California Counties Ephemera Collection, 1850-2004

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Summary

Title:
California counties ephemera collection
Dates:
1850-2004
Abstract:
Comprises a variety of ephemera relating to the history, growth, and development of California's counties between the years 1850 and 2004. Particularly well-documented are efforts to promote individual counties -- and their commercial, industrial, educational, cultural, and recreational prospects -- to new migrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as reflected in the promotional literature of chambers of commerce, real estate companies, trade associations, banks, mining companies, hotels, resorts, sanitariums, and other organizations.
Extent:
11.0 boxes
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], [File name], California Counties Ephemera Collection, CO FILES, The Society of California Pioneers.

Background

Scope and content:

Comprises a variety of ephemera relating to the history, growth, and development of California's counties between the years 1850 and 2004. Particularly well-documented are efforts to promote individual counties -- and their commercial, industrial, educational, cultural, and recreational prospects -- to new migrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as reflected in the promotional literature of chambers of commerce, real estate companies, trade associations, banks, mining companies, hotels, resorts, sanitariums, and other organizations.

Range of ephemera includes: promotional booklets, folders, and brochures; viewbooks; guidebooks; programs; souvenir programs (commemorating special events); yearbooks; posters; newspaper clippings; journals and journal articles; maps; tract maps; constitutions and bylaws; prospectuses; land grants, deeds, and indentures; directories and listings; cemetery listings; ordinances; and reports.

Acquisition information:
Assembled by the staff at The Society of California Pioneers.
Processing information:

Processed by California Ephemera Project staff, funded by a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, in 2009-2010.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged in alphabetical order by county.

Accruals:

Additions to the collection are ongoing.

Physical location:
Collection is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by California Ephemera Project staff.
Sponsor:
The California Ephemera Project was funded by a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources in 2009-2010.
Date Prepared:
2010
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-09-13T11:32-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open by appointment for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], [File name], California Counties Ephemera Collection, CO FILES, The Society of California Pioneers.

Location of this collection:
300 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94107, US
Contact:
(415) 957-1849 ext. 160
mmdevine@californiapioneers.org
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