Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Capitol Restoration,
- Dates:
- 1979-1980
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Capitol Restoration, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Artifact lists, acquisition lists, photocopies and photographic images of artifacts, accounts of the restoration process, minutes of the Interpretive Steering Committee, floor plans, memoranda and drawings of the historic Capitol Library.
- Biographical / historical:
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The restoration of the California State Capitol began in 1972 as the result of an engineering study by the Office of the State Architect which indicated that the west wing was unsafe in the event of a moderate earthquake. The project began in March 1976 involving more than 2,000 workers. It took six years to complete at a cost of $67.8 million.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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Please credit California State Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Capitol Restoration, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176