J. S. Holliday (1924–2006)
Author of The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience
About the Author
J.S. Holliday is former Executive Director of the California Historical Society and of the Oakland Museum of California and Associate Professor of History at California State University at San Francisco
Works by J. S. Holliday
Associated Works
Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West (2002) — Foreword, some editions — 96 copies, 2 reviews
The California gold rush : a descriptive bibliography of books and pamphlets covering the years 1848-1853 (1997) — Introduction — 16 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Holliday, J. S.
- Legal name
- Holliday II, Jacqelin Smith
- Other names
- Holliday, Jim (nickname)
- Birthdate
- 1924-06-10
- Date of death
- 2006-08-21
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Yale University (BA|1948)
University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D|1958) - Occupations
- historian
professor
museum administrator - Organizations
- Oakland Museum of California (founding director)
California Historical Society (Executive director, 1970-77, 1983-85)
California State University, San Francisco
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
United States Navy (WWII) - Relationships
- Vidor, King (father-in-law)
- Cause of death
- pulmonary fibrosis
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Places of residence
- Carmel, California, USA
- Place of death
- Carmel, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- California, USA
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This account (mostly first-person) of the California Gold Rush really brought it home for me.
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Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 447
- Popularity
- #54,864
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 9