Early Monterey Library and City Records
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Title: Early Monterey Library and City Records
Dates: 1877
Collection Number: ARC 517
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 microfilm reel; 15 files in 1 document box; 27 x 32 cm
Repository:
Monterey Public Library
Monterey, California 93940
Abstract: Documents and photocopies pertaining to Monterey's first public library and various other city related documents.
Language of Material: English
By appointment only; Contact Local History Librarian or designated staff.
Reproduction by Local History Librarian or designated staff; may be restricted due to condition of material.
[Identification of item]. Early Monterey Library and City Records. Collection Number: ARC 517. Monterey Public Library
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection contains 1 microfilm reel and 15 files of photocopies of original documents in the Huntington Library collections.
The microfilm (Series I) shows documents on the incorporation of the first public library in California in 1849. The files
(Series II) are composed of documents from the David Jacks Collection including an oath of allegiance to the United States,
correspondence, book of records, maps, and property matters relating to a military installation, the Salinas Valley Railroad,
and Colton Hall. There are also Monterey jail register records, correspondence regarding postal service employees in 1849-50,
records of a charter election in 1850, and petitions to the Common Council of Monterey in 1850 (for a July 4th celebration)
and in 1851 (to regulate licenses for Jewish pedlars [sic] and Hawkers). In addition to the above files there is a copy of
a finding aid to the David Jacks Papers at Stanford University and a list of the personal and business papers donated by the
Jacks family to the Huntington Library.
politics
government
Jacks, David
Little, Milton A.
Monterey Public Library
Monterey, California