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Title
Cosas de California : ms., 1878
Creator
Avila, Maria Inocenta Pico, 1811-, Author
Contributor
Avila, Maria Inocenta Pico, 1811-, Author
Date Created and/or Issued
1878
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
California Cultures: selected documents from the Bancroft Library
Rights Information
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
The Bancroft Library-Assigned
Copyright has been assigned to The Bancroft Library. Materials in these collections are protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) and may not be used without permission of The Bancroft Library. Use may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, privacy and publicity rights, licensing terms, and trademarks. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html
The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Description
Dictation recorded by Thomas Savage for H.H. Bancroft, concerning her husband, Miguel Avila, and events related to early California governors Sola, Arguello, Echeandia, Victoria, Micheltorena, and N. Gutierrez; missions in 1840; schooling for girls in Monterey; meeting with Agustin Fernandez de San Vicente; friendship with Jose Castro and J.B. Alvarado. Includes translation
Historical background and transcriptions of excerpts were published in Critica : a journal of critical essays (La Jolla), Spring 1994, p. 56-66
Type
text
Format
Copies of originals : partial microfilm reel (35 exposures) : negative (Rich. 92:14) and positive (Film C-D, reel 8) Originals : 31 leaves ; 31 cm. Translation (photocopy) : 1 v. Translation : 1 v. Copy of translation : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2635) and positive
Form/Genre
Autobiographies
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb4f59p0bh
BANC MSS C-D 34 (Bneg 92: 14)
Language
English
Spanish
Subject
Missions--California
Education--California
Women--California
Savage, Thomas, b. 1823
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918--Collection--CU-BANC
Place
California
History To 1846

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