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Title: Manuscript File
Dates: 1703-1983
Collection Number: MSS
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: Legal boxes; 3 ov)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: There are over 500 items on a varied range of topics, including documents pertaining to Los Angeles and Southern California
history; personal accounts and diaries; the Civil War and Reconstruction periods; World War I and II eras; and historic documents
pertaining to other American locales. Some record files also include associated photographic items. English and Spanish.
1703 - ca. 1983, undated
Language of Material: English
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Manuscript File. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
The container list is arranged by repository file number. MSS-1 through MSS-524 were originally organized and entered as
bibliographic records in OCLC. The following numbered files are not found, possibly due to mis-numbering: MSS-18, MSS-36,
MSS-38, MSS-162, MSS-223, MSS-360, MSS-361, MSS-444, MSS-445, MSS-458, MSS-525, and MSS-526. Additional items have been added
to the collection, however, these items do not have bibliographic records in OCLC. The additional items begin with MSS-527
and include oversize items (i.e. MSS-1ov, MSS-2ov, etc.). Items will continue to be added to the collection as deemed appropriate.
Scope and Content of Collection
There are over 500 items on a varied range of topics, including documents pertaining to Los Angeles and Southern California
history; personal accounts and diaries; the Civil War and Reconstruction periods; World War I and II eras; and historic documents
pertaining to other American locales. Some record files also include associated photographic items. English and Spanish.
1703 - ca. 1983, undated
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
California, Southern.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)