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Title: Myron Angel Papers, 1827-1911
Dates: 1827-1911
Collection Size:
1 folder
Repository: The
Society of California Pioneers.
San Francisco, California 94107-1272
Abstract: A letter written by Myron Angel to the Society of California Pioneers president thanking him for reinstatement as a member
to the society.
Physical location: Stored on-site at the Society of California Pioneers
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open by appointment for research.
Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be
submitted in writing to the Librarian.
Myron Angel Papers, 1827-1911. The Society of California Pioneers.
Biography / Administrative History
Myron Angel (1827-1911) was a pioneer, journalist and author who traveled the west, settling in California and Nevada. He
edited Thompson and West's History of Nevada and wrote, with the assistance of M.D. Fairchild, The History of Placer County(1882),
The History of San Luis Obispo County(1883) and The History of Tulare County(1891). He is also attributed to be the driving
force behind the founding of California Polytechnic School in San Luis Obispo.
| 1827/1911 | Myron Angel Papers, 1827-1911 |
Scope and Content of Collection
A four page, handwritten letter from Myron Angel addressed to the Society of California Pioneers' president W.W. Hobart in
appreciation for his re-admittance into the Society of California Pioneers. The letter, dated September 24, 1906,also provides
Mr. Hobart with an account of Mr. Angel's life and work during the years prior to the date of the letter and gives the names
of newspapers he worked for as well as titles of books he authored.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Angel, Myron, 1827-1911
Hobart,William White, 1832-1916
Pioneers--California
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--History