Book - "A History of California: The American Period" by Robert Glass Cleland (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1926), 512 pp. A dark blue hardcover book with gold cover lettering and spine print, 2 maps, and 3 photographs. The work covers California history during the American period (after 1850) and serves as a companion to Charles Chapman's history of the Spanish period of California. Book 94.26.9 is a 1923 edition of this work. The book is in poor condition with severe cover damage due to tearing and wear and has page discoloration and binding separation. There is a book pocket on the fly leaf from the museum's research library. The museum's research library stamp is on the book edges and title page.