Guide to the Donald C. Meadows Collection
Russell Michalak
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium
2008
Libraries of The Claremont Colleges
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Claremont, CA 91711
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Donald C. Meadows Collection
creator:
Meadows, Donald C.
Dates: 1880-1981
Abstract: Historical account books of mining companies and businesses (1861-cira 1900), photograph album (circa 1890s-1940s, diary,
correspondence, Meadows miscellany (1960s-1980s), Honnold Library Society (1973-1979).
Extent: 4 feet4 boxes and 1 large envelope
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Avenue
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, California 91711
Collection Number: H1985.5
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.
Information for Researchers
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Donald C. Meadows Collection. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Clareomont University Consortium.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from a gift by Donald C. Meadows in 1985.
Processing Information
Arranged and Processed by Russell Michalak
Accruals
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
Biography of Don Meadows
Don Meadows was born in Indiana in the late 1800s. His family moved to Southen California in 1903. He graduated from Pomona
College in 1921. Don Meadows was an avid book collector. His library is housed at the University of California, Irvine Collection.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Historical account books of mining companies and businesses (1861-cira 1900), photograph album (circa 1890s-1940s, diary,
correspondence, Meadows miscellany (1960s-1980s), Honnold Library Society (1973-1979).
Series Arrangement
Series 1. Account Books
Series 2. Photograph Albums
Series 3. Manuscripts and photographs
Subject Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Meadows, Don
California Missions
Southern California History -- 1900 -1950
Western Americana -- 1850-1980
Claremont, California.
account books
photograph albums
Series 1:
Account Books,
1861-1949
box 1, folder 1
Book of account of the Pacific and Atlantic Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company,Silver Mountain,
October 1861-1881
Note
On spine: "Journal" Some pages missing, mutilated, or stuck together.
box 1, folder 2
"Journal, J. H. Martin. Account Book, 1876-1879, from Carson, Nevada,
1876-1880
box 1, folder 3
Account Book. List of names and expenses. Douglas County, Nevada,
1882
box 1, folder 4
Financial Condition of the Treasury of Ormsby County, Nevada,
1883-1884
box 1, folder 5
Sale of Logs from El Dorado Timber, Lake Valley,
1889
box 1, folder 6
By-laws and minutes. J. H. Martin Land and Orchard Company Incorporated,
September 12, 1912 - November 4, 1914
box 2, folder 1
A. K. Small, Olive California, financial accounts,
January 1891 - May 1891
box 2, folder 2
A. K. Small, Olive California, financial accounts,
October 1891 - April 1892
Series 2:
Photograph Albums and Diary,
1890-1981
box 2, folder 3
Diary and Memoranda notebook,"Los Angeles. That Little Book,
October 1891 - April 1892
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript entries include diary entry for March 25, 1879; essays; some descriptions of Los Angeles; Los Angeles clubs and
meetings and officers; poems; advertisements.
box 2, folder 4
Photograph album,
ca. 1890 - 1910
Scope and Content Note
Several photos of San Juan Capistrano Mission; Southern California coast, mountains, towns, and people.
Note
Purchased for Dawson's bookstore 1951
box 2, folder 5
Photograph of the Gilberts,
ca. 1909 - 1949
Scope and Content Note
Includes photos of South Dakota, Florida, and Southern California.
Series 3:
Manuscripts and photographs,
1910-1949
box 3, folder 1
Baja California - Symposium and bibliographies,
1966
box 3, folder 2
Conference of California Historical Societies - Santa Ana, California,
June 20-22 1968
box 3, folder 3
Historical Society of Southern California,
June 28, 1969
Scope and Content Note
Don Meadows talk and handouts of San Juan Capistrano Mission, Las Flores Adobe, Rancho Santa Margarita.
box 3, folder 4
Correspondence and writings,
1960 - 1979
box 3, folder 5
Correspondence -- Fear - Desborough, Christene,
1973
box 3, folder 7
Desert Hot Springs, California, Cabots Old Indian Pueblo,
1969
box 3, folder 8
Photographs -- Santa Anita Mountains,
1949
box 3, folder 9
Railroad - Amtrak - Sam Diego to Los Angeles,
1978
box 3, folder 10
Don Bernardo's Hacienda of Hospitality by Raymond M. Holt and 2 photographs of Yorba buildings,
1978
box 3, folder 11-18
Honnold Library Society,
1973-1981
box 3, folder 19-21
California History - clippings,
Undated
box 3, folder 22
Photographs of Trabuca Adobe,
1971
box 3, folder 23
Photographs of Pio Pico, Yorba family, Antonio Jose Rocha II; Benjamin D. Wilson -- Don Benito Wilson,
Undated
box 3, folder 24
Photocopies of advertisements, broadsides, paper money, lottery tickets, stationery, stock certificates,
Undated
box 4, folder 1
Leaf from baptismal Register of Indians at Mission San Carlos de Monterey,
Undated
box 4, folder 2
Academy of Pacific Coast History in 4 parts,
1910-1914
box 4, folder 3
Receipt book,
1881-1883
Scope and Content Note
J. Henry Martin, Andrew S. Bryant. Wood Camp, Markleeville, Alpine County, California; Carson City, Nevada.
box 5, folder 1
Broadside: "Scientific and Historic Explorations" ,
1910-1914
Note
A recreation of the 1861 Reconnaissance Boundary Survey done in 1982 with camels.