Yale (Gregory) papers, 1828-1871

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Summary

Title:
Gregory Yale papers
Dates:
1828-1871
Creators:
Yale, Gregory, 1816-1871.
Abstract:
Gregory Yale (1816-1871) was the author of Legal titles to mining claims and water rights in California (1867). The collection consists of correspondence, legal files, and accounts relating mainly to Yale's law practice in Jacksonville, Florida and in San Francisco, as well as some personal letters and papers.
Extent:
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Language:
Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gregory Yale papers (Collection 2044). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, legal files, and accounts relating mainly to Yale's law practice in Jacksonville, FL and in San Francisco, as well as some personal letters and papers.

Biographical / historical:

Yale was the author of Legal titles to mining claims and water rights in California (1867).

Yale came to California in 1850 from Jacksonville and established a law practice in San Francisco where for a number of years he was associated with the law firm of Halleck, Peachy & Billings. He was also associated with Frank Turk and other San Francisco lawyers. He later opened his own office and specialized in mining law.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2008
Date Encoded:
Text OCR'd by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, 2009 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from OCR'd finding aid, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro. Date of source: 11/1974 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gregory Yale papers (Collection 2044). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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