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Michael Harrison |
Margaret Elizabeth Baker Harrison |
| 1897 |
- Born in Paterson, New Jersey, December 13.
- Brothers:
- Joseph J. (1894-1967)
- Samuel H. (1907-1966)
- Fred (1911- )
- Sisters:
- Rae (1891-)
- Dorothy (n.d.)
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| 1911 |
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- Born in Evanston, Illinois, June 27.
- Parents:
- Dr. Charles Reeder Baker (1880- )
- Frances Macklin Baker (1890- )
- Brother:
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| 1916 |
- Graduated from Paterson High School.
- Went to work for the Erie Railroad in the Demurrage Department in NYC.
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| 1917 |
- Went to work for Public Service Corporation of New Jersey in Hackensack.
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| 1918 |
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| 1922 |
- Left the Army in July.
- Took the examination for the Park Service and passed.
- Took position of assistant to the Superintendent at Grand Canyon National Park.
- Began collecting books and baskets.
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| 1924 |
- Did a speaking tour about Grand Canyon National Park for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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| 1925 |
- Married Elizabeth Compton, September. [From Cincinnati, Ohio.]
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| 1928 |
- Divorced Elizabeth Compton.
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| 1931 |
- Left the Park Service in May to manage the Big Bear Lake Lodge in the San Bernardino Mountains.
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| 1932 |
- Became the ramrod at the Smoke Tree Ranch near Palm Springs.
- Married Margaret Elizabeth Baker, March 26, in Yuma, Arizona.
- Moved to Santa Fe to work for the Indian Service, assistant to the Superintendent of the Northern Pueblos Agency, Chester E. Farris.
- Donated a 162 basket collection to Laboratory of Anthropology.
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- Moved to Palm Springs, Araby Tract with her mother, Frances Barron.
- Married Michael Harrison.
- Devised the “Harrison Peculiar System” to index Michael’s library.
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| 1933 |
- Sent to Fort Wingate Indian School as assistant to the temporary superintendent.
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| 1934 |
- Transferred to San Francisco, California as assistant to the regional coordinator, Roy Nash.
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| 1935 |
- Sent to Ukiah, California, as agent in charge of Lake, Mendocino, and Sonoma counties.
- Collett investigation begins.
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- Began an apprenticeship in hand bookbinding with Hazel Dreis in March in San Luis Obispo County.
- Helped bind the remaining copies of Taos Pueblo by Mary Austin with photographs by Ansel Adams.
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| 1936 |
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- Completed apprenticeship in August.
- Won one first place, one second place and two third place ribbons for bookbinding at the LA County Fair.
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| 1939 |
- Sent to Sacramento, California.
- Rented a house at 3183 Carly Way.
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- Set up hand book bindery in the basement.
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| 1942 |
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- Major in Women’s Ambulance and Transport Corps.
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| 1947 |
- Left the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Went to Bureau of Reclamation as a right-of-way agent for the Central Valley Canal.
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| 1952 |
- Purchased their first home at 4216 T Street in Sacramento.
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| 1959 |
- Purchased land in Fair Oaks, California for a new house.
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- Wrote the specifications, drew the plans, designed the bookcases and cabinets, and supervised the construction of “a library with living quarters.”
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| 1960 |
- Retired in May.
- Moved into new home, 7440 Alexander Court on July 6.
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| 1962 |
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- Gave Michael The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis.
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| 1966 |
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- Planned and supervised the construction of an expansion room to the library.
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| 1967 |
- Helped establish Little Big Horn Associates.
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| 1969 |
- Began meeting with UC Davis representatives, including Chancellor James Meyer, regarding the bequest of the library on August 4.
- How to build a poor man’s library published by the Book Club of California.
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- Gave a presentation to the Sacramento Book Collectors Club, “Life with a bibliomaniac.”
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| 1980 |
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- Died in Fair Oaks, California, June 25.
- Bequeathed binding equipment and her half of the Center to the University of California, Davis.
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| 1995 |
- Appointed Honorary President of Western History Association.
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| 1997 |
- Received Hubert Howe Bancroft Award for a lifetime of finding and protecting irreplaceable treasures of the western U.S.
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| 2005 |
- Died in Fair Oaks, California, April 5.
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