UC Berkeley Bancroft Library
Bancroft Library
UC Berkeley
- Location: Berkeley, CA
- Phone: 510-642-6481
- Email: bancref-library@berkeley.edu
- Website: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
The Bancroft Library is the primary special collections library at the University of California, Berkeley. One of the largest and most heavily used libraries of manuscripts, rare books, and unique materials in the United States, Bancroft supports major research and instructional activities and plays a leading role in the development of the University's research collections.
Collections at this institution
Alameda County, California, ca. 1913 - Views
The Views of Alameda County, California album contains 25 photographs taken circa 1913 by the Cheney Photo Adv. Co. E.S. Cheney, president of the company, may be the photographer. Views include downtown Oakland, Lake Merritt, the Claremont Country Club, the University of California Berkeley campus, San Jose, and Livermore Valley....
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
25 Items
Alameda County oil wells of the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. photograph album
Includes photographs of oil wells and other oil field structures in the hills near Livermore, Alameda County, Cailf. Appearing in most photographs are oil field workers and unidentified oil officials, possibly affiliated with the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. Clippings pertain to the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. and other aspects of petroleum oil in California.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
1 Item
Alaska to Mexico, ca. 1859-1902 - Stereoviews
This collection consists of 46 photographic prints (23 stereographs, 21 "PIC" size, and 2 "A" size) of views from Alaska to Mexico, circa 1859-1902. Includes work by various photographers: American Stereoscopic Co., W. B. Ingersoll, C. W. Woodward, Continent Stereoscopic Co., W. G. Chamberlain, Charles Weitfle, Strohmeyer & Wyman, Kilburn Brothers, Blosser Scenic Art Co., Underwood & Underwood, J. Carbutt, Keystone View Company, Liberty Brand, Edward De Groff, La Roche Photo, E. Dossetter, [B. H.?] Gurnsey, W. E. Hook, A. S. Hood (Hawaii), F. Jay Haynes, Percy Cox, Waite Photo (C. B. Waite), Scott (Mexico), and A. Briquet. Includes scenes …
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
23 Items
Alfred Tarski Papers, circa 1923-1985
Papers of Alfred Tarski (1902-1983), renowned professor of mathematics and logic at the University of California, Berkeley.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
18 Items
Alice Iola Hare Photograph Collection
The Hare collection contains 575 silver gelatin prints, taken by Mrs. Hare circa 1900-1910. Most of the photographs were taken in and around the Santa Clara Valley region of Northern California, especially in the vicinities of Santa Clara and San Jose. Other areas featured in the collection are Saratoga, Los Gatos, the Santa Cruz Mountains, Big Basin Park, San Francisco, Monterey, Palo Alto, Sonoma County, Lake County, and Pebble Beach. The subject matter of Mrs. Hare's work is diverse, including gardens, gardening and botany; architecture; streets and roadways; parks, landscapes, and other scenes of nature; agriculture and industry; travel and …
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
303 Items
Alphonse Louis Pinart Papers
Alphonse Louis Pinart (1852-1911) was a French scholar with wide linguistic and ethnological interests who traveled extensively, collecting documents and information as he went. Most of his collections as of 1885 were acquired by H. H. Bancroft. This group consists of diaries, notebooks, correspondence and other personal papers. Material primarily of linguistic interest, or concerned with the history of particular areas, has been assigned separate call numbers, and readers should consult the manuscripts catalog and A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Bancroft Library, v. 1.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
16 Items
American Civil War Era - Portraits
Portraits show various identified personalities, many of them military figures.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
2 Items
American war posters from the First World War
American war posters, handbills, and broadsides created during the era of the First World War.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
169 Items
American war posters from the Second World War
American war posters and other war-related ephemera from various United States governement agencies or private publishers. Broad catagories present include: bonds and war finance, civil defense, civilian participation (food supply, health and safety, labor, non-combatant service, rationing and conservation, war production, etc.), espionage, military operations, military recruiting, international relations (pro-Allied or anti-Axis propaganda), and patriorism. Approximately 130 items are small format ephemera, in the form of leaflets, placards, handbills, etc....
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
682 Items
Archivos de las Misiones
Original documents and contemporary copies, emanating from or relating to the California missions. Include correspondence, circular letters, reports, accounts, a few padrones, and one book of marriages.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
1 Item
