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MS-R103
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Title: Collection of Orange County and California maps,
Date (inclusive): circa 1824-1991
Date (bulk): (bulk circa 1950-circa 1980)
Collection number: MS-R103
Extent:
8.9 linear feet
(1 box and 23 oversize folders)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection of over 100 maps documents the State of California, but especially its southern counties. Although the maps
are predominantly reproductions they also include a number of originals, with some dating back to the 1820s. Early plats and
diseños document the settlement of Southern California, with an emphasis on Orange County, and provide information on land
ownership, land divisions, and geographical features. Other more recent thematic maps illustrate the state's geology, show
transportation grids, and document the California coast and islands. The collection also includes a large number of contemporary
city and county maps and large-scale USGS (United States Geological Survey) maps. The maps occasionally include neighboring
states.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Collection of Orange County and California maps. MS-R103. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine,
California.
Collection assembled by the Department of Special Collections and Archives from maps acquired from a variety of sources.
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2004. Finding aid update by Joanna Lamb in 2009.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection of over 100 maps documents the State of California, but especially its southern counties. Although the maps
are predominantly reproductions they also include a number of originals, with some dating back to the 1820s. Early plats and
diseños document the settlement of Southern California, with an emphasis on Orange County, and provide information on land
ownership, land divisions, and geographical features. Other more recent thematic maps illustrate the state's geology, show
transportation grids, and document the California coast and islands. The collection also includes a large number of contemporary
city and county maps and large-scale USGS (United States Geological Survey) maps. The maps occasionally include neighboring
states.
Diseños are maps or plats of Spanish and Mexican land grants, which usually accompanied petitions for such grants.
Plats are maps, charts or plans that show the location, boundaries, and ownership of individual properties.
This collection is arranged into 6 series.
- Series 1. Maps of California ranchos and rancho-era communities, circa 1824-circa 1980. 1.2 linear ft.
- Series 2. Maps of Orange County, county and cities, 1887-1986. 2.1 linear ft.
- Series 3. Maps of other California counties, cities, and geographical features, 1880-1991. 1.2 linear ft.
- Series 4. USGS maps of California, 1901-1973. 1.4 linear ft.
- Series 5. California coastal and island maps, 1852-1959. 0.7 linear ft.
- Series 6. Thematic maps of California, 1855-1964. 2.3 linear ft.
The following collections in Special Collections and Archives, contain related materials:
- MS-R01, Don Meadows Papers, Subseries 5.6, Maps
- MS-R72, Richard Egan Manuscript Maps of Orange County