Assorted Documents, 1954-07-20 - 1995-06-25
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
- 1954-07-20 - 1995-06-25
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 a notecard with a timeline of the Yorba family, "José Antonio Yorba I" by Arnold O. Dominguez(Santa Ana, CA: Pioneer Press, 1967), pamphlets for the dedication of Yorba Cemetary Historical Site, a pamphlet for "Toma's Yorba's Santa Ana Viejo, 1769-1847" by Wayne Dell Gibson, a Yorba Linda Medical Group pamphlet, and Christmas cards from Mabel A. Yorba and Mr. and Mrs. Bernardo Yorba.
Also contains three photographs of Prudencio Yorba and his wife Maria de los Delores Ontevieros (gifted by Rudolph Yorba, 5/76), three photographs of Yorba family property, local newspaper clippings regarding the Yorba family, church, house, and graveyard (gifted by Mildred Yorba MacArthur, 1968-08-13), and pages from the Orange County Regsiter and Los Angeles Times (gifted by Mildred Yorba MacArthur, 1968-05-16).
Also contains The Yorba Papers - typed transcripts of the Yorba family land grants - from the Halesworth Research Library (gifted 1968-11-11 by Placentia P.L.), and record group listings of Yorba Family Papers, Yorba Irrigation Company, and Yorba Cemetary documents donated to the CSUF Center for Oral and Public History (processed by San Jose State University, 1995-06-25).
Creator
- From the Sub-Group: Yorba (Family)
Repository Details
Part of the CSUF University Archives & Special Collections Repository
University Archives & Special Collections
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