Collection Summary
Collection Title:
George Davidson Papers, 1845-1911
Collection Number:
BANC MSS C-B 490
Creator:
Davidson, George, 1825-1911
Extent:
Number of containers: 65 boxes, 28 cartons, 2 oversize v., 1 oversize package, 11 oversize folders, and 1 oversize portfolio
Repository:
The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract:
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).
Languages Represented:
English
