California manuscripts teaching collection, 1850-1927

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Summary

Title:
California manuscripts teaching collection
Dates:
1850-1927
Creators:
Billings, T. R. and Remington, Lee Stephen, 1869-1952
Extent:
0.44 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], California manuscripts teaching collection, Collection no. 7108, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence, a property indenture, and a store ledger relating to California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections instruction. The earliest item in the collection is an 1850 letter written by T. R. Billings, a California gold seeker, to his wife, Elizabeth Billings, back home in New York. Billings' letter describes the hardships and financial troubles experienced by many who moved west during the California gold rush (1848-1855). The collection also holds an 1854 Los Angeles property indenture documenting the sale of land in downtown Los Angeles and an 1873 account ledger for goods purchased from La Esperanza Store, a grocery and liquor business in downtown Los Angeles owned by Italian Americans Domenico Rivara and Giovanni Sanguineti. Lastly, the collection holds a 1927 illustrated letter authored by Lee Stephen Remington (1869-1952), a factory manager from St. Paul, Minnesota, to a friend named Mr. Dow during a visit to Los Angeles.

Acquisition information:
The materials in this collection were acquired from a number of sources at different times. See item- or file-level description for more detailed provenancial information.
Arrangement:

Description of the items in the California manuscripts teaching collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Bo Doub
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-07 13:54:01 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. 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.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], California manuscripts teaching collection, Collection no. 7108, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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