Papers on early church-sponsored California colleges, 1865-1960.

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Papers on early church-sponsored California colleges, 1865-1960.

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Folder 1 contains index cards keyed to various published works on California Protestant education in mid-19th century. Folder 2 contains notes on schools collected by Bob Richards from "Occident." Folder 3 contains correspondence between C.M. Drury and R. Coke Wood (1959-1976) and other Drury correspondence. Folder 4 contains materials on Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy. Folder 5 contains materials on Mills College. Folder 6 contains contains materials on Alexander Academy, Healdsburg, Calif.; Placerville Academy and Santa Rosa Female Seminary. Folder 7 contains clippings on Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy; College of California and Mills College. Folder 8 contains printed material on early schools.

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University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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College of California

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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...

Mills College

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Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984

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Historian and biographer of the Protestant missionaries to Oregon. From the description of Papers, 1932-1958. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852284 Historian, Presbyterian minister. Ph. D. University of Edinburgh (1932). Professor Church History at San Francisco Theological Seminary (1938-1964). Published many works on church history, including: "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon"; "Diary of Elkanah Walker" (1976); and "Chief Law...

Alexander Academy (Healdsburg, Calif.)

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Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831

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Jedediah Strong Smith was born June 24, 1799 in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. He was the son of Jedediah Smith of New Hampshire and was the eldest of fourteen children. Jedediah's early childhood was spent in Ohio where he received and English and Latin education. At thirteen he became a clerk on a Lake Erie freighter where he learned business methods and met traders returning from the Far West. Jedediah became ambitious for an adventure to the wilderness and he went to St. Louis around...

Santa Rosa Female Seminary (Santa Rosa, Calif.)

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Mount Tamalpais Military Academy (San Rafael, Calif.)

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