Letter book of the College of California, 1849-67.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter book of the College of California, 1849-67.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227528329

Letters mainly to Samuel H. Willey, concerning serving as trustee or on the faculty of the college. Early letters relate to possible establishment of a college in Benicia or San Jose. Three letters of Frederick Law Olmsted, 1864-65, relate to plans for the college property in Berkeley, later given to the state for the University of California.

1 v.

UC Berkeley Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7083538

UC Berkeley Libraries

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Online Archive of California

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg0dnv (corporateBody)

Willey, Samuel H. (Samuel Hopkins), 1821-1914

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cf9v82 (person)

Samuel Hopkins Willey (1821-1914), a leading California educator, arrived in California in 1849. In 1855 he co-founded, with Henry Durant, the College of California, which was a forerunner of the University of California system and was later incorporated into UC Berkeley. Willey was also the author of several books, including Thirty years in California : a contribution to the history of the state from 1849 to 1879 (1879), History of the College of California (1887), American Congregationalism in...

College of California

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64789kv (corporateBody)

Chartered in 1855, and operated in Oakland, Calif. until 1869. From the description of Documents of the College of California, 1850-1869. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 45217065 Brief History The College of California was chartered in 1855 and operated in Oakland, California until 1869. Initially it functioned as a preparatory academy, under the name of College School, and the first college clas...

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hd7vhb (person)

Landscape architect. From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908 American landscape designer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066 Landscape architect. Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.' From the description ...