The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-24
SOCIETY TELLS
PORTOLA HISTORY
University Organization. Pub
fishes Volume on Expedition
of Old Spanish Discoverer

BERKELEY, Sept. 23.-The first two
cihc Coast History were issued today
by the University of California, the
official account of the Portola expedf-
ton, by Frederick j. Teggert, curator
of the academy, and a book on the San
Francisco clearing house certificates
being the works published. The clear
ing house certificate account is written
by Prof c. c. Plehn of the university.
who is head of the finance department.
The Academy of Pacific Coast His
tory is founded upon the famous Ban
croft collection of books, manuscripts
and newspapers dealing with the his
tory of the Pacific coast. The collec-
tion was purchased by the state
university in 1905 at cost of $3.50 900,
and contains more than 100000 origi-
nal manuscripts, $4,000 printed books,
old and new. and 10000 volumes Of
newspapers from all parts of the coast.
The academy is composed of men in
terested in the work of chronicling the
affairs of the coast, and many works
are planned by the different members,
the two before mentioned being the
first to be printed. The next publica-
ton of the society will be the Diary
of Gaspar de Portola" from May IL,
1863 to January, 1770. The manuscript
for this volume is in the possession of
the Bancroft library, and the work of
translating 1t is now being carried on.
EXPEDITION OF PORTOLA
The account of the Portola expedi-
ton, printed by the academy, lis written
both in Spanish and English, the pages
facing each other In manner similar
to an opera libretto. 1t tells of the trip
up the coast by Don Gaspar de Portola
in 1870 and the establishing of the San
Carlos mission and preside in Mon
terey, and the voyage on the ship San
Antonio to San Francisco. Missions
were established along the way and a
report made to the Spanish govern
ment by Portola.
Plehn's book on the clearing house
certificates of 1908 is more of a COL
lection of statistics than anything else.
although an account of the financial de-
preston rs to be found. The work is
of more interest to bankers and flnan-
ciers than to the public, being of a
technical nature. 1t is written because
in the eyes of the society the depres-
sion following the earthquake is an
| important factor in the history of the
Pacific coast.
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY
The membership of the society is
composed of the following:
! William B. Bourn William G.. Irwin
| william II. Croker Livingston jerks
1 Guy G. Earl James K. Mofftt
Joseph D. Grant Frederick w. Sharon
1 Mrs Phebe Apperson Leon Sloss
Hearst Sigmund Stern
Richard NJ. Hotaling Rudolph ]. Taussig
William F. Herrin
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, ex ofhcio.
Henry Morse Stephens, secretary.
Frederick J. Teggart. curator.
Porter Garrett. assistant curator.
Their object as set forth in their con-
stitution is to promote the study OF
Pacific coast history in this state. as
well as along the whole coast, and as.
sociate members. or fellows in the aca-
denny, will be taken into the society
| Fellowship in the academy carries with
! it the privilege of receiving all the
publications planned by the society.