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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Jackson A. Graves Collection
    Dates: 1907-1928
    Collection Number: GC 1152
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: (Boxes: 2 items in 1 letter)
    Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Abstract: Certificate of commendation, done in calligraphy, to Graves from the L.A. Clearing House Association, presented when he resigned from the Clearing House Committee (1928). Also a L.A. Clearing House Certificate (1907).
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Research is by appointment only

    Publication Rights

    Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

    Preferred Citation

    Jackson A. Graves Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    Biography/Administrative History

    Graves (1852-1933) was a prominent resident of Los Angeles and president of the Farmers & Merchants National Bank for twelve years. He wrote My Seventy Years in California. He was a member of the executive committee of the Los Angeles Clearing House Association for over twenty years and was its president in 1907. He was custodian of all securities of the National Currency Association of Los Angeles during the World War. (Source: California of the South Vol. IV, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 681-685, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.)

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Certificate of commendation, done in calligraphy, to Graves from the L.A. Clearing House Association, presented when he resigned from the Clearing House Committee (1928). Also a L.A. Clearing House Certificate (1907).