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Mary M. Bowman reports for the California Historical Survey Commission, circa 1915-1920.
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Mary M. Bowman reports for the California Historical Survey Commission, circa 1915-1920Mary Bowman reports for the California Historical Survey Commission
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Bowman, Mary M., creatorCreator/Contributor:
California Historical Survey CommissionAbstract:
Minutes of the California Historical Survey Commission; other administrative records; and Mary Bowman's reports on a range
of Southern California manuscript collections, some in private hands and some in libraries or museums. Included are reports
on the following: the family papers of Delfina de la Guerra, the Reverend John O'Sullivan collection, the Antonio Franco Coronel
papers, the papers of Don Augustin Olvera and Don Juan De Toro, the Variel collection, the papers of William A. Spalding,
the collection of Don Juan Ramirez, the Walter Lindley collection, the Edward C.J. Kewen manuscripts, the Palomares family
collection, the manuscript holdings of the Pasadena Public Library, and the manuscript holdings of the Historical Society
of Southern California. Bowman's materials on the Santa Barbara family of Delfina de la Guerra also include Bowman's English
translations of the correspondence of soldier and early California settler José de la Guerra y Noriega (the Spanish originals
of which are in the collections of the Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library). Also included in the collection is a listing
of newspapers in the Pasadena Public Library and two typed manuscripts on the first land grants in Los Angeles county and
the beginnings of ranch life in California.
Date:
1915 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBowman, Mary M -- Archives
Guerra y Noriega, José de la -- 1779-1858
California Historical Survey Commission.
Historical Society of Southern California.
Pasadena Public Library.
Families -- California -- Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
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Mary M. Bowman reports for the California Historical Survey Commission, BANC MSS C-R 7, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Mary M. Bowman was a Los Angeles-based field worker for the Historical Survey Commission, which was created by the California
State Legislature in 1915 for the purposes of evaluating preservation proposals and producing monographs on historic sites.
In 1923, the Commission was replaced by the California State Historical Association, a coalition of historical societies from
around the state. Bowman's work for the Commission primarily involved reporting on the historical papers of the older families
of Southern California.
In English.
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Minutes-California-Los Angeles.Physical Description:
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1 carton (1.25 linear feet)
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English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE : Advance notice required for use.