Pierce family papers, [ca. 1868-1961].

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Pierce family papers, [ca. 1868-1961].

Box 1: Letters (1869-1888) and 1868 diary of Margaret Cameron Pierce, relating to her early life in San Francisco and to her singing career; diaries (1897 and 1915-1917) of her daughter, Mary Eugenia, relating to travels to Japan and to social life in the Bay Area; miscellaneous family correspondence, including letters from Horatio Stebbins and Robert E. Cowan; and miscellaneous papers, some including genealogical information. Box 2: Materials concerning Cloyne Court, Berkeley; scrapbook of clippings (ca. 1899-1907) and loose clippings.

2 boxes.1868 diary : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 978:1)

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Stebbins, Horatio, 1821-1902

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Unitarian minister; Regent, University of California. From the description of Horatio Stebbins papers, 1868-1902. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84653414 ...

Pierce, Margaret Cameron (Mrs. James Manning Pierce), 1851-1921.

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Pierce, Mary Eugenia, 1872-1964.

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Cowan, Robert Ernest, 1862-1942

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Robert Ernest Cowan was born in 1862 in Toronto, Canada; came to San Francisco in 1870; student at UC Berkeley 1882-84; San Francisco bookseller from 1895-1920 and author of bibliographies of history of California and the Pacific Coast; librarian for William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1919-33; moved to Los Angeles at Clark's request in 1926; Cowan's collection of books and manuscripts form the nucleus of the UCLA Dept. of Special Collections' holdings in Californiana; married Marie Margaret Fleissner i...