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La Bocha De La CañAda De Pinole, Diseños 490, Glo No. 125, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Contra Costa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Laguna De Los Palos Colorados, Diseños 590, Glo No. 123, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Contra Costa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Monte Del Diablo, Diseños 76, Glo No. 112, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Monte Del Diablo, Diseños 76, Glo No. 112, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Contra Costa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Pinole, Diseños 284, Glo No. 126, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Pinole, Diseños 284, Glo No. 126, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Contra Costa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
San RamóN (Norris), Diseños 341, Glo No. 117, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Contra Costa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Jimeno, Diseños 131, Glo No. 22, Colusa County, And Associated Historical Documents
Jimeno, Diseños 131, Glo No. 22, Colusa County, And Associated Historical Documents
Colusa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Laguna De Tache, Diseños 600, Glo No. 301, Fresno County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Laguna De Tache, Diseños 600, Glo No. 301, Fresno County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Fresno County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Rancho De Larkin (Larkin Children's Rancho), Diseños 130, Glo No. 16, Colusa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Colusa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Mission San José, Three Tracts, Diseño 110, Glo No. 135, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Agua Callente (Higuera), Diseño 78, Glo No. 136, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
San RamóN (Amador), Diseño 128, Glo No. 118, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
San RamóN (Amador), Diseño 128, Glo No. 118, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Arroyo De La Alameda, Diseño 82, Glo No. 133, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Arroyo De La Alameda, Diseño 82, Glo No. 133, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Canada De Los Vaqueros, Diseño 76, Glo No. 109, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents
Canada De Los Vaqueros, Diseño 76, Glo No. 109, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Potrero De Los Cerritos, Diseño 258, Glo No. 134, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
San Lorenzo (Soto), Diseño 524, Glo No. 132, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
San Lorenzo (Soto), Diseño 524, Glo No. 132, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Santa Rita [Pacheco], Diseño 60, Glo No. 119, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Santa Rita [Pacheco], Diseño 60, Glo No. 119, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Valle De San José (Suñ-Bernal), Diseño 231, Glo No. 121, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
RincóN De Los Esteros (White), Wpa Abstract, Glo No. 139, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Alameda County
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information and documents regarding a rancho found in the Bancroft Archives.
BLM Land Grant Patent – Hand-written document issued by the U.S. Government providing legal ownership of land previously granted by the Spanish or Mexican government.
BLM Land Patent Detail Sheet – Document using the BLM accession number that provides specific information regarding the patented land of a rancho.
BLM …
Aguas Frias, Diseño 227, Glo No. 13, Butte County, And Associated Historical Documents
Aguas Frias, Diseño 227, Glo No. 13, Butte County, And Associated Historical Documents
Butte County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Boga, Diseño 129, Glo No. 18, Butte County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Boga, Diseño 129, Glo No. 18, Butte County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Butte County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Las Juntas, Diseños 127, Glo No. 113, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents
Las Juntas, Diseños 127, Glo No. 113, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents
Contra Costa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
San RamóN (Carpentier), Diseños 301, Glo No. 116, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Contra Costa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Arroyo Chico, Diseño 143, Glo No. 9, Butte County, And Associated Historical Documents
Arroyo Chico, Diseño 143, Glo No. 9, Butte County, And Associated Historical Documents
Butte County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Los Meganos, Diseños 213, Glo No. 110, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Los Meganos, Diseños 213, Glo No. 110, Contra Costa County, And Associated Historical Documents.
Contra Costa County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Las Positas, Diseño 77, Glo No. 120, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents
Las Positas, Diseño 77, Glo No. 120, Alameda County, And Associated Historical Documents
Alameda County
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Civil War Congress And The Creation Of Modern America: A Revolution On The Home Front, Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Civil War Congress And The Creation Of Modern America: A Revolution On The Home Front, Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Ohio University Press Open Access Books
Most literature on the Civil War focuses on soldiers, battles, and politics. But for every soldier in the United States Army, there were nine civilians at home. The war affected those left on the home front in many ways. Westward expansion and land ownership increased. The draft disrupted families while a shortage of male workers created opportunities for women that were previously unknown.
The war also enlarged the national government in ways unimagined before 1861. The Homestead Act, the Land Grant College Act, civil rights legislation, the use of paper currency, and creation of the Internal Revenue Service to collect …
Rita, Rita, Tsos
Rita, Rita, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
Rita Alkhaledy grew up in Sadr City, a poor suburb of Baghdad. Her father is an Iraqi Arab and her mother was Kurdish Iranian. Her mother lived in fear that she would be cast out of Baghdad as being an outsider in Iraq was frowned upon. Her father served in the Iraqi army in the 80s and was gone a great deal, leading to a strained relationship. Their relationship was mended when her mother died from cancer.
After the Iraq war, Rita and her brothers realized that their lives were in danger. They had to move from house to house …
Jeanusnat, Jeanusnat, Tsos
Jeanusnat, Jeanusnat, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
Jeanusnat’s father, who was chief of a Nigerian community, was murdered by an enemy community. The murderer intended to kill Jeanusnat and his mother as well, but they fled to neighboring Niger. There, Jeanusnat parted ways with his mother, who stayed at the church with a family, and Jeanusnat crossed into Libya in the back of a truck. But once in Libya, danger persisted. He was confronted by some robbers who stabbed him with a knife and beat him, leaving injuries on his legs and shoulder. In Tripoli, a man offered him temporary refuge, where Jeanusnat stayed until he decided …
Ali, Ali, Twila Bird
Ali, Ali, Twila Bird
TSOS Interview Gallery
At eighteen fate placed Ali and his family in the center of hostilities in northern Afghanistan. Warring militant factions killed hundreds of people in his village. Ali helped identify and bury dozens of his friends and neighbors in a mass grave.
We spent days and nights in the mountains and blocked on the borders. I crossed the mountainous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan walking with my handicap. Then it took us another sixteen hours to cross the border between Pakistan and Iran, also in very high mountains of more than 2500 meters. The Iranian police were killing people on the …
Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers - Accession 1049, Dorothy Moser Medlin
Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers - Accession 1049, Dorothy Moser Medlin
Manuscript Collection
(The Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers are currently in processing.)
This collection contains most of the records of Dorothy Medlin’s work and correspondence and also includes reference materials, notes, microfilm, photographic negatives related both to her professional and personal life. Additions include a FLES Handbook, co-authored by Dorothy Medlin and a decorative mirror belonging to Dorothy Medlin.
Major series in this collection include: some original 18th century writings and ephemera and primary source material of André Morellet, extensive collection of secondary material on André Morellet's writings and translations, Winthrop related files, literary manuscripts and notes by Dorothy Medlin (1966-2011), copies …