Auxiliary History Presentations: the Mexican Period and the Battle of Santa Clara

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Title

Auxiliary History Presentations: the Mexican Period and the Battle of Santa Clara

Date Created

February 24th, 1971

Description

Audio recording of history presentations given by members of the San Mateo County Historical Association Auxiliary on February 24, 1971. Side 1: Mrs. Anderson, Patricia Schmidt, and Dorothy Regnery discuss the Mexican Period on the San Francisco Peninsula (00:00:00-00:39:31). Dorothy Regnery discusses a Russian canon in the collection of the San Mateo County Historical Association. The canon was believed to have been abandoned by a United States troop from Monterey during the battle of Santa Clara in 1846 (00:39:32-00:47:13). Side 2: Continuation of Dorothy Regnery’s presentation on the Russian canon including identification and recovery. Includes information that was later presented in the publication "An 1801 Russian Cannon" by Dorothy F. Regnery, 1972.

Creators and Contributors

Creator: San Mateo County Historical Association
Speaker: Regnery, Dorothy F.
Speaker: Schmidt, Patricia

Subject Topic

Land grants--California
Santa Clara, Battle of, Calif., 1847
Military weapons

Genre

Lectures

Place(s)

San Mateo County (Calif.)

Time Period

1847

Language

English

Media type

Sound

Format

Audio cassette

Extent

1 Tape

Generation

Dub

Stock manufacturer

Sony

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Country of Creation

United States

Source Institution

San Mateo County Historical Association

Call Number

1985.03

Link to Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/csmathi_000024

Additional Technical Notes for item

Recorded on a Sony C90 audio cassette.