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Descriptive Summary
Title: George S. Pelton (1886-1967) Papers
Dates: 1925-1945
Collection Number: GC 1019
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Extent: (Boxes: 7 legal, 1 legal oversize)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Correspondence, maps and legal papers dealing mostly with mining and re-working ancient silver deposits in Hildalgo, Mexico,
at Pachuca and Real del Monte, ca. 1920's-1940's.
Language of Material: English
Access
Research is by appointment only
Publication Rights
Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
Preferred Citation
George S. Pelton (1886-1967) Papers. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Associated with National Mine in Nevada, later a prominent Los Angeles automobile dealer.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, maps and legal papers dealing mostly with mining and re-working ancient silver deposits in Hildalgo, Mexico,
at Pachuca and Real del Monte, ca. 1920's-1940's. Mexican correspondence mostly with Attorney Evaristo Paredes. Oversize
box contains three photos: including Pelton with Shirley Temple; and Pelton with Warner Baxter.
