Papers, 1955-1979.
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Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
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Sutter, California pioneer, had gold discovered on his estate in 1848, prompting the Gold Rush. From the description of ALS, 1856 September 7 : Hock Farm, to Colonel (James G.G.F. Warren?). (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16723069 From the description of ALS, 1851 June 25 : Hock Farm, to General John Wilson, San Francisco. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16722847 American pioneer. Owner of Sutter's mill where gold was ...
Ottley, Allan R.
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Alan Ottley was born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1909 but has been a resident of California since he was 13. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School and Santa Barbara State College and completed library school in Riverside. He worked in the Humboldt County Library and the Sacramento City Library and, after serving with the Navy in the South Pacific, began his long association with the California Section of the California State Library. Mr. Ottley has been active in many professional, ...
Sutter, John Augustus, 1826-1897
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Eldest son of John Augustus Sutter, founder of Sutter's Fort, John arrived in California in 1848. Took over management of his father's empire in that year. From the description of Statement regarding early California experiences, 1855 Feb. 27. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58946067 John A. Sutter, Jr. was appointed U.S. consul to Mexico in Acapulco in 1870. His son, John A. Sutter [III] was born in 1852, raised by his grandparents in Calif. and Penn., and l...
Goodman, John B. (John Bartlett), 1901-1991
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The "Revised and concise history of the Vigilance Committee of 1856" was written by Almarin Paul, a '49er pioneer who moved to Sacramento from St. Louis. Established a merchant firm in Sacramento but soon sold his shares to go into mining. He became the first person to mine for silver in Nevada, and is the inventor of the iron process for working silver ores and of some other mining machinery. During his first few years in California, Paul was an active member of the Vigilance Committee of 1856....
Hutchinson, W. H. (William Henry), 1910-1990
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W.H. (William Henry) Hutchinson, a noted western historian, was born in Colorado in 1911. Hutchinson served in the merchant marines from 1933-1946, seeing duty in World War II. After being discharged, Hutchinson was a freelance writer until 1959, when he received his M.A. from California State University, Chico. He later served as a professor of history at his alma mater from 1964-1978. Hutchinson was nominated for the pulitzer prize for his biography of Thomas Bard, entitled "Oil, Land, and Pol...
Levenson, Roger, 1914-1994
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Roger Levenson was born in Bangor, Maine on October 10, 1914. He studied printing while attending the University of Maine. He served in Hawaii during WWII and settled in the San Francisco Bay area where he spent the rest of his life. He founded and operated the Tamalpais Press from circa 1955-1976 when he retired. Levenson also taught a class titled "The History of the Book" at UC Berkeley for 12 years. Levenson died in 1994. From the description of Roger Levenson papers, circa 1960-...
