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This folder, replacing a box marked "copies of my letters to Europe, camp 1906, books on earthquake S. F." contains seven Camp Pay Roll sheets for Camp No. 8 dated between September 17 and November 18, 1906. They indicate that Dr. Bine as Camp Commander worked 7 days a week and was paid $150 a month. The box also contains clippings about the earthquake; a Red Cross Directory of Relief Work in San Francisco, July 1, 1906; Preliminary Report of the San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds, November 20, 1906; Department Reports of the San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds, March 19, 1907; an article about the 1906 earthquake from Collier's magazine, March 30, 1956; various newspaper clippings, including several indicating that Marie Louise Bine Rodriguez graduated from Stanford University with Great Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa in June, 1938; typewritten transcripts of letters in which Dr. René Bine wrote detailed accounts from San Francisco to his "folks" in the days immediately following the 1906 earthquake; and a Laird Lee, Publishers, advertisement for Glimpses of the San Francisco Disaster, promising 100 halftones of the earthquake's devastation.

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Dates

  • 1906-1956

Extent

From the Collection: 2 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the California Historical Society Repository

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