Kim Bancroft portrays her great-great-grandmother, Matilda Bancroft, in a performance based on the book Literary Industries: Chasing a Vanishing West by Hubert Howe Bancroft. This new publication is an abridged edition by Kim Bancroft with foreword by Kevin Starr. In this Chautauqua-like presentation, Kim Bancroft will arrive in Victorian attire as Matilda and discuss her husband’s work as a businessman, collector, and historian. “Mrs. Bancroft” will provide H.H.’s story from her perspective as his wife and colleague behind the scenes in addition to being the mother of their large family and manager of the estate.
Members $10, public $20; for more information visit milibrary.org/events/bancroft0514.