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"Yesterdays of Compton", Original Manuscript, December 18, 1934 - September 17, 1935; undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents

Contains portions of the original manuscript of "Yesterday's of Compton" by R.C. Gillingham.

Contains:

  1. No. 11: "Recent Record of the Dominguez Estate Company Oil Development"
  2. No. 17: "The Name: Compton"
  3. No. 19: "Early Business Houses"
  4. No. 22: "Early Compton Settlers: The Morton Family"
  5. No. 24: The Earliest School Buildings in Compton"
  6. No. 27: "Early Business Houses of Compton"
  7. No. 28: "Other Early Business Houses of Compton"
  8. No. 29: "The Incorpoation of Company"
  9. No. 30: "The Re-Incorporation of Compton"
  10. No. 31: "The Founding of Hopewell Bapist Church"
  11. No. 32: "Original Landowners of Compton Townsite"
  12. No. 33: "History of Woodlawn Cemetery"
  13. No. 34: "Early Landowners in the Temple and Gibson Tract"
  14. No. 36: "Other Pioneer Landowners in Early Compton"
  15. No. 37: "History of Early Compton Newspapers"
  16. No. 38: "Recent History of Compton Newspaper"
  17. No 39: "History of the Compton Postoffice"
  18. No. 40: "Early History of Compton Grammar School"
  19. No. 41: "History of the Tamarind Street School"
  20. No. 42: "The Telephone System in Compton"
  21. No. 43: "Origins of Compton Street Names"
  22. No. 44: "The Catholic Church in Compton"
  23. No. 45: "The Beginnings of Compton Union High School"
  24. No. 46: "The Building of Compton Union High School"
  25. No. 47: "Later History of Compton Union High School"
  26. No. 48: "History of Masonry in Compton"
  27. No. 49: "Other Early Compton Landowners"
  28. No. 50: "Sidelights on Early Compton History"
  29. No. 51: "Other Compton History Sidelights"
  30. No. 52: "The Stores of Early Compton"
  31. No. 53: "History of the Pathfinder Club"
  32. No. 54: "Early History of the Pacific Electric Railway in Compton"
  33. No. 55: "Later History of the Pacific Electric Railway in Compton"
  34. No. 55: "The First Bank in Compton"
  35. No. 57: "Later History of Compton Banks"
  36. No. 58: "Chronology of Compton History"
  37. "The Coming of the Railroad"
  38. "The Pacific Eletric Railway"

Dates

  • December 18, 1934 - September 17, 1935; undated

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 linear foot

From the Collection: 3 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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Repository Details

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