Eastwood (Alice) papers 1859-1981

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Eastwood (Alice) papers 1859-1981

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt28703348

The Alice Eastwood Collection is comprised of materials donated to the California Academy of Sciences. It contains her memoirs, diaries, field notes, and correspondence, among other items.

23.09 Cubic feet; 80 boxes (19 manuscript boxes, 40 clamshell boxes, 4 extra large manuscript boxes, 4 half-width manuscript boxes, 3 flat oversized archives boxes, 1 photo album box, and 9 index boxes), 3 half-oversize folders in Manuscript Flat Files

California Academy of Sciences, Special Collections

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