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Subject: Re: CA State Archives Lookup Request - Folsom State Prison records
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 17:25:32 +0000
At 09:30 PM 7/22/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Connie,
>
>No access to the state archives, however, I did check the California
>Information File for J.D.Page. Some before 1895, nothing after. Here's
>what I found. Call numbers are for the state library.
>
>To all of NORCAL-
>
>I should mention that I haven't found a librarian yet at the Fremont
>Library who has the foggiest what the California Information File is or
>where it's located. When I show them, it's "Oh, that's nice..."
>
>If you think you want to check it (and you DO), ask your librarian to
>look it up on line and tell you the nearest library that has it. I'll
>bet you'll find in more than half the cases, it's under their desk.
>
>Stuff such as below is what you'll get for your trouble.
>
>Jim
>
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Jim,
Unfortunately, many libraries don't list microfiche items in their catalogs.
I know that San Mateo County does not and they have at least two copies of
the California Information File in their system. Most libraries keep all
the microfiche items together in a drawer someplace in the library and, as
you say, it is usually a drawer in the reference desk. So, I usually just
ask them to give me everything in the drawer and I go through the whole mess
until I find what I want. Sometimes I have discovered other microfiche
items in the lot that I did not know about. Perhaps we should all suggest
to our local libraries that they put these items in their catalogs.
Ken T.
Researching HALL & COOK in Armstrong, PA & Modoc, CA
CUMMINS & MURDOCK in Calaveras, Colusa & Modoc, CA
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