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The Society of California Pioneers, established in 1850, is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of California art, history, and culture. Founded by individuals arriving in California before 1850 and thriving under the leadership of several generations of their direct descendants, the Society has continuously served its members, the academic ...
Shortly after its most recent refounding in 1922, the Society leased Room 508 of the Wells Fargo Building (at Second and Mission) as its headquarters. [6] Subsequently, the Society moved its offices to 456 McAllister (sharing the Pioneer Hall building near City Hall with the Society of California Pioneers) in 1938 [11] and the Flood Building as a temporary home in 1955 when the Pioneer society ...
The Haggin Museum's Library/Archives began with material donated to the museum in 1931 by the San Joaquin Society of California Pioneers, comprising a wide-ranging collection of historical artifacts, photographs, ledgers, journals, correspondence, and other ephemera. Today there are some 10,000 volumes in the library.
Berkeley Hills Books; San Francisco : Society of California Pioneers, [Berkeley, CA]. 2002. Johnson, Drew Heath & Oakland Museum of California, with essays by Palmquist, Peter E. Capturing light : masterpieces of California photography, 1850 to the present .
George Alonzo Johnson From Society of California Pioneers. Print from copy neg. loaned by Denis Casebier 1969, Nov. 07, in The Otis Marston Colorado River Collection, Huntington Digital Library. Print from copy neg. loaned by Denis Casebier 1969, Nov. 07, in The Otis Marston Colorado River Collection, Huntington Digital Library.
He kept a diary about his experiences in 1869 during an arduous rail trip from New York to California and wrote a book about it, "Coast to coast by railroad: The journey of Niles Searls--May, 1869". [12] Searls was vice president of the Society of California Pioneers. [13] Along with Aaron A. Sargent, Searls was a Freemason of the Nevada Lodge ...
In the 1850s, he was a leading member of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance and was a member of the Society of California Pioneers. [1] He was also an active member of the California Militia and in 1854, was elected First Lieutenant of the California Guard, Light Battery, the oldest military company in the state organized in 1849. [2]
In 1922, he was named a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. [9] [10] Cushing had interests in agriculture and history. He was a member of the California Historical Society and served four terms as president of the Society of California Pioneers. Cushing was a member of the Bohemian Club. [4]