Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Burlingame ballads
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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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Rare Books
426060
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
mssSolano
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Manuscripts
A collection of 212 items which consists primarily of various legal documents and property records such as bonds, deeds, indentures, as well as genealogical materials, a few letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera (1749-1961). There are papers related to Elisha Burlingame, Daniel F. Burlingame, Edgar Winchester, and others; there are also general and company orders, receipts, rolls, and other records accumulated by Daniel F. Burlingame who served as captain of a regiment of the 7th Division of Massachusetts Militia between 1828 and 1834. The collection also includes a copy of the song "Dixie for the Union," signed "T. W. Sweeny, Col. 52nd Ill. Volunteers" and dedicated to Miss Amelia Winchester, a fragment of a Civil War diary (Germantown, Tennessee 1863 October 29 - November 26), and a photocopy of an 1866 letter from Anson Burlingame to William S. Rosecrans. In addition, the collection contains scattered genealogical papers related to the Browne, Mason, Pierce, Fenner, Bliss and other families.
mssWinchester
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Manuscripts
A collection of 212 items which consists primarily of various legal documents and property records such as bonds, deeds, indentures, as well as genealogical materials, a few letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera (1749-1961). There are papers related to Elisha Burlingame, Daniel F. Burlingame, Edgar Winchester, and others; there are also general and company orders, receipts, rolls, and other records accumulated by Daniel F. Burlingame who served as captain of a regiment of the 7th Division of Massachusetts Militia between 1828 and 1834. The collection also includes a copy of the song "Dixie for the Union," signed "T. W. Sweeny, Col. 52nd Ill. Volunteers" and dedicated to Miss Amelia Winchester, a fragment of a Civil War diary (Germantown, Tennessee 1863 October 29 - November 26), and a photocopy of an 1866 letter from Anson Burlingame to William S. Rosecrans. In addition, the collection contains scattered genealogical papers related to the Browne, Mason, Pierce, Fenner, Bliss and other families.
mssWinchester