Scope and Content
Related Collections
Indexing Terms
Access
Processing Information
Preferred Citation
Publication Rights
Creator:
University of California, Davis. Library
Title: Mining Collection
Date (inclusive): 1854-1937
Extent:
2.6 linear feet
Abstract: The Mining Collection contains documents relating to the development of mining in California, including account books and
ledgers for several mining companies, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Department of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-016
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Scope and Content
The Mining Collection contains documents relating to the development of mining in California, including account books and
ledgers for several mining companies, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged in four series: 1. Manuscripts, 2. Correspondence, 3. Ephemera, 4. Photographic Materials.
Related Collections
During the processing of this collection, several small collections were extracted from D-016 and became unique collections.
They are:
MC247 Lydia Vineyard Gleason Papers
MC248 Charles L. Stilson Papers
MC249 John S. Hall Papers
MC250 John H. Helwig Papers
MC251 Reed Quicksilver Mine Collection
MC252 Ruth Pierce Mine Collection
MC253 Searls Family Papers
MC254 Howard O. Spencer Correspondence
MC255 W.W. Waggoner Papers
MC256 John S. Dunn Papers
MC257 Richard and Charles Hayden Papers
D-557 Burnett Family Papers
D-559 Pioneer Reduction Company Records
D-562 North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company Records
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Mines and mineral resources--California
Mineralogy--California
Gold mines and mining--California
Uncovering California's Environmental Collections Project
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Processing of the Mining Collection was generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council
on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). UC Davis Special Collections was awarded a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections
and Archives grant from 2010-2012, "Uncovering California's Environmental Collections," in collaboration with eight additional
special collections and archival repositories throughout the state and the California Digital Library (CDL). Grant objectives
included processing hidden collections related to the state's environment and environmental history. The collections document
an array of important sub-topics such as irrigation, mining, forestry, agriculture, industry, land use, activism, and research.
Together they form a multifaceted picture of the natural world and the way it was probed, altered, exploited and protected
in California over the twentieth century. Finding aids are made available through the Online Archive of California (OAC).
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection.
During the processing of this collection, several small collections were extracted from D-016 and became unique collections.
They are listed as related collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mining Collection, D-016, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California,
Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis 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 by the researcher.