Historic Wilmington Cemetery Collection, 1934-2010
Online content
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Wilmington Historical Society (Calif.)
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 0.44. linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Historic Wilmington Cemetery Collection. Wilmington Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Historic Wilmington Cemetery Collection consists of a small amount of textual and photographic material related to the history of the Cemetery between 1934 and 2010. This consists of Wilmington Cemetery District administrative records, photographs of Banning family and other Wilmington pioneer headstones, Memorial Day ceremonies conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post# 2967, newspaper clippings, historical sketches, and information pertaining to American soldiers and veterans buried in the Cemetery. The collection is arranged at the collection level, alphabetically by subject.
- Biographical / historical:
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Please see finding aid with box list for administrative history.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection has been acquired and assembled by the Wilmington Historical Society from a variety of sources. The sources and dates of acquisition are unknown.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Cemeteries--California--Los Angeles
Historic landmarks--California--Los Angeles County
Historic sites--California--Los Angeles
Documents
Photographic materials
Administrative records
Newspaper clippings
Photographic prints
Programs - Names:
- Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885
- Places:
- Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research use.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creators of this collection has not been transferred to the Wilmington Historical Society. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Preferred citation:
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Historic Wilmington Cemetery Collection. Wilmington Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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309 W. Opp St.Wilmington, CA 90744, US