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Richard H. Dillon

Author of The encyclopedia of North American Indian tribes : a comprehensive study of tribes from the Abitibi to the Zuni

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Works by Richard H. Dillon
The encyclopedia of North American Indian tribes : a comprehensive study… (Author) 106 copies
North American Indian Wars 73 copies, 1 review
Meriwether Lewis: A Biography 70 copies, 1 review
High Steel: Building the Bridges Across San Francisco Bay 40 copies
Hatchet Men: The Story of the Tong Wars in San Francisco's Chinatown 39 copies, 2 reviews
The Legend of Grizzly Adams 25 copies
Siskiyou Trail: The Hudson's Bay Company route to California (The… 23 copies
Embarcadero 21 copies
Humbugs and heroes; a gallery of California pioneers 19 copies, 1 review
Burnt-out Fires, California's Modoc Indian War 17 copies
Wells, Fargo Detective: The Biography of James B. Hume 16 copies
Fool's Gold A Biography of John Sutter 16 copies
Captain John Sutter: Sacramento Valley's Sainted Sinner 16 copies
J. Ross Browne, confidential agent in old California 14 copies
Indian Wars 1850-1890 13 copies, 1 review
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Also by Richard H. Dillon
What I Saw in California (Introduction, some editions) 49 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 34, No. 3, Summer 1966 (Contributor) 1 copy
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Dillon, Richard H.
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Dillon, Richard Hugh
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Date of birth
1924-01-16
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male
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USA
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Sausalito, California, USA
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Education
University of California, Berkeley
Occupations
Head Librarian, Sutro Library
Relationships
Sutherland, Barbara Allester
Dillon, Brian D. (son)
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Sutro Library
University of California, Berkeley
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Short biography
Richard Hugh Dillon (1924- ) was a librarian and the author of many articles and books on California, including California trail herd (1961), The legend of Grizzly Adams (1966), Fool's gold: the biography of John Sutter (1967), Humbugs and heroes: a gallery of California pioneers (1970), and Delta country (1982). The collection consists of ca. 300 photographs of old and new San Francisco Chinatown and the Mother Lode country, as well as photostats, captions, and signed mounts. There are also illustrative photographs used in Richard H. Dillon's Hatchet men (1962).
Background
Richard Hugh Dillon was born January 16, 1924 in Sausalito, California; AB (1948), AM (1949), and BLS (1950), UC Berkeley; assistant librarian (1950-53) and librarian (1953-79), Sutro Library, San Francisco; author of many articles and books on California, including California trail herd (1961), The legend of Grizzly Adams (1966), Fool's gold: the biography of John Sutter (1967), Humbugs and heroes: a gallery of California pioneers (1970), and Delta country (1982).
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