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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
History and geography of Tehama County for use in the public schools
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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
This typed manuscript is a history of Tehama County and Red Bluff, the county seat. Gans describes in detail the following characteristics of the county: climate, wild life, geographic features, industries, railroads, libraries, water supply, schools, livestock, and agriculture of the county. Gans also talks about Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lassen National Forest, as well as prominent citizen William Brown Ide, who became President of the Bear Flag Republic in 1846, and Ishi, the Yana Indian who was found in Tehama County. Glued onto the manuscript is a newspaper clipping giving the population of Tehama County in 1951. Accompanying the manuscript is a typed letter from Gans to historian William Henry Hutchinson regarding Gans' manuscript.
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Manuscripts
The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.
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