Correspondence, deeds, ephemeral materials, pamphlets, printed materials, receipts, typescripts, vouchers.

Brief biography of Adolph Sutro, mine engineer, mayor of San Francisco (1895-1897), developer of the Cliff House and Sutro Baths, Sutro Gardens, and book collec

Adolph Sutro was forever seeking challenges. Emigrating from Prussia to the U.S. at age 20, the California gold rush lured him west. At the Comstock Lode in Nev

Thirty-five million Americans live in California, more than any other state. Robert Chandler's sweeping history begins with the area's indigenous inhabitants, a