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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and Confederate currency. Items are bound together with portraits of Davis.
mssHM 20996-21003
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Manuscripts
Collection of correspondence, research notes and other professional papers of Godfrey Davies.
mssDG
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 44 scrapbooks of clippings, articles, indexes of published articles, and a few manuscripts of Winfield J. Davis from 1849 to 1909. It includes a manuscript account of the counties of California and statistics regarding members of the state legislature, the governors and executive officers.
mssHM 53656-53674
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 634 items, from 1843 to 1906; it includes manuscripts, letters, documents, receipts and newspaper clippings related to the life and business activities of William Heath Davis. Subject matter includes shipping and commerce in California before and after the Gold Rush; business firms in San Francisco and Honolulu; and land titles, with particular emphasis on Rancho San Leandro. The collection also includes manuscripts and source materials relating to Davis's memoirs. Additionally, there are items related to California and San Francisco history; various California pioneers; mining; shipping; land titles commerce; and the social manners and customs of early California residents.
mssDA