California manuscripts teaching collection
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence relating to California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections instruction. Collection items include a 1927 illustrated letter authored by Lee Stephen Remington (1869-1952), a factory manager from St. Paul, Minnesota, to a friend named Mr. Dow during a visit to Los Angeles. The collection also holds an 1850 letter written by T. R. Billings, a California gold seeker, to his wife, Elizabeth Billings, back home in New York. Billings' letter describes the hardships and financial troubles experienced by many who moved west during the California gold rush (1848-1855).
Dates
- Creation: 1850-12-26
- Creation: 1927-12-15
Creator
- Billings, T. R. (Person)
- Remington, Lee Stephen, 1869-1952 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
0.44 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials in this collection were acquired from a number of sources at different times. See item- or file-level description for more detailed provenancial information.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the California manuscripts teaching collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Bo Doub
- Date
- 2020 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2024 March: Bo Doub re-titled the collection from "Southern California manuscripts teaching collection" to "California manuscripts teaching collection." Bo also added description to the finding aid to document correspondence added to the collection from accession no. 2024-008.
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu