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San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association Collection
MS 92-001  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association Collection
    Dates: 1846-2007 (bulk 1987-1996)
    Collection Number: MS 92-001
    Creator/Collector: San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association
    Extent: 5 archival boxes (2.09 linear feet)
    Repository: Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room
    Escondido, California 92025
    Abstract: While the collection includes aspects of the organization's administrative history and relationship to the San Pasqual Battlefield Historic State Park, the strength of the San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association Collection is in the reference materials pertaining to the Battle of San Pasqual and the Mexican-American war.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association Collection. Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room

    Biography/Administrative History

    The San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association is a group of volunteers who are dedicated to commemorating and re-enacting the Mexican-American War Battle of San Pasqual, which took place on December 6, 1846.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Collection includes reproductions of speeches, publications, maps, and drawings. Highlights of the collection include materials used in historic discussion groups. The collection is organized into 4 series: I. General files, 1846-1998 II. Reference materials, 1846-1994 III. History discussion group manuscripts, 1987-1997 IV. Newsletters, 1997-2007

    Indexing Terms

    San Pasqual, Battle of, Calif., 1846
    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868.
    Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893
    Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848

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