Writings, 1912-01-15 - 1967
Scope and Contents note
The Local History Collection focuses on the history of Orange County California and the cities within Orange County, Southern California and to a lesser extent California as a whole.
The collection includes 3860 cataloged books and pamphlets, correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts, maps, memoribilia, microfilm, papers, periodicals, posters and photographs.
Dates
- 1912-01-15 - 1967
Extent
From the Collection: 733 boxes (733 boxes, 3860 volumes in 429 linear feet plus two large orange cabinets drawers and two map cases drawers. )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Contains local history articles, book reviews, and forwards written by Don Meadows for the Brand Books of the Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners, the Southern California Historical Society, and the California Historical Society Quarterly. Includes bird-watching notes published in The Condor, and butterfly notes published in the Pomona College Journal of Entomology and Zoology. Also contains two pamphlets of "The Postscript" and a poem in a May 1913 clipping from the Orange Post, both printed while in elementary school.
Creator
- From the Sub-Group: Meadows, Don (Person)
- From the Sub-Group: Meadows, Frances (Person)
- From the Sub-Group: Historical Society of Southern California (Organization)
- From the Sub-Group: Westerners, Los Angeles Corral (Organization)
- From the Sub-Group: Orange County Historical Society (Calif.) (Organization)
- From the Sub-Group: University of California, Irvine (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the CSUF University Archives & Special Collections Repository
University Archives & Special Collections
Pollak Library South Room 352 (PLS 352)
Fullerton CA 92831-3599 USA
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