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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: John Gillig scrapbook
    Dates: 1877-1885
    Collection Number: MS 480
    Creator/Collector: Gillig, John
    Extent: 1 box
    Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
    Sacramento, California 95814
    Abstract: One scrapbook containing clippings from the TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE (Nevada), and other Nevada and California newspapers. Subjects include: mining, railroads, hardware, stock prices, bankruptcies, fires, floods, John Gillig, his business and his family. There is a notice of bankruptcy of John Piper in the back of the scrapbook.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff to arrange for access.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM 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 reader.

    Preferred Citation

    John Gillig scrapbook. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

    Acquisition Information

    Paul Darrell Collection

    Biography/Administrative History

    John Gillig was a hardware merchant in Virginia, Nevada.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    One scrapbook containing clippings from the TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE (Nevada), and other Nevada and California newspapers. Subjects include: mining, railroads, hardware, stock prices, bankruptcies, fires, floods, John Gillig, his business and his family. There is a notice of bankruptcy of John Piper in the back of the scrapbook.