Simmons Family Papers, [1845-1909]

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Title:: Simmons Family Papers,
Dates:: [1845-1909]
Creators:: Simmons family
Abstract:: Primarily papers of Orrin Simmons pertaining to his business affairs in Costa Rica and San Francisco and his land holdings in the Berkeley area, Alameda Co., Calif. Included are letters from Juan Rafael Mora, papers concerning the College of California and the University of California, maps and blueprint of a subdivision adjacent to the University in Berkeley.
Extent:: Number of containers: 1 box and 1 oversize folder
Language:: Collection materials are in English and Spanish
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Simmons family papers, BANC MSS C-B 754, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and content:: Chiefly papers of Orrin Simmons pertaining to his business affairs in Costa Rica and San Francisco and his land holdings in the Berkeley area, Alameda County, California. A few items relate to his sons, J. E. and W. H. Simmons.
Acquisition information:: Gift of William Simmons (September 23, 1958). Courtesy of Mrs. R. E. Prosise. Deposited in Bancroft Library, 1953, by James D. Hart.
Physical location:: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by The Bancroft Library staff
Date Prepared:: © 1997
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding; finding aid encoded by Brooke Dykman Dockter. Date of source: Unknown.

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Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft 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:: [Identification of item], Simmons family papers, BANC MSS C-B 754, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US