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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: California manuscripts teaching collection
Creator:
Billings, T. R.
Creator:
Remington, Lee Stephen, 1869-1952
Identifier/Call Number: 7108
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3027
Physical Description:
0.44 Linear Feet
1 box
Date: 1850-12-26
Date: 1927-12-15
Language of Material:
English
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This collection contains correspondence relating to California history from various sources, assembled under one collection
for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections instruction. Collection items include 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. The collection also holds 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).
Advance notice required for 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], California manuscripts teaching collection, Collection no. 7108, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California -- Gold discoveries -- 19th century -- Archival resources
California, Southern -- History -- Archival resources
California, Southern -- History, Local -- Archival resources
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Description and travel -- Archival resources
Marriage -- United States -- 19th century -- Archival resources
Tourism -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Illustrated works (documents)
Personal correspondence
Billings, Elizabeth -- Correspondence
Billings, T. R. -- Correspondence
Remington, Lee Stephen, 1869-1952 -- Correspondence