Testimonios

by Beebe, Rose Marie

• ISBN13: 9781597140324
• ISBN10: 1597140325
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-17
• Publisher: Heyday Books

Summary

When in the early 1870s historian Hubert Howe Bancroft sent interviewers out to gather oral histories from the pre-statehood gentry of California, he didn't count on one thing: the women. When the men weren't available, the interviewers collected the stories of the women of the household-almost as an afterthought. These were eventually archived at the University of California, although many were all but forgotten.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Prologue	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xix
Testimonios
Isidora Filomena	p. 3
Rosalia Vallejo	p. 17
Dorotea Valdez	p. 31
Maria Antonia Rodriguez	p. 43
Teresa de la Guerra	p. 49
Josefa Carrillo	p. 69
Catarina Avila	p. 85
Eulalia Perez	p. 95
Juana Machado	p. 119
Felipa Osuna	p. 145
Apolinaria Lorenzana	p. 165
Angustias de la Guerra	p. 193
Maria Inocenta Pico	p. 297
Appendices
Excerpts from "Ramblings in California"	p. 321
"Report of Labors in Archives and Procuring Material for History of California 1876-9"	p. 341
Original Transcript of Interview of Rosalia Vallejo	p. 385
Original Transcript of Interview of Dorotea Valdez	p. 388
Biographical Sketches of Historical Figures	p. 395
Chronology of Events in Early California	p. 424
Governors of Alta California and Important Events during Their Governorships	p. 427
Notes	p. 429
List of Illustrations	p. 442
Glossary	p. 445
Bibliography	p. 449
Index	p. 461
About the Authors	p. 471
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