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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Hilton H. McCabe papers
creator:
McCabe, Hilton H.
creator:
Ainsworth, Ed, 1962-1968
Identifier/Call Number: 0018
Identifier/Call Number: 118
Physical Description:
5 linear feet.
(4 containers)
Date (inclusive): 1868, 1952-1974
Date (bulk): 1952-1968
Abstract: The Hilton H. McCabe papers consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, legal documents and maps documenting
McCabe's judicial work with allotments, guardianships and conservatorships of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in
and around Palm Springs, California. McCabe, a graduate of USC's Law School, was appointed as a judge in the Superior Court
in Indio, California in 1953, and then as an appeals court judge in San Bernardino.
Container: 1
Container: 2
Container: 3
Container: 4
Hilton H. McCabe was appointed as a judge in the Superior Court in Indio, California in 1953, and then as an appeals court
judge in San Bernardino. McCabe became heavily involved in land issues involving the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
in Palm Springs, as well as in conservatorship and guardianship issues involving members of the tribe. He features prominently
in author Ed Ainsworth's "Golden Checkerboard", and was also identified by Secretary of the Interior Steward Udall as acting
improperly in the appointment of executors to wills executed by members of the tribe. McCabe was a graudate of the USC's Law
School.
The Hilton H. McCabe papers consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, legal documents and maps documenting
McCabe's judicial work with allotments, guardianships and conservatorships of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in
and around Palm Springs, California.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
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.
[Box/folder# or item name], Hilton H. McCabe papers, Collection no. 0018, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hilton H. McCabe.
The collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Land subdivision -- California -- Palm Springs -- Archival resources
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California -- Archival resources
Palm Springs (Calif.) -- Archival resources
Clippings
Correspondence
Legal documents
Photographs
Plats (maps)
Reports
Transcripts
McCabe, Hilton H. -- Archives