Finding Aid for the Macomber Family Collection about Race Horse Breeding, 1900-1930
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Finding Aid for the Macomber Family Collection about Race Horse Breeding, 1900-1930
Collection number: 1443
UCLA Library Special CollectionsUCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Kayla Landesman, 1986
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, February 2004
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Macomber Family Collection about Race Horse Breeding,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1930
Collection number: 1443
Creator:
McCumber family
Extent:
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The Macomber family of race horse breeders and ranchers lived in Los Angeles, Tulare and San Jose, California. The collection
consists of photographs, ephemera, an album, and a catalog relating to the horse breeding and ranching interests of the Macomber
family: A.K. Macomber, John Kingsley Macomber, and Dr. Henry Macomber.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lee Perkal, 1979.
[Identification of item], Macomber Family Collection about Race Horse Breeding (Collection 1443). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233388
The Macomber family of race horse breeders and ranchers lived in Los Angeles, Tulare and San Jose, California.
Collection consists of photographs, ephemera, an album, and a catalog relating to the horse breeding and ranching interests
of the Macomber family: A.K. Macomber, John Kingsley Macomber, and Dr. Henry Macomber. Includes photographs of Ausaymas Ranch,
Pacheco Creek, a photograph album of a French chateau with racing stables, photographs of horses and an auction catalog for
the disposal of H.J. Macomber's racing stable.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
McCumber family--Archives.
Race horses--California--Archival resources.
Family papers.
Photographs.
Note
Description derived from in-house card file.
Papers. ca. 1900-1930
Creator/Collector: Macomber Family Collection
Physical Description: (1 oversize flat box)
Scope and Content Note
Comprises photographs, ephemera and album relating to the horse breeding and ranching interests of A.K. Macomber, John Kingsley
Macomber, and Dr. Henry Macomber.
- 1. Roads - Calif.
- 2. Horses - Pictures, illustration, etc.
- 3. France - Views (Residences)
- 4. Horse racing - Calif.
- 5. Santa Clara Co. - Views.