Guide to the California Mining Operations Album MC329
Liz Phillips
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
2021
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: California Mining Operations Album
Creator:
Bessac family
Identifier/Call Number: MC329
Physical Description:
1 item
Album contains 59 silver gelatin photos: 33 photos measure 4 x 5 inches, 17 measure 5 x 7 inches and 9 measure 3
x 3 inches or smaller. Album covers measure 7 x 9.5 inches and have "The Kodak Book" in gilt on front cover; photos are
glued onto gray cardstock leaves.
7 x 9.5 inches
Date (inclusive): circa 1870-1920
Abstract: Album featuring mining operations likely in
central and northern California in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special
Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Album featuring mining operations likely in central and northern California in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Captions identify Great Grandpa Bessac, Grandma Bessac, Grandpa Bessac and Uncle Roy. include mules hauling ore, an ore
tipple, a mining dredge and a mining shaft. Small mining towns are pictured on rolling hills dotted with oak trees or densely
wooded areas, and a few smaller mining operations are pictured near roaring rivers. Throughout the album there are photos
of
the Bessac family (these are the only photos captioned): men and women lounging in a flower-filled field, feeding pigs,
bringing in a deer kill, milking cows and standing in front of a mine shaft. There are also two images with native men, women
and children pictured.
[Description provided by Back of Beyond Books]
Collection is open for research.
Liz Phillips created this finding aid with information supplied by Back of Beyond Books.
Purchased from Back of Beyond Books, 2021.
[Identification of item], California Mining Operations Album, MC329, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library,
University of California, Davis.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mines and mineral resources -- Pictorial works
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
Bessac family -- Archives
Michael and Margaret
B. Harrison Western Research Center