Eudora Garoutte Collection, 1918-1943
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California state library
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History The Spanish settled in California in 1769. The first permanent settlement was started when soldiers and sailors established permanent residence in San Diego. San Jose de Guadalupe was the first pueblo in California. It was founded November 29, 1777 by five colonists who had come to California with explorer, Juan Baptista de Anza. From 1769 to 1822 California was under Spanish rule. In 1822, California declared independence...
Garoutte, Eudora, -1943
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Mary Eudora Garoutte was born in Woodland, California. She began working in the California State Library in 1899. She was first placed in charge of bringing the California newspapers into order, and then of gathering other California material into a department of its own. She served as head of the California Section until 1933. At the time of her retirement, the section contained 13,000 volumes. Garoutte was active in civic and library affairs until her death in Alameda, California on January 8,...
