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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Collection of Orange County and California maps
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.103
Physical Description:
8.9 Linear Feet
(1 box and 23 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): circa 1824-1991
Date (bulk): 1950-1980
Abstract: This collection of over 100 maps
documents the State of California, but especially its southern counties. Although the maps
are predominantly reproductions they also include a number of originals, with some dating
back to the 1820s. Early plats and diseños document the settlement of Southern California,
with an emphasis on Orange County, and provide information on land ownership, land
divisions, and geographical features. Other more recent thematic maps illustrate the state's
geology, show transportation grids, and document the California coast and islands. The
collection also includes a large number of contemporary city and county maps and large-scale
USGS (United States Geological Survey) maps. The maps occasionally include neighboring
states.
Language of Material:
English .
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Preferred Citation
Collection of Orange County and California maps. MS-R103. Special Collections and Archives,
The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Collection assembled by the Department of Special Collections and Archives from maps
acquired from a variety of sources.
Processing Information
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2004. Finding aid update by Joanna Lamb in 2009.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection of over 100 maps documents the State of California, but especially its
southern counties. Although the maps are predominantly reproductions they also include a
number of originals, with some dating back to the 1820s. Early plats and diseños document
the settlement of Southern California, with an emphasis on Orange County, and provide
information on land ownership, land divisions, and geographical features. Other more recent
thematic maps illustrate the state's geology, show transportation grids, and document the
California coast and islands. The collection also includes a large number of contemporary
city and county maps and large-scale USGS (United States Geological Survey) maps. The maps
occasionally include neighboring states.
Diseños are maps or plats of Spanish and Mexican land grants,
which usually accompanied petitions for such grants.
Plats are
maps, charts or plans that show the location, boundaries, and ownership of individual
properties.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 6 series.
- Series 1. Maps of California ranchos and rancho-era communities, circa 1824-circa
1980. 1.2 linear ft.
- Series 2. Maps of Orange County, county and cities, 1887-1986. 2.1 linear ft.
- Series 3. Maps of other California counties, cities, and geographical features,
1880-1991. 1.2 linear ft.
- Series 4. USGS maps of California, 1901-1973. 1.4 linear ft.
- Series 5. California coastal and island maps, 1852-1959. 0.7 linear ft.
- Series 6. Thematic maps of California, 1855-1964. 2.3 linear ft.
Related Material
The following collections in Special Collections and Archives, contain related
materials:
- MS-R01, Don Meadows Papers, Subseries 5.6, Maps
- MS-R72, Richard Egan Manuscript Maps of Orange County
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Maps -- California.
Maps -- California -- Orange County.