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Metadata
Title |
CA Centennial Literary Collection [copy], 1950 |
Object Name |
Book |
Scope & Content |
CA Centennial Literary Collection, 1950. Fifty legal-size pages of captioned black-and-white photocopies of manuscript pages, inscriptions, and letters by influential writers in California's history, including Jack London, Mark Twain, John Muir, and others. Also contains a small attached note between San Mateo County librarians, with a thistle design at the top and dated 1987, saying "For Atherton - use for exhibit, display, pam file, whatever." and a pencil signature "Joan". "Original in Huntington Library / TITLE-PAGE AND FLY LEAF OF PRESENTATION COPY OF GERTRUDE ATHERTON'S / "THE DOOMSWOMAN," INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO AMBROSE BIERCE" (caption of first page, under photocopy of said title page; other pages follow this format); "JOAN LARSON / San Mateo County Library / Reference / 573-2072 / 11/19/87 / Ruth, / For Atherton - use for exhibit, display, pam file, whatever. / Joan" (typed on small paper note; "Joan" is signed in pencil) |
Date |
1950 |
Creator |
Dighton, Basil |
Catalog Number |
2010.092.042.1-50 |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Category |
Documents |
People |
Holbrook-Palmer, Olive |
Search Terms |
Holbrook-Palmer San Mateo San Mateo County San Mateo County Library |
Subjects |
Books Libraries Literature |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Atherton Heritage Association |