Monrovia (Calif.) Records, 1886-1946

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Summary

Title:
Monrovia (California) Records,
Dates:
1886-1946
Creators:
Monrovia (California)
Abstract:
The town of Monrovia, California was founded by W.N. Monroe in 1886. The collection consists of correspondence and reports of the various departments of Monrovia's city government including material on the development of water resources in the Monrovia area.
Extent:
49 boxes (24.5 linear ft.) 7 oversize boxes
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Monrovia (California) Records (Collection 332). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence and reports of the various departments of the city government of Monrovia, California. Includes material on the development of water resources in the Monrovia area.

Expanded Scope and Content

The town of Monrovia was founded by W.N. Monroe in 1886, and the records contained in the town archive date from the first year of its existence.

These records were received by the Library in September, 1952, after a decision of the Monrovia Town Council to release them for research purposes. Most of the records are preserved in their original order of filing; some of the correspondence and reports of town officials, however, were received by the Library in a disorganized condition. These have been grouped by office of the town government.

The attached finding list must be used for preliminary study of the contents of the archive. If materials are requested for use, the original filing order within the individual folders must not be disturbed. One folder only will be used at a time.

Biographical / historical:

The town of Monrovia, California was founded by W.N. Monroe in 1886.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Monrovia Town Council, 1952. Records were originally housed in the Monrovia town archive.
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.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, August 1999 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

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, 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], Monrovia (California) Records (Collection 332). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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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