William Nicholas Connolly scrapbook
Scope and Contents
A single scrapbook containings photographs of William Connolly's family and friends; includes some newspaper clippings and related images.
Dates
- Creation: 1905-1969
- Creation: Majority of material found within (, 1925-1923)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English .
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.
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Biographical / Historical
William Nicholas "Will" Connolly was born on August 15, 1905, in San Rafael, California, to Anne Fisher McDonough Connolly (1864-1934) and Michael D'Arcy Connolly (1861–1917). He was one of five siblings, including his sisters, Mary Josephine Connolly (1893-1961) and Nora F. (Frances) Connolly (1895- ), and brothers John J. Connolly (1897-1960) and Michael R. (Raphael or Rafael M.) Connolly (1902-1932). While Will was a young child, his family moved from San Rafael to Bodega, California, and later, to Petaluma, where he attended the Petaluma schools and St. Vincent's academy. His father passed away in 1917 and by 1920, the family had relocated to San Francisco, where he lived for the rest of his life. After graduating from the University of San Francisco, he became a well-known sportswriter for the San Francisco Chronicle, and in 1939, married Margaret Agnes Malone (born in Portland, Oregon on November 27, 1910; died in San Francisco, California, on June 23, 2003). They had three children together--Anne, Paul, and William Phillip "Bro" Connolly (1943-2009). He died on June 22, 1987, in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81, and was buried in the Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in his hometown of San Rafael.
Petaluma Argus-Courier columnist Bill Soberanes wrote about Will Connolly a number of times, including a July 1, 1987 piece following Connolly's death, "Will Connolly--Legendary Master of Sport Prose." See full text on link and continuation on link
Extent
1 scrapbook
Abstract
This collection contains a single scrapbook compiled by William Nicholas "Will" Connolly (1905-1987), containing photographs taken between 1905 and approximately 1955 and some newspaper clippings. The vast majority of the photos date from 1912 through 1922 and show Will Connolly, his family, and his friends. Most of the photographs were taken around his hometown of Petaluma and in other Sonoma County locations, including Rio Nido and the Russian River. The scrapbook also contains photos were taken in Marin County and feature images of Dillon Beach, Muir Woods, and Mount Tamalpais--including the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway. In addition, the album contains clippings from 1925; several loose photos dated from 1943 to 1955; an undated and unidentified cabinet card; and a clipping from the San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle's California Living magazine of October 26, 1969.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift: Petaluma Museum and Historical Museum March 30, 2021
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Asti (Calif.) -- photographs
- Cloverdale (Calif.) -- photographs
- Corona (Calif.) -- photographs
- Dillon Beach (Calif.) -- photographs
- Dixon (Calif.) -- photographs
- Inverness (Calif.) -- photographs
- Marin County (Calif.) -- photographs
- Mount Tamalpais (Calif.) -- photographs
- Occidental (Calif.) -- photographs
- Petaluma (Calif.) -- photographs
- Rio Nido (Calif.) -- photographs
- Russian River (Calif.) -- photographs
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- photographs
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- photographs
- Santa Rosa (Calif.) -- photographs
- Sonoma County (Calif.) -- photographs
- Tomales (Calif.) -- photographs
- Tomales Bay (Calif.) -- photographs
Topical
- Title
- William Nicholas Connolly scrapbook 1905-1969 (bulk, 1925-1923)
- Author
- Processed by Sonoma County Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Geoffrey Skinner.
- Date
- Published February 28, 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English
Repository Details
Part of the Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library Repository
725 Third Street
Santa Rosa CA 95404 United States
(707) 308-3212
history@sonomalibrary.org