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English
Contributing Institution:
Mojave Desert Archives
Title: Germaine Moon San Bernardino County Research Collection
creator:
Moon, Germaine L. Ramounachou (Germaine Louise Ramounachou), 1933-2003
Identifier/Call Number: AR.2003.001
Physical Description:
36 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1809-2002
Abstract: The materials of the Germaine Moon San Bernardino County Research Collection were selected and compiled during the course
of Mrs. Moon's thirty years of service as a historian and reference researcher for the Mojave River Valley Museum in Barstow,
California. Focused primarily on the Mojave Desert region, the materials include affidavits, articles of incorporation, biographies,
birth certificates, brochures, burial records, business cards, census data, correspondence, court records, diaries, death
certificates, deeds, directories, genealogies, indexes, leases, liquor licenses, manuscripts, maps, mining claims, minutes,
newspaper clippings, photographs, promotional materials, and voting registers.
The materials of the Germaine Moon San Bernardino County Research Collection include selected historical data focused primarily
on the Mojave Desert region. The materials include affidavits, articles of incorporation, biographies, birth certificates,
brochures, burial records, business cards, census data, correspondence, court records, diaries, death certificates, deeds,
directories, genealogies, indexes, leases, liquor licenses, manuscripts, maps, mining claims, minutes, newspaper clippings,
photographs, promotional materials, and voting registers.
Germaine Moon was a local historian and author who provided valuable research for the Mojave River Valley Museum of Barstow,
California, and many western universities and colleges. Germaine Louise Ramounachou Moon was born in Paris, France, on August
9, 1933 and lived in the Mojave Desert railroad town of Barstow for 39 years. For many researchers interested in San Bernardino
County and Mojave Desert history, she was known as the authority for answers to local history questions.
Germaine Moon's data gathering system was to compile and organize related research materials into three-ring binders by subject.
Author-historian Dennis Casebier describes her reference request process thus: "When researchers would come, she would get
out the pertinent binders and take it from there. I have personally seen Germaine in action. I can see her now, seated in
front of those 200 binders considering a question. Suddenly she'd turn and pull one or more binders off the shelf. She would
process her understanding of a request and then turn to her sacred binders for the answers. It was very effective."
Germaine Moon authored the book
Barstow Depots and Harvey Houses and collaborated in the writing of
Once Upon A Desert. She died at age 69 at her Barstow home on June 16, 2003.
Property rights reside with the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association. For permission to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Archivist at the Mojave Desert Archives.
The collection is open for research. For access, please contact the Archivist at the Mojave Desert Archives at archivist@mdhca.org.
The materials have been maintained in the original order compiled and used by Germaine Moon to answer reference questions.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject(s) in 188 series. Each series is contained in a three-ring binder. Each
series (binder) may contain one or many subseries (see Other Finding Aids note), each consisting of a set of related materials
inside a plastic sleeve.
Germaine Moon San Bernardino County Research Collection. AR-2003-001. Mojave Desert Archives, Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural
Association, Goffs, California.
Date accessed.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Archivist,
Mojave Desert Archives, 37198 Lanfair Road # G-15, Essex, CA 92332. Consent is given on behalf of the Mojave Desert Archives
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifted by Mickey Earl Moon to the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association, 18 June 2003.
Custody has remained with the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association following its receipt from Germaine Moon's husband,
Mickey Earl Moon, to the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association on 18 June 2003.
Processed by Jacqueline Ridge and Chris Ervin
Subseries details are listed in
Finding Aid to the Historical Research Collection of Germaine Louise Ramounachou Moon by Jacqueline Ridge.
Related materials are found in the following collection:
Peter Wild Correspondence with Germaine Moon, 1996-2002. AR-2003-002. Mojave Desert Archives. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89k4gz1
Moon, Germaine L. Ramounachou. 1980.
Barstow Depots and Harvey Houses. Barstow, Calif: Mojave River Valley Museum Association.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Bernardino County (Calif.)
Mojave Desert--History, Local.
Frontier and pioneer life
Pioneers
Mojave River (Calif.)
Barstow (Calif.)
Calico (Calif.)
Camp Cady (Calif.)
Daggett (Calif.)
Fort Irwin (Calif.)
Ludlow, CA
Minneola (San Bernardino County)
Needles, CA
Yermo (Calif.)
Affidavits
Articles of incorporation
Biographies
birth certificates
Brochures
Burial records
business cards
Census data
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
correspondence
Court records
Diaries
death certificates
Deeds
Directories
genealogies (histories)
Family histories
indexes (reference sources)
Leases
License system
Manuscripts
memorabilia
microfilms
Mining claims
Minutes (Records)
photographs
Railroad maps.
School photography
Voting registers
Mojave River Valley Museum
Casebier, Dennis G.
Haenszel, Arda M.
Hensher, Alan
Moon, Germaine L. Ramounachou (Germaine Louise Ramounachou), 1933-2003
Vredenburgh, Larry M.
Walker, Clifford
Wild, Peter T., 1940-2009
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company
Borate and Daggett Railroad
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
United States. Bureau of Land Management