Southern California maps and reports, 1904-1946

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Summary

Creators:
University of Southern California
Abstract:
This collection contains maps and reports relating to Southern California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections. Collection items include two tract maps from 1927 and 1928 showing different areas of the Miracle Mile neighborhood in Los Angeles and a third tract map from 1946 showing the "northerly portion of the City of Redondo Beach." Collection also includes general Southern California maps, maps of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and Orange counties, as well as various ephemera and brochures.
Extent:
26.75 Linear Feet 3 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Southern California maps and reports, Collection no. 7123, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains maps and reports relating to Southern California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections. Collection items include two tract maps from 1927 and 1928 showing different areas of the Miracle Mile neighborhood in Los Angeles and a third tract map from 1946 showing the "northerly portion of the City of Redondo Beach." Collection also includes general Southern California maps, maps of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and Orange counties, as well as various ephemera and brochures.

Acquisition information:
The materials in this collection were acquired from a number of sources (some unidentified) at different times. See item- or file-level description for more detailed provenancial information.
Processing information:

This collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Southern California maps and reports, Collection no. 7123, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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