California historic landmark project collection, 1936-1940.

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California historic landmark project collection, 1936-1940.

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Typescripts of essays, research notes, and writing guidelines and other administrative documents related to the project. The essays treat ca. 130 of California's registered landmarks; the writing is historical in nature and often recounts events from Spanish colonialism up to the 1930s. Essays treating the state parks also include geographic, geologic, and natural history descriptions.

3 lin. ft. (8 archives boxes)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7398738

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California.

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Historical Background Between 1936 and 1940, the California Department of Parks and Recreation in conjunction with the Federal Writers' Project, a component of the federal Works Progress Administration, produced a series of descriptive historical essays and monographs on a variety of the state's important landmarks, monuments and state parks. The project editors were Clark Wing and Vernon Aubrey Neasham. Project writers included G...

California. Dept. of Parks and Recreation.

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