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Descriptive Summary
Title: San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association Collection
Dates: 1846-2007 (bulk 1987-1996)
Collection Number: MS 92-001
Creator/Collector:
San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association
Extent: 5 archival boxes (2.09 linear feet)
Repository:
Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room
Escondido, California 92025
Abstract: While the collection includes aspects of the organization's administrative history and relationship to the San Pasqual Battlefield
Historic State Park, the strength of the San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association Collection is in the reference materials
pertaining to the Battle of San Pasqual and the Mexican-American war.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association Collection. Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room
Biography/Administrative History
The San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association is a group of volunteers who are dedicated to commemorating and re-enacting
the Mexican-American War Battle of San Pasqual, which took place on December 6, 1846.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection includes reproductions of speeches, publications, maps, and drawings. Highlights of the collection include materials
used in historic discussion groups.
The collection is organized into 4 series:
I. General files, 1846-1998
II. Reference materials, 1846-1994
III. History discussion group manuscripts, 1987-1997
IV. Newsletters, 1997-2007
Indexing Terms
San Pasqual, Battle of, Calif., 1846
Carson, Kit, 1809-1868.
Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893
Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848
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