Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
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Scope and Content of Collection
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Alma (Lytton) James Collection
Dates: 1940s-1960s
Collection Number: 2002.10
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 6 boxes
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: This is a collection of family and official records of early Contra Costa County families in the Martinez area. The collection
includes personal and business letters, postcards, photographs, business day ledgers, and business records. The family names
include Hollenbeck, Olmstead, Litton (Lytton), Pawsey, and James.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
Preferred Citation
Alma (Lytton) James Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
The items are described at the item level in each box.
• Box 1: business day books, correspondence, genealogical card index
• Box 2: Correspondence, receipts
• Box 3: Photographs, tintypes, & prints of ancestors (photo collection)
• Box 4: Correspondence, receipts, business papers
• Box 5: correspondence, stock certificates, receipts
• Box 6: Correspondence, receipts, business papers, bills
• Box 7: Correspondence, photos, periodical article clippings
Indexing Terms
Correspondence
Business records, day books
Business records, receipts
Business records, stock certificates
Genealogy
Agriculture, farming
Agriculture, daily life
Hollenbeck
Olmstead
Litton (Lytton)
Pawsey
James
Martinez
letters
day books
periodical clippings
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