Scott (Elizabeth T.) Notebook, 1950-1960

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Title:: Elizabeth T. Scott Notebook
Dates:: 1950-1960
Creators:: Scott, Elizabeth T.
Abstract:: The Elizabeth T. Scott Notebook is a research notebook kept by Scott from 1950 through 1960 containing research she gathered on the history of the San Fernando Valley and the Santa Monica Mountain area of Los Angeles County, California covering the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries in the area.
Extent:: .44 linear feet
Language:: English.
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Scope and content:: The Elizabeth T. Scott Notebook is a research notebook kept by Scott from 1950 through 1960 containing research she gathered on the history of the San Fernando Valley and the Santa Monica Mountain area of Los Angeles County, California covering the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries in the area. It also contains an outline for a book about the subject including a bibliography. Notes are both handwritten and typed. There are many small notes, bookmarks, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera filed throughout the notebook. Also included are statical data like the populations and elevations of local towns. The notebook is divided into the following sections: General, Towns, Trails and Stage Routes, Ranches, Street Names, Dates and Battles, Indians, Bibliography, Place Names, and Populations. Lastly, there are photographic prints captured between 1955 and 1960 depicting a Veteran Hospital, the Northridge Train Station, a business titled Zelzah Warehouse, the Fremont Pass, the Canoga Park Library, and other valley residential scenes.
Processing information:: Carri Frola, 2025.
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Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-23 15:51:23 -0700 .

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Restrictions:: This collection is open for research use.
Terms of access:: Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Location of this collection:: California State University, Northridge, Urban Archives

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330, US