Macomber Family Collection about Race Horse Breeding, 1900-1930

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Title:: Macomber Family Collection about Race Horse Breeding,
Dates:: 1900-1930
Creators:: McCumber family
Abstract:: The Macomber family of race horse breeders and ranchers lived in Los Angeles, Tulare and San Jose, California. The collection consists of photographs, ephemera, an album, and a catalog relating to the horse breeding and ranching interests of the Macomber family: A.K. Macomber, John Kingsley Macomber, and Dr. Henry Macomber.
Extent:: 1 oversize box
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Macomber Family Collection about Race Horse Breeding (Collection 1443). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of photographs, ephemera, an album, and a catalog relating to the horse breeding and ranching interests of the Macomber family: A.K. Macomber, John Kingsley Macomber, and Dr. Henry Macomber. Includes photographs of Ausaymas Ranch, Pacheco Creek, a photograph album of a French chateau with racing stables, photographs of horses and an auction catalog for the disposal of H.J. Macomber's racing stable.
Biographical / historical:: The Macomber family of race horse breeders and ranchers lived in Los Angeles, Tulare and San Jose, California.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Lee Perkal, 1979.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Subjects:: Race horses--California--Archival resources.
Family papers.
Photographs.
Names:: McCumber family--Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Kayla Landesman; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:: © 2004
Date Encoded:: Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house card file, January 2004 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: 1986 .

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library 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], Macomber Family Collection about Race Horse Breeding (Collection 1443). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US