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Antecedents and Childhood1
Our Trip to California via the Isthmus and Early Days There. First Church Choir in Stockton13
Stockton in the Fifties. Benicia Seminary. Genesis of Mills College. Distinguished Pioneers. Marriage33
How I Made the First Bear Flag in California43
Boston. Dedham Choir, 1858. The Civil War. Musicians. Return to California. Santa Cruz48
Music in Santa Cruz in the Sixties. Return to San Francisco. How and Why I Became a Dressmaker. Opera. Music in San Francisco in the Seventies59
Lady of Lyons Given for the Fire Engine Fund, Santa Cruz. Flag-Raising at Gilroy Hot Springs. Visalia Concerts69
On the Road with Dick Kohler, Mr. Vivian, Walter Campbell, Mr. Wand and Charles Atkins75
Early Music and Music Houses. Musical Instrument Makers. Old-Time Singers83
As a Church Choir Singer in Cincinnati, Stockton, Benicia, Dedham, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Bernardino and Oakland. Rev. Starr King, Howard Dow, Henry Clay Barnabee, Carl Zerrahn, J.C.D. Parker, Carlotta and Adelina Patti, Jenny Lind, Joe Maguire, Georgiana Leach, Sam Mayer, Harry Gates92
Golden Jubilee of Song Service, June 12, 1896108
Camilla Urso's Festival, 1873. Madame Anna Bishop, The Loring Club, Alfred Wilkie, Frank Gilder, D.P. Hughes, Ben Clark112
St. Patrick's, St. Mary's, St. Ignatius' Cathedrals. Episcopal and Jewish Music. J.H. Dohrmann. The Bianchis123
Great Musical Festival in Aid of the Mercantile Library, 1878. At Gilroy Springs130
Authors' Carnival, 1880, President Hayes and General Sherman Present137
Vacation Episodes at Deer Park, July 4, 1893145
In Oakland. Sad Accident. With Brush and Easel. Kind Friends152
Party at Dr. J.M. Shannon's Home in 1907157
Lee Tung Foo161
What I Know of the Voice and of Teaching167
Tremolo172
More About the Voice179
Political Campaigning. Work as a Patriot on National Holidays and with the Grand Army of the Republic. Flag Raising at Monterey183
Repertoire and Other Data. Distinguished Musicians and Singers of the Last Century203
Reminiscences of Early California Musicians and Singers216
Reminiscences of Later California Musicians and Singers227
With My Pupils248
A List of My Pupils262