Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Calvary Cemetery Record Collection
- Dates:
- 1880-1930, bulk Bulk, 1913-1919
- Creators:
- Calvary Cemetery (San Diego, Calif.).
- Abstract:
- This collection contains maps, ledgers, and registers related to Calvary Cemetery in San Diego, CA.
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Calvary Cemetery Record Collection, MS 83, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains maps, ledgers, and registers related to Calvary Cemetery in San Diego, CA. It documents many of the individuals buried in the cemetery.
- Biographical / historical:
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Established around 1876 as a Catholic cemetery by Father Antonio Ubach, Calvary Cemetery in San Diego's Mission Hills’ community was used extensively from 1880 to 1919. After the last burial in 1960, it fell into disrepair and a city resolution converted the cemetery into Calvary Memorial Pioneer Park in 1970. Of the more than 600 gravestones and monuments that remained in the cemetery, 142 were preserved in a section of the park while the others were removed to the city's Mount Hope Cemetery.
- Processing information:
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Collection processed by Andrew Wolfson in April 2008.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged in chronological order.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- January 11, 2017
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2017-01-11T13:20-0800
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
- Preferred citation:
-
Calvary Cemetery Record Collection, MS 83, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.
- Location of this collection:
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1649 El Prado, Suite 3San Diego, CA 92101, US
- Contact:
- (619) 232-6203