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Finding Aid to the Theodora Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979)

Finding Aid written by Lori Hines The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ © 2001, 2010 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 1 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Finding Aid to the Theodora Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979)

Collection number: BANC MSS 69/145 c

The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Finding Aid Author(s): Finding Aid written by Lori Hines Finding Aid Encoded By: GenX © 2010 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary Collection Title: Theodora Kroeber papers Date (inclusive): 1881-1983 Date (bulk): 1960-1979 Collection Number: BANC MSS 69/145 c Creator: Kroeber, Theodora Extent: Number of containers: 16 boxes, 1 oversize folder.Linear feet: 6.45 Repository: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Abstract: Contains correspondence, both personal and professional, and materials related to the publication of her writings. Also includes biographical materials and a small amount of Kracaw family papers. Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog. Access Collection is NOT open for research. Anyone desiring to consult the papers must first obtain written permission from Karl Kroeber, representing the Kroeber family. This restriction, unless previously abrogated or modified, will terminate on December 31, 2010, at which time the papers will be free of all restrictions of access. Publication Rights Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 2 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html . Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Theodora Kroeber Papers, BANC MSS 69/145 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Alternate Forms Available Copy of Saxton Pope correspondence (Box 3, 1 folder); Research materials (Box 10, Folders 1-11, 14, 21-22); Correspondence: Fan Mail 1961-1964 (Box 11, folders 1-5) : also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2811 Related Collections A. L. Kroeber Papers, BANC FILM 2049 Kroeber Family Papers, BANC MSS 82/132c Kroeber Family Pictorial Works, BANC PIC 1970.051--PIC, BANC PIC 1978.128--PIC, BANC PIC 1980.013-.015-PIC Timeless Woman: Writer and Interpreter of the California Indian World, oral history transcript, BANC MSS 83/27 c. Separated Material Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog Brower, David Ross, 1912-2000--Correspondence Brown, Jerry, 1938- --Correspondence Cody, Fred, 1916-1983--Correspondence Heizer, Robert Fleming, 1915- --Correspondence , d. 1916 Kracaw family--Archives Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 Kroeber, Theodora--Archives Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- --Correspondence Pope, Saxton T. (Saxton Temple), 1875-1926 Robbins, Ruth--Correspondence Singer, Milton B.--Correspondence Valory, Dale--Correspondence Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), b. 1885 Anthropologists Authors, American--California--20th century Publishers and publishing--History--20th century Acquisition Information The Theodora Kroeber Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Theodora Kroeber beginning in June 1969. Additions were made in February and April 1972. The remainder of her papers were donated after her death in 1979, by her third husband, John Quinn, and her daughter, Ursula K. Le Guin, from 1979 to 1997. Processing Information Collection processed by Lori Hines. Biographical Information Theodora Kroeber was born Theodora Covel Kracaw in , on March 24, 1897. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, and received two degrees in psychology, a B.A. in 1919, followed by an M.A. in 1920. In July 1921, she married Clifton Spencer Brown in Berkeley. The birth of two children, Theodore and Clifton B., soon followed. Clifton S. Brown died in October, 1923. At the encouragement of her mother-in law, Theodora Kroeber went back to U.C. Berkeley to pursue graduate work in anthropology. It was at this time she met and studied under Alfred Louis Kroeber. In March, 1926, they were married, and she once again settled down to family life, and gave birth to two more children, Karl and Ursula. This was by no means the end to her intellectual life. She was still immersed in the academic community of Berkeley, as she entertained A. L. Kroeber's colleagues and students and Native Americans who came to their home. She accompanied

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 3 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Alfred on his field trips to Peru (1928-1929 and 1942), and to the Yurok and Mohave country (1930-1958). After her children had grown, she used the information she had gathered on her travels and from her associations with A. L. Kroeber's colleagues to write The Inland Whale . Published in 1959, it was an academic success. Although she had written a few articles previously, this was the true beginning of her writing career--at the age of 62. She followed two years later with the publication of Ishi in Two Worlds in 1961. The sources she drew from were Ishi's "white men and women friends," one of whom was her husband, A. L. Kroeber. Unfortunately, he was not able to see this project completed. He died in 1960, a year before the book was published. Soon after its publication, Ishi in Two Worlds became a best seller. Theodora Kroeber was brought to the public's attention and forced into the limelight. Even though she had never met the man, she was now the authority on this new American hero. Letters, fan mail and requests for appearances came pouring in from people who were touched by the story of Ishi. Her writing career flourished and she spent the next 20 years of her life writing and publishing stories, poetry, novels and articles, including "Poem for the Living," which was another popular success, and Alfred Kroeber, A Personal Configuration , a biography of her late husband. She also oversaw the publication of Yurok Myths and Karok Myths, two unpublished works by A. L. Kroeber. In December, 1970, she married once again, this time to a man 40 years her junior. John Harrison had served as one of her editors for Almost Ancestors. In 1977, Governor asked her to fill an unexpired term on the University of California Board of Regents, and she accepted. Serving in this position was too exhausting for her, so less than a year after being appointed, she resigned. She died of cancer in her Berkeley home on July 4, 1979. Scope and Content The Theodora Kroeber Papers contain correspondence, both personal and professional, and materials related to the publication of her writings. Also includes biographical materials and a small amount of Kracaw family papers. As a faculty wife, she was immersed in the academic community, well known and respected in the civic community, and in contact with the leaders of each. Anthropologists, including Robert Fleming Heizer, Milton B. Singer and Dale Valory, scientist Robert J. Oppenheimer (a short note), politician Jerry Brown, environmentalist David Ross Brower, bookseller Fred Cody, and illustrator Ruth (Robbins) Schein are among her correspondents. Even though there is no correspondence among Theodora Kroeber, T. T. Waterman and Saxton T. Pope, these two anthropologists are referred to in the correspondence and in other parts of the collection. Another notable remembrance is in correspondence from James Rosenberg, who wrote of knowing A. L. Kroeber when they were young. Theodora Kroeber's charming character emerges in the notes and comments she pencilled on letters. Her wit is ever present, even as she off-handedly apologizes for being a poor typist. Many of her business letters are quite personal, because often her business dealings were with friends or people she knew well. This is clear in her correspondence with David Hales, one of her editors at the University of California Press. In a note, Theodora Kroeber stated that, "During a period of ten years or so he followed closely [Theodora Kroeber's] writing process and often came through with quaint suggestions which she found helpful." She was very open and gracious in her comments, as shown in her reaction to Patrick McCoy's letter about the student occupation of University of California, Berkeley campus in 1967, in her comments about the Board on Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) Proposal as a U.C. Regent, and even in a letter about unleashed dogs on campus. Her correspondence also offers a glimpse into the publishing world. It shows her frustrations with copyright and permissions when having her work translated into other languages, and the hold that publishers have over the will of the writer. Most important is the correspondence with her daughter, the novelist and poet Ursula K. Le Guin, when mother and daughter comment back and forth about each other's work. Theodora Kroeber is most famous for portraying the life of Ishi, the California Indian who stumbled into "civilization" in 1911. Although she never met him, she knew many of the people who knew him. Very few of her research materials are found here. But as a result of the book's publication, people who had first-hand accounts contacted her to tell their stories. These give additional clues regarding this man, who so many people wanted to know more about. In his foreward to A Woman Writes: A Posthumous Autobiography of Theodora Kroeber Quinn , John Quinn wrote that, "Theodora destroyed by fire what she was unwilling to share." This sums up the collection. These papers focus on a short span of the last 20 years of her life. There are many holes, and very little of her research materials and comparatively few of her manuscripts are found here. What remains is correspondence, the finished writings and the essence of Theodora Kroeber herself.

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 4 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Series 1:Correspondence. 1923-1979. General. 1923-1979

Series 1: Correspondence. 1923-1979. Physical Description: Boxes 1-4; Oversize folder 1 Arrangement Arranged alphabetically, with the incoming and outgoing letters interfiled. Unidentified correspondents are at the end of the alphabetical subseries. Content/Description This series is divided into two subseries: General and Condolences, with the bulk dating from 1960 to 1979. The General letters are mostly personal, representing relationships with family, friends, academics and colleagues, but also include correspondence with publishers or agents when general in nature, or when several works are discussed. Correspondence regarding a specific publication is filed under the name of the publication in the Writings series. Professional correspondents of note include David Hales (he is also found under University of California Press), regarding , Almost Ancestors and Ishi; Dale Valory, regarding A. L. Kroeber; Indiana University Press, regarding Inland Whale; University of California, Berkeley Libraries and the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology (now the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology) regarding the donation and use of A. L. Kroeber Papers; and the University of California Press, regarding Theodora Kroeber and A. L. Kroeber's publications. The bulk of her personal correspondence is with her children, Theodore, Clifton and Karl Kroeber and Ursula K. Le Guin; with A. L. Kroeber's sister, Elsbeth Kroeber; and with her friends, Ruth Chrisman Aren [Gannett] (which is also the earliest correspondence), and Lita Osmundsen, which is both personal and professional in nature. Condolences include letters and telegrams Theodora Kroeber received on the death of her second husband, A. L. Kroeber, and letters to John Quinn on the death of Theodora Kroeber. Of note are the remembrances many colleagues at the University of California and universities worldwide wrote about A. L. Kroeber.

General. 1923-1979

box 1, folder 1-2 Arens, Ruth Chrisman. 1923-1926 Content/Description (see also Gannett, Ruth Chrisman)

oversize-folder 1A 4 letters. 1925 box 1, folder 3 A Miscellany. 1961-1978 box 1, folder 4 Bliven, Bruce and Rosie. 1962-1976 box 1, folder 5 Brower, Anne and David Ross. 1962-1979 box 1, folder 6 B Miscellany. 1960-1979 box 1, folder 7 Cameron, Eleanor. 1971-1972 box 1, folder 8 Caughey, John Walton and LaRee. 1962-1978 box 1, folder 9 Chandler, Tertius. 1961-1977 box 1, folder 10 Cody, Fred. 1961-1977 box 1, folder 11 Cohn, Arlan. 1971-1978 box 1, folder 12 Collier, Donald. 1971-1972 box 1, folder 13 Conklin, Harold C. 1961-1968 box 1, folder 14 Cortes, Margaret. 1964-1971 box 1, folder 15 Count, Earl W. 1960-1978 box 1, folder 16 Cowell, Olive Thomson. 1972-1976 box 1, folder 17 Crivy, Joseph. 1960-1964 box 1, folder 18 Curtis Brown, Ltd. 1973 box 1, folder 19 C Miscellany. 1960-1978 box 1, folder 20 Darnell, Regna. 1968-1971 box 1, folder 21 Dobson, Jerome and Bridget. 1971 box 1, folder 22 Driver, Harold E. 1961-1973

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 5 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Series 1:Correspondence. 1923-1979. General. 1923-1979

box 1, folder 23 Du Bois, Cora Alice. 1970-1972 box 1, folder 24 D Miscellany. 1961-1978 box 1, folder 25 Ediciones Guadarrama, S. L. 1968-1969 box 1, folder 26 E Miscellany. 1960-1977 box 1, folder 27 Foss, Charlotte Elizabeth. 1977-1979 box 1, folder 28 Freilich, Morris. 1970-1971 box 1, folder 29 F Miscellany. 1965-1978 box 2, folder 1 Gannett, Lewis and Ruth Chrisman. 1959-1969 Content/Description (see also Arens, Ruth Chrisman)

box 2, folder 2 Gifford, Delila S. 1978 box 2, folder 3 G Miscellany. 1960-1979 box 2, folder 4-5 Hales, David. 1962-1975 box 2, folder 6 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1962-1970 box 2, folder 7 Harold Matson Company, Inc. 1973-1974 box 2, folder 8 Heath, Barbara Honeyman. 1965-1966 box 2, folder 9 Heizer, Robert Fleming. 1956-1976 box 2, folder 10 Hogan, William and Phyllis. 1966-1977 box 2, folder 11 Hurly, John. 1972 box 2, folder 12 H Miscellany. 1959-1978 box 2, folder 13 Indiana University. Press. 1962-1970 box 2, folder 14 I - J Miscellany. 1967-1974 box 2, folder 15 Kantor, J. R. K. 1970-1979 box 2, folder 16 Kessel, Harlan. 1971-1973 box 2, folder 17 Kluckhohn, Clyde. 1948-1955 box 2, folder 18 Kroeber Anthropological Society. 1967-1976 box 2, folder 19 Kroeber, Clifton B. 1955-1976 box 2, folder 20 Kroeber, Elsbeth. 1943-1962, undated box 2, folder 21 Kroeber, Karl. 1955-1972 box 2, folder 22 Kroeber, Theodore. 1974-1977 box 2, folder 23 K Miscellany. 1962-1978 box 2, folder 24 La Prade, Z. H. 1969-1974 box 2, folder 25 Lavender, David Sievert. 1963-1966 box 2, folder 26 Le Guin, Ursula K. 1962-1979 box 2, folder 27 L Miscellany. 1960-1979 box 3, folder 1 Montagu, Ashley. 1967-1970 box 3, folder 2 Moon, Douglas. 1966-1967 box 3, folder 3 Mosk, Nancy. 1965-1977 box 3, folder 4 M Miscellany. 1960-1978 box 3, folder 5 N Miscellany. 1970-1978 box 3, folder 6 Osmundsen, Lita. 1960-1974 box 3, folder 7 O Miscellany. 1967-1977 box 3, folder 8 Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology [formerly the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology]. 1960-1975 box 3, folder 9 Pitkin, Harvey. 1968-1978 box 3, folder 10 Pope, Saxton, Jr. 1961-1966 box 3, folder 11 Powdermaker, Hortense. 1969 box 3, folder 12 P Miscellany. 1956-1977 box 3, folder 13 Quinn, John. 1968-1971 box 3, folder 14 Rosenberg, James. 1955-1970 box 3, folder 15 Rowe, John Howland. 1961-1963 box 3, folder 16 R Miscellany. 1966-1979 box 3, folder 17 Sands, Kathleen M. 1978 box 3, folder 18 Schein, Ruth and Herman. 1964-1976 box 3, folder 19 Seger, Imogen [Coulborn]. 1966-1977 box 3, folder 20 Seibert, Jan. 1962-1975 box 3, folder 21 Sierra Club. 1968-1969

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 6 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Series 1:Correspondence. 1923-1979. General. 1923-1979

box 3, folder 22 Singer, Milton B. 1962-1964 box 3, folder 23 Stern, Daphne Darling. 1970 box 3, folder 24 Steward, Julian Haynes. 1960-1972 box 3, folder 25 S Miscellany. 1960-1978 box 3, folder 26 Thoresen, Timothy H. H. 1972 box 3, folder 27 Tonine, Bianca. 1969-1978 box 3, folder 28 T Miscellany. 1958-1978 box 4, folder 1 University of California. 1960-1977 box 4, folder 2 University of California, Berkeley. Library. 1960-1979 Content/Description (including The Bancroft Library and the George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library)

box 4, folder 3-4 University of California Press. 1960-1978 box 4, folder 5 U Miscellany. 1973-1977 box 4, folder 6 Valory, Dale. 1966-1970 box 4, folder 7 V - W Miscellany. 1962-1979 box 4, folder 8 Y - Z Miscellany. 1962-1978 box 4, folder 9 Unidentified. 1969-1979, undated

Condolences. 1960-1979

box 4, folder Upon the death of A. L. Kroeber. 1960-1972 10-13 box 4, folder Upon the death of Theodora Kroeber. 1979 14-17 Series 2: Writings. 1953-1983. Physical Description: Boxes 5-9; Oversize folder 1 Arrangement Arranged first by the type of work, then alphabetically by title. Content/Description The Writings series is divided into four subseries: Books, Articles and Book Reviews, Poetry, and Other Writings. These writings are mostly published works, with some unpublished or abandoned projects. The books on Ishi are in their own series. The folders relating to each work contain some or all of the following: correspondence with publisher/editorial correspondence (some regarding rights and reproductions), typescripts, galleys, newsclippings, reviews, promotional material, and congratulatory letters. There are comparatively few manuscripts, and very few research materials or notes.

Books. 1957-1978

box 5, folder 1-8 Alfred Kroeber: A Personal Configuration . 1965-1978, undated Content/Description correspondence, annotated typescript, author's corrections, reviews

oversize-folder 1A poster. undated box 5, folder 9-11 Almost Ancestors: The First Californians . 1966-1970, undated Content/Description correspondence, promotional material, reviews

box 6, folder 1-5 Carrousel . 1974-1978 Content/Description correspondence, annotated typescripts, unbound printer's copy, reviews

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 7 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Series 2:Writings. 1953-1983. Books. 1957-1978

box 6, folder 5-7 Cooking for Sex: From Soup to Bed (The Soup Primer) . 1973-1974, undated Content/Description [unpublished] correspondence, annotated typescript

box 6, folder 8 Drawn From Life . 1977-1978 Content/Description correspondence, reviews

box 6, folder 9-14 Grand Junction [unpublished novel]. 1972-1973 Content/Description correspondence, notes, photographs of miner's tombstone, typescript

box 7, folder 1 A Green Christmas . 1967-1968 Content/Description correspondence, reviews

box 7, folder 2-6 I, Chadwick . 1973-1974 Content/Description correspondence, author's corrections, annotated typescripts, copies of illustration

box 7, folder 7-14 The Inland Whale . 1957-1977, undated Content/Description correspondence, typescript, revised galleys, reviews, congratulatory letters

Articles And Book Reviews. 1961-1983

box 8, folder 1 History of Kamtschatka and the Kurilski Islands, with the Countries Adjacent . ca 1963 Content/Description by S. P. Krasheninnikov [book review]

box 8, folder 2 "The Hunter Ishi". 1961-1965 Content/Description correspondence, reprint from The American Scholar

box 8, folder 3 "On Changing Doctors without Trauma". 1977-78 Content/Description correspondence, annotated typescript

box 8, folder 4 "Plastic Hippy" [unpublished]. 1972-1974, undated Content/Description correspondence

box 8, folder 5 "Retrospective on Oral History". 1983 Content/Description published reprint of Appendix I from Timeless Woman: Writer and Interpreter of the California ndian World, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office interview.

box 8, folder 6 "Shropshire Revisited," coauthored with A. L. Kroeber. 1962, undated Content/Description correspondence, notes

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 8 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Series 2:Writings. 1953-1983. Articles And Book Reviews. 1961-1983

box 8, folder 7 Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist . 1966 Content/Description by Hortense Powdermaker [book review]

Poetry. 1962-1979

box 8, folder 8-10 "Poem for the Living". 1962-1968 Content/Description correspondence including readers' responses, signed typescript

oversize-folder 1A original page from This Week Magazine. Nov. 11, 1962 box 8, folder "The Dancing at Tylissos," from Tillai and Tylissos. 1979 11-12 Content/Description photocopy of annotated typescript, annotated galley

box 8, folder 13 Miscellany. 1970, undated

Other Writings. 1953-1979

box 9, folder 1 Bloody Island Massacre [undeveloped project]. ca. 1975 Content/Description notes, bibliography

box 9, folder 2 Bread and Butter Anthropology [undeveloped project. ca. 1962[?] Content/Description regarding A. L. Kroeber], notes and bibliography

box 9, folder 3 Dedicatory Letter to the Editor [about A. L. Kroeber]. 1969 Content/Description reprint from the Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers, no. 40

box 9, folder 4 Handbook of the California Indians, by A. L. Kroeber. 1966 Content/Description [foreword], annotated page proof

box 9, folder 5 [In memory of Kathleen Tolman]. undated Content/Description photocopy of annotated typescript

box 9, folder 6-7 Ishanihura [libretto]. 1968-1970, undated Content/Description correspondence, annotated typescript, notes

box 9, folder 8 "Ishi and Fedna" [privately distributed story]. 1962 Content/Description copyright registration

box 9, folder 9-12 Karok Myths, by A. L. Kroeber [preface]. 1976-1978, undated Content/Description correspondence, editor's notes, annotated typescripts, reviews

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 9 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Series 2:Writings. 1953-1983. Other Writings. 1953-1979

box 9, folder 13 Pigsty Landing [unpublished]. 1953, undated Content/Description correspondence, notes, annotated typescript

box 9, folder 14 "Theodora" [obituary]. 1979 Content/Description annotated carbon copy of typescript, memorial program

box 9, folder 15 "The Willow-basket Fence" (limited vocabulary stories). 1972, undated Content/Description [short story] correspondence, annotated typescript

box 9, folder Yurok Myths, by A. L. Kroeber [preface]. 1973-1978 16-19 Content/Description correspondence, annotated typescript, reviews

box 9, folder 20 "Culture Generations," by Rudolph Scherer [translation]. 1968-1971 Content/Description correspondence, newsclipping, typescript

box 9, folder 21 Miscellany. 1966, 1979, undated Content/Description annotated typescripts and notes on unpublished or abandoned projects

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 10 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Series 3:Ishi. 1911-1978 Research And Production Materials. 1911-1977

Series 3: Ishi. 1911-1978 Physical Description: Boxes 10-13. Arrangement Arranged by genre type. Content/Description The Ishi series is divided into the four subseries: Research and Production Materials, Correspondence, Rights and Permissions, and Publicity. This is where material relating to the Ishi are found. Exceptions are "The Hunter Ishi," an article in the Writings series, and correspondence on mixed subjects, found with the publishers in the Correspondence series. The first subseries, Research and Production Materials, contains what little remains of Theodora Kroeber's notes and research material on Ishi. Of special interest are the first-hand accounts of Ishi by people who wrote to her after the first book was published, maps from A. L. Kroeber's Ishi notebook (pages 73 & 74), and financial records of Ishi's estate. The Correspondence subseries contains incoming and outgoing business correspondence having to do with the publication of the books, separated by publisher; general correspondence, alphabetically arranged by the name of the correspondent; and fan mail. Included in the general correspondence are praises and comments by reviewers and colleagues. In a letter to Bill Hagan of the Chronicle, Theodora Kroeber gives a summation of her readers' responses. Fan mail, arranged for the most part by date, is comprised of responses from readers all over the world, telling how much they loved the story of Ishi and how it changed their lives, and asking further questions about the story. Attached to the letters are Theodora Kroeber Quinn's replies, in which she elaborates on Ishi, adds more details of the story, or explains the story from a different angle. Materials sent by elementary school classes are kept together as a group. These include children's letters and art work inspired by Ishi. The Rights and Permissions subseries, contains correspondence between Theodora Kroeber, her publishers and people interested in reprinting parts of Ishi, writing their own version of Ishi, translating the story into another language, or using the story as the basis for a film. The final subseries, Publicity, contains information about Theodora Kroeber's public appearances, transcripts of her interviews, articles about Ishi published after the book was released, and reviews and promotional materials about the book.

Research And Production Materials. 1911-1977

box 10, folder 1 Notes. 1958-1960, undated box 10, folder First hand accounts of Ishi. 1961-1977 2-11 box 10, folder Notes and correspondence on the Yana Region. 1961-1967, undated 12-13 box 10, folder 14 Maps from A. L. Kroeber notebook. undated box 10, folder 15 Ishi's finances. 1915-1960 box 10, folder Illustrations from book. undated 16-17 box 10, folder Production notes. 1955, undated 18-20 box 10, folder Newsclippings. 1911-1959, undated 21-22

Correspondence. 1916-1978

box 10, folder University of California Press. 1959-1978, undated 23-25 box 10, folder 26 Parnassus Press. 1962-1977, undated box 10, folder 27 General. 1916-1977

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 11 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Series 3:Ishi. 1911-1978 Correspondence. 1916-1978

box 11, folder Fan mail. 1961-1978, undated 1-13 box 12, folder 1-8 Fan mail. 1962-1970

Rights And Permissions. 1961-1978

box 12, folder General. 1962-1975 9-11 box 12, folder Foreign translations. 1961-1978 12-19 box 12, folder Films. 1962-1978, undated 20-23

Publicity. 1961-1978

box 13, folder 1 Personal appearances. 1962-1965 box 13, folder 2 Interviews. 1961-1966 box 13, folder 3 Radio transcriptions. 1962 box 13, folder 4-6 Articles. 1961-1978 box 13, folder Reviews. 1961-1974, undated 7-13 box 13, folder Promotional materials. 1961-1977, undated 14-16 Series 4: University Of California, Board Of Regents. 1977-1978. Physical Description: Box 14. Arrangement Arranged by genre type. Content/Description This series contains materials relating to the brief time in which Theodora Kroeber served as a Regent of the University of California. Included are correspondence, business as well as congratulatory letters from friends and politicians; her official "maiden" and "farewell" statements; material related to the meetings themselves, such as agendas, memos, and reports; and her notes. Filed last are newsclippings, relating to her selection and service as a regent, and miscellaneous ephemera. Of note are the reports she received about the proposed Dark Sky Optical Observatory at Junipero Serra Peak for the Lick Observatory, and the notes she had taken before and after the meetings, where she gives her impressions of the regents' proceedings and policies, and her comments on issues brought before the meetings.

box 14, folder 1-3 Correspondence. 1977-1978 Content/Description General and congratulatory letters

box 14, folder 4-5 Statements. 1977-1978 Content/Description "Maiden" statement and "farewell" statement

box 14, folder 6 Meetings. 1977-1978 box 14, folder 7 Notes. 1977 box 14, folder 8 Newsclippings and ephemera. 1977-1978

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 12 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979) Series 5:Biographical Material. 1960-1982.

Series 5: Biographical Material. 1960-1982. Physical Description: Boxes 14-16. Arrangement Arranged by genre type. Content/Description This series includes biographical information on Theodora Kroeber Quinn, including her vitae, an annotated transcript of her oral history, autobiographical notes and letters, a posthumous autobiography, diaries and travelogues, and miscellaneous ephemera relating to her personal life. Some early fragments of her writings can be found here, for example, autobiographical notes entitled "Softly, if Spoken," which John Quinn refers to in the preface to her autobiography, A Woman Writes. The diaries were heavily edited by Theodora Kroeber, but small portions including "early Carrousel thoughts" remain here. A Woman Writes, compiled and edited by John Quinn, but never published, includes some of her short writings and poetry, as well as her own comments on her work. The Miscellany includes a few issues of "The Palette," an art newsletter published by John Quinn, to which Theodora Kroeber contributed.

box 14, folder 9 Vitae. 1963-1977, undated box 14, folder Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office. 1976-1978 10-13 Content/Description annotated transcript of Timeless Woman: Writer and Interpreter of the California Indian World

box 15, folder 1-2 Autobiographical notes and letters. 1961-1978, undated box 15, folder A Woman Writes: A Posthumous Autobiography of Theodora Kroeber Quinn 1981 3-12 Content/Description [unpublished] annotated typescript

box 16, folder 1 Eulogies. 1979 box 16, folder 2-3 Diaries. 1961-1976, undated box 16, folder 4 80th birthday party. 1977 box 16, folder 5-6 Miscellany. 1960-1979, undated box 16, folder 7 Newsclippings. 1964-1982 Series 6: Kracaw Family Papers. 1881-1959. Physical Description: Box 16. Arrangement Arranged by genre type. Content/Description This series is dedicated to Theodora Kroeber's family, the Kracaw's and the Johnstons, and includes family histories, personal narratives, diaries and writings not by Theodora Kroeber. The personal narratives (recollections) written by her mother, Phebe Jane Johnston Kracaw, and her uncle, George D. Johnson, are of particular value for the information they give about crossing the Plains, frontier life in California and Oregon, and encounters with Native Americans, including one in Western Pennsylvania, dating back to the French and Indian War.

box 16, folder Genealogy. ca. 1930-1932, undated 8-10 box 16, folder Recollections of frontier and pioneer life. undated 11-16 box 16, folder Diaries of Phebe Jane Johnson Kracaw [mother]. 1884-1934 17-18 box 16, folder 19 Letter from Charles Emmet Kracaw [father] to Phebe Johnson [Kracaw]. 1881 box 16, folder 20 Writings by Forest Charles Kracaw [brother]. 1942-1959

Finding Aid to the Theodora BANC MSS 69/145 c 13 Kroeber Papers, 1881-1983 (bulk 1960-1979)