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Finding Aid to the Documentos para la historia de California, 1817-1850: Alviso family papers

Collection Summary

Collection Title:
Documentos para la historia de California: Alviso family papers 1817-1850

Collection Number:
BANC MSS C-B 66

Creator:
Alviso family

Extent:
Originals: 1 box and 4 oversize folders
Copies: partial microfilm reel (224 exp.); negative (Rich. 88:2) and positive

Repository:
The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract:
Papers collected by H.H. Bancroft for his history of California. Primarily Alviso family documents relating to the sale of cattle, tallow and hides and to early government in San Jose. Also included are miscellaneous papers of Juan B.R. Cooper, M.G. Vallejo, Thomas O. Larkin and James McKinlay.

Languages Represented:
Collection materials are in Spanish