From: Deb Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 12 2005 - 15:59:02 PDT
Message-Id: <f8dc6d272cebdb564e75285790bc6826@exploratorium.edu> From: Deb Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu> Subject: BayNet: Society of California Pioneers Tour Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:59:02 -0700
Our 80th anniversary gala was a bit crowded so you may want to return
for this free tour.
Tour of the Society of California Pioneers, Thursday, October 20, 5:30
- 8:30 pm
Hosted by Library Director, Pat Keats, enjoy a self-guided view of the
Society's new exhibit of Treasures from the Collections, and a tour of
the Alice Phelan Sullivan Library, which contains over 10,000 books,
manuscripts, maps, journals, newspapers, and autobiographical materials
related to the early history of California.
Among its most distinguished holdings are over fifty pioneer diaries,
notably those of John A. Sutter and Henry W. Bigler, the primary
sources documenting the discovery of gold in California, and an
eight-volume book of reminiscences of its founding members from 1850.
Scholars may consult some 1,000 manuscript files, a newspaper
collection numbering over 250 titles, nearly 300 periodicals, over
3,000 maps, and archival material related to Mexican California, Angel
Island, the Midwinter Fair of 1894, and the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition of 1915 as well as the Cooper-Molera Papers,
the Patterson Mining Collection, and the Jacob Rink Snyder Collection.
The Library is non-circulating, but open by appointment to Members,
Friends, college and university faculty, graduate students, and other
individuals pursuing research.
The schedule is as follows:
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Meet at the Society of California Pioneers' 1st floor
gallery.
7:00 - 8:00 PM: Tour of the Library (3rd floor).
Food and drink will be served on the 2nd floor between 6:00 - 8:30 PM.
To attend this event, please RSVP to
Tim.Dewolf@sf.frb.org
Please note: no confirmation emails will be sent unless reservations
become unavailable.
For directions to the Society of California Pioneers, see
http://www.californiapioneers.org/visitor_info.html
________________________
Deborah Hunt
Senior Information Specialist
Exploratorium
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Voice: 415-353-0485
Fax: 415-561-0370
mailto:dhunt@exploratorium.edu
"There is no such thing as a self-made (wo)man. We are made up of
thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or
spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the makeup of
our character and our thoughts, as well as our success."
George Matthew Adams
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