Hi everyone,
I mostly spent this week continuing to convert files into PDF/A format and scanning documents from the Southside Mutual Water Company collection. Though these may turn out to be of great relevance to researchers in the future, I don’t quite have the context for what makes them significant. So, I’ll blog my response to a question my boss, Tanya, asked me about how the Chaffey letters fit with my understanding of their time period.
Although the Chaffey letters often
function as reminders of how much business, technology, and the Inland Empire have
changed since the 1800s, they also make me feel closer to their time period
when I read them. My image of California in the 1800s consists of Spanish
missions, Mexican ranchos, and the gold rush. The letters delve into a much
more specific aspect of this history, although they still fit within the
period’s struggles with contested land and colonization, which I’ve learned
about in history classes.
Til next week,
Aalia
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