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Outline history of the National Guard.
BANC MSS C-A 174 FILMLOCAL
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Title:

Outline history of the National Guard

Creator/Contributor:

United States, Work Projects Administration., creator

Creator/Contributor:

California, Adjutant General's Office.

Abstract:

Prepared by WPA personnel from records in the California Adjutant General's office and the state library. Includes list of guard organizations, and information on activities during World War I, Mexican border service, 1916, San Francisco earthquake and fire, Civil War, and Spanish American War.
Introduction.
The National Guard of California, 1849-1880. [Consists of numerous sections, each of which relates to the formation and hisoty of the various local, county and state guard units]
Activities of the California National Guard during the World War, 1917-1919.
The California National Guard and the Emergency in San Francisco, 1934.
The California National Guard and the Mexican Border Service, 1916.
Activities of the companies of the California National Guard during the Folsom Prison Riot, 1927.
Naval Militia of the State of California, 1891-1917 (Naval Battalion of the National Guard of California)
The California National Guard and the Earthquake and Fire, 1906.
Activities of the Companies of the California National Guard during the Long Beach Earthquake, Mar. 10, 1933.
The California Volunteers and the Philippine Insurrection, 1899-1901.
California Volunteers and the Civil War.
[Copies of references to the California National Guard in various California newspapers]
Index.

Subject:

Folsom Prison.
California. -- Militia.
World War, 1914-1918
Strikes and lockouts -- California -- San Francisco
Earthquakes -- California -- Long Beach
Spanish-American War, 1898
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco
Fires -- California -- San Francisco
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
California -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Philippines

Note:

Original copy (17 v. and index) in: the California State Library.

Physical Description:

microfilm
9 microfilm reels (3471 exposures) : negative (Rich. 84:20-85:8) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-A 174 FILMLOCAL

Origin:

California