project, will galleries, will also be located on the first of Bancroft’s holdings of over 600,000 occupy exactly the same location as it floor, across from the security desk. An books and journals, 55,000 linear feet of did before he moved three years ago, exhibition corridor, with showcases on archival materials, almost eight million the only staff member who can make either side, will lead from the rotunda photographs, and 25,000 maps. For the that somewhat inconsequential claim. west to the Roger Heyns Reading Room first time in almost 150 years, the collec- More important, each of these research of the Doe Library. Whenever Bancroft tions will be stored in a seismically safe programs will have its own climate- is open, that corridor will provide direct and climate-controlled building with controlled storage vault adjacent to its access to Bancroft from the Doe Library. state-of-the-art security systems. offices and reading room. The adminis- We still must store little-used books trative offices will also be housed on the and archival materials in the Northern third floor, looking out on South Hall. Regional Library Facility in Richmond, Public services and technical ser- but our storage capacity on campus will vices staff, the curatorial staff, and the be about 25 percent greater than before, administrative offices will move during thanks to the addition of compact August and September. The curators shelving. When we return we shall have and the public services staff will have shelving sufficient for five years expan- their offices on the second floor, in close sion at historic rates of acquisition. The proximity to the new Heller Reading basement and first-floor storage areas Room and the Reference Center, while (the latter with 12-foot-high shelves) the technical services staff—catalogu- The gold-leaf dome progresses during construction. have been sized to accommodate 20 ers, acquisitions staff, manuscript and years growth; and additional shelving archival processors, pictorial archivists, The signature space of the renovated will be purchased as needed in the fu- digital archivists—will occupy the west building will be the two-story rotunda, ture. It is going to be an interesting race side of the third floor and all of the with its gold-leaf dome and marble floor to see whether the decline in paper ar- fourth floor, formerly Bancroft’s attic. inset with four bronze medallions sym- chives over that period and the increas- Finally, the offices of the Regional bolizing Bancroft’s collections: a map ing amount of “born digital” materials Oral History Office, which by defini- of the American West and Mexico circa will allow us to approach something like tion do not contain rare or unique 1840; iconic images of California— a steady state of storage. I am betting materials, will be housed outside the a grizzly bear, a California poppy, a that paper wins. The paperless office and security perimeter on the first floor. Sequoia gigantea, and the Golden Gate the digital book have been touted for This will allow ROHO staff to work Bridge surrounding an outline map of many years, but the archival community after hours and to teach evening classes the state; the transmission of knowl- sees no certain sign of them. in their seminar room. edge—a clay tablet, a papyrus scroll, a University Librarian Tom Leonard To enhance security, all of Ban- microphone, a computer with its screen and his senior staff will be the first occu- croft’s public areas—the Heller Reading and keyboard, all surrounding the image pants of the renovated building, early in Room and Reference Center, the three of a wooden printing press; and, finally, July. The movers will start on Bancroft’s seminar rooms, and the much-expand- the seal of the University of California. Page 2 / Spring 2008 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library

Renaissance to the stalwart pioneers who rushed in to California from the four corners of the earth. We have treasures, and we will gladly spread them before you. All you have to do is ask. This is a special place.” We have not yet fixed the opening date in the fall. It will undoubtedly take us some time to learn the ways of the new building. We do intend to hold a formal dedication ceremony on October 24. At a minimum we shall be open to the public during Home- coming Weekend, October 3-4, with a special exhibition, “Mark Twain at Play,” mounted by the staff of the Mark Twain Project in honor of the Fiftieth Reunion of the Class of 1958, whose 45th and 50th reunion gifts L to R: Tom Leonard (University Librarian), Jack Jackanicz (University Relations), Jeffrey Farber and Debra England (Executive Director and Program Officer, Koret Foundation), Charles Faulhaber (Director, Bancroft Library). have been dedicated to building an Photo taken by Jim Wert (Capital Projects). endowment for the project. The new Bancroft is the culmi- From this entrance users will ing with the Beaux-Arts exterior of nation of many years of hard work climb the grand staircase to the Refer- the building. It is intended to tell the on the part of many people, formal ence Center and the Heller Reading student, the scholar, and the casual planning having begun in 1981, more Room. The latter, paneled in cherry visitor alike: “This is a special place, than 25 years ago. We think that it and with a cork floor and a coffered apart from care and strife and hurly- has been worth the effort. We hope ceiling to reduce noise, will occupy the burly, a tranquil and welcoming place that you will agree when you see it entire north side of the building. where you can spend as much time as next fall. The architects, a wonderful col- you wish or need in the company of Charles B. Faulhaber laboration between Ratcliff and Noll the men and the women who made The James D. Hart Director & Tam, have striven for, and achieved, our world what it is today, from an- The Bancroft Library a restrained traditional style in keep- cient Egypt to the great figures of the

Charles Faulhaber, at a ceremony in Alice Waters’ Edible Schoolyard Project, thanks representative Barbara Lee for the federal grant to Ban- croft for processing the papers of the late congressman Robert Matsui, and to the Institute of Govern- mental Studies for initial funding of the Robert T. Matsui Center on Politics and Public Service.

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Galatea, a sea nymph who jumped with other contemporary symbols of into the ocean after Polyphemus, superhuman speed: the train and the son of Poseidon, killed her lover. telegraph, the latter made possible The Zouave was named for the by Benjamin Franklin’s experiments famous nineteenth-century North with electricity. On a less boastful African soldiers-of-fortune, note, Silas Fish, named after its owner, known for their great strength proffers an inventive graphic with a repeated eye that gives the impres- sion of movement in the type. With Perry’s opening of Japan in 1853, a new word entered the English lexicon: tycoon, from the Japanese taikun, meaning a shogun or top leader. Just such an exotic personage is depicted in this adver- tisement. Although The Ban- croft Library is fortunate to hold over one hundred rare clipper ship cards, many of them from the Printed by G. F. Nesbitt & Co., Zouave, Robert B. Honeyman Jr. ca. 1853-1880; engraving, color, and letterpress; 6 x 4 in; BANC PIC 1963.002:1556:115–A collection, we are always on the lookout for more. If As we see here, no superlative was you have any that you wish spared in either the text or the graph- to donate to the Pictorial ics of the clipper card—all ships were Collection, please do not dubbed “extreme,” “sharp,” or “A1.” Printed by G. F. Nesbitt & Co., hesitate to contact me. Declarations of preeminence began in Franklin, ca.1861; engraving, color, and letterpress; the shipyard with the exultant names 4 x 6 in; BANC PIC 1963.002:1556:102–A that adorned many a vessel’s bow. In this set of cards we find ships associ- and courage in battle. The ated with classical myths, electricity, Invincible needs no illustration, and the ultimate fighting machine. just the blaring type of its name. One gory illustration cites the story of The Franklin associated its vessel

Printed by G. F. Nesbitt & Co., Invincible, 1851; letter- press; 4 x 7 in; BANC PIC 1963.002:1556:052–A

Jack von Euw Curator, Pictorial Collection and Genoa Shepley Co-author of Drawn West: Selections from the Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western Art and Americana Printed by G. F. Nesbitt & Co., Silas Fish, 1865; engraving, color, and letterpress; 4 x 6 in; BANC PIC 1963.002:1556:093–A Page 4 / Spring 2008 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library

“This class is amazing! This was my -fa THE PRESS ROOM AT 25 vorite class that I’ve taken so far at Cal.” “Mind your Ps and Qs.” That’s the persons connected to the project and —Sophomore History major. Rating: 7 first thing you learn in Bancroft’s Press to special friends and donors, while an Room class. In lower case, those pesky archival copy is always catalogued for “This is probably one of the most little pieces of moveable type look Bancroft. memorable classes I’ve taken at Berkeley. identical to the untrained eye. For that If I had my way, this course would I am absolutely agog that I was given the matter, so do the Bs and Ds. No matter, be listed as Bancroft 101, but by Berke- opportunity to see, smell, & touch some one of the first chores the students are ley policy libraries are not permitted of the greatest pieces of literature ever given in the Press Room is to “throw to offer courses; only academic depart- printed (I touched Aeropagitica!?).” back” the type left standing from the ments can do that. So, over the years, —Senior English major. Rating: 7-8 previous semester’s class. That is how the class, officially titled “The Hand- they learn the lay of the type case; and Printed Book in its Historical Context,” “The only improvement that could be it is impressed upon them that if they has moved from the old Library School made is if we met more often.” put the letters in the wrong boxes, they to the College of Environmental Design will suffer for it later when they have to and now to the History Department. As —Senior English major. Rating: 7 set the type for their semester project. the course title suggests, we are not just The origins of the course date back teaching students to set type and print “The class was an incredible opportunity. to 1982 when then director James D. with the hand press; we also give them Every aspect was perfect.” Hart lamented to me that Bancroft’s an introduction to the history of books, —Graduate German student. Rating: 7 press room equipment was standing printing, and graphic design over the idle. Would I design a class to make use last 500 years. No slides are shown; the “This was great. It was a wonderful op- of it? Yes, I would. It took a little under examples are all pulled from Bancroft’s portunity to study with a master.” half an hour before I had a course out- rich collection. —Senior Art History major. Rating: 7 line on Hart’s desk. We engaged Berke- For some years now, Berkeley has ley fine printer Wesley Tanner to teach had a policy of asking students to do an the course and the first class was held in unsigned evaluation of each course they “As a history course, History 200X is the spring semester of 1983. The book take. After Wesley Tanner’s departure very valuable because until now, “the that was produced in 25 copies was an from Berkeley for Michigan, the teach- print revolution” had seemed rather early version of Thom Gunn’s Fighting ing duties were taken over by Les Ferriss magical. I now understand the effort, Terms. A few copies have turned up in and Peter Koch in alternating semesters. time, and artistic eye involved.” the antiquarian market in the last 25 Here are extracts from some of their —Junior, History/Art Practice. Rating: 7 years for startling sums, but the class’s most recent student evaluations on a projects are not sold. They are given to scale of 1 to 7 (lowest to highest): Naturally, Les, Peter, and I are ex- tremely pleased by these reactions; there are many more comments just like them. Several students have expressed a desire to write a paper for the class in order to get increased academic credit. Certainly the demand by students for admission to the class is growing, but we can still only take seven students each semester because of limited space. When we are safely ensconced in the renovated Bancroft, we shall be able to consider expanding the class size, even perhaps offering it twice a week. Our new press room will have more space, more presses, more type stands. We shall take a hard pragmatic look at this in the hope of accommodating more students in the future. They would be pleased. Anthony Bliss Students in Bancroft's Press Room class set type, print with a hand press, and produce an attractive, hand-printed booklet: Ivan Goering, Anna-Lena Schneider, Samantha Robinson, Les Ferriss, Alex Bloom, Michelle Coleman, Curator, Rare Books & Manuscripts Laura Ferris, Johanna Deming Page 5 / Spring 2008 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library

Bancroft Partners with the Chinese Historical Society of America and the California Historical Society for an Exhibition on The Chinese of California

n February 6th, the beginning communities, each with its distinctive nity leaders, championing the devel- Oof the Chinese Year of the Rat, story of what it entailed to become opment of business interests while at The Bancroft Library, in collaboration American. the same time battling for civil rights. with the California Historical Society From the beginning, the Chinese- Articulate spokesmen, they conveyed and the Chinese Historical Society of American press played a key role in the concerns of the community to America, inaugurated an exhibition on informing its communities concerning the society outside of Chinatown and "The Chinese of California: a Struggle the issues affecting them. Moreover, confronted the derogatory stereotypes for Community," with paintings, many of the editors became commu- that were so prevalent. photographs, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and artifacts, gathering together for the first time materials from all three institutions. The exhibi- tion, a much-expanded version of the one held in Bancroft in the spring of 2005, will be on view at the California Historical Society (678 Mission Street, San Francisco) through August 30, 2008, while Bancroft’s own building is being renovated (see pages 2 –3). Chief Curator was Dr. Anna Naruta of the Chinese Historical Society— who received her Ph.D. from Berkeley in Anthropology—with assistance from Mary Morganti, Director of the Library, California Historical Society, and from me. The exhibition traces the chal- lenges faced by the Chinese in Califor- nia from the Gold Rush to 1965, when the last vestiges of discriminatory immigration restrictions were finally erased. It highlights their fortitude and determination to survive and prosper, as well as the racism, discrimination, and bigotry that they confronted in their new country. Examining both rural and urban communities in northern and southern California, particularly the China- towns of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Jose, the exhibit documents the dogged pursuit of civil rights and social justice by Chinese Americans, especially after the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Facing overwhelming dis- crimination and marginalization, the Chinese community challenged unfair treatment in a century-long struggle Charles Albert Rogers depicted Chinatown around 1901–1902 with a quaint, almost European appearance. that led to the development of unique BANC PIC 2004.007:11–FR Page 6 / Spring 2008 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library

The California Chinatowns, origi- Chinese contributions nally built both to isolate the Chinese to the development of the from the larger society as well as to railroads, agriculture, min- serve as a refuge from it, were fre- ing, and other industries are quently transformed, with canny self- documented in detail, as well interest, into tourist attractions, as well as their impact on Califor- as statements of community pride. San nia’s cultural variety. Among Francisco’s Chinatown is an example the items displayed are two of such a transformation. It developed Chinese-American cookbooks, in haphazard fashion around Ports- one from Bancroft; they show mouth Square in the 1850s as part of how the Chinese made their the demographic explosion that char- mark on everyday life in Cali- acterized the Gold Rush. Denounced fornia as cooks and servants in as an eyesore and a health hazard by white households. city politicians, although romanticized Yet despite, or perhaps and exoticized by writers, artists, and because of, their economic tourists, Chinatown was poorly built contributions and reputation and overcrowded. After the devastat- as hard workers, the Chinese ing earthquake and fire of 1906, San faced overt, legalized discrimi- Francisco’s civic leaders saw a golden nation from the very begin- opportunity to exile the Chinese com- ning, including special taxes. munity from downtown San Francisco Year by year, even the rights to a remote area south of Hunters they initially had were taken Point. Chinatown’s businessmen and away: they were not allowed to The immigrant Chinese struggled to build community and keep jobs political leaders, the Six Companies, testify against a white man in that were threatened by discrimination in the larger population. came up with a plan to rebuild China- court, they were not allowed town where it was, as a tourist desti- to vote, and, for the most part, nation. The exhibition demonstrates they were not allowed to own prop- Chinese, but also the moral dilemma that, by pursuing an exotic form of erty. These restrictions culminated in presented by discrimination. architecture that would identify the 1882 with the passage of the Chinese San Jose’s John Heinlen, himself community as “Chinese,” it was pos- Exclusion Act, which prohibited the an immigrant from Germany, helped sible to promote a positive image of immigration of most Chinese into the Chinese to rebuild their commu- Chinatown very different from the no- the United States. This act was not nity on his land—it became known torious “underworld” of brothels and amended until 1943, when the im- as Heinlenville—after their original opium dens that peopled the perfervid migration quota for China, our ally in community in downtown San Jose was imagination of its neighbors before the World War II, was set at 105 people destroyed by arson. Bancroft’s manu- earthquake. annually. Legal restrictions against script diaries of farmer Edward A.Z. Among the high points in the ex- Asian immigration were not finally Edwards, from Santa Clara County, hibition are three paintings from The lifted until Lyndon Johnson’s Immi- document his use of Chinese laborers, Bancroft Library by Charles Albert gration and Nationality Act of 1965. their festivities and cultural activities, Rogers depicting Chinatown around One gallery illustrates the perva- and the discriminations and abuses 1901-1902. They provide a quaint and sive discrimination against and stereo- they faced daily, providing a contem- picturesque impression of the com- typing of the Chinese at all levels of poraneous look at the complex facets munity, much closer to its everyday society with examples of caricatures of the Chinese history in California. reality than the lurid depictions found from magazines like The Wasp, Puck, The exhibit attempts to capture in contemporary images from the and Harper’s Weekly, pamphlets of po- the essence of the Chinese struggle for popular press, also represented in the litical speeches, official correspondence community with a careful selection of exhibition. from government officials, and letters striking documents and images. We While the Chinese of San Francis- from Bancroft’s records of the immi- hope that you will agree. co were able to save their Chinatown, gration station on Angel Island. But Theresa Salazar the exhibition shows that the China- the exhibition also includes favorable Curator, The Bancroft Collection, town in Los Angeles was uprooted documentation, not only from Chi- Western Americana from its original location to make nese businessmen and writers, but also way for Union Station but pursued a from white business leaders, Christian similar strategy, also turning itself into ministers, farmers, and others who a tourist destination. saw not only the contributions of the Page 7 / Spring 2008 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library

Frank and Free and Unembarrassed as a Love Letter Mark Twain’s Autobiography

he dictated, in the order he wanted it. to it that readers knew his “original in- Among the many questions the tention [was] to permit no publication Autobiography is likely to raise for of his memoirs until after his death,” Mark Twain’s readers, perhaps the first and that what they were reading was is simply “Why did he try to impose only a small sample of what was still this limitation?” I can think of at least to come. Of course we are all curi- three different reasons. ous about what we are told we cannot In 1905, about a year before read. So it is worth pointing out that he began serious dictation, Mark the first of his reasons for suppression Twain wrote a brief essay (also left was to secure the reader’s interest. unpublished in the Papers) which he Mark Twain knew very well how to titled “The Privilege of the Grave.” sell a book—even one that would ap- Its argument is simplicity itself: dead pear long after his death. men have “one privilege which is not But Mark Twain’s reasons for exercised by any living person: free delaying publication were more speech.” That is to say, living men have complicated than that. A second n November 30, 2010 (Sam Cle- this privilege but know “better than to reason springs from the first: one Omens’s 175th birthday), the Mark make use of it.” (They also have “the natural expectation raised by the Twain Project expects to publish the privilege of committing murder,” he 100-year limit on publication is that first volume of Mark Twain’s Autobiog- helpfully explains, which they may the Autobiography must somehow be raphy, both in print and electronically. exercise if they “are willing to take the filled with wildly unprintable vitu- It is the longest and possibly the most consequences.”) peration, or obscenities, or worse. It interesting of the unpublished literary Mark Twain did not exclude him- is not. Although there are passages in works in the Mark Twain Papers—a self from this sweeping generalization which he says frankly what he thinks manuscript that was almost entirely about human behavior: of Bret Harte, or Elisha Bliss, or John dictated to, and then typed by, a I feel it every week or two when D. Rockefeller, Mark Twain was clear secretary over some two years. Mark I want to print something that a fine that such remarks were a minor part of Twain chose to dictate rather than to discretion tells me I mustn’t. Some- what he was about: “This book is not write it because dictation helped him times my feelings are so hot that I a revenge-record.” And he deliberately adhere to the principle on which it was have to take to the pen and pour specified that “words of mine which organized: “It is a deliberate system, them out on paper to keep them can wound the living must wait until and the law of the system is that I shall from setting me afire inside; then all later editions.” There is no reason to talk about the matter which for the that ink and labor are wasted, be- suppose that he was anything but moment interests me, and cast it aside cause I can’t print the result. I have sincere in wishing to spare the families and talk about something else the mo- just finished an article of this kind, of those he spoke so frankly about. ment its interest for me is exhausted.” and it satisfies me entirely. It does And in the dictation of June 18, In other words, his narrative does not my weatherbeaten soul good to read 1906, he said even more clearly why follow the traditional course of moving it, and admire the trouble it would he was unwilling to publish disturbing from the beginning to the end of his make for me and the family. I will things while he himself was still alive: life, it wanders from subject to subject, leave it behind, and utter it from Let me consider that I have not unlike some of his most famous the grave. There is free speech there, now been dead five hundred years. books but in a rather more daring way. and no harm to the family. It is my desire, and indeed my com- Mark Twain also explicitly ordered The Autobiography belongs to this class mand, that what I am going to say that parts of this work be “kept sup- of manuscript, left “behind” for his now shall not be permitted to see pressed, sealed up, and unprinted” for heirs and assigns to publish when he the light until the edition of A.D. at least a hundred years after his death, himself could no longer be pained by 2400. At that distant date the and although roughly two-fifths of it the consequences. things which I am about to say will have already been published (badly) by Even when he decided in 1907 to be commonplaces of the time, and Paine and others, the edition of 2010 publish a very small selection from it barren of offence, whereas if uttered will be the first to include everything in the North American Review, he saw in our day they could inflict pain

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upon my friends, my acquaintances, I shall finish with Bret Harte ed in a Bible and charged its author- and thousands of strangers whom I by and by, for I am prejudiced ship upon Him; the God who created have no desire to hurt, and could get against him and feel that I can talk a universe of such nursery dimensions me ostracized, besides, and cut off about him impartially. In some of that there would not be room in it for from all human fellowship—and his characteristics he reminds me of the orbit of Mars (as it is now known the ostracism is the main thing. I God. I do not mean of any or every to the infant class in our schools) and am human, and nothing could per- god among the two or three millions put our little globe in the center of it suade me to do any bad deed—or of gods that our race has been man- under the impression that it was the any good one—that would bring ufacturing since it nearly ceased to only really important thing in it. that punishment upon me. be monkeys—I mean our own God. Mark Twain was right that time would Despite his impulse here toward an I do not mean that Mighty One, make such things less shocking than extra measure of caution, Mark Twain that Incomparable One that created he thought they were in 1906, but he subsequently specified at the top of the the universe and flung abroad upon clearly overestimated how long it would typed page (see the illustration) that its horizonless ocean of space its un- take this change to occur. Even he it was “all publishable except the last countable hosts of giant suns—fleets could see this point, which is why he 2 pages,” and it was these pages alone of the desert ether, whose signal lights dropped the 500-year embargo except which had to be “postponed to the are so remote that we only catch for the above passage. edition of A.D. 2406”! their latest flash when it has been a In fact it is possible to see from this Aren’t we all wondering at this myriad of years on its way—I mean and other evidence that Mark Twain point what those last two pages said? the little God whom we manufac- had yet another reason for delaying Here is the excluded passage: tured out of waste human material; publication (or at least for demanding whose portrait we accurately paint- that it be delayed). The third and most important reason was that doing so put him in a frame of mind wherein he felt he could tell the truth, “mainly,” be- cause he had banished all idea of an au- dience. In a preface prepared in 1906 he said: “It has seemed to me that I could be as frank and free and unembarrassed as a love letter, if I knew that what I was writing would be exposed to no eye until I was dead, and unaware, and indifferent.” And he repeated this idea in another passage from the Autobiogra- phy, this time calling for its suppression for only “seventy-five years”: It is not that I am expecting to say anything that shall really need suppressing, but that I want to talk without embarrassment and speak with freedom—freedom, comfort, appetite, relish. In other words, by imagining that he was speaking only to himself, rather than to a contemporary audience or even to posterity, Mark Twain hoped to free himself from “embarrassment,” or what we would call “inhibition,” as he composed his last long work. I am happy to report that in less than two years’ time we will all be able to judge for ourselves just how success- ful he was in that brave endeavor. Robert H. Hirst Curator, Mark Twain Papers, and Twain’s Autobiography evaluated Bret Harte so scathingly that he originally deferred publication not just for one hundred years after his death, but for five hundred years. General Editor, Mark Twain Project

Page 9 / Spring 2008 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library California Loyalty Oath Digital Collection Debuts … and Wins a James Madison Freedom of Information Award

n March 1949, as the Cold War revised oath as an attack on academic Igripped the nation, the University of freedom. The majority of the Regents, California Board of Regents amended who believed that the threat of rampant the institution’s oath of allegiance. The communism required the amendments, revised oath called for UC employees to refused to back down. Eventually, dozens deny membership or belief in organiza- of tenured faculty and staff were fired, tions—Communist or otherwise—that severely damaging the reputation of the advocated the overthrow of the United University. None of the employees had States government. It differed from the been charged with disloyalty or profes- existing oath, required by law since June sional incompetence; they had simply 1942, which simply required the state’s refused to sign the oath. In 1952, the “public officers” to swear allegiance to oath was negated and the terminated the constitutions of the United States employees reinstated, by order of the and the state of California. California Supreme Court. Many faculty, staff, students and alumni viewed the As early as 1940, UC had estab- The University’s Center for Studies loyalty oath as an attack on acdemic freedom. lished an anticommunist policy. That in Higher Education (CSHE) com- newsletters, and committee reports year, the Regents dismissed Berkeley memorated the controversy in 1999 with representing the debates, positions, and mathematics teaching assistant Kenneth a symposium held in Berkeley, “The activities of the Regents, administra- May for admitting to membership in University Loyalty Oath: A 50th An- tion, faculty and staff, and students and the Communist Party. Later in the de- niversary Retrospective”. That event and alumni, as well as many individuals cade, reports from the state legislature’s its accompanying web site prompted us and groups from outside the University. Committee on Un-American Activities to create an electronic research repository Some materials, such as the closed- identified possible communist col- on the subject, an educational tool for session minutes of Regents’ meetings, laborators among the Berkeley and Los locating primary source material. David have not been publicly available until Angeles faculties. Fearful of losing the P. Gardner, UC President Emeritus now. Supplemental features on the web legislature’s support, the Regents looked and author of the standard text on the site include a timeline, bibliography, and for ways to demonstrate the loyalty of subject, The California Oath Controversy links to additional resources for study the University’s employees. (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of and research. In 1949, the University of Wash- California Press, 1967), provided fund- Members of the Fourth Estate have ington dismissed two tenured profes- ing for the project. already found this digital collection sors because of their Communist Party The result, The California Loy- worthy of merit for its championing of membership; subsequently a group at alty Oath Digital Collection, serves as a the principals of the First Amendment. UCLA invited one of them to speak gateway to the resources housed in the The Northern Chapter of the Society on campus. Seeking to clarify and to archives and special collections at the of Professional Journalists recently strengthen their position regarding University of California, Berkeley; the honored The Bancroft Library with the communism, the Regents publicly com- University of California, Los Angeles; the James Madison Freedom of Information mended the University of Washington Scripps Institution of Oceanography at Award, citing “the massive collection administration and criticized the UCLA the University of California, San Diego; of text, photographs, and audio clips administration. In March of that year, and the Office of the Secretary of the documenting the loyalty oath contro- at the suggestion of President Robert Regents. The collection includes a selec- versy that roiled the entire UC System Gordon Sproul, the Regents approved tion of more than 3,500 pages of fully during the Communist witch hunts by the amended loyalty oath and required searchable electronic text, more than 30 Senator Joseph McCarthy.” University all employees to sign it in order to images, and 15 audio clips taken from Archivists David Farrell and Kathryn continue to be employed by the Univer- interviews with some of the controversy’s Neal accepted the award at a ceremony sity. Hundreds of University employees participants and observers. Staff in the held in San Francisco in March 2008. refused. Protest spread to every UC University Archives and Technical Ser- The California Loyalty Oath Digi- campus, attracted international atten- vices divisions of The Bancroft Library tal Collection is available at tion, and gained support from faculty at and the Library’s Digital Publishing http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/ post-secondary institutions nationwide. Group developed the web site. loyaltyoath/ Many faculty and staff, as well The documents include correspon- David Farrell, University Archivist as students and alumni, viewed the dence, administrative directives, minutes, Kathryn M. Neal, Assoc. University Archivist

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Ms. Barbara Aaron-Rosston Stephen L. ’66 and Terry D. Michelle Padams Brant Lisa Carlin Mrs. Brent Abel Beck ’65 Louise Braunschweiger Mr. Herbert E. Carlson Fae M. Adams, M.D. William P. Bengen Helen and Beau Breck John T. Carlson Aeroflex Foundation Mr. Bruce G. Bentz Robert & Alice Bridges Phyllis B. Carmichael Aetna Foundation, Inc. Todd I. and Betty J. Berens Foundation Paul A. Carothers A.C. Agnew Stanley A. Berger David S. Brightman Professor and Mrs. Kenneth J. Dr. Olugbenga O. Ajilore Mr. Robert J. Berssenbrugge Ken and Donna Briney Carpenter Donald W. Alden Marilyn Roberts Bewley Mr. John Briscoe Mr. Charles D. Carroll Mark and Michele Aldrich Mr. and Mrs. Perry B. Biestman Robert W. Brower James Carroll Richard P. Alexander Ms. Diane Birchell Lois Brown Letitia and Craig Casebeer Dr. Donald L. Allari, ’58 Mr. John Bird David A. Brown John E. Casida Howard and Ann N. Allen Dr. Tom A. and Mrs. Margaret Josephine H. Brownback Nicholas H. Caskey, Ph.D. Ms. Daphne T. Allen Voyer Bither Gene A. Brucker John K. Castle Professor Paul Alpers Robert G. Black Stanleigh Bry Tatiana R. Castleton Joel B. Altman Ms. Jean Blacker Dr. Richard Bryan, D.D.S. Jean and Morton Cathro Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Alvord Mr. and Mrs. Igor R. Blake Mr. Richard Bucci Curtis M. Caton Anchor Brewing Company Mrs. Marjorie Block Pat and Duncan Buchanan Janice B. Chainey Adaline S. Ancinas Mr. E. Morse Blue Miss Jacqueline Burke Malca Chall Elaine J. Anderson Phyllis and Lloyd Bogue David Burkhart and Deborah Mr. Robert S. Chapman Ms. Charlotte Anderson Lloyd N. Bogue Shidler Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Chase, Jr. Burton Anderson, ’49 Beverly Bolt David G. Burr Mrs. Earl F. Cheit Judith L. Anderson Mrs. Andrea Martin Bonette Mr. Frank C. Burriesci Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cherny Lawrence and Phyllis Anderson Mr. J. Dennis Bonney Carol G. Burton ChevronTexaco Products Ms. Dorothy Annesser Mrs. Richard J. Borg Brian Bushnell Company Anonymous Allan G. Bortel, MBA ’65 and Mr. William P. Butler Eunice M. Childs Anne Apfelbaum Sydne K. Bortel, MSW ’63 Grace W. Buzaljko Professor Jesse H. and Mari Ms. Barbara Applegate Mr. Harold Irving Boucher Edward L. Cahill Choper Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Aracic Barbara Boucke Jay Cahill Mrs. Isobel Smith Christensen Susan M. Arbuckle Bourgraf Family Foundation Mr. Gerald K. Cahill Marian M. Churchill Nick J. Aretakis William K. Bowes Helen Kennedy Cahill Angelo J. Cifaldi Margaret Arighi Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Bowles California Fire Foundation Claremont Book Club Robert D. Armstrong Marilyn and Nick Bowles Mr. Robert L. Callahan Colonel Robert M. Clarke and Professor Arthur L-F. Askins Mrs. Barbara Binsacca Bowles Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Carol Kavanagh Clarke AT&T Foundation Matthew A. Boxt Campbell Edna M. Clarkson Milton C. Axt Mrs. Corinne M. Bradt Mr. Kimo Campbell J. Robert Clarkson Howard and Nancy Baetzhold Professor Raymond L. Braham Lois Morrison Hartley Cannady Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Clausen Mr. Jerrold J. Bagnani Sally Brandt Jean Kirkendall Cannon Jane E. Clayton Roe and Edna Baker Mr. Robert Bransten Susan Carey Beverly Cleary Marian and Hans Baldauf Raymond and Patricia Branstetter Ms. Catalina Cariaga Professor William A. Clemens Frank W. Baldwin and Dorothy T. Clemens John K. Ballantine Ms. Catherine M. Coates W. Boyd Ballenger Mr. William K. Coblentz Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bancroft, III Mrs. William C. Coffill Daniel C. Bancroft Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Cogan James R. Bancroft Lucy M. Cohen Mrs. Ruth Bancroft Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D. Helen C. Barber Linda Carol Colby Living Trust Mrs. Joan Selby Bardet Jerry C. and Geraldine K. Cole Margret S. Barglow Ms. Susan Coliver and Barbara Graham Barker Ms. Sandra Coliver Edna Y. Barnes Adam Collings Diana E. Barrett Leonard Collins Gilbert Barth Mr. Gifford Combs Ms. Patricia M. Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Harry Conger Mr. J. Peter Baumgartner Bridget and William Conlogue Carolyn P. Baxter Shirley B. Conner Ms. Marcelle M. Baxter Prof. Emeritus Robert E. Connick Clifford M. Beaton Doug Connor

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Marilyn Biehl Cook Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Judge and Mrs. John S. Cooper Geballe Mr. Robert Paul Corbett Patricia Gedestad Patrick Corman Mr. Harry Gee Mrs. Judith F. Cortese Dr. Sherman Gee Jon Cosby and Kathi Gwynn Ms. Gloria Y. Gee Ms. Marilyn B. Couch Dr. Paul and Linda Geiger Mr. and Mrs. Columbus B. Genentech, Inc. Courson General Electric Foundation Dr. Constance J. Covington- General Mills Foundation Dallmann Virginia B. Gerhart John M. Cox Elizabeth L. Gerstley Mrs. Elizabeth Crahan Mr. James M. Gerstley Theodore W. Craig Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Getty Mrs. Elaine C. Craig William A. Ghirardelli Dr. and Mrs. John C. Craig The Rosalinde and Arthur Susan H. Crawford Gilbert Foundation Caroline and Thomas Crawford The grand staircase during construction. Stephen A. Gilford Dr. Lawrence Crooks Stephen P. Gill David Crosson Jackson Eaves, ’48 and Pat Faber John Finnick and Kathleen Ms. Christina M. Gillis Charles L. Crow Eaves, ’47 Hegen Howard N. Gilmore Anne T. Cushman Denise Ebright and Kevin Dr. Frances J. Fischer Foundation Mrs. Claire Daggett Harrington Ralph T. and Ruth M. Fisher John Gilmore Michael and Linda Dalton Larry Edelman Renee B. Fisher Foundation, Inc. Phoebe B. Gilpin Ms. Heather C. Daroczi Iris and Bill Edlund In memory of Timothy J. Mr. Joseph P. Giovinco Beverly David, Ph.D. Mr. Ferol Egan Fitzgerald, Class of 1989 Elizabeth Griffin Girgich John G. Davies Roy and Betsy Eisenhardt William Flanagan Ms. Elizabeth Goerke Donald W. Davis Mr. Amiram M. Eisenstein Mr. David Fleishhacker Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Gold Rich and Anne Davis Prof. Emeritus Sanford S. Elberg Ann and David Flinn Steven and Susan Goldenberg Mr. John A. De Luca Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Elkus Alyce T. Foley Alan Goldfien, M.D. Ms. Collette de Nevers Chilton Professor W. Russell Ellis, Jr. Barry L. and Victoria F. Fong Lisa and Douglas Goldman Mr. Peter F. De Nicola Donald Emery Ronald G. Fong Fund Lester E. De Wall Mr. Warren M. Emlen Bing Yue Fong Memorial Fund Linda P. Goldsmith Francoise Debreu Mr. Joseph H. Engbeck, Jr. James P. and Randi L. Foster Mr. Thomas Goldwasser Lori E. Deibel Ms. Claire Louise Englander George M. Foster Dr. and Mrs. Orville J. Golub Dr. and Mrs. Edgar DeJean Edwin M. Epstein Mr. Elvin L. Fowler Valerie Masson Gomez Jean Deleage Mary T. Escherich Mr. Richard L. Frank Dr. Ana M. Gomez-Bravo John G. and Ann Wonder Grant D. Esterling Barbara T. Frank William L. Gonser Dempsay James Evans Mrs. Marsha L. Franklin Mrs. Marsha Gonzales Ruth Desmond Joan M. Evans Robin G. and Peter B. Frazier Lois and Frank Goodall Karen and Ronald Dickenson ExxonMobil Foundation Kimberly B. Fredrickson Evelyn Bingham Goodman Nina Dickerson Suzanne Eyre Mr. J. Arthur Freed Stephen Goodman Mr. Robert M. Dickover Linda Fabbri Philip R. Friedel Leslie Goodman-Malamuth Mrs. Milton J. Dickson Ms. Mary Fabilli Howard and Carmel Friesen George E. Gourrich Dr. Duayne J. Dillon Elsie Reimers Falconer Harriet J. Friis James B. Graeser Mrs. Valerie D. Dinsmore Carol Falgout John T. Fruehe Mr. Thomas Graff Nancy and Hugh Ditzler Beva Pilling Farmer Prof. and Mrs. Douglas Ann and Richard Graffis Mrs. Marilyn T. Doe Mr. and Mrs. Morley S. Farquar Fuerstenau Mary Beahrs Grah Mary Jane Dold Jack and Iris Farr Harry and Kate Fuller Robert L. Gray Jack Dold Professor and Mrs. Charles B. Daniel C. Funderburk, M.D. Dr. Paul J. Green David J. Donlon Faulhaber Mr. David T. Funk Mr. William G. and Shand Dow Chemical USA Rev. William M. Fay Virginia Robinson Furth Lathrop Green Mr. John P. Doyle Mr. Allen S. Feder Ms. Anneke Gaenslen Lorrie and Richard Greene Mr. and Mrs. Shannon M. Drew Federated Dept. Stores Mrs. Marianne M. Gagen Ms. Mary E. Greenlee Mr. Herbert W. Drummond, Jr. Foundation Ralph W. Gaines Fred F. and Carol D. Gregory Mrs. Laurel G. Dubb Lawrence and Marian Robert A. Galindo and Rita V. Mrs. Evelyn Q. Gregory Dr. Jon A. Dubin Feigenbaum Galindo Daniel Gregory Marlene Q. Duffin Lucy Rau Ferguson, Ph.D. Elaine S. Gallaher Mr. John H. Gregory Faith B. and Frederick K. Corey M. Fernandez-Klobas Sam and Catherine Gallinger David M. and Susan Clayton Duhring Ms. Gail L. Ferris Mr. Sean Galvin Grether Ann H. Duncan David and Ann Fidanque Ms. Shifra Gaman Mr. Miljenko Grgich Thomas Dunphy Carol and John Field Gap Foundation Dr. Michael D. Griffith East Bay Community Foundation Charles D. and Frances K. Field Carole Gardner Paul A. Grunland Marlene Jensen Eastman and Fund David P. and Sheila S. Gardner Czeslaw J. Grycz Rollin Jensen John M. Findlay Mr. Thomas F. Gates Mr. Victor F. Guaglianone and Cynthia A. Eastman Emily Huggins Fine Ms. Janet L. Steinmayer Page 12 / Spring 2008 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library

Ms. Annabella Gualdoni Ms. Inge S. Horton Farley P. Katz Jack C. Lockhart Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Guilfoil Mr. James M. Hotchkiss, Jr. Linda B. Keene Dr. and Mrs. Deryck Lodrick Janine M. Guillot Judy and Joseph Houghteling Ken and Karen Keller Thomas J. Loftus Ronald R. Gustafson George J. Houle Mr. Dennis Kelly Reva and David Logan Mrs. Jean F. Guyer Jacquelyn Lausten Housh Jean A. Kelsey Foundation F. Joseph Gwerder Ms. Alice Q. Howard Dr. Charles C. Kelsey, D.D.S. Jack and Ione Lollar Colleen and Robert D. Haas Patricia Howard Roseann Kerby Glenn M. Loney Mr. Timothy J. Hachman F. Vernon Hudnut Mr. Howard H. Kerr Arthur P. Loring Edward T. Hager Mr. Ronald C. Hufft Mr. Holger Kersten Robert A. Low Mark Hagopian Robert P. Hughes Harlan Kessel Mrs. Lolita L. Lowry Professor Roger Hahn and Ellen Justine Hume Mr. Frank I. Ketcham Alexander Lucas Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Brandon and Trisha Kett James F. Luhr Renee Renouf Hall Hungerford Dr. Clarissa T. Kimber Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Luttrell Mrs. Patricia Jean Hall Peggy Huntington John K. King Ms. Marian S. MacIntyre Thomas J. Hammer, Jr. Ms. Ora Huth Mr. Robert W. King Mr. Ian Mackinlay Frances A. Hammond Gail C. Hutton Carol L. King Ms. Martha Bancroft Professor Michael Hanemann Mr. Harold A. Hyde Allan and Patti Kingston MacLaughlin Mrs. Mildred S. Hanff IBM Corporation Bob Kinkead Mr. Bruce Maclin Mrs. Warren L. Hanna Yasuko Ikeda Mr. Noel W. Kirshenbaum Madison Sproul & Partners John and Kathryn Hansell William and Mary Iracki Mike Kitay Clare Wisecarver Madocks Mr. Ralph W. Hansen Angela B. Irvin Arron E. Klein Dr. Russell M. Magnaghi Ann Harlow Fred Isaac Ms. Elsa C. Kleinman Al Maher Elizabeth D. Harper Bill Issel Dorothy Knecht Michael J. Makley Dr. Susan K. Harris Ira Jacknis John T. Knox Mr. George Mallman Mrs. Robert N. Hart J. David and M. Barbara Jackson Mr. Peter Koch Mr. Michael Maniccia Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Hart Professor William V. Jackson Mr. Lawrence T. Kocher Donald B. Marans Charlene C. Harvey Dr. Proverb G. Jacobs, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Koenig Martin Marciniak Professor Robert L. Hass Matt D. Jacobson Mary S. Kommers Marin Community Foundation Donald Haworth Dr. Marcia Jacobson Koret Foundation Mark Twain Foundation Mrs. Jacqueline N. Haws Robert and Beth Janopaul Colonel Don and Bitsy Kosovac Nicholas J. Markevich Kenneth and Janet Gray Hayes Ms. Meri Jaye Mr. Thomas A. Koster Dr. and Mrs. William H. Adele M. Hayutin Joan Jenkins Sue Kramer, in memory of Marmion The Hearst Foundations Ms. Marcia L. Jensen Lawrence I. Kramer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marston Mr. Michael D. Heaston Mrs. Theodore L. Johanson, Lawrence I. Kramer, Jr. Mr. Charles Hamilton Marston Mr. Warren Heckrotte Friends of The Bancroft Library Martha G. Krow-Lucal Russel A. Martin Edythe B. Heda Katharine Hotchkis Johnson Kenneth Kung Dr. Gordon E. Martin Dr. Joanne C. Heffelfinger S. Allan and Marguerite L. Mr. Gary F. Kurutz Dr. & Mrs. Russell L. Martin, III Tamra C. Hege Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Watson M. Laetsch Candace S. Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heggie Professor Leonard W. Johnson Charles A. Laetsch Doris Cuneo Maslach Mrs. Janet C. Heiman Franklin P. and Catherine H. Lakeside Foundation Donald Mastronarde Mr. Theodore E. Heindsmann Johnson Bjorn N. Lamborn Joan and Jack Mather Mrs. Grete Unger Heinz Mrs. Ormond S. Lamson, ’42 Dr. W. Michael Mathes Clarence E. Heller Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lantz Edward A. Matovcik Foundation Paul L. Larsen Professor Wallace I. Matson Mr. Kenneth G. Hellyar Helen Lasota Beverly Wagler Matson Michael Henderson Mr. William M. Lassleben Kent E. Matsumoto and Hal and Marguerite Hennacy Mrs. Helga Lazzarotto Dee diSomma Bud and Mary Ann Henry Dr. John Leahy Mrs. Marie Lewis Matthews Richard and Valerie Herr Leakey Foundation Mrs. W.V. Graham Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Heuler Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Lee Dorothy H. Matthiessen Ira Michael and Elizabeth Compact shelving for manuscripts, 1st floor. Professor James R.W. Leiby André Mayer Heyman Mr. Jess K. Leo Mr. Allison D. Mayfield Mrs. Esther Heyns Vivian Knudsen Johsens Pamela Lew Fritz and Beverly Maytag Mr. Curtis C. Higgins Mr. G. Frank Joklik Professor Raymond Lifchez and Ms. Judith A. Mazia Mr. Lynn A. Hildeman Mary-Ellen Jones Judith Lee Stronach Ben McClinton Edward W. Hildreth Mrs. Arvilla T. Jones Professor Kent Lightfoot J. Michael McCloskey Richard Hitchcock Lt. Col. James H. Jones Eli Lilly & Co. Foundation Michael McClure Charles M. Hobson, III David and Maureen Jordan John P. and Lois F. Lindley Bruce McElhoe The Hofmann Foundation Mr. Brewster Kahle Thomas C. Lipp Mr. Brian D. McGinty Robert B. Hofmann Ms. Karen T. Kahler Professor Angela C. Little Stuart McKee Catherine A. Holt Mary Grace Soares Kaljian Dr. David Littlejohn Arlene Allsopp McKinney Karen S. and Robert A. Fred L. Karren Mr. and Mrs. Allan N. Littman Sylvia C. McLaughlin Holtermann Dr. Myra L. Karstadt Professor Leon F. Litwack Professor Hugh McLean Elizabeth Paul Hook Professor Karl A. Kasten Mr. John S. Livermore Ann Aherne McManamon Professor Ernest B. Hook Robert L. Katz Connie and Robert Loarie Donald and Susanne McQuade Dennis and Ilene Horgan Gary and Ilene Katz Mr. Albert Locher-Bartschi Mechanics Bank Page 13 / Spring 2008 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library

Richard and Anne Melbye Mr. Peter F. Neumeyer Margaret Fisher Mellen Michael and Catherine Newman Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mr. Robert S. Newton Dr. Knox Mellon Mr. and Mrs. Victor K. Nichols Michael L. Mellor Kirstin Clark Nichols and Mr. Nicholas Melnik Frederic H. Nichols Mr. Alan R. Mendelsohn Mrs. Carolyn A. Nickerson Alan C. Mendelson Surl L. and Patricia Nielsen Mr. Gary L. Menges Gilbert S. Niwa Merrill Lynch & Company Fund Mrs. Joan Nordman Mr. and Mrs. Bob Merritt Mr. Jeremy Norman Ernest A. and Barbara P. Meyer Mr. James G. Nourse Mr. J.D. Michael Mr. Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. Roberta and Spencer Michels Robert G. and Sue Douthit Professor Robert L. Middlekauff O’Donnell Donald C. Miller O’Reilly & Danko Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller Terry O’Reilly and Andrea Eleanor W. Miller Pierceall Patricia L. Milligan Mrs. Vandy O’Reilly Patricia A. Milliken Mr. Matthew W. O’Reilly Arlen and Dorothy Mills Charlene A. O’Rourke James Vantine Mink, III Dr. and Mrs. K. Patrick Ober Dr. and Mrs. R.E. Mitchell Mr. L. Terry Oggel Professor L.D. Mitchell Tom Oishi Ms. Margaretta K. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Oliver Neal Miura Mr. Henry J. Ongerth Public corridor between Doe and Doe Annex, 2nd floor. David T. Miura Vicki S. Oppenheim Van and Carolyn Moller Mr. Edward J. Oram Chan. Emeritus and Mrs. Karl S. Dr. Anne Richardson Carol S. Moller Daniel D. Oswald Pister Ms. Ronnette A. Riley Wilhemina Vogel Monson Richard C. Otter Alex and Kate Pope Sharon and Don Ritchey Mrs. Catherine Hurley Moody,’38 Marie Luise Otto Patricia Pope Alicia Rivera James R. Moore Axel Ovregaard Mr. John R. Post Mark L. Rivers Robert London Moore, Jr. Gwenyth M. and Robert A. Page Ms. Elisabeth Downing Potts William C. Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Moore Ms. Olivia M. Palacio Mr. and Mrs. Craig E. Pratt Bruce and Shirley Roberts Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. Morton D. Paley Edward L. Pratt Justine Roberts Suga Ann Moriwaki Susan A. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prindle Ann and Richard Roberts Linda A. Morris D.C. Pappone and S.B. Meyer Diana and Jim Prola Hon. Ronald B. Robie Frank P. and Gabrielle Morris Mr. Donald G. Parachini Mrs. Betty Simmons Prosise Mr. and Mrs. Edwin O. Susan and Mark Morris Professor Roberta J. Park Ms. Glenda L. Prosser Robinson, Jr. Mr. William B. Morrish Professor Roderic B. Park and Public Health Institute Judith Robinson Mr. Ronald D. Morrison Mrs. Catherine B. Park Professor David H. Pyle and Mark and Stephanie Robinson Nancy P. Moser Jacqueline J. Parker Mrs. Connie J. Pyle Leigh and Ivy Robinson Dan and Patsy Mote Ross and Lorraine Parmer Mathew Quilter Mr. Thomas W. Rogers Anita L. Motta Lorraine Parmer Judith R. Raftery Carlotte Rolde Professor and Mrs. William K. Mr. Garry Parton Lynne D. Raider Gerry Rollefson Muir Carla A. Patterson Howard Alan and Gale Bolton Mr. Norman J. Ronneberg, Jr. Muller Family Foundation Jack D. Paxton Randall Zeph D. Rose Karl Frederick Munz Mrs. Shirley J. Payne D. Jane S. Randolph Joseph A. Rosenthal Professor L. A. Murillo Mr. Scott W. Pector Jean L. Ranney Bernard and Ruth Rosenthal Linda M. Murphy Charles A. Peek Wally and Gayle Ransom Marion Ross Douglass E. Myers Lillian Sloan Pekrul Doris L. Ransom Malcolm and Joan Ross Prof. Emeritus and Dr. Rollie J. Peninsula Community Kent Rasmussen Winery Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rosston Myers Foundation Dr. R. Kent and Kathleen Mr. William Matson Roth Harvey and Heather Myman Steve and Liz Peterson Rasmussen Dick and Elena Rowson Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Nadritch Ted Peterson George W. Rathmell Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Rutledge Mr. Makoto Nagawara Peter T. Peterson Katherine A. Reagan John B. Ruzek John and Barbara Nagle Richard H. Peterson Barbara and Jack Reding James Ryan Harriet and Ed Nathan Mr. David Wingfield Pettus Mr. William S. Reese Peter S. Samis Mr. John Neerhout, Jr. Pfizer Foundation Matching Mr. W. R. Reidelberger Maren S. Sampson Mr. J.B. Neilands Gifts Program Joann and Richard Reinhardt Bruce J. Sams Mrs. Frances B. Nelson PG&E Corporation Foundation Elinor Reiss Bernard U. Samuel Dr. Karen Barkas Nelson Mr. Milton Phegley Professor Walter E. Rex Roger and Jeane Samuelsen Mrs. Anne R. Nelson Mrs. Mary P. Pierce Mr. Thomas Hugh Reynolds Donald A. and Joanne Sandstrom Kathryn M. Neri Miss Mary E. Pike Ms. Flora Elizabeth Reynolds San Francisco Foundation Dick Neuman and Sharon Edith and George Piness Judge and Mrs. Richard W. San Francisco Museum of Kellum Neuman Dr. Daniel Pinkel Rhodes Modern Art Page 14 / Spring 2008 Newsletter of The Friends of The Bancroft Library

Jack M. Saroyan Mr. James B. Snyder Thomas K. and Roxanna S. Mr. Douglas Weisfield Mr. Charles W. Savage, III Margaret M. and William E. Trutner Dorothy and Fred Weiss Frederic A. Sawyer Snyder Dr. Constantine Tsonopoulos Pat Welch Mr. Tetsubumi K. Sayama Mr. Toby C. Solórzano, Jr. Robert R. Tufts Wells Fargo Foundation Mr. George L. Saywell Charles V. Soracco, M.D. Honorable Richard E. Tuttle Emmy E. Werner SBC Foundation Carla Soracco and Sally Tuttle Mr. Klaus W. Werner Terry Trosper Schaeffer Mr. and Mrs. G. Stuart Spence Charlotte A. Tyler Judith R. Wessing Dr. Martha E. Schaffer William and Anne Spencer Frances Esquibel Tywoniak A. Marilyn Haskell Wheeler ’53 Nicholas B. Scheetz Murray A. and Aneta W. Unilever Marilyn and Howard Whelan Harry N. Scheiber and Jane L. Sperber United Way of Fresno County Harry W. and Bernice D. Scheiber Tod and Catherine Spieker United Way of San Joaquin Whitcomb Alexander H. Schilling Jim and B. J. Spitze County David E. White Milton Schlesinger Robert G. Sproul Elizabeth S. Upham Martha E. Whittaker Max Schmidt John and Marjorie Sproul Monte Upshaw Patricia Whittingslow Ms. Barbara Schmidt Dr. W. K. Stadler Wayne & Gladys Valley Ms. Barbara A. Whitton Ms. Thelma C. Schoonmaker Verne and Jackolyn Stadtman Foundation Ms. Mary L. Wickwire Mrs. Ruth Page Schorer Alan G. Stanford Judge Brian R. Van Camp Ms. Rita Wieland Ms. Judith S. Schuler David B. Starkweather Mr. Thomas S. Van Den Heuvel Bill and Vicki Wilcox Dr. John W. Schulz Mr. and Mrs. Jack Steadman Doris Machado Van Scoy John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Randall F. Laurie L. Stearns Mrs. John M. Van Zander Mr. Peter B. Wiley and Ms. Schwabacher Jonathan Stebbins Douglas C. Vernon Valerie Barth Katherine and Chris Mary Angelo Steel Mr. Terry J. Viele and Mrs. Dr. Judith Ann Wilhite Schwarzenbach Alberta Hill Steele Kathy W. Viele Mr. and Mrs. Witold T. Willer William W. Schwarzer Mr. George E. Steinmetz Mr. Richard A. 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Sielen Matthew Thurlow Tom and Amy Worth Sierra Club The Tides Foundation William P. Wreden, Jr. Mr. Stephen M. Silberstein Dr. Howard E. Tompkins Pat Wright, in memory of William H. Silcox Mr. and Mrs. Robert Torrano Timothy J. Fitzgerald Mr. Ernest J. Silveria Mr. Gary Jerome Torre Mrs. Anne G. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Simmons Ms. Joan M. Torykian Jacques S. Yeager Sharon Simpson Robin Kelly Toth Rachel P. Young Michael R. Sims Prof. and Mrs. Charles H. Washington Mutual Matching Gail M. Zabowski Ms. Rosalind Singer Townes Gift Program Professor and Mrs. Lotfi Zadeh Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ms. Rebecca G. Tracy Cindy Claymore Watter Mr. William Nicolas Zavlaris Skinner Lee Trammell Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Weber Ms. Bernadine Zelenka Mr. David E.E. Sloane Mr. Forrest E. Tregea Martin J. Weber Frederic Zigmond Bill and Marion Slusser Peter D. Tremblay for The Sally C. Wegner Peter and Midge Zischke George and Camilla Smith Tremblay Family Ms. Marla S. Weinhoff Zischke Stonewall Fund Marilyn G. Smith Ms. Mary Trotter Marilyn and Raymond Donna D. Zitomer Professor Paul C. Smith Arthur I. Trueger Weisberg Page 15 / Spring 2008 Spring 2008 Calendar The Council of the Friends of The Bancroft Library exhibitionS ANNOUNCEMENT 2007–2008 CHINESE OF CALIFORNIA: A May 23, 2008 Richard C. Otter Amy McCombs STRUGGLE FOR COMMUNITY The Bancroft Library IS Chair Sylvia McLaughlin February 7 – August 30, 2008 closeD for summer 2008! Connie Loarie Alan Mendelson California Historical Society Vice Chair Velma Montoya The Bancroft Library is returning to its 678 Mission Street, San Francisco Charles B. Faulhaber Katherine Schwarzenbach original location, the Doe Library Annex, Secretary Catherine Spieker Admission to this exhibit is free to mem- from its temporary quarters in downtown Gregory Price James M. Spitze bers of the Chinese Historical Society of Berkeley. The state-mandated seismic Treasurer Robert Gordon Sproul III America, California Historical Society, retrofitting of its building, as well as the Hans Baldauf Charles G. Stephenson and the Friends of The Bancroft Library. much-needed upgrading of its facilities, Paul Bancroft III John B. Stuppin Admission is $3 for the general public. is planned for completion by the end of Narsai David Elaine Tennant John A. De Luca Cindy Testa-McCullagh Spring 2008. The Library will be closed From Plugs to Bling: A Cen- Richard P. Fajardo Robert R. Tufts for approximately five months during this Daniel Gregory Craig Walker tury of Cal Student Fashion move. From May 23 to mid-Fall, Bancroft Fred Gregory Christopher Warnock March 8 – August 31, 2008 will be closed to the public in order to Robert Hirst Kirsten E. Weisser Bernice Layne Brown Gallery, move its collections. For more information Alexandra Marston Midge Zischke Doe Library and updates about the move, please visit Dorothy Matthiessen the Bancroft website at Beverly Maytag Gold in the Americas http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/move/ or call (510) 642-3781. Bancroftiana April 30 – January 11, 2009 Number 132 Musée de la Civilisation Editor Camilla Smith 85, rue Dalhousie Managing Editor Elizabeth Gardner Québec City, Québec G1K 7A6 Copy Editor Ben McClinton *Bancroft materials on loan for this exhibit Digital Images Randal Brandt Design Catherine Dinnean Bancroftiana is made with 10% recycled post-consumer waste Printer Minuteman Press

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