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MS.563
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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Society of California Pioneers Collection
Creator:
Society of California Pioneers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.563
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(2 folders)
Date: 1862, undated
Language of Material:
English
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This collection contains a photostat of the mission statement of the Society of California Pioneers from 1853 and a program
for the ceremonies at the laying of the corner stone of the New Pioneer Hall on 1862 July 7.
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Administrative history note created by Maritxu Carmen de Alaiza, 2012. Finding
aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 5, made possible through grant funding from the
National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Donation from H. R. Wagner, circa 1932; Donation from George Wharton James estate, 1943 December.
Society of California Pioneers Collection, 1862, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.563; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
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The purpose of the Society of California Pioneers was, according to its constitution, "to cultivate the social virtues of
its members, to collect and preserve information connected with the early settlement and conquest of the country, and to perpetuate
the memory of those whose sagacity, enterprise, and love of independence induced them to settle in the wilderness, and become
the germ of a new State."
The Society continues to be a membership organization, and "Membership is open to descendants of pioneers who arrived in California
prior to January 1, 1850" (The Society of California Pioneers, 2011). As of 2012 January 26, the Society was still active.
Reference:
The Society of California Pioneers. (2011). The Society of California Pioneers Constitution. Retrieved from http://www.californiapioneers.org/.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Programs
Mission statements
California -- History
Photostats