BANCROFT LIBRARY 



THE LIBRARY 



OF 



THE UNIVERSITY 

 OF CALIFORNIA 





ELEANOR ASHBY BANCROFT 



1903-1956 



Graduate of the University of California with the 

 degree of B.A. in history, 1926, and the Certificate 

 of Librarianship, 1938. Associated with the Ban- 

 croft Library for 36 years as student assistant, 

 reference librarian, and Assistant to the Director, 

 Mrs. Bancroft attained wide recognition as a bibli- 

 ographer and an authority on the history of Cali- 

 fornia and the West. In remembrance of a warm 

 and genial personality, and of long and devoted 

 service to scholarship, this gift is presented by her 

 friends. 





