Bessie Sloan Materials, 1899-1946Bessie Sloan Materials, 1899-1946

Primarily letters to and from Alameda artist Bessie Sloan, including some correspondence with American ethnologist George Wharton James. Also contains manuscript and typescript copies of several of Bessie Sloan's poems, including "Sentinel Redwood Remembers," photographs of Bessie and, presumably her sister-in-law, Vera Sloan, and clippings. The clippings are primarily about Vera Sloan's stage performances.