Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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Certificate of commendation, done in calligraphy, to Graves from the L.A. Clearing House Association, presented when he resigned from the Clearing House Committee (1928). Also a L.A. Clearing House Certificate (1907).
- Biographical / historical:
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Graves (1852-1933) was a prominent resident of Los Angeles and president of the Farmers & Merchants National Bank for twelve years. He wrote My Seventy Years in California. He was a member of the executive committee of the Los Angeles Clearing House Association for over twenty years and was its president in 1907. He was custodian of all securities of the National Currency Association of Los Angeles during the World War. (Source: California of the South Vol. IV, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 681-685, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.)
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1907-1928
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Research is by appointment only
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
- Preferred citation:
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Jackson A. Graves Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Location of this collection:
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900 Exposition BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
- Contact:
- (213) 763-3359