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Alan Probert papers, 1927-1984.
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Title:
Alan Probert papers, 1927-1984Creator/Contributor:
Probert, Alan., creatorCreator/Contributor:
California Mining Research Institute, former owner.Abstract:
The papers contain correspondence, articles, and subject files relating to Probert's career and writing. Oversize folder 1
contains mining diagrams; oversize folder 2 contains maps of Mexico.
Date:
1927 (issued)Subject:
Probert, Alan -- ArchivesBeatty, W. B. (William Blake)
New York & Honduras Rosario Mining Company.
Mines and mineral resources -- History
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COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Collection processed at folder level in 2007.
Alan Probert papers, BANC MSS 95/147 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1995.066--AX).
Alan Probert graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1925. He worked as a mining engineer in California, Arizona, Idaho, and Central
America. He spent several years in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico with U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Company. He retired to
Orange County, California, where he was an amateur historian, free-lance writer, and editor.
In English.
Physical Description:
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1 box and 2 oversize folders (.6 linear feet).
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.