San Francisco City Government collection of printed material, 1896-1929

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Summary

Title:
Collection of Printed Material about San Francisco City Government
Dates:
1896-1929
Abstract:
Collection consists of published reports of the Board of Supervisors and the Auditor of the City and County of San Francisco from 1869 to 1929.
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Language:
Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Printed Material about San Francisco City Government (Collection 1415). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a series of official reports on urban engineering, transportation, architecture, commerce, and finance dating from 1889 to 1931. Also included in the collection are city charters and amendments issued from the years 1897 to 1929. All the publications in the collection were printed under the authority of the City of San Francisco.

Biographical / historical:

The collection includes a sample of the authorized public documentation of the government of San Francisco in its formative years as a United States municipality. The city was founded as a Spanish colony in 1776 by José Joaquin Moraga and Father Francisco Palóu, named for Saint Francis of Assisi, and incorporated under the United States government on April 15th, 1850 by act of the Legislature.

Acquisition information:
Acquired July 1985.
Processing information:

Processed by Jesse Erickson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, August 2011.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

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

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Jesse Erickson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, August 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2003
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Date of source: August 2011 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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], Collection of Printed Material about San Francisco City Government (Collection 1415). UCLA Library 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
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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