George S. Pelton (1886-1967) Papers

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2024

Descriptive Summary

Title: George S. Pelton (1886-1967) Papers

Dates: 1925-1945

Collection Number: GC 1019

Creator/Collector:

Extent: (Boxes: 8 legal, 1 flat)

Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Los Angeles, California 90007-4057

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

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. George S. Pelton (1886-1967) Papers. Collection Number: GC 1019. 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.