D.G. Cathcart Collection

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Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
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2021


Descriptive Summary

Title: D.G. Cathcart Collection
Dates: 1924-1951
Collection Number: GC 1379
Creator/Collector:
Extent: Boxes: 9 legal
Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: 18 journal books used in scrapbook fashion to record day to day notations, news, and activities related to tax assessment, current events and personal matters. They were created during Cathcart's tenure with the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office, and they are dated 1934 - 1951.
Language of Material: English

Access

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Preferred Citation

D.G. Cathcart Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Biography/Administrative History

D.G. Cathcart served as the Chief Personal Property Appraiser with the Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor. He was a resident of Pasadena, California. [Donald G. Cathcart]

Scope and Content of Collection

18 journal books used in scrapbook fashion to record day to day notations, news, and activities related to tax assessment, current events and personal matters. They were created during Cathcart's tenure with the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office, and they are dated 1934 - 1951. The journals contain newspaper clippings, brochures, postcards, tickets and other ephemera, some loose and others attached to pages. There are written entries and also some photographs. Beginning on page "September 2, 1951" are handwritten recollections presumably by Cathcart, highlighting details of each year on the job from 1924 through 1950. Two additional scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and photographs (photos of County Assessor Ed Hopkins and other Assessors from throughout California.)