WEEK 1

Tues 1-10

Introduction: California, Fact and Fiction

Welcome to Week 1 of History 3500-04. This week we will study a primary document and read Chapters 1 and 3 in Elusive Eden (EE). Short exams on the EE chapters are available now on BB (see the Exam Folder in "Course Materials").

Your first written assignment will be based on this week's readings, so BB's Week 1 folder is where you will find links to the Short Essay and the tools you will use to analyze the assigned primary document, "California Indian Acorn Culture."

Required Reading (EE):

Ch. 1 (Ch. 1 Exam is available now on BB)

Here's how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Rice, Richard B., William A. Bullough, Richard J. Orsi, and Mary Ann Irwin. The Elusive Eden: A New History of California. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.

Endnotes:

First full cite:

Richard B. Rice and others, The Elusive Eden: A New History of California, 4th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011), p. 32 [e.g.].

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Rice, Elusive Eden, 35 [e.g.].

Suggested Reading (EE):

Ch. 2

Thurs 1-12

Native California

Required Reading (EE):

Ch. 3 (Ch. 3 Exam is available now on BB)

Here's how you cite today's lecture (and all other class lectures):

Bibliography:

Irwin, Mary Ann.  "Native California." Lecture, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA, January
12, 2012.

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Mary Ann Irwin, "Native California" (lecture, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA, January
12, 2012).

Short form, all subsequent citations of that same lecture:

Irwin, "Native California."

Suggested Reading (EE):

Ch. 11, pp. 181-185, from "'Diggers' in the Mines"

Required Reading (BB):

"California Acorn Culture"

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

National Archives Pacific Region, San Francisco, CA. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Sacramento Area Office, Record Group 75. Also available online at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/acorn-handouts.doc.

Endnotes:

First full citation:

[L.D. Creel], “Survey of Fresno and Madera Counties, L. D. Creel, ca. 1920,” unpaginated, National Archives Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Sacramento Area Office, Coded Records Relating to Programs and Administration, 1910-1958, Box 44 (San Francisco: National Archives Pacific Region), photograph 1 [e.g.].

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Creel, "Survey of Fresno and Madera Counties," photograph 2 [e.g.].

Suggested Reading (BB):

William Bauer, Jr., "Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century" (2008)

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Bauer, William Jr.  Chapter 11, "Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century." In A Companion to California History, William Deverell and David Igler, eds. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/bauer.htm (accessed [insert correct date here]). **NOTE: don't put the date in brackets. Yours should look something like this: " .... bauer.htm (accessed March 15, 2012).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

William Bauer, Jr., Chapter 11, "Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century," in A Companion to California History, William Deverell and David Igler, eds. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/bauer.htm (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Bauer, Chapter 11.

WEEK 2

Tues 1-17

Last Day to Add Classes without Instructor / Department Permission

Spanish California: Questioning Colonial Sources

Required Reading (BB):

A Chiuructos woman views the coming of the missions: Testimonio of Isidora Filomena Solano, pp. 9-13

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Cerruti, Enrique. "Narrative of the Interview I Had With Isidora, Widow of Prince Solano." In Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848, translated and edited by Rose Marie Beebe and Robert W. Senkewicz. Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2006.  http://books.google.com/books?id=DuvFpaRwJlgC&lpg=PA3&ots=R2dWG96tyl&dq=isidora%20filomena&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q&f=true (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Enrique Cerruti, "Narrative of the Interview I Had With Isidora, Widow of Prince Solano," in Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848, trans. and ed. Rose Marie Beebe and Robert W. Senkewicz (Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2006), at  http://books.google.com/books?id=DuvFpaRwJlgC&lpg=PA3&ots=R2dWG96tyl&dq=isidora%20filomena&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q&f=true (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Cerruti, "Interview with Isidora."

Franciscan observers recall the founding of Mission San Diego: Francisco Palou's Life of ... Serra, pp. 79-84

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Palou, Francisco. Life and Apostolic Labors of the Venerable Father Junipero Serra, Founder of the Franciscan Missions of California. Pasadena, CA: George Wharton James, 1913. http://www.irwinator.com/3500/serra.htm (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Francisco Palou, Life and Apostolic Labors of the Venerable Father Junipero Serra, Founder of the Franciscan Missions of California (Pasadena, CA: George Wharton James, 1913), at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/serra.htm (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Palou, Life of Serra.

A Californio woman recalls mission life: Testimonio of Eulalia Perez, pp. 98-117

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Savage, Thomas. "An Old Woman and Her Recollections, Dictated by Dona Eulalia Perez, Who Lives at Mission San Gabriel at the Advanced Age of 139 Years, to D. Tomas Savage for the Bancroft Library, 1877." In Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848, translated and edited by Rose Marie Beebe and Robert W. Senkewicz. Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2006.  http://books.google.com/books?id=DuvFpaRwJlgC&lpg=PA95&dq=eulalia%20perez&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q=eulalia%20perez&f=false (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Thomas Savage, "An Old Woman and Her Recollections, Dictated by Dona Eulalia Perez, Whose Lives at Mission San Gabriel at the Advanced Age of 139 Years, to D. Tomas Savage for the Bancroft Library, 1877," in Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848, trans. and ed. Rose Marie Beebe and Robert W. Senkewicz (Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2006), at http://books.google.com/books?id=DuvFpaRwJlgC&lpg=PA95&dq=eulalia%20perez&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q=eulalia%20perez&f=false (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Savage, "An Old Woman." 

Suggested Reading (EE):

Ch. 6

Thurs 1-19

Californios and Indians: Estanislao's Rebellion

Required Reading (EE):

Ch. 4 (Ch. 4 Exam is available now on BB)

WEEK 3

Mon 1-23

Tues 1-24

Exams for EE Chs. 1, 3, and 4 are due on BB by 11:45 pm tonight. You may complete them earlier.

Your Short Essay is due by 11:45 pm tonight. You may submit it earlier. Please upload via Turnitin link in BB Week 3 folder "For Tuesday."

Primary documents for Research Paper Topic A are located in the BB Week 3 folder, along with instructions for formatting your Research Paper.

The "Bear Flag War": Manifest Destiny in California

Required Reading (EE):

Ch. 7 (Ch. 7 Exam is available now on BB)

Suggested Reading (BB):

An American Reporter Explains "Manifest Destiny"

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Sullivan, John L. "An American Journalist Explains 'Manifest Destiny'." HERB by ASHP, Item #1939.  http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1939, accessed [date].

Endnotes:

First full citation:

John L. Sullivan, "An American Journalist Explains 'Manifest Destiny'," HERB by ASHP, Item #1939, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1939, accessed [date].

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Sullivan, "Manifest Destiny."

Report of William B. Ide

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Ide, William B. William B. Ide to "Commodore Stockton," June 15, 1846. http://www.bearflagmuseum.org/June%2015_1846%20William%20B%20Ide%20Letter%20to%20Stockton%20Montgomery.html, accessed [date]. 

Endnotes:

First full citation:

William B. Ide to "Commodore Stockton," June 15, 1846, at http://www.bearflagmuseum.org/June%2015_1846%20William%20B%20Ide%20Letter%20to%20Stockton%20Montgomery.html, accessed [date]. 

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Ide to Stockton.

Thomas Jefferson Gregory, History of Sonoma County

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Gregory, Thomas Jefferson. History of Sonoma County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1911. http://www.irwinator.com/3500/sonoma.htm, accessed [date].

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Thomas Jefferson Gregory, History of Sonoma County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time (Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1911), at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/sonoma.htm, accessed [date].

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Gregory, History.

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's "Recuerdos"

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe. Historical and Personal Memoirs Relating to Alta California. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6535, accessed [date].

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Historical and Personal Memoirs Relating to Alta California, at http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6535, accessed [date].

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Vallejo, Memoirs.

Testimonio of Rosalía Vallejo de Leese

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Cerruti, Enrique. "Narrative of Mrs. Rosalia Leese, Who Witnessed the Hoisting of the Bear Flag in Sonoma on the 14th of June, 1846." In Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848, translated and edited by Rose Marie Beebe and Robert W. Senkewicz. Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2006. At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/deleese.htm, accessed [date].

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Enrique Cerruti, "Narrative of Mrs. Rosalia Leese, Who Witnessed the Hoisting of the Bear Flag in Sonoma on the 14th of June, 1846," in Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848, trans. and ed. Rose Marie Beebe and Robert W. Senkewicz (Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2006), at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/deleese.htm, accessed [date].

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Cerruti, "Narrative of  Mrs. Rosalia Leese." 

Thurs 1-26

Turn in hard copies of your analysis worksheets for the seven Short Essay primary document pages today.

The "Ripening Pear" is Plucked: Land and Law in California, 1848-1870

Suggested Reading (EE):

Ch. 12

Suggested Reading (BB) [see documents for citation details]:

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

United States and Mexico. "Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concluded at Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848." At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/tgh.htm (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

United States and Mexico, "Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concluded at Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848," at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/tgh.htm (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

United States and Mexico, "Treaty."

Excerpts from Constitutional Debates (1849)

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Browne, J. Ross.  Report of the Debates of the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1848. Washington: John T. Towers, 1850. At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/EXCERPTS_Report_of_Debates.pdf (accessed  [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

J. Ross Browne,  Report of the Debates of the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1848 (Washington: John T. Towers, 1850), at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/EXCERPTS_Report_of_Debates.pdf (accessed  [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Browne, Report.

California Constitution (1849)

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

California. Constitution of the State of California, 1849. At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/constitution.htm (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

California, Constitution of the State of California, 1849, at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/constitution.htm (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

California, Constitution.

White Leaders Predict the Disappearance of Mexicans and Native Americans in California

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

Various. "White Leaders Predict the Disappearance of Mexicans and Native Americans in California." HERB by ASHP, Item #1551. http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1551 (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Various, "White Leaders Predict the Disappearance of Mexicans and Native Americans in California," HERB by ASHP, Item #1551, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1551 (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Various, "White Leaders Predict."

National Archives, "Background: Land Ownership in California and the Transition to a New Government"

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

National Archives. "Land Ownership in California and the Transition to a New Government." Blackboard, HIST 3500 Sec 04, Week 3, Folder for Thursday, accessed [date]. Also at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/ps-set2.doc (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

National Archives, "Land Ownership in California and the Transition to a New Government" (Blackboard, HIST 3500 Sec 04, Week 3, Folder for Thursday, accessed [date]); also at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/ps-set2.doc (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

National Archives, "Land Ownership."

Diseño, used by the Mexican government to document grants of land

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

National Archives. "Diseño." At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/diseno-1.jpg (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

National Archives, "Diseño," at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/diseno-1.jpg (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

National Archives, "Diseño."

Land Plat for Township 1N, Range 10W, San Bernardino Baseline & Meridian

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

National Archives. "Land Plat for Township 1N, Range 10W, San Bernardino Baseline & Meridian." At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/land-plat-1.jpg (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

National Archives, "Land Plat for Township 1N, Range 10W, San Bernardino Baseline & Meridian," at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/land-plat-1.jpg (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

National Archives, "Land Plat."

Table of Land Measures

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Irwin, Mary Ann. "Table of Land Measures." Blackboard, HIST 3500 Sec 04, Week 3, Folder for Thursday (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Mary Ann Irwin, "Table of Land Measures" (Blackboard, HIST 3500 Sec 04, Week 3, Folder for Thursday (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Irwin, "Table of Land Measures."

Private Land Claim of Luis Mesa

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

National Archives. "Private Land Claim of Luis Mesa." At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/Luis-Mesa1.doc  (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

National Archives, "Private Land Claim of Luis Mesa," at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/Luis-Mesa1.doc  (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

National Archives, "Private Land Claim."

Letter from Luis Mesa to the Mexican government (1841)

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

National Archives, Records of the United States Senate. Letter from Luis Mesa to Mexican government requesting original title to land (1841), RG 46. At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/Luis-Mesa2.pdf  (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

National Archives, Records of the United States Senate, letter from Luis Mesa to Mexican government requesting original title to land (1841), RG 46, at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/Luis-Mesa2.pdf  (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

National Archives, Letter from Luis Mesa. 

Map of Luis Mesa's disputed land claim (1841)

Here's how to cite this source:

Bibliography:

National Archives, Records of the United States Senate. Map of disputed land drawn by Luis Mesa in 1841 , RG 46. At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/Luis-Mesa4.jpg (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

National Archives, Records of the United States Senate, Map of disputed land drawn by Luis Mesa in 1841 , RG 46, at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/Luis-Mesa4.jpg (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

National Archives, Map drawn by Luis Mesa.

Letter from Mariana Day to Congress (1870)

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

National Archives. Records of the United States Senate. Letter from memorialist Mariana Day to Congress requesting a resolution to the disputed land claim (1870), RG 46. At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/Luis-Mesa3.pdf  (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

National Archives, Records of the United States Senate, Letter from memorialist Mariana Day to Congress requesting a resolution to the disputed land claim (1870), RG 46, at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/Luis-Mesa3.pdf  (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

National Archives, Letter from Mariana Day. 

WEEK 4

Tues 1-31

EE Ch. 7 Exam is due by 11:45 pm tonight. You may submit it earlier.

Ideas about what to do with this week's primary documents for Research Paper Option B are in the BB Week 4 folder, along with instructions for formatting your Research Paper. 

The Gold Rush Revisited

Required Reading (EE):

Ch. 10 (Ch. 10 Exam is available now on BB)

Thurs 2-2

Race and Class in California I, 1849-1863: Multiculturalism, American style

Suggested reading (EE):

Ch. 11

Suggested Reading (BB):

Lithograph: Diversity in the Mines

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Kelloggs and Comstock. "California Gold Diggers." HERB by ASHP, Item #1730. At http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1730 (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Kelloggs and Comstock, "California Gold Diggers," in HERB by ASHP, Item #1730, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1730 (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Kelloggs, et al., "California Gold Diggers."

Graphs Showing Miners' Wages and Value of Gold Production, 1848-1860

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning. "Graphs Showing Miners' Wages and Value of Gold Production, 1848-1860." HERB by ASHP, Item #1738. At http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1738 (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, "Graphs Showing Miners' Wages and Value of Gold Production, 1848-1860," HERB by ASHP, Item #1738, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1738 (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

American Social History Project, "Graphs Showing Miners' Wages."

Foreign Miners Tax Act, April 13, 1850

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Irwin, Mary Ann. "Foreign Miners Tax Act, April 13, 1850." Blackboard, HIST 3500 Sec 04, Week 4, Folder for Thursday (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Mary Ann Irwin, "Foreign Miners Tax Act, April 13, 1850," Blackboard, HIST 3500 Sec 04, Week 4, Folder for Thursday (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Irwin, "Foreign Miners Tax Act, 1850."

Foreign Miners Tax Act, April 13, 1850, blank license form

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

California State Legislature. "Foreign Miner's License." HERB by ASHP, Item #1714. At http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1714 (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

California State Legislature, "Foreign Miner's License," HERB by ASHP, Item #1714, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1714 (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

California, "Foreign Miner's License."

Antonio Franco Coronel Describes Tensions Among Miners

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Coronel, Antonio Franco. "Antonio Franco Coronel Describes Tensions Among Miners." HERB by ASHP, Item #1718. http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1718 (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Antonio Franco Coronel, "Antonio Franco Coronel Describes Tensions Among Miners," HERB by ASHP, Item #1718, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1718 (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Coronel, "Tensions."

Notice posted in Sonora, California, by French- and Spanish-speaking miners

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Unknown. "Latin American and French Miners Protest the Foreign Miner’s Tax ." HERB by ASHP, Item #1812. http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1811  (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Unknown, "Latin American and French Miners Protest the Foreign Miner’s Tax ," HERB by ASHP, Item #1812, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1811  (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Unknown, "Miners Protest."

A California Newspaper Deplores the Foreign Miner's Tax

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Alta California. "A California Newspaper Deplores the Foreign Miner's Tax." HERB by ASHP, Item #1809. http://www.herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1809  (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Alta California, "A California Newspaper Deplores the Foreign Miner's Tax," HERB by ASHP, Item #1809, at http://www.herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1809 (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Alta California, "A California Newspaper Deplores."

An anti-Hispanic riot in San Francisco, 1849

Lynch Law: Josefa Segovia

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Segrave, Kerry. Lynchings of Women in the United States: The Recorded Cases, 1851-1946. Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2010. At http://books.google.com/books?id=-0GWpeccB1MC&pg=PA21&dq=josefa+segovia+lynching&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iUdmT__0MaeNigKdnPWhDw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=josefa%20segovia%20lynching&f=false (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Kerry Segrave, Lynchings of Women in the United States: The Recorded Cases, 1851-1946 (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2010). Also online at http://books.google.com/books?id=-0GWpeccB1MC&pg=PA21&dq=josefa+segovia+lynching&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iUdmT__0MaeNigKdnPWhDw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=josefa%20segovia%20lynching&f=false (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Segrave, Lynchings of Women.

Photograph: "Spanish Flat, 1852"

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Unknown. "Spanish Flat, 1852." HERB by ASHP, Item #1720. http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1720 (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Unknown, "Spanish Flat, 1852," HERB by ASHP, Item #1720, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1720 (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Unknown, "Spanish Flat."

"Arrest of Stephen S. Hill," 1854

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Sonora Herald. "Arrest of Stephen S. Hill." HERB by ASHP, Item #1723. http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1723 (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Sonora Herald, "Arrest of Stephen S. Hill," HERB by ASHP, Item #1723, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1723 (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Sonora Herald, "Arrest of Stephen S. Hill."

Meeting of Colored Citizens, 1858

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Unknown. "Meeting of Colored Citizens." HERB by ASHP, Item #1725. http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1725 (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

Unknown, "Meeting of Colored Citizens," HERB by ASHP, Item #1725, at http://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1725 (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Unknown, "Meeting of Colored Citizens."

Archy Lee

Suggested Viewing:

American Experience: The Gold Rush, directed by Randall MacLowry (Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2006) (120 minutes; on 4-hour reserve in the CSUEB library; also available on Netflix)

How to cite this film:

Bibliography:

American Experience: The Gold Rush. DVD. Directed by Randall MacLowry Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2006.

Endnotes:

First full cite:

American Experience: The Gold Rush, DVD, directed by Randall MacLowry (Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2006).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

American Experience: The Gold Rush.

WEEK 5

Tuesday 2-7

EE Ch. 10 Exam is due by 11:45 pm tonight. You may submit it earlier.

Ideas about what to do with this week's primary documents for Research Paper Option C are in the BB Week 5 folder, along with instructions for formatting your Research Paper. This is the last document set offered for your Research Paper. 

Race and Class in California II, 1846-1863: Solving "the Indian Problem"

Suggested Reading (BB) [see documents for citation details]: 

Act for the Government and Protection of Indians (1850)

Military proclamation ending California Indian slavery (1846)

A White Californian Argues for Indian Indenture

excerpt, Kimberly Johnston-Dodds, "Vagrancy and Punishment"

An Indian Child Apprentice Poses for a Photographer

Chart of Native American Child Apprentices, 1861

Editorial, Humboldt Times, February 23, 1861

Warren A. Beck and Ynez D. Hasse, history of the "California and the Indian Wars: Mariposa Indian War, 1850-1851" (1975)

William Bauer, Jr., "Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century" (2008)

Here is how you would cite this source:

Bibliography:

Bauer, William Jr.  Chapter 11, "Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century." In A Companion to California History, William Deverell and David Igler, eds. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. At http://www.irwinator.com/3500/bauer.htm (accessed [date]).

Endnotes:

First full citation:

William Bauer, Jr., Chapter 11, "Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century," in A Companion to California History, William Deverell and David Igler, eds. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), at http://www.irwinator.com/3500/bauer.htm (accessed [date]).

Short form, all subsequent cites:

Bauer, Chapter 11.

 Suggested Viewing:

Ishi: the Last Yahi, VHS, directed by Jed Riffe and Pamela Roberts (Berkeley: University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1992)  (on 4-hour reserve) OR view online at BB link in Week 5 folder "For Tuesday")

How to cite this film:

Bibliography:

Ishi: the Last Yahi. VHS. Directed by Jed Riffe and Pamela Roberts. Berkeley: University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1992.

Endnotes:

First full cite:

Ishi: the Last Yahi, VHS, directed by Jed Riffe and Pamela Roberts (Berkeley: University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1992).

Short form, all subsequent citations:

Ishi.

Thurs 2-9

Race and Class in California III, 1850-1920: California and "the Yellow Peril"

Suggested Reading (BB) [see documents for citation details]: 

Eadweard Muybridge, "Heathen Chinee Prospecting"

Foreign Miners Tax (1852)

People v. Hall (1852)

Municipal, state, and federal legislation 

Arnold Genthe, "The Vegetable Peddler"

More discriminatory legislation aimed at Asians

Thomas Nast, "Hands Off, Gentlemen" (1871)

Page Act (1875)

Kearnyism: Laborers v. Chinese

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

Application of Soo Hoo Lem Kong

Application of Tang Suey Jin

Sun 2-12

Today you will have the first of two opportunities in this class to see what a symposium looks like AND to earn extra credit. Please contact me to register for this event.

WEEK 6

Tues 2-14

This week you must arrange to meet with me during office hours to discuss your Research Paper.

California Enters the Modern Era: The Rise of the Corporation

Required Reading (EE):

Ch. 13 (Ch. 13 Exam is available now on BB)

Thurs 2-16

The Awakening of Environmental Concern

Suggested Reading (EE):

Ch. 15, from "Water Resources" on p. 260 to "Social and Political Conflict" on p. 265

Suggested Reading (BB) [see documents for citation details]: 

John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt in Yosemite, 1903

John Muir Admires the Hetch Hetchy, 1908

House of Representatives hearings, San Francisco and the Hetch Hetchy Resevoir, 1908

Pulgas Water Temple, Woodside, California

Map of Hetchy Hetchy water system

Can Hetch Hetchy be restored?

Suggested Broadcast:

Forum with Michael Krasny, KQED/National Public Radio, "Restore Hetch Hetchy?" (MP3 link available online in BB Week 6 folder "For Thursday")

Suggested Viewing:

John Muir in the New World, DVD, directed by Catherine Tatge (Kultur Films, 2011). [Also available online via BB link, Week 6 folder "For Thursday"]

WEEK 7

Tues 2-21

EE Ch. 13 Exam due by 11:45 pm tonight. You may submit it earlier.

The California Economy: Depressions Great and Not-So-Great

Suggested Reading (EE):

Ch. 21, from p. 387 to "The Cultural Scene," p. 408

Ch. 29, from p. 567 to "Transportation," p. 569

Ch. 30, from "Millenial Economics," p. 590, to p. 593; from "Another Great Recession," p. 598 to "Too Many Cars," p. 602

Suggested Reading (BB) [see documents for citation details]: 

The New Deal in California

The New Deal was Great--Let's do it again! Gray Brechin and Richard A. Walker, "The Living New Deal: The Unsung Benefits of the New Deal for the United States and California" pp. 48-75 (Berkeley: Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, 2010) at http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6c1115sm, accessed 12-28-11.

The New Deal was Terrible--Don't let it happen again! Jim Powell, "Tough Questions for Defenders of the New Deal," Cato Institute, November 6, 2003, at http://www.cato.org/research/articles/powell-031106.html, accessed 12-28-11.

Thurs 2-23

World War II: The California Home Front

Required Reading (EE):

EE Ch. 22 (Ch. 22 Exam is available now on BB)

Suggested Reading (EE):

Ch. 23

Suggested Reading (BB) [see documents for citation details]: 

Anti-Japanese legislation

The "Gentlemen's Agreement" (1907)

Alien Land Law (1913)

Alien Land Law of 1920

Executive Order 9066

Ansel Adams’s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar

War Relocation Authority camps

Suggested Viewing (CSUEB Library):

Beyond Barbed Wire: Untold Stories of American Courage, directed by Steve Rosen (National Asian American Telecommunications Association Publ. Info., 2001) (88 minutes; on 4-hour reserve)

WEEK 8

Mon 2-27

Tues 2-28

EE Ch. 22 Exam due today. Please submit via BB by 11:45 pm tonight.

California in the Sixties

Required Reading (EE):

Ch. 25  (Ch. 25 Exam is available now on BB)

Suggested Reading (EE):

Feature Essay, "Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and 'La Causa'," pp. 495-497

Suggested Viewing:

Walkout: The True Story of the Historic 1968 Chicano Student Walkout in East L.A., directed by Edward James Olmos (HBO Films, 2006) (110 minutes; available on Netflix).

How to cite this film:

Bibliography:

Walkout: The True Story of the Historic 1968 Chicano Student Walkout in East L.A. Directed by Edward James Olmos. New York: HBO Films, 2006.

Endnotes:

First full cite:

Walkout: The True Story of the Historic 1968 Chicano Student Walkout in East L.A., DVD, directed by Edward James Olmos (New York: HBO Films, 2006).

Short form, subsequent cites:

Walkout.

Thurs 3-1

The New Frontier of Civil Rights

-- Work on your Research Paper

Suggested Viewing:

Alcatraz is Not An Island, directed by James M. Fortier (Berkeley: Berkeley Media LLC, 2002) (69 minutes; on 4-hour reserve in CSUEB library).

How to cite this film:

Bibliography:

Alcatraz is Not An Island. DVD. Directed by James M. Fortier. Berkeley: Berkeley Media LLC, 2002.

Endnote:

First cite:

Alcatraz is Not An Island, directed by James M. Fortier (Berkeley: Berkeley Media LLC, 2002).

Short form, subsequent cites:

Alcatraz.

Sat 3-3

Your last opportunity in this course to see what a symposium looks like AND to earn extra credit. I have already emailed you with instructions for registering for this event.

WEEK 9

Tues  3-6

EE Ch. 25 Exam due today. Please submit via BB by 11:45 pm tonight.

The New Frontier of Environmentalism

-- Work on your Research Paper

Suggested Reading (EE):

Ch. 28

Thurs 3-8

Bring a draft of your Research Paper to class for peer review.

Students will meet in their Symposia groups (see "Student Symposia Groups" document on BB) to exchange drafts.

Please print your name on the title page of each draft you review.

Review your classmates' work carefully (and kindly).

Retrieve your own draft when the review period ends. You may adopt any suggestions or revisions YOU deem valid.

DO NOT DISCARD THIS PEER-REVIEWED DRAFT.

You must turn it in with your final draft on Tuesday, March 20.

(I want to see the evolution of your thinking on this project.)

WEEK 10

 Tues 3-13

First day of Symposia -- I will let you know the schedule of student presentations by Sunday, March 11.

During these two final class meetings, each student will speak briefly and informally about his or her own Research Paper. 

Please be prepared to talk about your paper for three to four minutes.* You will want to discuss (a) why you chose that particular topic/what interested you or appealed to you about that topic; (b) what sources you used; (c) the research questions that guided you through your reading and thinking about the topic; and (d) what you learned/what conclusions you drew from your work.

* I suggest you write out your ideas and then time yourself. 

Thurs 3-15

Last day of Symposia

Final Exams Week: 3/19 - 3/25

Final Exam for this class:

Tuesday March 20, 2012, 2:00 pm to 3:50 pm

Please bring your Research Paper (and yourself) to class at 2:00 pm SHARP. You must turn in your final hard copy

as well as your Peer Review draft (the version you brought to class on Thursday, March 8).

As soon as we finish one last task for the University, I will excuse you.

(If you need a reason to arrive on time, this is it: your classmates will be waiting on you, AND they have my permission to smack you.)

(Not really.)

(But they'll want to.)