George Davidson papers, 1845-1911.

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George Davidson papers, 1845-1911.

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Letters, including family correspondence; diaries; personalia; financial papers; manuscripts of his writings and speeches; notebooks; lecture notes; computations and drawings; subject files; photographs; reports; sketches; maps; clippings. Service with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Service and with various commissions, governmental and private; interests in science, engineering, geography and navigation, history of California, etc.; association with the University of California as Regent and as professor. Included also: some papers of his wife and children, and papers relating to his wife's family (Fauntleroy family and Owen family).

Originals: 69 boxes, 27 cartons, 2 oversize volumes, 1 oversize package, 11 oversize folders, 1 oversize portfolio (circa 65 linear feet)Letter by Bret Harte, Box 12: partial microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 1665:2) and positive (BANC FILM 2693, reel 2).Copies of Letters of Jane Dale Owen Fauntleroy (Box 11, 3 folders); Papers of Robert H. Fauntleroy, Papers relating to Robert H. Fauntleroy, Papers of Jane Dale Owen Fauntleroy, and Miscellaneous papers relating to the Fauntleroy family (Box 64, 4 folders): 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2704) and positive.Copies of Letters of Jane Dale Owen Fauntleroy (Box 11, 3 folders); Papers of Robert H. Fauntleroy, Papers relating to Robert H. Fauntleroy, Papers of Jane Dale Owen Fauntleroy, and Miscellaneous papers relating to the Fauntleroy family (Box 64, 4 folders): also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2413.Copy of Letters from Benjamin Peirce to George Davidson, 1865-1874 (233 letters, 3 folders from Box 50): 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG BOX 2998) and positive.Letters by William Einbeck, 1872-1902, (Box 37, 2 folders) from Coast and Geodetic Survey Correspondence : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3246) and positive.

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