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San Marcos Volunteer Fire Department records

 Collection
Identifier: SC067

Scope and Contents

This collection houses meeting minutes, operational records, correspondence and public relations materials from the San Marcos Volunteer Fire Department from 1951 until 1979. The PR materials contain newspaper clippings from emergencies and events that the volunteer fire department responded to.

Dates

  • Creation: 1955 - 1979

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

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Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with California State University San Marcos. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact archives@csusm.edu.

Permission to examine Library materials is not authorization to publish or to reproduce the examined material in whole, or in part. Persons wishing to quote, publish, perform, reproduce, or otherwise make use of an item in the Library’s collections must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of the copyright holder.

The researcher assumes full responsibility for use of the material and agrees to hold harmless the University Library, and California State University, against all claims, demands, costs, and expenses incurred by copyright infringement or any other legal or regulatory cause of action arising from the use of the Library's materials.

In assuming full responsibility for use of the material, the researcher also understands that the materials they examine may contain Social Security numbers, other personal identifiers, and/or sensitive material on potentially living and identifiable individuals (e.g., medical, evaluative, or personally invasive information). The researcher agrees not to record, reproduce, or disclose any Social Security number or other information of a highly personal nature that may be found.

Full Extent

1 Linear Feet (One archival quality banker style box.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection houses meeting minutes, organizational records, correspondence and public relations materials from the San Marcos Volunteer Fire Department from 1951 until 1979. The PR materials contain newspaper clippings from emergencies and events that the volunteer fire department responded to.

Condition Description

The bindings of some notebooks are coming apart. Newspaper clippings are glued to loose leaf paper.

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Title
Guide to the San Marcos Volunteer Fire Department records
Author
Robert Sheehan
Date
2025-04-15
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the CSUSM Special Collections Repository

Contact:
California State University San Marcos Library
333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd
San Marcos California 92096-0001 United States
760-750-4312