Robert C. Gillingham Working Papers

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Robert C. Gillingham Working Papers

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A majority of this collection is manuscript drafts and copies of sections of The Rancho San Pedro and Yesterdays of Compton. Also included are Gillingham's notes and correspondence to and from local historians, the Dominguez Estate Company, Compton pioneers, and others.

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California State University, Dominguez Hills, CSUDH

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SNAC Resource ID: 7969790

California State University, Dominguez Hills, CSUDH

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Gillingham, Robert C. (Robert Cameron), 1896-

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Robert C. Gillingham was born in Michigan in 1896 and moved to Compton, California in 1906. He attended Compton Union High School, earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Pomona College, and served in the first World War. Gillingham later earned his PhD from the University of Southern California and, in 1927, became Dean of Compton Junior College, a position he held for 35 years. During this time, he also spent 17 years as the chairman of the Compton City Planning Commission. His interest in local...

Dominguez Water Company.

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Dominguez Water Corporation.

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