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Descriptive Summary
Title: Roscoe P. Conkling (1877-1971) Papers
Dates: 1904-1971
Collection Number: GC 1006
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 10 linear feet (32 boxes: legal, postcard box, ov; 1 mc)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Research materials, including manuscripts and photographs, used by Roscoe P. and Margaret B. Conkling for their book "The
Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857- 1869; Its Organization and Operation over the Southern Route to 1861; Subsequently over the
Central Route to 1866; and under Wells, Fargo and Company in 1869" published in 1947.
Language of Material: English
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Research is by appointment only
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
Preferred Citation
Roscoe P. Conkling (1877-1971) Papers. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County
Biography/Administrative History
Roscoe P. Conkling (1877-1971)
Scope and Content of Collection
Research materials, including manuscripts and photographs, used by Roscoe P. and Margaret B. Conkling for their book "The
Butterfield Overland Mail, 1857- 1869; Its Organization and Operation over the Southern Route to 1861; Subsequently over the
Central Route to 1866; and under Wells, Fargo and Company in 1869" published in 1947. There is also some information about
the Conkling family, including photographs, newspaper clippings and genealogies.