This collection consists of scrapbooks the San Francisco History Center has acquired over the years that are not part of larger archival collections. The volumes document the lives of individuals, the activities of organizations, and the events of the day that the creators deemed worthy of remembering.
Scrapbooks are identified and arranged by an assigned number. Occasionally, a scrapbook may consist of more than one volume, but all parts are represented by the one number. Oversize volumes are identified. A subject guide follows. Subject access is also available through the San Francisco History Center's Biography Index and Subject Index cards. For publication, citations for items should read:
[Title], Scrapbook Collection, San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Photocopying of scrapbooks is prohibited, due to the fragile nature of the books, as well as to prevent fading resulting from light exposure. Photographic reproductions may be made through arrangements with the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection staff. Some scrapbooks have been microfilmed, and photocopies can be printed from the microfilm.
This collection was inventoried and described with the assistance of Leah Loscutoff, San Francisco State University History Department intern, in Spring 2000.
Creator: Paul Bancroft
Date range: c.1880 -1915
Contents: Newspaper clippings, excerpts from periodicals (including Spanish language), pamphlets, letters, engravings, ephemera.
Notes: Scrapbooks include: one volume of Hubert H. Bancroft's articles, and reviews of his works, ephemera from The History Company and Paul Bancroft; one volume deals with Retrospection, Bancroft's published memoirs; a third, with his Popular History of Mexico.
Volumes: 3
Condition: Fairly poor, binding detaching.
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Creator: Amy Deeter
Contents: Newsletters, pamphlets, ephemera, news clippings, correspondence, photographs.
Date range: 1951 - 1956
Notes: Publications and ephemera from the Contra Costa Hills Club, the California Alpine Club, the Sierra Club and other organizations. Letters describe trips, events, and destinations (e.g. state parks and campgrounds.)
Volumes: 2
Condition: Fairly good; some discoloration.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Pamphlets, souvenirs, certificates, invitations, songbooks, memos, newspaper clippings, stamps, stickers, tickets.
Date range: 1931
Notes: A week-long event, La Fiesta de Los Angeles marked L.A.'s sesqui-centennial, celebrating historic California and using Spanish and Mexican themes.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly good.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings.
Date range: 1940 - 1941
Notes: Advertisements and promotional material for Christmas Seals, which were purchased to help fund the fight against tuberculosis. The profits from Christmas Seals would help build hospitals for children suffering from tuberculosis. Elinar Hollboell, a Danish postal clerk, conceived the idea in 1903.
Volumes: 2
Condition: Fairly poor; discoloration and brittle paper.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings, printed pictures.
Date range: 1870 - 1880's
Notes: Clippings deal with school board decisions in San Francisco, and other events that took place in that time.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Poor; discoloration, brittle paper.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings.
Date range: 1890 - 1891.
Notes: Articles document appeals from various superior courts of California, describing cases and state Supreme Court decisions. (A label on the inside front cover has the note: "DeYoung Museum.")
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair
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Creator: Unknown [Gabriel Jacobs?]
Date range: 1892 - 1898
Contents: Notarized depositions; newspaper clippings, handbills, trade cards
Notes: Depositions sworn before John Coffee (and other notaries public) regarding lost tickets for B. Jacobs and Bro., Dealers in Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry (1 v.); and, advertisements for Uncle Jacob's, a San Francisco money lender and pawn shop located at 613 Pacific Street, doing business since 1853 (1 v.).
Volumes: 2
Condition: poor
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Creator: Alfred B. Saroni?
Contents: Newspaper clippings, photographs, ephemera, correspondence
Date range: c. 1906-c. 1930
Notes: Saroni was son of Louis Saroni, founder of Louis Saroni sugar firm of San Francisco. Following the 1906 earthquake, operations were moved to Oakland, though the firm later continued business in San Francisco. Alfred married into the Zellerbach family, and the book includes many family photographs, as well as materials reflecting Alfred's involvement in civic, political, and social activities.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; fragile, paper crumbling, acid stains, materials cut from volume.
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Creator: Thomas F. Boyle
Contents: newspaper clippings, ephemera.
Date range: 1888 - 1912.
Note: Thomas Boyle worked as San Francisco's city auditor. These clippings document his work history, with some news stories about his father at front, as well as dealings of the tax committee, issues of city employee salaries, bonds, and pension funds. Boyle became ill with pneumonia and died.
Volumes: 1 ("v.6 of 6")
Condition: Fair, binding loose.
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Creator: James Heisterkamp
Contents: Correspondence, photographs, large sign.
Date range: 1971 - 1972
Notes: This Scrapbook documents an organization founded by James Heisterkamp, encouraging San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto to run in the 1972 presidential race.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Good
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Creator: Mrs. Walter R. (Adelyn Brickley) Jones
Contents: Greeting cards, notes, letters, photographs, souvenirs, newspaper clippings, wedding memorabilia, postcards.
Date range: 1912 - 1914
Notes: Adelyn Brickley was a wealthy society girl in San Francisco. She married Walter R. Jones.
Volumes: 2
Condition: Fairly good; discoloration.
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Creator: unknown
Contents: Reprints of New York Times front pages, autographs, photograph.
Date range: 1962
Notes: A birthday present for Louis R. Lurie. Reprinted front pages from the New York Times showed the world events that took place each decade of his life. The end of the Scrapbook includes a happy birthday wish signed by his friends. A matted photograph of a pencil sketch of Lurie, drawn by James Montgomery Flagg, is inserted in front.
Volumes: 1
Condition: good
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1906 - 1907
Notes: Richard Cornelius, president of the union for the railroad workers, led the strike against the United Railroad Company, run by president Patrick Calhoun. The car men asked for higher wages. Strikebreakers were brought in. Fierce riots broke out. Thornwell Mullally succeeded Patrick Calhoun as president. Arbitration meetings are documented.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Poor; pages spotted, stained, binding loose.
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see also: Scrapbook 84
Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings, manuscript index to volume.
Date range: 1865 - 1868
Notes: California Supreme Court decisions published in the Sacramento Daily Union. An alphabetical index of cases precedes clippings.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Poor; very brittle paper, discoloration, some tears.
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Creator: unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: April 25, 1945 - July 3, 1945
Notes: Newspaper stories covering the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco. Many pieces written by Charles Raudebaugh and Earl C. Behrens, Chronicle political editor. Vol. 1 has "Conference News" pasted on cover; second vol. cover reads "Conference News Book 3."
Volumes: 2
Condition: Good, but paper acidic.
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Creator: Charles Hogan
Contents: Photographs, stamps, cards, letters, sheet music, miscellaneous souvenirs.
Date range: 1872 - 1934
Notes: Personal Scrapbook of Charles Hogan, son of John and Anna Hogan. He was a member of the First Regiment, California U. S. Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection (1898 - 99). He was also a member of the S.F. Fire Dept., and served in the Canadian army in France during World War I.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly good.
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Creator: Dalisay Bocobo Balunsat
Contents: Newspaper clippings, photocopied letters, bulletins, photographs.
Date range: 1974
Notes: Filipino cultural week is a San Francisco celebration celebrating its large Filipino community. An exhibit of Filipino writers' work was displayed in the San Francisco Public Library. The Scrapbook was entered in the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Awards Contest in 1975.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Good
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Letters, official documents, newspaper clippings.
Date range: 1929 - 1946
Notes: Documents the events of the San Francisco Superior Court. Describes court cases and their outcomes.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Poor. Discoloration and brittle paper because of age.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings, municipal records, reports, bond propositions.
Date range: 1911 - 1931
Notes: Articles pertain to political candiDates, court decisions, public policy, and city legislation. City statistics (e.g. population) are also included.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Very poor; falling apart from age; paper very fragile.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1935-1937
Notes: Articles document court cases, other legal matters, changes made in the Bar Association, jury reform.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: news clippings
Date range: 1937-1948
Notes: Articles deal with court hearings and the dismissal and reappointment of the grand jury, a police graft investigation, and Judge Steiger.
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Condition: fair
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: newspaper clippings, pamphlets
Date range: 1910-1919
Notes: Articles concern divorce court decisions; the San Francisco Superior Court; there are some political cartoons from the 1930's; advertisements for Bernard J. Flood campaign for Justice of the Peace, 1910; frequent mention of political issues in Ireland, and clippings documenting San Francisco St. Patrick's Day celebration in 1917.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: newspaper clippings, pamphlets, cartoons.
Date range: 1912-1927
Notes: Poems , editorials from newspapers, eulogies. Articles about the presiding judge of the Superior Court, Harold Louderback. Controversial case of bribery charges involving Judge Louderback.
Volumes: 1
Condition: fair
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: newspaper clippings, pamphlets
Date range: 1928-1930
Notes: Articles pertain to judicial decisions and court structure. Pamphlet includes amendments to Constitution and proposed statutes, with arguments respecting the same. Decisions on judicial elections, and the SF Bar Association. Appointments to city offices. SF Municipal Court decisions.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: newspaper clippings
Date range: 1945 -1952
Notes: Articles on San Francisco Superior Court appointments, judges, and decisions. Federal jury selections.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair
Subject headings:
Creator: Unknown
Contents: News clippings.
Date range: 1938-1946
Notes: News clippings dealing with judicial decisions, legislation, and court hearings.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; paper discoloration.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: News clippings
Date range: 1930-1935
Notes: Articles on various deceased civic leaders of San Francisco. Some leaders included are: James Phelan, James Rolph, Oscar Sutro, and various judges from the San Francisco Superior Court.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; discoloration, torn paper.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: News clippings
Date range: 1930-1943
Notes: Articles focus on city politics and elections. Many editorials discuss opinions on city charters and other important topics of city legislation. Voting advertisement is included along with political propaganda. Election outcomes documented.
Volumes: 1 ( refer also to vols. 25- 37)
Condition: Fair; discoloration, ripped pages.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Election ballots, party tickets, papers with data from elections, newspaper clippings, campaign slogans, letters, voter pamphlets.
Date range: 1918 - 1930
Notes: Information on San Francisco elections and published election results.. Articles discuss various candiDates and outcomes of elections. Judicial elections dominate the volume.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly poor; discoloration, paper stained, tears.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1930 - 1935
Notes: Articles concern court decisions and other legal matters; judicial legislation; judicial elections; news of the San Francisco Bar Association.
Volumes: 1 (refer also to the ones above)
Condition: fair; some discoloration.
Subject headings:
Creator:
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1931-1932
Creator:
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1923-1925
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1925-1928
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1916-1920
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1920-1922
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1944-1948
Creator: Presidio Railroad Co. (?)
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1880 - 1889
Notes: Articles document the building of new street railways, the installation of safety precautions, and the accidents or deaths connected with the railway system. Ordinance 1694 required a gong to be rung to notify the pedestrians a car was approaching. (Scrapbook gift of Warren Howell?)
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; discoloration, stains.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1906 - 1949
Notes: Articles with news of the day, starting with the recovery from the 1906 disaster and ending with the proposal for a new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Included are printed pictures of the City Hall and the Palace Hotel, both destroyed in 1906.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; discoloration, stains.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: News clippings
Date range: 1939
Notes: Articles deal with the progress of the mayoral race. Incumbent mayor Angelo Rossi ran against candiDates Supervisor James B. McSheehy and Rep. Franck Havenner. Mayor Rossi won the election by a slim margin.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; discoloration, red ink marks.
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Creator: unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings, monthly newsletters
Date range: 1896 - 1898
Notes: Proposals and plans to build a Ferry Building depot at the end of Market St. Articles include information about the of costs, benefits, and disadvantages of the Ferry Building. Other articles deal with city planning and issues of the waterfront.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; slight discoloration and minor stains.
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Creator: Blanche Morse Kenna
Contents: Newspaper clippings, printed Photographs
Date range:1932 - 1958
Notes: Articles document the progress of the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, describe the site where the bridge was to be built, and reproduce architectural plans of the bridge; injuries or deaths occurring during construction were reported; festivities for the opening of the bridge are reported on. Problems and changes in the traffic commute after the bridge opened are described in later articles.
Volumes: 3
Condition: Loose broken spine; binding poor; minor tears in pictures.
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Creator: Blanche Morse Kenna
Contents: Newspaper clippings, printed pictures
Date range: 1926 - 1941
Notes: Articles document construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, from first proposals and plans to the opening of the bridge, including the development of Treasure Island. Deaths and injuries are documented. Articles report problems, setbacks, and opinions about bridge construction, and progress of laying a railroad across the bridge.
Volumes: 1
Condition: poor (binding falling apart, some picture tears.)
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbook 51.
Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings, printed pictures, newsletter
Date range: 1935 - 1936
Notes: Clippings deal with construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, including construction schedule, the railway terminal, blueprint plans for the bridge; opening day reports; editorials about the bridge.
Volumes: 2
Condition: Very poor (pages falling apart, very fragile , binding is completely off)
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See also: Scrapbook 50
Creator: Unknown
Contents: News clippings, brochures, newsletters, printed pictures, schedule.
Date range: 1940 - 1957
Notes: A look back at the early days of the cable car; the debate over restoring the cars or getting rid of them for financial reasons; some lines were to be removed (Washington - Jackson route.) Cable Car Days in San Francisco by Edgar Kahn (1940) is reviewed.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly poor, tears, discoloration.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings.
Date Range 1946 - 1951
Notes: Articles looking into San Francisco's past and record the "first" time something took place here. Items relate to city structure, organizations, products, and commercial ventures.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly poor; paper fragile.
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Creator: Barbara Densmore (granddaughter of Walter Thompson)
Contents: Newspaper and magazine articles, galley proofs, letter
Date range: 1916 - 1932 (compiled 1941)
Notes: Written by Walter J. Thompson (d. 1932), veteran newspaperman and editor, articles focus on the early days of San Francisco and what citizens did for entertainment. Photographs have been relocated to SFHC Photograph Collection.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; paper fragile, discolored; leather binding.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbook 55
Creator: Blanche Morse Kenna
Contents: Newspaper clippings, magazine clippings.
Date range: 1934 - 1957
Notes: Nostalgic articles about the old days of San Francisco, covering: the Gold Rush era; cable cars; the 1906 earthquake and fire, and recovery; important, eccentric and humorous figures in San Francisco history; important places and events. Some clippings relate to San Francisco's various expositions. A wide representation of events in San Francisco history.
Volumes: 5
Condition: Fairly good; minor discoloration, tears.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbook 54
Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1928
Notes: E. G. Fitzhamon feature column, "The Streets of San Francisco," published in the San Francisco Chronicle. The column focused on the origins of San Francisco street names, as well as notable people and places of San Francisco.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; discoloration, fragile, some tears.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, newsletters, printed pictures.
Date range: 1945 - 1962
Notes: Articles on the cable cars of San Francisco; some stories discuss concerns for the transit system in San Francisco.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Pages slightly warped, poor binding.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Newspaper and magazine clippings.
Date range: 1933 - 1939
Notes: Articles about notable Californians. Some of these figures include Ambrose Bierce, John C. Fremont, Lillie Coit, Charles Crocker. Most articles come from the San Francisco Chronicle feature, "Famous Californians."
Volumes: 1
Condition: Poor, fragile paper.
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Creator: Lambert Gisslow
Contents: Newspaper clippings, letters, programs, photographs
Date range: 1905-1916
Notes: Articles focus on the Swedish Singing Society and other Scandinavian musicians. Concerts and accomplishments are documented, and news of Sweden and world figures is included. Most of the text is in Swedish.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly poor; cover tearing; photographs fragile.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbooks 61, 62, 63
Creator: Lambert Gisslow, secretary
Contents: Newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, printed pictures, ephemera.
Date range: 1905 - 1913
Notes: Articles discuss the unification of the Norwegian singers with the Swedish singers and the formation of the United Scandinavian Singers of San Francisco; the establishment of Swedish Day; general news stories concerning Sweden; the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Most articles printed in Swedish.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Poor; cover detached; some pages detached.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbooks 60, 62, 63
Creator: Lambert Gisslow
Contents: Newspaper clippings, programs, letters, printed pictures
Date range: 1906 - 1912
Notes: Most articles are in the Swedish language. The Scrapbook documents the Swedish singing society; the 1906 disaster; ambitious plans of the Women's Auxiliary to build a Swedish building at the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly poor; pages detached; cover loose.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbooks 60, 61, 63
Creator: Lambert Gisslow
Contents: Newspaper clippings, printed pictures, stamps, photographs.
Date range: 1915
Notes: The United Swedish Singers of the Pacific Coast was composed of twelve different singing societies. A Swedish singing festival was planned for the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Many articles (in Swedish) describe the society.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Poor; items detached; fragile pictures should be put aside.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbooks 60, 61, 62
Creator: Unknown
Contents: newspaper / magazine clippings, comic strips, political cartoons
Date range: 1917 - 1918
Notes: Poetry, fiction, humorous articles, and editorials on American conduct in the World War I period; includes Long's Somewhere in San Francisco comic strip; Albert Terhune's column, "Stories of Celebrated Spies;" Annie Laurie columns; Rudyard Kipling poetry. (Pencil notation, back inside cover: "7-2-55 OG.")
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair, discoloration.
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Creator: George Lewis Bell (1883-1958)
Contents: News clippings, ephemera, correspondence
Date range: 1917 - 1958
Notes: George Lewis Bell was an attorney and consultant in industrial relations and management, representing Western governors in discussions with Pres. Wilson over IWW "troubles" (1917), and arbitrating disputes between San Francisco building trades unions and employers 1920-1927. Bell worked as executive director of the NRA's Men's Clothing Code Authority 1933-1935.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair, discoloration.
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Creator: Adrian H. Goldstone
Contents: News clippings, ticket stubs, letters
Date range: 1931
Notes: Articles on the disaster of the Harvard steamship, and the subsequent rescue effort. Names of passengers on board were listed ( the Creator's name being one of them.) Causes of the wreck, the controversy over drunken crewmembers, and personal accounts of the accident are reported.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Good; slight discoloration.
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Creator: Maurice W. O'Connell
Contents: News clippings, periodicals, correspondence, ephemera
Date range: 1900 - 1919
Notes: Dr. O'Connell was organist at St. Dominic Church. Scrapbook docu-ments his (and other) musical performances in San Francisco, including his organ recital at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair, loose pages, tears and discoloration.
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Creator: May Blossom Davis
Contents: News clippings, ephemera, manuscript
Date range: 1881-1889
Notes: Davis wrote California travel pieces and poetry published in Pacific Rural Press, San Francisco Call, Ladies Home Journal. San Francisco Chronicle special correspondent, she also contributed to California Philatelist. Signed pieces "May Blossom," "B.D.," "Blossom Davis." Includes 6 p. manuscript from school days (study schedule?).
Volumes: 1
Condition: Spine detached, leather binding loose, loose items.
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Creator: Frieda Kraeger
Contents: Photographs, invitations, school souvenirs, news clippings, graduation announcements, ticket stubs, programs, greeting cards.
Date range: 1909 - 1923
Notes: Documentation of the school years of Frieda Kraeger, a graduate of Mission High School, San Francisco in 1919. Autographs from classmates and information on the San Francisco school system are included. This is primarily a photo documentation.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Good.
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Creator: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cooper Levy; Beverly Levy
Contents: Photographs, manuscripts, hair, news clippings, ephemera.
Date range: c. 1908 - 1931
Notes: The scrapbook documents important events in Levy's life (PPIE, family outings, football games, dances, recitals), ending with her graduation from high school in 1931. Mother Stork's Baby Book is illustrated by Albertine R. Wheelan.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly good, some discoloration and tears.
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Creator: Byron Getchell
Contents: Letters, tributes, drawings, photographs.
Date range: 1948
Notes: Inspector Byron Getchell, head of the school traffic patrol in San Francisco, celebrated his twenty-five year anniversary. Letters written to him congratulate and thank him for his hard work. Governor Earl Warren added his congratulations.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly good; Scrapbook made of wood; stains on pages; some pictures torn and detached.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: news clippings
Date range: 1914 - 1927
Notes: Articles report news of the Indoor Yacht Club, as well as judicial (and other) elections and generally significant events. One of the Club's big events was Beach Day, a midsummer carnival of sorts. Numerous articles discuss James Coffroth, a well-known boxing promoter and attorney.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Pages fragile, discolored.
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See also: Scrapbook76
Creator: Merla Zellerbach
Contents: Letters, announcements, telegrams, news clippings, photographs.
Date range: 1961 - 1962
Notes: The author of "Love in a Dark House" documents her career as a writer. Included are articles and reviews of her writing, letters from June Lockhart Lindsay, Luther Nicholas of Doubleday, Merriam Smith of UPI, and the ambassador of Spain.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair.
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Creator: Blanche Morse Kenna
Contents: News clippings
Date range: 1927 - 1936
Notes: Articles report Lindbergh's flight over the Atlantic to Paris; his visit to San Francisco, Sept. 1927; the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and Hauptmann trial; Lind-bergh's part in air mail scandal of Roosevelt's administration; his experiments.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly poor; pages detached and binding broken.
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Creator: Harry A. Weiss
Contents: Map, printed pictures, clippings (Harper's Weekly, Scientific American and Sunset magazine), news clippings.
Date range: 1906
Notes: Cover: "The Destruction of San Francisco." Mainly a pictorial document-ation of the great disaster, with "before and after" pictures to show the degree of destruction. Many articles analyze the engineering of the buildings to explain why they came down. Some published first-hand experiences are included.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly good, stains.
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Creator: James W. Coffroth
Contents: newspaper clippings, ephemera
Date range: 1905 - 1909
Notes: Coffroth was an attorney and early boxing promoter; articles discuss the fights that he set up, various boxing personalities, his involvement in the graft scandal surrounding Mayor Eugene Schmitz, Abe Ruef and the "fight trust." Political cartoons from the period are numerous.
Volume : 1
Condition: Fairly good; discoloration, binding slightly torn.
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Creator: Rincon Annex Conservation committee
Contents: Magazine / newspaper clippings, photographs, plans, correspondence.
Date range: 1979.
Notes: The Rincon Annex post office is decorated with murals by artist Anton Refregier; scrapbook documents preservation of the murals. They were in danger of being destroyed until the building was declared a historic landmark. Reports on the Rincon Annex landmark status are included.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Very good
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Creator: Elizabeth M. O' Day (?)
Contents: News clippings, magazine clippings
Date range: 1915 - 1933
Notes: Poems written about San Francisco by noted poets.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair.
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Creator: Elizabeth M. O'Day
Contents: Clippings from Town Talk.
Date range: 1915 -1918.
Notes: All poems relate to San Francisco, or to the people of San Francisco; many famous poets are represented in this collection.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fair; pages are loose.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbooks 78, 80, 83
Creator: Unknown
Contents: Clippings, typescripts, manuscript poems, photographs, postcards
Date range: 1936 - 1973
Notes: Poems about California places, San Francisco and the people that made the city. The work of many well-known San Francisco poets is here. Some pieces were published in The Recorder, and included are poems of its editor, Edward O' Day. Title index at front of volume. SFPL binding, "#1."
Volumes: 1
Condition: good.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbooks 78, 79, 83
Creator: Unknown (Mrs. Rose B. Goddard?)
Contents: newspaper clippings, ephemera
Date range: 1896 - 1931
Notes: Materials from First Presbyterian Church located on Van Ness Ave. and Sacramento St., and articles and ephemera connected with Presbyterian activities in California and out of state. Other articles deal with generally important individuals and events in San Francisco, including the 1906 earthquake, immigration, World War I, the League of Nations. Some poetry included.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Paper fragile, loose pages, binding loose.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: magazine/newspaper clippings, printed pictures, postcards, photographs
Date range: 1906 - 1910
Notes: Documents damage done by the great disaster, the progress of reconstruction, and the outlook for the future. Homes built since the fire are represented. Projected reconstruction, financial prospects and gains after the fire, and a new era in state banking are some topics covered.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly good; discoloration.
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Creator: Unknown
Contents: Printed pictures.
Date range: c. 1906-1949
Notes: An album of pictures of historic buildings and sites in San Francisco. The pictures show what the damage of the 1906 earthquake and fire did to many buildings, and what San Francisco looked like after the reconstruction. A few articles are written by Edward M. O'Day in his column called, "Old San Francisco."
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly good; some tears, loose pages.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbooks 78, 79, 80 and companion volume 82.
Creator: [Patrick Calhoun?]
Contents: Newspaper clippings
Date range: 1906
Notes: Patrick Calhoun was president of United Railroads of San Francisco. The company was thought to have bribed the Board of Supervisors (through Ruef) to pass an ordinance permitting construction and use of overhead trolley lines. Charges of "trolley graft" were lodged against Patrick Calhoun. Rudolph Spreckels, with his private contributions to the graft prosecutions, was accused of plotting against Calhoun, and blamed for the Company's troubles.
Volumes: 1
Condition: Fairly poor; binding coming undone, pages detaching.
Subject headings:
See also: Scrapbook 76
Creator: Blanche Pasterino
Contents: Photographs, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, paintings, and letters.
Date range: 1972 - 1987
Notes: Blanche's was a popular eatery located on Fourth Street in the China Basin area of San Francisco. Blanche's was a unique place, with art shows and book signings. The book signing of photographer Imogen Cunningham was one important event. George Post had a birthday party at Blanche's. Scrapbook includes a thank-you letter f
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