Wait, Frona Eunice, 1859-1946
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Journalist. The first newspaper woman on the San Francisco Examiner. She also worked for the San Francisco Call and the Chronicle. She was an author, lecturer, and conducted a radio broadcast. She was the model for Jack London's heroine in his first novel, "A Daughter of the Snows." She established the San Francisco Book Fair.
From the description of Frona Wait Colburn Collection, 1900-1942. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58745809
Links to collections
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923. Papers of George Wharton James, 1871-1921.
Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
Colburn, Frona Eunice Wait. Manuscripts of Frona Eunice Wait Colburn [manuscript] 1913 and 1926.
University of Virginia. Library
Wait, Frona Eunice, 1859-1946. Frona Wait Colburn Collection, 1900-1942.
California state library
Where beauty reigns :, circa 1800-1900
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Keene, Florence R., 1878-. Papers of Florence R. Keene, 1896-1950.
Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
Related names in SNAC
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Chamberlain, Arthur H.
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Hadley, Grace T.
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Holliday, Carl.
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James, George Wharton, 1858-1923.
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Keene, Florence R., 1878-
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Miller, Marian Sutherland.
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Ryan, Marah Ellis, 1866-1934.
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Tenney, Agnes Manney.
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Smith, Mrs. Walter V.
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Portland Hotel (Portland, Or.)
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San Francisco Book Fair.
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Subjects:
- Printing
- Balls (Parties)
- Book collecting
- Indians of North America
- Oregon
- Pageants
- Social life and customs
Occupations:
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Places:
- California (as recorded)
Variant Names
Colburn, Frona Eunice Wait, 1859-1946
Wait, Frona Eunice
Colburn, Frona Eunice Wait.
Waite, Frona Eunice, 1859-1946
Colburn, Frederick H. Mrs 1859-1946
Colburn, Frona Eunice Wait (Smith), 1859-1946