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The Native Sons' Fellowships
ing taken at the Universty of California which had much to do
with the later success which the Fellows may fairly be said to
have achieved. During his sabbatical year of 1909-1910, Pro-
fessor Stephens spent several months in Spain, with the object
of finding out whether an investigation of the archives of that
country would yield much in the way of materials for California
history. Without attempting an intensive investgation, he found
enough to warrant a belief that a number of years could be spent
there profitably, especially at the Archivo General de Indias, by
students interested in the history of the Pacific coast. With this
information and with many valuable copies, he returned to Berke-
ley, where he proceeded to take a fresh step in the upbuilding of
a school of Pacific coast history. Since he himself was not a
specilaist in that field, it was necessary to find somebody who could
train students for the problems that would confront them in mak-
ing use of the materials in Spain. The logic of events pointed
to Professor Herbert E. Bolton, then at Leland Stanford Univer-
sity, as the ideal man for that place. For many years, Professor
Bolton had been the acknowledged master in the field embracing
the former Spanish frontier, in regions now within the United
States. Furthermore, he had made extended investgations of the
archives of Mexico, the results of which were, shortly afterward,
published in his well-known Guide in the Carnegie Institution
series. In 1911, Professor Stephens was successful in his effort
to induce this scholar to accept a position at the University of
California, where he was to have principal charge of the graduate
work in the department of history. In the meantime, however,
the first Native Sons' Fellow had been appointed.
To Mr. Lawrence Palmer Briggs, Native Sons' Fellow for
1911-1912, all subsequent Fellows, and the writer more than all,
owe a debt of gratitude. His was in a measure a step in the dark.
Going to Spain without the benefit of Professor Bolton's training,
and without an adequate idea of the problems awaiting him, he
was placed in a more difficult position than any subsequent Fel-
low has been. It is gratifying to know that his work has had a
positive result, even though he himself was not to bring it to frui-
tion, for the publication of Dr. Priestley's volume on Jose de GIl-
vez depended in great degree on the investigation of Mr. Briggs.391
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