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Title |
California Literary Centennial Booklet, 1950 |
Object Name |
Book |
Scope & Content |
California Literary Centennial Booklet, 1950. Small tan 15-page booklet by the California Centennial Council and Historical Society of Southern California, commemorating influential writers in California's history. Front cover has photographs of Jack London, R.L. Stevenson, J. Miller, Helen Hunt Jackson, John Muir, Mark Twain, and Bret Harte. Booklet introduces exhibits of historically significant works put on by California's libraries. "The / California Literary Centennial / 1850 / 1950" (on cover, along with writers' names below their photographs); "CALIFORNIA COLLECTION / CALIFORNIA - / LITERATURE" (stamp, top left of cover); "c.2" (pencil, top right cover); "SAN MATEO COUNTY / (illegible) LIBRARY / REDWOOD CITY Ca." (stamp, bottom center cover); "STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR EARL WARREN / Literary Centennial Souvenir Booklet, March 9, 1950 / In this year of California's Centennial of statehood it is fitting that we / honor the writers and journalists who recorded the romance, the drama, and / the achievements which have made its history so distinctive. Thanks to these / men and women and their inspired pens, the story of California is known / throughout the world and will live on forever." (statement inside front cover) |
Date |
1950 |
Creator |
Dighton, Basil |
Catalog Number |
2010.092.041 |
Extent of Description |
9 x 6 x .125 closed |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Search Terms |
Holbrook-Palmer Redwood City San Mateo San Mateo County |
Subjects |
Books Literature Photographic prints Photographs Photography |
People |
Holbrook-Palmer, Olive Warren, Earl |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Atherton Heritage Association |