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Finding Aid for the W.W. Robinson 

papers, ca. 1843-1972 

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Descriptive Summary 

Title: W.W. Robinson papers 

Date (inclusive): ca. 1843-1972 

Collection number: 2072 

Creator: Robinson, W.W. (William Wilcox), 1891- 

Extent: 97 boxes (48.5 linear ft.)7 oversize folders13 oversize boxes 

Abstract: William Wilcox Robinson (1891-1972) wrote many pamphlets, articles, and books on Southern California history, 

including: Ranchos Become Cities (1939), Land in California (1948), Los Angeles, a Profile (1968), and Bombs and Bribery 

(1969). He also wrote poetry, fiction, children's books, and essays, and served on boards of numerous organizations. The 

collection contains manuscript and research materials, papers related to Robinson's civic, literary, and social activities. 

The collection also includes family and personal correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and objects including awards, 

keepsakes, and decorations. 

Language: Finding aid is written in English. 

Language of the Material: Materials are in English. 

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. 

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA 

Library Special Collections for paging information. 

Restrictions on Access 

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA 

Library Special Collections for paging information. 

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction 

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the 

creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the 

copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. 

Provenance/Source of Acquisition 

Gift of Estate of W.W. and Irene Robinson, 1972. 

Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], W.W. Robinson papers (Collection 2072). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young 

Research Library, UCLA. 

UCLA Catalog Record ID 

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 2723132 

Biography/History 

William Wilcox Robinson was born on May 1, 1891 in Trinidad, Colorado; moved to Riverside, California, in 1899; attended 

USC; AB, English, UC Berkeley, 1916; served in World War I; moved permanently to Los Angeles, California, in 1919; married 

Irene Bowen in 1923; while working as a professional property title researcher for the Title Guarantee (later named 

Insurance) and Trust Company in Los Angeles, and later as vice-president, he developed an extensive knowledge of local 

history and land development; wrote many pamphlets, articles, and books on Southern California history, including: Ranchos 

Become Cities (1939), Land in California (1948), Los Angeles, a Profile (1968), and Bombs and Bribery (1969); he also wrote 

poetry, fiction, children's books, and essays; founding president, the Friends of the UCLA Library; member, the Cultural 

Heritage Board of Los Angeles; he served on boards of numerous organizations, including the California Historical Society 

and the Southwest Museum; died September 1, 1972 in Beverly Hills, California. 

Scope and Content 

Collection contains manuscript and research materials such as clippings, transcripts of land commission proceedings, 

pamphlets, maps, Robinson's publications, copies of books, and newspaper and magazine articles. Includes papers related to 

Robinson's civic, literary, and social activities. Also includes family and personal correspondence, photographs, 

scrapbooks, and objects including awards, keepsakes, and decorations. 

Organization and Arrangement 

Arranged in the following series: 

1. Biographical 

1. Family Correspondence 



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2. Social Correspondence 

3. Business Correspondence 

4. Biographical Summaries, etc. 

5. Bibliography 

6. Biographical Items 

7. Articles 

8. Family History 

9. Civic, etc. Committees 

10. Historical Societies - Advisory 

11. Historical Associations 

12. Libraries and Library Organizations 

13. Political Organizations 

14. Social Organizations 

15. Writers' Organizations 

16. Lectures 

17. Diaries, Jottings, etc. 

18. Travel Items, New York to Los Angeles 

19. Consultant Activity 

20. Memorabilia: Objects 

21. Photographs 

22. Photographs, publicity, business 

2. Oversize material, includes all groups 

3. Research material 

1. Manuscript material - by other writers 

2. Publication material - photographs 

3. Miscellaneous 

4. Collected by WWR 

5. Collected by WWR, California 

6. Collected by WWR, Chains of title 

7. Collected by WWR, Land items 

8. Abstracts of title - city, rancho properties 

9. Land articles, rancho lists, etc 

4. Robinson, Irene Bowen. Papers: personal and art related 

5. Writings 

1. Arranged according to the Hicks bibliography 

2. Not in Hicks, but arranged according to Hicks bibliography 

3. The Land and the People (history of T.I.T.) 

4. Unpublished 

5. Unpublished revisions 

Indexing Terms 

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access 

catalog. 

Subjects 

Robinson, W.W. (William Wilcox), 1891- --Archives. 

Robinson, Irene B. (Irene Bowen), 1891. 

Historians--California, Southern--Archival resources. 

Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources. 

Land titles--Research--California, Southern. 



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From Land Titles to Book Titles [oral history transcript] / W.W. Robinson, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department 

interview, 1982. Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA. 

Biographical - Family Correspondence. 

Box 1, Folder 2 

World War I. 

Letters to his Parents: Salutations: Dear folks or Dear parents. 

1918 February-March. 

Physical Description: 6 items, 19 pieces. 


1918 April. 

Physical Description: 1 item, 1 piece. 


1918 May-July. 



1918 August. 



1918 September. 



1918 October. 



1918 November. 



1918 December. 



1919 January-April. 



1919 May-June. 



To W.H. Robinson (his Father), 1918 August, October. 



To Mrs. F.E. Collier (his sister, Flora), 1918 February-October. 



To his Sister (Helen Robinson), 1918 August-1919 January. 



To Frank Forward, 1919 May. 


Scope and Content Note 

With this: letter from Carrol R. West, 1968 January. 

Letters Received by WWR from his Family. 



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Biographical - Family Correspondence. 


W.H. Robinson's Letters from a Trip to England, 1926 July-August. 



Sent to WW and Irene Bowen Robinson. With these: Cunard Daily Bulletin, 1928 July 27. 

Box 1, Folder 17 1942-1943. 

From Henry R. Adams (his Nephew). 


Box 1, Folder 18 1944. 


Box 1, Folder 19 1945. 



Includes 12 snapshots. 

Box 1, Folder 20 1946. 


Box 1, Folder 21 1947. 



Includes 10 snapshots. 

Box 1, Folder 22 1949, 1951-1955, 1959-1960. 


Box 1, Folder 23 1969, 1971. 


1969 item is photocopy, not to WWR. Includes 3 snapshots. 


From Archbold H. Robinson (his Brother), 1966 November. 

Box 1, Folder 25 From Nieces and Nephews and Their Children, 1964 and 1969. 


From Bill (son of Archbold?); from Mary. Includes Ronnie's football team; illustrated 

and written by Billy Wayne. n.d. 

Biographical - Social Correspondence. 


Hager, Anna Marie and Everett.. 


Includes bibliographical information about WWR. 

Malcolmson, Esther and David. 

Box 2, Folder 2 1942-1943. 

Box 2, Folder 3 1944. 

Box 2, Folder 4 1946, 1953. 

Powell, Lawrence Clark. 

Box 2, Folder 5 1950-1952. 

Box 2, Folder 6 1954-1956. 

Box 2, Folder 7 1960, 1965-1966, 1969-1971. 

Box 2, Folder 8 n.d. . 



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Biographical - Social Correspondence. 


A - L, 1935-1971 (inclusive), n.d. 


Includes letters from: Margot Archer, Homer H. Boelter, Blanche and Robert Campbell, Ed 

Carpenter, Jimmie Hicks, Frederick Webb Hodge, Idwal Jones. 


M - Z, 1935-1971 (inclusive), n.d. 


Includes letters from: Patrice Manahan, Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., Madeleine and Lee Shippey, 

Edward Weston. 


Printed and Written Invitations. 1959, 1964, 1966-1967, 1969, n.d. 


Maps to Houses.. 

Box 2, Folder 13 Birth and Death Announcements, 1962, 1964. 

Christmas Cards. 


Cards received, 1948-1950, 1952, n.d. 


Includes cards from: Mary and Conrad Buff, and Francis and Marjory Farquhar. 


Cards with text sent by IBR and WWR.. 


About statue of Father Serra in the Plaza (1959), with text about yucca stalks, toyon 

berries (n.d.). Drawn and colored by IBR. 


Cards sent with no text other than greeting. By IBR.. 

Box 2, Folder 17 Cards sent, not by IBR. Carbon of letter from WWR (1960).. 


Changes of Address (Personal and Business), n.d. 

Box 3, Folder 28 Riverside High School, 1907-1909, 1959 June-July, 1964. 


Letters, class diaries, reunions, etc. 

Biographical - Business Correspondence. 


Cards and Announcements, n.d. 


Various, collected. 

Box 2, Folder 20 Real Estate, Credit Card, Church, etc. 1963-1969. 


Addresses, Messages and Reminders, v.d. 


(Jottings) 


Various, 1962, 1967, n.d. 


Business correspondence with booksellers. 

Box 2, Folder 23 Not Related to Specifc WWR Works, 1961. 


Business correspondence with publisher. 


Requesting References, 1964, 1966, n.d. 


With carbons of replies. 



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Box 2, Folder 25 Public Relations and Research Questions, 1949, 1952, 1955. 

Physical Description: Carbons. 


(Title Insurance and Trust) 

Letters from: Glenn S. Dumke and Howard H. Quint (concern Santa Anita and Rancho San 

Pasqual, Westlake Park). 

Box 2, Folder 26 Various, 1962, 1971. 

Box 2, Folder 27 WWR Personally, 1947, 1955-1956. 


Clippings about Romance of the ranchos and an orientation film. 

Dedication of Norwalk Square. 


1953-1954. Traces chain of title for property.. 


Publicity, 1954. Newspaper clipping. Chain of title reproduced and photograph of WWR in 

Pacific Mutual home office news.. 

Retirement Affairs. 

Box 2, Folder 30 Financial matters, 1944-1945, 1956. 


Brochures and clippings, 1938, 1952, 1956, n.d. 


Statements, Dawson's Book Shop.. 


Evidently a fund created upon WWR's retirement. 

Box 2, Folder 33 Letters received upon retirement, 1956. 

Box 2, Folder 34 Article, 1956. In: The Newsletter of California Land Title Association, vol.4 no.5 (1956 

April-May).. 

Physical Description: pp.5-6. 

Box 3, Folder 1 Christmas Cards. Los Angeles (1847 and 1857).. 


Drawn / colored by IBR. Text by WWR. For T.I.T. officials. Views of: Mission San Gabriel, 

Monterey, Santa Barbara from anchorage, Rancho Santa Anita, etc. 

Box 3, Folder 4 Correspondence, 1968-1969. 


With Edward Kemp and Dorothy Drake. 




Los Angeles Art Institute. Letter, 1958 January. 

Enclosure To above letter: Los Angeles County employee, 1958 January. 

Antiquarian Booksellers. . ., Southern California Chapter. 

Directories. 

Physical Description: Copies. 


Includes northern California chapter. 

Box 4, Folder 4 Catalog, 1950. 

Physical Description: Copy. 


One hundred years of California statehood: an exhibit of material showing possible 

fields of collecting prepared by ABAA, Southern California group. 



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Bulletin no.1, 1956 November. 



Contains article by Lawrence Clark Powell. 


Book Club of California. 

Correspondence, 1940 September, 1952 August, 1954 May, and 1962 February-March. 


Includes letters from: Oscar Lewis. 


Enclosure, to above letter.. 

Physical Description: Printed 



News Release, 1951 March. 

Rounce & Coffin Club. 

Correspondence, 1947 April. 


Letter to WWR, about winners of Western Books Exhibit, 1947. 


Enclosure, to above letter.. 

Physical Description: Printed 


Invitation to Meeting, 1950 October. 

Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. 


Correspondence and Mimeographed Mailings (Various), 1954, 1956, 1962-1963, and n.d. 

Box 4, Folder 13 Rosters (Various), 1962, 1965, 1967, 1970-1971. 


Printed Forms, Typed Addresses, etc. (Various).. 

Box 4, Folder 15 Printing Ephemera, 1968 April 9. 


In memoriam . . . Martin Luther King. 

Sacramento Book Collectors Club. 


Letter, 1958 February. 

Box 4, Folder 17 Roster, 1962. 

Zamorano Club. 

Correspondence. 

Box 4, Folder 18 1947, 1950-1955. 


Letters from: Charles K. Adams, Ramon F. Adams, Robert O. Schad, Frederick Webb 

Hodge, Ward Ritchie, Jean Hersholt, and Henry H. Clifford. 

Box 4, Folder 19 1955, 1963-1964, 1966, 1971-1972. . 


Letters from: Lawrence Clark Powell, Glenn S. Dumke, Dwight L. Clark, Robert Vosper, 

Roby Wentz, Albert Shumate, William F. Kimes, and Arthur Hamlin. 



Letters from: Roby Wentz, Fridolf Johnson, and Albert Shumate. 


WWR President[?], 1954 March 3, April 7, May 5, June 5, and n.d. 


Introductions of speakers. 



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Notes by WWR, n.d. 

Physical Description: Holograph. 



Clippings about Members, 1952, 1954, 1962, and n.d. 

[Annual report of secretary/treasurer]. 1951 February 7, 1952 February 6, and 1953 February 

11. 

Physical Description: Carbon typescripts. 


Addressed: To Board of Governors and members of Zamorano Club, Los Angeles. 

Box 4, Folder 25 Minutes, 1950 October 4, 1951 June 6, 1953, June 13, and 19? November 6. 


Rosters, Dated February of the following years: 1962-1965, and 1971-1972. A correction sheet, 

197?.. 


Notes by WWR, 1953, 1972, and n.d. 

Physical Description: Holograph. 

Box 4, Folder 28 Visit to UCLA, 1962. 

Physical Description: Printed item. 


The __________ Book Club is born, 1952[?]. Los Angeles[?].. 


Outlines of Plans, 1947 and n.d. 

Box 4, Folder 31 Correspondence about the Zamorano Club, 1955 and 1972. 


Photos of the Adobe and Press, 1910 and n.d. 


WWR's Description of the Adobe, n.d. 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph. Half leaf. 



Publications Committee. 

Correspondence, 1954 July and October, and 1965 September-October. 

Adams, Charles K., 1928 January 25-1952 March. 

Physical Description: Various pagings, ca. 75 leaves. Typescript (photostat?). 


Summary of meetings, roster, list of publications of Zamorano Club. 


Statement of publications policy, n.d. Evidently written by WWR.. 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Carbon typescript. 


Harmsen, Tyrus G. Zamorano Club: an historical sketch, 1955 Fall. In: Quarterly News 

Letter, vol.20 no.4 [Book Club of California].. 

Box 4, Folder 38 Letter concerning the history of the club, 1959. 


Mimeographed memos concerning project for history of the club, 1959 March and n.d. 

Publications Committee - Wagner Bibliography. 


Correspondence, 1964 July, October-November. 


Holograph notes by WWR, n.d. 

Box 4, Folder 42 Axe, Ruth Frey, 1964 July 20. 

Physical Description: 17 leaves. Typescript. 


With author's holograph corrections and some by WWR as editor. 

Box 4, Folder 43 The published writings of Henry R. Wagner . . . Los Angeles, 1955. 


This copy contains erased editorial additions by WWR on title page. 



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Box 4, Folder 44 [Powell, Lawrence Clark]. Henry R. Wagner and his work, 1957 April 1. 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Typescript (ditto). 


Eulogy given at the services held by the Zamorano Club, Forest Lawn. 

Publications Committee - Bancroft Project. 


Correspondence, 1965 and n.d. 

Box 4, Folder 46 Rosters, minutes, etc., 1957, 1965. 


Notes by WWR, n.d. 


Letter from the Hagers, 1962 January 20. With enclosures.. 

Box 4, Folder 49 Program, Name Tag. 1949, 1954. 

Biographical - Civic, etc. Committees. 

California Bicentennial Commission. 

Box 5, Folder 1 Assembly Concurrent Resolution, 1966. 


Correspondence, 1967 August-1971 April. 


Includes letters from: Robert H. Finch, Governor Ronald Reagan, and Henry H. Clifford. 


Planning Documents, n.d. 


Organizational plan; and The task of county chairmen for the Bicentennail; and 

Bicentennial activities suggestions for schools. 


Dates, Reading Lists, n.d. 


List of dates and description of events in California's 200 - year history. Books for 

California's 200th anniversary. 

Items from Historical Societies. 

Box 5, Folder 5 Mailings, resolutions, 1967-1968. 


From: California Historical Society, Conference of California Historical Societies, 

Historical Society of Southern California, etc. 

Box 5, Folder 6 Reports Presented to the Commission, 1967-1968. 


From: Mrs. Robert E. Fowler, consultant to the Lieutenant Governor, and Daniel J. 

Edelman, public relations firm. 

Box 5, Folder 7 Clippings, 1967. 

Box 5, Folder 8 Speech and News Releases From Lieutenant Governor Finch, 1968-1969. 


With holograph notes by WWR. 

Box 5, Folder 9 Meeting Notices and Agendas, 1968-1969. 


With holograph notes by WWR. 

Box 5, Folder 10 Minutes, 1968-1969. 


Rosters, 1968 and n.d. 


Staff Reports, 1968 April-June and June-July. 

Box 5, Folder 13 Status Report, 1968 June 17. 


California Bicentennial News [newsletter of the Commission] (1969 May- ). vol.1 no.3-6 and 

vol.2 no.4.. 



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News Releases, 1969 May-September. 


From Wolcott, Carlson & Company, Incorporated, public relations. 


News Release, 1969 September-1970 April. 


From the Commission (contact: Stuart Wilson, etc.). 


Bicentennial Commission Major Brochure - Final Copy, 1969 May. 

Physical Description: [50] leaves. Typescript (photocopy). 

Box 5, Folder 18 California Bicentennial Information Kit, 1969[?].. 


Brochures Printed by the Commission, n.d. 


Memoranda, 1970 January-February and n.d. 

Box 5, Folder 21 Brochures not Printed by the Commission, 1969. 

Los Angeles County Bicentennial Committee. 


Memo about projects, 1970 April. 

Box 5, Folder 23 Minutes, 1970 March 31. 

California Centennials Commission. 


California Centennials, official news letter. California Centennials Commission. vol.2 no.6, 

1949 December. 

California Commemorative Society. 


Correspondence, 1969 July-September and 1970 January-March. 

Box 5, Folder 26 Robinson, W.W. Important events in California history suitable for medallions, [1969].. 




Enclosures to Correspondence, v.d. 

Photograph, 1969 July. 


Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke and California Bicentennial Queen Cindy Paden 

Presenting Michael Tobey, outdoor advertising executive, with a California Bicentennial 

Medallion. . . 

Committee on Historical Monuments for the Civic Center Mall. 

Box 6, Folder 1 Correspondence, 1958 February-April and 1962. 


Includes letters from: Gustave O. Arlt. 


Holograph notes by WWR, n.d. 

Committee to Preserve the History of Los Angeles. 

Box 6, Folder 3 Correspondence, 1961 August-September, November and 1962 February-March, June, and 1963 

March. 


Primarily with Julian Nava. 

Box 6, Folder 4 Mailings, 1961-1963. 

Physical Description: Mimeographed. 

Box 6, Folder 5 Agendas, 1961-1962. 


With holograph notes by WWR; other sheets with WWR's notes. Also news release from the 

Office of the Mayor Sam Yorty with WWR's notes. 


Minutes, 1961 December-1962 November. 



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Box 6, Folder 7 Organizational Material and Enclosures, 1961-1963. 


Includes rosters, statements about the history of Los Angeles, proposals for collecting 

material, and a draft copy of the ordinance establishing CHB. 


Newspaper Clippings, 1962 April and n.d. 

Cultural Heritage Board. 

Box 6, Folder 9 WWR Personally, 1963-1965, 1968-1970. 



Announcements of WWR's appointment to the CHB. Also official letters of appointment. 


Correspondence, 1963-1970 and n.d. 


Includes letter from Mayor Sam Yorty. Topics inclue invitations, memos, criticism of 

manuscript. 


Letters received upon WWR's retirement from the CHB, 1971 July and September. 


Invitations, 1963-1967 and n.d. 

Box 6, Folder 13 Political mailers, 1966. 


WWR's holograph notes, n.d. 


The CHB and Pat Adler, n.d. 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript (carbon). 


Evidently a citation prepared by WWR. 


Sketch of WWR; and his business cards.. 

Reports, Legislation, Plans. 

Box 6, Folder 17 Annual reports, 1963 and 1964/65. 

Note 

1963 is 1st. 

Box 6, Folder 18 Southern California AIA proposals for creation of CHB, 1962[?].. 

Box 6, Folder 19 City ordnance 121,971 and summaries of history of CHB, 1962-1971 (inclusive). . 

Box 6, Folder 20 Documents about expansion of CHB powers, 1966-1968. 

Box 6, Folder 21 CHB policy guide, 1969. 

Physical Description: 2 copies. 

Box 6, Folder 22 Letter from Regional Planning Commission to CHB, 1969. 


Box 6, Folder 23 WWR's statement of Prop.1, 1964. 


Box 6, Folder 24 Proposition 1 and park mailers, 1963-1964. 


Master plan agenda for Cultural Heritage Board. City of Los Angeles, 1966. By WWR.. 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 

Other Cities' Counterparts. 



Box 6, Folder 27 National legislation, 1966. 

Physical Description: Copies. 

Box 6, Folder 28 William Woolett reports, 1968-1969. 


National Trust mailing, n.d. 



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Box 6, Folder 30 National Trust statements, 1964-1970. 


Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation mailing, n.d. 


Brochures from Seattle, Savannah, and San Antonio.. 


Destination 90, policies for planning: . . ., 1968 January. 


A citizen's book of planning recommendations for the San Fernando Valley. 


Cards and calendar with historical information.. 

Box 6, Folder 35 Clippings, 1964 and 1967. 


Preservation workshops, 1965-1969 and n.d. 


Mailers, programs, etc. 

Working Papers. 


Rosters, 1964 and n.d. 



Usually with enclosures. 

Memos from Ileana Welch. 








Box 7, Folder 10 1971. 

Box 7, Folder 11 1964-1967, 1969-1972. 


Usually headed Notice or Announcement, and usually concerning meeting dates, 

statements of elected officers, etc. 

Box 7, Folder 12 1964, 1966-1970 and n.d. . 


Usually headed Notice or Announcement, and usually concerning particulars for 

ceremonies of dedication of cultural heritage landmarks, exhibitions. 

Box 7, Folder 13 Documents from city planning departments, 1967 December and 1968 August, and, 1971. 


Cultural and historical monuments plan, and, Brief summary of . .. proposal for 

Pueblo de Los Angeles historical monument Placita Pedestrian Mall. 


Memos from Clair Pirone and Ileana Welch, 1963 (IW), 1964 (CP), and 1965-1966 and 

1969-1971 (IW). 

Note 

(Without enclosures) 


Directory of Los Angeles City Commissioners, 1965, 1966, 1969-1971, and n.d. 


Roster of Los Angeles City Commissioners, commissioners roster (alphabetical), and 

the Council of the City of Los Angeles. 



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Box 7, Folder 16 Memos, mimeographed announcements, etc., 1964-1970. 


Routine busines, such as parking permits. Primarily from Frank O'Sullivan, Chief 

Administrative Asst. to Mayor Yorty. 

Agendas. 










Box 8, Folder 10 1972. 

Minutes. 






Box 10, Folder 1 1967. 

Box 10, Folder 2 1968. 

Box 10, Folder 3 1969. 

Box 10, Folder 4 1970. 

Box 10, Folder 5 1971. 

Box 10, Folder 6 1972. 

Box 10, Folder 7 Budgets, 1966-1968. 


Suggested program outline for CHB plaque dedication ceremony, n.d. 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Mimeograph. 


Letter of thanks to Ileana Welch about bus tour, n.d. 

Physical Description: Photocopy. 



Bus tour program, 1966, 1969 and n.d. Bus tour memos.. 

Cultural Heritage Foundation. 

Text for walking tour brochure, n.d. 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Mimeograph. 


Proposals for citizens' groups, etc. to assist CHB, 1965, 1969, and n.d. 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Carbon typescript, signed by WWR. 


Includes Report on proposed trust. 

Box 11, Folder 6 Correspondence about by-laws, 1968. 

Box 11, Folder 7 Letters and Memos to WWR, 1970. 

Box 11, Folder 8 Articles of incorporation and by-laws, 1969[?].. 

Box 11, Folder 9 Rosters and committees, 1969. 

Box 11, Folder 10 Memos from Ileana Welch to Board of Foundation, 1969-1971. 

Box 11, Folder 11 Internal memos, 1969-1971. 



[Newsletter]: Heritage headline, 1971. vol.1 no.1.. 

Heritage Square and Heritage Square Committee. 

Box 11, Folder 14 Letter, 1966. 

Box 11, Folder 15 Memo and rosters, 1969. 



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Box 11, Folder 17 The Castle and Salt Box, 1968-1969. 


Buildings for the Heritage Square. News releases and mailings. 

Box 11, Folder 18 The Castle and Salt Box, 1969. 

Physical Description: Clippings. 

Box 11, Folder 19 Hale house, 1970-1971. 


Fact sheet, memos, etc. 

Municipal Art Department. 

Box 11, Folder 20 Progress report, 1965. 

Box 11, Folder 21 Memos, 1966-1967, and 1971. 

News Releases. 

Box 11, Folder 22 1965. 

Box 11, Folder 23 1966. 

Box 11, Folder 24 1967. 

Box 11, Folder 25 1968-1969. 

Box 11, Folder 26 1970-1971. 

Box 11, Folder 27 Newsletter, 1966-1968, and 1970. 

Box 11, Folder 28 Municipal Arts Patrons, 1962. 


Proposed new by-laws. 


Invitations to events, n.d. 

Proposed Oilfield Monument[s]. 

Box 12, Folder 1 WWR's holograph notes on fields visited, 1968. 

Box 12, Folder 2 Photographs of fields, [?].. 

Physical Description: 8 pieces. Marked Cultural Heritage Board, Frank Taylor. 



Oil field maps, n.d. 

Physical Description: Printed and photocopy. 


Oil field maps, n.d. 

Physical Description: 5 pieces. Photographs. 


Oil field site, n.d. 

Physical Description: 1 snapshot and holograph notes. 


Oil springs along the coast, n.d. 

Physical Description: 15 leaves. Carbon. 


Typescript copies from various sources. 


Puente: Youle, Rowland, and Lacy biographies, n.d. 

Physical Description: 15 leaves total. 


Carbon typescript. 



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Olinda oilfield, 1898, and n.d. Notebook.. 


Contains map and photographs. 


Oil in Bakersfield.. 

Physical Description: 9 leaves. Carbon. 


Typescript copies from various sources. 


Petroleum history, 1956, 1959, and n.d. 



Notes on Los Angeles oilfields, n.d. 

Physical Description: 18 leaves. Holograph. 

Box 12, Folder 13 Letters to Mr. Andrews, ca. 1954. 

Physical Description: 5 leaves. Unsigned. 


Holograph and carbon typescript. 

About Doheny, etc. 


Biographies of oilmen, primarily Doheny, n.d. 

Physical Description: 29 leaves. 


Typescripts and carbon typescripts from various sources. 


Maps of Los Angeles oilfields, including Doheny's, n.d. 

Physical Description: Printed and photocopy. 


Doheny oilfields, n.d. 68 photographs.. 

Box 12, Folder 17 Articles about Doheny oilfields, 1960-1961. 

Physical Description: Photocopies. 


Los Angeles and California oilfields, 1949-1950, 1953, 1967, and n.d. 

Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. 


Correspondence about proposed monuments, 1964, 1967, and n.d. 

Monuments in General. 

Box 12, Folder 20 Notices of monuments, 1964-71. 

Box 12, Folder 21 List and descriptions of monuments, 1962-1963. 

Box 12, Folder 22 Fact sheets about monuments, 1963-1971. 

Box 12, Folder 23 List of monuments, 1966[?].. 

Box 12, Folder 24 Facts sheets in binder, 1966[?].. 

Physical Description: 2 copies. 

Box 12, Folder 25 Fact sheets in binder, 1970[?].. 



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Box 12, Folder 26 Los Angeles historic cultural landmarks, 1968, and 1969[?].. 

Physical Description: 2 items. 


A selection of photographic interpretations by Julius Shulman on historic cultural 

landmarks. Home Savings and Loan Assn. Cultural and historical monument planning 

board. 

Note 

[CHANGE LABEL] 

Box 12, Folder 27 Historical landmarks in the Los Angeles county area, 1970. 

Physical Description: 2 leaves, and 1 leaf. 


Also historic landmarks in the Los Angeles city area. 

Box 12, Folder 28 Magazine clippings, 1964-1965. 

Box 12, Folder 29 Newspaper clippings, 1963 and 1965. 

Leonis Adobe (1). 

Box 12, Folder 30 Correspondence, 1962-1964, and 1966. 

Box 12, Folder 31 Information about Miguel Leonis and the Leonis Adobe, 1963. 

Physical Description: 1 leaf, also 4 leaves holograph notes. 


Information disclosed by Los Angeles County records. Carbon typescript by WWR. 

Box 12, Folder 32 Fundraising mailers, 1962 and 1966. 


Printed histories, 1959, 1961, 1963, and n.d. 

Box 12, Folder 34 Untitled history, 1962. 

Physical Description: 16 pieces (illustrated), 2 copies. 


Prepared by the Leonis Adobe Association in cooperation with the Committee to 

Preserve the History of Los Angeles. One copy has holograph corrections by WWR. 


Bolton Hall (2). 


Box 13, Folder 2 Christmas card, 1965. 


Invitation to ceremony, 1967 March. 

Box 13, Folder 4 Newspaper clipping, 1966. 

Plaza Church (3). 


Brochure, n.d. 

Angel's Flight (4). 


Memo, history, 1966 and n.d. 


The Salt Box (5) and The Castle (27). 

Box 13, Folder 8 Memo about their destruction, 1968. 

Bradbury Building (6). 

Box 13, Folder 9 Memo from CHB, 1967. 

Box 13, Folder 10 Brochures, with history, 1966-1967, 1969. 


Andres Pico Adobe (7). 


Box 13, Folder 13 Brochures, history, 1965. 

Box 13, Folder 14 Newspaper clippings, 1966. 

Shadow Ranch House, Site and Trees (9). 

Box 13, Folder 15 Correspondence, and history, 1936, 1952, and 1963. 

West Temple Apartments (The Rochester) (11). 



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Box 13, Folder 16 CHB memos and documents, 1967 and 1970. 


Clippings, 1968, n.d. 

Hollyhock House, Barnsdall Park (12). 


History, n.d. 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Mimeograph. 


Chatsworth Community Church (14). 

History, n.d. 



Towers of Simon Rodia (15). 

Letter and fundraising mailers, 1968 and n.d. 

Physical Description: (Photocopy). 

Box 13, Folder 21 Information sheet, 1966. 


Box 13, Folder 22 Postcard photographs of the towers, 1965. 

Box 13, Folder 23 Clippings, 1965 and 1969. 

(Site of) Hyde Park Congregational Church (18). 

Box 13, Folder 24 Transcription of meeting with Hyde Park Congregational Church, 1964 March 6. 


Moreton Bay Fig Tree (19). 


Drum Barracks (21). 

Box 13, Folder 26 Correspondence and memos, 1964-1965. 

Box 13, Folder 27 California History Commission newsletter, ca. 1964. 

Physical Description: Printed brochure. 


Contains history. 

San Fernando Mission (23). 


Correspondence, 1966, 1968, 1971, and n.d. 


Printed brochures, n.d. 

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and Four Acre Site (28). 


Newspaper clipping, n.d. 

St. Saviour's Chapel, the Harvard School (32). 



Brochures, 1964 and n.d. 

Site of the Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson (35). 

Box 13, Folder 33 Invitation and program for the dedication, 1965. 

The Watts Station (36). 

Box 13, Folder 34 Deed, 1902. 



Our community, 1941. Watts.. 

Physical Description: 30 leaves. Ditto. 


Also memo, 1965. 

Note 

Originally called Tajauta, 1850-1941. 

Copied 1965 by Los Angeles City Planning Department. 

California Club building (43). 



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Californial Club Building (43). 

Newspaper clippings, n.d. 

The Central Library Building and Grounds (46). 

Memos, news releases, legal openings etc., 1967, 1969, and n.d. 


Center around the controversy of creating parking space out of library park space, 

tearing down library, etc. 


Chavez Ravine Arboretum (48). 

Box 13, Folder 40 Memo and letter, 1965-1966. 

Box 13, Folder 41 News release from Mayor Yorty, 1966. 


Photograph, n.d., 1930s-1940s[?].. 


Curving palms, highway and autmobiles. 


Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park. Mailers, 1966 and n.d. 

Box 13, Folder 44 Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park, 1965. 


Reprints of KNX editorials. Together with maps of park showing incursions. 


Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park. Newsletter, 1965-1967. Scattered issues.. 

Residences, Carroll Avenue (beginning with 51 - 2). 


WWR's holograph notes.. 

Box 13, Folder 47 Dittoed map and preliminary notes, 1964. 


For a history of Carroll Avenue by Pat Adler. 

Residences, Carroll Avenue (beginning with 51 -2). 

Box 13, Folder 48 CHB mimeographed histories, 1967. 

Bullock's Wilshire Building (56). 


A & M Record Studio (Original Charlie Chaplin Studio) (58). 


News from A&M Records: A&M Studio history, n.d. 

Box 13, Folder 51 3 photographs, 1921. 

Physical Description: (Copies). 


One is a map of the area, the others depict the studio after a snowfall. 


Judson Studios (62). 


Information sheets and map, n.d. 

McGroarty Home and Approximately 16 Acre Grounds (63). 


Brochure with map and biographical information on John Steven McGroarty, n.d. 

St. Paul's Cathedral. 


Correspondence, 1971 and n.d. 


Extensive statements from the Citizens Committee to Save St. Paul, Cathedral Church 

of St. Paul in the Diocese of Los Angeles, and the CHB. 

The Palm Court of the Refurbished Alexandria Hotel (80). 



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Histories and brochure, 1970 and n.d. 


Information issued by the hotel. 

Residences, Alvarado Terrace (83 - 90). 

Box 13, Folder 57 Correspondence, 1971. 


Includes maps of Pico-Union area, and proposed landmark residences, Alvarado Terrace 

and Bonnie Brae. 



Mayor's Advisory Committee--Pico-Union, 1970 December and 1971 April. El noticiero de Pico 

Union (vol.1 no.1).. 

Dodge House. 

Memo.. 


In support of preserving this landmark, outside the jurisdiction of the CHB. 


Los Angeles Birthday Celebrations. 

Unknown birthday[?], n.d. 

Physical Description: Clipping. 


Mentions WWR and J. Gregg Layne and performance at the Bowl. 

Box 14, Folder 2 173rd birthday. Los Angeles Fiesta Committee, 1954. 


Printed invitation and program. 

Box 14, Folder 3 Clipping, 1954. 

178th Birthday. Los Angeles Fiesta Committee. 

Box 14, Folder 5 Letter from Gustave O. Arlt, 1959. 

Box 14, Folder 6 Printed invitation and program, 1959. 

184th Birthday. La Fiesta de Los Angeles Week. 


Memos, with enclosures, from the Office of the Mayor, 1965. Includes WWR's The Founding of 

Los Angeles.. 

184th Birthday. 

Box 14, Folder 8 Los Angeles Speaks (vol.1 no.1), 1965. 

Box 14, Folder 9 Poster mailing, 1965. 

Box 14, Folder 10 Memo thanking WWR and newspaper clipping, 1965. 



Letter from Mayor Sam Yorty, 1967 March. 


Box 14, Folder 12 Printed items, 1969. 

El Pueblo de los Angeles State Park: Working Papers. 

Box 14, Folder 13 Preliminary agreements between city and state, ca. 1954-1965. 


Original signed by Newton Drury, Chief of Division of Beaches and Parks. An extensive 

file. 


Rosters, budget items, 1970-1972 and n.d. 

Box 14, Folder 15 Notices of meetings and agendas, 1970-1972. 

Box 14, Folder 16 Synopses and minutes of meetings, 1970-1972. 

Box 14, Folder 17 Reports submitted to Commission Concerning restaurant in Pico-Garnier Block, 1969-1970. 


Correspondence and internal memos, 1970 February-August. 



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Brochure describing El Pueblo . . . Incorporated, 1966, 1970, 1972, and n.d. 


Information concerning name of Los Angeles, etc. 


El Pueblo gazette [newsletter], 1972 January, February, and May (vol.1 no.1).. 


Mimeographed announcements to the public, etc. News release, 1972. 


Letters to Cultural Heritage Board, 1965 August, 1968 January, and 1971 January-February. 

El Pueblo de los Angeles. 

Los Amigos del Pueblo: Working Papers. 



Includes 1966 news release from Mayor's office announcing creation of this auxiliary 

to the Committee. Also information about 185th Los Angeles birthday celebration. 


Los Amigos del Pueblo news, 1970 August (vol.3 no.1).. 

Historical Advisory Committee: Working Papers. 



Suggested text for plaque about founding of Los Angeles, n.d. 


Holograph notes by WWR. 

Box 14, Folder 26 Rosters and minutes, ca. 1970. 


Final draft: Purpose and scope of the Historical Advisory Committee. 

Box 14, Folder 27 WWR's reply to request for checking data about Plaza, 1971. 


Letter from commission upon WWR's retirement from CHB, 1971 September. 

Los Angeles County Bicentennial Commission: Working Papers. 

Box 14, Folder 29 Memo to Committee with suggested Bicentennial events, 1969. 

Olvera Street 40th Anniversary Committee: Working Papers. 



Box 14, Folder 32 News release and schedule, 1970. 

Biographical - Historical Associations. 

American Association for State and Local History: Working Papers. 

Box 15, Folder 1 Correspondence, 1959 February 14. 


Also WWR's notes for introduction of Carl Dentzel. 



Printed program. Fourth Annual Conference on the History of Western America, 1963. 24th 

annual meeting of the AASLH. Oklahoma City, 1963 October. Clipping, Annual Awards of Merit, 

1963 February.. 

Correspondence, 1971 October. 


Tells of award presented to WWR. 


Clipping from Masterkey, copy of The branding iron, 1971? and 1972 June. 


Articles on WWR's receiving Award of Merit. 


WWR's notes, introduction of John E. Pomfret, n.d. 

American Indian Historical Society, Incorporated: Working Papers. 



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Correspondence, 1964 September-October 1, 1966 July, and 1967 August. With Rupert Costo, 

president.. 

Box 15, Folder 7 Roster, statement of aims, etc., 1964. 

California Folklore Society and Folklore Society of Southern California: Working Papers. 


Printed program, 5th Annual Conference on the American Southwest and Mexico, 1954 April. 

California Historical Society: Working Papers. 

Box 15, Folder 9 Correspondence (folder 1 of 2), 1959, 1961-1966. 


Letters from: Maymie R. Krythe, Donald C. Biggs, Eleanor McClatchy, Dwight L. Clarke, 

William W. Whitney, Henry M. Bowes, and Hobart M. Lovett. 


Correspondence (folder 2 of 2), 1966-1968, 1970, and n.d. 


Letters from: George T. Brady, Jr., Fred L. Jones, Michael Harrison, Henry H. Clifford, 

William W. Whitney, and Albert Shumate. 


Text for certificate electing WWR a Fellow. 1961 January. 


California Historical Society notes, 1961 February and 1962 June (vol.13, no.2 and vol.14, 

no. 6).. 

Box 15, Folder 13 Wagner award invitation, 1970. 


Honors WWR. 


Newspaper clippings mentioning WWR, 1961, 1966, and n.d. 

El Molino Committee: Working Papers. 

Box 15, Folder 15 Letter, 1972. 

Box 15, Folder 16 Minutes, 1972. 

El Molino Committee / Publications Committee: Working Papers. 

Box 15, Folder 17 Minutes, 1958 November 11. 


Concerns Los Angeles from the days of the Pueblo? among other publications. 

Conference of California Historical Societies: Working Papers. 




Box 15, Folder 20 Annual meeting reservation form, programs, 1962, 1965, 1968, and 1970. 


California Historian, 1960 March (vol.6 no.3). WWR pictured on cover.. 

Box 15, Folder 22 Preservation Committee report, 1967. 

Box 15, Folder 23 Membership cards, 1970-1972. 

Glendale Historical Society Working Papers. 


Box 15, Folder 25 Program, 1956. 

Historical Society of Southern California: Working Papers. 


Correspondence, 1954, 1962-1963. Includes letters from Justin Turner.. 


Organizational material, 1924 Jun, 1941 February and n.d. Constitution and by-laws. Articles 

of incorporation. By-laws (draft). Roster.. 

Box 15, Folder 28 Minutes and financial statements, 1962-1964. 


Nominating committee's report, 1963 April. Prepared by WWR.. 


Concession agreement (draft) and City of Los Angeles resolution, 1963 March and 1963 October. 


Membership drive materials: applications, etc., 1933, 1950, and n.d. 


1948 gold centennial celebration, 1948 January 24. IBR and WWR hosts. Also other centennial 

printed material.. 


31st pilgrimage program, n.d. WWR credited as director and for information.. 

Box 15, Folder 34 Membership cards, 1970 and 1972. 

Malibu Historical Society: Working Papers. 

Box 15, Folder 35 Letter, 1969[?].. 



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San Fernando Valley Historical Society: Working Papers. 

Box 15, Folder 36 Printed invitation, 1968. 

Box 15, Folder 37 Library committee, 1970. 23 pieces. Mission Hills. Kathleen Gulbranson and Mark R. 

Harrington.. 

Santa Barbara Historical Society: Working Papers. 


Invitation to join, n.d. 

Western History Association: Working Papers. 


Letter from J.S. Holliday, 1968 January. 


Enclosure to above brochure for 7th annual conference, 1967. San Francisco.. 


Mimeographed mailings and roster, 1963-1965, 1972, and n.d. 

The Westerners. 

Los Angeles Corral: Working Papers. 


Correspondence, 1954 and 1965. Letters from: Paul Baily and E.I. Edwards.. 


WWR's holograph notes for talk, n.d. 

Box 15, Folder 44 Rosters, 1952 and 1954. 


Application for membership (copies of letters), 1961-1964. Letters from: Russ Leadabrand, 

George H. Koenig and D.E. Vance, John Dunlap, and Ray Billington.. 

Los Angeles Corral Publications. 


Correspondence, 1949?, 1950, 1959, 1962-1964, 1966, and n.d. 


Box 15, Folder 48 Statements of costs, 1962. 


Photos of WWR in The branding iron, 1950 and 1954. Publication 11 (1950 Summer), p.[6] and 

27 (1954 December), p.[6].. 


Printed bookplate, n.d. 


Bookplate reads: For the friends of W.W. Robinson in the Los Angeles Westerners and 

Zamorano Club. 



Tucson Corral: Working Papers. 

Letter from Leland D. Case, 1965 November. 

The Smoke Signal, 1960. no.2, (1960 Fall). Autographed by John Alexander Carroll.. 

Biographical Summaries, etc.. 

Box 3, Folder 5 Who's Who (Publication), 1942. 


Monthly supplement serial e no.8 (1942 August). WWR's first appearance. 


WWR'S Statements (drafts), 1956, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1971, n.d. 


Biographical - Bibliography. 

Box 3, Folder 7 Lists by WWR, 1958, 1966, 1968. 


Note 

Dates are of last books on lists. 


W.W. Robinson, Beginnings of a Bibliography, 1963[?]. By Anna Marie Hager.. 

Physical Description: Typescript. 

Box 3, Folder 9 Westerner's. First of a Series, . . . Books . . . Authored by W.W. Robinson, [1958].. 

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon). 4 leaves. 2 copies. 


W.W. Robinson, Author . . . a Bibliography, 1958. In: The branding iron, Westerners, Los Angeles 

corral, no.47 (1958 December).. 

Physical Description: pp.[5-6]. 2 copies. 



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Biographical - Bibliography. 

Box 3, Folder 11 Hicks Notes by WWR. About dates 1918-1919. 

Physical Description: Holograph. 3 leaves. 

Box 3, Folder 12 Research Material, 1969. 


Letter, Macmillan to Hicks About children's books. 

William Wilcox Robinson: a Biography . 

Box 3, Folder 13 1969[?].. 

Physical Description: [101] leaves. Typescript (photocopy). 


With minor corrections by WWR. 


Physical Description: 3 leaves. Galley proofs. 


With extensive holograph corrections by WWR. 

Box 3, Folder 15 Reviews, 1970. 



Correspondence, 1970 October-November. 


re reception honoring WWR. 


Post-Publication Correspondence, 1970 October-November. 


Letters of congratulation, requesting copies, thanking for copies sent, etc. 

Biographical Items. 

Box 3, Folder 18 Mentions and Quotes, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1969. 


Riverside High School. 

Box 3, Folder 29 Newsletters from Howard Woertendyke, 1952, 1961, 1963-1964. 

Note 

Mimeographed (1964) from N.F. Jacobs. 

Box 3, Folder 30 Newsletters from Marie Leibert, 1966, 1968-1970. 



Newspaper clippings, 1959, 1968, 1971, and n.d. 

Box 3, Folder 32 Graduation program, 1909. 

Physical Description: Thermofax copy. 


Newspaper clippings, 1950, n.d. 


About WWR as Author and Riverside Native. 


WWR AND IBR[?]. 

The Toreador, 1930 November. Issued monthly by the University Club of Los Angeles.. 



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Biographical Items. 

Box 3, Folder 35 Keepsake Honoring WWR (May Day Poem). May 1, 1954. 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf sewn in wrappers. 


Full title: May Day poem especially written to honor the natal day of a beloved Angeleno 

W.W. Robinson. . .. 

Printed by Caroline Anderson, Ward Ritchie, and Joseph Simon at their imprenta. 

Note 

[Actually reproduces a poem printed 1879] 

Biographical - Articles. 

Southlanders: Robinson Writes History of Area . 


Correspondence, 1961, n.d. 

Box 3, Folder 20 In: Los Angeles Mirror, Wednesday, November 1, 1961. 

Physical Description: Part 2, p.1. 

Biographical - Family History. 

Genealogy. 

Box 3, Folder 21 Irwin Robinson and Catherine Elliott Robinson, 1894. 



Genealogical data, W.W. Robinson, n.d. 



Various summaries, typescript and typescript (carbon), with some holograph corrections 

by WWR. 


Genealogy List.. 


In form book labeled Ancestral tablets. Done by WHR. 


Records.. 



WWR, brother, sisters. 




Cutter Family Book, n.d. 

Overmeyer Family Book, n.d. 

Family Items (Genealogy). 

The California citrograph. vol.11 no.8 (1926 June).. 

Physical Description: Clipping (photocopy). 


Cutter Family, n.d. 


Including fundraising letter, signed Thomas Ince. 


Family Memorabilia. 

WWR's Mother, 1905, 1911, n.d. 


Postcards sent her. 



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Biographical - Family History. 


Letters.. 

Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy). 2 leaves. 


Lists of letters of Will W. Robinson. 

Biographical - Historical Societies - Advisory. 


American Institute of Architects, Orange County Chapter. 

Committee on the Preservation of Historical Buildings: Working Papers. 

Mimeographed materials, n.d. 


Statements of purpose, lists of Orange County sites, etc. 

Amigos del Antano: Working Papers. 


Request to serve on advisory board, 1968 November. 

Historical Advisory Committee (LASCA): Working Papers. 

Box 16, Folder 3 Correspondence, 1951 and 1956-1959. 


Correspondence, 1966 and 1968. The two files include letters (or copies) from: Maida Borel 

Boyle, Susanna Bryant Dakin, William S. Stewart, and others.. 


Letters from Ed Ainsworth to Susanna Dakin and Georgina Mage, 1958 May. 

Box 16, Folder 6 Photocopies of letters from Susanna Dakin to LASCA staff, 1960-1967. 

Box 16, Folder 7 Notices of meetings and agendas, 1951, 1956-1957, and 1959. 


Holograph notes by WWR, 1956 and n.d. 

Box 16, Folder 9 Minutes, 1949-1951, 1953, 1956-1960. 

Box 16, Folder 10 WWR's holograph notes, typescript drafts, etc. for minutes, 1956-1957. 


Minutes, 1956-1960. Carbon typescripts, most signed by WWR. Includes minutes by Ed Ainsworth 

(1958 April?), signed.. 


LASCA news, 1952, 1957-1958, and n.d. A periodic report from the Los Angeles State and County 

Aboretum to the members of the California Arboretum Foundation, Incorporated, Arcadia, 

California.. 


Children's theater, 1957 June 14 and n.d. Programs. Newsletter: What shall we call it? 

Preliminary issues.. 


Brochures, n.d. 


Newspaper clippings, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1957-1958, and n.d. 


Reactivation of the committee, 1970-1971. Notices, agendas, and minutes.. 

Box 16, Folder 17 WWR's membership cards, 1957 and 1971-1972. 

Hugo Reid Adobe: Working Papers. 


Research materials.. 

Physical Description: 15 leaves, 26 leaves. 


Includes furnishing plan for HR adobe, mimeograph. House of the Scotch Paisano, 

mimeograph. Also includes blueprint drawings for the adobe. 


Resolutions regarding the adobe, n.d. 

Box 16, Folder 20 Report from Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture, Los Angeles, 1957. 

Box 16, Folder 24 Letters from WWR to SBD, 1956. 

Physical Description: Carbons. 

Box 16, Folder 26 Letter from Henry H. Clifford, 1957. 

Box 16, Folder 28 Letter from William S. Stewart to WWR, 1957. 

Box 16, Folder 30 Letter, WWR to SBD, 1958. 

Physical Description: Carbon. 

Box 16, Folder 21 Letter from Susanna Bryant Dakin, 1949. 

Writings by Susanna Bryant Dakin. 



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Biographical - Historical Societies - Advisory. 


Papoose to cymbidium, 1949 January. In: Pasadena Junior League News.. 

Physical Description: pp.10-15. 


Rehabilitation of Lucky Baldwin's cottage, 1953 April and 1957[?]. from: Fortnight, 

pp.38-40. Lucky Baldwin's cottage, State of California Historical landmark, no.367.. 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. Clipping 


Rancho Santa Anita, place of many waters, 1956 July. In: LASCA leaves (vol.6 no.3).. 

Physical Description: pp.49-72 [entire issue]. 


Dakin, Susanna Bryant. Rancho Santa Anita, place of many waters, 1957 October. In: 

Pasadena Junior League Community News. Reprinted from LASCA leaves.. 

Physical Description: pp.17-23, 42-45. 

Box 16, Folder 29 The old, old adobe at Rancho Santa Anita, 1957. 



With minor holograph corrections. 

Box 16, Folder 31 The Hugo Reid Adobe, 1958. 


La Purisima Mission Advisory Committee: Working Papers. 


Box 16, Folder 33 Rosters, 1961. 

Box 16, Folder 34 Memos, agenda, 1961 and 1964. 



Box 16, Folder 36 Resolutions, lists, etc., 1960, 1963-1964. 


Printed brochure, n.d. 

Los Compadrinos de San Gabriel: Working Papers. 

Box 16, Folder 38 Dittoed roster with notes by WWR, 1962. 

Malki Museum: Working Papers. 

Box 16, Folder 39 Correspondence with Harry W. Lawton, 1964-1965. 


Morongo Indian Reservation, Banning, California, 1965 February 16. Me-a-wha. Malki Museum 

newsletter. no.3.. 

Southwest Museum: Working Papers. 

Box 16, Folder 41 Letters from Jack D. Forbes and Carl S. Dentzel, 1962 and 1966. 


Minutes, annual meeting of the Museum Association, 1949 and 1966. Minutes, meeting of the 

Board of Trustees.. 


Clipping and postcard, 1896 and n.d. 


Newspaper clippings, 1955 and n.d. 


Southern California Library Council on Californiana and Local History, 1967. Mailing.. 

Box 16, Folder 46 Membership cards, 1968 and 1970. 

Biographical - Libraries and Library Organizations. 



Ella Strong Dennison Library: Working Papers. 

Correspondence, 1968-1969. Includes WWR's Books by, about, or involving Susanna Bryant Dakin 

(a hurried listing). 1 leaf. Typescript (carbon).. 

Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana: Working Papers. 

Postcard from Elmer Belt, 1947 and n.d. 


Includes mailings. 

Friends of the Bancroft Library: Working Papers. 



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Box 17, Folder 3 Correspondence with Joseph Henry Jackson, 1954. 

Friends of the Huntington Library: Working Papers. 


Correspondence, 1946, 1963-1967, and 1969. Letters from: Carey S. Bliss, Homer D. Crotty, and 

George H. Whitney.. 

Box 17, Folder 5 Meeting notices, 1963, 1965, and 1967. 

Box 17, Folder 6 Agendas, 1963 and 1966. 


Box 17, Folder 8 Financial statements, 1963-1965 and 1967-1969. 

Box 17, Folder 9 Books and manuscripts submitted to the Friends, 1963-1964 and 1967-1968. 

Box 17, Folder 10 Report of the Friends of the Huntington Library, 1963, 1964, and 1966. 


Mailings, 1945 and n.d. 

Box 17, Folder 12 Membership cards, 1969-1971. 

Box 17, Folder 13 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery annual reports, 1965/66 and 1967/68. 

Friends of the Mark R. Harrington Library: Working Papers. 


Correspondence, 1971. Primarily personal, concerned with the death of Mark R. Harrington.. 

Box 17, Folder 15 Membership card, 1970. 

Friends of the UCLA Library: Working Papers. 

Box 17, Folder 16 Correspondence, 1951, 1954, and 1958. 


Includes letters (or copies) from: Lawrence Clark Powell, Gordon J. Holmquist, Dwight 

L. Clarke, Robert Gordon Sproul, Robert Vosper, and Paul Wellman. 



About tax matters. 

Box 17, Folder 18 Postcard invitations, 1952-1954. 

Box 17, Folder 19 By-laws, 1953. 

Box 17, Folder 20 Minutes and Annual reports to the Executive Committee, 1955 December and 1956-1959. 

Box 17, Folder 21 Annual reports, 1952-1954. 

Box 17, Folder 22 Dedication of the rare book rooms and Special Collections, 1950. 


Invitation and program. WWR's holograph notes on verso of program. 

Box 17, Folder 23 UCLA Librarian, 1950-1959. 


Scattered issues, with checks or notes by WWR. 

Box 17, Folder 24 Newspaper clippings, 1947, 1950-1954. 



Letters from: Majl Ewing, Anna Marie and Everett Hager, Everett Moore, Remi Nadeau, 

Lawrence Clark Powell, and Robert Vosper. 


Roster, n.d. 

Box 17, Folder 27 By-laws and rosters, 1961. 

Box 17, Folder 28 Minutes, 1959-1962, and 1964-1965. 

Box 17, Folder 29 UCLA Librarian, 1962. 


Scattered issues, with markings by WWR. 


News bulletin, Friends of the UCLA Library, 1961 August. no.1-5. WWR - editor, issues 

no.1-2.. 

Box 17, Folder 31 Printed invitations, 1961-1962 and 1964. 


Printed membership items, n.d. 




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Honnold Library Society: Working Papers. 

Box 17, Folder 35 Invitation, 1955. 



Box 17, Folder 37 Annual report, 1956. 

John F. Kennedy Library, California State College at Los Angeles: Working Papers. 



With enclosures. About judging student book collection. 

Library Patrons of Occidental College: Working Papers. 

Box 17, Folder 39 Invitation and mailing, 1966, 1969. 

Box 17, Folder 40 Minutes, 1968. 


Occidentaliana, 1964 March. An occasional newsletter for Library Patrons of Occidental 

College. no.10.. 

Los Angeles Library Association: Working Papers. 



Los Angeles Public Library: Working Papers. 

Box 17, Folder 43 Correspondence, 1958 and 1968. 


Letters from: Althea Warren and Harold L. Hamill. 

Occidental College Library: Working Papers. 

Box 17, Folder 44 Correspondence, 1958-1959, 1966, and 1968. 


Letters from: Andrew Horn and Tyrus G. Harmsen. 

Robinson Jeffers Committee: Working Papers. 



Letters from: Melba Bennett and Tyrus G. Harmsen. 


Minutes, n.d. 

University of Minnesota Library: Working Papers. 

Box 17, Folder 47 Letters from the President of the University, J.R. Morrill, 1951 and 1954. 


Kerlan items, 1963 and n.d. 

Biographical - Political Organizations. 

Los Angeles Forward: Working Papers. 

Box 18, Folder 1 Invitation to join, ca. 1970. 

Republican Associates: Working Papers. 

Box 18, Folder 2 Mailing, 1961. 

Box 18, Folder 3 Rosters, 1961, 1965, and 1966. 

Biographical - Social Organizations. 

Downtown Club: Working Papers. 


Occidental College. 


Tiger Track Alumni Association. Printed award, 1957. Signed by: Ward Ritchie and Joseph 

Simon.. 

Producers' Club, Universal Studios: Working Papers. 


Biographical - Writers' Organizations. 


The Authors' Club of Los Angeles: Working Papers. 

Correspondence, 1947 and 1955-1956. Letters from Lee Shippey.. 



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Biographical - Writers' Organizations. 


Rosters of members and officers, 1956 and n.d. 


The Galley proof of the Authors Club, 1938 April 1. Newsletter.. 

The Author's Guild, Incorporated: Working Papers. 


Letter from membership chairman, Rex Stout, 1968 November. 

Box 18, Folder 11 Mimeographed newsletter, printed brochure, etc., ca. 1968. 

California Writer's Guild: Working Papers. 


Mimeographed mailings, invitations, etc., n.d. 

Box 18, Folder 13 Rosters, descriptive brochures, 1964, 1968-1969, and 1970-1972. 

Box 18, Folder 14 The Guilder [newsletter], 1962, 1965, and 1968-1969. 

Box 18, Folder 15 Membership cards, 1964 and 1970. 

P.E.N. Club: Working Papers. 

Box 18, Folder 16 Letters, 1951, 1956. 


From: Lionel Stevenson, Miriam Huber. 

Box 18, Folder 17 Rosters, 1954 and 1956. 

Southern California Industrial Editors Association: Working Papers. 

Box 18, Folder 18 Rosters / directories, 1959, 1962, 1968-1970. 

Forest Lawn Foundation. 

Writing Awards, Editors and Writers Committee: Working Papers. 


Correspondence with Karl Wecker, 1963 January and August. 


Also holograph notes by WWR (addresses). 

Box 18, Folder 20 Memos, with enclosures, from Karl Wecker to members of the committee, 1961-1962. 


Primarily concerned with topics for students' papers, formats, etc. 


Memos, with enclosures, and minutes, 1961 July, and 1962 September. 


Minutes of meetings in the form of memos and mimeographed sheets. 

Box 18, Folder 22 The Forest Lawn Awards for Practical Writing, 1960/61. 


Including the manual Write, a service to students and Christian liberal arts 

colleges, administered by the FLF, with mimeographed addendum. 

Box 18, Folder 23 Printed invitations to Forest Lawn Writing Awards banquet, 1962 and 1963. 


Includes printed banquet programs. 


Newspaper clippings, 1962 April. 

Biographical - Lectures. 

Correspondence. 

Box 19, Folder 1 Invitations to Lecture, 1961-1962, 1964-1966 and 1969. 


Includes letters declining invitations. 


Notes on John Muir, Serra, Roman Sepulveda.. 

Re-Discovery Of California, 1939 (September 11). 


Printed announcement, Historical Society of Southern California.. 


Newspaper clippings.. 

[Ranchos Become Cities], 1939 (October 25). 

Box 19, Folder 5 Letter from Albert Brush, Beverly Hills Public Library, 1939 September 7. 



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Printed program, University Club of Los Angeles book review luncheon.. 

Newspaper clipping.. 

First Landowners of Los Angeles County, 1939 (November 9). 

Outline.. 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript with holograph notes. 


Newspaper clipping, Glendale Historical Society.. 

[Ranchos Become Cities], 1939 (November 13). 

Box 19, Folder 10 Letter of thanks, 1939 November 27. 


Printed announcement, mimeographed announcement, Los Angeles Public Library Book Fair.. 


Newspaper clipping, mention.. 

Box 19, Folder 13 Island Rancho, 1941 (January 27). 


Printed postcard invitation, The Pasadena Historical Society. 

Box 19, Folder 14 Suburb of Heaven, 1943 (June 2). 


Printed invitation, The Zamorano Club. 

[Santa Anita Rancho and Lucky Baldwin], 1944 (November 18). 


Printed invitation, E C[l]ampus Vitus.. 



Ranchos of Los Angeles County, 1944 (December 8). 


Printed postcard invitation, Native Sons of the Golden West Friday luncheon club.. 


4 typed notecards. Verso of one is: Menu at Santa Anita 100 years ago.. 

Box 19, Folder 19 Off the Record, 1945 (October 26). 


Printed postcard invitation, Native Sons of the Golden West Friday luncheon club. 

Ranchos and Pueblos in California One Hundred Years Ago, 1947 (November 9). 

Box 19, Folder 20 Letter from James H. Breasted, Jr., Los Angeles County Museum, 1947 September 4. 


Printed program.. 

[Land in California], 1948 (October 27). 

Box 19, Folder 22 Letter of thanks from Marguerite P. Murdock, 1948 October 31. 


Printed invitation, the University Young Women's Christian Association.. 




Letters from Bunster Creeley, the Ebell Club, 1948 September-December. 



Land in California, 1949 (January 17). 


Printed invitation, Historical Society of Southern California.. 


Mention. In: Hoja volante no.22 (1949 February). 

[Land in California; and Beasts of the Tar Pits], 1949 (February 10). 


Printed announcements, Vroman's Book Store.. 



Box 19, Folder 31 54th Annual PTA, 1950 (May 22-24). 


Meet the authors session, roster. 






The Story of Wilshire Boulevard, 1950 (August 19). 

5 leaves. Carbon typescript.. 

Printed postcard invitation, Dawson's Book Shop and the Los Angeles County Board of 

Supervisors.. 


Early Days in Orange County, 1950 (November 14). 

Letters from Ethel Jacobson, 1950 September, November. 

12 typed notecards with holograph corrections.. 



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Printed program, Fullerton Public Library Book Week program.. 



Box 19, Folder 39 Travelogue, Historical Society of Southern California Pilgrimage, 1951 (June 16). 


3 holograph notecards about Orange County. 

[Founding of Los Angeles], 1952 (September 4). 


Announcement, Los Angeles Downtown Optimist Club. In: Optimist Reporter, vol.36 no.10, p.[1]. 

Photograph of WWR.. 



Box 19, Folder 42 The Dominguez Rancho, 1953 (September 24). 

Physical Description: 2 copies. 12 leaves total. 


Typescript with holograph corrections. 

Signed by WWR: Being the paper read. . .before the First Century Families luncheon, Hotel 

Statler, Los Angeles. --- ----. 

Box 19, Folder 43 Orcutt lecture. Orcutt, Mary Logan. The discovery in 1901 of the La Brea fossil beds, 1953. 


[Notes] presented at First Families luncheon. 

Profile of Los Angeles, 1954 (May 25). 


Printed invitation, The Museum Association, Los Angeles County Museum.. 

Box 19, Folder 45 Announcement, Los Angeles Downtown Optimist Club. In: Optimist Reporter, vol.37 no.48 (1954 

May 27), p.[1]. Photograph of WWR.. 

Ranchos of California, 1954 (August 7). 


Printed invitation, Westerners.. 


6 typed notecards.. 

Rancho Los Palos Verdes, 1954 (September 30). 


Typescript signed by WWR.. 



Editorial note: . . .a talk given. . .on the occasion of the annual First Century 

Families' luncheon, presided over by Miss Mary Foy. 



Three Great Writers Look at Early California, 1955 (March 17). 

Box 19, Folder 50 Letter from Edwin T. Coman, Jr., 1955 March 18. 

Note 

Full title is Adventures under three flags - three great. . . 




Printed postcard invitation, Historical Society of Southern California.. 


Ranchos of California, 1955 (Fall). 


University Extension, University of California, Los Angeles. Lifelong Learning. vol.9 

no.31 (1955 August 1). Course description, listing WWR's lecture. 

The Story of Rancho San Pasqual, 1955 (September 29). 

Box 19, Folder 54 Letters from Yvonne R. Alvarez, 1955 October 2. 


Printed programs, seventeenth annual luncheon, First Century Families.. 



The Ten Events that Made Los Angeles, 1956 (April 12). 


10 events that made Los Angeles.. 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript with holograph additions. 



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2 leaves. Typescript outline with holograph additions.. 


Newspaper and magazine clippings, Pasadena Bar Association.. 


10 great events of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles Evening Herald Express series by Art 

Hewitt. WWR among the persons polled.. 

Box 19, Folder 61 [Rancho Period in California History], 1956 (April 22). 


Newspaper clippings, La Casa de Rancho Los Cerritos. 

Box 19, Folder 62 The Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit, 1956 (June 2). 


Printed invitation, Zamorano pilgrimage. 


The Rancho Story of the San Fernando Valley, 1956 (September 24). 

Letters and enclosures, 1956 September-October. 


Letters from: Estelle P. Christin, Catherine Hubbard Dace, J.B. Van Nuys. Letters 

enclose reminiscences and biographical data of relatives. 


Printed programs, eighteenth annual luncheon, First Century Families.. 



Introduction of Don Meadows, 1957 (March 6). 


Notes. 1 leaf. Typescript with holograph additions.. 


Printed program, The Zamorano Club.. 

Los Angeles. . .Bawdy City of the 1850s, 1957 (April 4). 


Typescript outline and copied quotations. 3 leaves.. 

Box 19, Folder 69 Announcement, Los Angeles Downtown Optimist Club. In: Optimist Reporter, vol.30 no.39 (1957 

April 4), p.[1]. Photograph of WWR on cover.. 

Phineas Banning, 1957 (June 19). 

Box 19, Folder 70 Announcement. In: Notes from the California Historical Society, vol.9 no.6 (June 1957).. 


Also printed invitation. 





11 leaves. Typescript.. 

Program and menu.. 


The Story of Rancho Los Cerritos, 1957 (10 October). 


Printed program, nineteenth annual luncheon, First Century Families. 


Bawdy Decades, 1958 (11 February). 


Printed invitation, Roxburghe Club. 

Bawdy Decades in Los Angeles 1950 [SIC] - 60 - 70, 1958 (25 March). 


Letter of thanks, 1958 March 26. From secretary of President Coons, Occidental College.. 


Bawdy decades. 19 leaves. Typescript with extensive holograph and paste-on corrections.. 


Printed program, The Twilight Club.. 

The Story of Rancho Malibu, 1959 (October 1). 


9 leaves. Typescript. 18 leaves (total). --- ----. Another copy. Typescript (carbon).. 


Printed programs, twenty-first annual luncheon, First Century Families.. 



Box 20, Folder 4 Ranchos of California, 1962[?] (March 11). 


1 typed notecard. Sponsor unknown. In WWR's hand: Santa Ana. 



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Box 20, Folder 5 [History of Beverly Hills], 1962 (May 26). 


Printed invitation, The Zamorano Club. 

Box 20, Folder 6 Myth-Making in the Los Angeles Area, 1962 (October 3). 


Mimeographed announcement, Westerners. 

Maps as a Research Tool, 1966 (February 2). 


Letters, 1965-1966. From: J.R.K. Kantor, H.J. Koening, and James V. Mink.. 


11 leaves. Carbon typescript with holograph corrections.. 


Programs, the Society of American Archivists. . .symposium on archival administration, the 

University of California, Los Angeles.. 

Box 20, Folder 10 [Casa de Adobe], 1966 (May 10). 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript notes with holograph additions. 


With WWR's note: Talk May 10, 1966 at El Alisal before school teachers. 

Book Publishing in the Los Angeles Area, 1967 (January 10). 


Letters from Ward Ritchie Press, talk for California Federation of Women's Clubs, San Gabriel 

Valley District, 1966 December 1 and n.d. 


2 typed notecards with holograph additions.. 

Two Books about Los Angeles, 1968 (May 1). 


Letter, n.d. 


Printed announcement, Vroman's Book Store. Author's luncheon, Word Today Book Clubs. Sunset's 

Los Angeles and Los Angeles: a profile.. 

Box 20, Folder 15 Two Books about Los Angeles, 1968 (May 1). 

Physical Description: 6 typed notecards. 


My Riverside, 1968 (May 9). 

Correspondence.. 


Includes letter from Henry R. Adams. 






My Riverside. 14 leaves. Typescript with minor holograph corrections. Typed title is crossed 

out: In commemoration of Riverside County's 75th anniversary.. 


[Books on Los Angeles], 1968 (May 16). 

Letters from James H. Tibbett, Friends of the Altadena Library.. 


[Early San Fernando Valley Maps], 1970 (October?). 


Letters of thanks from Elva Meline, San Fernando Valley Historical Society. 1970 October 

3. 




[Writing Local History], n.d. 

1 typed notecard with holograph additions.. 

10 holograph notecards.. 

Ranchos Become Cities, n.d. 



Typescript with minor holograph corrections. 



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[Ranchos and the Founding of Los Angeles], n.d. 



Typescript with holograph corrections. 


[Ranchos of California, etc.], n.d. 



Typescript with holograph corrections and holograph. 

Seemingly outlines for talks, probably for more than one talk. 


California's Rancho Period, n.d. 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript pasted on cards. 


Ranchos of California, n.d. 


4 typed notecards with holograph additions. 


Rancho Days, n.d. 


2 holograph notecards. 


[Writing about Ranchos], n.d. 


1 typed notecard with holograph additions. 


[Rancho Notes for E Clampus Vitus Talk], n.d. 


1 holograph notecard. 


[Ranchos, Including Northern California Ranchos], n.d. 


21 typed and holograph notecards. 


Forgotten Ranchos of San Marino, n.d. 




[Land of Author's Club], n.d. 


Postcard program. 




[Riverside Rancho], n.d. 

1 typed notecard with holograph additions.. 

Newspaper clipping, n.d. 

Rancho los Alamitos, n.d. 




[Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres], n.d. 





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[Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit], n.d. 


3 typescripts leaves with holograph additions pasted on notecards. 


Ranchos, n.d. 


3 typescript and 2 holograph notecards. 


[Ranchos Become Cities], n.d. 


Printed program, Theta Sigma Phi. 



6 Men of Distinction, n.d. 

1 holograph notecard.. 

3 leaves holograph.. 


[Jose Maria de Zalvidea, Benjamin Davis Wilson, Colonel Edward J.C. Kewen, J. DeBarth 

Shoab, General M.C. Wentworth, Henry E. Huntington]. 


Bayard Taylor, n.d. 


1 typed notecard with holograph additions. 


It all Happened Here, n.d. 




Rise of Los Angeles, n.d. 



They Passed by Mona Lisa [Restaurant], n.d. 



First Settlers of Los Angeles County, n.d. 



Typescript with extensive holograph corrections. 


Books About Los Angeles, n.d. 

Physical Description: 11 typed notecards. 


Shot Gun Titles, n.d. 


5 holograph notecards. 


Escrow Beginnings in Los Angeles, n.d. 


1 typed notecard with holograph addition. 

Biographical - Diaries, Jottings, etc.. 



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Biographical - Diaries, Jottings, etc.. 

Box 21, Folder 1 Descriptive Notes, 1912[?].. 


Bellingham Bay, etc. Holograph entries in one small notebook. 

Box 21, Folder 2 Definitions of Words, etc., 1914-1915[?].. 


Holograph entries in 3 notebooks. 

Box 21, Folder 3 World War I Diaries, 1918 May 5-1918 August 17. 


Holograph entries in four small notebooks. 

Box 21, Folder 4 Descriptive Notes, 1927. 


Possibly for poems. 

Holograph entries in two small notebooks. 

Box 21, Folder 5 Monterey, 1927[?].. 


Holograph entries in two small notebooks. 

Box 21, Folder 6 Grand Canyon, etc., 1928. 


Holograph entries in one small notebook. 

Box 21, Folder 7 Santa Cruz Canyon, 1932. 


Holograph entries in one noteboook. 

Box 21, Folder 8 Catalina Island, 1932[?].. 


Box 21, Folder 9 Travel Notes, 1934. 


New York, Chicago, Vandalia (Illinois), etc. 

Holograph entries in one notebook. 

Box 21, Folder 10 Gold Beach, Oregon, 1935 June 23. 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph. 

Biographical - Travel Items, New York to Los Angeles. 


TWA airlines ticket, 1946 April. 

Arizona. 

Box 22, Folder 2 Holograph notes by WWR, 1949. 


Note 

Appear to have been made in Arizona, 1949. 

Box 22, Folder 3 Postcards, 1949. 

Box 22, Folder 4 Mimeographed information, 1949. 


About Tumacori National Monument, Father Kino, etc. 



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Mexico. 

Box 22, Folder 5 IBR's calendar leaves with itinerary, notes, etc., 1955. 


Box 22, Folder 6 Postcards collected, 1955. 

Physical Description: Black and white photographs and color reproductions. 

Box 22, Folder 7 Grand Teton National Park, 1957. 


Postcards collected. 

New York (and Other Cities). 

Box 22, Folder 8 San Francisco, etc., 1958. 


IBR's holograph entries in small notebook. 

Box 22, Folder 9 Postcards collected, Washington, D.C, 1958. 

Europe. 

Box 22, Folder 10 Postcards sent by IBR, 1960. 

Physical Description: 10 pieces. 

Box 22, Folder 11 Postcards sent by WWR, 1960. 



To his sister, Flora, and others. 

Box 22, Folder 12 WWR's notes, 1960. 



Some carry title: Observations of a [crossed-out] typical drip-dry tourist carrying no 

books in his baggage. 

Box 22, Folder 13 IBR's notes, 1960. 


Holograph entries in calendar book. 

Box 22, Folder 14 Itinerary and receipts, 1960. 


Box 22, Folder 16 List and receipts for items purchased, 1960. 

Box 22, Folder 17 Printed ephemera, 1960. 


Guidebooks, menus, etc. 

Box 22, Folder 18 Jottings of names, addresses, etc., 1960. 


Notes, n.d. 

Physical Description: Holograph and typed. 


Names, addresses, telephone numbers, n.d. 


Holograph jottings. Some envelopes, etc. kept for addresses. 

Box 23, Folder 3 Phone and Address Book, begun ca. 1960. 



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Daily Calendar Books. 

Physical Description: (Kept in small spiral office books) 

Box 23, Folder 4 1960, 1961. 

Box 23, Folder 5 1962, 1963. 

Box 23, Folder 6 1964, 1965. 

Box 23, Folder 7 1966, 1967. 

Box 23, Folder 8 1968, 1969. 

Box 23, Folder 9 1970, 1971. 

Biographical - Consultant Activity. 


Indian Land Claims. 

Correspondence and Research Material. 

WWR's inter-office letters, 1954 April. 


To Carroll R. West, Title Insurance and Trust, about taking on the job as expert 

witness in suit for compensation against the U.S. government. 

Box 24, Folder 2 With attorneys, 1954. 


Primarily Reginald Foster of Foster, Shortridge and Weingarten (Pacific Grove) and 

Wallace Hamilton of Arnold, Fortas & Porter (Washington, D.C.). 

Box 24, Folder 3 With attorneys, 1955. 


Primarily with Reginald E. Foster. 

Box 24, Folder 4 With attorneys, 1958-1959. 


Primarily with Francis M. Goodwin of Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker (Washington, D.C.). 

Box 24, Folder 5 Requests for research material, 1954-1955. 


WWR's research notes, v.d. 

Physical Description: 76 leaves. Holograph and typescript. 


WWR's notes on expenses.. 

Box 24, Folder 8 Research material, 1928. 


U.S. Department of the interior. State of California. Map showing Indian 

reservations, public lands, etc. In 2 parts. 

Box 24, Folder 9 Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1949-1970. 


Government publications, 1950, 1953. From Bureau of Land Management.. 

Box 24, Folder 11 San Luis Obispo, 1954. 


Requesting copies of townsite patents, etc. Together with those copies. Filed by 

location. 

Box 24, Folder 12 Weaverville, 1954. 

Box 24, Folder 13 Red Bluff, 1954. 

Box 24, Folder 14 Placerville, 1954. 

Box 24, Folder 15 San Rafael, 1954. 

Box 24, Folder 16 Nevada City, 1954. 

Box 24, Folder 17 Lakeport, 1954. 

Box 24, Folder 18 Eureka, 1954. 



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Biographical - Consultant Activity. 

Box 24, Folder 19 Mendocino, 1954. 

Box 24, Folder 20 Visalia, 1954. 

Research Material. 


Present relations of the federal government to the American Indian, 1958 December 31. 85th 

Congress. 2d session, House Committee print no.38. With map.. 

Biographical - Memorabilia: Objects. 


Lanyard - Braid, n.d. 

Physical Description: Woven, rust and black. Hat trim or shoulder decoration[?]. 

Box 25, Folder 2 Identification (dog tags), n.d. William W. Robinson USA / 520 371.. 


Medals and buttons, n.d. 

Physical Description: Pendant without ribbon, in the shape of Maltese cross: W 1914 / Fw 

1813, black metal bar, perhaps pocket insignia, button with eagle and anchor. 

Note 

[MISSING 7/89] 


Two buttons. U.S. Army Ordnance, n.d. 

Physical Description: WWR's branch insignia[?]. 


Medal, n.d. 

Physical Description: On brass on ribbon: France, On pendant: [figure] / The great warrior 

civilization - France Italy Serbia, etc. 


Buttons, n.d. 

Physical Description: With the seal of the United States. 8 items . Various sizes. 

Note 

Presumably sleeve and coat buttons from WWR's uniform. 



Coins. 

California Commission, Golden Gate International Exposition, n.d. 

Physical Description: State seal / Culbert L. Olson portrait. 


Participants commemorative medal from the State of California. 

Note 



The old stone town hall, Tujunga, 1913, Bolton Hall / The California heritage, 1850, n.d. 

Physical Description: State seal / picture of Bolton Hall. 

Note 



One penny 1904 / Edwardus VII Dei Gra Britt: Omn Rex Fid Dem Ind Imp, n.d. 

Note 



Wall Plaque, n.d. 

Physical Description: Metal figure of cow skull and branding iron mounted on wood 


Inscription: Los Angeles corral of the Westerners has branded W.W. Robinson guest of honor 

at the annual rendezvous 1971. 



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Biographical - Memorabilia: Objects. 

World War I Ephemera. 

Box 25, Folder 11 Duty Pass and Thanksgiving 1918 menu (Nantes, France), etc., 1918. 

Biographical - photographs . 

Box 26, Folder 1 728 State Street Trinidad, Colorado. Sept 1894 

Physical Description: 1 photograph. 


WWR birthplace. 

Box 26, Folder 2 Portraits of WWR , one with his dog, Prince. 1905, 1907, 1910 

Physical Description: 4 photographs. 

Box 26, Folder 3 Family portrait. ca. 1910 


Box 26, Folder 4 Family at the beach in Long Beach. 1911 



Unidentified. n.d. 


Box 26, Folder 6 En route San Francisco to Camp Hancock, Georgia. 1918 



Camp Hancock, Georgia. 


Box 26, Folder 8 Mont St. Michel, France. 1919 

Physical Description: 2 post card (photographs) and 2 snapshots. 

Box 26, Folder 9 Army. ca. 1920 

Physical Description: 1 portrait. 

Box 26, Folder 10 Mt. Baldy. 1921 



Family photograph, Riverside, California. 


Box 26, Folder 12 Court house, office Riverside (?). ca. 1925 


Box 26, Folder 13 Will's new home, 2310 23rd Avenue. ca. 1919 


Box 26, Folder 14 Irene (Will's wife) new home. ca. 1919 



Helen and Will at Cliff House. 

Physical Description: 1 post card (photograph). 

Box 26, Folder 16 Irene and William at 1497 Lemon St. Riverside, California. June 1928 




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Box 26, Folder 17 Family (Irene and WWR) at Lifted Latch. March 29, 1931 


Box 26, Folder 18 Beach (Long Beach ?). ca. 1925 


Box 26, Folder 19 WWR with mother and sisters. ca. 1930 


Box 26, Folder 20 Irene Robinson. ca. 1920 


Box 26, Folder 21 Irene Robinson. ca. 1920 

Physical Description: 5 photographs and 1 negative. 


Irene Robinson. 

Physical Description: 5 snapshots and 1 portrait (cropped). 

Box 26, Folder 23 WW and Irene Robinson. ca. 1940 

Physical Description: 7 snapshots. 



Box 26, Folder 25 WWR, Irene Robinson and friends. ca. 1950 



WW and Irene Robinson. 



by Phil Fahs. 




Minicolor prints. 

Box 26, Folder 28 WW and Irene Robinson at the Huntington Library. ca. 1945 





taken by Hollywood Pictorial Service 6275 Selma Avenue Hollywood 28, Calif. 

Box 26, Folder 30 WWR at Union Station. ca. 1940 





Physical Description: 1 snapshot. 



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WW and Irene at luncheon at Alfredo's Rome.. 


Box 26, Folder 34 WW and Irene at 5th Annual Regina Medal Luncheon honoring Ann Nolan Clark. 1963 


Box 26, Folder 35 WWR's home, 2310 23rd Avenue. ca. 1950 

Physical Description: 1 color photograph. 

Box 26, Folder 36 WWR's living room. ca. 1950 

Physical Description: 1 bw photograph. 

Box 26, Folder 37 WWR portrait, Carmel. 1929 

Physical Description: 2 photograph, 4 x 6 prints. 


taken by Edward Weston. 

Box 26, Folder 38 WWR walking downtown Los Angeles, Bunker Hill. April 1935 

Physical Description: 1 postcard photograph. 


Postcard photograph. 

Box 26, Folder 39 WWR portraits by Gladser-Mitchell Studios, LA. ca. 1940 -1950 



WWR portrait. 

Physical Description: 1 mounted on board photograph. 


by Figureida. 

Box 26, Folder 41 WWR. ca. 1950 


Box 26, Folder 42 WWR at his desk Title Insurance & Trust Co.. ca. 1948 

Physical Description: 1 postcard photograph. 

Box 26, Folder 43 WWR in front of typewriter. ca. 1950 



WWR at his desk. 





by Lonnie Hull. 

Box 26, Folder 46 WWR. November 1, 1961 

Physical Description: 1 original sketch and notes. 


Sketch by Sam Patrick. 



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Box 26, Folder 47 WWR publicity photos by Lonnie Hull. ca. 1960 

Physical Description: 2 photographs and envelop with notes. 


WWR. 



taken by Frank Taylor. 

Box 26, Folder 49 WWR in front of bookcase. ca. 1970 



by Jon Ritchie. 

Box 26, Folder 50 WWR in study. ca. 1970 

Physical Description: 2 photographs and proof sheet. 


by David John Zeitlin. 

Box 26, Folder 51 WWR at typewriter. ca. 1960 

Physical Description: 1 color photograph and 1 color transparency. 


WWR. 


Box 26, Folder 53 WWR and family. ca. 1950 



Physical Description: 3 color snapshots. 

Box 26, Folder 55 Family and relatives. ca. 1950 

Physical Description: 12 snapshots and 1 negative. 


Billy and Cathy Robinson. 


Box 26, Folder 57 WWR, Biscailuz, Bynum, Layne, Woods. ca. 1950 




Box 27, Folder 1 WWR and others at story conference. 1940s? 

Physical Description: [2 views]. Cf. photo in Hicks. 


Romance of the Ranchos [Radio program] - Title Insurance and Trust - Publicity 

photographs. 

Box 27, Folder 2 WWR at desk with copy of Ranchos become cities. Published in Radio life. 1947 Dec 14 



photographs. 



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Box 27, Folder 3 Published in Radio life. 1947 Dec 14 

Physical Description: Two: view of T.I.T. plant, portrait of Les Farber and Ray Wilson 

[WWR not pictured]. 



photographs. 

Box 27, Folder 4 WWR and cameramen with title insurance brochures, etc. 1954 

Physical Description: Pub in T 'n' T v. 10 no. 4 (1954 Apr). 


This is my Land [Motion Picture] - Title Insurance and Trust - Publicity photograph. 


WWR seated, surrounded by women. No date 


T 'N' T, Parties, Etc - Title Insurance and Trust. 

Box 27, Folder 6 As editor looked the day before "Panorama" was launched … (see insert). 1953 

Physical Description: Pub in T 'n' T v. 9 no. 6 (1953 Bun / Jul). Insert published in 

Hicks - deluge of letters requesting Panorama. 



Box 27, Folder 7 Requesting Panorama. 1953 

Physical Description: Cf. Hicks, p.31. 



Box 27, Folder 8 Dinner honoring Ward Ritchie, publisher of Panorama. 1953 

Physical Description: Pub in T 'n' T v. 9 no. 8 (1953 Sep). 



Box 27, Folder 9 Greg Chase serenaded …. 1956 

Physical Description: Pub in T 'n' T v. 10 no. 2 (1954 Feb). 



Box 27, Folder 10 Constance Riebe, associate ed. 1954 

Physical Description: Pub in T 'n' T v. 10 no. 4 (1954 Apr). She later became editor. 



Box 27, Folder 11 Quarter Century Party. 1955 

Physical Description: Similar to photo publ in T 'n' T v. 11 no. 2 (1955 Feb). 




T 'n' T birthday party. 1955 20 May 

Physical Description: Publ in T 'n' T v. 11 no. 7 (1955 Jul). 





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Box 27, Folder 13 Pick of the pics at T.I.'s old - timers' party. 1956 

Physical Description: Publ in T 'n' T v. 12 no. 2 (1956 Feb). 



Box 27, Folder 14 New editor Connie Rieve snatches blue pencil from former editor and prepares to sharpen it. 1956 

Physical Description: Publ in T 'n' T v. 12 no. 5 (1956 May). 



Box 27, Folder 15 WWR's retirement. 1956 




Unidentified dinner, parties. No dates 




WWR at desk with secretaries, various periods. No dates 

Physical Description: One is similar to postcard photograph filed ____. 



Box 27, Folder 18 Color snapshot, VPs at Mr. Allen's garden party. 1959 Mar 19 




WWR and IBR in front of Victorian house, with docents. Photograph by Frank Taylor. No date 

Physical Description: Seemingly Carroll Street. 


Cultural Heritage Board? - Organizations - Civic, Etc. 


WWR as judge, photograph by Gordon Williams. No date 

Physical Description: Cf. photo reproduced in Hicks. 


Rounce & Coffin - Organizations - Bookish - Western Books 


Group on Powell Library steps. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: UCLA Photographic Service: 6094 - 1. LCP, Franklin Murphy, etc. 


Roxburghe - Zamorano Joint Meeting? - Bookish Organizations. 


WWR and David Macgee wearing the tags, interior. 1962 Sep 




Men standing and three at table. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: Majl Ewing, etc. WWR evidently not in this group. 





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Library stacks. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: LCP, WWR, etc. 




Groups of men standing with buffet plates. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: WWR, etc. 




Group of men seated, dining at 1 - shaped table arrangement. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: WWR not pictured?. 




Elmer Belt? Group of men at library with large center case with folios, etc. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: WWR not pictured? Elmer Belt, Kate Steinetz, etc. In some photos 

name tags are worn. 




Groups of men at a clubhouse or private home. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: WWR, LCP, Majl Ewing, etc. 




Group of men (at head table?). 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: WWR, LCP, etc. 




Group of men (at Huntington Library?). 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: WWR not in this group?. 




Group of men holding cocktails. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: One wears name tag similar to previous, others do not. 




In room with printing press. 1962 Sep 


Roxburghe - Zamorano Joint Meeting - Bookish Organizations. 


Groups of men on lawn of private home or club house. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: LCP, Majl Ewing, WWR, etc. 





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Lunch at the Clark Library. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: LCP, WWR etc. 




Group at the Clark Library. 1962 Sep 

Physical Description: LCP, WWR, David Macgee, Ward Ritchie, etc. Name tags not worn in 

these photographs. Cf. photo reproduced in Hicks. 



Box 27, Folder 36 At Pierpont Inn, photo by Jasper Schad. 1950 May 6 

Physical Description: RV, WWR etc. 


Zamorano Club - Bookish Organizations. 

Box 27, Folder 37 In club house or private home, around buffet table. 1950 May 6 

Physical Description: LCP, WWR, etc. One photo is of cake with: Hoja Volante. 


Zamorano Club - Bookish Organizations. 

Box 27, Folder 38 Color snapshots, at Justin Turner's. 1964, 1965 


Lincoln Club - Organizations - Historical. 

Box 27, Folder 39 Group at site of the Oak of the Golden Dream, Placeritas. 1948 Bun 25 

Physical Description: Publ Branding Iron 1948 Jul. 


Westerners - Historical Organizations - Los Angeles Corral 

Box 27, Folder 40 Lindley Bynum. 1949? Feb 17 


Westerners - Historical Organizations. 


WWR. 1950 Sep? 

Physical Description: Publ Branding Iron …. 




Group. 1952 Mar 



Box 27, Folder 43 Group, Placeritas. 1952 Jul 28 



Box 27, Folder 44 Group. 1952 

Physical Description: WWR, Holling Clancy Holling chef. 





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Box 27, Folder 45 Group. 1953 Feb 19 



Box 27, Folder 46 Group. 1954 Jul 15 

Physical Description: WWR and Paul Bailey publ Branding Iron no. 29 (1955 Mar). 



Box 27, Folder 47 Group. 1955 Aug 17 




J. Frank Dobie. No date 

Physical Description: Publ Branding Iron no. 34 (1956 Jan). 




Physical Description: Dinner Robert J. Wood's, for J. Frank Dobie. 



Box 27, Folder 50 WWR with J. Frank Dobie. No date (1956?) 

Physical Description: Reproduced in Hicks. 



Box 27, Folder 51 Group. 1957 Apr 18 

Physical Description: Date from Holling Clancy Holling papers. 



Box 27, Folder 52 Group. 1957 Jul 21, Aug 17, Nov 1, Nov 21 



Box 27, Folder 53 Groups. 1957 Jul 21, Aug 17, Nov 1, Nov 21 

Physical Description: Publ Branding Iron no. 40 (1957 Dec): "Tin Star Night". 






Box 27, Folder 55 Christmas party. 1958 



Biographical - photographs, publicity, business . 



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Box 28, Folder 1 WWR and group of men. ca. 1959 


Box 28, Folder 2 WWR and Noah Lindsey Beery. September 1960 

Physical Description: 1 photograph in Branding Iron, nop 54 (Sept. 1960). 


Westerners. 

Box 28, Folder 3 WWR and group of men. November 11,1960 



WWR and group of men. 


Box 28, Folder 5 WWR and group meetings. October 18, 1962 


Box 28, Folder 6 WWR and Walt Wheelock. July 20,1963 


Box 28, Folder 7 WWR and group. August 27, 1963 



WWR. 


Box 28, Folder 9 WWR and group of men. March 10, 1965 and October 13, 1965 


Box 28, Folder 10 Westerners at service form Robert J. Woods. June 1967 



Westerners - by Iron Eyes Cody. 


$500 Reward photographs. ca. 1950s 



WWR, Elmer Belt, Gregg Layne, etc.. ca. 1950s 



Zamorano Club at Southwestern Museum. 


Henry Wagner and Frederich Hodge at SW Museum. ca. 1950s 



WWR, Lawrence Clark Powell,. ca. 1950s 



Southwestern Museum. 



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Box 28, Folder 15 WWR in group shot. 1953 



Henry R. Wagners' 91st Birthday Party. 

Box 28, Folder 16 WWR, Robert Campbell, and Lawrence Clark Powell. Feb. 1949 



Rosenbach exhibit at UCLA Library. 


Elmer Belt, WWR, Lawrence Clark Powell, other men unidentified. ca. 1950s 



UCLA Friends of the Library. 


Lawrence Clark Powell, Mary de Wolfe and others in Special Collections at Powell Library. ca. 

1950s 





WWR, Irene Robinson, Lawrence Clark Powell, Robert Vosper and other in Special Collections in 

Powell Library. ca. 1952 




Box 28, Folder 20 WWR, Lawrence Clark Powell, etc.. ca. 1952 




Box 28, Folder 21 Lawrence Clark Powell's home gathering. ca. 1950 




Box 28, Folder 22 UCLA Friends of the Library meeting. ca. 1950 



UCLA friends of the Library. 

Box 28, Folder 23 UCLA Friends of the Library. ca. 1950 



UCLA friends of the Library. 





UCLA Library. 



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UCLA Library. 

Box 28, Folder 26 Campbell Contest: Denis R Hussey, Paul Wellman, H. Richard Archer, WWR (judges). ca. 1954 



UCLA Library. 




UCLA Library. 

Box 28, Folder 28 UCLA Friends of the Library. June 10, 1954 

Physical Description: 8x10 BW- Friend's Day, WWR. 


UCLA Library. 

Box 28, Folder 29 UCLA Friends of the Library. November 30, 1954 

Physical Description: 4 photographs - Friend's meeting. 


UCLA Library. 

Box 28, Folder 30 UCLA Friends of the Library. November 30, 1954 

Physical Description: 4 photographs - Friend's new officers. 


UCLA Library. 


UCLA Library. 



Last Frontierman Exhibit - Sheriff Biscailuz, Lawrence Clark Powell, WWR in Powell Rotunda. June 

2, 1957 



UCLA Library. 

Box 28, Folder 33 Lawrence Clark Powell's open house Malibu. July 14, 1957 



UCLA Library. 

Box 28, Folder 34 WWR and Robert Vosper. ca. 1955 

Physical Description: 1 color print. 


UCLA Library. 



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Box 28, Folder 35 Lawrence Clark Powell (Malibu House). 1956 

Physical Description: 1 color print and 1 bw print. 


UCLA Library. 

Box 28, Folder 36 WWR, Robert Vosper,. ca. 1955 

Physical Description: 1 8x10 bw print. 


UCLA Library. 

Box 28, Folder 37 WWR, M. S. Slocum. 1950 



WWR and group. 



Santa Anita(?). 


Ward Ritchie and group. ca. 1950s 



Ward Ritchie. 


WWR and Irene. ca. 1950s 



UCLA Library. 


Ward Ritchie home (gathering). ca. 1950s 

Physical Description: 4 proof sheets. 


WWR with 3 men. 



WWR with 3 men. ca. 1950s 



WWR, Glen Dawson, Grant Dahlstrom, Lawrence Clark Powell. ca. 1950s 



UCLA Library. 


Group photo by Steve Birch. ca. 1950s 



The Optimists Club. 


Graduation 1957. Honorary Degrees. Aubrey Wardman, Donald Bryon Spitter, and Preston Hotchkins. 

1957 

Physical Description: 2 8x10 bw prints. 


Whittier College. 



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Box 28, Folder 47 WWR and Irene. 1964 

Physical Description: 5 color snapshots and 1 bw snapshot. 


LA Public Library Exhibit. Ranchos become cities. 1950s 

Physical Description: 1 bw print and 1 negative. 


LA Public Library. 


Lawrence Clark Powell's Malibu. ca. 1950s 

Physical Description: 4 bw 8x10 prints. 

Box 28, Folder 50 Mayor Yorty, WWR. ca. 1955 

Physical Description: 1 photograph by Ben F. Grogg. 

Box 28, Folder 51 Warrant Officer Robert Pearce and Rin. 1944 



WWR, Irene Robinson, Leo Politi, Doris Gates, Ruth Gagbardo, Maguerite De Angeli at Sky Room, 

Wilton Hotel, Long Beach. May 24,1950 



WWR visiting classroom in grade school for Ranchos of the Spanish Dons.. ca. 1950s 

Physical Description: 7 bw photographs (KNX Photo). 

Box 28, Folder 54 WWR. Photos by Frank Taylor. October 29, 1970 

Physical Description: 6 bw photographs. 


Cultural Heritage Board. 


WWR and Mayor Sam Yorty. ca. 1960s 

Physical Description: 14 8x10 prints by Vanguard Photography. 


WWR. ca. 1960s 



Lecture Bureaus. 

Oversize material, includes all groups . 

Box 98, Folder 1 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Aguage Del Centinela. 1937 April 6 


Agua de la Centinela - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 98, Folder 2 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on San Fernando Mission. 1937 Sept 8 


Ex-Mission San Fernando - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 98, Folder 3 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho La Ballona. 1938 Aug 23 


La Ballona - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 



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Index of grantees, Rancho Los Feliz. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Magenta cover. 


Los Feliz - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 98, Folder 5 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Los Palos Verdes. 1929 Mar 22 

Physical Description: 5 pcs. Includes 4 maps. 


Los Palos Verdes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 99, Folder 1 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Palos Verdes. 1929 Apr 3 


Los Palos Verdes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 


Transcript of Land Commission Proceeding on Rancho Paso de Bartolo Viejo. No date / various 

dates 

Physical Description: Unbound. 


Paso de Bartolo Viejo - Ranchos, Los Angeles - Copy. 

Box 100, Folder 1 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes. 1938 Oct 8 


Rincon de Los Bueyes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 100, Folder 2 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho San Antonio. 1937 Sept 22 


San Antonio - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 100, Folder 3 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho San Antonio. 1940 Nov 2 


San Antonio - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 100, Folder 4 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho San Jose. 1936 July 17 

Physical Description: Unbound. 


San Jose - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 100, Folder 5 San Jose de Buenos Ayres. 1937 Sept 8 


San Jose de Buenos Ayres - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 100, Folder 6 Patent to Manuel Garfias for Rancho San Pascual. 1863 Apr 3 



San Pascual - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 100, Folder 7 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho San Pedro. 1936 Bun 3 


San Pedro - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 



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Box 101, Folder 1 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings of Santa Catalina Island. 1940 Nov 2 


Santa Catalina - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 101, Folder 2 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Tujunga. 1949 Mar 1 

Physical Description: Letter from U.S. District Court. 


Tujunga - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 

Box 101, Folder 3 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Sausal Redondo. 1937 April 6 


Sausal Redondo - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Copy. 


Rancho book, Orange County. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Black cover. 


General - Ranchos, Orange County - Copy. 


[check]. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Some copies (photostats) from the Bancroft, other not identified. 


[Check] - Ranchos, Los Angeles County? - [Copy / copies]. 


Plate for illustration. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Labels in IBR's hand. 


Catalina - Books and Pamphlets - Publication material. 


High school or junior high school graduation. No date 

Physical Description: Mounted on board. 


Education - Biographical. 


Wedding portrait. No date 

Physical Description: In folder with signature [illegible] Williams. 


IBR and WWR - Biographical. 


"Close cropped photograph of WWR." Cf. Hicks. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 prints, cropped differently. 


Hicks Bibliography - Biographical. 

Box 104, Folder 4 Diploma. 1916 May 15 

Physical Description: Signed by Benjamin Ide wheeler, Harry R. Hartfield (?), and Governor 

Hiram W. Johnson. 


UC Berkeley - Biographical - Graduation. 



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Box 104, Folder 5 Certificate of membership. 1937 Oct 16 

Physical Description: Signed by Lindley Bynum, J Gregg Layne, Don Rogerio Felipe Dalton. 


E Clampus Vitus - Biographical - Organizations, Social - Membership material. 

Box 104, Folder 6 Award of Merit. 1960 Jan 21 

Physical Description: Signed by George L. Harding, Donald C. Biggs, and Warren R. Howell. 


California Historical Society - Biographical - Organizations, Historical - Membership 

material. 

Box 104, Folder 7 Certificates of appointment. 1964 - 1970 

Physical Description: No certificate for 1967. Most in blue folders. 


Cultural Heritage Board - Biographical - Organizations, Civic - Membership material. 

Box 104, Folder 8 Certificate electing WWR a Fellow. 1961 Jan 19 


California Historical Society - Biographical - Organizations, Historical - Membership 

material. 

Box 104, Folder 9 Commendation. 1970? 

Physical Description: Signed by Eddy S. Felman, president and Kenneth Ross, director, Dept 

of Municipal Arts. 


Cultural Heritage Board - Biographical - Organizations, Civic - Membership material. 


Commendation. 1970 Nov 

Physical Description: Signed by Mayor Sam Yorty. 


City of Los Angeles - Biographical - Organizations, Civic - Outreach material. 

Box 104, Folder 11 Certificate of appointment. 1967 Aug 30 

Physical Description: Signed by Governor Ronald Reagan and the Secretary of State. 


California Bicentennial Celebration Commission - Biographical - Organizations, Civic - 

Membership material. 


Fowler, D.J. Outline of the history of the telephone in the United States. No date / various 

dates 

Physical Description: In cloth boards, stamped Personal File D.J. Fowler. Also: Letter 

from Ann Walker to Fowler, 1928 Jan 16. 


General - Research Material - Various. 


T.I.T. scrapbook. 1890s (late) 

Physical Description: WWR's note on contents with box. Early forms and publications, 

several 1896 - 1897. 


The Land and the People - Writings - Unpublished - Research / publication material. 



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Certificate of Honor from the Southern California Chapter of the American institute of 

Architects. 1930 Feb 

Physical Description: For the building 433 South Spring. Signed by H.C. Chambers, 

president, and by the secretary. 




T.I.T. scrapbooks. 1890s (late) - 1900s (early) 

Physical Description: WWR's note on contents with box. Some items (photographs) 1895, 

policy forms, notices, etc., ca. 1895 - 1901. 




T.I.T. scrapbook. 1930s 

Physical Description: Clippings about services and personnel, some with photographs. 




T.I.T. scrapbook: Union Trust and Title Company historical material. 1900s (early) 

Physical Description: Newspaper clippings, copies of correspondence, etc. 




Los Angeles research material. 1950s (late) - 1960s 

Physical Description: Clippings from and issues of national magazines with articles about 

Los Angeles: Holiday, etc. 


General - Research Material - Various. 


T.I.T. memorabilia and photographs. No date / various dates 



Box 111, Folder 1 Harry Lancaster, Cambridge to Henry Carter, London. 1749 

Physical Description: [Folders in map drawers 111 - 119]. 


General - Research Material? - Indenture [document]. 

Box 111, Folder 2 Francis Ellis, Clifford, County of York to William Mountain, Thorp Arch, City of York. 1806 


General - Research Material? - Indenture [document]. 


Folded map. No date 

Physical Description: 2 cop. 1 damaged in lower left corner, the other complete but with 

bad fold damage and some foxing. 


The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County - Miscellaneous? (Not in Hicks) - 

Publication - A map issued by Title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles adapted 

from the 1946 official map of Orange County 



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Box 112, Folder 2 Flat map copyright by G.T. Dicus, artist Fred Eddy. 1950? 

Physical Description: Damaged, brittle. Dedicated to my good friend E.W. Biscailuz and all 

Californians, native and adopted. Signed: To my friend W.W. Robinson … [indecipherable]. 


California: A Map of History - Research Material - Publication. 

Box 112, Folder 3 [Los Angeles, CA] :: Automobile Club of Southern California. [1932] 


A Map of Exploration in the Spanish Southwest, 1528 - 1793 - Research Material - 

Publication - Comp by Joseph J. Hill & painted by Dillon Lauritzen for Touring topics, 

Automobile Club of Southern California 

Box 112, Folder 4 [Los Angeles CA] Westings. 1954 


Outdoor Play Places of California - Research Material - Publication - A cartographic map 

of some of the outstanding recreational areas of the Golden State / designed by Lowell 

Butler; with descriptive notes by William Webb and Phil Townsend Hanna; drawings by Ken 

Sawyer; color by Harry O. Diamond 

Box 112, Folder 5 [Los Angeles CA] Automobile Club of Southern California. c. 1952 


A Map of Marked Historical Sites of California - Research Material - Publication - 

Compiled from the registrations of the California State Department of Natural Resources, 

by Phil Townsend Hanna and William Webb; cartography by Lowell Butler, drawing by Gordon 

Brusstar, color by Harry Diamond 


No title. No date, seemingly 1940s - 1950s 

Physical Description: On verso, The California missions and Mission San Fernando [further 

history and chronologies]. 


Mission San Fernando [Chronology and Map] - Research Material - Publication. 


No title. No dates / various dates 

Physical Description: Ventura, etc. 


County Maps, Counties other than Los Angeles - Research Material - Publications. 

Box 114, Folder 1 Southern California no. 1. 1948 

Physical Description: Ed. Of 1901 reprinted 1948. 


Geographical Survey - Research Material - Publication. 


No title. No date 


Map of Los Angeles County - Research Material - Publication - Published by Hicks & Borgnis 


No title. 1866 (copy) 

Physical Description: Blue line copy. 


Map of the County of Los Angeles George Hansen - Research Material - Publication. 



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No title. 1877 (original) 

Physical Description: Blue line copies. 


Map of the County of Los Angeles Wildy and Stahlberg - Research Material - Publication. 


No publisher given, modern copy in color, seemingly different from Dawson's reprint in MGI. No 

date on copy 


Map of the City of Los Angeles - Research Material - Publication - By H.J. Stevenson, U.S. 

Dept. Surveyor 

Box 114, Folder 6 No title. 1913 

Physical Description: Mounted on linen, one fold remaining. 


Map of Los Angeles County (Southern Portion) - Research Material - Publication - And 

western portion of Orange County compiled from official records; published by the Barclay 

Map Co. Inc 

Box 114, Folder 7 Chicago IL?. 1930? 

Physical Description: Cf. map in MGI. 


Rand McNally Map of Los Angeles County … - Research Material - Publication. 



Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica - Research Material - [Copy]. 


No title. 1898 May 


Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes o la Cienega - Research Material - Copy - Map of location of 

present dam … 


No title. 1883 Bun 

Physical Description: Photostats. 


Rancho Boca de Santa Monica - Research Material - [Copy]. 


No title. 


Rancho la Puente - Research Material - [Copy]. 

Box 116, Folder 1 Photograph (printed). 1914 


Bench and Bar of Los Angeles 1914 - Research Material - [Copy]. 


Portraits by Steckel. 1914 Bun 


Judges of the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, CAL - Research Material - Photographs 

(large printed). 



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Box 117, Folder 1 "Retreat" Ord, Supply School, Camp Hancock Ga. 1918 

Physical Description: Large panorama photograph in case. Housed in URL. Spencer & Wyckof, 

Detroit MI. 


WW I - Biographical. 

Box 118, Folder 1 Los Angeles City map no.1. 1849 

Physical Description: Printed copy, photograph negative print, photostat. 


Maps of Los Angeles - Books and Pamphlets - Research / publication material. 

Box 118, Folder 2 Los Angeles City, Pasadena, etc. 1877 

Physical Description: Photograph print, geological survey map. 



Box 118, Folder 3 Los Angeles City abstract. 1857 

Physical Description: Photostat copies, p. 31 - 34. 



Box 118, Folder 4 Map of Zanja Madre, Los Angeles. 1888 

Physical Description: Photostat. 




Maps of La Placita Olvera. 1870s 




Box 118, Folder 6 Map of Los Angeles (Zanja System). 1876 




Box 118, Folder 7 Map of San Bernardino Meridian, Township no. 1. 1873 




Box 118, Folder 8 Plat of the Place called Cuati. 1858 




Box 118, Folder 9 Plat of the Ex Mission of San Fernando. 1858 






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Box 118, Folder 10 Map of Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas. 1869 





Various maps, plots and sections of Los Angeles. 1860s - 1870s 




Box 118, Folder 12 Map of Los Angeles County, Abel Stearns' Ranchos. 1873 




Box 119, Folder 1 Geological survey. 1938, 1932 

Physical Description: 2 maps. 


Maps of Riverside County and San Bernardino - Research Material - Research / publication 

material. 

Box 119, Folder 2 Ranchos of Ventura County. 1951 

Physical Description: 1 map. 


Map of Ventura County - Research Material - Research / publication material. 


Ranchos of Santa Barbara County. n.d. 



Map of Santa Barbara County - Research Material - Research/ publication. 

Box 119, Folder 4 Map of Historic Adobes. 1935 



Map of San Juan Capistrano - Research Material - Research/ publication. 

Box 119, Folder 5 From the North-East, Looking South-West. 1876 



Bird's eye view of San Diego, California - Research Material - Research/ publication. 

Box 119, Folder 6 Drawn b C. F. Otto Skobel. ca. 1864 

Physical Description: 3 photostat copies of sketches. 


Map of Fort Miller, Fresno County - Research Material - Research/ publication. 

Box 119, Folder 7 Yolo, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Somona, Monterey and San Francisco. ca. 1860s - 

1936 



various map of counties, ranchos and mission adobes - Research Material - Research/ 

publication. 



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California. n.d. 



Maps of California - Research Material - Research/ publication. 

Box 120, Folder 1 Clipping from: The Los Angeles Times. 1917 Nov 11 

Physical Description: p. 14 - 15 and 23. 


A College Graduate in Search of a Job - Articles - Publication material - After 

commencement the deluge. By a recent graduate 


Clipping from: California Southland, v.6 (1924 Jul). 1924 Jul 

Physical Description: p. 10. 2 cop. 


The Laguna Art Colony - Articles - Publication material. 


Clipping from: The Los Angeles Times Illustrated Weekly. 1915 Sep 18 (Saturday) 

Physical Description: p. 9. 


Absolutely Hygienic - Fiction - Publication material. 

Research / manuscript material - by other writers . 

Box 127, Folder 1 Printer's copy. ca. 1957 

Physical Description: Various pagings, ca. 300 leaves. Typescript with holograph 

corrections and copy editing markings. 


Port Admiral - Publication material - Phineas Banning 1830 - 1885; by Maymie Krythe 

Box 127, Folder 2 Letters to WWR, enclosing the copy for review, etc. 1958 Nov 13, 1959 May 13 


[Los Angeles County Courthouse]; by G. Arthur Waldron - Manuscript material. 

Box 127, Folder 3 [Copy]. 1959 

Physical Description: 13 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Full title: Where and when was the 

first Los Angeles County Courthouse established?. 


[Los Angeles County Courthouse]; by G. Arthur Waldron - Manuscript material. 


Physical Description: 1 preliminary leaf, 21, [2] leaves. Typescript (carbon). 


The Itinerant Search for a County Courthouse - Manuscript material - By G. Arthur Waldron 


[Copy]. No date 



The Story of the Los Angeles County Courthouses - Manuscript material - By G. Arthur 

Waldron? 



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Hall of records; by W.W. Robinson. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). Unknown for what specific work. 


Los Angeles County Courthouse History / Histories - Research material. 

Box 127, Folder 7 List of minutes, Court of Sessions. 1960 

Physical Description: Photocopy. Sent to Waldron. 




Copy. 1958 Sep 

Physical Description: 8 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). Full title: Historical notes 

pertaining to the development of county courthouse (with references). Incorp. WWR's Hall 

of Records. 


[County Courthouses]; by G. Arthur Waldron - Manuscript material. 

Box 127, Folder 9 Newspaper clippings, etc. 1958 - 1959 



Box 127, Folder 10 Bibliography; by Waldron?. ca. 1958? 

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon). Typed notes from Bancroft, newspapers, etc. 



Box 127, Folder 11 Typed notes. ca. 1958? 

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon). From the Huntington Library, etc. 



Box 127, Folder 12 Typed and photocopy copies of minutes, etc. ca. 1958? 

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon). From Minutes of the Board of Supervisors, other 

Los Angeles documents. 



Box 127, Folder 13 Typed and photocopy copies of minutes, etc. November 5, 1958 

Physical Description: Photostat copy. Manuel Clemente Rojo vs Timothy Baldwin. Judgment 

Los Angeles May 20, 1850. Old Jail Lot. New Courthouse. 




Copy. 1966 May 

Physical Description: ca. 40 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Student, CSUN? With note from 

Ms. Novak. 


The Andres Pico Adobe - Manuscript material - The story of an historical monument; by 

Pamela Novak 



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Letters from George Hammand. 1957 Nov - Dec 


Eulalia Perez Manuscript - Publication material. 


Supporting documents, including portrait. Various dates 

Physical Description: Photograph is a copy from the Bancroft. 


Eulalia Perez Manuscript - Publication material. 


Copy. 1957 (translation) 

Physical Description: 5 preliminary leaves, 32 leaves. Typescript. Photograph is a copy 

from the Bancroft. 


Eulalia Perez Manuscript - Manuscript material. 

Box 128, Folder 5 Letter enclosing copy. 1968 Apr 14 


Little Known Los Angeles; by Jehiel Shotwell Davis - Manuscript material. 


Copy. 1966 (typing). ca 

Physical Description: 90 leaves. Various processes, including typescript. 


Little Known Los Angeles; by Jehiel Shotwell Davis - Manuscript material. 


Copy. 1954 Jul 

Physical Description: 15 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). 


The Eagle Rock in Local History; by Glenn Price - Manuscript material. 


Copies. 1931, 1932, no date 

Physical Description: ca. 60 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 


Three Talks by Morgan Russell - Manuscript material. 


Copy. No date 

Physical Description: 10 leaves total. Typescript with corrections. Comparisons of place 

names, Africa, California, Panama, etc. 


Our Lands of Mystery; by T. Cameron Taylor - Manuscript material. 

Box 128, Folder 10 Letter enclosing copy. 1969 Jul 19 


Sarah Hathaway Bixby Smith; by Thelma Lee Hubbell - Manuscript material. 

Box 128, Folder 11 Copy. ca. 1968 

Physical Description: 26 leaves. Typescript (photocopy). 


Sarah Hathaway Bixby Smith; by Thelma Lee Hubbell - Manuscript material. 


Letters from Ruth Moses, and the attorneys for EM. 1962 Oct 


Edward W. Moses Poems - Manuscript material. 



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Copies of poems. 1930s -. ca 

Physical Description: 75 leaves. Various formats, including tear sheets, rev. WWR had been 

named literary executor, perhaps without being consulted. 


Edward W. Moses Poems - Manuscript material. 


Physical Description: 8 leaves. Typescript (mimeograph). 


The Wanderer Carl Oscar Borg; by Raymond E. Lindgren - Reprint. 


Letter from PA to WWR enclosing manuscript. No date 


The History of Willowbrook; by Pat Adler - Manuscript material. 



Physical Description: 19 leaves total (some misnumbered). 


The History of Willowbrook; by Pat Adler - Manuscript material. 


Copy. No date 

Physical Description: ca. 15 leaves. Typescript (Thermofax?). 


The Literary Evolution of the Wild West in Germany - Manuscript material - By H.J. Stammel 

and Friedrich Gassmann 

Box 128, Folder 18 Letter from James D. Hart to WWR enclosing manuscript. 1968 Mar 28 


Some Reminiscences of Death Valley; by H.P. Gower - Manuscript material. 

Box 128, Folder 19 Copy. 1960 

Physical Description: 1 preliminary leaf, 85 leaves. Typescript (photocopy). 


Some Reminiscences of Death Valley; by H.P. Gower - Manuscript material. 

Box 128, Folder 20 Copy. 1930s? 



The First Census of the Los Angeles District; by J. Gregg Layne - Manuscript material. 


Copy. No date 

Physical Description: 21 leaves. Typescript (carbon). With note: Touring topics. 


I Build a R.R.; By Ervin N. Widney (?) - Manuscript material. 

Box 128, Folder 22 Copy. ca. 1915? 

Physical Description: 3 leaves with one note. 


[William A. Holabird Biography] - Manuscript material. 



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Runoff Data - Historical Climatology of California - Manuscript material - With special 

reference of southern California streamflow 


Copy. No date 

Physical Description: 9 leaves (last blank). Holograph on lined paper. 


An Auto Trip from Los Angeles - Manuscript material - In search for old historic 

landmarks; by Chas. Prudhomme 


Copy. No date 

Physical Description: 14, 3 leaves. Typescript (carbon). WWR: … submitted by me and Jake 

to Book Club of California … not followed up…. 


[Memoir]; by Arthur Millier - Manuscript material. 


Physical Description: [ii], 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon) in binder. 


Letters of Butler Ives 1863 to 1869; copied by Richard J. Berry - Manuscript material. 

Box 128, Folder 27 Note from EF to WWR enclosing manuscript. 1970 Nov 11 


The Art of Street Lighting in Los Angeles - Manuscript material. 

Box 128, Folder 28 Copy. ca. 1960s? 

Physical Description: ca. 25 leaves. 


The Art of Street Lighting in Los Angeles - Manuscript material. 


Correspondence with WWR. 1955 - 1956, no date 


Campo de Cahuenga; by Micheale Kemp - Research / manuscript material. 


Copy. No date 

Physical Description: [ii], 22, [2] leaves. Typescript (carbon). 


Campo de Cahuenga; by Micheale Kemp - Manuscript material. 

Research / publication material - photographs . 


California, early figures (copies of portraits). No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Don Jose Antonio Carillo, V. Sanchez, Augustin Machado, Don Ygnacio 

Palomares, Don Ricardo Vejar, Enrique Dalton (letter M.R. Harrington to WWR, 1958). 


Title(s) unknown - Research / publication material. 

Box 122, Folder 3 California, early - ranchos, sites, houses, copies of rancho maos, cattle brands, etc. No date / 

various dates 





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Los Angeles, early - primarily copies of lithographic scenes. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Orange St., Pasadena, the stage coach, S. Hellman block, etc. 




Los Angeles - aviation meet, first 1907. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Small snapshots. Also other early scenes. 




Los Angeles City Hall. No date / various dates 




Los Angeles Harbor. No date / various dates 




Los Angeles - Hollywood Bowl, Sports Arena, etc. 




Los Angeles - Parks and Recreation. No date / various dates 




Los Angeles County Courthouse. No date / various dates 




Los Angeles - street views: Wilshire, Sunset and Vine, etc. No date / various dates 




Orange County - Disneyland. No date / various dates 




Pasadena. No date / various dates 




Riverside. Indian site?. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Note: Give credit to Joe Kennedy of Press Enterprise. 




San Diego. No date / various dates 





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San Francisco. No date / various dates 




San Pedro. No date / various dates 




Santa Catalina. No date / various dates 




Santa Monica. No date / various dates 




State of California Highways Division. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Primarily aerial views of freeways, etc. 




State of California - wines and wine production. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Primarily aerial views of freeways, etc. 




Whittier Downs. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: WWR: Evolution of Whittier Downs, the picture story of a subdivision 

from orange grove to the finished product. 




Unidentified. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Palm trees and snow, cattle grazing, aerial views, views of 

commerce, etc. 




Photographs not used in Then and now. No date / various dates 




Norwalk Square dedication, 1954. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Shows WWR with Chain of title, shows persons looking up at 

structure, includes press release, etc. 


Title Insurance and Trust - Biographical? - Research / publication material. 

Research material - miscellaneous . 

Box 129, Folder 1 Black Gold Harbor by Malcolm Epley.. 1976 


Tidelands / Oil - Southern California. 



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Office Information no. 1506 for Santa Monica.. n.d. 


Tide lands - Southern California - notes. 

Box 129, Folder 3 Harbor Lands Formed by Artificial Accretion.. 1937 


Tide lands - Southern California. 

Box 129, Folder 4 Oil Operation in Tidelands Faces Halt.. 1950 


Tide lands - Southern California - clippings. 


Legislature Grants of Tidelands 1925.. n.d. 


Tide lands - Southern California - notes. 

Box 129, Folder 6 Albert Schuck to Mr. W. E. Ramsey.. Dec. 2, 1938 


Tide lands - Southern California - letter. 

Box 129, Folder 7 Notes.. Feb. 12, 1901 


Tide lands - Southern California - Legislature of California for the Sale and Conveyance 

of the Tide lands - 

Box 129, Folder 8 Memo from Earl E. Johnson.. Oct. 2, 1941 


Tide lands - Southern California - Ranchos Los Alamitos and Bay. 


Copy of Chapter 102, an act granting certain tidelands and submerged lands. Approved by 

Governor.. April 28, 1925 


Tide lands - Southern California - Long Beach. 


Sarah Anne Newcomb, respondent, v. City of Newport Beach. Brief of decisions.. n.d. 


Tide lands - Southern California - City of Newport Beach. 

Box 129, Folder 11 Motion for rehearing, Ada Monika Williams. . Sep.19, 1928 

Physical Description: Carbon copy. 


Tide lands - Southern California - Malibu. 


Map showing changes of tide lands.. n.d. 

Physical Description: Newspaper clipping. 


Tide lands - Southern California - Long Beach. 

Box 129, Folder 13 Correspondence and memos.. Jan. 1942 


Tide lands - Southern California - Santa Monica. 



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Box 129, Folder 14 Letter, M. J. Rankin to H. E. Allport. Aug. 1941 

Physical Description: Carbon copy. 


Tide lands - Southern California. 

Box 129, Folder 15 Annexing of submerged lands.. May 4, 1946 

Physical Description: Magazine clipping. 


Tide lands - Southern California - Saturday Evening Post. 

Box 129, Folder 16 Office information no. 10768. Dale Vaughn. . Dec. 1941 

Physical Description: Typescript copies of U. S. Supreme Court reports. 


Tide lands - Southern California - State's ownership of tide lands. 

Box 129, Folder 17 Senate report no. 1234. 1937 

Physical Description: Carbon typescript copy. 


Tide lands - Southern California - Tide lands and petroleum rights. 


Proceedings in relation to the place named Rincon de San Pascual solicited by Don Juan Mariner, 

no. 97.. 1833 

Physical Description: Carbon typescript copy of no. 61. 


Pueblo of Los Angeles - Southern California - Jurisdiction. 


Exceptional years, a History of California floods and drought by J. M. Guinn. Memo from Milton 

Anderson to WWR.. 1890 


Flood lands - Southern California - Historical Society of Southern California, 

publication, v. 1 1890 p. 33- 39. 

Box 129, Folder 20 The Attack on States' Rights to Submerged Lands.. March 10, 1939 


Tide lands - Southern California - Senate and House Resolution on attacks titles to state 

lands. 

Box 129, Folder 21 Pamphlets of maps of southern California.. March 10, 1939 


Tide lands - Southern California - Applications for Federal Oil and Gas Leases Along the 

California Shoreline. 

Box 129, Folder 22 Booklet.. Feb. 5-7, 1946 


Tide lands - Southern California - The Story Behind the Tidelands Fight, prepared by the 

State of California, Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General. 

Box 129, Folder 23 Asks Suit to Break California's Hold on Tidal Oil Land.. Dec. 24, 1936 


Tide lands - Southern California - The New York Times. 



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Box 129, Folder 24 Serial Numbers 052902 to 052929.. 1920 



Tide lands - Southern California - Application, Oil and Gas Leases. 

Box 129, Folder 25 Los Angeles County Flood Control District vs Bonnie Beach Ryan (no. 402656).. June 1, 1937 


Flood lands - Southern California - Transcript. 

Box 129, Folder 26 Questions and Answers. This information issued by the Western Oil and Gas Association.. 1953 


Tide lands - Southern California - California's Offshore Oil. 

Box 129, Folder 27 Supreme Court of U. S. October Term 1947. State ownership of coastal lands.. 1947 


Tide lands - Southern California - Supreme Court. 


Pamphlet.. ca. 1950s 


Tide lands - Southern California - What is this Tidelands Question?. 

Box 129, Folder 29 California Tidelands # 96.. March 15, 1947 


Tide lands - Southern California - Bulletin New York State Title Association. 

Box 129, Folder 30 Tidelands Legislation, no. 264.. Feb. 1948 


Tide lands - Southern California - Federal Legislative Committee of the American Title 

Association. 

Box 129, Folder 31 Letters to and from Mr. H. R. Noble to WWR.. Nov. 1948 


Tide lands - Southern California - Correspondence. 

Box 129, Folder 32 Oil spill.. July 1, 1969 


Tide lands - Southern California - Affidavits. 

Box 133 Map of Northern Portion of Los Angeles County. 1923 

Physical Description: Rolled map show steam railroads, street & roads, paved highways, 

good dirt roads trails, county lines, school district boundaries, forest reserves 

boundaries, ranchos boundaries and power transmission lines. 

Box 133 

Miscellaneous landscape design. 

Physical Description: Rolled drawing. 

Box 133 

WWR family tree. 

Physical Description: Rolled chart. 

Box 133 

Hand drawn map of downtown Los Angeles from Olvera Street along Los Angeles to 1st. 

Physical Description: Rolled map. 

Research material collected by WWR . 



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Box 91, Folder 1 Ayuntamiento minutes [copies], etc. 1854 

Physical Description: ca. 300 leaves. Typescript (carbon) …. Primarily 1847. WWR's note on 

envelope: Partial transcript of DC proceedings, LA's claim to pueblo lands, also Minutes 

of Ayuntamiento. 


Early History - Los Angeles - Sources. 

Box 91, Folder 2 Los Angeles … 1781 - 1950 [exhibit catalog]. 1957 

Physical Description: 2 cop. Los Angeles County Museum. 


Early History - Los Angeles. 

Box 91, Folder 3 Los Angeles fifty years ago…. 1931 

Physical Description: Newspaper clipping (photocopy). Los Angeles Times special edition. 


Early History - Los Angeles. 

Box 91, Folder 4 [Notes on the Tapia family]. 1920 

Physical Description: 5 leaves. Holograph. Also envelope: Charles J. Prudhomme to Arthur 

M. Ellis. 


Early History - Los Angeles - Founding. 


Prince. … the city of Los Angeles [copies?]. No date 

Physical Description: 18 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 2 cop. 




History. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 22 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 2 cop. Each copy in folder. 




Historical. No date / various dates 




Box 91, Folder 8 [Various topics]. 1940 




Box 91, Folder 9 WWR's notes on J. Gregg Layne walking tour. 1942 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Holograph. Cf. Oral History? 


Early History - Los Angeles - Plaza. 



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Box 91, Folder 10 WWR's notes. 1958? 





Early sketch. No date / various dates 





Restoration. No date / various dates 




Box 91, Folder 13 Avila Adobe and Plaza sketch maps. 1950 




Box 91, Folder 14 Avila Adobe. 1950 




Box 91, Folder 15 Lugo House. 1938 - 1950 




Box 91, Folder 16 Firehouse. 1956 

Physical Description: Magazine clippings. 




Blessing of the animals. IBR's sketches. No date / various dates 




Box 91, Folder 18 Blessing of the animals. 1937 - 1947 




Box 91, Folder 19 Invitation, menus, businesses at Plaza [facsimiles]. 1884, 1875 





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WWR's notes on Ord's survey. No date 



Early History - Los Angeles - Survey and maps. 


History of Ord's and Hancock's survey, etc. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 9 leaves. Typescript with holograph notes. By WWR?. 




Excerpts from council minutes. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 12 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with some holograph notes. 



Box 91, Folder 23 Calle Primavera. 1930 

Physical Description: 10 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with some holograph notes. 



Box 91, Folder 24 Boundaries of Los Angeles County. 1934 

Physical Description: 47 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). 5 maps. 


Early History - Los Angeles - Surveys and maps. 

Box 91, Folder 25 Letters to T. E. Newlin, County Clerk. 1895 - 1896 

Physical Description: 2 items, 3 pcs. 


Early History - Los Angeles - Politics. 

Box 91, Folder 26 Various pamphlets: Ham and Eggs, etc. 1911 - 1939 

Physical Description: 3 items, 4 pcs. Men's league opposed to suffrage extension, Los 

Angeles Taxpayers League flyer, anti - Ham and Eggs flyer, anti - prohibition flyer. 


Early History - Los Angeles - Politics. 

Box 92, Folder 1 Integration. 1961 - 1963 



Social Topics - Los Angeles - Ethnic groups. 

Box 92, Folder 2 Blacks in Los Angeles. 1961 - 1963 




Box 92, Folder 3 Old Chinatown. 1949 






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Box 92, Folder 4 Hispanics. 1949 - 1963 




Box 92, Folder 5 Mexican immigrants. 1950 - 1963 




Box 92, Folder 6 Japanese Americans. 1942 - 1963 







Social Topics - Los Angeles - Senior citizens. 

Box 92, Folder 8 [Various topics]. 1950 - 1962 



Social Topics - Los Angeles - Slum clearance. 


WWR's notes. No date 



Social Topics - Los Angeles - Vice. 

Box 92, Folder 10 Early gunfights. 1956 





Alameda Street notes, and other street notes. No date 

Physical Description: 2 items. 15 leaves total. Typescript …. Typescript and typescript 

(photocopy). 



Box 92, Folder 12 Skid row series. 1950 




Box 92, Folder 13 Gangs. 1953 - 1954 






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Box 92, Folder 14 Prostitution. 1951 - 1965 




Box 92, Folder 15 History of cops and robbers series. 1950 




Box 92, Folder 16 Miscellaneous. 1950, 1965 




Box 92, Folder 17 Lummis letter. 1916 

Physical Description: 2 pcs. 1 item. 


Architecture - Los Angeles - Landmarks. 

Box 92, Folder 18 General. 1929 - 1957 




Box 92, Folder 19 Woolett. The Dodge House. 1968 

Physical Description: 9 leaves. Typescript (mimeograph?). 



Box 92, Folder 20 McCoy lecture on Irving Gill. Invitation. 1966 

Physical Description: 1 pc. 



Box 92, Folder 21 Dodge House. 1963, 1965, 1969 




Box 92, Folder 22 WWR's notes: Architecture in Los Angeles. 1966 



Architecture - Los Angeles. 




Architecture - Los Angeles. 



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Box 92, Folder 24 L.A. County Museum of Art. ca. 1965 



Art - Los Angeles. 

Box 92, Folder 25 Music halls. ca. 1948 

Physical Description: Printed brochure. 


Entertainment - Los Angeles. 


L.A. High School items. 

Physical Description: 3 pcs. 


City Services - Los Angeles. 

Box 92, Folder 27 Hospital and medical schools. 1956 




Box 92, Folder 28 Sewers. 1950 - 1951 




Box 92, Folder 29 WWR's notes. 1962 



City Services - Los Angeles - Water. 

Box 92, Folder 30 Parker Dam. 1939 

Physical Description: Brochure / map. 







Box 92, Folder 32 Owens Valley. 1945 




Box 92, Folder 33 Colorado River Project. 1949, 1951 

Physical Description: Brochures. 





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Box 92, Folder 34 Colorado River Project - Colorado River Association. 1949, 1955 




Box 92, Folder 35 Colorado River Project - anti-project flyers. 1951 



Box 92, Folder 36 Colorado River Project - L.A. Bar Bulletin. 1955 - 1956 

Physical Description: Journals. 



Box 92, Folder 37 Colorado River Project. 1949 - 1970 





Physical Description: Magazine clippings, reprints. 



Box 92, Folder 39 Department of Water and Power. 1951 - 1952 




Box 92, Folder 40 Water groups. 1955 - 1956 

Physical Description: Brochures. Includes speech by W.S. Rosecrans. 



Box 93, Folder 1 Metropolitan Water District. 1966 - 1972 

Physical Description: Newsletters. 



Box 93, Folder 2 Desalination. 1967 

Physical Description: Brochure. 



Box 93, Folder 3 Airport. 1955 



City Services - Los Angeles - Transportation. 



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Box 93, Folder 4 Airport. 1942 - 1965 




Box 93, Folder 5 Harbor. 1942, 1968, 1970 

Physical Description: Typed, photocopy, and mimeographed material. 



Box 93, Folder 6 Harbor - annual reports. 1960 - 1968 



Box 93, Folder 7 Harbor - maps. 1959 - 1966 




Harbor tourism. No date 




Box 93, Folder 9 Harbor - general. 1927, 1950, 1967 




Box 93, Folder 10 Rapid transit, freeway maps. 1945 - 1958 

Physical Description: California Sun magazine and brochures. 



Box 93, Folder 11 Streetcars. 1950 - 1963 




Box 93, Folder 12 Rapid transit. 1954 - 1965 




Box 93, Folder 13 Regional Planning and Development … minutes. 1952 - 1953 



Box 93, Folder 14 Downtown and traffic. 1960 






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Box 93, Folder 15 Wilshire Boulevard. 1939 - 1965 




Box 93, Folder 16 Arroyo Seco freeway. 1950 - 1960 




Box 93, Folder 17 Freeway construction. 1950 - 1965 




Box 93, Folder 18 Freeway safety. 1950 - 1965 




Box 93, Folder 19 Freeways and traffic patterns. 1951 - 1963 




Box 93, Folder 20 Freeways and lifestyle. 1958 - 1965 




Box 93, Folder 21 Freeways, various topics. 1950 - 1963 




Box 93, Folder 22 Air Pollution Foundation. 1955 - 1956 

Physical Description: Publications. 


City Services - Los Angeles - Air Pollution. 

Box 93, Folder 23 Control District. 1968 - 1970 

Physical Description: Publications. 









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Physical Description: Printed and mimeographed material. 


Statistics - Los Angeles - Population. 

Box 94, Folder 2 Analysis by race. 1950 - 1960 

Physical Description: Reports. 




Maps. 1961 and no date 




[Various topics]. 1950 - 1965 and no date 









[Various topics]. 1941 and no date 

Physical Description: Printed material. 


Statistics - Los Angeles. 

Box 94, Folder 7 [Various topics]. 1956, 1958 




Box 94, Folder 8 California Bank advertisements. 1949? 






Statistics - Los Angeles - Business. 







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Box 94, Folder 11 Printed items. 1930 - 1963 





Statement on production. No date 

Physical Description: Typescript (mimeograph). 


Agriculture - Los Angeles. 

Box 94, Folder 13 [Various topics]. 1929, 1948, 1951 



Agriculture - Los Angeles. 

Box 94, Folder 14 [Various topics]. 1950 - 1951, 1961 

Physical Description: Printed articles, speeches, etc. 


Industry - Los Angeles. 





Industry - Los Angeles. 


[Various topics]. No date 



Industry - Los Angeles - World War II dispersal. 

Box 94, Folder 17 News release, Mayor Sam Yorty. 1967 



Motion Pictures - Los Angeles. 




Motion Pictures - Los Angeles. 




Publishing - Los Angeles. 




Publishing - Los Angeles - Los Angeles Times. 



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Publishing - Los Angeles - Los Angeles Times. 


Physical Description: Magazine and printed material. 


Television - Los Angeles. 




Television - Los Angeles. 

Box 94, Folder 24 Memo from All - Year Club of Southern California, with enclosure. 1943 

Physical Description: Enclosure is typescript in folder. 


Tourism - Los Angeles - During WW II. 


Printed material. No date 




Box 94, Folder 26 Los Angeles Times Victory Midwinter. 1944 Jan 3 




Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Includes articles on: Griffith Park, Mt. Lowe. 


Tourism - Los Angeles. 




Industrial Welfare - Los Angeles - Unions. 


Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Includes information on: Kaiser plan. 


Industrial Welfare - Los Angeles - Benefits. 


Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Includes: the Sepulvedas, Martin Aguirre, Mrs. 

O.W. Childs. 


Personalities - Los Angeles. 



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[Various topics]. 1950, 1958 - 1959, 1966, and no date 



Personalities - Los Angeles. 


[Various topics]. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Includes: Barker Brothers, Goodfellows Grotto, 

etc. 


Downtown - Los Angeles - Landmarks. 




Commentary - Los Angeles - Pronouncing Los Angeles. 





Commentary - Los Angeles - Los Angeles / San Francisco. 



Physical Description: Magazine clippings and printed material. Collected in the spirit of 

What do they say about the angels…. 


Commentary - Los Angeles. 



Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Collected in the spirit of What do they say 

about the angels…. 


Commentary - Los Angeles. 

Box 95, Folder 8 [Various topics]. 1948? and 1965 

Physical Description: City brochures. 


Development - Los Angeles - City planning. 


[Various topics]. 1930, 1951, 1953 - 1955, 1959 and no date 



Development - Los Angeles - Downtown and city development. 


Critics. 1950 - 1951, 1953 - 1954, 1959, 1961, and no date 

Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Includes: comment by Frank Lloyd Wright. 



Box 95, Folder 11 Critics: Frank Lloyd Wright. 1953 






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Physical Description: Printed and mimeographed material. 


Development - Los Angeles - Downtown: business development. 






Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Includes information about: Statler Hotel, 

Biltmore Hotel purchase. 






Development - Los Angeles - Downtown: courthouse, law library. 


Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Not Bunker Hill. 


Development - Los Angeles - Downtown: civic center. 

Box 95, Folder 17 [Various topics]. 1934, 1941, 1949, 1951 

Physical Description: Newspaper clippings and photocopy. 


Development - Los Angeles - Downtown: Fort Moore Hill. 


Letter. 1964 Jul 

Physical Description: 1 item, 1pc. 


Development - Los Angeles - Downtown: Bunker Hill. 

Box 95, Folder 19 [Various topics]. 1957, 1959, 1961 - 1965 



Development - Los Angeles - Downtown: Bunker Hill. 




Development - Los Angeles - Downtown: highrise living. 




Development - Los Angeles - Downtown: Temple Street. 



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Box 95, Folder 22 WWR's notes. ca. 1950 



Development - Los Angeles - Subdivisions. 


Notes from article, speech. 1951 and no date 

Physical Description: 5 leaves total. Typescript. One leaf marked by WWR: Good LA 

material. 



Box 95, Folder 24 Security - First National Bank. Monthly summary…. 1950, 1957 











Development - Los Angeles - Planners. 




Development - Los Angeles - Planners. 


[Various topics]. 1950 - 1952, 1954 - 1955, 1957, and no date 



Development - Los Angeles - Factors affecting: housing booms. 

Box 95, Folder 29 In: Building contractor of California. 1948 

Physical Description: v.12 no.10. 


Development - Los Angeles - Factors affecting: veterans, etc. 



Development - Los Angeles - Suburbs. 


[Various topics]. 1950, 1961, and no date 



Development - Los Angeles - Beaches and mountains. 



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Official publications for towns and cities in Los Angeles County. No date 

Physical Description: 11 leaves. Typescript (carbon). In folder. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Cities. 


Changing the name…. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript. Full heading: hanging the name of a city or 

community in Los Angeles County is a favorite sport. Here are a few changes: …. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Cities. 

Box 96, Folder 3 City name changes. 1956 



Communities - Los Angeles. 


Cities in L.A. Co. incorporated in 1957. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph. In WWR's hand. 



Box 96, Folder 5 Cities of California - series. 1953 - 1954 

Physical Description: Clippings from Fortnight magazine. 



Box 96, Folder 6 Hewitt: [Southern California communities series]. 1955 





Hillinger: Beginnings of cities - series. 




Box 96, Folder 8 Cornwell: Cities on parade - series. 1960 




Box 96, Folder 9 Glendale, etc. [series]. 1960 - 1961 





Notes from: The land of sunshine, 1896 [copies] 3 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 9 leaves total. Typescript …. And typescript (carbon). 


Communities - Los Angeles - Alhambra. 



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Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript. 




Financial statement, 1929 [copy]. No date 







Communities - Los Angeles - Anaheim. 


Physical Description: Brochure. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Azusa. 




Communities - Los Angeles - Azusa. 


Physical Description: Newspaper clipping. History of district covers over 170 years. 1942 

[copy]. 2 cop. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Bell. 


History … 1942 [copy]. 2 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 5 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). One copy lacks p.3. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Bell Gardens. 




Communities - Los Angeles - Bell Gardens. 



Physical Description: Brochure. Excellent!!!!. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Burbank. 


Morrisson. Brief history … 3 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 9 leaves total. Typescript …. And typescript (carbon). 


Communities - Los Angeles - Downey - Morrisson, Easter Bangle. Brief history of Downey. 

[Easter is the way it's spelled] 



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Notes from various sources, 1873 - 19. 2 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 7 leaves total. Typescript …. and typescript (carbon). Typescript 

has extensive notes by WWR. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Downey - Morrisson, Easter Bangle. Brief history of Downey. 






Communities - Los Angeles - Eagle Rock - Morrisson, Easter Bangle. Brief history of 

Downey. [Easter is the way it's spelled] 




Communities - Los Angeles - Eagle Rock - Morrisson, Easter Bangle. Brief history of 

Downey. [Easter is the way it's spelled] 


[Free inhabitants, 1860]. No date 

Physical Description: 19 leaves. Typescript (photography). 


Communities - Los Angeles - El Monte - Morrisson, Easter Bangle. Brief history of Downey. 



[Free inhabitants, 1860]. [copy]. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (photocopy). 


Communities - Los Angeles - El Monte - Morrisson, Easter Bangle. Brief history of Downey. 






Communities - Los Angeles - El Sereno - Morrisson, Easter Bangle. Brief history of Downey. 



Notes. No date 

Physical Description: 2 cop. 2 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). 


Communities - Los Angeles - El Sereno - Morrisson, Easter Bangle. Brief history of Downey. 






Communities - Los Angeles - Girard. 





Communities - Los Angeles - Hollywood. 



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Box 96, Folder 30 Security Trust Savings Bank. Map. 1929? 


Communities - Los Angeles - Hollywood, West Hollywood, and Beverly Hills. 





Communities - Los Angeles - Lakewood. 

Box 96, Folder 32 [Various topics]. 1950? 












Box 96, Folder 35 Port annual report. 1969 


Communities - Los Angeles - Long Beach. 




Communities - Los Angeles - Montebello. 

Box 96, Folder 37 Letter from Mary Berry. 1957? 

Physical Description: With enclosure. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Norwalk. 




Communities - Los Angeles - Norwalk. 


Historic landmarks and fond memories. No date 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Pasadena. 




Communities - Los Angeles - Redondo Beach. 



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Excerpts from Evening Outlook, 1954 [copy] 3 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 6 leaves total. Typescript …. And typescript (carbon). Poison 

victims rest in plot [Santa Monica Canyon]. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Santa Monica. 


Physical Description: Newspapers. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Sunland - Tujunga. 




Communities - Los Angeles - Temple City. 





Communities - Los Angeles - Terminal Island. 


Letter, enclosing statistics. 1949 Aug 

Physical Description: 1 item, 3 pcs. 


Communities - Los Angeles - Torrance. 


[Notes] 2 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 32 leaves total. Typescript … And typescript (carbon). 











Communities - Los Angeles - Watts. 


Shore Brothers Company. [subdivision map]. No date 

Physical Description: 1 item. Illustrated. 


Communities - Los Angeles - West Hollywood [Shoreham Heights]. 

Box 97, Folder 1 [Various topics]. 1953, 1957 - 1962 



Communities - Los Angeles - Incorporation. 



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[Various topics]. 1959, 1961, no date 



Communities - Los Angeles - Industrial cities. 


Shippey, Lee. Lee side o' LA. 1928, 1938 - 1939, 1941, 1945 - 1948, and no date 

Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. WWR mentioned: 1946 Apr 4 (The forest and the 

people); 1947 Sep 28. Many other topics…. 




History … 1929 [copy?]. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript (carbon). At head of title: Story of Exposition 

Park and the Coliseum assembled from the 1914 publication … La Reina, published in 1929…. 


Communities / Neighborhoods - Los Angeles - Exposition Park - History of Exposition Park. 

1929 [copy?] 

Box 97, Folder 5 Parks. California in the making. 1960? 

Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Cartoon histories of all counties. 


Not listed - California - [County facts]. 





Imperial County - Southern California. 



Physical Description: Printed brochures: booksellers' catalogs, etc. 




[Various topics]. 1960 Dec - 1961 Feb 





[Various topics]. 1961 Mar - Apr 





[Various topics]. 1961 May - Bun 





[Various topics]. 1961 Sep and Nov, 1961 Nov, and no date 






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Orange County - Southern California - Fullerton. 


Irvine Ranch newsletter. 1969 May 

Physical Description: v.4 no.5. 


Orange County - Southern California - Irvine. 




Orange County - Southern California - Irvine. 




Orange County - Southern California - Laguna Beach. 


Letter to WWR and Stuart O' Melveny. 1954 Feb and no date 



Orange County - Southern California - San Juan Capistrano. 


Maps [copies]. 1875 and no date 

Physical Description: 3 items [photocopies]. 




Attorneys opinion … township of San Juan Capistrano and its plaza. No date 




Views. No date 

Physical Description: 8 Polaroids. Badly faded. 





Physical Description: Newspaper clipping. About: Los Alisos, Mmm Modejska. 


Orange County - Southern California - Tustin. 




San Diego County - Southern California - Bonita Valley. 



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Santa Barbara County - Southern California - Santa Barbara. 





Box 97, Folder 24 [Various topics]. 1917, 1936, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1964 





WWR's and IBR's notes. No date 



Ventura County - Southern California - Channel Islands. 


IBR's scrapbook. No date 

Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Mounted with tape, poor condition. 




Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Santa Rosa. 




Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Anacapa, St. Nicolas, San Miguel. 


Ventura County - Southern California - Channel Islands:. 


Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. San Nicolas. 




Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. San Nicolas, Anacapa and Santa Barbara, Santa 

Rosa. 









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Research material collected by WWR, California . 

Box 89, Folder 1 Claim, Nevada County. 1866 Bun 22 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. 


American Period - California - Gold rush / mining. 

Box 89, Folder 2 Tax receipts. 1863, 1866, 1872, 1888 



American Period - California - Tax. 

Box 89, Folder 3 Banning Company. Bills of sale and correspondence. 1862, 1865 - 1869 



American Period - California - Commerce. 

Box 89, Folder 4 Pio Pico affidavit. 1883? 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Holograph. In folder of ruled paper. 


American Period - California - Documents / histories. 


Index and translation vol "A" and "B", Recorder Office, Los Angeles, County, California. No date 

Physical Description: Bound. Covers years 1847 - 1850. 




Archive index. No date 

Physical Description: Bound. Also history of the keeping of archives. 


Mexican / American Period - California - Documents / histories. 


Coy, Owen C. Guide to the county archives of California. No date 

Physical Description: 10 leaves. Typescript (carbon). In folder. 




Bancroft's works. v.23 [copy]. No date 

Physical Description: 31 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Chapter 20. Mexican land titles, 

1851 - 1897. In folder. 





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Hunt - Sanchez. A short history of California [copy]. No date 

Physical Description: 9 leaves. Typescript (carbon). In folder. Chapter 33. Land titles 

and squatterism. 


General - California - Documents / histories. 


Hittell. History of California. v.2 [copy]. No date 

Physical Description: 19 leaves. Typescript …. And typescript (carbon). Chapter 10. Land 

titles. 


General - California - Documents / histories. 


WWR's notes on land grants in San Francisco County, etc. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Holograph …. And typescript (carbon). 


Spanish / Mexican Periods - California - Land. 


Rouleau: Title of the state to swamp and overflowed lands. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: [76] leaves. Typescript (carbon). Bound. 


American Period - California - Land. 


Rouleau. Public lands of state school land grants. No date / various dates 





Rouleau. Mining law in California. No date / various dates 





Rouleau. Title to tide lands. No date / various dates 





Land grants in Los Angeles County … [copy]. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: [27] leaves. Typescript. With extensive holograph notes by WWR. 


Spanish / Mexican Periods - Los Angeles - Land. 


Land grants in Los Angeles County … [copy]. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: [27] leaves. Typescript. With extensive holograph notes by WWR. 


Spanish / Mexican Periods - Los Angeles - Land. 

Box 90, Folder 1 San Luis Rey Indians. 1952 



Beginnings - California - Indians. 



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Beginnings - California - Indians. 


Sketches: De Anza, Dana, etc. No dates 

Physical Description: Magazine clippings. Drawings by Jo Mora, for Hotel Del Monte. 

Possibly collected as examples of history in institutional advertising?. 


Spanish Period - California - Exploration and colonization. 

Box 90, Folder 4 De Ulloa, Portola, de Anza. 1950, 1952, 1957 




Box 90, Folder 5 De Anza, Rivera y Moncada. 1940, 1957 





WWR's notes on Palou's Life of Serra. No date / various dates 




Box 90, Folder 7 Fray Junipero Serra, founder of California. 1963 

Physical Description: Printed booklet. Printed in Spain? Traces Serra's life in Palma de 

Mallorca. 



Box 90, Folder 8 Document [copy] from Archives of Mexico. 1768 



Spanish Period - California - Russian rivalry. 


Reports to the governor. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 15 leaves. Typescript. Translated from the National Archives, 

Washington D.C. Concerns Manuel Nieto, San Gabriel, and La Zanja. One is marked 

"important" by WWR. 


Spanish Period - California - Pueblo and mission life. 

Box 90, Folder 10 Preservation of early Spanish adobes. 1944, 1950 



Spanish Period - California - Architecture. 



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Data relating to the foundation of the California missions, …. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 55 leaves. Typescript. Full title: and to the property of the 

Catholic Church in California. 


Spanish Period - California - Missions. 

Box 90, Folder 12 L.A. Times series. 1929 - 1930 




Box 90, Folder 13 No title. 1936 - 1951 





Views. 1906 and no date 





Santa Barbara fiesta. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Magazine clippings. 



Box 90, Folder 16 Press release on Mission San Antonio de Padua. 1950 



Mexican Period - California - Missions. 

Box 90, Folder 17 Richard Henry Dana Jr., Don Jose Bandini. 1917, 1929 



Mexican Period - California - Personalities. 

Box 90, Folder 18 Preservation of Dana Adobe. 1949 



Mexican Period - California - Architecture. 

Box 90, Folder 19 Battle of Rio San Gabriel. 1968 



American Period - 19th Century - California - Mexican - American War. 


Bibliography. No date 

Physical Description: Leaf from bookseller's catalog. 





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Calico and Amador County histories. No date 

Physical Description: Printed and mimeographed brochures. 3 items. 




Ayuntamiento minutes, 1832 - 1854 [copies]. No date 

Physical Description: Typescript. Bound. 


Early History - Los Angeles - Source material. 


Magazine clippings. No date 


American Period - California - Camel Corps. 


No title. 1934, no date 



American Period - California - Camel Corps. 

Box 90, Folder 24 General Albert Johnson. 1959 



American Period - California - Civil War. 

Box 90, Folder 25 Letter, enclosing Brizzard store history. 1963 

Physical Description: 1 item, 1 pc. 


American Period - California - Business. 

Box 90, Folder 26 Brizzard store history. 1963 

Physical Description: Newspaper. 


American Period - California - Business. 

Box 90, Folder 27 Theater in Sacrament. 1957 

Physical Description: Sacramento Bee centennial edition. 


American Period - California - Arts and entertainment. 

Box 90, Folder 28 State emblems. 1959 

Physical Description: Printed leaflet. 


American Period - California - Government. 

Research material collected by WWR, Chains of title . 


To: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; covering: land at the corner of Bixel and Maryland streets, 

…. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 2 cop. 


Bixel and Maryland Streets - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting 

materials, etc]. 



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To: Security-First National Bank's property at southeast corner of First and Spring Streets, Los 

Angeles. No date / various dates 



First and Spring Streets - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting 


Box 85, Folder 3 To: San Marino City School District of Los Angeles covering a portion of lot 44, …. No date / 

various dates 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph map. 


Michael White Grant - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, 

etc]. 


To: San Marino City School District of Los Angeles County covering a portion of lot 44, …. No 

date / various dates 



Michael White Grant - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, 

etc]. 


[To: Los Angeles Brewing company; covering: Elijah Moulton property]. No date / various dates 



N. Main Street (1920) - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, 

etc]. 


[To: Shepard and Morgan; covering:] lot 2 of tract no. 8700 and … in the city of San Marino, 

California, formerly a part of the Orizaba Tract. No date / various dates 



Orizaba Tract, San Marino - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting 



[Brief] Statler Hotel property chain of title. No date / Various dates 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript (carbon): (over). 


Wilshire Boulevard (930), Statler Hotel - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, 

supporting materials, etc]. 


Covering: the land at 930 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, occupied by the Statler Hotel, being 

part of the four square leagues of the old Pueblo of Los Angeles and within the boundaries of 

what is known as Lots A and B, tract 1966. No date / various dates 



Wilshire Boulevard (930), Statler Hotel - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, 




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Correspondence, with enclosures. 1952 Mar - Apr 

Physical Description: 14 leaves. With A. E. Hanson, for whom chain of title was being 

done; with various authorities on Miguel Leonis, including letter to Sheriff Eugene 

Biscailuz. 


San Fernando Valley - Leonis Adobe - County Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, 



Miscellaneous research notes about Leonis, including WWR's holograph notes. No date / various 

dates 



San Fernando Valley - Leonis Abode - County Properties, Los Angeles County - [Copy, 



Other documents (U.S. Land Office) used for chain of title, together with memos from 

researchers. 1952 March 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Also envelope. 





Chain sheets for title. No date / various dates 






Chain of title. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Holograph. To: Hidden Hills Corporation, a corporation; 

covering: Property in the Calabasas area … in the city of Los Angeles…. 






Physical Description: 1 leaf. To: Hidden Hills Corporation, … ; covering: Property in the 

Calabasas area … in the city of Los Angeles. 





To: San Ysidro Ranch Corporation; covering: that portion of the land of Santa Barbara Co., 

California, known as San Ysidro Ranch. 1951 Dec 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript. Letter to WWR. 


San Ysidro Ranch - County Properties, Santa Barbara County - [Copy, supporting materials, 

etc]. 



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Includes diagram of ownership. 1951 Dec 




etc]. 


To: San Ysidro Ranch Corporation; covering: that portion of the land of Santa Barbara Co., 

California, known as San Ysidro Ranch. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Holograph. Also outline: 1 leaf. Holograph. 



etc]. 


Correspondence. 1955 Jan 



Santa Cruz Island - County Properties, Santa Barbara County - [Copy, supporting materials, 

etc]. 


WWR's holograph notes. No date / various dates 




etc]. 

Box 85, Folder 20 Obituary note of Edwin Stanton. 1963 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Newspaper clipping. 



etc]. 


Record sheets. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 15 leaves. [Chain of title not here]. 



etc]. 


To: Edwin L. Stanton and Evelyn C. Stanton; covering: lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Santa Cruz 

Island, in Santa Barbara County, California, …. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves taped to form one longer leaf. Typescript. Also carbon. 



etc]. 

Box 85, Folder 23 Chain of title of por. Rho Boca de Santa Monica from King of Spain to Leo Carillo. No date / 

various dates 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Large chart giving details of ownership. Note in WWR's hand; 

chart not in WWR's hand. 


Boca de Santa Monica - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 



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Excerpts from various sources, comp. by Marie Stewart, Pres., Encino Historical Society. No date 

/ various dates 



El Encino - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 


Research material. Newspaper clipping. No dates 




WWR's notes on title and history of the rancho. 1950 and no date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript with holographic corrections. One leaf is 

possibly for a publication, Los Encinos State Historical Monument. 




[To: Title Insurance and Trust Company; covering: property granted by Mexico to the Indians 

Ramon, Francisco, and Roque …]. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (with extensive hol. notations). 




Chain of title to that portion of the Rancho La Brea now owned by Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Inc., 

…. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript. Another copy. Typescript (carbon). With 

signature blank for Rank S. Barton, 1948. Also: sketch map of the property; and chain 

sheet. 


La Brea - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 


Chain sheets. No date / various dates 





[To: Eddy D. Field and Helen Field; covering: portions of the Rancho La Brea & other lands owned 

by Henry Hancock at the time of his death]. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Chain sheets. Sheets which record _______. 





Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript with minor hol. notations, primarily as to how 

final format should look. [Not in WWR's hand]. 




Pan Pacific. Sketch map. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph. Sketch map. 





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[Notes for chain of title to Field]. No date / various dates 





To: The Prudential Insurance Company of America; covering: A portion of Rancho La Brea, in the 

County of Los Angeles, known as Lot 1, Tract No. 14772. 1947 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript with holographic notations. 



Box 85, Folder 36 Notes by Barton. 1961 





A chain of title showing the principal transfers of the Rancho La Puente, Los Angeles Co., 

California through which the land of P.G. Winnett…. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. Typescript with WWR's notes, and typescript. 2 

items. 


La Puente - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 


To: Lloyd S. Whaley and La Vere Whaley Covering: A portion of Rancho Los Alamitos in the city of 

Long Beach now known as Tract 14674. 1948 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript. Also: typescript (carbon). 


Los Alamitos - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 


To: Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company; covering: That portion of Rancho Los Coyotes, in the 

county of Los Angeles, at the northwest corner of Rosecrans and Pioneer Boulevards. No date / 

various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript, with hol. corrections. 


Los Coyotes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 





San Antonio - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 



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To: Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, a corporation; covering: that 

portion of Rancho San Antonio now known as Lot 544 of Tract 2551, recorded in book 24, pages 78 

- ___ of maps. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript, with extensive holograph corrections. Rancho 

San Antonio was that of Antonio Maria Lugo. 2nd draft. Includes record sheets from book of 

patents, etc. 



Box 85, Folder 42 Letter, Robert Brant to Oscar Trippet. 1948 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Also note. With this, a narrative 

chain of title. Has note: Robbie, for your files. 



Box 85, Folder 43 Letter, W.W. Robinson to Isabel C. Fages. 1952 



San Jose - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 



Physical Description: 29 leaves. Holograph. Isabel Fages. 




Notes and map. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. For Alphonse and Isabel Fages. 









To: The Compton National Bank, a corporation; covering: a portion of Rancho San Pedro known as 

lots 28 & 29 of Blake's Subdivision…. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon), with minor hol. corrections. 


San Pedro - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 


To: Arleigh R. Kerr; covering: That portion of Rancho San Pedro in Los Angeles County described 

as Lot 1, … Compton. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. Typescript. Another copy. Typescript (carbon) with 

holograph corrections. 





Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Note in WWR's hand: 

Done for T G & G?. 





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To: Southern California Edison company; covering: that portion of Rancho San Pedro in Los 

Angeles County … , City of Compton. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. Typescript, with minor holograph notations. Another 

copy. Typescript (carbon). 




[Chain of title until 1875, when purchased by Lucky Baldwin]. No date / various dates 



Santa Anita - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 


To: the City of Arcadia; covering: the Arcadia City Hall site on Rancho Santa Anita, …. No date 

/ various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon), with minor hol. notations. 1 leaf is 

schematic chain of title. 




Chain of title to the City of Arcadia. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph (photograph). 



Box 85, Folder 54 [To: State of California; covering: land of Rancho Santa Anita owned by E.J. Baldwin]. No date / 

various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections. 




To: El Toro Company; covering: that portion of Rancho Canada de Los Alisos, in Orange County 

California, included within the property acquired by Dwight Whiting in 1884 and still within 

what is known as "El Toro Ranch". No date / various dates 



Canada de los Alisos - Ranchos, Orange County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 


Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana and Lomas de Santiago and San Joaquin (Irvine). No date / various 

dates 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript with holograph corrections. [For: Joan Irvine; 

covering: lands of ranchos which made up the Irvine lands]. 


Santiago de Santa Ana - Ranchos, Orange County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 


To: Riverside Daily Press, a corporation; covering: that portion of Jurupa Rancho in Riverside 

County, California, …. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (with hol. notations). 


Jurupa (Rubidoux) - Ranchos, Riverside County - [Copy, supporting materials, etc]. 

Research material collected by WWR, Land items . 



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Box 82, Folder 1 Nares & Saunders. A different California, Laguna de Tache grant [promotional brochure]. ca. 1898 


Laguna de Tache - Ranchos, Fresno County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 2 2 plats. 1863 

Physical Description: 2 folded leaves. 


Castac - Ranchos, Kern County - Land documents, history, etc. 


[Title information]. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 12 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 1. Mexican grant and patent. 2. 

Partition and allotments. 3. Chain of title … as to property acquired by Beverly Hills 

National Bank…. 


Boca de Santa Monica - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 4 Letters to O.F. Brant and Harry Chandler. With copies of replies. 1909 - 1910 

Physical Description: 27 leaves. About surveying the land, etc. 


Ex - Mission San Fernando - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 5 O.F. Brant and H.J. Whitley items. ca. 1909 - 1910 

Physical Description: 40 leaves. Includes letter signed by Brant; and letters signed (by 

or for?) H.J. Whitley and J.G. Sartori. 



Box 82, Folder 6 Brant - Chandler agreements, etc. 1909 - 1910 




Box 82, Folder 7 Document signed by Otis, Chandler, Sherman, and Brant. 1909 Nov 15 



Ex - Mission San Fernando - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - 

Document signed by H.G. Otis, Harry Chandler, M.H. Sherman, and O.F. Brant 

Box 82, Folder 8 Document signed by Otis, Sherman, Brant, Chandler, and Whitley. 1910? 



Ex - Mission San Fernando - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - 

Document signed by H.G. Otis, M.H. Sherman, O.F. Brant, Harry Chandler, and H.J. Whitley 

Box 82, Folder 9 Deed …; signed by B.D. Wilson. 1859 May 20 

Physical Description: 3 p. [1 folded leaf and 1 leaf]. Holograph. For an undivided fourth 

of the Rancho la Ballona to John Sandfor, James Young and John D. Young. 


La Ballona - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 



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Box 82, Folder 10 Agreement of May 20, 1859 relating to Rancho La Ballona, signed by B.D. Wilson. 1859 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. Holograph. 



Box 82, Folder 11 Deed of certain improvements on the Rancho la Ballona, signed by Rafael Machado. 1859 Sep 27 




Box 82, Folder 12 Constable's certificate of sale of real estate to John D. Young. 1876 Nov 29 




Box 82, Folder 13 Two sketch maps of portions of Rancho La Ballona. 1876? 



Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 14 Argument in favor of the survey of the Rancho La Ballona. 1870 

Physical Description: 15p. … as made by Henry Hancock, Deputy U.S. Surveyor, before the 

U.S. Surveyor General, San Francisco, California; Chas. H. Larrabee, Att'y for claimant. 



Box 82, Folder 15 Opinion on abstract of title; by E.W. Sargent. 1892 

Physical Description: WWR's note included: This is interesting as showing a corporation 

giving an opinion after examining an abstract of title. 


La Puente - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 16 Deed. Jonathan Bixby et al. to Agnes Richardson. 1883 


Los Cerritos - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - American 

Colony Tract 

Box 82, Folder 17 Title opinion?. 1886 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Holograph. In folder. 



Colony Tract 


Abstract of complaint. Antonio Cota, Ramon Dominguez, plaintiffs…. No date 




Colony Tract 



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Memo to WWR and WWR's notes. 1935 and no date 

Physical Description: Memo is 1 leaf. Typescript. Notes are 2 leaves. Holograph. 



Colony Tract 

Box 82, Folder 20 Account of examining records, San Francisco, and typescript copies of those records. 1935 



Los Cerritos - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Account of 

examining records at U.S. District Court, San Francisco, 1935 and typescript copies of 

those records 

Box 82, Folder 21 Transcripts pertaining to Rancho de los Feliz. 1940 

Physical Description: 21 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). 1 correspondence. 


Los Feliz - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 22 Letter to WWR. 1940 Sep 17 



Los Feliz - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 23 Certificate of title. 1905 


Providencia - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Lot 72 


Copies of documents. No date / various dates 



Rincon de los Bueyes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 


Transcript of statement by Juan Marine. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript. Source not given. 


Rincon de San Pascual - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 


Copy from book of patents. No date / various dates 



San Antonio - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 



San Antonio - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 



San Antonio - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Home Tract 



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Box 82, Folder 29 Deeds and items about San Pascual, B.D. Wilson, etc. 1868 - 1888 

Physical Description: 9 items. 3 U.S. Interior revenue stamps. 


San Pascual - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 



San Pedro - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Lots 2 L27, 5 L57 

in Block A 



San Pedro - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Lot 20 Block 4 of 

Broad Acres 


Copies of Jose Maria Verdugo statements. No date / various dates 



San Rafael - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 


Copies of petition, deeds, etc. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: 35 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Also: WWR's title note. 


Tujunga - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 34 Abstract of title [parcel unknown]. 1906 

Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (carbon). 


San Juan y Cajon de Santa Ana - Ranchos, Orange County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 35 Abstract of title. 1876 

Physical Description: 11 leaves. Holograph. In folder. 


Santiago de Santa Ana - Ranchos, Orange County - Land documents, history, etc - Dominguez 

heirs allotment 

Box 82, Folder 36 Couts vs. Winston (Oceanside). 1887 - 1891 



Los Vallecitos de San Marcos - Ranchos, San Diego County - Land documents, history, etc. 


Plat. No date 



San Julian - Ranchos, Santa Barbara County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 82, Folder 38 Abstract of Bardsdale Tract lot 1, tract 1. 1887 

Physical Description: 1p. 


Sespe - Ranchos, Ventura County - Land documents, history, etc. 



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Box 82, Folder 39 Certificate of title to … Town of Glendora. 1890 


Glendora Land Company - County Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, 

etc. 

Box 82, Folder 40 Deed, the Cucamonga Fruit Land Co. to W.W. Ross. 1889 


Cucamonga Fruit Land Co - County Properties, San Bernardino County - Land documents, 

history, etc - 


Translation of deed from Jose Antonio de la Guerra y Carrillo. No date 

Physical Description: 2 cop. By Francis Price at the request of the Santa Barbara Abstract 

& Guaranty Company. 


Santa Barbara - County Properties, Santa Barbara County - Land documents, history, etc - 

Translation of deed fro Jose Antonio de la Guerra y Carrillo, et al. to Jose de la Guerra 

Y Noriega 


Index to abstracts in City Archives? Price lists, etc. No dates 


General - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 


Copies of deeds and petitions, 1843 - 1856. No date 

Physical Description: 6 items. Holograph. 


Aguala Tract (San Gabriel) - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, 

history, etc. 

Box 83, Folder 3 Deed. D. Marchessault, mayor; grantee: Encarnacion Olvera. 1860 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. Printed on holograph. 


Alameda Street … - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - 

Deed. Grantor: The City of Los Angeles, D. Marchessault, mayor; grantee: Encarnacion 

Olvera …plot near plaza 

Box 83, Folder 4 Correspondence about Bellevue Terrace certificate of title. 1935 



Bellevue Terrace Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, 

etc. 



Bellevue Terrace Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Lot 17, Block 101 Land 

documents, history, etc. 



Bennett Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Lots 

40 & 45 in Block 2 



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Box 83, Folder 7 Cuati item in Spanish, in cover signed by John C. Hays. 1853 


Cuati - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 83, Folder 8 Letter, memo about early Los Angeles deeds. 1950 Bun 9 and 12 

Physical Description: 2 items, 2 pcs. Also 2 leaves from Yale's catalog. Describes 

following deed. See also f. ____ and ____. 


Dominguez Property - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - 

Letter from Charles Yale to WWR; memo from WWR to W.H. Allen. About early Los Angeles 

deeds 

Box 83, Folder 9 Deed. Grantor: Manuel Dominguez; grantee: Narcisco Botello. 1843 Feb 7. 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. Holograph. With signatures of: Dominguez, Botello. In 

Spanish on papel sellado. Statement in English signed by J.J. Warner, 1876. 


Dominguez Property - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - 

Letter from Charles Yale to WWR; memo from WWR to W.H. Allen. About early Los Angeles 

deeds 



Freeman Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - B.F. 

Hall's subdivision 

Box 83, Folder 11 Deed. [Manuel Garfias to Encarnacion Coronel]. 1856 

Physical Description: 5 leaves. Holograph. On ruled paper. Signed by: Garfias, Avila; 

witnessed by Luis Granger; notarized by Agustin Olvera. 


Garfias Property. Alameda Street - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, 

history, etc - Deed. Grantors: Manuel Garfias and his wife Luisa Avila; grantee: 

Encarnacion F. Coronel 



Johannsen Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - 

Conner's subdivision 

Box 83, Folder 13 Deed, John Chart to Johannes Hartnack?. 1875 


Johnson Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Lot 18, Block B Land documents, 

history, etc - Lot 12, Block B 



Johnson Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Lot 

12, Block B 



Johnson Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Lot 18 in Block B Land documents, 

history, etc - Lot 12, Block B 



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Box 83, Folder 16 Mott Tract water rights. 1886. 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Printed form filled in. Also: WWR's notes. 1 leaf. 


Mott Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Lot 10, 

Block 4 

Box 83, Folder 17 Deed. Prepared by Alfred Sutro, San Francisco. 1901 

Physical Description: Also letter, 1955, and envelope with WWR's notes. 


Pearson Property - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 


Map. No date / various dates 



San Fernando Valley - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 



Strong and Dickinson Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, 

history, etc - Lot 7, Block 1 



Thomas Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Lot 5, 

Block F 



Workman Park Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - 

Lot 15, Block H 



Oceanside - City Properties, San Diego County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 83, Folder 23 Grant of land by Santa Cruz alcalde to Alexander Smith. 1849 Feb 22 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. William Blackburn????. 


Lot 39 - City Properties, Santa Cruz County - Land documents, history, etc. 


Book of grantors and grantees. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: v.1 of 2. Holograph entries on ruled pages. Bound in half leather. 


Various - Land Records - Land documents, history, etc. 



Physical Description: v.2 of 2. Holograph entries on ruled pages. Bound in half leather. 


Various - Land Records - Land documents, history, etc. 



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Grants of land in California made by Spanish or Mexican authorities [copy of printed document]. 

No date / various dates 


General - Ranchos, California - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 84, Folder 2 Letter to W.W. Robinson from the National Archives and Records Service. 1958 





List of land grants in Los Angeles County. No date / various dates 





Abstract of the title to the ranchos Sausal Redondo and La Centinela, and the tract of land 

known as the Stuart Tract. No date / various dates. 



Agua de la Centinela - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 84, Folder 5 Plat of the Rancho La Brea. 1873 






Santa Anita - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 84, Folder 7 Letters from Florence Webster to WWR. 1952 



Simi - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc. 

Box 84, Folder 8 Lists of owners. 1953 




Box 84, Folder 9 1854 opinion (copies) and maps (copies). 1854 





Ranchos of Ventura County by W.W. Robinson. No date / various dates 






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Agoure Ranch survey notes. No date / various dates 





No title. No date / various dates 


La Sierra - Ranchos, Riverside County - Land documents, history, etc. 



San Gabriel - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Cuati 

Road 




San Marino - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Land documents, history, etc - Michael 

White property 


Chain of title…. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections by WWR. 





Historical Society of Southern California. Quarterly. 1940 Sep 

Physical Description: Article on Michael White with WWR's annotations. 




Research material: Abstracts of title - city, rancho properties . 

Box 70, Folder 1 [El Conejo]. ca. 1919 

Physical Description: 1 v. In wrappers. 


El Conejo - Ranchos, Los Angeles County. 


Abstract of title to all those certain tracts of land situate in the County of Los Angeles, 

State of California, and being portions of the Rancho La Ballona and described on page 85 of 

this abstract. 1887 

Physical Description: 1 v. 


La Ballona - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Los Angeles Abstract Company. 

Box 70, Folder 3 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho La Ballona…. 1892 

Physical Description: 1 v. Loosely bound in boards. 


La Ballona - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 



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Box 70, Folder 4 [Rancho La Ballona]. 1893 

Physical Description: Brown cover. 


La Ballona - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - The Abstract & Title Insurance Co. of Los 

Angeles. 

Box 70, Folder 5 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho La Ballona…. 1896 



La Ballona - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Title Insurance & Trust Co. 


From examination of the records of Los Angeles County, California…concerning the title to that 

certain real property in the Rancho La Brea…. 1893 

Physical Description: 1 v. Bound in half leather. 


La Brea - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Los Angeles Abstract Co. 


Abstract of the title to all that certain tract of land situated in Los Angeles County, State of 

California borrowed and described as follows tomb. That certain part of the portion of the 

Cienega Rancho…. 1885 



La Cienega - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Los Angeles Abstract Company. 


Abstract of title covering portion of Rancho covering La Cienegas That part of the first tract 

of the Jauwario Abila tract in the Rancho La Cienega…. 1888 

Physical Description: 1 v. Bound in green leather with gold stamping. 


La Cienega - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title of all that real property tat situate in the City of and County of Los Angeles 

… of the boundary line survey of the rancho Ex Mission de San Fernando. 1928 

Physical Description: 1 v. Blue cover with gold lettering. 


Mission San Fernando - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Title Guarantee and Trust Co. 


Abstract of title to all that certain tract of real property…commencing at the intersection of 

the West line of the South east Quarter of the North West Quarter of Section 11 and the north 

line of San Gabriel Orange Grove Tract. ca. 1907 



Mission San Gabriel - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the County of Los Angeles, State of 

California, bounded and described as follows: Rancho Potrero de Felipe Lugo. 1912 



Potrero de Felipe Lugo - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 



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Felipe Lugo Rancho Report of James L. Robinson on certain defects and outstanding interests 

affecting the title of the estate of E.J. Baldwin to that portion of the Rancho now owned or 

claimed by the estate. 1912 

Physical Description: 1 v. Leather bound. 



Box 72, Folder 2 Transcript of the proceedings in case no. 433…The petition of George Morrillo and Maria V. 

Romero for the place named Potrero De Felipe Lugo…. ca. 1887 






California, bounded and described as follows: Rancho Providencia, Rancho Cahuenga and that 

portion of the Rancho San Rafael…. ca. 1892. 



Providencia - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 



California, bounded and described as follows: the Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes…. 1892 

Physical Description: 1 v. In marble boards. 


Rincon de los Bueyes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho San Antonio county of Los Angeles 

State of California bounded and described as follows: the Felipe Lugo Tract…. 1879 

Physical Description: 1 v. In cloth boards. 


San Antonio (Lugo) - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title to that real property situate in the County of Los Angeles, State of 

California, described as follows: Rancho La Laguna. 1874 



San Antonio (Rancho la Laguna) - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Title Insurance and Trust 

Company. 

Box 72, Folder 7 Abstract of title to that portion of the Rancho Rodeo de Los Aguas or San Antonio…. 1871 



San Antonio or Rodeo de las Aguas - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 

Box 72, Folder 8 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho San Francisquito County…. 1894 



San Francisquito - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Title Insurance and Trust Company. 

Box 73, Folder 1 [Rancho San Pasqual]. 1873 

Physical Description: 1 v. Bound in full red leather. 


San Pasqual - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 



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Box 73, Folder 2 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho San Pasqual…. 1886 



San Pasqual - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title of the following property situate in the County of Los Angeles, State of 

California particularly described as follows, to wit: Being lots number two and five in Block A 

of the Rancho San Pedro…. 1884 

Physical Description: 1 v. In paper boards. 


San Pedro - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Galloway and Lienau. 

Box 73, Folder 4 Patent to Rancho San Pedro. ca. 1892 



San Pedro (Inner Bay, Rattlesnake Island, Salt Flats) - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Los 

Angeles Terminal R'y Co. 


Report and opinion on title of Ana Josefa Dominguez de Guyer…to those portions of the Rancho San 

Pedro, situated in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, known as "Rattlesnake 

Island", …. 1891 

Physical Description: 1 v. In black cloth. 


San Pedro (Inner Bay, Rattlesnake Island, Salt Flats) - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Lee 

and Scott. 


Abstract of title and certificate of search to all of that certain tract of land situate in the 

County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as follows: at a point on the exterior 

boundary of the Rancho San Pedro…. ca. 1892 

Physical Description: V. 1. Bound in half leather. 




Box 74, Folder 2 Abstract of title to that real property. ca. 1892 





Box 74, Folder 3 [Taxes and wharf franchise]. ca. 1892 





Box 74, Folder 4 [Index]. ca. 1892 

Physical Description: Bound in half leather. 






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California, bounded and described as follows: The interest of Ralph Rogers in the Garavanza 

lands…. 1887 



San Rafael - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 

Box 75, Folder 2 [Rancho San Rafael]. 1893 



San Rafael (Verdugo Ranch) - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - The Abstract & Title Insurance 

Co. 


San Vincente y Santa Monica, Boca de Santa Monica, Potrero de Santa Monica as to the interest 

acquired by Robert S. Baker and John P. Jones. 1933? 



San Vincente y Santa Monica - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title --- that portion of the Rancho Santa Anita which lies within the boundaries of 

the tract described on page 169 hereof and also within the boundaries…. 1892? 

Physical Description: 1 v. Bound in half leather (damaged). 


Santa Anita - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - The Abstract & Title Insurance Co. of Los 

Angeles, Cal. 

Box 75, Folder 4 Abstract of title of that…portion of the Rancho Santa Anita. 1892 



Santa Anita - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - The Abstract and Title Insurance Co. 


Abstract of title to that certain real property situate in the county of Los Angeles, State of 

California and known as the island of Santa Catalina…. 1891 



Santa Catalina Island - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title to that real property situated in the County of Los Angeles…known as the J.W. 

Hellman Tract of the Colima Tract of the Santa Gertrude. 1893 

Physical Description: 1 v. Bound in leather. 


Santa Gertrudes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Los Angeles Abstract Co. 

Box 75, Folder 7 Index to Simi Rancho. ca. 1919? 

Physical Description: 1 v. In wrappers (cover missing). 


Simi - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


[Rancho Simi]. CHECK DATE 



Simi - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 



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Los Angeles, State of California, bounded and described as follows: Rancho Tajauta or Los 

Cuervos…. 1892 



Tajauta - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Abstract of title of that certain real property in 

the County of. 

Box 76, Folder 1 Office abstract of Rancho Tajauta or Los Cuervos. ca. 1874 

Physical Description: 1 v. In marble boards, cloth spine. 


Tajauta - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [Probate court]. 

Box 76, Folder 2 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho Tujunga…. 1892 



Tujunga - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 

Box 76, Folder 3 [Rancho Del Paso]. 1910 



Del Paso - Ranchos, Sacramento County - Buckley - Gerber Abstract and Title Co. 


Abstract of title of the following described properly, situate in the County of San Bernardino, 

State of California…. 1893 

Physical Description: V. 1 of 2. Bound in half leather. 


Muscupiabe - Ranchos, San Bernardino County - [No compiler given]. 

Box 76, Folder 5 [Muscupiabe]. 1893 

Physical Description: V. 2 of 2. Bound in half leather. 


Muscupiabe - Ranchos, San Bernardino County - Consolidated Abstract and Title Guaranty Co. 


Abstract of title to all that certain real property situate, lying and being in the County of 

Santa Barbara…a part of the Rancho Dos Pueblos. 1923 



Dos Pueblos - Ranchos, Santa Barbara County - Santa Barbara Abstract and Guaranty Company 

Co. 

Box 77, Folder 2 Abstract of title to San Julian Rancho, vol. 4. 1894 

Physical Description: 1 v. Map of the Rancho. 


San Julian - Ranchos, Santa Barbara County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title to all that certain real property situated in the County of Santa 

Barbara…being the Rancho San Julian, part of Rancho Las Cruces, & Co., showing their division 

into tracts A, B & C…. 1907 



San Julian - Ranchos, Santa Barbara County - Santa Barbara Abstract and Title Co. 



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Abstract of title as to the interest of the heirs of Francisco Antonio de la Guerra…in and to 

the Rancho De Las Posas…. 1919 



Las Posas - Ranchos, Ventura County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title to that real property situated in the County of Los Angeles…alloted to Inez 

Ramirez de Pantoja…. 1891 



Ramirez Vineyard - County Properties, Los Angeles County - Los Angeles Abstract Co. 

Box 78, Folder 3 [Southern Pacific right of way]. 1930 



Southern Pacific - County Properties, Los Angeles County - Title Insurance and Trust Co. 


The United States of America gives and grants unto the confirmee in coordination of the full 

payment for the same having been made, the following described lands situate in San Bernardino 

County…. No date 



Township 3 - County Properties, San Bernardino County - Wozencraft Abstract Co. 


Abstract of title to that certain real property in the leity of Los Angeles County…at the N.W. 

corner of the 16 acre lot of A.L. Moody sold to him by William Moody and running along his west 

line south 39.1 chains to the Ballona Road. 1887 



Ballona Road - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title to certain property in Los Angeles City, California belonging to Mrs. Arcadia 

B. de Baker as delineated on the map hereto annexed. 1884 



Bandini de Baker Property - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title to all that certain real property situated in the City of Los Angeles and 

county of Los Angeles…said tract of land being known as the Cota Lot or tract. 1888 



Cota Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the County of Los Angeles…the Downey Tract…. 

1884 



Downey Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [No compiler given]. 



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Box 79, Folder 5 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City of Los Angeles…lot 16, block 9, 

Fairmont Tract. 1889 



Fairmont Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Abstract and Title Insurance Co. 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, 

bounded and described of page no. 61 of this abstract…being Lot no. 11 in Block no. 4 of East 

Los Angeles…. 1890 



Hayes Street, East Los Angeles - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Los Angeles 

Abstract Co. 

Box 79, Folder 7 [Property of Mary E. Taft]. 1894 



Hill and Fifth Street, Northwest Corner - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Los 

Angeles Abstract Co - 


Continuation by the Title Insurance and Trust Company as to Larronde Block, N.W. corner of 

Spring and First Streets. 1899 



Larronde Block - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Title Insurance and Trust Co - N. 

W. corner of Spring and First Streets 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City and County of Los Angeles…commencing 

at the point of intersection of the Westerly boundary line of the City of Los Angeles…. 1888 



Los Angeles Westerly Boundary - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Abstract and Title 

Insurance Co . 


Abstract of title to that real property situate in the City and County of Los Angeles…fronting 

eighty-five feet on Main Street, as described in deed from D.W. Hellman to Samuel Meyer. 1895 



Main Street, 85 Feet Near 4th Street - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Title 

Insurance and Trust Co. 


Abstract of title to that real property in the City and County of Los Angeles, State of 

California, described as follows, to-wit: lot seven block O. Mott tract. 1889 



Mott Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Pendleton and Williams. 


Abstract of title to five acres of James F. Ward on Pearl St. in Los Angeles City and County…. 

1887 



Pearl Street - City Properties, Los Angeles County - No title. 



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Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City of Los Angeles County of Los 

Angeles, State of California, bounded and described as follows: The Pico House property…. 1883 



Pico House Property - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Office of Gillette, Gibson, 

and Wood. 


The Security Title Insurance and Abstract Co. of Southern California hereby certifies…a point in 

the West line of Euclid Avenue distant sixty six feet N of the S line of Lot no. 3 in Block 1 of 

the San Pascual Tract. 1892 



San Pascual Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Lot 3 Block 1 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City of Los Angeles…commencing in the 

easterly line of Spring St…. 1899 



Spring Street, East Side Near 1st Street - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Title 

Insurance and Trust Co. 


Abstract of title to that real property situated in the county of Los Angeles…beginning at the 

North West corner of Spring and First Streets…being the lot of Pierre Larronde. 1892 



Spring and First Street, Corner - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Los Angeles 

Abstract Co. 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City and County of Los Angeles…commencing 

at a point in the south line of Washington Street at the N.W. corner of this tract of 

land…containing 563 acres…. 1890 



Washington Street, Near San Pedro - City Properties, Los Angeles County - [No compiler 

given]. 


Abstract of title of Lots 25 and 26 of the Wright Tract, northeast corner of Washington and 

Figueroa Streets. 1888 



Wright Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Picket and Kelly, Abstractors. 


Abstract of title to the Olds Tract from the date of the preemption to January 17th 1863 made by 

E. V. Gillespie. 1914 



Olds Tract - City Properties, San Francisco County - City Abstract and Title Insurance Co. 

Research material: Land articles, rancho lists, etc . 

Box 86, Folder 1 Sale / development of large rancho properties. Newspaper clippings. 1912 - 1965 


Ranchos - Publications / articles. 



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Box 86, Folder 2 Rancho life. Clippings. 1947 - 1955 



Box 86, Folder 3 Newspaper clipping. 1950 


Aguaje de Centinela - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Magazine clipping. 1948 Oct 


Boca de Santa Monica - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 

Box 86, Folder 5 Newspaper clippings. 1957 - 1958 


El Escorpion - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 



La Brea - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 



La Puente - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Letters from Katherine B. Hotchkis. 1964 and no date 



Los Alamitos - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Bixby, Katharine Hotchkis. Rancho Los Alamitos. Balboa, California, 1964. No dates / various 

dates 

Physical Description: 2 cop. Enclosures to above. Verso title page: For W.W. Robinson, the 

indisputable authority on Southern California history, Katherine Bixby Hotchkis. 



Box 86, Folder 10 Printed ephemera. 1964 

Physical Description: Postcard, printed brochure with map, etc. 



Box 86, Folder 11 Newspaper clippings. 1964, 1966 



Box 86, Folder 12 Note from Alice Titus, enclosing brochure. 1955 

Physical Description: Los Cerritos Rancho House. 


Los Cerritos - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 



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Box 86, Folder 13 Newspaper clippings. 1945 


Los Coyotes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 



Los Feliz - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Newspaper clipping. 1956 Apr 


Los Nietos and Santa Gertrudes Rancho Section of los Nietos - Ranchos, Los Angeles County 

- Publications / articles. 


Newspaper clipping. 1955 and no date 


Los Palos Verdes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Newspaper clippings. 1949, no date 


Potrero de Felipe Lugo - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 

Box 86, Folder 18 Romance of a rancho. In: The Beverly Hills Citizen. 1939 Bun 23 

Physical Description: Features, v. 17 no. 2, p. [1], 6. Article is unsigned, but note 

gives credit to W.W. Robinson, among others…. 


Rincon de los Bueyes - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


The story of El Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas. In: The Southland Federal news. 1953 Oct 


Rodeo de las Aguas - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Program for the marking of the historic Casa de Rancho San Antonio. 1946 Mar 


San Antonio - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 



San Jose - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 

Box 86, Folder 22 [Rancho histories] In: Westwood Hills Press. 1947 Apr 17 

Physical Description: Contains: The story of the Spanish ranchos by Florence Backus; and 

Westwood Hills eulogized by late poet laureate John Steven McGroaty. 


San Jose de Buenos Ayres - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Newspaper clipping. No date 


San Pedro - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 



San Rafael - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 



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Box 86, Folder 25 Outlaws of Santa Susana Pass. 1953 Apr 1 (no. 4) and 1954 Oct 15 (no. 6) 

Physical Description: Mimeographed newsletters with articles on topics concerned with 

Rancho Simi. 


Simi - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Photograph of Camulos chapel. No dates / various dates 

Physical Description: Removed from previous publication. 



Box 86, Folder 27 Casa Loma. Newspaper clipping. 1962 


General - Ranchos, Riverside County - Publications / articles. 


Clipping. 1949 Jan 


Santa Rosa - Ranchos, Riverside County - Publications / articles. 

Box 86, Folder 29 [Histories] In: The southern California rancher. 1941 - 1966 

Physical Description: Histories of various ranches and ranchos. 


General - Ranchos, San Diego County - Publications / articles. 


Booklist marked by WWR. No date 


San Francisco Bay Ranchos - Ranchos, San Francisco County - Publications / articles. 


Chart of grantees, acreage, etc. No dates / various dates 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. Photocopy?. 


Santa Barbara Ranchos - County Properties, Santa Barbara County - Publications / articles. 

Box 86, Folder 32 Rancho life and fiesta days. Newspaper clippings. 1940, 1957 


Santa Barbara Ranchos - County Properties, Santa Barbara County - Publications / articles. 



Rosecrans Township - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles - S.W. 

corner of Vermont Ave. and El Segundo Blvd 


Clipping. 1951 Jul 


Santa Maria - City Properties, Santa Barbara County - Publications / articles. 

Box 87, Folder 1 Letters from the Bancroft Library concerning Mexican land grant records. 1962, 1971 



General - Ranchos - Publications / articles. 



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Box 87, Folder 2 Correspondence and notes. 1965 

Physical Description: 3 items, 3 pcs. Ella Cole to WWR. Mimeographed letter from Elizabeth 

Carr to Ella Cole. Information about owners of the ranchos before Daniel Freeman WWR's 

notes. 


Aguaje de Centinela - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 

Box 87, Folder 3 Letters. 1946 



Los Feliz - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 

Box 87, Folder 4 Letter to WWR from A.L. Rhodes. 1935 



Los Nietos - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Letters from WWR to A.J. Gray. 1949 Jul 

Physical Description: 2 items, 2 pcs. Give brief history of rancho. 


San Antonio - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


Letter to WWR from Florence ____. No date 





Correspondence. 1965 Oct, 1966 May - Bun 

Physical Description: 4 items, 5 pcs. Also WWR's notes from envelope. Includes letter 

from: Don Meadows. 


General - Ranchos, Santa Barbara County - Publications / articles. 


WWR's letters to Phil Townsend Hanna and R.W. Gray. 1949 Jul 



San Francisco - Ranchos, Ventura County - Publications / articles. 

Box 87, Folder 9 Memo from W. H. Allen to WWR; concerns Redondo Villa Tract brochure. 1953 

Physical Description: 1 item, 1 pc. Also envelope. Brochure not here. 


Redondo Villa Tract - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


WWR's notes. No dates / various dates 

Physical Description: 13 leaves. Holograph. 1 leaf not in WWR's hand. 










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El Escorpion - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 


WWR's holograph notes. No dates / various dates 



Providencia - Ranchos, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles. 

Box 87, Folder 14 2/22 Patents … [Report of survey of Rancho Los Palos Verdes]. Copy. 1880 





Proceedings leading up to confirmation of Rancho Los Palos Verdes. No dates / various dates 










Copies of documents. No dates / various dates 




Box 87, Folder 18 [Rosecrans 'rancho' information]. 1949 



Rosecrans Township - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles - S.W. 

corner of Vermont Ave. and El Segundo Blvd 


Copy of document. No dates / various dates 



San Gabriel - City Properties, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles - Purcell 

property 


Carmen Moreno de Abila plat. No date 




property 



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property 


Purcell property at San Gabriel. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph additions. 


City Properties, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles - Purcell property 



Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript with extensive holograph additions. 


City Properties, Los Angeles County - Publications / articles - Purcell property 


WWR's and IBR's holograph lists of California ranchos. No dates / various dates 

Physical Description: 2 notebooks. 




WWR: The Ranchos of California. No dates / various dates 




















[Ranchos by county]. No dates / various dates 

Physical Description: 99 leaves. Typescript (carbon). A draft of previous rancho lists?. 




[Notes on ranchos: grantees, histories, etc]. No dates / various dates 






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Physical Description: 300 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections (photocopy). Note 

cards of WWR now photocopied; cards disposed of except for those in following folder. 




[Notes on ranchos: grantees, histories, etc] Not used for lists?. No dates / various dates 

Physical Description: On note cards. Typescript with holograph corrections. 





Physical Description: On note cards. Typescript with extensive holograph corrections. 

Samples kept to show WWR's working method, and for exhibit purposes. 









Index cards of ranchos. No dates / various dates 

Physical Description: 44 pieces. Holograph. 



Box 88, Folder 9 Copy. 1929? 

Physical Description: 40p. illus., fold. map. 18 cm. Los Angeles, Title Insurance and 

Trust Company. With author's autograph on title page. 


Conner, E. Palmer. The Romance of the Ranchos - Ranchos - Publications / articles. 


Another copy. No dates / various dates 

Physical Description: With some holograph changes, evidently for new edition. 





Physical Description: With extensive holograph notes and corrections. Note on inserted 

leaf: 1st proof. Dr. Perry Worden's corrected copy. Copy for 2nd edition. 




Another copy. Fourth edition. No dates / various dates 




Another copy. Sixth edition. No dates / various dates 





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Box 88, Folder 14 Another copy. Reprinting in a different format. 2 cop. 1939? 

Physical Description: illus., fold. color map, 23 cm. With illustrative drawings rather 

than photographs. 





Physical Description: Wrappers salmon, rather than light brown; or were others faded. 





Physical Description: 25 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Note on first leaf: L. Otis. 


Highlights on Romance of the Ranchos - Ranchos - Publications / articles. 


2 copies. No date 

Physical Description: 12p. WWR's involvement not known. Cf. items in T.I.T. segments, Box 

____. 


"Romance of the Ranchos" - Ranchos - Publications / articles - Reprinted from the radio 

script of the ranchos Aguaje de la Centinela and Sausal Redondo. From the radio series 

"Romance of the ranchos" broadcast every Wednesday … sponsored by Title Insurance and 

Trust Company 

Robinson, Irene Bowen. Papers: personal and art related . 

Box 130, Folder 1 Clippings. 1923 

Physical Description: Will Robinson claims bride; former Riverside man weds Los Angeles 

girl at home ceremony, etc. 


IBR and WWR Marriage - Biographical - Event. 


Receipts, etc. No dates 


IBR Personally - Biographical - Business. 


Clippings saved, etc. No dates 

Physical Description: Includes Drury College bulletin (1929), Heath Stoneware brochure, 

Van Keppel - Green. 


IBR Personally - Biographical. 


Cards received. No dates 


IBR Personally - Biographical - Correspondence. 


Letters received, miscellaneous. 1963, no dates 





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Box 130, Folder 6 Letters from Grace Everett and [Jeanne] Everett. 1964, no date (ca. 1961 - 1966?) 




Enclosures of poems from Grace Everett, kept by IBR. 1961, 1962, no date 




Jottings. No dates 




Material relating to Bess Bowen. f.1 of 2. 1950, no dates 

Physical Description: Letters received, etc. 


IBR Personally - Biographical - Sister. 


Material relating to Bess Bowen. f.2 of 2. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Address books. 


IBR Personally - Biographical - Sister. 


Statements about books, etc. No date / various dates 


General - Juvenile Books and Stories - Post publication material. 


Fan letter, notes. 1947, no date 



Box 130, Folder 13 Clippings. 1938, 1941, 1942 


For Children's Stories not by WWR - IBR's Illustrations - Post publication material. 


The Robinsons: their literature, their art; by Perry Worden. Clipping from Pasadena Star - News, 

Saturday, November 5, 1938, p. 8. 1938 




Box 130, Folder 15 Interview with WWR and IBR. Late 1930s? 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Typescript (fire damaged). Lines reconstructed by dl 

(typescript in folder). 


Career in General - Juvenile Books and Stories - Post publication material. 

Box 130, Folder 16 Copy of talk [incomplete], unclear if only by WWR. 193_ 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Corrections 

seemingly in IBR's hand. 


Beast of the Tar Pits - Juvenile Books and Stories - Manuscript material. 



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Box 130, Folder 17 Talk. 1940s? 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript with holograph additions. Primarily by WWR?. 


General - Juvenile Books and Stories - Manuscript material. 


Irene Robinson's drawings for children [sic] books; by WWR. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. 2 cop. Typescript and typescript (carbon). 




Mock up of On the farm (no illus). No date 




List of books. No date 



Box 130, Folder 21 W.W. and Irene B. Robinson; and another list. 1948 

Physical Description: 9 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). Copy of biographical material 

sent in this year for Junior book of authors. 



Box 130, Folder 22 Long Beach Public Library exhibit correspondence. 1947 




Long Beach clippings. No date / various dates 



Box 130, Folder 24 Culver City PTA clippings. 1960 



Box 130, Folder 25 Kern County Book Fair correspondence. 1963 


General - Juvenile Books and Stories - post publication material. 


Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People. Kern County Book Fair 

correspondence and ephemera. 1963 

Physical Description: WWR and IBR awarded for Distinguished contribution to the field of 

children's literature by the Council. 



Box 130, Folder 27 Kern County Book Fair clippings. 1963 





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Miscellaneous book fair publicity and correspondence. 1964, 1971, no date 




Miscellaneous talks, book fair clipping(s). 1951, 1956, no date 




Ward Ritchie list, etc. 1960s 



Box 131, Folder 1 Membership cards. 1947, 1971 


General Materials - Ephemera. 


Bibliographical notes, catalog information. 1946, no date 

Physical Description: 1946 is for exhibit at Glendale Public Library. 


General - Exhibit material, etc. 


Correspondence. 1927 - 1954 (inclusive), 1961, 1971, no date 

Physical Description: Thanking for exhibits, enclosing prize money and certificates, 

invoices for photo coloring for T.I.t. (1961), etc. 


Various Exhibits - Pre and post exhibit materials. 


Lists of items. 1930, 1944, no dates 

Physical Description: Includes list of Jake Zeitlin show (1930) and Raymond and Raymond 

show (1944, with "sold" annotations). 


Various Exhibits - Exhibit materials. 

Box 131, Folder 5 "The dove." Photograph. 1954 

Physical Description: Note on verso: honorable mention in watercolors. 


Los Angeles County Museum - Exhibit documentation. 

Box 131, Folder 6 Copy / Copies. 1945 

Physical Description: Protests selection policies for L.A. County Museum's 1st Biennial 

Exhibition of Drawings, 1945. Includes - Ernst, Dorothea Tanning, Lipchitz, Zadkine. 


Artists' Protest Exhibition - Exhibit catalogs - George Gashire Gallery 

Box 131, Folder 7 Copy / Copies. 1924 -1939 

Physical Description: no. 15-18, 20-24, 26-27 and California Art Club , opening exhibition 

- Barnsdale Park, 1927. 


California Art Club - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibition, Los Angeles Museum 



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Box 131, Folder 8 Copy / Copies. 1929, 1933 - 1935 


California State Fair - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibitions of paintings 

Box 131, Folder 9 Copy / Copies. 1926 - 1956 

Physical Description: Pasadena Art Institute, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Los Angeles 

County Museum. 


California Water Color Society - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibition (various locations) 


Copy / Copies. No date 

Physical Description: Exhibition and Sale of water colors May 5th to 31st. 


California Water Color Society - Exhibit catalogs - Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles 



California Water Color Society - Exhibit catalogs - Los Angeles Museum 

Box 131, Folder 12 Copy / Copies. 1939 - 1940, 1944, 1946, 1948 


California Water Color Society - Exhibit catalogs - Riverside Museum, New York 



California Water Color Society - Exhibit catalogs - Traveling show 


Physical Description: no. 2, 4 - 5. 


Chaffey, Ontario, California - Exhibit catalogs - Invitational Purchase Prize Exhibit 


Physical Description: no. 4 - 7. 


City of Los Angeles Art Exhibition - Exhibit catalogs - Greek Theater 


Copy / Copies. 1930 - 1950 (inclusive) 

Physical Description: no. 1 -. 


Ebell Salon of Art - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibition 



Fine Arts Society of San Diego, California - Exhibit catalogs - National Water Color 

Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego 



Foundation of Western Art - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibition of California watercolors 



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Box 131, Folder 19 Copy / Copies. 1936 - 1939, 1943 


Foundation of Western Art - Exhibit catalogs - Miscellaneous exhibits 


Copy / Copies. 1928, 1929 - 1930, 1934 - 1935, and no date 

Physical Description: no. 2 - 5, 7. 


Gardena High School - Exhibit catalogs - Purchase Prize Exhibit 


Copy / Copies. 


Laguna Beach Art Association - Exhibit catalogs. 


Physical Description: no. 1. 


Los Angeles Art Association - Exhibit catalogs - Annual All-California Art Exhibition 



Los Angeles Art Association - Exhibit catalogs - Exhibit of Water Colors by "top flight" 

artists of So. California 

Box 131, Folder 24 Copy / Copies. 1927, 1928, 1930 - 1935, 1938 


Los Angeles Museum - Exhibit catalogs - Annual Exhibition of painters and sculptors 

Box 131, Folder 25 Copy / Copies. 1940, 1945 and 1957 

Physical Description: no. 1, no. 17?, 20?. 


Los Angeles Museum - Exhibit catalogs - Artists of Los Angeles and vicinity, annual 

exhibition 


Copy / Copies. 1938 February 


Los Angeles Museum - Exhibit catalogs - Drawings by a group of California artists 


Physical Description: no. 3 - 4, 7. 


Los Angeles Museum of History and Science - Exhibit catalogs - Painters and sculptors of 

southern California 



Los Angeles Museum - Exhibit catalogs - The Younger painters 


Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. Brief biography and description of subjects and 

styles. No illus. 


Los Angeles County Museum - Irene Robinson: an exhibition of paintings at the Los Angeles 

County Museum during the month of October, 1943 



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Physical Description: no. 1 - 3, 5 - 8, 11 - 12. 


Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibition of southern 

California art 

Box 131, Folder 31 Copy / Copies. 1928, 1934, 1936-1939, 1948 

Physical Description: catalogues no. 7, 13, 15 and years 1937-1939, n.d. 


Los Angeles County Fair - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibition of southern California art 


Copy / Copies. 1931, no date 


Los Angeles Public Library - Exhibit catalogs - Various titles 

Box 132, Folder 2 Copy / Copies. 1949, 1951, 1955 

Physical Description: no. 34, 36, 40. 


National Orange Show - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibition of art 





Palos Verdes Community Arts Association - Exhibit catalogs - Annual Purchase Prize Exhibit 


Physical Description: no. 1 - 2. 


Palos Verdes Public Library and Art Gallery - Exhibit catalogs - Annual Purchase Prize 

Exhibition of Paintings 


Copy / Copies. 1930, 1932, Fall Opening - 1946 Oct 

Physical Description: no. 3, 5. 


Pasadena Art Institute - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibition by California Artists 




Progressive Painters of Southern California - Exhibit catalogs - Annual exhibition, Laguna 



Progressive Painters of Southern California - Exhibit catalogs - California Palace of the 

Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco 



Progressive Painters of Southern California - Exhibit catalogs - Fine Arts Gallery, San 

Diego 



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Progressive Painters of Southern California - Exhibit catalogs - Los Angeles Museum 

Box 132, Folder 10 Copy / Copies. Fifth and sixth annual, 1932 - 1933 


Santa Cruz Art League - Exhibit catalogs - Annual State-wide Art Exhibit 


Physical Description: no. 7, 12 - 13. 


Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce - Exhibit catalogs - Annual Art Exhibit 


Physical Description: Includes: Cannell & Chaffin, Glendale Art Association, Stendahl 

Galleries, San Francisco Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, etc. 


Various Associations Catalog Each - Exhibit catalogs - Various titles 

Box 132, Folder 13 Copy / Copies. ca. 1928 - 1950 

Physical Description: Includes: Arizona State Fair, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 

St. Botolph Club (Boston), etc. Ca. 7 exhibits. 


Various Associations Each Outside California - Exhibit catalogs. 

Box 132, Folder 14 Reviews. Clippings. 1927 


Various Exhibits - Post exhibit material. 













Box 132, Folder 19 Reviews. Clippings. 1933 - 1936 








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Physical Description: 2 items. Los Angeles County Museum of Art one woman show. 






Box 132, Folder 23 Invitations, etc. 1944 

Physical Description: Raymond & Raymond Galleries (Beverly Hills). One woman show. 


Various Exhibits - Pre exhibit material. 


Physical Description: Raymond & Raymond Galleries (Beverly Hills). One woman show. 












Box 132, Folder 28 Reviews. Clippings. 1950, 1954, 1959 




Reviews. Clippings. No dates 

Physical Description: An extensive file. 




On tracing paper, etc. No dates 

Physical Description: Seemingly minor. 


Miscellaneous Sketches - Samples. 


Some with names of others. No dates 

Physical Description: Fay and Lawrence Clark Powell, etc. 


Christmas Cards - Samples. 

Writings . 



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Writings . 


Burbank Disney Studios. No date / various dates 




Early documents and advertisements. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Photographs, photostats. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished - Research / publication material - photographs - 

History of T.I.T. 


Early desk, unidentified. No date / various dates 





Interior 1906. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Same desks identified by WWR as 1906 and 1912. 





Senator Thompson's desk 1912. No date / various dates 





W.A. Allen's desk 1912. No date / various dates 





Early building, unidentified. No date / various dates 





Map Dept 1912. No date / various dates 





NW Old Franklyn (now Court) and New High building. No date / various dates 





NE Old Franklyn and New High building. No date / various dates 






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Writings . 


NW Temple and New High building. No date / various dates 





Archives vault 1906. No date / various dates 





Spring Street. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Pre, during, and post construction. 





Spring Street brochure for opening. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Also negative of cut. 





Staff - parties. No date / various dates 





Dale Grant. No date / various dates 





Other branches - Ventura. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Staff, area photos, etc. 





Other branches - San Bernardino. No date / various dates 





Other branches - San Diego. No date / various dates 







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Writings . 


Other branches - San Francisco. No date / various dates 






Other branches - Stockton area?. No date / various dates 












Other branches - Santa Barbara. No date / various dates 






Other branches - Las Vegas, NE. No date / various dates 





Other branches - Portland, OR. No date / various dates 






Other branches - Seattle WA. No date / various dates 





Other branches - Waikiki, Guam. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Staff, area photos, etc. Also other Hawaii locations. 





Staff - 60th anniversary mats and prints of founders. No date / various dates 






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Writings . 


Staff - early, not all identified. f.1 of 2. No date / various dates 










Staff - early photos and memorabilia. No date / various dates 





Staff - O.F. Brant 1893. No date / various dates 





Staff - 1890s. No date / various dates 






Physical Description: Many on mounts. 




Box 124, Folder 8 Staff - 1910s. 





Staff - WW I. No date / various dates 
















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Writings . 


Staff - 1940s, 1950s. No date / various dates 





Staff - Loebbecke, Ernest. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: See also oversize Box ____. 





60th Anniversary (T.I. Buildings 1893 - 1954) printing blocks, metal printing plates images of 

William H. Allen, Jr., O. F. Brant, and O.P. Clark. Christmas card woodblock.. No date / various 

dates 

Physical Description: 7 items. Used in Panorama and 1954 Annual Reports.[Shoe box size]. 




Writings: arranged according to the Hicks bibliography . 


Correspondence. 1930 Aug, Oct - Dec 

Physical Description: Includes letter from John Parkinson, 1930 Dec 3. 


The Story of Pershing Square - Books and pamphlets - Research material. 

Box 29, Folder 2 Story of Mary E. Taft. 1930? 

Physical Description: 6 p. Holograph. Contains extensive quotes from interview. 




WWR's holograph notes. No date 

Physical Description: 72 leaves. From city archives, newspapers, etc. 




WWR's typed notes. No date 

Physical Description: 8 leaves. From city archives. 




Newspaper clippings. 1930 Jan, 1931 Jul, and no date 




For office use only [missing 7/89]. No date 

Physical Description: [3] leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections [WWR's 

hand?]. A version of this material appears as The Title Guarantee and Trust Co., p. 36 - 

37. 


The Story of Pershing Square - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript material. 



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Letter requesting criticism of the manuscript. 1930 Dec 


The Story of Pershing Square - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript material. 


The story of Pershing Square [outline and publication plans]. No date 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Also envelope with 

"The story of Pershing Square" in WWR's hand. 


The Story of Pershing Square - Books and pamphlets - Publication material. 

Box 29, Folder 9 Untitled printed leaf concerning reasons the story was written. 1935 Apr 25 

Physical Description: With printed signature: W.W. Robinson. [cf. Hicks, p. 35]. 




Photograph of the old zanja through Pershing Square. 1931 Sep 

Physical Description: In: Ebell, magazine of the Ebell of Los Angeles. v. 4, no 12, p.4. 

Evidently the basis for IBR's illustration in the book, also for cover of Hicks. 



Box 29, Folder 11 Certificate of copyright registration. 1931 



Box 29, Folder 12 Letters congratulating WWR, thanking him for copies sent, and requesting copies, f. 1 of 2. 1931 

Bun - Jul 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Hugo Ballin, J. Gregg Layne, H.R. Wagner, 

Jake Zeitlin, Neeta Marquis, David Malcolmson, C.K. Adams, John S. McGroarty. 


The Story of Pershing Square - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication material. 


Letters congratulating WWR, thanking him for copies, and requesting copies, f. 2 of 2. 1931 Jul 

- Dec, 1932 Nov and 1967 Feb 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Charles Yale, Phil Townsend Hanna, Perry 

Worden (copy), Herbert I. Priestly, Neeta Marquis. 




Reviews. 1931 Bun, 1931 Sep, and no date 



Box 29, Folder 15 Award. Mention. 1931 

Physical Description: In: Printing for commerce; [catalog for] Eighth annual exhibition, 

selected and shown by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. 




Award. Newspaper clipping. No date 





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Box 29, Folder 17 Research material - Pershing Square's historical background. No date [after 1947] 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript (carbon). Notes in the form of an abbreviated 

chain of title. Possibly by WWR. 



Box 29, Folder 18 The pasture of yesterday becomes the park of today. 19-- Jul 21 

Physical Description: Possibly written by WWR, style is similar to his. By-line is 

"Special to The Christian Science Monitor". 




Research material. Clippings. 1951 and no date 



Box 29, Folder 20 Research material. 1951 

Physical Description: Issue of Western Federal news, pages from mimeographed newsletter. 



Box 29, Folder 21 Mention. 1952? 

Physical Description: List: Items to be placed in the time capsule in Pershing Square 

garage, Thursday, April 10, 1952. Includes: The story of Pershing Square. 




Copyright letter and certificate. 1931 Bun 


Mural Painting in the Title Guarantee Building - Books and pamphlets - Publication 

material. 


The story of your land. No date 

Physical Description: 5 leaves. Typescript with extensive holograph corrections. 


The Story of Your Land - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript. 

Box 29, Folder 24 Announcements, f. 1 of 2. 1939 

Physical Description: A catalogue of publications offered by San Pasqual Press, Pasadena, 

California. 


Ranchos Become Cities - Books and pamphlets - Publication material. 

Box 29, Folder 25 Announcements, f. 2 of 2. 1939 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. San Pasqual Press announces the publication of 

Ranchos Become Cities by WWR, illustrations by IR, printed excerpt, illustration, and 

order blank. 



Box 29, Folder 26 Copy of dustjacket. Printed card, using one of IBR's drawings. 1939 





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Application for copyright. No date 




Untitled: "In the year 1846…". No date 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Notes for lecture 

or promotion? "It is this unpublished source material that I have drawn upon in writing 

'Ranchos become cities'". 


Ranchos Become Cities - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication material. 


Untitled: "Three Spanish soldiers…". No date 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Notes for lecture or promotion? 

"Ranchos become cities" tells the story of only a few of the ranchos, with a complete 

listing in the Appendix…". 




Letters from Dorothy Bevis of San Pasqual Press. 1939 Aug - Sep 

Physical Description: One letter encloses copy of letter to her from Phil Townsend Hanna. 




Letters of congratulation, thanks, etc. 1939 Aug - Oct, Dec and no date 

Physical Description: Letters from: Blanche Collet Wagner, Perry Worden (2), and Charles 

Yale. 




Letters from WWR. 1942 Sep and 1956 Jan 

Physical Description: To Wm S. Porter about disposition or remaining sheets. To Carroll 

West about reprinting. 




Reviews. Clippings. 1939 Jul - 1942 Mar, and no date 




Mentions. Clippings. 1939 Jul, Sep - Dec, 1944 Dec and 1960 Apr 



Box 29, Folder 35 Booksellers' catalogs. 1939 Oct, and 1941 

Physical Description: Charles Yale, catalogue 3. Ward Ritchie Press, 1941 Spr 1941 and 

Aut. 





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San Pasqual Press and Dorothy Bevis. 1939 Dec 




Box 29, Folder 37 Award. 1940 

Physical Description: Mention in: Fifty books of the year, 1940: an exhibition of American 

bookmaking selected and shown by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. 







The Island of Santa Catalina - Books and pamphlets - Research material. 


Notes on deeds. No date 




Box 29, Folder 40 The Catalina islander. v.27 no.24. 1941 Bun 12 

Physical Description: 2 cop. 




Newspaper clippings. 1935 and no date 

Physical Description: Ephemera. 




Correspondence. 1941 Jan - Feb 

Physical Description: Replies to WWR's requests to quote. Includes letters from: Robert 

Glass Cleland and H.R. Wagner. 


The Island of Santa Catalina - Books and pamphlets - Publication material. 


Maps used as illustrations. No date 

Physical Description: Zinc plate used for printing map. 


The Island of Santa Catalina - Books and pamphlets - Publication material. 

Box 29, Folder 44 Bookseller's catalog. 1964 

Physical Description: Yale & Brown Booksellers, Pasadena, CA., catalog 45, 1964 Fall. 


The Island of Santa Catalina - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication material. 

Box 29, Folder 45 Mention. 1944 



Your Future Home - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication material - How best to use the 

help of real estate broker, architect, escrow agent, lender, contractor, and title company 



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Box 30, Folder 1 Maps of Angeles National Forest. 1941 - 1942 

Physical Description: 3. Forest Service. 


The Forest and the People - Books and pamphlets - Research material - The story of the 

Angeles National Forest 


Hiking the wonderful mountains of southern California…. No date 

Physical Description: Map and description of trails, entrances to which are quickly 

reached via Pacific Electric Railway. 





Thomas Bros. map, Los Angeles County. No date 

Physical Description: Showing: highways, roads, railroads, townships, etc. Angeles Forest 

marked. 





Announcements. 1946 Mar - May and no date 

Physical Description: Magazine and newspaper clippings. 


The Forest and the People - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - The story of the 



Correspondence. 1946 May, 1948 Jul, 1956 Nov, 1963 Jul, and no date 

Physical Description: Letter of thanks. Letter ordering copy. Letters acknowledging 

usefulness of the book. Includes letter from: Russ Leadabrand. 


The Forest and the People - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication material - The story of 

the Angeles National Forest 


Reviews. 1946 Apr, Bun & Sep, and no date 






Mentions. 1946 Bun and 1949 Aug 





Box 30, Folder 8 Certificate of Award of merit from the jury of Western Books. 1947 

Physical Description: Signed by Grant Dahlstrom. 






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Reprint of article about Angeles Forest. 1956 Nov/Dec 

Physical Description: Text quotes extensively from WWR's work. 





Correspondence. 1942 Dec, 1944 Nov, 1945 Feb, 1947 Aug - Sep, and 1948 Mar - May 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Charles K. Adams, J.N. Bowman, and Frederick 

Webb Hodge. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Research material - The story of mission land, 

ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land script, and homesteads 


Correspondence. 1943 Jan - Dec, 1944 Jan, 1945 Mar - Jul, and 1946 Jan - Feb 

Physical Description: With officials of various California title companies. 





Correspondence. 1947 Feb - Bun 

Physical Description: With county officials, requesting rancho information. 





Correspondence with California Attorney Generals. 1944 Sep, 1947 Aug 

Physical Description: With Robert W. Kenny and Hartwell H. Linney (Assistant). Also 

enclosure. 




Box 30, Folder 14 Correspondence. 1929 - 1932 

Physical Description: Copies of correspondence about homesteading. 





Notes on land topics. No date 






Notes on squatterism. No date 







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Box 30, Folder 17 Squatterism. 1929 - 1938 






Notes on public domain. No date 





Box 30, Folder 19 Newspaper and magazine clippings. 1941 - 1948 





Townsite laws. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph. Cf. Land in California, p.165. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript material - The story of mission 

land, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land script, and homesteads 


Buying and selling California (chapter 15). No date 

Physical Description: 13 leaves, and 1 leaf holograph notes. Carbon typescript with 






Insurance of title (chapter 16). No date 

Physical Description: 15 leaves. Also 1 leaf holograph notes. Typescript (carbon) with 






The public domain [bibliographical notes]. No date 






Recording, registration, title insurance [bibliographical notes]. No date 







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Physical Description: 22 leaves. Typescript with holograph and paste-on corrections. 



land, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railraod grants, land script, and homesteads 


Correspondence with John Caughey. 1944 Aug, Dec, 1946 Mar 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - The story of mission 



Correspondence with Herbert E. Bolton. 1946 May, 1947 May - Bun 

Physical Description: Includes several typescript outlines of the book. 





Correspondence. 1946 Dec, 1948 Mar - Apr, Bun - Jul 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Robert Glass Cleland, Phil Townsend Hanna, 

and Robert E. Spence. 




Box 30, Folder 29 Correspondence with the University of California Press. 1945 - 1950 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Samuel T. Farquhar, Augst Fruge, and other 

Press staff. 





Letters to Edward Weston. 1948 Mar - Apr, Bun 

Physical Description: About reproducing photographs. 





Letters from Edward Weston. 1948 Mar, Apr, Bun 

Physical Description: 3 items (4 pieces). 2 ALS (also envelope), 1 APS. 





Photographs and proofs of illustrations. No date 





Dustjacket. No date 







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Copy of book with minor holograph notes by WWR. No date 





University of California Press advertisements and announcements. No date 





Announcements and listings other than UC Press. 1948 Jul - Dec, 1949 Apr, 1950 Jan, and 1951 Jan 






Booksellers' announcements. 1948 Nov, and no date 




Box 31, Folder 5 Letters of congratulation and appreciation. 1948 Sep - Dec; 1949 Jan, Mar - Bun; 1950 Nov, 1951 

Dec, and no date 

Physical Description: 57 pieces. Letters from: Henry R. Adams, Edwin Corle (2), Glen 

Dawson, David Malcomson, and Mary Wayne. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - The story of mission land, 



Cards signed by Stuart O' Melveny, enclosed with copies of book. No date 




Box 31, Folder 7 Letters of appreciation sent to Stuart O' Melveny for autographed copies, f. 1 of 2. 1948 Dec - 

1949 Feb 

Physical Description: 95 pieces. Includes letters from: Tom May, Clarence A. Dykstra, 

Hubert Eaton, Fletcher Bowron, Paul H. Helms, Norman Chandler, George B. Hanson. 





Letters of appreciation sent to Stuart O' Melveny for autographed copies, f. 2 of 2.. No date 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Donald W. Douglas, Goodwin Knight, Mary 

Pickford, Phil Townsend Hanna, Justin Dart, Earl Warren, Harvey S. Mudd. 






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Correspondence with Earl Garrettson. 1949 Feb - Mar 

Physical Description: WWR's reply includes list of articles about California cattle 

brands. 





Correspondence. 1966 Oct and 1967 Jan 




Box 31, Folder 11 Reviews. 1948 Nov - 1949 Mar, and Spring 1950 

Physical Description: Newspaper and magazine clippings. 





Mentions. 1949 Jan - Feb, May, Jul, and no date 






Clippings. No date 


The Indians of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Research material - Story of the 

liquidation of a people 


Research material. 



The Indians of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets. 




The Indians of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Research material - Story of the 




Physical Description: WWR's holograph notes. 




The Indians of Los Angeles: story of the liquidation of a people. No date 

Physical Description: 25 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. 


The Indians of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript - Story of the liquidation 

of a people 



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Manuscript. The Indians of Los Angeles: story of the liquidation of a people. 





3 unbound signatures (entire book). No date 


The Indians of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - Story of the 



Letter of appreciation. 1953 Aug 

Physical Description: From David Malcolmson. 


The Indians of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - Story of the 



Correspondence. 1957 Mar 

Physical Description: WWR in response to inquiry mentions Indians of Los Angeles. 





Reviews. 1953 May and Aug 






Mention. 1953 Sep 






Bookseller's catalog. No date 





Newspaper clipping. 1950 May 


Panorama - Books and pamphlets - Research material - A picture history of southern 

California 


Typed notes. No date 


Panorama - Books and pamphlets - Research material - A picture history of southern 




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Correspondence. 1952 Sep - 1953 Jan, and 1958 Feb 

Physical Description: WWR & Mack Sennett, concerning permission to use photos. WWR & 

Reginald Walker, concerning life and works of James Walker. Letter from Cecila Walker. 


Panorama - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - A picture history of southern 



Chapter V, The people come. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Galley proofs. 





Copy.. No date 

Physical Description: In manila envelope printed: This is your copy of Panorama …. 





Publicity clippings. 1953 May and no date 





Letters of thanks. 1954 Feb and 1965 Mar 


Panorama - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - A picture history of southern 



Requests for book. 1953 Feb and May 





Letters from W.H. Allen. 1962 Mar and 1963 Apr 





Letter enclosing information about Walker. 1968 Jan 





Reviews. 1953 May and Jul, and no date 







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Mention. 1953 May 






Award of merit. 1955 Sep 

Physical Description: American Association for State and Local History. 





Letters. 1957 Mar and no date 

Physical Description: Includes photocopy of letter (1959 Aug), British Museum to Donovan 

E. Roberts. 


The Malibu - Books and pamphlets - Research material. 







Typed notes with holograph additions by WWR, chain of title, etc. No date 





Zwart, Adele von Bibra. Malibu: a study in geography. No place. 1948 Bun 

Physical Description: [1] p. leaf. 33 [2] leaves. Carbon typescript. 




Holman, Milton P. The coast highway. No place. No date 




Box 32, Folder 28 Malibu, California: street and place map. 1953 




Newspaper clippings. 1936, 1941, 1947, 1950, 1956 - 1958, and no date 




Newspaper clippings collected after publication. 1961 - 1962, 1964, 1969 - 1970, and no date 





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Letter requesting criticisms. 1957 May 


The Malibu - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript. 


Correspondence. 1957 Jan, 1958 Bun, 1958 Dec, 1959 Jan, and no date 

Physical Description: With Dawson's, publisher; carbons of letters to Lawrence Clark 

Powell and replies. 


The Malibu - Books and pamphlets - Publication material. 


Announcements. 1957, 1958, 1970, and no date 

Physical Description: Dawson's. Tidepool Gallery (for the popular edition). 


The Malibu - Books and pamphlets - Publication material. 


Letters of congratulation, appreciation, etc., f. 1 of 2. 1957 Feb, 1958 Dec 

Physical Description: Includes: photocopy of letter from Alfred Knopf to LCP, Christmas 

card sent by Fay and LCP, using drawing by IBR for the book, Samuel K. Rindge. 


The Malibu - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication. 


Letters of congratulation, appreciation, etc., f. 2 of 2. 1959 Jan - Feb, 1961 Nov, 1962 Oct, 

1963 Bun, 1964 Aug 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Andrew Horn, Merle Armitage. 




Correspondence relating to reviews. 1959 Feb 

Physical Description: Includes: The Malibu by WWR and Lawrence Clark Powell, n.p., 1959. 

Carbon typescript. Letters from: Dwight L. Clark and Russ Leadabrand. 



Box 32, Folder 37 Reviews. 1959, and 1970 




Box 32, Folder 38 Mentions. 1959, and 1970 





University of California broadcast. 1959 May - Jul 

Physical Description: Correspondence between LCP and Hale Sparks, with letters from 

listeners and carbons of Spark's replies. 





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The battle for Malibu, broadcast no. 3874-U.E.1693. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. 2 copies. Typescript (mimeograph). 




The battle for Malibu. No date 





Rouleau, O.A. History of land titles in San Francisco and matters incidental thereto. No date 

Physical Description: 15 leaves. Holograph. In WWR's hand. Uncertain whether notes from, 

or copy of, Rouleau's work. Land in California, p. 262 [variant title]. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Bibliography - cited by WWR - Presidio and 

pueblo - The story of mission lands, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, 

land script, homesteads 

Box 33, Folder 2 Morrow, William W. Spanish and Mexican private land grants. 1923 

Physical Description: Land in California, p. 265. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Bibliography - cited by WWR - Rancho titles - 

The story of mission lands, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land 

script, homesteads 

Box 33, Folder 3 Mexican land grants in California. 1932 Mar 14 

Physical Description: 3 copies. Senate report no. 426, 72nd Congress, 1st Session. Land in 

California, p. 265. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Bibliography - cited by WWR - Rancho titles - 



Box 33, Folder 4 Wheeler, H.N. Mexican grant or United States public domain?. ca. 1931 - 1933 

Physical Description: 13 items. Land in California, p. 267. California lands cited 

separately by WWR. One item is broadside: California land frauds. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Bibliography - cited by WWR - Squatterism - The 

story of mission lands, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land script, 

homesteads 

Box 33, Folder 5 Johnson, Clinton. Fraudulent California land grants. 1926 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript. Land in California, p. 267. 




homesteads 



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Box 33, Folder 6 Johnson, Clinton. Fraudulent California land grants. 1926 

Physical Description: 2 cop. Land in California, p. 267. 




homesteads 


[Summers, Williamson S.] Mexican land grant frauds Hearings before the Committee on Public Lands 

and Surveys, U.S. Senate, 69th Congress, 2nd session …. 1927 

Physical Description: 2 copies. Land in California, p. 267. 




homesteads 


Johnson, Fred W. Homesteading in continental United States. 1944 [reprint] 



Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Bibliography - cited by WWR - Public lands, 

state lands - The story of mission lands, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad 

grants, land script, homesteads 


Johnson, Fred W. Vacant public lands. 1945 Jan 






Box 33, Folder 10 Johnson, Fred W. Land of the free. 1938 







Rouleau, O.A. Public lands of the United States other than those granted to the states. No date 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Holograph. In WWR's hand. Uncertain whether notes from, or 

a copy of, Rouleau's work. Land in California, p. 270. 





Box 33, Folder 12 Kenny, Robert W. Answer of the state of California. 1946 

Physical Description: Land in California, p. 270 - 271. 







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Box 33, Folder 13 Howser, Fred N. This can happen in any state. 1948 






Box 33, Folder 14 Pitts, Edmund D. Pinning down your property. 1936 



Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Bibliography - cited by WWR - Recording, 

registration … - The story of mission lands, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad 



Larue, Morgan E. How California went title insurance overnight. In: Title news. 1932 Nov 

Physical Description: Land in California, p. 272. WWR states article is by James R. Ford. 





Box 33, Folder 16 Cushman, Edward H. Torrens titles and title insurance. 1937 







Report of the Commission for the purpose of examining the Torrens Land Transfer Act of 

Australia. 1895 







Tanner, Frederick C. Registration of titles to real estate in Massachusetts, Illinois and 

California, and suggestions applicable to New York. 1935 






Box 33, Folder 19 Landels, Edward D. A brief review of the Torrens experiment in the United States. 1938 








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Harbes, C.H. Registration of land titles. In: Los Angeles Bar bulletin. 1945 Aug 

Physical Description: v. 20 no. 12. Land in California, p. 272. 






Case and comment [various articles]. 2 cop. 1913 Apr 

Physical Description: v. 19 no. 11. Land in California, p. 272. 





Box 34, Folder 1 Whiting, Rondolf V., ed. California appellate decisions, thirty - first year. 1935 Apr 16 

Physical Description: v. 81 no. 3108. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Not cited by WWR - Presidio and pueblo titles - 




The Spanish archives of California. In: The summons; a journal about law, lawyers and law books 

issued at intervals by Brancroft - Whitney Co. 1930 Spr 

Physical Description: v. 2 no. 6. Prologue prepared by R.C. Hopkins for Dwinelle's 

Colonial history of San Francisco, 1862. WWR does cite Dwinelle in bibliography. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Not cited by WWR - Presidio and pueblo titles - 




Spanish land grant bill [ephemera]. 1930s 



Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Not cited by WWR - Squatterism - The story of 

mission lands, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land script, homesteads 

Box 34, Folder 4 So called grants in Los Angeles County Cal. 1930s? 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript (carbon)?. 




Box 34, Folder 5 National Home and Property Owners Foundation. 1946 Oct 1 







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Before the Department of the Interior … Ben McLendon, et al. v. Rancho Lomas de Santiago and 

James Irvine. 1926 

Physical Description: 2 items. Appeal and Brief in support of the application to review 

the findings. 





Before the Department of the Interior … In the matter of the application to homestead certain 

lands in Los Angeles County, California, by Morrill Allen, Jr., and others. No date 

Physical Description: 2 cop. Brief and argument on motion for rehearing. 





Before the Department of the interior … in the matter of the applications to homestead certain 

land in Los Angeles County, California, by John Adams. 1926 

Physical Description: 2 items. Appeal and Brief in support of the application to review 

the findings. 




Box 34, Folder 9 Congressional Record [clipping]. 1934 Apr 26 





Kenny, Robert W. Before … the Secretary of the Interior … Brief in behalf of the State of 

California on the question whether a Spanish or Mexican land grant …. No date 

Physical Description: 1 item. WWR's note on cover: Valentine script. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Not cited by WWR - Public lands, state lands - 



Box 34, Folder 11 Johnson, Fred V. Vacant public lands: areas by states, counties …. 1945 

Physical Description: 1 item. Department of the Interior. General Land Office. Information 

bulletin no. 4. 





Box 34, Folder 12 Bratton report, Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. Senate report. 1932 Mar 14 

Physical Description: 1 item. 







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McKitrick, Reuben. The public land system of Texas, 1823 - 1910. In: Bulletin of the University 

of Wisconsin. 1918 







Henry, Robert S. The railroad land grant legend in American history texts. Reprint from: The 

Mississippi Valley historical review. 1945 Sep 

Physical Description: v. 32 no. 2. 2 cop. no. 905. 





Box 34, Folder 15 Clark, Walter E. Public land laws - a general discussion. 1942 May 26 






Sir Robert Torrins' Australian land transfer system, a veteran abstracter's opinion, its 

uselessness and general impracticability fully demonstrated; from the Oregon City courier of 

February 10, 1893. No date 



Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Not cited by WWR - Recording, registration, … - 




Land title registration by certificate: the Torrens system simplified and adapted to 

constitutional requirements along lines approved by United States Supreme Court decisions. 1918 

Apr 18 

Physical Description: Treasury Department Federal Farm Loan Bureau bulletin no. 1. 






Kenney, John T. The true way to simplify our land titles, and improve our land taxing system. 

The Torrens system of land transfers, the German system of titles and taxation, and other land 

title systems as related thereto. 1906 Aug 16 






Niblack, William C. Pivotal points in the Torrens system. In: Yale law journal. 1915 Feb 








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Box 34, Folder 20 Office of Joseph F. Connery … Illinois Land Registration Act with annotations. Torrens law. 1913 

Oct 1 






Landels, Edward. Significant phases of title insurance. No date 

Physical Description: Address delivered at twenty - sixth annual convention, California 

Building - Loan League. 





Box 34, Folder 22 Title news. 1935 

Physical Description: v.15 no.1. Proceedings, twenty-ninth annual convention, the American 

Title Association, 1935 Oct 14, 15, and 16. 






Cordes Jr., Frank J. The origin of sections, townships and ranges. No date 

Physical Description: American Title Association studies. 






Origin of sections, townships and ranges goes back to Colonial days. In: California highways and 

public works. 1945 Jan - Feb 

Physical Description: v. 23 no. 1-2. 






Bruck, Porter. A closer perspective on title procedure. Clipping from: California real estate 

magazine. 1941 Nov 






Albertson, E.E. 100 years in land titles: from confusion and questionable ownership to security 

with title insurance. In: Bay area business. 1948 Fall 








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Gates, Paul W. Adjudication of Spanish - Mexican land claims in California. In: The Huntington 

Library quarterly. 1958 May 

Physical Description: v. 21 no. 3. Note by WWR: Important Spanish - Mexican land claims 

article. 


Land in California - Books and pamphlets - Collected after Land in California - The story 

of mission lands, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land script, 

homesteads 


Land - grant and homestead centennials. In: Utah historical quarterly. 1962 Sum 





homesteads 


Anderson, Henry G. A place for your competitor. In: Title news; official publication of the 

American Title Association. 1952 Oct 

Physical Description: v. 31 no. 9. 2 cop. Has note by WWR: Limantour grant, p. 26. 




homesteads 


Albertson, E.E. The most stupendous fraud. Clipping from: National motorist. 1953 May - Bun 

Physical Description: Also WWR's notes. 2 leaves. Holograph. 




homesteads 


Hellyer. Home sweet hoax. Reprint from: Coronet magazine, 1948 Bun. No date 

Physical Description: Issued by Title Insurance and Trust Company. 




homesteads 


State of California. State Lands Commission. Land title law of state of California. 1953 Jan 




homesteads 


Correspondence. 1957 May 


Lawyers of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Research material - A history of the Los 

Angeles Bar Association and of the Bar of Los Angeles County 

Box 35, Folder 2 Clippings. 1911, 1915, and 1949 


Lawyers of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Research material - A history of the Los 




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Illustrative material. No date 

Physical Description: Includes Constitucion del estado de California (1849) [photocopy]. 


Lawyers of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - A history of the Los 



Letter. 1960 Jan 

Physical Description: Refers to dynamiting of the Times. 


Lawyers of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication material - A history of 

the Los Angeles Bar Association and of the Bar of Los Angeles County 


Reviews. 1959 Sep, 1960 Feb - May, and 1961 Mar 






Mention. 1969 Feb 






Booksellers' catalogs. 1963 Spr and 1964 Fall 

Physical Description: Ward Ritchie Press. 





Correspondence. 1969 Feb, 1971 Sep 

Physical Description: Concerns WWR's request to use material in other writing. 





Typed notes and articles. No date 

Physical Description: Primarily about the Pico House and the Merced Theatre. 


Los Angeles from the Days of the Pueblo - Books and pamphlets - Research material - 

Together with a guide to the historic old plaza area including the Pueblo de Los Angeles 

State Historical Monument 


Correspondence. 1958 Sep and 1959 Bun 


Los Angeles from the Days of the Pueblo - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - 





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Box 35, Folder 11 California Historical Society Editorial Advisory Committee minutes. 1959 

Physical Description: Meeting Mar 10. 






Announcement, order blanks, etc. No date 






Letters of thanks, appreciation, etc. 1959 Feb, Bun - Jul, 1963 Oct, 1968 Apr, and 1969 Jan 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Merle Armitage (2). 


Los Angeles from the Days of the Pueblo - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - 



Box 35, Folder 14 Powell, Lawrence Clark. Western books and writers. 1959 







Reviews. 1959 Apr - Sep, Dec 

Physical Description: Newspaper and magazine clippings, magazine. 





Box 35, Folder 16 Mentions. 1959 







Correspondence. 1963 Mar, 1968 Apr, Bun - Jul 

Physical Description: About remaindering and publishing excerpts from. 






Reviews. 1960 Sep 



The Story of the Southwest Museum - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication. 



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Correspondence. 1960 - 1961 and no date 


People Versus Lugo - Books and pamphlets - Research material - Story of a famous Los 

Angeles murder case and its amazing aftermath 








Photocopies from Archives. No date 





People versus Lugo - story of a famous Los Angeles murder case and of its amazing aftermath. No 

date 



People Versus Lugo - Books and pamphlets - Manuscripts - Story of a famous Los Angeles 

murder case and its amazing aftermath 

Box 35, Folder 23 People versus Lugo. 1961 

Physical Description: [5]p. leaves. 36 [2] leaves. Typescript with holograph and paste-on 

corrections. Another copy. Typescript (carbon) with corrections. 




Box 35, Folder 24 People versus Lugo. 1961? 

Physical Description: 40 leaves. Typescript. Incorporates corrections made on previous 

copy. 





Correspondence. 1961 Oct - Nov 


People Versus Lugo - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - Story of a famous Los 



[People versus Lugo]. No date 

Physical Description: 44 leaves. Page proofs with holograph corrections by WWR. 


People Versus Lugo - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - Story of a famous Los 



Letter of appreciation. No date 


People Versus Lugo - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - Story of a famous Los 




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Reviews. 1962 Sep, Nov - Dec, and 1963 Jan 





Box 35, Folder 29 Summons to serve on coroner's jury, Lugo case. 1851 May 30 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph. WWR's note: Given by Glen Dawson to me on 

1/14/67. 





Little history of a big city: Los Angeles. No date 

Physical Description: [5] leaves. Proofs with WWR's corrections. 


Little History of a Big City - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - Los Angeles 

Box 36, Folder 2 Little history of a big city: Los Angeles. 1963 

Physical Description: 33 p. Los Angeles, Dawson's Book Shop. Drawings by Irene Robinson. 



Box 36, Folder 3 Announcements from Dawson's. 1963 - 1964 

Physical Description: Also: classification number from L.C. 




Letters of appreciation. 1963 Oct and 1965 May 

Physical Description: 3 pieces. Letters from: Patrice Manahan, Samuel William Yorty. 


Little History of a Big City - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - Los Angeles 

Box 36, Folder 5 Rounce & Coffin Club Award of merit. 1964 

Physical Description: Signed by Carey S. Bliss. 


Little History of a Big City - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - Los Angeles 


Letters of appreciation, requesting copies and thanking for copies sent. 1965 Feb - Mar, and 

1966 Aug, Oct 



Tarnished Angel - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - Paradisiacal turpitude in Los 

Angeles 


Reviews. 1965 Jan - Feb 



Tarnished Angels - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - Paradisiacal turpitude in Los 

Angeles 



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Box 36, Folder 8 Bookseller's catalog. 1965 


Tarnished Angels - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - Paradisiacal turpitude in Los 

Angeles 


Letter of appreciation. 1964 Jan 



The Changing Scene - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - A 100 year picture-history 

of southern California 


Review. No date 



The Changing Scene - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - A 100 year picture-history 

of southern California 





History of the Miracle Mile - Books and pamphlets - Research material. 

Box 36, Folder 12 Interview with A.W. Ross on 8/24/64. 1964 





Printed ephemera. 1960 and no date 



Box 36, Folder 14 Letter from WWR requesting criticism. 1964 Sep 18 


History of the Miracle Mile - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript material. 


Story of the Miracle Mile. No date 

Physical Description: 9 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections. Also 

notes. 1 leaf. Holograph. 


History of the Miracle Mile - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript. 


Letter requesting copy. 1965 Jul 


History of the Miracle Mile - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication. 


Obituary of A.W. Ross. 1967 Apr 



History of the Miracle Mile - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication. 



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Correspondence. 1965 Apr, Jul, Sep 

Physical Description: 8 pieces. Includes letter from: Anna Marie Hager (which encloses 

material about A.W. Timms). 


Maps of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Research material - From Ord's survey of 1849 

to the end of the "Boom of the Eighties" 







Photocopy and printed items. 1964, 1966, and no date 





WWR's notes to printer. No date 

Physical Description: About a possible illustration. 


Maps of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - From Ord's survey of 

1849 to the end of the "Boom of the Eighties" 


Unbound leaves of the text and reproduced maps (incomplete). No date 



1849 to the end of the 'Boom of the Eighties' 


Announcement from Dawson's. No date 



1849 to the end of the 'Boom of the Eighties' 


Letter from Glen Dawson. 1966 Dec 

Physical Description: 1 piece. Enclosing royalty. 


Maps of Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - From Ord's survey of 1849 

to the end of the 'Boom of the Eighties' 


Letters of appreciation. 1966 Dec - 1967 Mar, and no date 

Physical Description: 16 pieces. Letters from: Henry R. Adams, Blanche Campbell, Don 

Meadows, Lawrence Clark Powell (2). 





Reviews. 1966 Dec - 1967 Mar 







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Correspondence. 1967 Mar and 1970 Dec - 1971 Jan 

Physical Description: Readers' request for information. Topics: first Los Angeles book, 

site of the Camino Viejo. 





Comments on Los Angeles. No date 

Physical Description: 5 leaves and 2 leaves. WWR's notes. Holograph. Other notes: 

holograph. 


Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Research material - A profile 


Comments on Los Angeles. 1965 - 1967 and no date 

Physical Description: Magazine and newspaper clippings. Includes articles about Los 

Angeles / San Francisco. 




Civic beauty and Mrs. Valley Knudsen. 1950 and no date 




Box 36, Folder 31 Beverly Hills. 1959 - 1965 

Physical Description: Newspaper and magazine clippings. Includes obituary of Burton E. 

Green. 




Freeways, city planning, etc. Magazine and newspaper clippings. 1965 - 1967, and no date 




Menu from Good Fellows Grotto grill and oyster house. No date 

Physical Description: Numerous signatures: Carl S. Dentzel, Ward Ritchie, Robert J. Woods, 

etc. Inscribed: Here's to the Robinson who had the last 3 hangtown fries. 




Los Angeles: a profile. No date 

Physical Description: [3] p. leaves. 126 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. 


Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Manuscripts - A profile 


Los Angeles: a profile. No date 

Physical Description: [1] p. leaves. 133 leaves. Carbon typescript with holograph 

corrections. Incorporates corrections above. Numbering begins with leaf 3. 


Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Manuscripts - A profile 



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Correspondence. 1966 Aug, 1967 Dec, and 1968 Jan and Apr 

Physical Description: 7 leaves. Includes letter from Lawrence Clark Powell (signed 

carbon). 


Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - A profile 

Box 36, Folder 37 News releases and advertisements. 1968 


Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - A profile 


Letters of congratulation and appreciation. 1968 Bun - Oct, 1969 Feb - Mar, and no date 

Physical Description: Letters from: Henry R. Adams, Helen Dales, Lawrence Clark Powell 

(2), Archbold Robinson. 


Los Angeles - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - A profile 


Letter from Lawrence Clark Powell, with enclosures. 1968 Jul 

Physical Description: 1 piece. 




Correspondence, about author appearance. 1968 Mar and no date 




Letters enclosing copies of reviews, etc. No date 

Physical Description: 7 pieces. Includes letter from: Richard Dillon. 




Reviews. 1968 Jul - Dec, and no date 





Correspondence. 1967 Sep, Dec 

Physical Description: 6 pieces. Concerns lecture on which publication was based, delivered 

5 Dec 1967 at Berkeley, as the first of the Susanna Dakin Memorial Lectures. 


Woman of California - Books and pamphlets - Research material - Susanna Bryant Dakin 


Correspondence. 1956 May, 1966 Bun, and 1967 Jan 

Physical Description: 4 pieces. Enclosure: 1 leaf. Carbons and photocopies of letters of 

SBD. Also photostat of newspaper article about the Dakin funeral service. 










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Box 37, Folder 9 Susanna Bryant Dakin. 1966? 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Carbon typescript with holograph corrections. 2 copies, 

one marked "final." Corrections on one copy are in WWR's hand. 




Woman of California: Susanna Bryant Dakin. No date 

Physical Description: [15] leaves. 2 copies. Typescript and typescript (carbon), each with 

holograph and paste-on corrections. 


Woman of California - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript - Susanna Bryant Dakin 

Box 37, Folder 11 Woman of California: Susanna Bryant Dakin. 1967 Dec 5 

Physical Description: 16 leaves, each copy. Typescript. Another copy. Photocopy. 


Woman of California - Books and pamphlets - Manuscripts - Susanna Bryant Dakin 


Susanna Bryant Dakin. No date 

Physical Description: 16 leaves. Carbon typescript of above, without date. Holograph 

corrections on this copy are those made for printing. 


Woman of California - Books and pamphlets - Manuscripts - Susanna Bryant Dakin 


Correspondence. 1967 Nov - Dec, 1968 Bun - Jul, and 1969 Jan - Feb 


Woman of California - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - Susanna Bryant Dakin 


Letters requesting copies, thanking for copies sent, etc. 1969 Feb 

Physical Description: 9 pieces. Includes letters from: Anna Marie Hager, Wallace Heberd, 

Edward Huntsman-Trout. 


Woman of California - Books and pamphlets - Post-publication - Susanna Bryant Dakin 



Physical Description: 2 leaves. Holograph. One leaf of notes is from interview with 

Fletcher Bowron. 


Bombs and Bribery - Books and pamphlets - Research material - The story of the McNamara 

and Darrow trials following the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building 


Letter from Glen Dawson. 1968 Sep 






Photocopies of materials from Los Angeles Times files. No date 

Physical Description: Sent 1969 Apr and June. With notes from Bill Hendrick[s?]. 






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Box 37, Folder 18 The Los Angeles Record. 1911 Dec 5 




Box 37, Folder 19 The McNamara and Darrow trials…. 1969 

Physical Description: [5] p. leaves, 29 [3] leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. 

Is marked: Fro R.J. Hoffman [printer]. Descriptions of illustrations leaf [38]. 1 leaf is 

carbon typescript. 


Bombs and Bribery - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript - The story of the McNamara and 

Darrow trials following the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building 

Box 37, Folder 20 The McNamara and Darrow trials…. 1969 

Physical Description: 11 leaves. Galley proofs with WWR's and printer's holograph 

corrections. Title is corrected to Bombs and bribery. 


Bombs and Bribery - Books and pamphlets - Manuscript - The story of the McNamara and 

Darrow trials following the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building 

Box 37, Folder 21 Los Angeles Times. 1910 Oct 1, 1911 Dec 14 

Physical Description: Used as illustration. 


Bombs and Bribery - Books and pamphlets - Publication material - The story of the McNamara 


Box 37, Folder 22 Los Angeles Express. 1910 Oct 1 





Box 37, Folder 23 Los Angeles Examiner. 1910 Oct 1 





Box 37, Folder 24 Appeal to reason. 1911 Sep 2 




Box 37, Folder 25 California State Federation of Labor Committee. 1910 Oct 26 







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The open shop in Los Angeles. No date 

Physical Description: Printed by the Los Angeles Times. 





Genealogy of Cota family. No date 



Land Titles in Long Beach - Calendar booklets - Research material. 


Street map of Long Beach prepared for Standard Oil Company of California. No date 


Land Titles in Long Beach - Calendar booklets - Research material. 


Newspaper clippings. 1950, 1961, 1967, and no date 


Land Titles of Long Beach - Calendar booklets - Research material. 

Box 38, Folder 4 Magazine and newspaper clippings. 1950 


Santa Monica - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events in the making 

of a city 


Letter from Edwin Corle, thanking for copy sent. 1951 Jan 



Santa Monica - Calendar booklets - Post - publication - A calendar of events in the making 

of a city 

Box 38, Folder 6 Letters from Thomas Workman Temple II. 1936 Jan 13, 20 

Physical Description: 2 items. 4 pieces. 


Glendale - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events in the making of a 

city 

Box 38, Folder 7 Leslie Brand estate. 1960 



Glendale - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events in the making of a 

city 


Mention. 1949 Jul 



Glendale - Calendar booklets - Post-publication - A calendar of events in the making of a 

city 


Correspondence. 1936 Aug 



Pomona - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events in the making of a 

city 



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Brochures. 1962 and no date 

Physical Description: Also newspaper supplement. 


Pomona - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events in the making of a 

city 


Pomona: a calendar of events in the making of a city. No date 

Physical Description: [1]p. 12 [2] leaves. Carbon typescript. Holograph note by WWR: 

Corrections not made. 


Pomona - Calendar booklets - Manuscript - A calendar of events in the making of a city 

Box 38, Folder 12 Pomona showing Rancho San Jose. 1936 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Prepared by Title Guarantee and Trust. Hand-colored. 


Pomona - Calendar booklets - Publication material - A calendar of events in the making of 

a city 

Box 38, Folder 13 Grand excursion to the beautiful town of Pomona!. 1887 

Physical Description: Cover of excursion and auction sale. (Photocopy) Original map filed. 


Pomona - Calendar booklets - Publication material - A calendar of events in the making of 

a city 


Correspondence. 1938 Nov - Dec 



San Pedro and Wilmington - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events in 

the making of two cities and the Los Angeles Harbor 



Physical Description: 9 leaves. Typescript and holograph. 





Printed brochures. 1955 - 1956, and no date 

Physical Description: Harbor, Rancho San Pedro, Rancho Los Palos Verdes, etc. 





Wilmington and San Pedro Harbors, California [map]. 1905 March 

Physical Description: Published at Washington, D.C. by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

Photocopy. 






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Box 38, Folder 18 Newspaper clippings. 1950, 1954, 1957, 1960, and 1965 





Untitled, beginning: Cities have arisen of old ranchos - and we at once think of San Pedro …. No 

date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript with minor holograph corrections. Another copy. 



San Pedro and Wilmington - Calendar booklets - Manuscripts - A calendar of events in the 

making of two cities and the Los Angeles Harbor 


San Pedro and Wilmington: a calendar of events in the making of two cities and the Los Angeles 

Harbor. No date 

Physical Description: [12] leaves. Typescript (carbon). 


San Pedro and Wilmington - Calendar booklets - Manuscripts - A calendar of events in the 

making of two cities and the Los Angeles Harbor 

Box 38, Folder 21 Letter from WWR. 1956 

Physical Description: Concerns rewriting the book, possibly to include material of Palos 

Verdes or to do new book on Palos Verdes. 


San Pedro and Wilmington - Calendar booklets - Post - publication - A calendar of events 

in the making of two cities and the Los Angeles Harbor 


Letter. 1958 Dec 



Inglewood - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events in the making of 

a city 


Inglewood, California, "harbor of the air": an economic survey. 1941 Oct 

Physical Description: 60 p. Prepared by the Inglewood Chamber of Commerce. 



a city 


Printed ephemera. 1936 and no date 

Physical Description: About Centinela Days, etc. 



a city 


Carbon of letter from WWR. 1947 Sep 



Inglewood - Calendar booklets - Post - publication - A calendar of events in the making of 

a city 



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Correspondence. 1937 Nov 

Physical Description: 5 pieces. With Thomas Workman Temple. 


Beverly Hills - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events in the making 

of a city 


Brochures and magazine clippings. No date 



of a city 


Newspaper clippings. 1950, 1954, 1961, and no date 



of a city 

Box 38, Folder 29 Sightseeing map of Los Angeles County. 1937 

Physical Description: Includes movie stars homes. 



of a city 


Drawing by IBR for first page of text. No date 

Physical Description: Also lettered title page. 


Beverly Hills - Calendar booklets - Publication material - A calendar of events in the 

making of a city 


Mention. 1938 Feb 



Beverly Hills - Calendar booklets - Post - publication - A calendar of events in the 



Letter from Burton E. Green to Stuart O' Melveny. 1952 Sep 

Physical Description: 1 piece. Corrects WWR's account of the naming of Beverly Hills. 





Correspondence. 1956 Feb - Mar 

Physical Description: 3 pieces. About reprinting. 





WWR's notes. 1956 - 1957, and no date 

Physical Description: 26 leaves. Holograph and typescript. Among these are: Interview with 

Mrs. Dace 12/30/56, Interview with J. Benton Van Nuys 1/18/57. 


San Fernando Valley - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events 



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Box 38, Folder 35 Letter from Harold Janss to O.F. Brant. 1912 Dec 3 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. TLS. On Janss Investment Co. letterhead. 




Note on business card, enclosing brochures. No dates 




Pages from Book Club of California publication: Account of a tour of the California missions. 

1856 




Brochures, etc. 1941, 1964, and no date 



Box 38, Folder 39 San Fernando Valley Federal Savings. 1960 

Physical Description: Street map of San Fernando Valley. 



Box 38, Folder 40 Newspaper clippings. 1910 and 1915 




Newspaper clippings. 1948, 1950, 1955, 1961 - 1962, and no date 




Captions for photographs. No dates 

Physical Description: [4] leaves. Carbon typescript. 


San Fernando Valley - Calendar booklets - Publication material - A calendar of events 

Box 38, Folder 43 Janss Investment Co. Grand excursion to Owensmouth…. 1912 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Printed flyer: Saturday December 7th, 1912, opening of the 

new electric railroad, monster free Spanish barbecue…. 




Announcements. 1961, 1963, and no date 




Letters of appreciation. 1961, 1967, and no date 

Physical Description: Includes letter from Robert D. Wayne. 


San Fernando Valley - Calendar booklets - Post - publication - A calendar of events 



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Reviews. 1951, 1961, and no date 



San Fernando Valley - Calendar booklets - Post - publication - A calendar of events 


1 typescript leaf numbered 13. No dates 

Physical Description: Similar to passages in both The story of San Fernando Valley and 

Fabulous San Fernando Valley. 


San Fernando Valley - Calendar booklets - Manuscript - A calendar of events 


Letter from Lillian Stratton. 1967 Jul 

Physical Description: 1 piece (letter). Encloses ms. concerning founding of the first 

motion picture studio in Culver City. 


Culver City, California - Calendar booklets - Research material - A calendar of events - 

in which is included, also, the story of Palms and Playa del Rey together with Rancho La 

Ballona and Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes 


Interviews about Playa del Rey, the lagoon, etc. No date 





Box 39, Folder 3 Brochure. 1938 





Box 39, Folder 4 Newspaper clippings. 1937 - 1938, 1960, and 1967 





Box 39, Folder 5 Review. 1939 



Culver City, California - Calendar booklets - Post - publication - A calendar of events - 




Historical flags of Orange County. No date 


The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County - Calendar booklets - Research 

material. 



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Box 39, Folder 7 Letter from J. Frank Dobie to Glen Dawson. 1951 Jan 16 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. TLS. Ordering copy of The old Spanish and Mexican ranchos of 

Orange County. 


The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County - Calendar booklets - Post - 

publication. 





The Story of Tulare County and Visalia - Calendar booklets - Research material. 


Letter from W.H. Allen. 1954 Feb 

Physical Description: 1 piece. Encloses magazine clipping. 



Box 39, Folder 10 Magazines and journals. 1938, 1958, 1967, and 1969 - 1971 



Box 39, Folder 11 N.A. Huth - street map. 1948 

Physical Description: City of Visalia and vicinity. 





The Story of Tulare County and Visalia - Calendar booklets - Newspaper clipping. 


Letter. 1952 Apr 

Physical Description: 1 piece. Also 2 county centennial brochures. 


The Story of Tulare County and Visalia - Calendar booklets - Post - publication. 

Box 39, Folder 14 Biography of Alfred James Salisbury. 1927 Mar 18 

Physical Description: 16 leaves. [Author unknown]. Typescript (photocopy). 


The Story of Ventura County - Calendar booklets - Research material. 

Box 39, Folder 15 Newspaper clippings. 1912, 1956 - 1958, 1960 - 1964, and 1966 - 1967 


The Story of Ventura County - Calendar booklets - Research material. 


Correspondence. 1955 Nov and 1956 Apr 


The Story of Ventura County - Calendar booklets - Publication material. 


Reviews. 1956 Jan and May 



The Story of Ventura County - Calendar booklets - Post - publication. 



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Remarkable Captain Juan Wilson. No date 

Physical Description: [5] leaves. [Author unknown]. Typescript. 


The Story of San Luis Obispo - Calendar booklets - Research material. 



The Story of San Luis Obispo - Calendar booklets - Research material. 


Correspondence. 1956 Apr and Dec 

Physical Description: 5 pieces. Apr 1956 letter is a list of projects WWR thinks 

worthwhile during his retirement; letters also refer to San Bernardino and Riverside 

booklets. 


The Story of San Luis Obispo - Calendar booklets - Publication material. 


WWR's notes on expenses. No date 


The Story of San Luis Obispo - Calendar booklets - Publication material. 


Letters of appreciation. 1957 May and 1960 Sep 



The Story of San Luis Obispo - Calendar booklets - Post - publication. 


Reviews. 1957 Bun 





Correspondence. 1969 Jul 

Physical Description: 4 pieces. Concerns permission to use WWR's work in another format. 




Letter. 1956 Mar 



The Story of Riverside County - Calendar booklets - Research material. 


Newspaper clippings. 1958 - 1960, 1963, 1968, 1970, and no date 


The Story of Riverside County - Calendar booklets - Research material. 


Correspondence. 1956 Bun and 1964 Mar 



The Story of Riverside County - Calendar booklets - Publication material. 



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Map (photocopy). No date 


The Story of Riverside County - Calendar booklets - Publication material. 


Announcement of autograph party. 


The Story of Riverside County - Calendar booklets - Post - publication. 


Reviews. 1957 Bun - Jul and Sep 





Letter from Tom Patterson. 1969 Aug 





Correspondence. 1957 Aug - Oct 

Physical Description: 12 pieces. Enclosures with replies: Map of freeway progress, and Map 

of Mission Indian reservations. Includes letter from Patrice Manahan. 


The Story of San Bernardino - Calendar booklets - Research material. 





The Story of San Bernardino County - Calendar booklets - Research material. 


Map of the south - west portion of San Bernardino County, embracing 48 townships. No date 





Printed and mimeographed material. 1938, 1957, 1960, and no date 




Newspaper clipping. 1959 - 1960, 1966 - 1967, and no date 



Box 39, Folder 37 Clipping, Location notice, and real estate document [photocopies]. 1888, 1905, and 1949 

Physical Description: Location notice, quartz claim. Real estate document of Virgil Earp. 




Correspondence. 1958 Mar - May, and no date 

Physical Description: 22 pieces. Requests to read manuscript and suggestions received. 

Includes letters from: L. Burr Beldon, George Whitney. 


The Story of San Bernardino County - Calendar booklets - Manuscript material. 



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Correspondence. 1957 Sep, 1958 Feb, and no date 

Physical Description: 10 pieces. Concerning map in book. 


The Story of San Bernardino County - Calendar booklets - Publication material. 


Correspondence. 1957 Nov and no date 

Physical Description: 4 pieces. Printer's estimate, quotations for publicity, etc. 




Announcements. 1959 Apr - May 




Letters of congratulation and appreciation. 1959 Apr - May 

Physical Description: 9 pieces. Letters from: Carey S. Bliss, Dwight L. Clarke, J. Frank 

Dobie, Francis Farquhar, Marcus Crahan, David Magee. 


The Story of San Bernardino County - Calendar booklets - Post - publication. 


Letters requesting copies. 1959 May and 1971 Dec 

Physical Description: 3 pieces. Includes letter from: Larry E. Burgess. 




Reviews. 1959 Apr - May 





Kern County notes, memos, etc. (aftermath of a booklet). No dates 


The Story of Kern County - Calendar booklets - WWR's filing note. 


Letters requesting research material and replies. 1960 Dec and 1961 Jan - Feb 

Physical Description: 14 pieces. With enclosures. 


The Story of Kern County - Calendar booklets - Research material. 







Printed items. 1894, 1950, 1955 - 1957, 1959, 1963 - 1964, and no date 

Physical Description: 13 pieces. Primarily from the Kern County Historical Society. 

Includes the cost of making a settler's home in the famous Kern delta. 





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Box 40, Folder 12 Maps. f.1 of 3. 1952 

Physical Description: U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Sequoia National Forest (south half), Mt. 

Diablo Meridian. 




Physical Description: Maps - U.S.D.A. Forest Service, National forests of California, f. 2 

of 3. 




Physical Description: Map of Kern County adapted from the general county map as judicial 

districts. Prepared and issued by Bakersfield Abstract Division, TIT. 




Magazine and newspaper clippings. 1950, 1952 - 1953, 1961 - 1962, 1965, and no date 



Box 40, Folder 16 The story of Kern County. 1961 

Physical Description: 52 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Sent to George L. Henderson, for 

comment. Includes letter to WWR from GLH, Feb 1961. 


The Story of Kern County - Calendar booklets - Manuscripts. 


Physical Description: [14] leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Section headed 

"1936: a corporation … takes over …" to the end of the work. 


The Story of Kern County - Calendar booklets - Manuscripts. 


Correspondence. 1960 Dec 



The Story of Kern County - Calendar booklets - Publication material. 


Physical Description: 55 leaves. Typescript and carbon typescript with holograph and 

paste-on corrections. Printer's copy. 




Physical Description: 23 leaves. Uncorrected galley proofs. 





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Physical Description: 23 leaves. Corrected galley proofs. Together with 1 leaf: new 

corrections. 




Letters of appreciation, etc. 1961 Apr, and 1963 Jan & Mar 


The Story of Kern County - Calendar booklets - Post - publication. 


Reviews. 1961 Mar - Apr 





WWR's list of recipients. No date 




Box 41, Folder 1 As distributed the following dates. 1935, 1942, 1948, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1964 


Land Titles in Long Beach - Calendar booklets - Copies. 

Box 41, Folder 2 As distributed the following dates. 1935, 1942, 1950 (anniversary edition), 1950, 1955, 1959, 

1962 


Santa Monica - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events that made a city 

Box 41, Folder 3 As distributed the following dates. 1935, 1942, 1949, 1955, 1961, 1964 

Physical Description: 1942 - holograph corrections (apricot), 1949 - 2 copies (1 orange, 1 

rust cover), 1955 - 2 copies. 


Pasadena - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events in the making of a city 



Whittier - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events in the making of a city 

Box 41, Folder 5 As distributed the following dates. 1936, 1942 

Physical Description: 1942 - holograph corrections. 


Glendale - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events in the making of a city 

Box 41, Folder 6 As distributed the following dates. 1936, 1936 (gold cover), 1942 


Monrovia - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events in the making of a city 


Physical Description: 1936 - 2 copies. 


Pomona - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events in the making of a city 



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San Pedro and Wilmington - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events in the making 

of two cities and the Los Angeles Harbor 



Inglewood - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events in the making of a city 



Beverly Hills - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events in the making of a city 


Physical Description: Revised and reprinted as The story of San Fernando Valley for 1961 

and after, 1951 - 2 copies, 1967 - 2 copies. 


San Fernando Valley - Calendar booklets - A calendar of events 



Culver City - Calendar booklets - Copies - A calendar of events - in which is included, 

also, the story of Palms and Playa Del Rey together with Rancho La Ballona and Rancho 

Rincon de los Bueyes 

Box 41, Folder 13 As distributed the following dates. f.1 of 2. 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 



The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County - Calendar booklets - Copies. 

Box 41, Folder 14 As distributed the following dates. f.2 of 2. 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965 



The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County - Calendar booklets - Copies. 



The Story of Tulare County and Visalia - Calendar booklets - Copies. 

Box 42, Folder 1 As distributed the following dates. 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963 



The Story of Ventura County - Calendar booklets - Copies. 

Box 42, Folder 2 As distributed the following dates. 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965 


The Story of San Luis Obispo County - Calendar booklets - Copies. 

Box 42, Folder 3 As distributed the following dates. 1957, 1959, 1964 

Physical Description: 1957 - 2 copies, 1964 - not here. 


The Story of Riverside County - Calendar booklets - Copies. 



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Box 42, Folder 4 As distributed the following dates. 1958, 1959, 1962, 1966 


The Story of San Bernardino County - Calendar booklets - Copies. 

Box 42, Folder 5 As distributed the following dates. 1961, 1963, 1965 



The Story of Kern County - Calendar booklets - Copies. 

Box 43, Folder 1 Announcement. 1954? 

Physical Description: Card with W. Herbert Allen's signature (printed). 


Titles - Compiled and edited works - Post - publication - A practical manual of California 

land law for title and trust companies, banks and interested laymen; of forms for title 

men; and of legal terms and phrases 


Certificate of copyright. 1942 Feb 


What They Say About the Angels - Compiled and edited works - Publication material. 

Box 43, Folder 3 Letter from Charles Yale. 1943 Jan 5 

Physical Description: 1 piece. TPS. 


What They Say About the Angels - Compiled and edited works - Post - publication. 


Letters of appreciation. 1942 Feb - May, and no date 

Physical Description: 10 pieces. Some enclose copies of reviews, etc. Includes letter 

from: Archbold Robinson. 




Letter from Faith Holmes Byers. 1942 Mar 




Box 43, Folder 6 Script for: Looks at books by Faith Holmes Byers. 1942 April 29 

Physical Description: [8] leaves. KFI, Sundays at 12:45 p.m. Typescript with holograph 

corrections. Includes dialogue marked "Robinson". 




Reviews. 1941 Sep, 1942 Feb - Mar, and no date 






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Copy of the book with individual quotations pasted on note cards. No dates 

Physical Description: 79 cards. Cards often with additional notes by WWR. Possibly 

intended for use in lectures?. 




Correspondence. 1946 Oct and Dec 



T 'N' T - Compiled and edited works - Research material - A monthly company magazine 

published by Title Insurance and Trust Company 


Collection of oddities by W.W. Robinson. No dates 

Physical Description: Scrapbook with "filler" items for the publication. 


T 'N' T - Compiled and edited works - Research material - A monthly company magazine 



Copies. 1946 Dec and 1947 Jan 

Physical Description: V.2, no.11; V.3, no.1. News of WWR mentioned in Jan 1947 issue. Both 

contains articles on history of T.I.T. Article in Dec 1946 issue. 


T 'N' T - Compiled and edited works - Publication material - A monthly company magazine 



WWR article. 1956 May 

Physical Description: v.12 no.5. Connie Riebe needs no introduction, says W.W.R., but--. 


T 'N' T - Compiled and edited works - Publication material - A monthly company magazine 



Mention. 1951 May 



T 'N' T - Compiled and edited works - Post - publication - A monthly company magazine 



Correspondence, f.1 of 2. 1946 Jul, Dec, 1947 Jan - Mar, Jul and Dec, 1948 May, Nov 

Physical Description: Letters from: Charles K. Adams, Carl Wheat, Andre Simon, Marcus 

Crahan. 


Hoja Volante - Compiled and edited works - Research material - A quarterly published by 

the Zamorano Club, Los Angeles 


Correspondence, f.2 of 2. 1949 Jan, Apr, Aug, Oct, 1950 Oct. 1953 Nov, 1954 Mar, no date 

Physical Description: Letters from: Charles K. Adams, Marcus Crahan, Francis P. Farquhar, 

Frederick Webb Hodge, Willis Kerr, H. Richard Archer, and Lawrence Clark Powell. 






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WWR's notes. No dates 

Physical Description: 44 leaves. Typescript and (primarily) holograph. 





Magazine clippings, printed and mimeographed materials. 1927 - 1971 (inclusive) 

Physical Description: Dates are primarily 1950s. 





Newspaper clippings. 1946, 1953 - 1958, 1966, 1971 - 1972, and no date 

Physical Description: Initially collected for news notes on Zamorano members. 





Various paragraphs, drafts for the publication. No dates 



Hoja Volante - Compiled and edited works - Manuscript material - A quarterly published by 



Typescript for WWR's first issue as editor. No date 

Physical Description: 5 leaves. Incomplete. 





Typescripts, first issue and others. Various dates 






Hoja volante. no.15. 1947 May 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Page proofs with corrections. 





Hoja volante. 1950 Nov 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Page proof with corrections. Incomplete. 





Hoja volante. no.15, 21, 24. No date 

Physical Description: With minor holograph markings by WWR. 






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Letters of appreciation. 1948 Feb, May, and 1950 May, Aug, Nov 

Physical Description: 7 pieces. Letters from: Charles K. Adams, Idwal Jones. 


Hoja Volante - Compiled and edited works - Post - publication - A quarterly published by 




Physical Description: Accepting WWR's resignation. 


Hoja Volante - Compiled and edited works - Post - publication - A quarterly published by 



Letter of appreciation. 1958 Jan 


The Westerners Brand Book - Compiled and edited works - Post - publication - Book number 

seven 


Letter. 1965 Aug 

Physical Description: Encloses photocopy of poem. 


San Francisco and Los Angeles in 1884 - Compiled and edited works - Post - publication. 


Bookseller's catalog. 1962 Mar 

Physical Description: Listing in: Yale & Brown, booksellers, catalogue 40. 



Box 43, Folder 30 Letter. 1937 [sic, 1967?] Feb 6 




Reviews. 1961 May & Jul, and no date 



A Bookman's View of Los Angeles - Compiled and edited works - Post - publication. 


Letter from Tyrus G. Harmsen. 1965 Dec 



Zamorano Choice - Compiled and edited works - Research material - Selections from the 

Zamorano Club's "Hoja volante" 1934 - 1966 


Notes by WWR. No date 



Zamorano Choice - Compiled and edited works - Research material - Selections from the 




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Correspondence. 1967 Feb - Mar 

Physical Description: 8 pieces. Concerns copyright. 


Zamorano Choice - Compiled and edited works - Publication material - Selections from the 






Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853 - 1913 - Compiled and edited works - Research 

material - Containing the reminiscences or Harris Newmark (Fourth edition) 




Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853 - 1913 - Compiled and edited works - Research 

material - Containing the reminiscences or Harris Newmark (Fourth edition) 


Letter from Grover Jacoby. 1970 Mar 

Physical Description: 2 pieces. From relative of Newmark. 


Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853 - 1913 - Compiled and edited works - Post - 

publication - Containing the reminiscences or Harris Newmark (Fourth edition) 

Box 44, Folder 1 List of books by Irene and W W Robinson. 1946? 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph. In IBR's hand on California Water Color Society 

letterhead. 


More Than One Title - Juvenile books - Bibliography. 



Physical Description: 2 leaves. Holograph. In WWR's hand. 


More Than One Title - Juvenile books - Research material. 


Clippings. 1935, 1965, and no date 


More Than One Title - Juvenile books - Research material. 


Correspondence. f.1 of 2. 1939 Jul, 1938 Jul, 1940 Jan, 1954 Jul, 1962 Nov, and 1963 Sep 


More Than One Title - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 


Correspondence. f.2 of 2. 1964 Jan, 1967 Feb - Mar, 1968 Dec, and no date 



Box 44, Folder 6 Letter from Irvine Kerlan. 1959 Apr 15 

Physical Description: 1 item, 2 pieces. And enclosures. Enclosures about Kerlan and his 

collection. 





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WWR's notes for talk. No date 

Physical Description: 5 leaves. Holograph and typescript with holograph corrections. Seems 

to be structured around Lions. 



Box 44, Folder 8 Publisher's announcements. 1963, 1965 - 1966, 1968 - 1969 




Bryson, Frances Wood. Irene and W.W. Robinson. 1937 Jul - Aug 

Physical Description: In: the horn book magazine, books and reading for young people. v.13 

no.4. 



Box 44, Folder 10 Reviews and mentions, more than one title. 1938 - 1939 and 1941 





Reviews and mentions. 1938 Nov and 1940 Dec 

Physical Description: Clippings of articles by Perry Worden. 




Author appearances. Newspaper clippings. 1962 Oct - Nov and 1965 Oct 




Author appearances. Programs. 1950 Jul, 1962 Dec, 1963 Nov, and no date 




Items collected about children's literature. 1955 - 1956 and no date 

Physical Description: No mentions of IBR or WWR. 




Publishers' announcements and booksellers' catalogs. 1932, 1961, and no date 


Beasts of the Tar Pits - Juvenile books - Publication material - Tales of ancient America 


Reviews. 1932 Jul - Sep and Nov, 1933 Feb, 1941 Jul, and no date 

Physical Description: Clippings and photocopies of clippings. 


Beasts of the Tar Pits - Juvenile books - Post - publication - Tales of ancient America 


Correspondence. 1933 Jul - Aug, 1934 Jul, 1935 Jul, and 1958 Mar 

Physical Description: 6 pieces. 4 items, 5 pieces. 1 piece. Also WWR's notes on envelope. 


Beasts of the Tar Pits - Juvenile books - Post - publication - Tales of ancient America 



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Correspondence. 1934 Jul and 1935 Jul 

Physical Description: 2 items, 5 pieces. Royalty statements. 


Ancient Animals - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 

Box 44, Folder 19 Publisher's announcements. 1966 - 1967 




Reviews. 1934 May & Aug, 1962 Aug, and no date 





Correspondence. 1934 Jan, Feb and Sep, and 1965 Apr 

Physical Description: 4 items, 5 pieces. 1934 photocopies. 


Animals in the Sun - Juvenile books - Publication material - About crocodiles, lizards, 

turtles and snakes 


Reviews. 1934 Oct - Dec 



Animals in the Sun - Juvenile books - Post - publication - About crocodiles, lizards, 

turtles and snakes 


Publishers' announcements. 1962, 1964, and no date 


Elephants - Juvenile books - Publication material. 


Correspondence. 1941 May, 1962 Mar and 1968 Aug 



Elephants - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 


Reviews. 1935 Nov - Dec, 1936 Feb, and 1937 Nov 



Elephants - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 


Form, permission to reprint. 1967 Feb 


Lions - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 


Reviews. 1936 Nov - Dec, and 1937 Jan - Mar & Bun 






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Mention. 1950 Mar 




Box 44, Folder 29 Announcement. 1966 


The Book of Bible Animals - Juvenile books - Publication material. 

Box 44, Folder 30 Dust jacket. 1966 

Physical Description: [2 copies]. 


The Book of Bible Animals - Juvenile books - Publication material. 


Letter. 1966 Aug, Nov 



The Book of Bible Animals - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 


Reviews. 1938 Sep, Nov - Dec; 1939 Mar, Bun - Jul, Sep; 1965 Oct; 1967 Feb; no date 





Author appearance. Clippings. 1967 Jan 




Review?. No date 

Physical Description: In IBR's hand on envelope. 


On the Farm - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 

Box 44, Folder 35 Review. KMPC radio review. 1941 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript. Commentator: Millard Fillmore Binney. Also: 

business card. 




Reviews. 1938 Nov; 1939 May - Jul, Dec; and 1944 Mar 




Box 44, Folder 37 Book week list. 1939 




Looks at books by Faith Holmes Hyers. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Radio KECA, Sundays 1:30 p.m. 


At the Zoo - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 



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Reviews. 1940 Oct - Dec, 1941 Dec, and 1942 Jan 





Mention. No date 





Correspondence. 1941 Feb, and 1963 Sep - Oct 



At the Seashore - Juvenile books - Publication material. 



At the Seashore - Juvenile books - Publication material. 

Box 44, Folder 43 Review and Letter from Faith Holmes Hyers. 1942 May 17 

Physical Description: 3 pieces. Encloses: Look at books by Faith Holmes Hyers, KFI - 

Sundays at 1:45 p.m. 


At the Seashore - Juvenile books - Post - publication material. 


Reviews. 1942 Mar - Aug 



At the Seashore - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 



Big Boy - Juvenile books - Publication material. 


Reviews. 1939 Apr [?], 1944 Mar, May - Nov 



Big Boy - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 


Author appearance. Printed announcement. No date 


Big Boy [And at the Seashore] - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 


Letters of appreciation. 1961 Sep, and 1969 Jan 

Physical Description: 2 items, 3 pieces. Also mentioned: Rancho Sausal Redondo. 


Picture Book of Animal Babies - Juvenile books - Post - publication material. 


Reviews. 1946 Oct - Nov, 1947 Aug - Sep, Nov - Dec; and 1948 Feb 


Picture Book of Animal Babies - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 



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Box 44, Folder 50 Mentions. 1948 



Picture Book of Animal Babies - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 


Correspondence. No date 

Physical Description: 20 incoming items, 21 pieces; 28 outgoing items, 28 pieces. WWR's 

request for photographs. Also IBR's holograph label. 


Then and Now in American Life - Juvenile books - Research / publication material. 


Suggestion for a Then and now notebook. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript with holograph additions. 


Then and Now in American Life - Juvenile books - Manuscript material. 


About WWR's harbor research. 1962 Mar 



The Key to Los Angeles - Juvenile books - Research material. 


Bunker Hill … the urban center of the west. 1968 and no date 

Physical Description: 2 items. The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of L.A. 

Bunker Hill, L.A., Ca: design for development. Cf. illustrations in The key to Los 

Angeles. 


The Key to Los Angeles - Juvenile books - Publication material. 

Box 44, Folder 56 Publisher's announcements. 1963 


The Key to Los Angeles - Juvenile books - Publication material. 


Letters of appreciation. 1963 Apr, and no date 

Physical Description: 2 items, 3 pieces. Letters from: Irvin Kerlan, Anna Marie and 

Everett Hager. 


The Key to Los Angeles - Juvenile books - Post - publication. 


Reviews. 1963 May - Bun, 1964 Jan 





Mention. 1963 Mar - Apr 






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Clipping from: Overland monthly. 1915 Apr 

Physical Description: v.65. p. 312 - 314. 


Mount Rubidoux Easter - Dawn Pilgrimage - Articles and essays - Publication. 


Clipping from: The Los Angeles Times illustrated magazine. 1923 Aug 23, Sunday 



Laguna - Articles and essays - Publication - Habitat of world famed artists 

Box 45, Folder 2 See oversize. 1917 


A College Graduate in Search of a Job - Articles and essays - Publication - After 

commencement the deluge. By a recent graduate 

Box 45, Folder 3 Clipping from: The Los Angeles Times illustrated magazine. 1923 Dec 23 

Physical Description: p.13 and 15. 


America's Wildest Flight in Finance - Articles and essays - Publication. 

Box 45, Folder 4 Clipping from: The West wind. 1925 May 15 

Physical Description: p.10 and 19. 


Mencken, Moralist - Articles and essays - Publication. 


Clipping from: The West wind. 1925 Nov 

Physical Description: 2 copies. P.8. 


Hollywood - By George! G.B.S. on Hollywood - Articles and essays - Publication. 


In: Overland monthly and Out West magazine. 1928 Jul 

Physical Description: v.86, p.209 - 10, 264, and 266. 


On the Trails of '49 - Articles and essays - Publication. 


Clipping from: Overland monthly and Out West Magazine. 1929 Sep 

Physical Description: v.87, p.265 - 6, and 174. 


A Pueblo in the Sky - Articles and essays - Publication. 

Box 45, Folder 8 Clipping from: The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine. 1932 Bun 12 

Physical Description: p.12 - 13, and 18. 


Tempting the Tourist in 1888 - Articles and essays - Publication. 


Typed copies from the archives. No dates 


Story of Ord's Survey, as Disclosed by the Los Angeles Archives - Articles and essays - 




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Typed copies from the city archives. No dates 


The Indians of Los Angeles and What Became of Them - Articles and essays - Research 

material - As revealed by the Los Angeles City archives 


Correspondence. 1942 Oct - Nov and 1944 Feb 

Physical Description: 4 items, 7 pieces. Also WWR's storage envelope. 


Land Grant Records that Survived a Great Fire - Articles and essays - Research / 

publication material - An inventory of early California historical material transferred to 

the National Archives, Washington, D.C., by the Office of the Cadastral Engineer at 

Glendale, California 


Drafts?. No date 



Land Grant Records that Survived a Great Fire - Articles and essays - Manuscript - An 

inventory of early California historical material transferred to the National Archives, 

Washington, D.C., by the Office of the Cadastral Engineer at Glendale, California 


An inventory of early California historical material …. No date 

Physical Description: 3 [5] leaves. Typescript (carbon). 


Land Grant Records that Survived a Great Fire - Articles and essays - Manuscript - An 

inventory of early California historical material transferred to the National Archives, 

Washington, D.C., by the Office of the Cadastral Engineer at Glendale, California 


In: Westways. 1946 Jan 

Physical Description: v.38, p.22 - 23. 


Cahuenga Sired Hollywood - Articles and essays - Publication. 


"As a boy of 17, Edward A. Preuss …". No date 



Once Beverly Hills was a German Colony - Articles and essays - Manuscript?. 


Once Beverly Hills was a German colony. No date 

Physical Description: [4] leaves. Typescript (carbon). 


Once Beverly Hills was a German Colony - Articles and essays - Manuscript. 


Correspondence. 1945 Dec 



The Strange Case of Thomas Valentine - Articles and essays - Research material. 


Notes and copies of correspondence and memos by others. 1941 Feb, and no date 






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Typescript copies of federal decisions. 1874 Mar 28 and 1946 Mar 

Physical Description: Claim of Thomas B. Valentine. Dept. of the Interior, General Land 

Office, Washington, D.C. Photocopy. 




Newspaper clippings. 1940, 1945 - 1946, and no date 




The strange case of Thomas Valentine. No date 



The Strange Case of Thomas Valentine - Articles and essays - Manuscript material. 



Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Incomplete typing of holograph draft. 





Physical Description: 5 leaves. Typescript with minor holograph corrections. Also: 1 leaf 

holograph. 









In: Westways. 1946 Mar 

Physical Description: v.38, p.32 - 33. 


The Strange Case of Thomas Valentine - Articles and essays - Publication. 


Letters of appreciation. 1961 May and 1963 Bun 



The Strange Case of Thomas Valentine - Articles and essays - Post - publication. 


Los Angeles: everybody's town. No date 

Physical Description: 8 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 2 cop. Also: [Biographical note] 1 

leaf. Typescript (carbon). 3 cop. 


Los Angeles, Everybody's Town - Articles and essays - Manuscript. 


In: The Kiwanis magazine. 1948 Jan 

Physical Description: v.33, p.28 - 29 and 46 - 47. 


Los Angeles, Everybody's Town - Articles and essays - Publication. 



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Going to Los Angeles?. No date 



Going to Los Angeles? - Articles and essays - Manuscript. 


In: The Kiwanis magazine. 1948 Feb 

Physical Description: v.33, p. 48 - 49. 


Going to Los Angeles? - Articles and essays - Publication. 

Box 45, Folder 31 Review. Clipping. 1952 


Los Angeles in the Roistering Fifties - Articles and essays - Post - publication. 


In: Westways. 1950 Oct 

Physical Description: v. 42, p. 10 - 11. 


San Fernando Tells California's Story - Articles and essays - Publication. 


Profile of Los Angeles. No date 



Profile of Los Angeles - Articles and essays - Manuscript. 

Box 45, Folder 34 Mention. Clipping. 1955 Jan 12 


Profile of Los Angeles - Articles and essays - Post - publication. 


Correspondence. 1955 Oct, 1956 Jan 

Physical Description: 4 items, 5 pieces. See also: lectures. 


The Story of Rancho San Pasqual - Articles and essays - Research material. 


Bus tour, HSSC. No date 

Physical Description: Also mentions: WWR's Rancho story of San Fernando Valley, and Mamie 

Krythe's Port admiral. 


The Story of Rancho San Pasqual - Articles and essays - Post - publication. 


Untitled. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf numbered 13. Typescript (carbon). Biographical information 

pasted on. 


The Rancho Story of San Fernando Valley - Articles and essays - Manuscript. 

Box 45, Folder 38 Clipping. 1956 


The Story of Rancho Los Cerritos - Articles and essays - Research material. 

Box 45, Folder 39 Printed material. 1955? 


The Story of Rancho Los Cerritos - Articles and essays - Research material. 



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The story of Rancho Los Cerritos. No date 

Physical Description: 10 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections. 3 cop. 


The Story of Rancho Los Cerritos - Articles and essays - Manuscript. 


In: Westways. 1961 Oct 



The Changing Face of Ventura - Articles and essays - Publication. 

Box 45, Folder 42 Letter of appreciation. 1963 Apr 9 



Myth - Making in the Los Angeles Area - Articles and essays - Post - publication. 


Correspondence. 1963 Jan, Mar 

Physical Description: 5 items, 5 pieces. Concerns permission to reprint in the Westerners 

Brand book. 


New Light on an Old Murder - Articles and essays - Publication material. 

Box 46, Folder 1 Clipping from: The Laguna Beach Life. 1925 Mar 27. 



Portrait of a Laguna painter. - Poetry - Publication. 


Clipping from: The lariat. 1927 Nov 

Physical Description: v. 10, p. 524. 


Santa Monica Shore - Poetry - Publication - The hills of Morro. 1927 


Clipping from: California southland. 1928 Jan 



A Laguna Dawn - Poetry - Publication. 


Clipping from: Overland monthly and Out west magazine. 1928 Sep 

Physical Description: v. 86, p. 313. 2 cop. 


Unthinking - Poetry - Publication. 


Clipping from: Overland monthly and Out west magazine. 1928 Oct 



Morning - Poetry - Publication. 


Clipping from: Overland monthly and Out west magazine. 1928 Nov 



Fluidity - Poetry - Publication. 



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Clipping from: Troubadour. 1929 May 



Three Pueblos - Poetry - Publication - Acoma, Laguna, Taos 


Clipping from: Westward - a magazine of verse. 1930 Feb 



Desert Hills - Poetry - Publication. 

Box 46, Folder 9 Clipping from: Carmel pine cone. 1930 Apr 25 



Robinson Jeffers - Poetry - Publication. 


Clipping from: Tom - tom - a magazine of southwestern verse. 1930 Feb 



Shiprock - Poetry - Publication. 

Box 46, Folder 11 Clipping from: Laguna Beach south coast news. 1930 May 2 



Warned - Poetry - Publication. 


Clipping from: Tom - tom - a magazine of southwestern poetry. 1930 Autumn 

Physical Description: v. 1, p. 6. With holograph corrections by WWR. Includes clipping of 

periodical's title page. 


Hot Sun and Soil Have Taken Me - Poetry - Publication. 


Reviews. 1930, 1932, and no date 



Urgent Shapes - Poetry - Post - publication - San Diego. 1930 

Box 46, Folder 14 Reviews. 1930 - 1931 



Anthology of Southern California Verse - Poetry - Post - publication - Sponsored by the 

Verse Writers Club of Southern California; ed. by Snow Langley House, Roy Turner Thompson, 

and Leslie N. Jennings. Los Angeles, 1930 

Box 46, Folder 15 In: The racket. 1931 May 15 



Hollywood Intermission. 1931 - Poetry - Publication. 


Clipping from: The lantern. 1933 Jan / Feb 

Physical Description: v. 7. p. 7. 


There Is No Sleep at Moon - Pull - Poetry - Publication. 



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Announcements. 1957 and no date 


Introduction. Port Admiral - Forewards, etc - Publication material. 


Announcement. No date 


Introduction to the 1959 Edition. Thompson and West - Forewards, etc - Publication 

material - Reproduction of Thompson and West's History of Los Angeles County, California 

(1880). Berkeley, 1959 


Reviews. 1959 Jul - Aug 



Introduction to the 1959 Edition. Thompson and West - Forewards, etc - Post - publication 

- Reproduction of Thompson and West's History of Los Angeles County, California (1880). 

Berkeley, 1959 


Letter from Charles P. Yale. 1960 Nov 



Introduction. Angel's Flight - Forewards, etc - Publication material - Angels Flight; by 

Walt Wheelock. Glendale, 1961 



Introduction. Angel's Flight - Forewards, etc - Publication material - Angels Flight; by 

Walt Wheelock. Glendale, 1961 


Announcement. No date 



Foreword. Landmarks of Riverside - Forewards, etc - Publication material - Landmarks of 

Riverside and the stories behind them. Riverside, 1964 

Box 46, Folder 23 Letter from Arnold B. Larson. 1965 Dec 27 

Physical Description: Encloses WWR's The founding of Los Angeles. 1 leaf. Mimeographed. 


Foreword: The Founding of Los Angeles - Forewards, etc - Post - publication - Mayors of 

Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1965 

Box 46, Folder 24 Cultural Heritage Board memo. 1967 Feb 2 

Physical Description: Encloses WWR's The founding of Los Angeles. 1 leaf. Mimeographed. 


Foreword: The Founding of Los Angeles - Forewards, etc - Publication - Mayors of Los 

Angeles. Los Angeles, 1965 

Box 46, Folder 25 Untitled brochure. 1965? 

Physical Description: Contains WWR's The founding of Los Angeles. Cf. Hicks. 3 cop. 


Foreword: The Founding of Los Angeles - Forewards, etc - Post - publication - Mayors of 

Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1965 



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Review. 1966 Jul 

Physical Description: Books of the southwest, a critical checklist of current southwestern 

Americana, no 110. 


Introduction. Powell Checklist - Forewards, etc - Post - publication - Checklist of the 

published writings of Lawrence Clark Powell; comp. by Betty Rosenberg. Los Angeles, 1966 


Review. 1969 Feb 

Physical Description: Photocopy of clipping. 


Foreword. San Pedro Harbor - Forewards, etc - Post - publication - San Pedro Harbor 

highlights; by Anna Marie and Everett Gordon Hager. Glendale, 1968 


Correspondence. 1967 Aug - Sep 



Foreword. The Elegant Era - Forewards, etc - Pre - publication / research material - The 

elegant era: a sketchbook of the ornate architecture and delicate detail of yesterday's 

southland; by Helen Luitjens. Palm Desert, 1968 





Foreword. The Elegant Era - Forewards, etc - Pre - publication / research material - The 

elegant era: a sketchbook of the ornate architecture and delicate detail of yesterday's 

southland; by Helen Luitjens. Palm Desert, 1968 


Foreword. 1968 Feb 

Physical Description: Los Angeles. Carbon typescript with minor holograph corrections. 


Foreword. The Elegant Era - Forewards, etc - Manuscript - The elegant era: a sketchbook of 

the ornate architecture and delicate detail of yesterday's southland; by Helen Luitjens. 

Palm Desert, 1968 


Correspondence. 1968 Bun 



Foreword. The Elegant Era - Forewards, etc - Post - publication - The elegant era: a 

sketchbook of the ornate architecture and delicate detail of yesterday's southland; by 

Helen Luitjens. Palm Desert, 1968 


Review. 1968 Jul / Aug 


Foreword. The Elegant Era - Forewards, etc - Post - publication - The elegant era: a 

sketchbook of the ornate architecture and delicate detail of yesterday's southland; by 

Helen Luitjens. Palm Desert, 1968 

Box 46, Folder 33 Letter from Ruth Frey Axe. 1968 Nov 11 



Introduction. Collecting - Forewards, etc - Post - publication - Collecting: especially 

books. Los Angeles, 1968 



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Letter requesting copy. 1970 Mar 



Foreword. 200 Books - Forewards, etc - Post - publication - 200 books for California's 

100th anniversary: a list of significant in - print books about California, and published 

in California, selected by the Ad Hoc Committee for California Materials in Print of the 

California Library Association. Glendale, 1969 

Box 46, Folder 35 Clipping. Sunday, 1923 Feb 4 

Physical Description: From: The Los Angeles Times, pt. 3, p. 38. 


Mencken Runs Amuck Again - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: Prejudices: third 

series; by H. L. Mencken, 1923 

Box 46, Folder 36 Clipping. Sunday, 1923 Mar 25 



Africa the Disillusioned - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: Ebony and ivory; by 

Lleweln Powys. 1923 

Box 46, Folder 37 Clipping. 1923 Aug 26 

Physical Description: pt. 3, p. 50. 


Recent Fiction - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: The sea king; by C. Garland 

Goodwin. 1923 


Clipping. 1923 Sep / Oct 

Physical Description: From: American review, v. 1, p. 214 - 215. 


In Defence of Puritanism - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: The genius of america; 

by Stuart P. Sherman. 1923 

Box 46, Folder 39 Clipping. 1923 Oct 7 



A Tragedian's Reminiscences - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: Fifty years of make 

- believe and The fools of Shakespeare; by Frederick Warde. 1923 

Box 46, Folder 40 Clipping. Sunday, 1923 Oct 7 



A Handbook for Hikers - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: The elfin - forest of 

California; by Francis M. Fultz 

Box 46, Folder 41 Clipping. Sunday, 1923 Oct 7 

Physical Description: From: The Los Angeles Times, pt. 3 p. 46. 


Recent Fiction: - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: Sulphur fumes; by George Wesley 

Davis. 1923 



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Box 46, Folder 42 Clipping. Sunday, 1923 Nov 4 



The Romance of Words - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: English words and their 

background; by George McKnight. 1923 

Box 46, Folder 43 Clipping. Sunday, 1924 Jan 27 

Physical Description: From: The Los Angeles Times, pt. 3 p. 38 - 39. 


Recent Books - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: The heroes of the puppet stage; by 

Madge Anderson and My journey around the world; by Alfred Viscount Northcliffe. 1924 

Box 46, Folder 44 Clipping. Sunday, 1924 Mar 30 

Physical Description: 3 copies. From: The Los Angeles Times, pt. 3, p. 38. 


Thumb - Nail Sketches - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: Contemporary portraits - 

fourth series; by Frank Harris, 1924 


Clipping. 1924 Bun 

Physical Description: From: Tomorrow, v. 2, p. 17 - 18. 


European Writers Explode Pistols in War on Feminists - Book reviews - Publication - Review 

of: Woman - a vindication; by Anthony M. Ludovici and The soul of woman; by Gina 

Lombrosco. 1924 


Clipping. 1924 Oct 

Physical Description: From: The forum, v. 72, p. 572. 


Pen Portraits - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: Contemporary portraits - fourth 

series; by Frank Harris. 1924 


Clipping. 1924 Nov 

Physical Description: From: Tomorrow, v. 2, p. 17 - 18. 


Untitled Review. On Strange Altars… - Book reviews - Publication - On strange altars; by 

Paul Jordan - Smith, Country people; by Ruth Suckow, Some contemporary people; by Percy H. 

Boynton, Midwest portraits; by Harry Hansen, and Balisand; by Joseph Hergesheimer. 1924 



Physical Description: 2 copies. From: Tomorrow, v. 2, p. 3. 


Mencken, Reformer, Soon to be Unread, Quits Literary Criticism - Book reviews - 

Publication - Review of: Prejudices, fourth series; by H.L. Mencken 


X. X 


Getting a Bead on the Musketeers: The Tramp Epic - Book reviews - X - Review of: Beggars 

of life; by Jim Tully. Not quite Benvenuto Cellini. Review of: Voyaging southward from the 

Strait of Magellan; by Rockwell Kent. Woman analyst. Review of: The widow's house; by 

Kathleen Coyle. Beliefs wickedly outraged… 



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Clipping. 1925 Apr 



Educational Industry Rapidly Frees Self of Mental Activities - Book reviews - Publication 

- Review of: Conversations in Ebury Street; by George Morre. 1925 

Box 46, Folder 51 Clipping. 1925 May 15 

Physical Description: 2 copies. From: The west wind, p. 16. 


A Young California Realist - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: Western shore; by 

Clarkson Crane. 1925 





The Satiric Trilogy Complete - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: Arrowsmith; by 

Sinclair Lewis. 1925 


Clipping. 1943 Mar 

Physical Description: From: Pacific historical review, v. 12, p. 98. 


Untitled Review. The Story of Tejon … - Book reviews - Publication - The story of Tejon; 

by Helen S. Giffen and Arthur Woodward. 1943 


Clipping. 1945 Bun 

Physical Description: From: Pacific historical review, v. 14, p. 256 - 257. 


Untitled Review. Local History … - Book reviews - Publication - Local history: how to 

gather it, write it, and publish it; Donald Dean Parker, rev. and ed. by Bertha E. 

Josephson. 1945 


Clipping. 1946 Sep 

Physical Description: 2 copies. From: Pacific historical review, v. 15, p. 356 - 357. 


Untitled Review. Land Title Origins … - Book reviews - Publication - Of: Land title 

origins; by Alfred N. Chandler. 1946 


Clipping. 1947 May 

Physical Description: Pacific historical review v. 16, p. 133 - 134. 


Untitled Review. The Dictionary of California Land Names … - Book reviews - Publication - 

Of: The dictionary of California land names; comp. by Phil Townsend Hanna 


Clipping. 1949 Feb 



Untitled Review. City Makers … - Book reviews - Publication - Of: City makers - the men 

who transformed Los Angeles from village to metropolis during the first great boom, 1868 - 

76; by Remi A. Nadeau. 1949 



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Flyer. No date 


Famous California Highways Featured in New Books - Book reviews - Research material - 

Review of: The Royal Highway (El Camino Real); by Edwin Corle, and Fabulous boulevard; by 

Ralph Hancock. 1949 

Box 46, Folder 59 Clipping. Sat, 1949 Oct 8 

Physical Description: From: Los Angeles Daily news, p. 11. 


Famous California Highways Featured in New Books - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: 

The Royal Highway (El Camino Real); by Edwin Corle, and Fabulous boulevard; by Ralph 

Hancock. 1949 


Clipping. 1950 Feb 



Untitled Review. Lots of Land … - Book reviews - Publication - Of: Lots of land; by Curtis 

Bishop. 1950 


Clipping. 1950 May 

Physical Description: 2 copies. From: The Historical Society of Southern California 

Quarterly, v. 32, p. 92 - 93. 


More Book Reviews; By W.W. Robinson and M. R. Harriman - Book reviews - Publication - 

WWR's review of: Books of the Los Angeles district; by J. Gregg Layne. 1950 

Box 46, Folder 62 Clipping. Sat, 1950 Jul 22 

Physical Description: 2 copies. From: Los Angeles Daily news, p. 12. 


Amazing Story of LA's Fight For Water - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: The water 

seekers; by Remi A. Nadeau. 1950 


Mentions, including cover letter. 1950 and no date 


Amazing Story of LA's Fight for Water - Book reviews - Post - publication - Review of: The 

water seekers; by Remi A. Nadeau. 1950 


Clipping. 1950 Aug 

Physical Description: From: Pacific historical review, v. 19, p. 301 - 302. 


Untitled Review. California's Stately Hall of Fame … - Book reviews - Publication - Of: 

California's state hall of fame; by Rockwell D. Hunt. 1950 





Untitled Review. Los Angeles from Mission … - Book reviews - Publication material - Of: 

Los Angeles from mission to modern city; by Remi Nadeau. 1961 



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Untitled Review. Los Angeles from Mission … - Book reviews - Manuscript material - Of: Los 

Angeles from mission to modern city; by Remi Nadeau. 1961 



Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph note by WWR. 






Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Revised (published) version. 





Clipping from: History news. 1961 Apr 



Untitled Review. Los Angeles from Mission … - Book reviews - Publication material - Of: 

Los Angeles from mission to modern city; by Remi Nadeau. 1961 


Letter requesting review. 1963 Oct 


Untitled Review. The Silver Dons … - Book reviews - Publication material - Of: The silver 

Dons; by Richard F. Pourade 

Box 46, Folder 72 Letter of appreciation from RHB. 1965 Feb 9 


The Diseño Book - Book reviews - Post - publication - Diseños of California ranchos, maps 

of thirty - seven land grants (1822 - 1846); by Robert H. Becker. 1965 

Box 46, Folder 73 Letter of appreciation from AF. 1967 Apr 18 


Untitled Review. Time and the Terraced Land … - Book reviews - Post - publication - Of: 

Time and the terraced land; by Augusta Fink. 1967 

Box 46, Folder 74 Clipping. Sun, 1964 Dec 20 

Physical Description: From: Pasadena Independent Star - News, Scene magazine, p. 5. 


California Desert Lore in Westerners Brand Book 11 - Book reviews - Publication - Review 

of: The Westerners Brand book, no. 11. 1964 


Correspondence. 1968 Mar, 1969 May - Bun 

Physical Description: 7 items, 7 pcs. (includes 1 address label). 


Untitled Review. Fortune & Friendship, an autobiography by Lawrence Clark - Book reviews - 

Publication material - Of: Fortune & friendship, an autobiography; by Lawrence Clark 

Powell. 1969 



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Physical Description: 3 leaves. Carbon typescript with holograph corrections. 


Untitled Review. Fortune & Friendship, an autobiography by Lawrence Clark - Book reviews - 

Manuscript - Of: Fortune & friendship, an autobiography; by Lawrence Clark Powell. 1969 


Letter from California Historical Society. 1968 Feb 



Untitled Review. California Ranchos … - Book reviews - Publication material - California 

ranchos and farms, 1846 - 1862. Including the letters of John Quincy Adams Warren, ed. 

with an extended introductory section by Paul W. Gates 

Box 46, Folder 78 Letters to WWR, enclosing review copies or giving news of books published. 1951, 1963, 1965, 

1968 - 1972 and no date 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Edwin H. Carpenter, Roby Wentz, Andrew 

Hamilton, Andrew F. Rolle, Anton V. Long, Grant Dahlstrom, Glen Dawson, Wallace Hebberd. 


Westways Reviews - Book reviews - Prepublication material - 195_ - 197_ 


Printed cards enclosed with review copies. No dates 




Announcements of books published, possibly sent for review purposes. No date 





Physical Description: 2 leaves. Holograph. 1 leaf concerns California: a history; by 

Andrew Rolle. 


Westways Reviews - Book reviews - Manuscript material - 195_ - 197_ 

Box 46, Folder 82 Clipping. 1963 

Physical Description: Kirsch's review of California: a history; by Andrew Rolle. 


Westways - Book reviews - Research material. 

Box 46, Folder 83 Letters of appreciation, f. 1 of 3. 1951, 1957, 1963, 1966, and 1968 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Andrew F. Rolle and Bill Hendricks. 


Westways Reviews - Book reviews - Post - publication - 195_ - 197_ 

Box 46, Folder 84 Letters of appreciation, f. 2 of 3. 1969 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Vance Gerry, Andrew F. Rolle, and Homer H. 

Boelter. 





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Letters of appreciation, f. 3 of 3. 1970 - 1972 and no date 

Physical Description: Includes letters from: Kate Ainsworth, Florence Slocum Wilson, Oscar 

Lewis, Russ Leadabrand, Lawrence Clark Powell, and Vance Gerry. 




Correspondence with readers. 1963, 1969, and no date 

Physical Description: Letters of appreciation, asking where to order copies, etc. 



Box 46, Folder 87 Letters requesting reviews. 1963, 1966, 1968 


Not Completed - Book reviews - Publication material. 

Box 47, Folder 1 Clipping from: Riverside Daily press. 1919 Mar 14 

Physical Description: [Page unknown]. 


Men in Service Write Home - Miscellaneous - Publication - Paris in four days 

Box 47, Folder 2 Clipping from: Riverside Enterprise. 1919 Mar 20 



Paris Fails to Show Results of War - Miscellaneous - Publication. 

Box 47, Folder 3 Clipping from: Riverside Enterprise. 1919 Jul 13 



Corporal Robinson Writes from France of Devastated Rheims and Its Environs - Miscellaneous 

- Publication. 

Box 47, Folder 4 Clipping from: Riverside Enterprise. 1919 Jul 13 



Imperialism and the League - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


Clipping from: Riverside Enterprise. No date 



Relations are Strained is Opinion of Soldier - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


Clippings from: Southwest realtors' bulletin. 1929 Mar - Apr, Bun - Jul 

Physical Description: v. 6. 


Facts about Title Insurance - Miscellaneous - Publication. 



Physical Description: 5 leaves. Holograph. Also envelope. 


Letter Regarding William Money - Miscellaneous - Research material?. 



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Box 47, Folder 8 In: The racket. 1930 

Physical Description: v. 1, no. 5, p. 10 - 11. 


Contributions Toward a Laguna Lexicon - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


In: Pacific bindery talk. 1939 Oct 

Physical Description: v. 12 no. 2, p. 25 - 27. 


California's Ranchos have Become Cities - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


Letter. 1939 Oct 



California's Ranchos have Become Cities - Miscellaneous - Post - publication. 


Letter. 1939 Sep 



Human Interest in Old Documents - Miscellaneous - Pre - publication - Ranchos become 

cities 


Ranchos become cities. No date 



Human Interest in Old Documents - Miscellaneous - Manuscript - Ranchos become cities 

Box 47, Folder 13 In: Los Angeles school journal. 1939 Nov 13 

Physical Description: v. 23, no. 9, p. 10. 


Human Interest in Old Documents - Miscellaneous - Publication - Ranchos become cities 


In: The notary public. 1942 Sep 

Physical Description: v. 1, p. 9, 20. 


What a Title Company Expects of a Notary - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


In: The American home. 1943 Jan 



New Neighbors for Old - Miscellaneous - Publication. 

Box 47, Folder 16 The story of Rancho La Brea. [Los Angeles] Title Insurance and Trust Company. 1947 



The Story of Rancho La Brea - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


The ranchos of California. No date 



The Ranchos of California - Miscellaneous - Manuscript. 



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In: American Right of Way Association news. 1950 Mar 



A Very Special Centennial - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


Reprint: Title Insurance and Trust Company. No date 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. 2 copies. 


A Very Special Centennial - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


The use of local history in institutional advertising. No date 



The Use of Local History in Institutional Advertising - Miscellaneous - Manuscript. 


In: The public relations journal. 1950 Bun 

Physical Description: v. 6, p. 5, 28. 


The Use of Local History in Institutional Advertising - Miscellaneous - Publication. 




J. Gregg Layne, June 13, 1885 - August 16, 1952 - Miscellaneous - Research material. 


Untitled. 1 leaf 

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon). 2 cop. 


J. Gregg Layne, June 13, 1885 - August 16, 1952 - Miscellaneous - Manuscript. 

Box 47, Folder 24 In: UCLA Librarian. 1952 Aug 29 

Physical Description: v. 5, no. 24, p. 124 (sup.). 


J. Gregg Layne, June 13, 1885 - August 16, 1952 - Miscellaneous - Publication. 

Box 47, Folder 25 Prospectus, Lowe Airship Construction Company. 1910 

Physical Description: Also: WWR's holograph notes. 1 leaf. 


Professor Lowe's Planet Airship - Miscellaneous - Research material. 


Lowe, L.P. [History of T.S.C. Lowe and aeronautics]. No date 



Professor Lowe's Planet Airship - Miscellaneous - Research material. 


Physical Description: Segment of Book Club of California's Keepsake series. 


Professor Lowe's Planet Airship - Miscellaneous - Publication. 




Professor Lowe's Planet Airship - Miscellaneous - Post - publication. 



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"El Camino Viejo" - Miscellaneous - Research material - A brief history of Wilshire 

Boulevard in Los Angeles 


WWR's notes on property. No date 



"El Camino Viejo" - Miscellaneous - Research material - A brief history of Wilshire 

Boulevard in Los Angeles 


The story of Wilshire Boulevard. No date 

Physical Description: 11 leaves. Typescript with holographs additions. 


"El Camino Viejo" - Miscellaneous - Manuscripts - A brief history of Wilshire Boulevard in 

Los Angeles 


The story of Wilshire Boulevard. No date 

Physical Description: 11 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Incorporates additions from previous 

typescript. 


"El Camino Viejo" - Miscellaneous - Manuscripts - A brief history of Wilshire Boulevard in 

Los Angeles 

Box 47, Folder 33 Pioneer in a pioneer location. 1956 

Physical Description: 16 p., 2 cop. 


"El Camino Viejo" - Miscellaneous - Publication - A brief history of Wilshire Boulevard in 

Los Angeles 


Letter. 1955 May 

Physical Description: 1 item, 2 pcs. 


A Map of the Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos - Miscellaneous - Research material - And 

some of the more interesting ranchos of Spanish California together with the routes of the 

principal land explorations therein 


WWR's notes. No dates 



A Map of the Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos - Miscellaneous - Manuscript material - And 




Presidios, pueblos, missions of California. No dates 



A Map of the Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos - Miscellaneous - Manuscript material - And 





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Letters to William H. Nebro. 1955 Apr and Jul, and no date 



A Map of the Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos - Miscellaneous - Publication material - And 




Letters from Phil Townsend Hanna and William H. Nebro. 1955 Apr - May 







Contract. 1955 May 





Box 47, Folder 40 A map of the missions …. 1956 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. 2 versions. Also: printed publication leaf. 






Magazine clippings. 1956 and no date 


A Map of the Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos - Miscellaneous - Reviews - And some of the 

more interesting ranchos of Spanish California together with the routes of the principal 

land explorations therein 

Box 47, Folder 42 Ephemera. 1964 


Grolier Gala - Miscellaneous - Research material. 


Christmas cards from Josephine and Lindley Bynum. 1944 - 1947, and no date 

Physical Description: 11 items, 11 pcs. With 6 tipped - on original photographs. 


The Fabulous Lindley Bynum - Miscellaneous - Research material. 

Box 47, Folder 44 Correspondence with Lindley and Josephine Bynum. 1961 and 1965 




Box 47, Folder 45 Collections brought into UCLA by Lindley Bynum. 1966 






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Clippings. 1965 Sep - Dec 




The fabulous Lindley Bynum. No date 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript with holograph notes and additions. 


The Fabulous Lindley Bynum - Miscellaneous - Manuscript. 


In: Los Angeles corral, the Westerners, The branding iron. 1965 Dec 

Physical Description: No. 75, p. 8 - 9. 


The Fabulous Lindley Bynum - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


Westernlore Press. No date 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. 2 cop. 


The Fabulous Lindley Bynum - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


Letters of appreciation. 1966 Mar and no date 

Physical Description: 3 items, 7 pcs. Includes letters from: Josephine Bynum, Sid 

Platford. 


The Fabulous Lindley Bynum - Miscellaneous - Post - publication. 


Letters. 1967 Apr and no date 

Physical Description: 5 items, 5 pcs. Includes letters from: Eric Falconer, William J. 

Monihan, Albert Shumate. 


In Remembrance … Robert James Woods, 1892 … 1967 - Miscellaneous - Research material. 







Clippings. 1967 Mar and no date 




In: Westerners, Los Angeles Corral, The branding iron. 1967 Bun 

Physical Description: No. 83, p. 5 - 7. 2 cop. 


In Remembrance … Robert James Woods, 1892 … 1967 - Miscellaneous - Publication. 


Robert James Woods, 1892 … 1967: an E.C.V. keepsake …. No date 






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Robert James Woods. In: Hoja volante. 1967 Aug 

Physical Description: No. 89, p. 2 - 4. 2 cop. 




Brochure about Lummis home. No date 


El Alisal - Miscellaneous - Research material - Home of Charles F. Lummis, Los Angeles 


Letter from Albert Shumate. 1967 May 



El Alisal - Miscellaneous - Publication material - Home of Charles F. Lummis, Los Angeles 


"When the party crossed … (5). No date / various dates 


Panorama - Books and Pamphlets - Research / publication material used. 


Santa Barbara Mission. No date / various dates 


Panorama - Books and Pamphlets - Research / publication material not used. 


Bas relief of courthouse. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Used as basis for title page vignette. 


Lawyers of Los Angeles - Books and Pamphlets - Research / publication material used - 


The sculpture of figure of Father Junipero Serra (10). No date / various dates 


Los Angeles from the Days of the Pueblo - Books and Pamphlets - Research / publication 

material - photograph(s) used. 


Statue in Mission courtyard. No date / various dates 


Fabulous San Fernando Valley - Books and Pamphlets - Research / publication material used. 


When the two - story Arcadia Block … (Coronoel). No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Cropped photo filed with: Panorama. 


The Changing Scene - Books and Pamphlets - Research / publication material used. 


Times building dynamiting. No date / various dates 


Bombs and Bribery - Books and Pamphlets - Research / publication material not used - 


Don Pio Pico (13). No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Filed with: Also in:. 


The Story of the San Fernando Valley - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication material 

- photograph(s) used. 



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Disney Studios, Burbank. No date / various dates 


The Story of the San Fernando Valley (Not Used, with Captions) - Calendar Booklets - 

Research / publication material used. 


Primarily freeways, shots of businesses, parks, etc. No date / various dates 


The Story of the San Fernando Valley (Not Used, Without Captions) - Calendar Booklets - 

Research / publication material used. 


San Buena Ventura (photograph of bird's eye map). No date / various dates 


The Story of Ventura County - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication material used - 


[List]. No date / various dates 


The Story of San Luis Obispo County - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication material 





The Story of San Luis Obispo County (Not Used) - Calendar Booklets - Research / 

publication material - photograph(s) used. 


Oranges and snow. No date / various dates 


The Story of Riverside County - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication material used. 


Easter pageant. No date / various dates 


The Story of Riverside County - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication material not 

used. 


Business announcements, etc. No date / various dates 


The Story of Riverside County (Not Used) - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication 

material - photograph(s) not used. 


Most without captions, includes several resort photographs and one photograph of the Hotel 

California (ca. 1950s?). No date / various dates 


The Story of San Bernardino County (Not Used) - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication 





The Story of Kern County - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication material used. 




The Story of Kern County (Not Used) - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication material 




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The Silver Lake district (33). No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Filed with: Panorama. 


The Key to Los Angeles - Juvenile Books and Stories - Research / publication material 

used. 


Los Angeles Today. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: California division of highways. 


The Key to Los Angeles - Juvenile Books and Stories - Research / publication material 

used. 


Covers of WWR works. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Other Hicks photographs filed with Biographical photographs. Search 

by "Hicks" in Notes. 


Hicks Bibliography - About WWR - Publication material. 

Box 126, Folder 1 Printing plates. Drawings by Irene B. Robinson.. 1941 

Physical Description: 9 printing blocks. 


Santa Catalina - Books and Pamphlets - Publication materials. 

Writings: not in Hicks, but arranged according to Hicks bibliography . 

Box 48, Folder 1 Highlights …. 1945 Aug 10 

Physical Description: No. 2. 


Highlights from Magazines of Comment and News - Compiled and edited works - Publication - 

Compiled for the officers of Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles, by the staff 

of the Public Relations Division 


The round-up … no. 1 - 12. No date 

Physical Description: 2 issues are numbered 6. Another set - lacks no. 1, 6 [a]. 


The Round-Up - Compiled and edited works - Publication - Of what T.I. men and women in the 

service are saying and doing…collected from their own letters; ed. by W.W. Robinson 


Untitled newsletter. No date 

Physical Description: p. 8 - 10, 22 - 23, unnumbered. 


Untitled Insurance Staff Newsletter - Compiled and edited works - Publication. 


Copies. 1954 Sep - Nov 

Physical Description: WWR listed as editor. 


Escrow News Letter - Compiled and edited works - Publication - Published as a service to 

the escrow men and women of Los Angeles County by Title Insurance and Trust Company 

Box 48, Folder 5 Clipping from: Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine. 1930 Nov 2 

Physical Description: p. 9. 2 cop. Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine, 1930 Nov 2, p. 9. 


Ancient Spanish Document Reveals Interesting Bequest - Articles and essays - Publication. 



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Letter. 1949 Feb 



A Few Notes About the Tujunga Rancho - Articles and essays - Research material. 


Chain of title. No date 

Physical Description: [6] leaves. Holograph. Not in WWR's hand. 


A Few Notes About the Tujunga Rancho - Articles and essays - Research material. 

Box 48, Folder 8 A few notes about the Tujunga Rancho. 1949 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 3 copies. 


A Few Notes About the Tujunga Rancho - Articles and essays - Manuscript material. 


Correspondence with Owen Shoemaker. 1949 Feb 



A Few Notes About the Tujunga Rancho - Articles and essays - Publication material. 


Letter. 1951 Bun 



Rancho Era Marks Beginnings - Articles and essays - Publication material. 

Box 48, Folder 11 Clipping from: The Glendale independent. 1951 May 20 

Physical Description: Page(s) unknown. 


Rancho Era Marks Beginnings - Articles and essays - Publication material. 


Letter. 1972 Aug 



[Masterkey Article?] - Articles and essays - Publication material. 


The founding of Los Angeles. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Mimeographed. Cf. Hicks. 


The Founding of Los Angeles - Forewords, etc - Publication. 


Letter. 1966 Bun 



California Heritage - Forewords, etc - Publication material. 


Physical Description: [Introduction to California book list] Los Angeles Public Library. 


California Heritage - Forewords, etc - Publication material. 



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Letter of appreciation. 1967 Aug 



California Heritage - Forewords, etc - Post - publication. 


Correspondence with Francis J. Weber. 1970 Feb, Jul 



Foreword … Los Angeles Bibliography - Forewords, etc - Manuscript material. 


vi, 31 leaves. Typescript (photocopy). No date 

Physical Description: Lacks leaf 28. A select Los Angeles bibliography 1872 - 1970; 

compiled and annotated by Rev. Francis J. Weber, archivist, Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 




[WWR's] Foreword. No date 





Letter from Florence Slocum Wilson. 1971 Oct 



Foreword. Windows on Early California - Forewords, etc - Publication material - Windows on 

early California; by Florence Slocum Wilson. [Los Angeles, 1971] 


Correspondence. 1972 Mar 



Foreword. LASCA: A History - Forewords, etc - Manuscript materials. 


LASCA: a history; by George H. Spalding. No date 

Physical Description: 48 leaves. Typescript (photocopy). No publishing information. 


Foreword. LASCA: A History - Forewords, etc - Manuscript material. 



Physical Description: 7 p. Holograph. 










Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with minor holograph corrections. 





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Box 48, Folder 26 Clipping from: Los Angeles? Daily news. 1948 Nov 20 

Physical Description: Book section, p. 7. 


Cow Capital Becomes Metropolis - Book reviews - Publication - Review of: City-makers; by 

Remi A. Nadeau 


Untitled review: Fortune in the fields; by Carey McWilliams. No date 



Books of the West - Book reviews - Manuscript. 

Box 48, Folder 28 Clipping from: Los Angeles Times. 1929 Apr 28 

Physical Description: Pt. 5. 2 cop. 


[Series About Title Insurance] Official Tells of Land Titles - Miscellaneous items - 

Publication - Abstracts declared to be no protection; certificate from asserted obsolete 

now; guarantee and policies in general use today 

Box 48, Folder 29 Clipping from: Los Angeles Times. 1929 May 5 

Physical Description: Pt. 5, p. 4. 


[Series About Title Insurance] Guarantees of Title Related - Miscellaneous items - 

Publication - Many forms used in various circumstances; "policy" rapidly replacing all 

other types; official explains methods of coverage 


Clipping from: Los Angeles Times. No date 

Physical Description: Presumably follows previous article one week. 


[Series About Title Insurance] Dangers Seen in Documents - Miscellaneous items - 

Publication - Reality buyers often victims of dishonesty; reasons why papers may be 

worthless; county recorder unable to detect forgeries 



Physical Description: Presumably follow previous article one week. 


[Series About Title Insurance] Policy of Title Form Analyzed - Miscellaneous items - 

Publication - Various types declared to give protection; demand of easter capital causes 

change; losses not listed provided for by contract 



Physical Description: Presumably follow previous article one week. 


[Series About Title Insurance] Expert Defines Title Policies - Miscellaneous items - 

Publication - Various types explained by official; full coverage provided in some 

instance; insurance granted against mechanics' liens 



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Barker Bros. Building; etc. No date 

Physical Description: F. 1 of 3. 8 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) with holograph 

corrections. Numbered in holograph by WWR: 3 - 10. Some marked "used" by WWR. 


[Los Angeles Examiner Series] Barker Bros. Building - Miscellaneous items - Manuscripts - 

Broadway Department Store; Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, 5th and Spring 

Streets; Silverwood's corner, 6th and Broadway; Rosslyn Hotel; the Bradbury Building; 

Edison Building; Van Nuys Hotel 


Examiner Building, …; etc. No date 


corrections. Numbered in holograph by WWR: 12, 14 - 15, 17. 


[Los Angeles Examiner Series] The May Department Store Corner - Miscellaneous items - 

Manuscripts - Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles (6th and Spring Street Office); 

Paramount Theatre (Northeast Corner 6th and Hill Streets); Union Bank Building (Northeast 

Corner 6th and Hill) 


Glendale's air terminal; etc. No date 


corrections. Same format as previous manuscripts, but unnumbered. Some marked "used" by 

WWR. 


[Los Angeles Examiner Series] Glendale's Air Terminal - Miscellaneous items - Manuscripts 

- Chain of title to Bank of Hollywood property at northeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard 

and Vine Street; Examiner Building - 11th and Broadway 


Chain of title … Hollywood … & Vine …. No date 

Physical Description: Typescript. Similar to previous manuscripts. 


[Los Angeles Examiner Series?] Chain of Title … - Miscellaneous items - Manuscript - To 

property at south east corner of Hollywood Boulevard & Vine Street 


… Glendale growth told… etc. Clippings from: Los Angeles Examiner. No dates 

Physical Description: Articles relate to previous manuscripts. 


[Los Angeles Examiner Series] Planes Trail Ox Carts - Miscellaneous items - Publications - 

Southland traffic evolution. Glendale growth told; Indian raids peril L.A.: council votes 

defense fund, days of 1851 recalled; 3000 dollars grows to billion and does it in mere 65 

years! L.A. reality, of course! 




Los Angeles Times Series? Oxcart to Airplane Tells Valley Growth - Miscellaneous items - 

Publication - 


The beginnings of Pershing Square; etc. 1929 May 



[Los Angeles Examiner Series] The Beginning of Pershing Square - Miscellaneous items - 

Manuscripts - When possession gave title to downtown property; Making Nigger Alley 

respectable; Pershing Square in 1849; Where Spring Street got its name; Rejected Mexican 

titles 



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Spring St., back in 1849, called Calle Primavera; etc. 1929 May 4 and no date 

Physical Description: [WWR note credited]. 


[Los Angeles Examiner Series] Spring St - Miscellaneous items - Publications - Back in 

1849, called Calle Primavera; History of land grants told in early records; 17, 172 acres 

patented to Los Angeles in 1866 


Jonathan Club site; Clippings from: Los Angeles Examiner. 1929 Aug 3 and no date 


The Day Before Yesterday and Day After Tomorrow? [Series] - Miscellaneous items - 

Publication - Jonathan Club site; The Guaranty Building; Van Nuys Building; Nadeau Hotel; 

The automobile Club corner; Security First National Bank; Northwest corner of Eighth and 

Spring; Bank of Hollywood 


Churches and schools; etc. Clippings from: Los Angeles Examiner. 1930 Aug 9 and no date 

Physical Description: At least 15 articles in this series; Jonathan Club corner is adapted 

from article in previous Examiner series. 


Lots Made Famous in Reality History - Miscellaneous items - Publication - A series of 

historical articles concerning downtown properties as written by W.W. Robinson of the 

Title Guarantee & Trust Company. Churches and schools; [untitled: Pacific Mutual 

Building]; Sixth and Hill; Jonathan Club corner 


In: Commercial and financial digest: magazine of business and investment. 1937 Mar 

Physical Description: V. 9, no. 15, p. 15. 


About Title Insurance - Miscellaneous items - Publication. 


Public land surveys. No date 



Public Land Surveys - Miscellaneous items - Manuscript. 


Clipping from: California real estate magazine. 1932 Bun 


Public Land Surveys - Miscellaneous items - Publication. 


Untitled history of Title Insurance and Trust. No date 



Land Title Insurance - Miscellaneous items - Manuscript material - The story of Title 

Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles 


The story of Title Insurance and Trust Company. No date 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. 50 years old added 

in WWR's hand above title. 






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Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections. 2 cop. 






Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections and holograph. 2nd 

leaf is layout sketch. 



Insurance and Trust Company 









Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 2 cop. 





Going on fifty - two: …. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Add above: the 

story of Title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles Primarily a retyping of previous 

history. 





Going on fifty - two: …. No date 

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) with minor holograph corrections. 





Clipping from: American Right of Way Association news. 1945 Mar 

Physical Description: P. 2 - 3. 


Land Title Insurance - Miscellaneous items - Publication - The story of Title Insurance 

and Trust Company of Los Angeles 


Typescript (carbon) about El Camino Real. No date 


Highways and By-Ways in Rancho Days. 1947 - Miscellaneous items - Research material. 


Highways and byways in rancho days. No date 



Highways and By-Ways in Rancho Days - Miscellaneous items - Manuscript. 



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In: American Right of Way Association news. 1947 Mar 

Physical Description: P. 7 - 9. 


Highways and By-Ways in Rancho Days. 1947 - Miscellaneous items - Publication. 


In: LASCA leaves. 1951 Jul 

Physical Description: Quarterly journal of the Los Angeles County and State Arboretum, a 

California Arboretum Foundation, Inc. publication, v. 1, no. 4, p. 26. 


Chain of Title for Rancho Santa Anita - Miscellaneous items - Publication. 





Romance of Land Ownership in Fresno County - Miscellaneous items - Research material. 


San Joaquin Abstract and Guaranty Company [history]. No date 

Physical Description: Typescript and holograph. With WWR's notes. 


Romance of Land Ownership in Fresno County - Miscellaneous items - Research material. 


Romance of land ownership in Fresno County. No date 



Romance of Land Ownership in Fresno County - Miscellaneous items - Manuscript material. 


Romance of land ownership in Fresno County. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Incorporates above changes. 


Romance of Land Ownership in Fresno County - Miscellaneous items - Manuscript material. 


Correspondence. 1955 Apr, Dec and 1956 Jan 



Romance of Land Ownership in Fresno County - Miscellaneous items - Publication material. 



Physical Description: 2 leaves. Holograph. Chain of title. 


The Story of Chavez Ravine - Miscellaneous items - Research material. 



The Story of Chavez Ravine - Miscellaneous items - Research material. 

Box 48, Folder 66 The story of Chavez Ravine. 1958? 



The Story of Chavez Ravine - Miscellaneous items - Manuscript. 



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In: Escrow news letter …. 1958 Jul 

Physical Description: P. 1 and 4. [This issue edited by Joseph J. La Barbera]. 


The Story of Chavez Ravine - Miscellaneous items - Publication. 


Clippings. 1958, 1961 - 1962 and no date 

Physical Description: Ned Cronin (Los Angeles Times sports page, 1958 Bun 3) credits WWR 

with information about Chavez Ravine. 


The Story of Chavez Ravine - Miscellaneous items - Post - publication. 


Correspondence with Carroll R. West. 1962 Feb 




Box 48, Folder 70 Letter from William Bronson to Elora Drake, CHB. 1966 Jan 5 

Physical Description: Photocopy. Speaks of WWR's being quoted in Cry California 1965 - 66 

winter. 




WWR quoted in: Cry California, the journal of California Tomorrow. 1965 - 66 winter 

Physical Description: P. 2. 



Box 48, Folder 72 Clipping. 1961 Jul 26 

Physical Description: Pt. 2, p. 6. 


Letter to the Los Angeles Times - Miscellaneous items - Publication. 


In: The clamper, …. 1965 Dec 

Physical Description: v. 5 no. 6, p. 5. Cf. Hicks. 


The Supreme Grand Humbug has Sounded the Hewgag - Miscellaneous items - Publication - 

Lindley Bynum 1965 


WWR's note. No date 



Los Angeles - Miscellaneous items - Publication material - Portrait of an extraordinary 

city; by the editors of Sunset Books and Sunset magazine. Supervising editor: Paul C. 

Johnson … Special consultants: Lawrence Clark Powell, W.W. Robinson … 


Letters. 1967 Oct and 1968 Mar 



Los Angeles - Miscellaneous items - Publication material - Portrait of an extraordinary 

city; by the editors of Sunset Books and Sunset magazine. Supervising editor: Paul C. 

Johnson … Special consultants: Lawrence Clark Powell, W.W. Robinson … 



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Los Angeles. No date 


Los Angeles - Miscellaneous items - Publication - Portrait of an extraordinary city; by 

the editors of Sunset Books and Sunset magazine. Supervising editor: Paul C. Johnson … 

Special consultants: Lawrence Clark Powell, W.W. Robinson … 


Letters. 1971 Sep - Oct 

Physical Description: 2 items, 2 pcs. Thanking WWR; enclosing payment. 


Unknown Contribution. El Pueblo de Los Angeles Brochure - Miscellaneous items - Post - 

publication - 


History of subdivision activity in Los Angeles County. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript (carbon). No publishing information. 


History of Subdivision Activity in Los Angeles County - Miscellaneous items - Manuscript. 

Writings: The Land and the People (history of T.I.T.) . 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - sources. 

Box 56, Folder 2 Examination / certificates of title from various companies, e.g. Russell, Poor & Radley. 1880, 

1886 - 1887, 1889, 1898, etc 



Box 56, Folder 3 Abstract from The Abstract and Title Insurance Company. 1887 



Box 56, Folder 4 Certificate of title. Johnson, Borden & Yorba. 1887 



Box 56, Folder 5 Certificates of title. 1887 - 1889 



Box 56, Folder 6 Old title documents donated 4/11/58 by George Gummerson. 1887 - 1928? 



Box 56, Folder 7 Sample titles, etc. 1888, 1933 




Letter from Roland A. Kloess, enclosing 1888 abstract. 1950 Dec 





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Box 56, Folder 9 Photostats of certificate of title no. 1 issued by L.A. Abstract Co. on 9/2/89. 1989 




Photostats, title order no. 1 and first orders and certificates under name of Title Insurance 

and Trust Co. No date 



Box 56, Folder 11 Order no. 1. 1931? 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript. From: T.I. news 1931 Dec. By WWR?. 



Box 56, Folder 12 Early certificates sent by E.A. Gregory. 1889 - 1890 

Physical Description: 1953 Jan. 



Box 56, Folder 13 Early deed, mortgage, etc. 1889 - 1910 




Physical Description: Note by WWR: This shows W.J. Williams connections with Sargent prior 

to TG. 






Box 56, Folder 16 Samples of early certificates, escrow instructions, policies, etc. Historical material. 1895 - 

1896 primarily 

Physical Description: From an envelope so labeled. 



Box 56, Folder 17 Title Insurance and Trust Company limited certificate. 1897 



Box 56, Folder 18 Samples of early trust deeds. 1897 



Box 56, Folder 19 Purchase of Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes property. 1900 





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Early title insurance forms. No date 




Samples of checks and early checks. 1895, 1923, and no date 




Original check for $1,000,000 executed T G & T Co. 1895, 1923, and no date 

Physical Description: In favor of Baldwin estate. Also copy used for advertising. 




Payroll, signed by O.F. Brant. Monies signed for by: N.W. Thompson, etc. 1890 Dec 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Also envelope with note. On Los Angeles Abstract Co. 

letterhead. Also: envelope with note saying "This is the way we used to get our cash." 

Uncertain if goes with this item. 




Letter from C.G. Harrison. 1851 Aug 





Typescript copy (and carbon) of above letter. No date 




[Statements by and about E.W. Sargent. Copies]. 1890, 1895, 1925 [originals] 

Physical Description: 7 leaves total. With WWR's notes. 1 leaf. Holograph. Concern 

Sargent's ouster from Los Angeles Abstract Company, etc. 



Box 57, Folder 4 Photostat copies of Sargent's 1890 letter. 1890 



Box 57, Folder 5 Incorporation document (unsigned). 1893 



Box 57, Folder 6 Typed copies of incorporation documents. 1893 



Box 57, Folder 7 Incorporation. Newspaper clipping. 1943 





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Box 57, Folder 9 Typed notes about shareholders' (?) meeting. 1895 



Box 57, Folder 10 Letter from O.P. Clark. 1893 

Physical Description: Photostat copies. 



Box 57, Folder 11 Typed excerpts from newspaper article. 1896 





T.I. home guards [WWI]. No date 

Physical Description: By Johnson, Ralph. Describe?. 



Box 57, Folder 13 Scrapbook pages and loose clippings. ca. 1928 - 1937 




Telegrams about closing during bank holiday. 1933 Mar 



Box 57, Folder 15 News release. 1943 





Federal housing acts. WWR's notes. No date 




Box 57, Folder 17 Federal housing acts. Newspaper clippings. 1963 



Box 57, Folder 18 Post - WWII business outlook. 1944 

Physical Description: Mimeographed material, magazine. 





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Information - home office, Title Insurance and Trust Company. No date 




Historical chart of Title Insurance and Trust Company; comp. by George A. Reimers. No date 

[after 1942] 

Physical Description: Several copies, as well as later organization charts. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - histories. 


Brief history of the Los Angeles Abstract Company and early history of the Title Insurance and 

Trust Company and of the writer's connection therewith; by Will L. Ramsey. 1916 




Box 57, Folder 22 T.I. Cavalcade. 1940 





Physical Description: Printed program. 




Physical Description: Script. [41] leaves. Typescript (carbon). 




Physical Description: Script (another typing). 18 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 



Box 57, Folder 26 Untitled, beginning: The story of title insurance …. 1941? 





Letter and memos to / from M.B. Ogden. 1941 Jan - Feb, 1942 Dec 



Box 57, Folder 28 [Ogden M.B.] History of Title Insurance and Trust. 1942 






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Box 57, Folder 29 [Ogden, M.B.] History of Title Insurance and Trust. 1942 

Physical Description: 60 leaves. Another copy. Leaves 42 - 60 only. 




50th anniversary? Untitled "cavalcade" script. No date 

Physical Description: 11 leaves. Typescript. Seemingly incomplete. 




Title Insurance and Trust Company celebrates 50th anniversary. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). With minor holograph corrections in 

WWR's hand. 




Reminders in connection with 50th anniversary T.I. & T. Co. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript. Another copy. Typescript (carbon). 




WWR's sketches for 50th anniversary advertisements. No date 




Box 57, Folder 34 60th anniversary. Newspaper clippings. 1952 - 1953 




Forty year history of title companies in Los Angeles, January 1887 - January 1927; by J.B. 

Webber. 1946 





Information on General Title Insurance Company. No date 

Physical Description: With WWR's holograph notes: Duval, former employee of TI & T Co. 




Physical Description: Photocopy. Article from Los Angeles Times. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - annual reports. 






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The insuring of titles on property. No date 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material. 


Insuring titles in land. No date 

Physical Description: 7 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections by WWR. 




The business of insuring land titles. No date 

Physical Description: 3 leaves with WWR's holograph corrections. Could be notes / outline 

for and lecture. 




Copy of Mr. H.W. O'Melveny's speech before the American Bar Convention … 1935 meeting. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript. With minor holograph notation by WWR. 



Box 58, Folder 5 O'Melveny's speech …. 1935 

Physical Description: [7] leaves. Typescript. Also WWR's holograph notes. 1 leaf. Another 

typing of preceding remarks. 



Box 58, Folder 6 Speech on working of title insurance; by W.W. Powell. 1921 





Title insurance. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript. With WWR's note: From, apparently, a mag. 

article. 





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Mexican land titles. No date 

Physical Description: 14 leaves total. Holograph and typescript. Holograph notes in ____ 

with translations. 




Torrens title. Articles, etc. 1943, 1947, and no date 



Box 58, Folder 10 What protection is title insurance; by Lawrence L. Otis. 1927 and 1946 

Physical Description: 10 p. 2 copies. 21 leaves. Reprint of an article. The community 

property problem; an address by Mr. Charles H. Brock. 



Box 58, Folder 11 The community property problem; an address by Mr. Charles H. Brock. 1927 

Physical Description: 21 p. 



Box 58, Folder 12 Outline of land titles. Pt. 3. 1949? 

Physical Description: Various pagings. California Land Title Association. 



Box 58, Folder 13 Sources of title to land in California. Pt. 1. 1965 

Physical Description: Various pagings. Los Angeles, Title Insurance and Trust. 




What is your market value? by Henry A. Porter. Los Angeles, Title Insurance and Trust. Par value 

… 98 cents. 1929 




Box 59, Folder 2 Trust service brochures and pamphlets. 1924 - 1925, 1928, 1931, 1937, and 1945 

Physical Description: Various titles. 




Probate brochures. No date 




Wills and deeds of trust, brochures from other companies. 1922, 1927, etc 





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Tax brochures. No date 




Realty financing brochures. ca. 1960s 




WWR's notes on derivation of word, etc. No date 





Promotion of the escrow department; by Allan Herrick. 1955 Apr 25 and no date 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Other typed notes on escrow. Letter from Herrick to WWR. 



Box 59, Folder 9 Brochures about escrow. ca. 1930 - 1940 



Box 59, Folder 10 Brochures about escrow. 1960, 1962 




Copies of T.I.T.'s Escrow news letter, published as a service to the escrow men and women of 

California [4 issues]. 1962 Nov, 1963 Jan, 1964 Jan, 1965 Jul and 1969 Oct 

Physical Description: Marked by WWR: 1964 and 1965. 




T.I.T. escrow forms. No date 




Escrow manual; by Claire Cammert. 1962 Jul 

Physical Description: Various pagings. 




Story of typical escrow currently handled at Title Insurance and Trust Company. No date 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript Also: another copy. Typescript. Another copy. 

Carbon typescript. At head of title: Appendix. 



Box 59, Folder 15 Escrow ephemera, clippings. 1963 - 1964 





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Box 59, Folder 16 Subdivision clipping and statistics. 1950, 1963 




Subdivision information and procedure. No date 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Mimeograph. Also: WWR's notes. 1 leaf. Holograph. 

Mimeograph. Also 1 leaf WWR's holograph notes. 



Box 59, Folder 18 The mortgage money market; by Willis R. Bryant. 1956 

Physical Description: 19 [3] leaves. Typescript (mimeograph). 




Brochures from California Land Title Association. 1938, 1952, 1963, and no date 

Physical Description: Includes: newsletter, invitation to open house for move to offices 

on Wilshire Boulevard. 




Building and loan company brochures. 1929 - 1930, and no date 



Box 59, Folder 21 Aspects of title insurance. Newspaper clippings. 1949, 1962, 1965 



Box 60, Folder 1 Map. 1936 Oct 10 

Physical Description: For: 32nd annual California Real Estate Association convention; map 

of metropolitan Los Angeles tour …; compliments of Title Guarantee and Trust…. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Title Guarantee and Trust. 

Box 60, Folder 2 An outline of services for attorneys furnished by Title Guarantee and Trust Company. 1938 

Physical Description: WWR not credited. 




Ti Guar tales. 1942 Nov 

Physical Description: v. 5 no. 11. No mention of WWR. 




Illustration / floor plan. Clipping. No date 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Title Guarantee Building (5th and 

Broadway). 



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The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Title Guarantee and Trust Building (5th 

and Hill). 

Box 60, Folder 6 [Untitled copy from Los Angeles Times]. 1905? 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Title Insurance and Trust building, 

Franklin and New High Streets. 


Tamm residence. No date 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Title Insurance and Trust Spring Street 

building. 


433 South Spring in the days when the street was a dusty thoroughfare. No date 




building. 

Box 60, Folder 9 Printed invitation to open house. 1928 



building. 

Box 60, Folder 10 Title Insurance Building. 1928? 

Physical Description: 9 p. Illus. 



building. 





The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - T.I. Foundation. 


Magazine clippings and mimeographed materials. 1964 - 1965, and no date 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Automation. 


Newspaper clippings. 1963 - 1964, and no date 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Automation. 

Box 60, Folder 14 Theory. Magazine articles and brochures. 1927, 1943, and 1951 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Public relations. 



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Corporate histories, corporate public relations. Clippings. 1962 - 1963, and no date 



Box 60, Folder 16 Corporate history sample [Fiduciary Trust Company of New York]. 1941 



Box 60, Folder 17 Advertisement layout and design. Magazine clippings. 1945 




Institutional advertising, most using historical details. Clippings. 1943, 1945, 1964 and no 

date 




Typed copy for T.I. advertisement. No date 




Proofs for T.I. advertisements, some with WWR's holograph corrections. No date 




Advertisements. Newspaper clippings. 1943 - 1944, and no date 




Advertisements. Newspaper clippings. 1929, 1938, 1963 and no date 




Proofs for T.I. advertisements using incidents in California history. No date 

Physical Description: Advertisements begin: Ranchos become cities … [Long Beach, Pasadena, 

Culver City, Santa Monica, Whittier, Huntington Park]. 




Advertisements using incidents in California history. Newspaper clippings. 1946, 1947 and no 

date 




Advertisements for Romance of the ranchos. No date 




Tours. Mimeographed memos. 1962 and no date 





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This is my land (film). No date 

Physical Description: Ephemera. 



Box 60, Folder 28 Photographs. Letters. 1936 





Speakers bureau. Brochure. No date 




Illustration used for T.I. convention display. No date 

Physical Description: Cf. T 'n' T 




Title insurance map of the United States. No date 





Remember when? and Cattle brands brochures. No date 

Physical Description: Remember when? quotes W.W. Robinson, Clerk of the Council, 1879. 



Box 60, Folder 33 Early days in Los Angeles. [1945] 

Physical Description: Mentions W.W. Robinson (1895). 




Correspondence, enclosing reminiscences, etc. No date 



Box 60, Folder 35 Letter to WWR. 1960 Jan 7 

Physical Description: 1 item, 1 pc. Encloses new brochure; thanks him for copy of San 

Fernando Valley brochure. 



Box 60, Folder 36 [Reminiscences of W.H. Anderson] In: Independent review. 1945 Sep 4 

Physical Description: v. 11 no. 43. Sent after listening to Romance of the ranchos. 





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Romance of the ranchos article. In: Radio life. 1947 Dec 

Physical Description: Photograph of WWR: p. 33. 



Box 61, Folder 1 Letters, memos to shareholders. 1953, 1956, 1958 and 1965 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Misc. 

Box 61, Folder 2 Brochures to shareholders. 1944, 1958, and 1964 



Box 61, Folder 3 Memo and printed information to shareholders. 1965 





Letters to customers. 1963 and no date 



Box 61, Folder 5 Walker's manual information about TIT. 1932 and 1962 



Box 61, Folder 6 Title insurance is a necessity because it protects you …. 1895? 

Physical Description: 28 p. On cover: Safe business methods. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Brochures: history, etc. 


Title insurance: questions and answers of importance to the owner of a home. No date 

Physical Description: 1 folded leaf. Also letter from Anne Kerckhoff (1952). 



Box 61, Folder 8 The Title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles, cor. Franklin & New High Sts. 1903 

Physical Description: Unpaged, illus. 





Physical Description: Unpaged. 



Box 61, Folder 10 Title services of Title Insurance and Trust Company. 1954 and 1960 





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Box 61, Folder 11 Evidences of title of Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles, California. 1928 




Box 61, Folder 12 Title Insurance and Trust Company … manual of information. 1929? 

Physical Description: 12 p. 2 cop. 





Physical Description: 16 p. 2 cop (different wrappers). 



Box 61, Folder 15 Welcome to Title Insurance and Trust Company … statewide title service. ca. 1962 

Physical Description: [A folder containing brochures, including Title Services of Title 

Insurance and Trust Company]. 




Leaflets, cards, etc. giving policy information, schedules of fees, etc. 1963 and no date 




Booklets, brochures, leaflets from other title companies. No date 




Brochures on land measurements. No date 




Title Insurance and Trust Company, Spring Street at Fifth. No date 

Physical Description: 21 p. Illus. 2 cop. Also note from WWR. WWR's note: this gives a 

history of TI & departments. 




Title Insurance and Trust Company management conference proceedings. 1963 Feb 




Capitalizing on profit opportunities, Title Insurance and Trust Company. 1952 Aug 

Physical Description: Prepared by McKinsey & Company, management consultants. Various 

pagings. 




Brochures, advertisement, and news release from WWR about postwar services. No date 





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Box 62, Folder 1 With Title Guarantee and Trust. Information to stockholders, [proof?] copies of agreement. 1942 

Dec 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - mergers. 

Box 62, Folder 2 With other companies [clippings and mimeographed information]. 1948, 1961? and 1963 



Box 62, Folder 3 With other companies. Newspaper clippings. 1965 




Correspondence. 1963 Feb 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - First Montana Title 

Insurance Company. 




The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Massachusetts Title 



Carbon of letter from WWR. 1948 Dec 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Pioneer T. I. and 

Trust Co., San Bernardino. 


Printed invitation to open house. 1959 Apr 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Pioneer T.I. and 

Trust Co., San Bernardino. 


Letter from WWR. 1963 Jan 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Pioneer Title 

Insurance Company of Nevada. 




The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Title and Trust 

Company, Portland . 


[History]. No date 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Title and Trust 

Company, Portland . 



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The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Title Guarantee 

Company, New York. 


Letters. 1964 Feb and Apr 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Title Guaranty of 

Hawaii. 






Hawaii. 


Chain of title? Photocopy. No date 



Hawaii. 


Letter to WWR from James D. Forward. 1949 Oct 

Physical Description: Union Title Office. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Title Insurance and 

Trust, San Diego. 


Letters to WWR from James D. Forward, Jr. 1962 Nov; 1963 Feb, Apr, and Nov 





Letter from Larry Booth. 1963 Aug 





Box 62, Folder 18 The business of insuring land titles. 1962? 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript (carbon) … An outline sent as suggestion for 

article for James D. Forward, Jr ADD; with WWR's holograph corrections. 





The Forwards and San Diego. No date 

Physical Description: WWR's holograph notes. 2 leaves. Holograph. 






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Box 62, Folder 20 Interview with Frank G. Forward. 1963 Jul 17 






Memories of the title business in 1910. No date 

Physical Description: 11 leaves. Typescript …. Reminiscences of an employee in San Diego 

Add: with extensive holograph corrections. 





"Forward" with photographs; by Frank Graham for the Union Title Insurance Company. 1960 Dec and 

no date 

Physical Description: In: Title news, v. 39, no. 12. Article about Frank G. Forward. Other 

biographical information about the Forwards. 





San Diego County real estate trends; … v. 11, no. 2, v. 12 no. 2. 1962 Dec and 1963 Feb, Apr and 

Nov 

Physical Description: Published monthly in the interest of the real estate profession by: 

Title Insurance and Trust Company, Union Title Office, San Diego. 




Box 62, Folder 24 Union Title topics. v. 1 - 16. 1947 - 1962 

Physical Description: Scattered issues. 





Real estate and services brochures printed for clients by Union Title office. No date 





Correspondence. 1941 Jan, 1962 Nov - Dec, 1963 Jan - Apr, Sep 




Trust Co., San Francisco. 

Box 62, Folder 27 WWR's notes and interview. 1962? 

Physical Description: 19 leaves. Holograph Includes: Interview with Henley - 12/10/62 

[begins on leaf 1; extent unclear]. 






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[Histories]. No dates 

Physical Description: 30 leaves total. Typescript, typescript (carbon) and typescript 

(photocopy). Also: WWR's notes. 1 leaf. Holograph. 




Box 62, Folder 29 Early policies. 1887, 1889 

Physical Description: 2 items. With first company name: California Title Insurance and 

Trust Company. 





Documents and brochures, including first policy [copies]. 1869, 1887, etc 





Correspondence. 1963 Jan and Apr 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Washington Title 


Box 62, Folder 32 Highlights of Seattle's century. 1951 





Box 62, Folder 33 News release, rosters. 1953 




Box 62, Folder 34 Magazine clippings. 1963 - 1964 




Box 62, Folder 35 Snohomish County office scrapbook. 1955 




Box 62, Folder 36 Letter (via Washington Title). 1963 

Physical Description: 2 items, 2 pcs. See photos. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - Arriola, Bohn & 

Gayle, Guam. 



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Copies with photographs of WWR. 1957 Feb, 1963 Feb, 1962 Feb, 1964 Feb, 1965 Mar - Apr 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - T 'n' T. 

Box 63, Folder 2 Copies. 1953 (one issue), 1955 (one issue), 1956 - 1959 

Physical Description: Marked by WWR: 1953 Bun - Jul, 1955 May, 1956 Bun, 1959 Mar and May. 

1959 Mar has article about WWR and chain of title, May about San Bernardino. 



Box 63, Folder 3 Copies. 1960 - 1961 

Physical Description: 1960 Oct: article about W.H. Allen. 




Physical Description: Marked by WWR: 1963 Sep - Oct. 




Copies. 1964 - 1965, 1970 (one issue) 

Physical Description: Marked by WWR: 1970 Jan - Feb. 



Box 64, Folder 1 The education and training of title company employees. 1953? 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Employee training. 





The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Employee benefits. 

Box 64, Folder 3 Memos. 1955 - 1956 

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon and mimeograph). 



Box 64, Folder 4 The tip - off [orientation brochures]. 1946 and 1949 




T.I. is your business. [Orientation brochures]. 1954 and no date 





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Hospital, surgical, and medical insurance. 2 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 8 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). Typescript (carbon) with tipped 

- on & WWR's holograph corrections. Another copy, with minor differences in holograph 

corrections. 




Group life insurance. 2 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 6 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) …. Typescript (carbon) with 

WWR's holograph corrections. Another copy. Typescript, incorporating corrections. Another 

copy. Carbon typescript. 



Box 64, Folder 8 Insurance plan brochures. 1953 




Sample policies. No date 




Profit sharing reports and brochure. 1962 and no date 



Box 64, Folder 11 Employee profit sharing and benefit plan of Title Insurance and Trust Company as amended. 1955 




If called into the service. No date 




Schedule of amounts for retired employees. No date 




Employee training and benefits. Speeches, brochures from other companies. 1955 and no date 




Employee training and benefits. Speeches, brochures from other companies. 1955 and no date 




The T.I. news. 1928 Jan 

Physical Description: v. 1 no. 1. A bulletin published each month by Title Insurance and 

Trust Company. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Employee newsletters. 



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The T.I. news. Anniversary number. 1929 Jan 

Physical Description: Marked by WWR: information about W.W. Powell. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Employee newsletters. 


Sam the searcher ….. 1951 Dec 

Physical Description: 2 cop. Excerpts of humorous fillers from T 'n' T. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Employee newsletters, etc. 

Box 64, Folder 19 Roster. 1919 May 1 

Physical Description: 16 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) and typescript. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Employees. 


Biographical notes. 1962 - 1964 and no date 

Physical Description: Holograph, typescript (various reproductions). Several are WWR's or 

others' copies of information. 




Biographies. Clippings from and issues of magazines, etc. 1943, 1963 - 1964 and no date 




Biographies. Newspaper clippings. 1920s - 1960s 



Box 64, Folder 23 Memorabilia, primarily certificates to Ernest Loebbecke. 1914, 1955, and 1962 - 1963 

Physical Description: 1914 item addressed to Charles F. Lummis: Second annual Harvard - 

Yale - Princeton outing. One secretary of occasion: Wilbur Bassett, T. I. Bldg. 



Box 65, Folder 1 Interview with Allen. 1949, 1963 20 

Physical Description: 9 leaves total. Holographs. Herbert Allen. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Herbert Allen. 


No title. 1930 Aug 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript …. Typescript with minor holograph markings. 

Written by WWR?. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - William H. Allen, 

Jr. 



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Letter and transcript. No date 

Physical Description: 12 leaves. Typescript and holograph (photocopy). Typescript and 

holograph (photocopy). 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - William H. Allen, 

Jr. 


Fragment of a letter, sender unknown, to WWR, suggesting material to be used in T 'n' T. No date 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - William H. Allen, Jr. 

Box 65, Folder 5 2 interviews. 1962 

Physical Description: 10 leaves total. Holograph, typescript, and photocopy. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Harold Bayly. 

Box 65, Folder 6 Interview. 1963 Nov 8 

Physical Description: 7 leaves total. Holograph and typescript. Holograph. Vita. 

Typescript or printing of typescript (photocopy). 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Edward J. Carr. 


[Untitled]. No date 

Physical Description: 5 leaves total. Holograph and typescript with WWR's corrections. 

Holograph notes by WWR. The Story of the man behind this signature [O.P. Clark]. 

Typescript with holograph corrections by WWR. Written by WWR?. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - O.P. Clark. 

Box 65, Folder 8 Interview with Mrs. O.P. Clark. 1943 Jan 29 

Physical Description: 8 leaves total. Holograph and typescript. Holograph. Interview with 

Mrs. O.P. Clark (relations between T.I. & T.C.). Typescript. Prepared from previous 

interview. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Mrs. O.P. Clark. 


News release. 1943 Apr 

Physical Description: 3 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). [1 leaf WWR's hol. notes]. 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Mrs. O.P. Clark. 

Box 65, Folder 10 Interview. 1948 May 3 

Physical Description: 2 leaves total. Typescript and typescript carbon). Typescript with 

minor holograph markings. Another copy: carbon typescript with WWR's note: depression 

story. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - P.W. Clark. 



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Box 65, Folder 11 Claire Commert interview. 1963 Apr 25 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Holographs. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Claire Commert. 

Box 65, Folder 12 Interview with Jack Crowley. 1963 Nov 4 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Jack Crowley. 

Box 65, Folder 13 Interviews. 1947 

Physical Description: 7 leaves total. Holograph and typescript. Holograph. Typescript with 

minor holograph markings. Together with these: 1 leaf holograph notes by WWR. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Charles L. Eager. 

Box 65, Folder 14 Interview 3/5/48, John M. Fabing: early days of Otto Brant. 1948 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - John M. Fabing. 

Box 65, Folder 15 Garber - 1/9/63. To George Garber. 1948 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. Typescript with holograph additions. Typescript with 

holograph additions. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - George Garber. 

Box 65, Folder 16 Gauldin interview 9/12/63. 1963 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Gauldin. 

Box 65, Folder 17 Emma Grass interview 2/13/63. 1963 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Emma Grass. 

Box 65, Folder 18 Interview with Rex Harlow on June 7, 1949. 1949 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holographs. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Rex Harlow. 

Box 65, Folder 19 Haskell interview 3/6/63. 1963 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Arnold (?) Haskell. 


Interview?. No date 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Richard Haslett. 



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Box 65, Folder 21 No title. 1943 and 1947 

Physical Description: 5 leaves total. Holograph and typescript with hol. corrections. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - P.J. Horsch. 

Box 65, Folder 22 Reports. 1930 Nov 17 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - P.J. Horsch. 

Box 65, Folder 23 Change this? Excerpts from father's diary and interview. 1893 and 1948 

Physical Description: 7 leaves total. Typescript …. Typescript with holograph corrections. 

Another copy: carbon typescript with holograph corrections. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Earl Johnson. 

Box 65, Folder 24 Interview with J.H. Johnson, May 13, 1948. 1948 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). Typescript with 

holograph corrections. Another copy: carbon typescript. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - J.H. Johnson. 

Box 65, Folder 25 Interviews with Ralph Johnson, December 17, 1947. 1947 

Physical Description: [3] leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Typescript with 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Ralph Johnson. 

Box 65, Folder 26 4/9/64: interview with Ernest Loebbecke. 1964 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Ernest Loebbecke. 

Box 65, Folder 27 Interview 7/18/63 Pearl M. Lyng. 1963 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Pearl M. Lyng. 


[Interview]. No date 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - James D. Macneil. 


Diary and WWR's notes about HWM. No date 

Physical Description: 6 leaves total. Holograph and typescript. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - H.W. O'Melveny. 



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Interviews. 1962 and no date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. Typescript with holograph corrections. Typescript 

with holograph corrections. S.O.M.'s recollections of James H. Shankland. Holograph. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Stuart O'Melveny. 

Box 65, Folder 31 Memo to WWR. Interview about, and clipping. 1946 - 1955 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Carbon typescript. Clipping from T 'n' T, concerning SOM's 

retirement. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Stuart O'Melveny. 

Box 65, Folder 32 Ivan Peters 2/20/64. 1964 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Ivan Peters. 


Interview. No date 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Paul A. Pflueger. 

Box 65, Folder 34 Notes on interview with WWP by WWR. 1945 December 20 

Physical Description: 6 leaves total. Typescript [and carbon]. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - W.W. Powell. 

Box 65, Folder 35 Interview with WWP. 1947 December 9 

Physical Description: 8 leaves total. Primarily typescript (carbon) with hol. corr. 

Typescript with holograph corrections. Another copy: carbon typescript. 



Box 65, Folder 36 Interview with W.W. Powell. 1948 April 30 

Physical Description: 6 leaves total. Typescript with holograph corrections. 2 cop. 



Box 65, Folder 37 Odds & ends from conversation with Powell. 1949 February 14 




Box 65, Folder 38 News release concerning WWP's death. 1955 




Box 65, Folder 39 Spinner interview 1/2/64. 1964 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Spinner. 



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Box 65, Folder 40 Charles P. Squires - (Las Vegas) interview. 1947 June 28 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Charles P. Squires. 

Box 65, Folder 41 [Miscellaneous information about T.I.]. 1942 Dec 31 

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript (carbon) … Also printed item. Typescript 

(carbon) with holograph corrections. Included: T.I.T. Statement of condition, 1942. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - N.W. Thompson. 





The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - N.W. Thompson. 

Box 65, Folder 43 Interview with Bernard Vollmer. 1948 May 17 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. Typescript with hol. corr. and carbon. Typescript 

with holograph corrections. Another copy: carbon typescript with holograph corrections. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Bernard Vollmer. 

Box 65, Folder 44 Interview. 1963 Oct 7 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Hale Warn. 



Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript with holograph markings by WWR. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Percy Warner. 

Box 65, Folder 46 Per Percy Warner - 3/1/63. 1963 




Box 65, Folder 47 Interview with P.E. Warner. 1964 

Physical Description: 8 leaves. Holograph. WWR's questions and notes from interview. 



Box 65, Folder 48 Interview with Wm. C. Wattles. 1963 Sep 30 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - William C. Wattles. 

Box 65, Folder 49 WWR's interview with J.B. Webber. 1947 Dec 3 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph markings by WWR. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - J.B. Webber. 



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Box 65, Folder 50 Interview with J.B. Webber. 1948 Aug 17 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). Typescript with 

WWR's holograph markings and typescript (carbon). 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - J.B. Webber. 





The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Carroll West. 

Box 65, Folder 52 Interview with Ella Zeitlow (& Perc Warner). 1962 Dec 5 

Physical Description: 5 leaves. Holograph … at the Dales Restaurant. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research interviews - Ella Zeitlow. 


Memo from R.A. Brant to WWR. No date 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - O.F. Brant - early 

manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 54 History of the Brant family. 1922 

Physical Description: 24 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Seemingly not by WWR. 



manuscript. 


O.F. Brant, empire builder of the southwest. 2 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 78 leaves total. Typescript …. Typescript and (cop. 2) typescript 

(carbon). 



manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 56 Memo. 1948 



manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 57 Brant and Chandler. Notes by David O. Brant. 1962 




manuscript. 


Brant house, etc. Notes. No date 




manuscript. 



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WWR's interview with W.H. Allen. No date 




manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 60 Title to the land: the story of Title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles. 1948? 

Physical Description: 14 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Marked by WWR: To Robert Brant. 



manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 61 Early pleasures, per Mr. Robert Brant. 1943 Feb 5 




manuscript. 


WWR's holograph notes. 1947, etc 




manuscript. 


Letter from David Brant to Arnold Haskell. 1957 Oct 

Physical Description: 1 item, 1 pc. Copy. Marked by WWR: Tejon story. 



manuscript. 


Letter, Harrison Gray Otis to Brant. 1909 Nov 

Physical Description: 1 item, 1 pc. Holograph. 



manuscript. 


Brant. Early days at Title Insurance & Trust Co. No date 

Physical Description: 12 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). 2 cop. 



manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 66 Confidential (for family only): the history of the Brant family. 1964 

Physical Description: 5 leaves. Typescript …. Typescript with holograph corrections. 



manuscript. 


[1 - page biography of O.F. Brant] Two versions. 1964 and no date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. With notes. With notes from DOB and WWR. 



manuscript. 



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Box 65, Folder 68 Correspondence about book about O.F. Brant. 1957 - 1959 

Physical Description: 8 items, 9 pieces. Letters from W.P. Whitsett and Edwin Janss. 



manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 69 Interview with David O. Brant at home. 1962 Dec 6 




manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 70 David Brant. 1963 Jan 5 




manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 71 Interview with D.O. Brant. 1963 Bun 19 




manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 72 Interview with David O. Brant. 1958 Oct 6 




manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 73 Correspondence about files of O.F. Brant. 1958 and 1962 




manuscript. 


Note from David O. Brant, and letters from persons agreeing to be interviewed by WWR. 1963, no 

date 




manuscript. 


Criticism of WWR's 1949 manuscript. No date 




manuscript. 



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Letter, memo. 1950 and no date 




manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 77 Correspondence about the death of O.F. Brant. 1963 




manuscript. 


Notes about death of O.F. Brant. No date 




manuscript. 


Letters from David O. Brant and others offering information. 1963 Jan - Feb 




manuscript. 

Box 65, Folder 80 Certificate of title, Los Angeles Title Insurance Co. 1891 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph. WWR's note: This shows W.J. Williams connections 

with Sargent prior to TG. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Research material - E.W. Sargent. 


Notes on Sargent. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph (not WWR). 




Story of the company. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript. Another version. 3 leaves. Typescript. These 

are by WWR?. 




35th anniversary of TG. No date 

Physical Description: Typescript. Another copy. Carbon typescript. Also 1 leaf typescript 

and 1 leaf carbon typescript of unknown manuscript. 




Payroll, Los Angeles Abstract Company. 1890 Dec 

Physical Description: Signed by O.F. Brant. 





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Box 66, Folder 1 Correspondence. 1943, 1945 - 1948 





Correspondence with J.B. Webber. 1948 and no date 

Physical Description: 7 items, 27 pcs. Includes extensive reminiscences, etc. 



Box 66, Folder 3 Correspondence with Ordway Tead. 1949 




Box 66, Folder 4 Correspondence with Ernest Loebbecke and other officials. 1960 and 1962 









WWR's notes from various minutes. No date 





WWR's notes from readings, published sources. No date 





WWR's notes from various sources, including interviews. No date 

Physical Description: 112 leaves. Primarily holograph. 




WWR's notes on early history. No date 





WWR's notes on title companies. No date 

Physical Description: 9 leaves. Holograph and typescript. On: Abstract and Title Insurance 

Company, and articles of incorporation of Title Insurance and Trust. 





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Real estate brochure. 1965 Bun 

Physical Description: Also: 1 leaf WWR's holograph notes. 



Box 66, Folder 12 Correspondence about payment. 1962 - 1963 



The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Manuscript material. 


Methodology. No date 




Box 66, Folder 14 WWR's memos and story outline. 1948 





The history of T.I. - a few personal thoughts. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Carbon typescript with holograph corrections. 



Box 66, Folder 16 Correspondence with readers of chapter manuscripts, etc. 1963 - 1964 

Physical Description: 24 items, 33 pcs. Includes list of these readers. 



Box 66, Folder 17 Original forward and outline of chapters (plus some comment). 1963 





Comments from reading. No date 




Box 66, Folder 19 Correspondence with Carroll R. West. 1964 - 1965 





Working outline. No date 

Physical Description: 7 leaves. Carbon typescript ext. hol. and paste-on corrs. Another 

working outline. Carbon typescript with minor holograph corrections. 





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Outlines. Typescript (photocopies). No date 

Physical Description: 4 copies. 1 copy has extensive holograph corrections. 




Foreword. Six versions. Carbon typescript with holograph corrections. In format like chapters 

themselves, below. No date 




Manuscript with no chapter designations. No date 





Chapter manuscripts. Incomplete. No date 





Title to the land. No date 

Physical Description: [101] leaves. Typescript with minor holograph correction. Chapters 

paged separately. 





Physical Description: [133] leaves. Typescript (carbon). Chapter paged separately. 



Box 67, Folder 3 Typescript, typescript (carbon and photocopy) with holograph corrections. 1964 July 31 

Physical Description: [237] leaves. Chapters paged separately. Foreword dated in 

typescript: July 31, 1964. "Final version". 



Box 67, Folder 4 Typescript (photocopy). 1964 Sep 1 

Physical Description: iii, 255 [6], Notes [1], Index [1] leaves. Foreword dated 9/1/64. 

"Final version". 




The land and the people. No date 

Physical Description: iii, 255, [6], Notes [7], Index [1] leaves. Typescript (photocopy). 

Foreword corrected to: January 1 1965. Cover letter from Marvin C. Diefendorf to WWR, 1966 

Jan 20. 1 item, 1 pc. 





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Typescript (carbon) and photocopy. No date 

Physical Description: iii, 255 [6], Notes [6], Index [1] leaves. With holograph and paste 

- on corrections. Foreword dated September 1, 1964 and corrected in holograph to October 

15; then January 1, 1965. 




Typescript (carbon) included with preceding copy. No date 

Physical Description: [7] leaves. Changes to go into final ms., description of photos, 

etc. 




Acknowledgement and sources. No date 





Notes. 1965 Mar 24 and no date 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections (photocopy). Notes. 

[7] leaves. Carbon typescript incorporating changes. With WWR's note: Final. 




T.I. History [notes for photographs]. No date 





Various correction pages. No date 





1. Pushed by a panic. No date 

Physical Description: 104 leaves total. Following chapter folders will contain: drafts by 

WWR (Pica type) and copies by typist and photocopies. Varying holograph and paste-on 

corrections. 


The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Manuscript chapters. 


2. Open for business. No date 





3. Insuring the property owner. No date 






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5. The rise of the escrow. No date 





6. Squatters on the land. No date 





7. Subdividing the land. No date 





8. The threat of the Torrens Title. No date 





9. The challenge of the real estate cycle. No date 





10. The boom of the twenties. No date 





11. Depression. No date 





12. The expansive forties. No date 





13. Statewide. No date 





14. In the eyes of the public. No date 






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15. The inside story. No date 





16. Spanning the nation. No date 





17. The setup. No date 





18. History is T.I.'s business. No date 





19. Automated world. No date 





20. Land and the people. No date 








The Land and the People - Unpublished writings - Revision. 


Sonora Town or lower Los Angeles, looking north. No date / various dates 

Physical Description: Photographic negative. 


Los Angeles from the Days of the Pueblo - Unpublished writings - Research / publication 


Box 121, Folder 11 Rojerio, Indian chorister and silversmith at San Fernando Mission. 1898 

Physical Description: Mission San Fernando, Rojirio, the Mission Chorista, gather the 

first of the cactus for food. He was 119 years old at the time of the picture, July 1898. 


The Story of the San Fernando Valley - Calendar Booklets - Research / publication material 


Box 129, Folder 33 Tide lands.. 1930 - 1970 


Tide lands - Southern California - Newspaper clippings. 



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Box 129, Folder 34 Tide lands.. 1930 - 1970 


Tide lands - Southern California - Newspaper clippings. 

Writings: unpublished . 


No date. 



Where is Southern California [After 1954] - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: 23 leaves. Typescript. In folder. 


Licensed to Wed - College writing - Manuscript - A one - act farce 





Convicts One and All - College writing - Manuscript - A farce - comedy in three acts. 

[Treatment] 


2 cop. No date 



The Human Comedy - College writing - Manuscript - A bi-monthly farce - in one act 


Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph. With this: sketch map. 


Morning Near Chatenay - Result of time in France, WWI - Manuscript. 




Untitled, Beginning: The Great Bay May be Reached from St. Malo - Result of time in 

France, WWI - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: [Army address in France]. 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 


A Permissionaire in Paris - Result of time in France, WWI - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: 6 postcards with holograph notes verso. 


The Calvary of Pontcharteau - Result of time in France, WWI - Research material. 



Physical Description: [715 S. Hope St]. 5 leaves. Typescript. 


The Calvary of Pontcharteau - Result of time in France, WWI - Manuscript. 



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Physical Description: [715 S. Hope St]. 5 leaves. Typescript. 


The Three - Day Trip to Paree - Result of time in France, WWI - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: [2310 S. Palmgrove Ave]. 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Carbon 

typescript. 


Destination - Brest - Result of time in France, WWI - Manuscript. 





Untitled Beginning: About Noon on Monday … - Result of time in France, WWI - Manuscript - 

Beginning: About noon on Monday the 11th I heard the church bells of Nantes … 





Phrases Caught Midair at Magnin's - Fiction, screen treatment - Notes. 


His daughter. No date 

Physical Description: [2001 Allston Way, Berkeley]. 1 leaf. Typescript. 


His Daughter - Fiction, screen treatment - Manuscript. 


Haunted house. No date 

Physical Description: [2310 Palmgrove Ave]. 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 


Haunted House - Fiction, screen treatment - Manuscript. 


Tides. No date 

Physical Description: [2310 S. Palmgrove Ave]. 8 leaves. Typescript. 


Tides - Fiction, screen treatment - Manuscript. 

Box 51, Folder 16 My uncle builds a house. 1940 



My Uncle Builds a House - Fiction, screen treatment - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: [2310 S. Palmgrove Ave]. 8 leaves. Typescript. 


Girl Who Didn't Date - Fiction, screen treatment - Manuscript. 


Newspaper clippings. No date 


Dan Benham - Fiction, screen treatment - Research material. 



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Dan Benham - Fiction, screen treatment - Manuscript material. 


Plan of a novel tentatively called Dan Benham. No date 

Physical Description: 17 leaves total. Typescript with minor holograph corrections. In 

folder. Synopsis and 3 chapters. 





Physical Description: 17 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) …. With holograph corrections 

In folder. 





Physical Description: 17 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). In folder with WWR's note: 

5/29/46, Dear Mr. Boardman: Here is the outline I mentioned. I shall be staying at the 

Barbizon Plaza all next week. 




First draft continuity, "Wuthering Heights," etc. No date 

Physical Description: 5 leaves. Evidently done to teach himself techniques of 

screenwriting. 


Old California - Fiction, screen treatment - Research material - A suggestion for a film 

story 




story 


The horse race. No date 




story 


Old California: a suggestion for a film story. No date 



Old California - Fiction, screen treatment - Manuscript - A suggestion for a film story 


Notes for poems?. No dates 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Holograph. One begins: The moon was brilliant, …"; 

another: Throb / Propellers a dark whir / Roar …. 


Notes for Poems? - Poetry - Manuscript material. 



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Born. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript with holograph additions. 


Poems Kept by WWR in an Envelope Postmarked 1930 - Poetry - Manuscript - None of the poems 

is dated. Each manuscript has before the title: W.W. Robinson, 2310 Palm Grove Avenue, Los 

Angeles, California 


Duty. No date 







Red mesas. No date 







Segment of the universe at New Years. No date 







I invoke. No date 







After April. No date 







Docile dromedaries. No date 








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April. No date 







Intrusion. No date 







You. No date 

Physical Description: 2 cop. 2 leaves total. Typescript …. and typescript (carbon). 


Poems Kept in an Envelope by WWR Postmarked 1930 - Poetry - Manuscript. 

Box 51, Folder 38 Notes. 1932? 



Poems Kept by WWR in an Envelope Postmarked 1930 - Poetry - Manuscript material. 


Robinson, Mary W. Recompense. 1830 Aug 

Physical Description: 2 leaves total. Holograph … Typescript (carbon) and holograph. 


Poems Kept by WWR in an Envelope Postmarked 1930 - Poetry - Manuscript material. 





Untitled, Beginning: The Arcade Post Office Land … - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph notations. Under title: 

W.W. Robinson, Assistant Secretary, Title Guarantee and Trust Company of Los Angeles. 


Land Titles in Spanish California - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph (not in WWR's hand). 


Covina and Rancho La Puente - Factual / Historical - Research material. 


Covina and Rancho La Puente. No date 



Covina and Rancho La Puente - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



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Covina and Rancho La Puente - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph addition. 


Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes and Tract No. 5713 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 


The tar pits of Hancock Park. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). With note from envelope: Wilshire 

Blvd - Pioneer Sav & L. Assn. 


The Tar Pits of Hancock Park - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 


Serra, the priest. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript with extensive holograph additions. In WWR's 

hand after the title: (the founder). 


Serra, the Priest - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: [2310 S. Palm Grove Avenue]. 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 


One Hundred Years Ago in Los Angeles - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: 15 leaves. Typescript (carbon) … with minor holograph corrections. 


H.L.M. - Our Rabelaisian Puritan [2110 S. Palmgrove Avenue] - Factual / Historical - 

Manuscript. 


That next boom. No date 



That Next Boom [2310 S. Palm Grove Avenue] - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 


Theology's heydey. No date 



Theology's Heydey [2310 S. Palm Grove Avenue] - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 





Victoria, B.C. - 8 p.m. 6/27/35 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



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Physical Description: 10 leaves total. Holograph. Includes 1 leaf holograph notes by IBR. 


Boom - Day Subdivisions - Factual / Historical - Research material - [Kept in envelope 

postmarked 1935] 


Boom - day subdivisions. No date 

Physical Description: 10 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). Each leaf is on 

a different topic; there are no subtitles. Some topics: Garvanza, Ivanhoe, Florence 

Terrace. Etc. 


Boom - Day Subdivision - Factual / Historical - Manuscript - [Kept in an envelope 

postmarked 1935] 

Box 51, Folder 55 Printed program, invitation. 1937 


Fiesta Fever. 1937? - Factual / Historical - Research material. 


Newspaper clippings. 1937 May, Aug - Sep and no date 








Fiesta fever. No date 

Physical Description: 4 [2] leaves. Typescript. 


Fiesta Fever. 1937? - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 

Box 51, Folder 59 Fiesta fever. 1937? 



Fiesta Fever. 1937? - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 


Another chip off the old block. No date 



Another Chip off the Old Block. No Date [During WWII] - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 




Rancho San Antonio. 1948 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material. 


Rancho San Antonio. No date 



Ranch San Antonio. 1948 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material. 



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Letters. 1952 Mar 

Physical Description: 3 items, 3 pcs. From David and Esther Malcolmson. 


"Rancho" is a Glamor Word. CA. 1952? - Factual / Historical - Research material. 




"Rancho" is a Glamor Word - Factual / Historical - Research material. 


Drafts, notes. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Holograph. 2 leaves are possibly unrelated? One leaf is 

chapter outline: II. The rancho map of California III. Who got the ranchos?, etc. 


"Rancho" is a Glamor Word - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material. 


Final draft?. No date 



"Rancho" is a Glamor Word - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 





Booms and Boomlets - Factual / Historical - Manuscript - Story of the fat years in 

southern California 


Correspondence with Cass Canfield. 1947 Feb - Mar, 1950 Feb - Mar 



The Rise of Los Angeles. 1951 - Factual / Historical - Editorial material. 


Correspondence. 1964 May - Bun, 1965 Jan and Mar 

Physical Description: 8 items, 8 pcs. Also: 1 leaf holograph notes. 


Land in California - Unpublished revisions of published works - Editorial material. 

Box 52, Folder 2 Correspondence with Alfred A. Knopf and his staff. 1950 Mar - May, Jul, Sep - Nov; 1951 Mar - 

May, Aug - Sep 





Correspondence. 1969 Apr - Aug, Dec; 1971 Nov - Dec; 1972 Feb 

Physical Description: 35 items, 82 pcs. Includes three snapshots. With Mildred S. Ligda. 




Rules for the guidance of authors …. No date 

Physical Description: 1 item. Knopf house editing rules. 





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Enclosures to the Ligda correspondence. No date 

Physical Description: Includes Hermes Publications, photocopies of correspondence, cost 

estimates, etc. 




Correspondence with Robert Glass Cleland. 1950 Mar 





[Untitled advertising statement about WWR's qualifications, written by himself]. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Carbon typescript with minor holograph corrections. Also 1 

leaf of WWR's notes. 




Notes and drafts. No date 

Physical Description: 20 leaves. Including III-Hub of the ranchos and Chapter 8 - Patterns 

of growth. Holograph. 


The Rise of Los Angeles. 1951 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material. 

Box 52, Folder 5 Legal agreement with Ligda. 1969 




Chapter drafts?. No date 

Physical Description: 6 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon) … Title to the 

land, The rise of Hollywood, etc. 




Carbon of letter from WWR. No date 


Land in California - Unpublished revisions of published works - Research material. 


Chapter 6 - Roistering fifties. No date 

Physical Description: 23 leaves. Typescript with some holograph corrections. 



Box 52, Folder 7 Magazine clipping. 1969 


Land in California - Unpublished revisions of published works - Research material. 



Physical Description: Another version. 23 leaves. Typescript. 





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Comments on various chapters. No date 



Land in California - Unpublished revisions of published works - Manuscript material. 


Outline, title page, list of possible titles. No date 

Physical Description: 6 leaves. Typescript, typescript (carbon), holograph. 




[Detailed outline of proposed book on Los Angeles with the tentative title of The rise of Los 

Angeles]. No date 





The rise of Los Angeles. No date 

Physical Description: 2 cop. 48 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). Also 

notes. 









Correspondence. 1956 Bun - Jul 

Physical Description: 2 items, 2 pcs. About republication by David Magee. 


Ranchos of California - Unpublished revisions of published works - Editorial material - 

[Revision / expansion of Ranchos become cities] 



Physical Description: 2 cop. 78 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). One copy lacks title 

page. 




Correspondence. 1965 Mar - Apr, Bun - Jul 

Physical Description: 9 items, 9 pcs. About republication by Lane Publications and / or 

Ward Ritchie. 





When only Indians lived in Los Angeles. No date 



American Indian Stories for Children - Children's stories - Manuscript material. 



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Chapter 14 - Metropolitan area. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript with extensive holograph corrections and 

holograph. 




Correspondence. 1955 Bun - Jul, 1956 Jan - Feb 



Ranchos of California - Unpublished revisions of published works - Research material - 




Physical Description: 2 items, 2 pcs. About republication by Title Insurance and Trust. 





Chapters 1 - 7. No date 

Physical Description: 138 [1] leaves. Typescript. Unnumbered leaf is a list: Chapters yet 

to be written. This copy lacks Chapter 1 (leaf 1 - 14). 











Physical Description: Another copy. 138 [1] leaves. Typescript (carbon). 




Typed material. No date 







Physical Description: Another copy. 125 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Lacks chapter one, as 

typescript above. 



Box 52, Folder 17 Newspaper clippings. 1950, 1959, 1960, 1965 






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A look at Los Angeles. No date 

Physical Description: 2 cop. 30 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). 

Seemingly done for separate submission. 




Notes on structure, etc. No date 



Ranchos of California - Unpublished revisions of published works - Manuscript material - 



Notes on structure, titles, etc. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript with varying holograph additions. 





Various outlines. Kingdoms for the asking - story of the Spanish and Mexican ranchos of 

California. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. 2 leaves. Typescript, marked "superseded" in WWR's hand. 

HELP????????. 





II. The rancho map of California; and III. Kingdoms for the asking. No date 

Physical Description: 10 leaves numbered [6] - 15. 6 leaves numbered [13] - 18. Carbon 

typescript. 





I. Rancho heritage; and II. The rancho map of California. No date 

Physical Description: 12 leaves. Carbon typescript with holograph corrections. 





Where is southern California?. No date 



Where is Southern California. After 1954 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 


Highlights since 1887 in the Los Angeles area. No date 

Physical Description: 8 leaves. Typescript (carbon). With minor holograph corrections. 


Highlights Since 1887 in the Los Angeles Area. 1957 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



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A 78 - Year Story of Los Angeles County (1880 - 1958). 1958 - Factual / Historical - 

Manuscript. 


Another typing. No date 

Physical Description: 2 cop. 18 leaves total. Typescript (photocopy?). 


A 78 - Year Story of Los Angeles County (1880 - 1958). 1958 - Factual / Historical - 

Manuscript. 





The Springs that Made Palm Springs. After 1959 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 





Frank E. Collier, 1882 - 1959. 1960 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 


Notes, bibliographical sources, etc. No date 



Speaking of Books. CA. 1965 - Factual / Historical - Research material - Notes on 

bibliographical sources, books read to comprise a Hollywood bibliography, etc 

Box 53, Folder 8 Printed and mimeographed. 1951, 1953, 1956, and 1971 


Speaking of Books. CA. 1965 - Factual / Historical - Research material - Notes on 

bibliographical sources, books read to comprise a Hollywood bibliography, etc 

Box 53, Folder 9 Regan. Address to employees of Forest Lawn. 1961 Nov 2 

Physical Description: 14 leaves. Typescript (mimeographed). 


Speaking of Books. CA. 1965 - Factual / Historical - Research material - Regan, Ronald. 

Address delivered to employees of Forest Lawn 


Book announcement and reviews, Hollywood novels. 1960 - 1962, 1967, and no date 



Speaking of Books - Factual / Historical - Research material. 

Box 53, Folder 11 Book announcements and reviews, general Hollywood books. 1961 - 1963, 1969 - 1972 



Speaking of Books. CA. 1965 - Factual / Historical - Research material. 



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General articles about Hollywood. 1953, 1961, 1966, and no date 





Film critics. 1965 and no date 




Box 53, Folder 14 Hollywood / Europe. 1960 - 1966 




Box 53, Folder 15 Hollywood writers. 1960 and 1965 





Stars' biographies. 1960 - 1961, 1963, 1969, 1972, and no date 





Hollywood producers. 1963 - 1965, 1967, 1971, and no date 





Hollywood life. 1962 and no date 




Box 53, Folder 19 Film centers, memorabilia, etc. 1962, 1964, and 1967 






Physical Description: 10 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). 


Speaking of Books. CA. 1965. 2 Cop - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material. 


Letter from readers of manuscript (LCP, ETM). No date 



Speaking of Books. CA. 1965 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material. 



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The Story of J.E. Hoeft - Factual / Historical - Research material - Founder of Glendale 

Federal Savings and Loan Association - as told to W.W. Robinson on May 14, 1969 in an 

interview… 

Box 53, Folder 23 Printed brochures. 1967, 1969 




interview… 






interview… 

Box 53, Folder 25 Correspondence. 1969 



The Story of J.E. Hoeft - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material - Founder of Glendale 


interview… 


Physical Description: 16 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). 


The Story of J.E. Hoeft. 2 Cop - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material. 


Letters from WWR. 1969 Bun 



The Story of J.E. Hoeft - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material. 

Box 53, Folder 28 The story of J.E. Hoeft…. 1969 



The Story of J.E. Hoeft - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material - Founder of Glendale 


interview… 





The Story of Valencia, California, and its Rancho Background - Factual / Historical - 

Research material - 


Plat of rancho (photocopy) and del Valle items (typescript copies). No date 






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Printed promotional brochures and chain of title. No date 








Manuscript material - 



Physical Description: 30 [3] leaves. Typescript and typescript (carbon) …. Typescript and 

carbon typescript with holograph corrections. 



Manuscript. 



Physical Description: 2 cop. 74 leaves total. Typescript (photocopy). 



Manuscript. 




When the Los Angeles Times was Dynamited. 1965 - 1966 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript 

material - 





When the Los Angeles Times was Dynamited. 1965 - 1966 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript 

material - 





When the Los Angeles Times was Dynamited. 1965 - 1966 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 



Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript with minor holograph corrections. 


California Bicentennial. 1969 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 


Correspondence. 1967 Oct, 1968 Apr - May, 1969 Apr, 1970 Dec 



Alcaldes of Los Angeles. 1970 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript material. 



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Documents from City Archives (copies). No date 


Alcaldes of Los Angeles. 1970 - Factual / Historical - Research material. 


Letter from Ileana Welch, CHB. 1966 Bun 

Physical Description: 1 item, 1 pc. Encloses various photocopies pertaining to the Los 

Angeles City seal. 


Alcaldes of Los Angeles. 1970 - Factual / Historical - Research material. 


Enclosures to IW memo. No date 


Alcaldes of Los Angeles - Factual / Historical - Research material. 


Notes and draft. No date 



Alcaldes of Los Angeles. 1970 - Factual / Historical - Manuscript. 


Draft. No date 





[Bibliographical note]. No date 






Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript (carbon). Mentions source for study of Alcaldes, 

but uncertain whether part of this work. 




Physical Description: 51 leaves. Typescript? with extensive holograph corrections …. and 

tipped - on corrections. 




Physical Description: [50] leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections. 

Contains extra title page and front leaf. 





Typed from previous corrections. 





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American Indians - Children's stories - Research material - Various titles, ca. 1948 - 

1950 


Natural history, journal of the American Museum of Natural History. 1936 May 

Physical Description: Clippings from: 1937 May, 1938 Feb and Sep, 1940 Feb, 1942 Apr and 

Bun, 1943 Apr, 1944 Sep, 1947 Feb and Oct, 1948 Feb, 1949 May, 1950 Feb. 



1950 


Arizona highways. 1940 Aug, 1946 Apr and Aug, and 1952 Oct 

Physical Description: Clippings from: 1938 May, 1939 Feb, 1942 May and Dec, 1946 May. 



1950 


Southwest Museum journals. No date 



1950 





1950 



Physical Description: Primarily pictures; some with notations in IBR's hand. 



1950 

Box 54, Folder 7 Correspondence. 1949 May, Aug; 1950 Jan - Feb; 1956 

Physical Description: With Doris Patee, children's book editor, Macmillan Co. 


American Indians - Children's stories - Manuscript material - Various titles, ca. 1948 - 

1950 


Sequoyah - the American Indian who invented an alphabet and put his people's language into 

writing. No date 

Physical Description: 12 [1] leaves. Typescript. 


American Indians - Children's stories - Manuscript - Various titles, ca. 1948 - 1950 


Sequoyah.. Another copy. No date 






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Crazy Horse - great war chief of the Sioux Indians. No date 

Physical Description: 16 leaves. Typescript. Note by WWR: a chapter from the book on 

Indian leaders. 




Crazy Horse … Another copy. No date 





Story of the Indians of Los Angeles. No date 



American Indians - Children's stories - Manuscript material - Various titles, ca. 1948 - 

1950 



Physical Description: 12 leaves. Holograph. Includes notes on property titles since Daniel 

Freeman. One leaf is headed: Westchester Booklet. 


Westchester Booklet. CA. 1950 - 1953 - Writing projects - Research material. 

Box 55, Folder 2 [Fred Marlow interview] 2 cop. 1950 Jan 25 

Physical Description: 6 leaves total. Typescript …. Typescript with holograph notations. 

Another copy. Carbon typescript. 




[Charles M. Crawford interview]. No date 

Physical Description: 2 cop. 6 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) …. Carbon typescript with 

holograph notations. Another copy. Carbon typescript. 


Westchester Booklet. CA. 1950 - 1953 - Writing projects - Research material - Interview 

with Mr. Charles M. Crawford, secretary and manager of Los Angeles Extension Company at 

5410 Wilshire Boulevard 


[Henry V. Wall interview]. 2 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 4 leaves total. Typescript …. Typescript with holograph notations 

and additions. Another copy. Carbon typescript. 


Westchester Booklet. CA. 1950 - 1953 - Writing projects - Research material - Interview 

with Henry V. Wall, assistant planner, Board of City Planning Commission 


Excerpt from … Carey McWilliams …. 2 cop. No date 

Physical Description: 12 leaves total. Typescript …. Typescript. Carbon typescript. Unique 

community planning follows expansion of defense industries; by Henry V. Wall. Typescript. 


Westchester Booklet. CA. 1950 - 1953 - Writing projects - Research material - Excerpt from 

Look what's happened to California, by Carey McWilliam… 



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Box 55, Folder 6 Wall. Unique community planning … [copy]. 1942 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript with WWR's holograph notes. 




Map of Los Angeles and adjacent cities. 1948 Feb 

Physical Description: Section of Westchester outlined in holograph by WWR with additional 

notes. 




Printed material. ca. 1953 and no date 

Physical Description: Also: Pictorial souvenir of Westchester; courtesy, Marlow-Burns …. 


Westchester Booklet. CA. 1950 - 1953 - Writing projects - Research material - Printed 

materials. Aviation center of the west. Industrial sites in the new Westchester - airport 

district of southwest of Los Angeles. Westchester: the planned business development 


Printed material about real estate and tract homes. No date 






Newspaper clippings. 1950 Jan, 1950 Feb 2, 1951 Mar 28, 1953 Bun, 1963 Apr 

Physical Description: Copies of: Westchester News - advertiser; Los Angeles Evening Herald 

Express - special edition. 






A suggestion that looks to the future of the Pacific coast. 1954 Dec 



Pacific Coast Picture History. 1954 - Writing projects - Research material. 





Suggested Titles for Main Street Panels [Murals] - Writing projects - Editorial material - 

Santa Ana. 1958 


Printed material. 1949 Autumn and no date 

Physical Description: Touring topics, Los Angeles County Museum quarterly. 


Suggested Titles for Main Street Panels [Murals] - Writing projects - Research material - 

Santa Ana. 1958 



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Suggested titles for Main Street panels …. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript (carbon) …. With extensive holograph corrections. 


…Main Street Panels [Murals] - Writing projects - Outline - Santa Ana. 1958. Suggested 

titles for Main Street panels (details to be furnished later) 


Suggested panels for Main Street murals. 1958 Jul 



Suggested Titles for Main Street Panels [Murals] - Writing projects - Outline - Santa Ana. 

1958 


Orange County rancho murals - 20 suggested panels. 1958 Jul 

Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript (carbon) …. with holograph additions. Two 

versions of suggestions? Sections called: A and B. 


…Main Street Panels [Murals] - Writing projects - Outline - Santa Ana. 1958 


Carbon of letter from WWR. 1959 Feb 



Los Angeles County Book. 1960 - Writing projects - Editorial material. 


Suggested outline for a book on Los Angeles County. 1959 Jan 



Los Angeles County Book. 1960 - Writing projects - Outline. 



Physical Description: 2 items., 3 pcs. 


Counties of California. 1960 - Writing projects - Editorial material. 





Hollywood Museum - Writing projects - Research material. 







Box 55, Folder 23 [Outline]. 1965 Aug 14 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript with holograph additions. 


Hollywood Museum - Writing projects - Manuscript material. 



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Box 55, Folder 24 The state of the museum in its sixth year. 1965 Aug 17 

Physical Description: [1], 4 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Note on cover leaf in WWR's 

hand: superseded in part & expanded. Last leaf has signature block for Sol Lesser. 


Hollywood Museum - Writing projects - Manuscript material. 


Correspondence. 1967 Mar, Aug - Sep, and no date 



Miniature Books About Santa Barbara - Writing projects - Editorial material - [WWR to be 

contributor and editor] 








[California dichos]. No date 

Physical Description: [9] leaves. Typescript with holograph initial letters. Evidently 

those WWR felt should not be printed. 





Sample of size of miniature book and notes. No date 





Material about Santa Barbara Mission archive. 1966 - 1967, and no date 





WWR's notation of title and subject. No date 



Clearing Muddy Waters. 1969 - Writing projects - Note. 



Physical Description: 1 item, 1 pc. From Glen Dawson requesting manuscript from WWR on 

above topics. 


California Motion Pictures / Hollywood Bibliography / Alcaldes - Writing projects - 

Editorial material - 1971 


WWR's notation of title. No date 



Pageant: A Pictorial History of Los Angeles County. No Date - Writing projects - Pre 

manuscript material. 



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Also notes on printing cost. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves total. Typescript. Section outline for a book to be 

developed and presented in the manner of "Panorama" and to be entitled California - a 

picture history. 


California: A Picture History. No Date - Writing projects - Outline. 



Physical Description: 23 leaves in notepad [also 3 blank leaves]. Holograph. 


Palm Springs. No Date - Writing projects - Research material - [Cf. Oral History] 





Westlake History. No Date - Writing projects - Research material. 



Physical Description: 7 leaves. Holograph. Jottings, etc. Unclear to what they pertain. 

One is: Calif counties with pictures, old and new --. 


Various - Writing projects - Research material?. 

Writings: unpublished revisions . 


Correspondence with Carroll West. 1956 Jan 

Physical Description: 2 items, 2 pcs. About republication by Title Insurance and Trust. 


Ranchos Become Cities - Editorial material - [Revision / expansion of Ranchos becomes 

cities] 


Correspondence with David Magee. 1956 Bun - Jul 

Physical Description: 2 items, 2 pcs. About republication by David Magee. 



cities] 


Correspondence with Lande Publications and Ward Ritchie. 1965 Mar - Apr, Bun - Jul 

Physical Description: 9 items, 9 pcs. About republication by Lane Publications and / or 

Ward Ritchie. 



cities] 


Correspondence. 1955 Bun - Jul, 1956 Jan - Feb 



Ranchos Become Cities - Research material - [Revision / expansion of Ranchos becomes 

cities] 



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cities] 



Physical Description: Typescript. 3 leaves. 



cities] 




cities] 





Ranchos Become Cities - Manuscript material - [Revision / expansion of Ranchos becomes 

cities] 



Physical Description: 4 leaves. Typescript with varying holograph additions. 


Ranchos Become Cities - Manuscript material - [Revision / expansion of Ranchos becomes 

cities] 


Kingdoms for the asking [outline]. No date 

Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript. Marked superseded by WWR. 


Ranchos Become Cities - Manuscript material - [Revision / expansion of Ranchos become 

cities] 


Ranchos of old California [outline]. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript. Marked "superseded" by WWR. 



cities] 


Suggested outline for a book with good pictorial possibilities on the subject of Ranchos of old 


Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript. Marked by WWR: see later copying. 



cities] 



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Suggested outline for a book with good pictorial possibilities on the subject of Ranchos of old 





cities] 



Physical Description: 10 leaves numbered [6] - 15. 6 leaves numbered [13] - 18. Typescript 

(carbon). 



cities] 






cities] 


Correspondence with University of California Press. 1964 May - Bun, 1965 Jan and Mar 

Physical Description: 8 items, 8 pcs. Also: 1 leaf holograph notes. 


Land in California - Editorial material. 


Correspondence with Mildred S. Ligda. 1969 Apr - Aug, Dec; 1971 Nov - Dec; 1972 Feb 

Physical Description: 35 items, 82 pcs. Includes three snapshots. 





Physical Description: Includes Hermes Publications, photocopies of correspondence, cost 

estimates, etc. 




[Untitled statement about WWR]. No date 

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with minor holograph corrections. Also 

1 leaf of WWR's notes. 






Box 49, Folder 21 Carbon of letter from WWR. 1970 Oct 18 


Land in California - Research material. 






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Correspondence about Indian claims. 1969 Aug - Oct, 1970 Bun, Sep 

Physical Description: Concerns settling of claims. See WWR's previous work in BOX ____. 



Box 49, Folder 24 Enclosures to correspondence. 1923 - 1964 

Physical Description: House bills, summaries of claims, etc. 




Enclosures to correspondence. 1959 primarily 

Physical Description: Final determinations of claims. 




Dockets 31 and 37 before the Indian Claims Commission. Petitioners' proposed findings of fact. 

1956 




Dockets 31 and 37 before the Indian Claims Commission. Petitioners' brief in support of proposed 

findings of fact. 1956? 




Docket nos. 31, 37, 80 & 80 - D, 347 before the Indian Claims Commission. Petition for award of 

attorney's fees. Part one (v. 1). 1966 





attorney's fees. Part one (v. 2). 1966 





attorney's fees. Part two. 1966 





attorney's fees. Part three. 1966 




Docket nos. 31, 37, 80 & 80 -D, 347 before the Indian Claims Commission. Petition for award of 

attorney's fees. Part four. 1966 





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attorney's fees. Part five. 1966 





attorney's fees. Part six. 1966 





attorney's fees. Part seven. 1966 





attorney's fees. Part eight. 1966 





attorney's fees. Part nine. 1966 







Land in California - Manuscript material. 

Biographical . 

WWR family tree . 

Box 133 

. 

California . 

Rolled chart. 

Southern California . 

Flood lands . 

Historical Society of Southern California, publication, v. 1 1890 p. 33-39. . 

Box 129, Folder 19 . 1890 


Exceptional years, a History of California floods and drought by J. M. Guinn. 

Memo from Milton Anderson to WWR 

Transcript . 

Box 129, Folder 25 . June 1, 1937 


Los Angeles County Flood Control District vs Bonnie Beach Ryan (no. 402656) 



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Pueblo of Los Angeles . 

Jurisdiction . 

Box 129, Folder 18 . 1833 


Carbon typescript copy of no. 61. Proceedings in relation to the place named 

Rincon de San Pascual solicted by Don Juan Mariner, no. 97 

Tide lands . 

Box 129, Folder 3 . 1937 


Harbor Lands Formed by Artificial Accretion 

Addidavits . 

Box 129, Folder 32 . July 1, 1969 


Oil spill 

Application, Oil and Gas Leases . 

Box 129, Folder 24 . 1920 


Copy. Serial Numbers 052902 to 052929 

Applications for Federal Oil and Gas Leases Along the California Shoreline . 

Box 129, Folder 21 . March 10, 1939 


Pamphlets of maps of southern California 

Bulletin New York State Title Association . 



California Tidelands # 96 

California's Offshore Oil . 

Box 129, Folder 26 . 1953 


Questions and Answers. This information issued by the Western Oil and Gas 

Association 


City of Newport Beach . 

. n.d. 


Sarah Anne Newcomb, respondent, v. City of Newport Beach. Brief of decisions. 

clippings . 

Box 129, Folder 4 . 1950 


Oil Operation in Tidelands Faces Halt 

Correspondence . 

Box 129, Folder 31 . Nov. 1948 


Letters to and from Mr. H. R. Noble to WWR 

Federal Legislative Committee of the American Title Association . 



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Box 129, Folder 30 . Feb. 1948 


Tidelands Legislation, no. 264 

General . 

Box 129, Folder 14 . Aug. 1941 


Carbon copy of Letter, M. J. Rankin to H. E. Allport 

Legislature of California for the Sale and Conveyance of the Tide lands . 

Box 129, Folder 7 . Feb. 12, 1901 


Notes 

letter . 

Box 129, Folder 6 . Dec. 2, 1938 


Albert Schuck to Mr. W. E. Ramsey 

Long Beach . 

Box 129, Folder 9 . April 28, 1925 


Copy of Chapter 102 , an act granting certain tidelands and submerged lands.. 

Approved by Governor 


. n.d. 


Newspaper clipping. Map showing changes of tide lands. 

Malibu . 

Box 129, Folder 11 . Sep.19, 1928 


Motion for rehearing, Ada Monika Williams. Carbon copy. 


notes . 

. n.d. 


Office Information no. 1506 for Santa Monica 


. n.d. 


Legislature Grants of Tidelands 1925 

Ranchos Los Alamitos and Bay . 

Box 129, Folder 8 . Oct. 2, 1941 


Memo from Earl E. Johnson 

Santa Monica . 

Box 129, Folder 13 . Jan. 1942 


Correspondence and memos 

Saturday Evening Post . 



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Box 129, Folder 15 . May 4, 1946 


Magazine clipping. Annexing of submerged lands. 

Senate and House Resolution on attacks titles to state lands . 



The Attack on States' Rights to Submerged Lands 

State's owership of tide lands . 

Box 129, Folder 16 . Dec. 1941 


Office information no. 10768. Dale Vaughn. Typescript copies of U. S. Supreme 

Court reports. 

Supreme Court . 

Box 129, Folder 27 . 1947 


Supreme Court of U. S. October Term 1947. State ownership of coastal lands 

The New York Times . 

Box 129, Folder 23 . Dec. 24, 1936 


Asks Suit to Break California's Hold on Tidal Oil Land 

The Story Behind the Tidelands Fight, prepared by the State of California, Robert W. 

Kenny, Attorney General . 

Box 129, Folder 22 . Feb. 5-7, 1946 


Booklet 

Tide lands and petroleum rights . 

Box 129, Folder 17 . 1937 


Carbon typescript copy of Senate report no. 1234. 


What is this Tidelands Question? . 

. ca. 1950's 


Pamphlet 

Tidelands / Oil . 

Box 129, Folder 1 . 1976 


Black Gold Harbor by Malcolm Epley 

Drawing . 

Drawing . 

Drawing . 

Miscellaneous landscape design . 



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Drawing . 

Drawing . 

Box 133 . 


Rolled drawing 

Map . 

Map . 

Box 133 

Map . 

Map . 

Hand drawn map of downtown Los Angeles from Olvera Street along Los Angeles to 1st. 


Rolled map 

Rolled map . 

. 

Box 133 Map of Northern Portion of Los Angeles County. 1923 


Rolled map show steam railroads, street & roads, paved highways, good dirt roads 

trails, county lines, school district boundaries, forest reserves boundaries, 

ranchos boundaries and power transmission lines 




Education . 

Photographs . 

High school or junior high school graduation. No date 


Mounted on board 


Hicks Bibliography . 

Photographs . 

"Close cropped photograph of WWR." Cf. Hicks. No date / various dates 


2 prints, cropped differently 


IBR and WWR . 

Photographs . 

Wedding portrait. No date 


In folder with signature [illegible] Williams 

UC Berkeley . 

Graduation . 

Box 104, Folder 4 Diploma. 1916 May 15 


Signed by Benjamin Ide wheeler, Harry R. Hartfield (?), and Governor Hiram W. 

Johnson 



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WW I . 

No subsubseries . 

Box 117, Folder 1 "Retreat" Ord, Supply School, Camp Hancock Ga. 1918 


Large panorama photograph in case. Housed in URL. Spencer & Wyckof, Detroit MI 

Biographical - Organizations, Civic . 

California Bicentennial Celbration Commission . 

Membership material . 

Box 104, Folder 11 Certificate of appointment. 1967 Aug 30 


Signed by Governor Ronald Regan and the Secretary of State 


City of Los Angeles . 

Outreach material . 

Commendation. 1970 Nov 


Signed by Mayor Sam Yorty 

Cultural Heritage Board . 


Box 104, Folder 7 Certificates of appointment. 1964 - 1970 


No certificate for 1967. Most in blue folders 

Box 104, Folder 9 Commendation. 1970? 


Signed by Eddy S. Felman, president and Kenneth Ross, director, Dept of 

Municipal Arts 

Biographical - Organizations, Historical . 

California Historical Society . 


Box 104, Folder 6 Award of Merit. 1960 Jan 21 


Signed by George L. Harding, Donald C. Biggs, and Warren R. Howell 

Box 104, Folder 8 Certificate electing WWR a Fellow. 1961 Jan 19 

Biographical - Organizations, Social . 

E Clampus Vitus . 


Box 104, Folder 5 Certificate of membership. 1937 Oct 16 


Signed by Lindley Bynum, J Gregg Layne, Don Rogerio Felipe Dalton 

I. Books and Pamphlets . 



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Catalina . 

Publication material . 

Plate for illustration. No date / various dates 


Labels in IBR's hand 

Maps of Los Angeles . 

Research / publication material . 

Box 118, Folder 1 Los Angeles City map no.1. 1849 


Printed copy, photograph negative print, photostat 

Box 118, Folder 2 Los Angeles City, Pasadena, etc. 1877 


Photograph print, geological survey map 

Box 118, Folder 3 Los Angeles City abstract. 1857 


Photostat copies, p. 31 - 34 

Box 118, Folder 4 Map of Zanja Madre, Los Angeles. 1888 


Photostat 


Maps of La Placita Olvera. 1870's 


Photostat 

Box 118, Folder 6 Map of Los Angeles (Zanja System). 1876 


Photostat 

Box 118, Folder 7 Map of San Bernardino Meridian, Township no. 1. 1873 


Photostat 

Box 118, Folder 8 Plat of the Place called Cuati. 1858 


Photostat 

Box 118, Folder 9 Plat of the Ex Mission of San Fernando. 1858 


Photostat 

Box 118, Folder 10 Map of Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas. 1869 


Photostat 


Various maps, plats and sections of Los Angeles. 1860's - 1870's 


Photostat 



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Box 118, Folder 12 Map of Los Angeles County, Abel Stearns' Ranchos. 1873 


Photostat 

Ranchos, Los Angeles . 

Paso de Bartolo Viejo . 

Copy . 

Box 99, Folder 2 Transcript of Land Commission Proceeding on Rancho Paso de Bartolo Viejo. No date / 

various dates 


Unbound 

Ranchos, Los Angeles County . 

Agua de la Centinela . 

Copy . 

Box 98, Folder 1 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Aguage Del Centinela. 1937 April 6 

Ex-Mission San Fernando . 

Copy . 

Box 98, Folder 2 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on San Fernando Mission. 1937 Sept 8 

La Ballona . 

Copy . 

Box 98, Folder 3 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho La Ballona. 1938 Aug 23 

Los Feliz . 

Copy . 


Index of grantees, Rancho Los Feliz. No date / various dates 


Magenta cover 

Los Palos Verdes . 

Copy . 

Box 98, Folder 5 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Los Palos Verdes. 1929 Mar 22 


5 pcs. Includes 4 maps 

Box 99, Folder 1 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Palos Verdes. 1929 Apr 3 

Rincon de Los Bueyes . 

Copy . 

Box 100, Folder 1 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes. 1938 Oct 8 

San Antonio . 

Copy . 

Box 100, Folder 2 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho San Antonio. 1937 Sept 22 

Box 100, Folder 3 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho San Antonio. 1940 Nov 2 

San Jose . 

Copy . 

Box 100, Folder 4 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho San Jose. 1936 July 17 


Unbound 

San Jose de Buenos Ayres . 

Copy . 

Box 100, Folder 5 San Jose de Buenos Ayres. 1937 Sept 8 



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San Pascual . 

Copy . 

Box 100, Folder 6 Patent to Manuel Garfias for Rancho San Pascual. 1863 Apr 3 


9 leaves 

San Pedro . 

Copy . 

Box 100, Folder 7 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho San Pedro. 1936 Jun 3 

Santa Catalina . 

Copy . 

Box 101, Folder 1 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings of Santa Catalina Island. 1940 Nov 2 

Sausal Redondo . 

Copy . 

Box 101, Folder 3 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Sausal Redondo. 1937 April 6 

Tujunga . 

Copy . 

Box 101, Folder 2 Transcript of Land Commission Proceedings on Rancho Tujunga. 1949 Mar 1 


Letter from U.S. District Court 

Ranchos, Los Angeles County? . 


[Check] . 

[Copy / copies] . 

[check]. No date / various dates 


Some copies (photostats) from the Bancroft, other not identified 

Ranchos, Orange County . 


General . 

Copy . 

Rancho book, Orange County. No date / various dates 


Black cover 

Research Material . 

A Map of Exploration in the Spanish Southwest, 1528 - 1793 . 

Publication . 

Box 112, Folder 3 [Los Angeles, CA] :: Automobile Club of Southern California. [1932] 

A Map of Marked Historical Sites of California . 


Box 112, Folder 5 [Los Angeles CA] Automobile Club of Southern California. c. 1952 

Bench and Bar of Los Angeles 1914 . 

[Copy] . 

Box 116, Folder 1 Photograph (printed). 1914 

Bird's eye view of San Diego, California . 

Research/ publication . 



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Box 119, Folder 5 From the North-East, Looking South-West. 1876 


1 map 

California: A Map of History . 


Box 112, Folder 2 Flat map copyright by G.T. Dicus, artist Fred Eddy. 1950? 


Damaged, brittle. Dedicated to my good friend E.W. Biscailu and all 

Californians, native and adopted. Sigend: To my friend W.W. Robinson 

[indecipherable] 


County Maps, Counties other than Los Angeles . 

Publications . 

No title. No dates / various dates 


Ventura, etc 

General . 

Various . 

Box 105, Folder 1 Fowler, D.J. Outline of the history of the telephone in the United States. No date / 

various dates 


In cloth boards, stamped Personal File D.J. Fowler. Also: Letter from Ann Walker 

to Fowler, 1928 Jan 16 


Los Angeles research material. 1950s (late) - 1960s 


Clippings from and issues of national magazines with articles about Los Angeles: 

Holiday, etc 

Geographical Survey . 


Box 114, Folder 1 Southern California no. 1. 1948 


Ed. Of 1901 reprinted 1948 

Judges of the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, CAL . 

Photographs (large pritned) . 


Portraits by Steckel. 1914 Jun 

Map of Fort Miller, Frenso County . 


Box 119, Folder 6 Drawn b C. F. Otto Skobel. ca. 1864 


3 photostat copies of sketches 

Map of Los Angeles County . 




Map of Los Angeles County (Southern Portion) . 




Mounted on linen, one fold remaining 



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Map of San Juan Capistrano . 


Box 119, Folder 4 Map of Historic Adobes. 1935 


1 map 


Map of Santa Barbara County . 


Ranchos of Santa Barbara County. n.d. 


2 maps 



Map of the City of Los Angeles . 


No publisher given, modern copy in color, seemingly different from Dawson's reprint in 

MGI. No date on copy 

Map of the County of Los Angeles George Hansen . 


No title. 1866 (copy) 


Blue line copy 


Map of the County of Los Angeles Wildy and Stahlberg . 


No title. 1877 (original) 


Blue line copies 

Map of Ventura County . 


Box 119, Folder 2 Ranchos of Ventura County. 1951 


1 map 


Maps of California . 


California. n.d. 


3 maps 

Maps of Riverside County and San Bernardion . 


Box 119, Folder 1 Geological survey. 1938, 1932 


2 maps 


Mission San Fernando [Chronology and Map] . 


No title. No date, seemingly 1940s - 1950s 


On verso, The California missions and Mission San Fernando [further history and 

chronologies] 

Outdoor Play Places of California . 




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Box 112, Folder 4 [Los Angeles CA] Westings. 1954 

Rancho Boca de Santa Monica . 

[Copy] . 


No title. 1883 Jun 


Photostats 

Rancho la Puente . 

[Copy] . 

Box 115, Folder 4 No title. 1914 copied 1961 

Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes o la Cienega . 

Copy . 


No title. 1898 May 

Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica . 

[Copy] . 


Rand McNally Map of Los Angeles County . 


Box 114, Folder 7 Chicago IL?. 1930? 


Cf. map in MGI 


various map of counties, ranchos and mission adobes . 


Yolo, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Somona, Monterey and San Francisco. ca. 

1860's - 1936's 


8 maps 

Research Material? . 

General . 

Indenture [document] . 

Box 111, Folder 1 Harry Lancaster, Cambridge to Henry Carter, London. 1749 


[Folders in map drawers 111 - 119] 


Francis Ellis, Clifford, County of York to William Mountain, Thorp Arch, City of York. 

1806 

V. Articles . 

A College Graduate in Search of a Job . 


Box 120, Folder 1 Clipping from: The Los Angeles Times. 1917 Nov 11 


p. 14 - 15 and 23 


The Laguna Art Colony . 


Clipping from: California Southland, v.6 (1924 Jul). 1924 Jul 


p. 10. 2 cop 



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VI. Fiction . 

VI. Fiction . 


Absolutely Hygienic . 


Clipping from: The Los Angeles Times Illustrated Weekly. 1915 Sep 18 (Saturday) 


p. 9 

Writings - Unpublished . 


The Land and the People . 


T.I.T. scrapbook. 1890s (late) 


WWR's note on contents with box. Early forms and publications, several 1896 - 

1897 


Certificate of Honor from the Southern California Chapter of the American institute of 

Architects. 1930 Feb 


For the building 433 South Spring. Signed by H.C. Chambers, president, and by 

the secretary 


T.I.T. scrapbooks. 1890s (late) - 1900s (early) 


WWR's note on contents with box. Some items (photographs) 1895, policy forms, 

notices, etc., ca. 1895 - 1901 


T.I.T. scrapbook. 1930s 


Clippings about services and personnel, some with photographs 


T.I.T. scrapbook: Union Trust and Title Company historical material. 1900s (early) 


Newspaper clippings, copies of correspondence, etc 


T.I.T. memorabilia and photographs. No date / various dates 

X. Miscellaneous? (Not in Hicks) . 


The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County . 


Folded map. No date 


2 cop. 1 damaged in lower left corner, the other complete but with bad fold 

damage and some foxing 


Manuscript by Others . 



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Manuscript by Others . 

[William A. Holabird Biography] . 

Manuscript material . 



3 leaves with one note 


I Build a R.R.; By Ervin N. Widney (?) . 


Copy. No date 


21 leaves. Typescript (carbon). With note: Touring topics 

Some Reminiscences of Death Valley; by H.P. Gower . 


Box 128, Folder 18 Letter from James D. Hart to WWR enclosing manuscript. 1968 Mar 28 



1 preliminary leaf, 85 leaves. Typescript (photocopy) 

The First Census of the Los Angeles District; by J. Gregg Layne . 


Box 128, Folder 20 Copy. 1930s? 


16 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) 


The Literary Evolution of the Wild West in Germany . 


Copy. No date 


ca. 15 leaves. Typescript (Thermofax?) 

Manuscripts by Others . 


[County Courthouses]; by G. Arthur Waldron . 


Copy. 1958 Sep 


8 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). Full title: Historical notes pertaining to 

the development of county courthouse (with references). Incorp. WWR's Hall of 

Records 

[Los Angeles County Courthouse]; by G. Arthur Waldron . 


Box 127, Folder 2 Letters to WWR, enclosing the copy for review, etc. 1958 Nov 13, 1959 May 13 



13 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Full title: Where and when was the first Los 

Angeles County Courthouse established? 

[Memoir]; by Arthur Millier . 




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Copy. No date 


14, 3 leaves. Typescript (carbon). WWR: "submitted by me and Jake to Book Club 

of California -not followed up" 


An Auto Trip from Los Angeles . 


Copy. No date 


9 leaves (last blank). Holograph on lined paper 


Campo de Cahuenga; by Micheale Kemp . 


Copy. No date 


[ii], 22, [2] leaves. Typescript (carbon) 




Research / manuscript material . 

Correspondence with WWR. 1955 - 1956, no date 

Edward W. Moses Poems . 


Letters from Ruth Moses, and the attorneys for EM. 1962 Oct 

Copies of poems. 1930s -. ca 


75 leaves. Various formats, including tear sheets, rev. WWR had been named 

literary executor, perhaps without being consulted 


Eulalia Perez Manuscript . 


Copy. 1957 (translation) 


5 preliminary leaves, 32 leaves. Typescript. Photograph is a copy from the 

Bancroft 




Letters from George Hammand. 1957 Nov - Dec 

Supporting documents, including portrait. Various dates 


Photograph is a copy from the Bancroft 

Letters of Butler Ives 1863 to 1869; copied by Richard J. Berry . 




[ii], 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon) in binder 

Little Known Los Angeles; by Jehiel Shotwell Davis . 


Box 128, Folder 5 Letter enclosing copy. 1968 Apr 14 


Copy. 1966 (typing). ca 


90 leaves. Various processes, including typescript 

Los Angeles County Courthouse History / Histories . 

Research material . 



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Hall of records; by W. W. Robinson. No date 


2 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). Unknown for what specific work 

Box 127, Folder 7 List of minutes, Court of Sessions. 1960 


Photocopy. Sent to Waldron 

Box 127, Folder 9 Newspaper clippings, etc. 1958 - 1959 

Box 127, Folder 10 Bibliography; by Waldron?. ca. 1958? 


Typescript (carbon). Typed notes from Bancroft, newspapers, etc 

Box 127, Folder 11 Typed notes. ca. 1958? 


Typescript (carbon). From the Huntington Library, etc 

Box 127, Folder 12 Typed and photocopy copies of minutes, etc. ca. 1958? 


Typescript (carbon). From Minutes of the Board of Supervisors, other Los Angeles 

documents 

Box 127, Folder 13 Typed and photocopy copies of minutes, etc. November 5, 1958 


Photostat copy. Manuel Clemente Rojo vs Timothy Baldwin. Judgement Los Angeles 

May 20, 1850. Old Jail Lot. New Courthouse. 


Our Lands of Mystery; by T. Cameron Taylor . 


Copy. No date 


10 leaves total. Typescript with corrections. Comparisons of place names, 

Africa, California, Panama, etc 

Port Admiral . 


Box 127, Folder 1 Printer's copy. ca. 1957 


Various pagings, ca. 300 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections and copy 

editing markings 

Runoff Data - Historical Climatology of California . 




4 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 

Sarah Hathaway Bixby Smith; by Thelma Lee Hubbell . 


Box 128, Folder 10 Letter enclosing copy. 1969 Jul 19 



26 leaves. Typescript (photocopy) 



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The Andres Pico Adobe . 




ca. 40 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Student, CSUN? With note from Ms. Novak 

The Art of Street Lighting in Los Angeles . 


Box 128, Folder 27 Note from EF to WWR enclosing manuscript. 1970 Nov 11 

Box 128, Folder 28 Copy. ca. 1960s? 


ca. 25 leaves 


The Eagle Rock in Local History; by Glenn Price . 


Copy. 1954 Jul 





The History of Willowbrook; by Pat Adler . 


Letter from PA to WWR enclosing manuscript. No date 



19 leaves total (some misnumbered) 

The Itinerant Search for a County Courthouse . 




1 preliminary leaf, 21, [2] leaves. Typescript (carbon) 


The Story of the Los Angeles County Courthouses . 


[Copy]. No date 



The Wanderer Carl Oscar Borg; by Raymond E. Lindgren . 

Reprint . 



8 leaves. Typescript (mimeograph) 


Three Talks by Morgan Russell . 


Copies. 1931, 1932, no date 


ca. 60 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 


Biographical? . 



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Biographical? . 


Title Insurance and Trust . 


Norwalk Square dedication, 1954. No date / various dates 


Shows WWR with Chain of title, shows persons looking up at structure, includes 

press release, etc 

General . 


Title(s) unknown . 


California, early figures (copies of portraits). No date / various dates 


Don Jose Antonio Carillo, V. Sanchez, Augustin Machado, Don Ygnacio Palomares, 

Don Ricardo Vejar, Enrique Dalton (letter M.R. Harrington to WWR, 1958) 



California, early - ranchos, sites, houses, copies of rancho maos, cattle brands, etc. 


Los Angeles, early - primarily copies of lithographic scenes. No date / various dates 


Orange St., Pasadena, the stage coach, S. Hellman block, etc 


Los Angeles - aviation meet, first 1907. No date / various dates 


Small snapshots. Also other early scenes 










Los Angeles City Hall. No date / various dates 

Los Angeles Harbor. No date / various dates 

Los Angeles - Hollywood Bowl, Sports Arena, etc. No date / various dates 

Los Angeles - Parks and Recreation. No date / various dates 

Los Angeles County Courthouse. No date / various dates 

Los Angeles - street views: Wilshire, Sunset and Vine, etc. No date / various dates 

Orange County - Disneyland. No date / various dates 

Pasadena. No date / various dates 

Riverside. Indian site?. No date / various dates 


Note: Give credit to Joe Kennedy of Press Enterprise 







San Diego. No date / various dates 

San Francisco. No date / various dates 

San Pedro. No date / various dates 

Santa Catalina. No date / various dates 

Santa Monica. No date / various dates 

State of California Highways Division. No date / various dates 


Primarily aerial views of freeways, etc 


State of California - wines and wine production. No date / various dates 


Primarily aerial views of freeways, etc 



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General . 


Whittier Downs. No date / various dates 


WWR: Evolution of Whittier Downs, the picture story of a subdivision from orange 

grove to the finished product 


Unidentified. No date / various dates 


Palm trees and snow, cattle grazing, aerial views, views of commerce, etc 


Photographs not used in Then and now. No date / various dates 



Not listed . 

[County facts] . 

Box 97, Folder 5 Parks. California in the making. 1960? 


Newspaper clippings. Cartoon histories of all counties 

Los Angeles . 


Agriculture . 

General . 

Statement on production. No date 


Typescript (mimeograph) 



Newspaper clippings 

Architecture . 

General . 

Box 92, Folder 22 WWR's notes: Architecture in Los Angeles. 1966 


2 leaves. Holograph 




Landmarks . 

Box 92, Folder 17 Lummis letter. 1916 


2 pcs. 1 item 






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Los Angeles . 

Box 92, Folder 19 Woolett. The Dodge House. 1968 


9 leaves. Typescript (mimeograph?) 

Box 92, Folder 20 McCoy lecture on Irving Gill. Invitation. 1966 


1 pc 

Box 92, Folder 21 Dodge House. 1963, 1965, 1969 



Art . 

General . 

Box 92, Folder 24 L.A. County Museum of Art. ca. 1965 


Magazine clippings 

City Services . 

Air Pollution . 

Box 93, Folder 22 Air Pollution Foundation. 1955 - 1956 


Publications 

Box 93, Folder 23 Control District. 1968 - 1970 


Publications 







General . 

Box 92, Folder 26 L.A. High School items. 1902, 1905, 1906 


3 pcs 

Box 92, Folder 27 Hospital and medical schools. 1956 



Box 92, Folder 28 Sewers. 1950 - 1951 



Transportation . 

Box 93, Folder 3 Airport. 1955 


Brochures 



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Los Angeles . 

Box 93, Folder 4 Airport. 1942 - 1965 



Box 93, Folder 5 Harbor. 1942, 1968, 1970 


Typed, photocopy, and mimeographed material 

Box 93, Folder 6 Harbor - annual reports. 1960 - 1968 

Box 93, Folder 7 Harbor - maps. 1959 - 1966 


Harbor tourism. No date 


Brochures 

Box 93, Folder 9 Harbor - general. 1927, 1950, 1967 



Box 93, Folder 10 Rapid transit, freeway maps. 1945 - 1958 


California Sun magazine and brochures 

Box 93, Folder 11 Streetcars. 1950 - 1963 



Box 93, Folder 12 Rapid transit. 1954 - 1965 



Box 93, Folder 13 Regional Planning and Development - minutes. 1952 - 1953 

Box 93, Folder 14 Downtown and traffic. 1960 



Box 93, Folder 15 Wilshire Boulevard. 1939 - 1965 



Box 93, Folder 16 Arroyo Seco freeway. 1950 - 1960 



Box 93, Folder 17 Freeway construction. 1950 - 1965 



Box 93, Folder 18 Freeway safety. 1950 - 1965 





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Los Angeles . 

Box 93, Folder 19 Freeways and traffic patterns. 1951 - 1963 



Box 93, Folder 20 Freeways and lifestyle. 1958 - 1965 



Box 93, Folder 21 Freeways, various topics. 1950 - 1963 



Water . 



1 leaf. Holograph 



Brochure / map 




Box 92, Folder 32 Owens Valley. 1945 


Newspaper clipping 

Box 92, Folder 33 Colorado River Project. 1949, 1951 


Brochures 

Box 92, Folder 34 Colorado River Project - Colorado River Association. 1949, 1955 


Brochures 

Box 92, Folder 35 Colorado River Project - anti-project flyers. 1951 

Box 92, Folder 36 Colorado River Project - L.A. Bar Bulletin. 1955 - 1956 


Journals 






Magazine clippings, reprints 

Box 92, Folder 39 Department of Water and Power. 1951 - 1952 


Brochures 



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Los Angeles . 

Box 92, Folder 40 Water groups. 1955 - 1956 


Brochures. Includes speech by W.S. Rosecrans 

Box 93, Folder 1 Metropolitan Water District. 1966 - 1972 


Newsletters 

Box 93, Folder 2 Desalination. 1967 


Brochure 


Commentary . 

General . 



Magazine clippings and printed material. Collected in the spirit of What do they 

say about the angels... 




Newspaper clippings. Collected in the spirit of What do they say about the 

angels... 


Los Angeles / San Francisco . 




Pronouncing Los Angeles . 





Communities . 

Alhambra . 

Notes from: The land of sunshine, 1896 [copies] 3 cop. No date 


9 leaves total. Typescript. And typescript (carbon) 




1 leaf. Typescript 


Financial statement, 1929 [copy]. No date 


1 leaf. Typescript (carbon) 

Anaheim . 






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Los Angeles . 

Azusa . 



Brochure 




Bell . 



Newspaper clipping. History of district covers over 170 years. 1942 [copy]. 2 

cop 


Bell Gardens . 

History - 1942 [copy]. 2 copies.. No date 


5 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). One copy lacks p.3 





Burbank . 



Brochure. Excellent!!!! 


Cities . 

Official publications for towns and cities in Los Angeles County. No date 


11 leaves. Typescript (carbon). In folder 


Changing the name.... No date 


1 leaf. Typescript. Full heading: hanging the name of a city or community in Los 

Angeles County is a favorite sport. Here are a few changes: ... 


Downey . 

Morrisson. Brief history - 3 copies. No date 




Notes from various sources, 1873 - 19. 2 cop. No date 


7 leaves total. Typescript. and typescript (carbon). Typescript has extensive 

notes by WWR 


Eagle Rock . 






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Los Angeles . 





El Monte . 

[Free inhabitants, 1860]. No date 


19 leaves. Typescript (photography) 


[Free inhabitants, 1860]. [copy]. No date 


2 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (photocopy) 


El Sereno . 







2 cop. 2 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon) 

General . 

Box 96, Folder 3 City name changes. 1956 




Cities in L.A. Co. incorporated in 1957. No date 


1 leaf. Holograph. In WWR's hand 

Box 96, Folder 5 Cities of California - series. 1953 - 1954 


Clippings from Fortnight magazine 

Box 96, Folder 6 Hewitt: [Southern California communities series]. 1955 



Box 96, Folder 7 Hillinger: Beginnings of cities - series. 1955 



Box 96, Folder 8 Cornwell: Cities on parade - series. 1960 



Box 96, Folder 9 Glendale, etc. [series]. 1960 - 1961 





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Los Angeles . 


Shippey, Lee. Lee side o' LA. 1928, 1938 - 1939, 1941, 1945 - 1948, and no date 


Newspaper clippings. WWR mentioned: 1946 Apr 4 (The forest and the people); 1947 

Sep 28. Many other topics... 


Girard . 





Hollywood . 




Hollywood, West Hollywood, and Beverly Hills . 

Box 96, Folder 30 Security Trust Savings Bank. Map. 1929? 

Incorporation . 

Box 97, Folder 1 [Various topics]. 1953, 1957 - 1962 




Industrial cities . 

[Various topics]. 1959, 1961, no date 




Lakewood . 




Box 96, Folder 32 [Various topics]. 1950? 


Printed material 







Long Beach . 

Box 96, Folder 35 Port annual report. 1969 

Montebello . 




Norwalk . 



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Los Angeles . 

Box 96, Folder 37 Letter from Mary Berry. 1957? 


With enclosure 





Pasadena . 

Historic landmarks and fond memories. No date 


1 folded leaf 

Redondo Beach . 





Santa Monica . 

Excerpts from Evening Outlook, 1954 [copy] 3 cop. No date 


6 leaves total. Typescript. And typescript (carbon). Poison victims rest in plot 

[Santa Monica Canyon] 

Sunland - Tujunga . 



Newspapers 

Temple City . 





Terminal Island . 





Torrance . 

Letter, enclosing statistics. 1949 Aug 


1 item, 3 pcs 


[Notes] 2 cop. No date 






Watts . 



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Los Angeles . 






West Hollywood [Shoreham Heights] . 

Shore Brothers Company. [subdivision map]. No date 


1 item. Illustrated 


Communities / Neighborhoods . 

Exposition Park . 

History - 1929 [copy?]. No date 


4 leaves. Typescript (carbon). At head of title: Story of Exposition Park and 

the Coliseum assembled from the 1914 publication - La Reina, published in 1929, 


Development . 

Beaches and mountains . 




City planning . 

Box 95, Folder 8 [Various topics]. 1948? and 1965 


City brochures 


Downtown and city development . 

[Various topics]. 1930, 1951, 1953 - 1955, 1959 and no date 




Critics. 1950 - 1951, 1953 - 1954, 1959, 1961, and no date 


Newspaper clippings. Includes: comment by Frank Lloyd Wright 

Box 95, Folder 11 Critics: Frank Lloyd Wright. 1953 


Magazine clipping 


Downtown: Bunker Hill . 



1 item, 1pc 




Downtown: business development . 



Printed and mimeographed material 



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Los Angeles . 






Newspaper clippings. Includes information about: Statler Hotel, Biltmore Hotel 

purchase 

Downtown: civic center . 



Newspaper clippings. Not Bunker Hill 

Downtown: courthouse, law library . 




Downtown: Fort Moore Hill . 

Box 95, Folder 17 [Various topics]. 1934, 1941, 1949, 1951 


Newspaepr clippings and photocopy 

Downtown: highrise living . 




Downtown: Temple Street . 





Factors affecting: housing booms . 

[Various topics]. 1950 - 1952, 1954 - 1955, 1957, and no date 



Factors affecting: veterans, etc . 

Box 95, Folder 29 In: Building contractor of California. 1948 


v.12 no.10 

Planners . 







Subdivisions . 



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Los Angeles . 

Box 95, Folder 22 WWR's notes. ca. 1950 




Notes from article, speech. 1951 and no date 


5 leaves total. Typescript. One leaf marked by WWR: Good LA material 

Box 95, Folder 24 Security - First National Bank. Monthly summary.. 1950, 1957 







Suburbs . 

[Various topics]. 

Downtown . 

Landmarks . 



Newspaper clippings. Includes: Barker Brothers, Goodfellows Grotto, etc 

Early History . 

Founding . 

Box 91, Folder 4 [Notes on the Tapia family]. 1920 


5 leaves. Holograph. Also envelope: Charles J. Prudhomme to Arthur M. Ellis 


Prince. ... the city of Los Angeles [copies?]. No date 


18 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 2 cop 


History. No date / various dates 


22 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 2 cop. Each copy in folder 


Historical. No date / various dates 






General . 

Box 91, Folder 2 Los Angeles - 1781 - 1950 [exhibit catalog]. 1957 


2 cop. Los Angeles County Museum 

Box 91, Folder 3 Los Angeles fifty years ago. 1931 


Newspaper clipping (photocopy). Los Angeles Times special edition 

Plaza . 



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Los Angeles . 

Box 91, Folder 9 WWR's notes on J. Gregg Layne walking tour. 1942 


3 leaves. Holograph. Cf. Oral History? _____ 





Early sketch. No date / various dates 




Restoration. No date / various dates 



Box 91, Folder 13 Avila Adobe and Plaza sketch maps. 1950 


3 leaves 

Box 91, Folder 14 Avila Adobe. 1950 



Box 91, Folder 15 Lugo House. 1938 - 1950 



Box 91, Folder 16 Firehouse. 1956 




Blessing of the animals. IBR's sketches. No date / various dates 


13 leaves 

Box 91, Folder 18 Blessing of the animals. 1937 - 1947 



Box 91, Folder 19 Invitation, menus, businesses at Plaza [facsimilies]. 1884, 1875 

Politics . 


Letters to T. E. Newlin, County Clerk. 


2 items, 3 pcs 

Box 91, Folder 26 Various pamphlets: Ham and Eggs, etc. 1911 - 1939 


3 items, 4 pcs. Men's league opposed to suffrage extension, Los Angeles 

Taxpayers League flyer, anti - Ham and Eggs flyer, anti - prohibition flyer 

Sources . 



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Los Angeles . 

Box 91, Folder 1 Ayuntamiento minutes [copies], etc. 1854 


ca. 300 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Primarily 1847. WWR's note on envelope: 

Partial transcript of DC proceedings, LA's claim to pueblo lands, also Minutes 

of Ayuntamiento 


Survey and maps . 

WWR's notes on Ord's survey. No date 




History of Ord's and Hancock's survey, etc. No date / various dates 


9 leaves. Typescript with holograph notes. By WWR? 


Excerpts from council minutes. No date / various dates 


12 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with some holograph notes 

Box 91, Folder 23 Calle Primavera. 1930 


10 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with some holograph notes 

Surveys and maps . 

Box 91, Folder 24 Boundaries of Los Angeles County. 1934 


47 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). 5 maps 

Entertainment . 

General . 

Box 92, Folder 25 Music halls. ca. 1948 


Printed brochure 

Industrial Welfare . 

Benefits . 



Newspaper clippings. Includes information on: Kaiser plan 

Unions . 




Industry . 

General . 



Printed articles, speeches, etc 







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Los Angeles . 


World War II dispersal . 




Motion Pictures . 

General . 

Box 94, Folder 17 News release, Mayor Sam Yorty. 1967 






Personalities . 

General . 



Newspaper clippings. Includes: the Sepulvedas, Martin Aguirre, Mrs. O.W. Childs 


[Various topics]. 1950, 1958 - 1959, 1966, and no date 



Publishing . 

General . 




Los Angeles Times . 







Social Topics . 

Ethnic groups . 

Box 92, Folder 1 Integration. 1961 - 1963 



Box 92, Folder 2 Blacks in Los Angeles. 1961 - 1963 



Box 92, Folder 3 Old Chinatown. 1949 





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Los Angeles . 

Box 92, Folder 4 Hispanics. 1949 - 1963 



Box 92, Folder 5 Mexican immigrants. 1950 - 1963 



Box 92, Folder 6 Japanese Americans. 1942 - 1963 



Senior citizens . 




Slum clearance . 





Vice . 




Box 92, Folder 10 Early gunfights. 1956 




Alameda Street notes, and other street notes. No date 


2 items. 15 leaves total. Typescript. Typescript and typescript (photocopy) 

Box 92, Folder 12 Skid row series. 1950 



Box 92, Folder 13 Gangs. 1953 - 1954 



Box 92, Folder 14 Prostitution. 1951 - 1965 



Box 92, Folder 15 History of cops and robbers series. 1950 





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Los Angeles . 

Box 92, Folder 16 Miscellaneous. 1950, 1965 



Statistics . 

Business . 







Box 94, Folder 11 Printed items. 1930 - 1963 




General . 







Box 94, Folder 8 California Bank advertisements. 1949? 

Population . 



Printed and mimeographed material 

Box 94, Folder 2 Analysis by race. 1950 - 1960 


Reports 










Television . 

General . 



Magazine and printed material 



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Los Angeles . 




Tourism . 

During WW II . 

Box 94, Folder 24 Memo from All - Year Club of Southern California, with enclosure. 1943 


Enclosure is typescript in folder 


Printed material. No date 


2 items 

Box 94, Folder 26 Los Angeles Times Victory Midwinter. 1944 Jan 3 

General . 


[Various topics]. 


Newspaper clippings. Includes articles on: Griffith Park, Mt. Lowe 



Imperial County . 

General . 







Printed brochures: booksellers' catalogs, etc 


[Various topics]. 1960 Dec - 1961 Feb 




[Various topics]. 1961 Mar - Apr 




[Various topics]. 1961 May - Jun 




[Various topics]. 1961 Sep and Nov, 1961 Nov, and no date 



Orange County . 

Fullerton . 



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Irvine . 

Irvine Ranch newsletter. 1969 May 


v.4 no.5 




Laguna Beach . 





San Juan Capistrano . 

Letter to WWR and Stuart O' Melveny. 1954 Feb and no date 




Maps [copies]. 1875 and no date 


3 items [photocopies] 



Attorneys opinion - township of San Juan Capistrano and its plaza. No date 

Views. No date 


8 Polaroids. Badly faded 


Tustin . 



Newspaper clipping. About: Los Alisos, Mmm Modejska 

San Diego County . 

Bonita Valley . 





Santa Barbara County . 

Santa Barbara . 






Box 97, Folder 24 [Various topics]. 1917, 1936, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1964 





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Ventura County . 

Channel Islands . 

WWR's and IBR's notes. No date 




IBR's scrapbook. No date 


Newspaper clippings. Mounted with tape, poor condition 



Newspaper clippings. Santa Rosa 



Newspaper clippings. San Nicolas 



Newspaper clippings. San Nicolas, Anacapa and Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa 








Channel Islands: . 



Newspaper clippings. Anacapa, St. Nicolas, San Miguel 



American Period . 

Arts and entertainment . 

Box 90, Folder 27 Theater in Sacrament. 1957 


Sacramento Bee centennial edition 

Business . 

Box 90, Folder 25 Letter, enclosing Brizzard store history. 1963 


1 item, 1 pc 



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Box 90, Folder 26 Brizzard store history. 1963 


Newspaper 



Camel Corps . 


No title. 1934, no date 



Civil War . 

Box 90, Folder 24 General Albert Johnson. 1959 



Commerce . 

Box 89, Folder 3 Banning Company. Bills of sale and correspondence. 1862, 1865 - 1869 



Documents / histories . 

Box 89, Folder 4 Pio Pico affadavit. 1883? 


4 leaves. Holograph. In folder of ruled paper 


Index and translation vol "A" and "B", Recorder Office, Los Angeles, County, 



Bound. Covers years 1847 - 1850 


Coy, Owen C. Guide to the county archives of California. No date 


10 leaves. Typescript (carbon). In folder 


Bancroft's works. v.23 [copy]. No date 


31 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Chapter 20. Mexican land titles, 1851 - 1897. In 

folder 

Gold rush / mining . 

Box 89, Folder 1 Claim, Nevada County. 1866 Jun 22 


1 leaf 




Leaf from bookseller's catalog 


Caliico and Amador County histories. No date 


Printed and mimeographed brochures. 3 items 

Government . 



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Box 90, Folder 28 State emblems. 1959 


Printed leaflet 


Land . 

Rouleau: Title of the state to swamp and overflowed lands. No date / various dates 


[76] leaves. Typescript (carbon). Bound 


Rouleau. Public lands of state school land grants. No date / various dates 




Rouleau. Mining law in California. No date / various dates 




Rouleau. Title to tide lands. No date / various dates 



Tax . 

Box 89, Folder 2 Tax receipts. 1863, 1866, 1872, 1888 



American Period - 19th Century . 

Mexican - American War . 

Box 90, Folder 19 Battle of Rio San Gabriel. 1968 



Beginnings . 

Indians . 








General . 


Hunt - Sanchez. A short history of California [copy]. No date 


9 leaves. Typescript (carbon). In folder. Chapter 33. Land titles and 

squatterism 


Hittell. History of California. v.2 [copy]. No date 


19 leaves. Typescript. And typescript (carbon). Chapter 10. Land titles 

Mexican / American Period . 



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Archive index. No date 


Bound. Also history of the keeping of archives 

Mexican Period . 


Box 90, Folder 18 Preservation of Dana Adobe. 1949 



Missions . 

Box 90, Folder 16 Press release on Mission San Antonio de Padua. 1950 


10 leaves. Typescript 

Personalities . 

Box 90, Folder 17 Richard Henry Dana Jr., Don Jose Bandini. 1917, 1929 




Spanish / Mexican Periods . 

Land . 

WWR's notes on land grants in San Francisco County, etc. No date 


4 leaves. Holograph. And typescript (carbon) 

Spanish Period . 


Box 90, Folder 10 Preservation of early Spanish adobes. 1944, 1950 




Exploration and colonization . 

Sketches: De Anza, Dana, etc. No dates 


Magazine clippings. Drawings by Jo Mora, for Hotel Del Monte. Possibly collected 

as examples of history in institutional advertising? 

Box 90, Folder 4 De Ulloa, Portola, de Anza. 1950, 1952, 1957 



Box 90, Folder 5 De Anza, Rivera y Moncada. 1940, 1957 




WWR's notes on Palou's Life of Serra. No date / various dates 



Box 90, Folder 7 Fray Junipero Serra, founder of California. 1963 


Printed booklet. Printed in Spain? Traces Serra's life in Palma de Mallorca 



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Missions . 

Data relating to the foundation of the California missions. No date / various dates 


55 leaves. Typescript. Full title: and to the property of the Catholic Church in 


Box 90, Folder 12 L.A. Times series. 1929 - 1930 







Views. 1906 and no date 


3 items 


Santa Barbara fiesta. No date / various dates 


2 leaves. Magazine clippings 


Pueblo and mission life . 

Reports to the governor. No date / various dates 


15 leaves. Typescript. Translated from the National Archives, Washington D.C. 

Concerns Manuel Nieto, San Gabriel, and La Zanja. One is marked "important" by 

WWR 

Russian rivalry . 

Box 90, Folder 8 Document [copy] from Archives of Mexico. 1768 



Los Angeles . 


Early History . 

Source material . 

Ayuntamiento minutes, 1832 - 1854 [copies]. 


Typescript. Bound 


Spanish / Mexican Periods . 

Land . 

Land grants in Los Angeles County [copy]. No date / various dates 


[27] leaves. Typescript. With extensive holograph notes by WWR 


Land grants in Los Angeles County [copy]. No date / various dates 


[27] leaves. Typescript. With extensive holograph notes by WWR 



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City Properties, Los Angeles County . 




Bixel and Maryland Streets . 

[Copy, supporting materials, etc] . 

To: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; covering: land at the corner of Bixel and Maryland 

streets, . No date / various dates 


2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 2 cop 


First and Spring Streets . 


To: Security-First National Bank's property at southeast corner of First and Spring 

Streets, Los Angeles. No date / various dates 




Michael White Grant . 


To: San Marino City School District of Los Angeles covering a portion of lot 44, . No 



1 leaf. Holograph map 

Box 85, Folder 4 To: San Marino City School District of Los Angeles County covering a portion of lot 44, 

. No date / various dates 




N. Main Street (1920) . 


[To: Los Angeles Brewing company; covering: Elijah Moulton property]. No date / various 

dates 




Orizaba Tract, San Marino . 


[To: Shepard and Morgan; covering:] lot 2 of tract no. 8700 and in the city of San 

Marino, California, formerly a part of the Orizaba Tract. No date / various dates 




Wilshire Boulevard (930), Statler Hotel . 


[Brief] Statler Hotel property chain of title. No date / Various dates 


1 leaf. Typescript (carbon): (over) 



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Covering: the land at 930 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, occupied by the Statler 

Hotel, being part of the four square leagues of the old Pueblo of Los Angeles and 

within the boundaries of what is known as Lots A and B, tract 1966. No date / various 

dates 



County Properties, Los Angeles County . 

San Fernando Valley - Leonis Abode . 


Box 85, Folder 10 Miscellaneous research notes about Leonis, including WWR's holograph notes. No date / 

various dates 


7 leaves 


Other documents (U.S. Land Office) used for chain of title, together with memos from 

researchers. 1952 March 


6 leaves. Also envelope 


Chain sheets for title. No date / various dates 


13 leaves 




4 leaves. Holograph. To: Hidden Hills Corporation, a corporation; covering: 

Property in the Calabasas area in the city of Los Angeles 




1 leaf. To: Hidden Hills Corporation, ; covering: Property in the Calabasas area 

in the city of Los Angeles 


San Fernando Valley - Leonis Adobe . 


Correspondence, with enclosures. 1952 Mar - Apr 


14 leaves. With A. E. Hanson, for whom chain of title was being done; with 

various authorities on Miguel Leonis, including letter to Sheriff Eugene 

Biscailuz 

County Properties, Santa Barbara County . 


San Ysidro Ranch . 


To: San Ysidro Ranch Corporation; covering: that portion of the land of Santa Barbara 

Co., California, known as San Ysidro Ranch. 1951 Dec 


1 leaf. Typescript. Letter to WWR 



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Includes diagram of ownership. 1951 Dec 


2 leaves 


To: San Ysidro Ranch Corporation; covering: that portion of the land of Santa Barbara 

Co., California, known as San Ysidro Ranch. No date / various dates 


4 leaves. Holograph. Also outline: 1 leaf. Holograph 


Santa Cruz Island . 




5 leaves 


WWR's holograph notes. No date / various dates 


3 leaves 

Box 85, Folder 20 Obituary note of Edwin Stanton. 1963 


1 leaf. Newspaper clipping 


Record sheets. No date / various dates 


15 leaves. [Chain of title not here] 


To: Edwin L. Stanton and Evelyn C. Stanton; covering: lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Santa 

Cruz Island, in Santa Barbara County, California, . No date / various dates 


2 leaves taped to form one longer leaf. Typescript. Also carbon 



Boca de Santa Monica . 


Chain of title of por. Rho Boca de Santa Monica from King of Spain to Leo Carillo. No 



1 leaf. Large chart giving details of ownership. Note in WWR's hand; chart not 

in WWR's hand 


El Encino . 


Excerpts from various sources, comp. by Marie Stewart, Pres., Encino Historical 

Society. No date / various dates 




Research material. Newspaper clipping. No dates 



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WWR's notes on title and history of the rancho. 1950 and no date 


2 leaves. Typescript with holographic corrections. One leaf is possibly for a 

publication, Los Encinos State Historical Monument 


[To: Title Insurance and Trust Company; covering: property granted by Mexico to the 

Indians Ramon, Francisco, and Roque ]. No date / various dates 


2 leaves. Typescript (with extensive hol. notations) 


La Brea . 


Chain of title to that portion of the Rancho La Brea now owned by Pan-Pacific 

Auditorium, Inc., . No date / various dates 


1 leaf. Typescript. Another copy. Typescript (carbon). With signature blank for 

Rank S. Barton, 1948. Also: sketch map of the property; and chain sheet 






[To: Eddy D. Field and Helen Field; covering: portions of the Rancho La Brea & other 

lands owned by Henry Hancock at the time of his death]. No date / various dates 


2 leaves. Chain sheets. Sheets which record _______ 




2 leaves. Typescript with minor hol. notations, primarily as to how final format 

should look. [Not in WWR's hand] 


Pan Pacific. Sketch map. No date / various dates 


1 leaf. Holograph. Sketch map 




18 leaves 


[Notes for chain of title to Field]. No date / various dates 




To: The Prudential Insurance Company of America; covering: A portion of Rancho La Brea, 

in the County of Los Angeles, known as Lot 1, Tract No. 14772. 1947 


1 leaf. Typescript with holographic notations 

Box 85, Folder 36 Notes by Barton. 1961 



La Puente . 



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A chain of title showing the principal transfers of the Rancho La Puente, Los Angeles 

Co., California through which the land of P.G. Winnett. 


4 leaves total. Typescript with WWR's notes, and typescript. 2 items 


Los Alamitos . 


To: Lloyd S. Whaley and La Vere Whaley Covering: A portion of Rancho Los Alamitos in 

the city of Long Beach now known as Tract 14674. 1948 


2 leaves. Typescript. Also: typescript (carbon) 


Los Coyotes . 


To: Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company; covering: That portion of Rancho Los 

Coyotes, in the county of Los Angeles, at the northwest corner of Rosecrans and Pioneer 

Boulevards. No date / various dates 


2 leaves. Typescript, with hol. corrections 


San Antonio . 






To: Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, a corporation; covering: 

that portion of Rancho San Antonio now known as Lot 544 of Tract 2551, recorded in book 

24, pages 78 - ___ of maps. No date / various dates 


2 leaves. Typescript, with extensive holograph corrections. Rancho San Antonio 

was that of Antonio Maria Lugo. 2nd draft. Includes record sheets from book of 

patents, etc 

Box 85, Folder 42 Letter, Robert Brant to Oscar Trippet. 1948 


4 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Also note. With this, a narrative chain of title. 

Has note: Robbie, for your files 

San Jose . 


Box 85, Folder 43 Letter, W. W. Robinson to Isabel C. Fages. 1952 






29 leaves. Holograph. Isabel Fages 


Notes and map. No date / various dates 


2 leaves. For Alphonse and Isabel Fages 



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San Pedro . 


To: The Compton National Bank, a corporation; covering: a portion of Rancho San Pedro 

known as lots 28 & 29 of Blake's Subdivision.... No date / various dates 


2 leaves. Typescript (carbon), with minor hol. corrections 


To: Arleigh R. Kerr; covering: That portion of Rancho San Pedro in Los Angeles County 

described as Lot 1, ... Compton. No date / various dates 


4 leaves total. Typescript. Another copy. Typescript (carbon) with holograph 

corrections 




3 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Note in WWR's hand: Done for T 

G & G? 


To: Southern California Edison company; covering: that portion of Rancho San Pedro in 

Los Angeles County , City of Compton. No date / various dates 


4 leaves total. Typescript, with minor holograph notations. Another copy. 

Typescript (carbon) 


Santa Anita . 


[Chain of title until 1875, when purchased by Lucky Baldwin]. No date / various dates 



Box 85, Folder 52 To: the City of Arcadia; covering: the Arcadia City Hall site on Rancho Santa Anita, . 



2 leaves. Typescript (carbon), with minor hol. notations. 1 leaf is schematic 

chain of title 


Chain of title to the City of Arcadia. No date / various dates 


1 leaf. Holograph (photograph) 


[To: State of California; covering: land of Rancho Santa Anita owned by E.J. Baldwin]. 



2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections 


Canada de los Alisos . 




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To: El Toro Company; covering: that portion of Rancho Canada de Los Alisos, in Orange 

County California, included within the property acquired by Dwight Whiting in 1884 and 

still within what is known as "El Toro Ranch". No date / various dates 



Santiago de Santa Ana . 


Box 85, Folder 56 Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana and Lomas de Santiago and San Joaquin (Irvine). No date / 

various dates 


1 leaf. Typescript with holograph corrections. [For: Joan Irvine; covering: 

lands of ranchos which made up the Irvine lands] 

Ranchos, Riverside County . 


Jurupa (Rubidoux) . 


To: Riverside Daily Press, a corporation; covering: that portion of Jurupa Rancho in 

Riverside County, California, . No date / various dates 


2 leaves. Typescript (with hol. notations) 




Aguala Tract (San Gabriel) . 

Land documents, history, etc . 

Copies of deeds and petitions, 1843 - 1856. No date 


6 items. Holograph 

Alameda Street . 


Box 83, Folder 3 Deed. D. Marchessault, mayor; grantee: Encarnacion Olvera. 1860 


1 folded leaf. Printed on holograph 

Bellevue Terrace Tract . 


Box 83, Folder 4 Correspondence about Bellevue Terrace certificate of title. 1935 



Lot 17, Block 101 Land documents, history, etc . 


Bennett Tract . 



Cuati . 


Box 83, Folder 7 Cuati item in Spanish, in cover signed by John C. Hays. 1853 



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Dominguez Property . 


Box 83, Folder 8 Letter, memo about early Los Angeles deeds. 1950 Jun 9 and 12 


2 items, 2 pcs. Also 2 leaves from Yale's catalog. Decribes following deed. See 

also f. ____ and ____ 

Box 83, Folder 9 Deed. Grantor: Manuel Dominguez; grantee: Narcisco Botello. 1843 Feb 7. 


1 folded leaf. Holograph.. With signatures of: Dominguez, Botello. In Spanish on 

papel sellado. Statement in English signed by J.J. Warner, 1876 

Freeman Tract . 



Garfias Property. Alameda Street . 


Box 83, Folder 11 Deed. [Manuel Garfias to Encarnacion Coronel]. 1856 


5 leaves. Holograph. On ruled paper. Signed by: Garfias, Avila; witnessed by 

Luis Granger; notarized by Agustin Olvera 

General . 



Index to abstracts in City Archives? Price lists, etc. No dates 

Johannsen Tract . 



Johnson Tract . 



Lot 18 in Block B Land documents, history, etc . 


Lot 18, Block B Land documents, history, etc . 

Box 83, Folder 13 Deed, John Chart to Johannes Hartnack?. 1875 

Mott Tract . 


Box 83, Folder 16 Mott Tract water rights. 1886. 


1 leaf. Printed form filled in. Also: WWR's notes. 1 leaf 

Pearson Property . 


Box 83, Folder 17 Deed. Prepared by Alfred Sutro, San Francisco. 1901 


Also letter, 1955, and envelope with WWR's notes 


San Fernando Valley . 


Map. No date / various dates 


1 folded leaf 

San Gabriel . 





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San Marino . 






Chain of title. No date 


1 leaf. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections by WWR 


Historical Society of Southern California. Quarterly. 1940 Sep 


Article on Michael White with WWR's annotations 

Strong and Dickinson Tract . 



Thomas Tract . 



Workman Park Tract . 



City Properties, San Diego County . 

Oceanside . 



City Properties, Santa Cruz County . 

Lot 39 . 


Box 83, Folder 23 Grant of land by Santa Cruz alcalde to Alexander Smith. 1849 Feb 22 


1 folded leaf. William Blackburn???? 


Glendora Land Company . 


Box 82, Folder 39 Certificate of title to Town of Glendora. 1890 

County Properties, San Bernardino County . 

Cucamonga Fruit Land Co . 


Box 82, Folder 40 Deed, the Cucamonga Fruit Land Co. to W. W. Ross. 1889 


Santa Barbara . 



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Translation of deed from Jose Antonio de la Guerra y Carrillo. No date 


2 cop. By Francis Price at the request of the Santa Barbara Abstract & Guaranty 

Company 

Land Records . 


Various . 




v.1 of 2. Holograph entries on ruled pages. Bound in half leather 




v.2 of 2. Holograph entries on ruled pages. Bound in half leather 

Ranchos, California . 


General . 


Grants of land in California made by Spanish or Mexican authorities [copy of printed 

document]. No date / various dates 

Ranchos, Fresno County . 


Laguna de Tache . 


Nares & Saunders. A different California, Laguna de Tache grant [promotional brochure]. 

ca. 1898 

Ranchos, Kern County . 

Castac . 


Box 82, Folder 2 2 plats. 1863 


2 folded leaves 



Agua de la Centinela . 


Abstract of the title to the ranchos Sausal Redondo and La Centinela, and the tract of 

land known as the Stuart Tract. No date / various dates. 


83 leaves 





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[Title information]. No date / various dates 


12 leaves. Typescript (carbon). 1. Mexican grant and patent. 2. Partition and 

allotments. 3. Chain of title as to property acquired by Beverly Hills National 

Bank 

Ex - Mission San Fernando . 


Box 82, Folder 4 Letters to O.F. Brant and Harry Chandler. With copies of replies. 1909 - 1910 


27 leaves. About surveying the land, etc 

Box 82, Folder 5 O.F. Brant and H.J. Whitley items. ca. 1909 - 1910 


40 leaves. Includes letter signed by Brant; and letters signed (by or for?) H.J. 

Whitley and J.G. Sartori 

Box 82, Folder 6 Brant - Chandler agreements, etc. 1909 - 1910 


37 leaves total 

Box 82, Folder 7 Document signed by Otis, Chandler, Sherman, and Brant. 1909 Nov 15 



Box 82, Folder 8 Document signed by Otis, Sherman, Brant, Chandler, and Whitley. 1910? 



General . 


Box 84, Folder 2 Letter to W.W. Robinson from the National Archives and Records Service. 1958 


1 item, 1 pc 


List of land grants in Los Angeles County. No date / various dates 


1 leaf 

La Ballona . 


Box 82, Folder 9 Deed ; signed by B.D. Wilson. 1859 May 20 


3 p. [1 folded leaf and 1 leaf]. Holograph. For an undivided fourth of the 

Rancho la Ballona to John Sandfor, James Young and John D. Young 

Box 82, Folder 10 Agreement of May 20, 1859 relating to Rancho La Ballona, signed by B.D. Wilson. 1859 


1 folded leaf. Holograph 

Box 82, Folder 11 Deed of certain improvements on the Rancho la Ballona, signed by Rafael Machado. 1859 

Sep 27 





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Box 82, Folder 12 Constable's certificate of sale of real estate to John D. Young. 1876 Nov 29 



Box 82, Folder 13 Two sketch maps of portions of Rancho La Ballona. 1876? 



Box 82, Folder 14 Argument in favor of the survey of the Rancho La Ballona. 1870 


15p. as made by Henry Hancock, Deputy U.S. Surveyor, before the U.S. Surveyor 

General, San Francisco, California; Chas. H. Larrabee, Att'y for claimant 

La Brea . 


Box 84, Folder 5 Plat of the Rancho La Brea. 1873 


2 leaves 

La Puente . 


Box 82, Folder 15 Opinion on abstract of title; by E.W. Sargent. 1892 


WWR's note included: This is interesting as showing a corporation giving an 

opinion after examining an abstract of title 

Los Cerritos . 


Box 82, Folder 16 Deed. Jonathan Bixby et al. to Agnes Richardson. 1883 

Box 82, Folder 17 Title opinion?. 1886 


4 leaves. Holograph. In folder 


Abstract of complaint. Antonio Cota, Ramon Dominguez, plaintiffs. No date 




Memo to WWR and WWR's notes. 1935 and no date 


Memo is 1 leaf. Typescript. Notes are 2 leaves. Holograph 


Account of examining records, San Francisco, and typescript copies of those records. 

1935 


15 leaves 

Los Feliz . 


Box 82, Folder 21 Transcripts pertaining to Rancho de los Feliz. 1940 


21 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). 1 correspondence 



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Box 82, Folder 22 Letter to WWR. 1940 Sep 17 


1 item, 1 pc 

Providencia . 



Rincon de los Bueyes . 



Copies of documents. No date / various dates 




Rincon de San Pascual . 


Transcript of statement by Juan Marine. No date / various dates 


1 leaf. Typescript. Source not given 


San Antonio . 


Copy from book of patents. No date / various dates 





San Pascual . 


Box 82, Folder 29 Deeds and items about San Pascual, B.D. Wilson, etc. 1868 - 1888 


9 items. 3 U.S. Interior revenue stamps 

San Pedro . 




San Rafael . 



Copies of Jose Maria Verdugo statements. No date / various dates 



Santa Anita . 



Simi . 


Box 84, Folder 7 Letters from Florence Webster to WWR. 1952 



Box 84, Folder 8 Lists of owners. 1953 


3 leaves 



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Box 84, Folder 9 1854 opinion (copies) and maps (copies). 1854 


13 leaves 


Ranchos of Ventura County by W. W. Robinson. No date / various dates 




Agoure Ranch survey notes. No date / various dates 


20 leaves 


Tujunga . 


Copies of petition, deeds, etc. No date / various dates 


35 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Also: WWR's title note 


San Juan y Cajon de Santa Ana . 


Box 82, Folder 34 Abstract of title [parcel unknown]. 1906 


Holograph and typescript (carbon) 

Santiago de Santa Ana . 




11 leaves. Holograph. In folder 



La Sierra . 


No title. No date / various dates 

Ranchos, San Diego County . 

Los Vallecitos de San Marcos . 


Box 82, Folder 36 Couts vs. Winston (Oceanside). 1887 - 1891 


29 items 

Ranchos, Santa Barbara County . 

San Julian . 




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Plat. No date 


1 folded leaf 

Ranchos, Ventura County . 

Sespe . 


Box 82, Folder 38 Abstract of Bardsdale Tract lot 1, tract 1. 1887 


1p 




Ballona Road . 

[No compiler given] . 

Abstract of title to that certain real property in the leity of Los Angeles Countyat 

the N.W. corner of the 16 acre lot of A.L. Moody sold to him by William Moody and 

running along his west line south 39.1 chains to the Ballona Road. 1887 


1 v. Bound in half leather 


Bandini de Baker Property . 


Abstract of title to certain property in Los Angeles City, California belonging to Mrs. 

Arcadia B. de Baker as delineated on the map hereto annexed. 1884 


1 v 


Cota Tract . 


Abstract of title to all that certain real property situated in the City of Los Angeles 

and county of Los Angelessaid tract of land being known as the Cota Lot or tract. 


1 v 


Downey Tract . 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the County of Los Angelesthe Downey 

Tract. 1884 




Fairmont Tract . 

Abstract and Title Insurance Co . 

Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City of Los Angeleslot 16, block 

9, Fairmont Tract. 1889 





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Hayes Street, East Los Angeles . 

Los Angeles Abstract Co . 

Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City of Los Angeles, State of 

California, bounded and described of page no. 61 of this abstractbeing Lot no. 11 in 

Block no. 4 of East Los Angeles. 1890 



Hill and Fifth Street, Northwest Corner . 


Box 79, Folder 7 [Property of Mary E. Taft]. 1894 




Larronde Block . 

Title Insurance and Trust Co . 

Continuation by the Title Insurance and Trust Company as to Larronde Block, N.W. corner 

of Spring and First Streets. 1899 


V. 1. Bound in half leather 


Los Angeles Westerly Boundary . 

Abstract and Title Insurance Co . 

Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City and County of Los 

Angelescommencing at the point of intersection of the Westerly boundary line of the 

City of Los Angeles. 




Main Street, 85 Feet Near 4th Street . 


Abstract of title to that real property situate in the City and County of Los 

Angelesfronting eighty-five feet on Main Street, as described in deed from D.W. Hellman 

to Samuel Meyer. 1895 




Mott Tract . 

Pendleton and Williams . 

Abstract of title to that real property in the City and County of Los Angeles, State of 

California, described as follows, to-wit: lot seven block O. Mott tract. 1889 




Pearl Street . 

No title . 

Abstract of title to five acres of James F. Ward on Pearl St. in Los Angeles City and 

County. 1887 



Pico House Property . 

Office of Gillette, Gibson, and Wood . 



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Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City of Los Angeles County of 

Los Angeles, State of California, bounded and described as follows: The Pico House 

property. 1883 




San Pascual Tract . 

Security Title Insurance and Abstract Co . 

The Security Title Insurance and Abstract Co. of Southern California hereby certifiesa 

point in the West line of Euclid Avenue distant sixty six feet N of the S line of Lot 

no. 3 in Block 1 of the San Pascual Tract. 1892 




Spring and First Street, Corner . 


Abstract of title to that real property situated in the county of Los Angelesbeginning 

at the North West corner of Spring and First Streetsbeing the lot of Pierre Larronde. 

1892 


1 v. Boundi in leather 


Spring Street, East Side Near 1st Street . 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City of Los Angelescommencing in 

the easterly line of Spring St. 1899 




Washington Street, Near San Pedro . 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the City and County of Los 

Angelescommencing at a point in the south line of Washington Street at the N.W. corner 

of this tract of landcontaining 563 acres. 1890 




Wright Tract . 

Picket and Kelly, Abstractors . 

Abstract of title of Lots 25 and 26 of the Wright Tract, northeast corner of Washington 

and Figueroa Streets. 1888 


1 v. In wrappers 

City Properties, San Francisco County . 


Olds Tract . 

City Abstract and Title Insurance Co . 

Abstract of title to the Olds Tract from the date of the preemption to January 17th 

1863 made by E. V. Gillespie. 1914 





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Ramirez Vineyard . 


Abstract of title to that real prope 

situated in the County of Los Angele 

to Inez Ramirez de Pantoja. 1891 


1 v. Bound in leather 

Southern Pacific . 


Box 78, Folder 3 [Southern Pacific right of way]. 193 


1 v 

County Properties, San Bernardino County . 


Township 3 . 

Wozencraft Abstract Co . 

The United States of America gives and grants unto the confirmee in coordination of the 

full payment for the same having been made, the following described lands situate in 

San Bernardino County. No date 


1 v 


El Conejo . 


Box 70, Folder 1 [El Conejo]. ca. 1919 



La Ballona . 


Box 70, Folder 3 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho La Ballona. 1892 


1 v. Loosely bound in boards 


Los Angeles Abstract Company . 

Abstract of title to all those certain tracts of land situate in the County of Los 

Angeles, State of California, and being portions of the Rancho La Ballona and described 

on page 85 of this abstract. 1887 


1 v 

The Abstract & Title Insurance Co. of Los Angeles . 

Box 70, Folder 4 [Rancho La Ballona]. 1893 


Brown cover 



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Title Insurance & Trust Co . 

Box 70, Folder 5 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho La Ballona. 1896 


1 v 


La Brea . 


From examination of the records of Los Angeles County, Californiaconcerning the title 

to that certain real property in the Rancho La Brea. 1893 




La Cienega . 


Abstract of title covering portion of Rancho covering La Cienegas That part of the 

first tract of the Jauwario Abila tract in the Rancho La Cienega. 1888 


1 v.. Bound in green leather with gold stamping 


Los Angeles Abstract Company . 

Abstract of the title to all that certain tract of land situated in Los Angeles County, 

State of California borrowed and described as follows tomb. That certain part of the 

portion of the Cienega Rancho. 1885 


1 v 


Mission San Fernando . 

Title Guarantee and Trust Co . 

Abstract of title of all that real property tat situate in the City of and County of 

Los Angeles of the boundary line survey of the rancho Ex Mission de San Fernando. 1928 


1 v. Blue cover with gold lettering 


Mission San Gabriel . 


Abstract of title to all that certain tract of real propertycommencing at the 

intersection of the West line of the South east Quarter of the North West Quarter of 

Section 11 and the north line of San Gabriel Orange Grove Tract. ca. 1907 




Potrero de Felipe Lugo . 



California, bounded and described as follows: Rancho Potrero de Felipe Lugo. 1912 




Felipe Lugo Rancho Report of James L. Robinson on certain defects and outstanding 

interests affecting the title of the estate of E.J. Baldwin to that portion of the 

Rancho now owned or claimed by the estate. 1912 


1 v. Leather bound 



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Transcript of the proceedings in case no. 433The petition of George Morrillo and Maria 

V. Romero for the place named Potrero De Felipe Lugo. ca. 1887 




Providencia . 



California, bounded and described as follows: Rancho Providencia, Rancho Cahuenga and 

that portion of the Rancho San Rafael. ca. 1892. 







California, bounded and described as follows: the Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes. 1892 


1 v. In marble boards 


San Antonio (Lugo) . 


Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho San Antonio county of Los 

Angeles State of California bounded and described as follows: the Felipe Lugo Tract. 


1 v. In cloth boards 


San Antonio (Rancho la Laguna) . 

Title Insurance and Trust Company . 

Abstract of title to that real property situate in the County of Los Angeles, State of 

California, described as follows: Rancho La Laguna. 1874 



San Antonio or Rodeo de las Aguas . 


Box 72, Folder 7 Abstract of title to that portion of the Rancho Rodeo de Los Aguas or San Antonio. 1871 




San Francisquito . 

Title Insurance and Trust Company . 

Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho San Francisquito County. 

1894 



San Pasqual . 


Box 73, Folder 1 [Rancho San Pasqual]. 1873 


1 v. Bound in full red leather 



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Box 73, Folder 2 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho San Pasqual. 1886 




San Pedro . 

Galloway and Lienau . 

Abstract of title of the following property situate in the County of Los Angeles, State 

of California particularly described as follows, to wit: Being lots number two and five 

in Block A of the Rancho San Pedro. 1884 


1 v. In paper boards 


San Pedro (Inner Bay, Rattlesnake Island, Salt Flats) . 

Lee and Scott . 

Report and opinion on title of Ana Josefa Dominguez de Guyerto those portions of the 

Rancho San Pedro, situated in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, known as 

"Rattlesnake Island", . 


1 v. In black cloth 

Los Angeles Terminal R'y Co . 

Box 73, Folder 4 Patent to Rancho San pedro. ca. 1892 




Abstract of title and certificate of search to all of that certain tract of land 

situate in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as follows: at a 

point on the exterior boundary of the Rancho San Pedro. ca. 1892 



Box 74, Folder 2 Abstract of title to that real property. ca. 1892 



Box 74, Folder 3 [Taxes and wharf franchise]. ca. 1892 



Box 74, Folder 4 [Index]. ca. 1892 


Bound in half leather 


San Rafael . 



California, bounded and described as follows: The interest of Ralph Rogers in the 

Garavanza lands. 1887 



San Rafael (Verdugo Ranch) . 

The Abstract & Title Insurance Co . 



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Box 75, Folder 2 [Rancho San Rafael]. 1893 




San Vincente y Santa Monica . 


San Vincente y Santa Monica, Boca de Santa Monica, Potrero de Santa Monica as to the 

interest acquired by Robert S. Baker and John P. Jones. 1933? 




Santa Anita . 

The Abstract & Title Insurance Co. of Los Angeles, Cal . 

Abstract of title --- that portion of the Rancho Santa Anita which lies within the 

boundaries of the tract described on page 169 hereof and also within the boundaries. 

1892? 


1 v. Bound in half leather (damaged) 

The Abstract and Title Insurance Co . 

Box 75, Folder 4 Abstract of title of thatportion of the Rancho Santa Anita. 1892 




Santa Catalina Island . 


Abstract of title to that certain real property situate in the county of Los Angeles, 

State of California and known as the island of Santa Catalina. 1891 




Santa Gertrudes . 


Abstract of title to that real property situated in the County of Los Angelesknown as 

the J.W. Hellman Tract of the Colima Tract of the Santa Gertrude. 


1 v. Bound in leather 


Simi . 


[Rancho Simi]. CHECK DATE 



Box 75, Folder 7 Index to Simi Rancho. ca. 1919? 


1 v. In wrappers (cover missing) 

Tajauta . 

[Probate court] . 

Box 76, Folder 1 Office abstract of Rancho Tajauta or Los Cuervos. ca. 1874 


1 v. In marble boards, cloth spine 



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Abstract of title of that certain real property in the County of . 

Los Angeles, State of California, bounded and described as follows: Rancho Tajauta or 

Los Cuervos. 1892 


1 v 

Tujunga . 


Box 76, Folder 2 Abstract of title of that certain real property in the Rancho Tujunga. 1892 



Ranchos, Sacramento County . 

Del Paso . 

Buckley - Gerber Abstract and Title Co . 

Box 76, Folder 3 [Rancho Del Paso]. 1910 



Ranchos, San Bernardino County . 


Muscupiabe . 


Abstract of title of the following described properly, situate in the County of San 

Bernardino, State of California. 1893 


V. 1 of 2. Bound in half leather 

Consolidated Abstract and Title Guaranty Co . 

Box 76, Folder 5 [Muscupiabe]. 1893 


V. 2 of 2. Bound in half leather 



Dos Pueblos . 

Santa Barbara Abstract and Guaranty Company Co . 

Abstract of title to all that certain real property situate, lying and being in the 

County of Santa Barbaraa part of the Rancho Dos Pueblos. 1923 


1 v 

San Julian . 


Box 77, Folder 2 Abstract of title to San Julian Rancho, vol. 4. 1894 


1 v. Map of the Rancho 

Santa Barbara Abstract and Title Co . 



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Abstract of title to all that certain real property situated in the County of Santa 

Barbarabeing the Rancho San Julian, part of Rancho Las Cruces, & Co., showing their 

division into tracts A, B & C. 1907 





Las Posas . 


Abstract of title as to the interest of the heirs of Francisco Antonio de la Guerrain 

and to the Rancho De Las Posas. 1919 





Redondo Villa Tract . 

Publications / articles . 

Box 87, Folder 9 Memo from W. H. Allen to WWR; concerns Redondo Villa Tract brochure. 1953 


1 item, 1 pc. Also envelope. Brochure not here 

Rosecrans Township . 



Box 87, Folder 18 [Rosecrans 'rancho' information]. 1949 




San Gabriel . 


Copy of document. No dates / various dates 




Carmen Moreno de Abila plat. No date 


1 folded leaf 








2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph additions 



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2 leaves. Typescript with extensive holograph additions 

City Properties, Santa Barbara County . 


Santa Maria . 





Santa Barbara Ranchos . 


Chart of grantees, acreage, etc. No dates / various dates 


1 folded leaf. Photocopy? 

Box 86, Folder 32 Rancho life and fiesta days. Newspaper clippings. 1940, 1957 

Ranchos . 


"Romance of the Ranchos" . 




12p. WWR's involvement not known. Cf. items in T.I.T. segments, Box ____ 

Conner, E. Palmer. The Romance of the Ranchos . 


Box 88, Folder 9 Copy. 1929? 


40p. illus., fold. map. 18 cm. Los Angeles, Title Insurance and Trust Company. 

With author's autograph on title page 




With some holograph changes, evidently for new edition 




With extensive holograph notes and corrections. Note on inserted leaf: 1st 

proof. Dr. Perry Worden's corrected copy. Copy for 2nd edition 


Another copy. Fourth edition. No dates / various dates 


Another copy. Sixth edition. No dates / various dates 

Box 88, Folder 14 Another copy. Reprinting in a different format. 2 cop. 1939? 


illus., fold. color map, 23 cm. With illustrative drawings rather than 

photographs 



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Ranchos . 




Wrappers salmon, rather than light brown; or were others faded 

General . 


Box 86, Folder 1 Sale / development of large rancho properties. Newspaper clippings. 1912 - 1965 


Rancho life. Clippings. 

Box 87, Folder 1 Letters from the Bancroft Library concerning Mexican land grant records. 1962, 1971 






13 leaves. Holograph. 1 leaf not in WWR's hand 






WWR's and IBR's holograph lists of California ranchos. No dates / various dates 


2 notebooks 


















[Ranchos by county]. No dates / various dates 


99 leaves. Typescript (carbon). A draft of previous rancho lists? 








300 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections (photocopy). Note cards of WWR 

now photocopied; cards disposed of except for those in following folder 



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Ranchos . 


[Notes on ranchos: grantees, histories, etc] Not used for lists?. No dates / various 

dates 


On note cards. Typescript with holograph corrections 




On note cards. Typescript with extensive holograph corrections. Samples kept to 

show WWR's working method, and for exhibit purposes 


Highlights on Romance of the Ranchos . 




25 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Note on first leaf: L. Otis 


Aguaje de Centinela . 



Box 87, Folder 2 Correspondence and notes. 1965 


3 items, 3 pcs. Ella Cole to WWR. Mimeographed letter from Elizabeth Carr to 

Ella Cole. Information about owners of the ranchos before Daniel Freeman WWR's 

notes 




Magazine clipping. 1948 Oct 

El Escorpion . 







La Brea . 



La Puente . 



Los Alamitos . 



Letters from Katherine B. Hotchkis. 1964 and no date 



Box 86, Folder 9 Bixby, Katharine Hotchkis. Rancho Los Alamitos. Balboa, California, 1964. No dates / 

various dates 


2 cop. Enclosures to above. Verso title page: For W.W. Robinson, the 

indisputable authority on Southern California history, Katherine Bixby Hotchkis 



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Box 86, Folder 10 Printed ephemera. 1964 


Postcard, printed brochure with map, etc 

Box 86, Folder 11 Newspaper clippings. 1964, 1966 

Los Cerritos . 


Box 86, Folder 12 Note from Alice Titus, enclosing brochure. 1955 


Los Cerritos Rancho House 

Los Coyotes . 



Los Feliz . 



Box 87, Folder 3 Letters. 1946 



Los Nietos . 


Box 87, Folder 4 Letter to WWR from A.L. Rhodes. 1935 


1 item, 1 pc 

Los Nietos and Santa Gertrudes Rancho Section of los Nietos . 



Newspaper clipping. 1956 Apr 

Los Palos Verdes . 




Box 87, Folder 14 2/22 Patents [Report of survey of Rancho Los Palos Verdes]. Copy. 1880 




Proceedings leading up to confirmation of Rancho Los Palos Verdes. No dates / various 

dates 





Potrero de Felipe Lugo . 


Newspaper clippings. 1949, no date 

Providencia . 


WWR's holograph notes. No dates / variuos dates 







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Box 86, Folder 18 Romance of a rancho. In: The Beverly Hills Citizen. 1939 Jun 23 


Features, v. 17 no. 2, p. [1], 6. Article is unsigned, but note gives credit to 

W.W. Robinson, among others 




Rodeo de las Aguas . 


The story of El Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas. In: The Southland Federal news. 1953 Oct 

San Antonio . 


Program for the marking of the historic Casa de Rancho San Antonio. 1946 Mar 

Letters from WWR to A.J. Gray. 


2 items, 2 pcs. Give brief history of rancho 

San Jose . 



San Jose de Buenos Ayres . 


Box 86, Folder 22 [Rancho histories] In: Westwood Hills Press. 1947 Apr 17 


Contains: The story of the Spanish ranchos by Florence Backus; and Westwood 

Hills eulogized by late poet laureate John Steven McGroaty 

San Pedro . 




San Rafael . 








Copies of documents. No dates / various dates 



Simi . 


Box 86, Folder 25 Outlaws of Santa Susana Pass. 1953 Apr 1 (no. 4) and 1954 Oct 15 (no. 6) 


Mimeographed newsletters with articles on topics concerned with Rancho Simi 


Photograph of Camulos chapel. No dates / various dates 


Removed from previous publication 


Letter to WWR from Florence ____. No date 


1 item, 1 pc 



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General . 


Box 86, Folder 27 Casa Loma. Newspaper clipping. 1962 

Santa Rosa . 




Ranchos, San Diego County . 

General . 


Box 86, Folder 29 [Histories] In: The southern California rancher. 1941 - 1966 


Histories of various ranches and ranchos 

Ranchos, San Francisco County . 


San Francisco Bay Ranchos . 


Booklist marked by WWR. No date 



General . 


Correspondence. 1965 Oct, 1966 May - Jun 


4 items, 5 pcs. Also WWR's notes from envelope. Includes letter from: Don 

Meadows 






Index cards of ranchos. No dates / various dates 


44 pieces. Holograph 



San Francisco . 


WWR's letters to Phil Townsend Hanna and R.W. Gray. 1949 Jul 



Robinson, Irene Bowen . 

IV. Juvenile Books and Stories . 



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Robinson, Irene Bowen . 


General . 

post publication material . 

Box 130, Folder 25 Kern County Book Fair correspondence. 1963 


Art . 

Artists' Protest Exhibition . 

Exhibit catalogs . 



Protests selection policies for L.A. County Museum's 1st Biennial Exhibition of 

Drawings, 1945. Includes - Ernst, Dorthea Tanning, Lipchitz, Zadkine 

California Art Club . 


Box 131, Folder 7 Copy / Copies. 1924 -1939 


no. 15-18, 20-24, 26-27 and California Art Club , opening exhibition - Barnsdale 

Park, 1927. 

California State Fair . 



California Water Color Society . 




Pasadena Art Institute, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum 




Exhbition and Sale of water colors May 5th to 31st 




Chaffey, Ontario, California . 




no. 2, 4 - 5 


Christmas Cards . 

Samples . 

Some with names of others. No dates 


Fay and Lawrence Clark Powell, etc 

City of Los Angeles Art Exhibition . 




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Art . 



no. 4 - 7 


Ebell Salon of Art . 


Copy / Copies. 1930 - 1950 (inclusive) 


no. 1 - 

Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego . 




no. 1 - 3, 5 - 8, 11 - 12 

Fine Arts Society of San Diego, California . 



Foundation of Western Art . 




Gardena High School . 





no. 2 - 5, 7 


General . 

Exhibit material, etc . 

Bibliographical notes, catalog information. 1946, no date 


1946 is for exhibit at Glendale Public Library 

General Materials . 

Ephemera . 

Box 131, Folder 1 Membership cards. 1947, 1971 

Laguna Beach Art Association . 




Los Angeles Art Association . 




no. 1 


Los Angeles County Fair . 


Box 131, Folder 31 Copy / Copies. 1928, 1934, 1936-1939, 1948 


catalogues no. 7, 13, 15 and years 1937-1939, n.d. 

Los Angeles County Museum . 



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Art . 

Exhibit documentation . 

Box 131, Folder 5 "The dove." Photograph. 1954 


Note on verso: honorable mention in watercolors 




1 folded leaf. Brief biography and description of subjects and styles. No illus 

Los Angeles Museum . 


Box 131, Folder 24 Copy / Copies. 1927, 1928, 1930 - 1935, 1938 

Box 131, Folder 25 Copy / Copies. 1940, 1945 and 1957 


no. 1, no. 17?, 20? 


Copy / Copies. 1938 February 


Los Angeles Museum of History and Science . 




no. 3 - 4, 7 



Los Angeles Public Library . 


Copy / Copies. 1931, no date 

Miscellaneous Sketches . 

Samples . 

On tracing paper, etc. No dates 


Seemingly minor 

National Orange Show . 


Box 132, Folder 2 Copy / Copies. 1949, 1951, 1955 


no. 34, 36, 40 


Palos Verdes Community Arts Association . 




no. 1 

Palos Verdes Public Library and Art Gallery . 




no. 1 - 2 

Pasadena Art Institute . 




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Art . 


Copy / Copies. 1930, 1932, Fall Opening - 1946 Oct 


no. 3, 5 

Progressive Painters of Southern California . 







Santa Cruz Art League . 


Box 132, Folder 10 Copy / Copies. Fifth and sixth annual, 1932 - 1933 

Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce . 




no. 7, 12 - 13 

Various Associations Catalog Each . 




Includes: Cannell & Chaffin, Glendale Art Association, Stendahl Galleries, San 

Francisco Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, etc 

Various Associations Each Outside California . 


Box 132, Folder 13 Copy / Copies. ca. 1928 - 1950 


Includes: Arizona State Fair, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, St. Botolph 

Club (Boston), etc. Ca. 7 exhibits 


Various Exhibits . 

Exhibit materials . 

Lists of items. 1930, 1944, no dates 


Includes list of Jake Zeitlin show (1930) and Raymond and Raymond show (1944, 

with "sold" annotations) 

Post exhibit material . 










2 items. Los Angeles County Museum of Art one woman show 




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Art . 



Raymond & Raymond Galleries (Beverly Hills). One woman show 




Box 132, Folder 28 Reviews. Clippings. 1950, 1954, 1959 


Reviews. Clippings. No dates 


An extensive file 


Pre and post exhibit materials . 

Correspondence. 1927 - 1954 (inclusive), 1961, 1971, no date 


Thanking for exhibits, enclosing prize money and certificates, invoices for 

photo coloring for T.I.t. (1961), etc 

Pre exhibit material . 

Box 132, Folder 23 Invitations, etc. 1944 


Raymond & Raymond Galleries (Beverly Hills). One woman show 


IBR and WWR Marriage . 

Event . 

Box 130, Folder 1 Clippings. 1923 


Will Robinson claims bride; former Riverside man weds Los Angeles girl at home 

ceremony, etc 

IBR Personally . 

Business . 


Receipts, etc. No dates 

Correspondence . 


Cards received. No dates 


Letters received, miscellaneous. 1963, no dates 

Box 130, Folder 6 Letters from Grace Everett and [Jeanne] Everett. 1964, no date (ca. 1961 - 1966?) 


Enclosures of poems from Grace Everett, kept by IBR. 1961, 1962, no date 


Jottings. No dates 

General . 


Clippings saved, etc. No dates 


Includes Drury College bulletin (1929), Heath Stoneware brochure, Van Keppel - 

Green 


Sister . 

Material relating to Bess Bowen. f.1 of 2. 1950, no dates 


Letters received, etc 



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Material relating to Bess Bowen. f.2 of 2. No date / various dates 


Address books 

IBR's Illustrations . 

For Children's Stories not by WWR . 

Post publication material . 

Box 130, Folder 13 Clippings. 1938, 1941, 1942 


Beast of the Tar Pits . 


Box 130, Folder 16 Copy of talk [incomplete], unclear if only by WWR. 193_ 


2 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Corrections seemingly in IBR's 

hand 

Career in General . 


Box 130, Folder 15 Interview with WWR and IBR. Late 1930s? 


6 leaves. Typescript (fire damaged). Lines reconstructed by dl (typescript in 

folder) 

General . 


Box 130, Folder 17 Talk. 1940s? 


1 leaf. Typescript with holograph additions. Primarily by WWR? 


Irene Robinson's drawings for children [sic] books; by WWR. No date 


1 leaf. 2 cop. Typescript and typescript (carbon) 


Mock up of On the farm (no illus). No date 


List of books. No date 

Box 130, Folder 21 W. W. and Irene B. Robinson; and another list. 1948 


9 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). Copy of biographical material sent in this 

year for Junior book of authors 





Statements about books, etc. No date / various dates 

Fan letter, notes. 1947, no date 

The Robinsons: their literature, their art; by Perry Worden. Clipping from Pasadena 

Star - News, Saturday, November 5, 1938, p. 8. 1938 


Photocopy 

Box 130, Folder 22 Long Beach Public Library exhibit correspondence. 1947 


Long Beach clippings. No date / various dates 



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Box 130, Folder 24 Culver City PTA clippings. 1960 


Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People. Kern County 

Book Fair correspondence and ephemera. 1963 


WWR and IBR awarded for Distinguished contribution to the field of children's 

literature by the Council 

Box 130, Folder 27 Kern County Book Fair clippings. 1963 


Miscellaneous book fair publicity and correspondence. 1964, 1971, no date 


Miscellaneous talks, book fair clipping(s). 1951, 1956, no date 


Ward Ritchie list, etc. 1960s 

Writings . 

General . 


Title(s) unknown . 


Burbank Disney Studios. No date / various dates 

Unpublished . 




Early documents and advertisements. No date / various dates 


Photographs, photostats 



Early desk, unidentified. No date / various dates 

Interior 1906. No date / various dates 


Same desks identified by WWR as 1906 and 1912 









Senator Thompson's desk 1912. No date / various dates 

W.A. Allen's desk 1912. No date / various dates 

Early building, unidentified. No date / various dates 

Map Dept 1912. No date / various dates 

NW Old Franklyn (now Court) and New High building. No date / various dates 

NE Old Franklyn and New High building. No date / various dates 

NW Temple and New High building. No date / various dates 

Archives vault 1906. No date / various dates 


See also oversize box _____ 


Spring Street. No date / various dates 


Pre, during, and post construction 


Spring Street brochure for opening. No date / various dates 


Also negative of cut 



Staff - parties. No date / various dates 

Dale Grant. No date / various dates 



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Writings . 

Unpublished . 




Staff, area photos, etc 



Other branches - San Bernardino. No date / various dates 

Other branches - San Diego. No date / various dates 




Other branches - San Francisco. No date / various dates 




Other branches - Stockton area?. No date / various dates 








Other branches - Santa Barbara. No date / various dates 





Other branches - Las Vegas, NE. No date / various dates 

Other branches - Portland, OR. No date / various dates 





Other branches - Seattle WA. No date / various dates 

Other branches - Waikiki, Guam. No date / various dates 


Staff, area photos, etc. Also other Hawaii locations 








Staff - 60th anniversary mats and prints of founders. No date / various dates 



Staff - early photos and memorabilia. No date / various dates 

Staff - O.F. Brant 1893. No date / various dates 




Many on mounts 








Staff - WW I. No date / various dates 



Staff - 1940s, 1950s. No date / various dates 

Staff - Loebbecke, Ernest. No date / various dates 


See also oversize Box ____ 



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Writings . 

Unpublished . 


60th Anniversary (T.I. Buildings 1893 - 1954) printing blocks, metal printing plates 

images of William H. Allen, Jr., O. F. Brant, and O.P. Clark. Christmas card 

woodblock.. No date / various dates 


7 items. Used in Panorama and 1954 Annual Reports.[Shoe box size] 


About WWR . 


Hicks Bibliography . 

Publication material - photographs . 

Covers of WWR works. No date / various dates 


Other Hicks photographs filed with Biographical photographs. Search by "Hicks" 

in Notes 





Bombs and Bribery . 

Research / publication material - photograph(s) not used . 

Times building dynamiting. No date / various dates 

Fabulous San Fernando Valley . 

Research / publication material - photograph(s) used . 

Statue in Mission courtyard. No date / various dates 

Lawyers of Los Angeles . 


Bas relief of courthouse. No date / various dates 


Used as basis for title page vignette 




Los Angeles from the Days of the Pueblo . 


The sculpture of figure of Father Junipero Serra (10). No date / various dates 

Panorama . 


Santa Barbara Mission. No date / various dates 


"When the party crossed (5). No date / various dates 


Also in: ________ 

Santa Catalina . 

Publication materials . 

Box 126, Folder 1 Printing plates. Drawings by Irene B. Robinson.. 1941 


9 printing blocks. 


The Changing Scene . 


When the two - story Arcadia Block (Coronoel). No date / various dates 


Cropped photo filed with: Panorama 



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II. Calendar Booklets . 










The Story of Kern County . 



The Story of Kern County (Not Used) . 



The Story of Riverside County . 


Easter pageant. No date / various dates 


Oranges and snow. No date / various dates 

The Story of Riverside County (Not Used) . 


Business announcements, etc. No date / various dates 

The Story of San Bernardino County (Not Used) . 


Most without captions, includes several resort photographs and one photograph of the 

Hotel California (ca. 1950s?). No date / various dates 

The Story of San Luis Obispo County . 



The Story of San Luis Obispo County (Not Used) . 



The Story of the San Fernando Valley . 


Don Pio Pico (13). No date / various dates 


Filed with: Also in: 




The Story of the San Fernando Valley (Not Used, with Captions) . 


Disney Studios, Burbank. No date / various dates 

The Story of the San Fernando Valley (Not Used, Without Captions) . 


Primarily freeways, shots of businesses, parks, etc. No date / various dates 

The Story of Ventura County . 


San Buena Ventura (photograph of bird's eye map). No date / various dates 



The Key to Los Angeles . 


The Silver Lake district (33). No date / various dates 


Filed with: Panorama 


Los Angeles Today. No date / various dates 


California division of highways 



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The Story of the San Fernando Valley . 


Box 121, Folder 11 Rojerio, Indian chorister and silversmith at San Fernando Mission. 1898 


Mission San Fernando, Rojirio, the Mission Chorista, gather the first of the 

cactus for food. He was 119 years old at the time of the picture, July 1898 


Tide lands . 

Newspaper clippings . 

Box 129, Folder 33 . 1930 - 1970 


Tide lands 

Box 129, Folder 34 . 1930 - 1970 


Tide lands 

Unpublished writings . 


Los Angeles from the Days of the Pueblo . 


Sonora Town or lower Los Angeles, looking north. No date / various dates 


Photographic negative 


Automation . 


Magazine clippings and memeographed materials. 1964 - 1965, and no date 


Newspaper clippings. 1963 - 1964, and no date 

Brochures: history, etc . 

Box 61, Folder 6 Title insurance is a necessity because it protects you . 1895? 


28 p. On cover: Safe business methods 


Title insurance: questions and answers of importance to the owner of a home. No date 


1 folded leaf. Also letter from Anne Kerckhoff (1952) 


The Title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles, cor. Franklin & New High Sts. 

1903 


Unpaged, illus 



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Unpaged 

Box 61, Folder 10 Title services of Title Insurance and Trust Company. 1954 and 1960 

Box 61, Folder 11 Evidences of title of Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles, California. 1928 


49 p 

Box 61, Folder 12 Title Insurance and Trust Company manual of information. 1929? 


12 p. 2 cop 




16 p. 2 cop (different wrappers) 

Box 61, Folder 15 Welcome to Title Insurance and Trust Company statewide title service. ca. 1962 


[A folder containing brochures, including Title Services of Title Insurance and 

Trust Company] 





Leaflets, cards, etc. giving policy information, schedules of fees, etc. 1963 and no 

date 

Booklets, brochures, leaflets from other title companies. No date 

Brochures on land measurements. No date 

Title Insurance and Trust Company, Spring Street at Fifth. No date 


21 p. Illus. 2 cop. Also note from WWR. WWR's note: this gives a history of TI & 

departments 



Title Insurance and Trust Company management conference proceedings. 1963 Feb 

Capitalizing on profit opportunities, Title Insurance and Trust Company. 1952 Aug 


Prepared by McKinsey & Company, management consultants. Various pagings 



Brochures, advertisement, and news release from WWR about postwar services. No date 

Employee benefits . 




Box 64, Folder 3 Memos. 1955 - 1956 


Typescript (carbon and mimeograph) 

Box 64, Folder 4 The tip - off [orientation brochures]. 1946 and 1949 


T.I. is your business. [Orientation brochures]. 1954 and no date 


Hospital, surgical, and medical insurance. 2 cop. No date 


8 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). Typescript (carbon) with tipped - on & 

WWR's holograph corrections. Another copy, with minor differences in holograph 

corrections 



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Group life insurance. 2 cop. No date 


6 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) . Typescript (carbon) with WWR's holograph 

corrections. Another copy. Typescript, incorporating corrections. Another copy. 

Carbon typescript 

Box 64, Folder 8 Insurance plan brochures. 1953 


Sample policies. No date 


Profit sharing reports and brochure. 1962 and no date 


Employee profit sharing and benefit plan of Title Insurance and Trust Company as 

amended. 1955 


If called into the service. No date 


Schedule of amounts for retired employees. No date 


Employee training and benefits. Speeches, brochures from other companies. 1955 and no 

date 


Employee training and benefits. Speeches, brochures from other companies. 1955 and no 

date 

Employee newsletters . 


The T.I. news. 1928 Jan 


v. 1 no. 1. A bulletin published each month by Title Insurance and Trust Company 


The T.I. news. Anniversary number. 1929 Jan 


Marked by WWR: information about W.W. Powell 


Employee newsletters, etc . 

Sam the searcher .. 1951 Dec 


2 cop. Excerpts of humorous fillers from T 'n' T 

Employee training . 

Box 64, Folder 1 The education and training of title company employees. 1953? 

Employees . 

Box 64, Folder 19 Roster. 1919 May 1 


16 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) and typescript 


Biographical notes. 1962 - 1964 and no date 


Holograph, typescript (various reproductions). Several are WWR's or others' 

copies of information 


Biographies. Clippings from and issues of magazines, etc. 1943, 1963 - 1964 and no date 


Biographies. Newspaper clippings. 1920s - 1960s 

Box 64, Folder 23 Memorabilia, primarily certificates to Ernest Loebbecke. 1914, 1955, and 1962 - 1963 


1914 item addressed to Charles F. Lummis: Second annual Harvard - Yale - 

Princeton outing. One secretary of occasion: Wilbur Bassett, T. I. Bldg 

Manuscript chapters . 



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1. Pushed by a panic. No date 


104 leaves total. Following chapter folders will contain: drafts by WWR (Pica 

type) and copies by typist and photocopies. Varying holograph and paste-on 

corrections 


2. Open for business. No date 




3. Insuring the property owner. No date 




5. The rise of the escrow. No date 




6. Squatters on the land. No date 




7. Subdividing the land. No date 




8. The threat of the Torrens Title. No date 




9. The challenge of the real estate cycle. No date 


94 leaves 


10. The boom of the twenties. No date 




11. Depression. No date 




12. The expansive forties. No date 




13. Statewide. No date 


72 leaves 


14. In the eyes of the public. No date 





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15. The inside story. No date 


62 leaves 


16. Spanning the nation. No date 


86 leaves 


17. The setup. No date 


31 leaves 


18. History is T.I.'s business. No date 


55 leaves 


19. Automated world. No date 




20. Land and the people. No date 




Box 66, Folder 12 Correspondence about payment. 1962 - 1963 




Methodology. No date 


3 leaves. Typescript and holograph 

Box 66, Folder 14 WWR's memos and story outline. 1948 


6 pcs 


The history of T.I. - a few personal thoughts. No date 


1 leaf. Carbon typescript with holograph corrections 

Box 66, Folder 16 Correspondence with readers of chapter manuscripts, etc. 1963 - 1964 


24 items, 33 pcs. Includes list of these readers 

Box 66, Folder 17 Original forward and outline of chapters (plus some comment). 1963 


9 pcs 


Comments from reading. No date 





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Box 66, Folder 19 Correspondence with Carroll R. West. 1964 - 1965 




Working outline. No date 


7 leaves. Carbon typescript ext. hol. and paste-on corrs. Another working 

outline. Carbon typescript with minor holograph corrections 


Outlines. Typescript (photocopies). No date 


4 copies. 1 copy has extensive holograph corrections 



Foreword. Six versions. Carbon typescript with holograph corrections. In format like 

chapters themselves, below. No date 

Manuscript with no chapter designations. No date 


12 leaves. Holograph and typescript 


Chapter manuscripts. Incomplete. No date 


87 leaves 




[101] leaves. Typescript with minor holograph correction. Chapters paged 

separately 




[133] leaves. Typescript (carbon). Chapter paged separately 

Box 67, Folder 3 Typescript, typescript (carbon and photocopy) with holograph corrections. 1964 July 31 


[237] leaves. Chapters paged separately. Foreword dated in typescript: July 31, 

1964. "Final version" 

Box 67, Folder 4 Typescript (photocopy). 1964 Sep 1 


iii, 255 [6], Notes [1], Index [1] leaves. Foreword dated 9/1/64. "Final 

version" 


The land and the people. No date 


iii, 255, [6], Notes [7], Index [1] leaves. Typescript (photocopy). Foreword 

corrected to: January 1 1965. Cover letter from Marvin C. Diefendorf to WWR, 

1966 Jan 20. 1 item, 1 pc 


Typescript (carbon) and photocopy. No date 


iii, 255 [6], Notes [6], Index [1] leaves. With holograph and paste - on 

corrections. Foreword dated September 1, 1964 and corrected in holograph to 

October 15; then January 1, 1965 



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Typescript (carbon) included with preceding copy. No date 


[7] leaves. Changes to go into final ms., description of photos, etc 


Acknowledgement and sources. No date 


6 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections 


Notes. 1965 Mar 24 and no date 


6 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections (photocopy). Notes. [7] leaves. 

Carbon typescript incorporating changes. With WWR's note: Final 


T.I. History [notes for photographs]. No date 




Various correction pages. No date 



Public relations . 

Box 60, Folder 14 Theory. Magazine articles and brochures. 1927, 1943, and 1951 


Corporate histories, corporate public relations. Clippings. 1962 - 1963, and no date 

Box 60, Folder 16 Corporate history sample [Fiduciary Trust Company of New York]. 1941 

Box 60, Folder 17 Advertisement layout and design. Magazine clippings. 1945 

Box 60, Folder 18 Institutional advertising, most using historical details. Clippings. 1943, 1945, 1964 

and no date 


Typed copy for T.I. advertisement. No date 


Proofs for T.I. advertisements, some with WWR's holograph corrections. No date 


Advertisements. Newspaper clippings. 1943 - 1944, and no date 


Advertisements. Newspaper clippings. 1929, 1938, 1963 and no date 


Proofs for T.I. advertisements using incidents in California history. No date 


Advertisements begin: Ranchos become cities [Long Beach, Pasadena, Culver City, 

Santa Monica, Whittier, Huntington Park] 

Box 60, Folder 24 Advertisements using incidents in California history. Newspaper clippings. 1946, 1947 

and no date 


Advertisements for Romance of the ranchos. No date 


Tours. Mimeographed memos. 1962 and no date 


This is my land (film). No date 


Ephemera 

Box 60, Folder 28 Photographs. Letters. 1936 





Speakers bureau. Brochure. No date 

Illustration used for T.I. convention display. No date 


Cf. T 'n' T no. _____ 



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Title insurance map of the United States. No date 


Photocopy 


Remember when? and Cattle brands brochures. No date 


Remember when? quotes W.W. Robinson, Clerk of the Council, 1879 

Box 60, Folder 33 Early days in Los Angeles. [1945] 


Mentions W.W. Robinson (1895) 


Correspondence, enclosing reminiscences, etc. No date 

Box 60, Folder 35 Letter to WWR. 1960 Jan 7 


1 item, 1 pc. Encloses new brochure; thanks him for copy of San Fernando Valley 

brochure 

Box 60, Folder 36 [Reminiscences of W.H. Anderson] In: Independent review. 1945 Sep 4 


v. 11 no. 43. Sent after listening to Romance of the ranchos 


Romance of the ranchos article. In: Radio life. 1947 Dec 


Photograph of WWR: p. 33 


Reseach material - Washington Title Insurance Company . 

Correspondence. 1963 Jan and Apr 



Research interviews - Arnold (?) Haskell . 

Box 65, Folder 19 Haskell interview 3/6/63. 1963 


9 leaves. Holograph. Holograph 

Research interviews - Bernard Vollmer . 

Box 65, Folder 43 Interview with Bernard Vollmer. 1948 May 17 


4 leaves total. Typescript with hol. corr. and carbon. Typescript with holograph 

corrections. Another copy: carbon typescript with holograph corrections 


Research interviews - Carroll West . 




Research interviews - Charles L. Eager . 

Box 65, Folder 13 Interviews. 1947 


7 leaves total. Holograph and typescript. Holograph. Typescript with minor 

holograph markings. Together with these: 1 leaf holograph notes by WWR 



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Research interviews - Charles P. Squires . 

Box 65, Folder 40 Charles P. Squires - (Las Vegas) interview. 1947 June 28 



Research interviews - Claire Commert . 

Box 65, Folder 11 Claire Commert interview. 1963 Apr 25 



Research interviews - Earl Johnson . 

Box 65, Folder 23 Change this? Excerpts from father's diary and interview. 1893 and 1948 


7 leaves total. Typescript . Typescript with holograph corrections. Another 

copy: carbon typescript with holograph corrections 

Research interviews - Edward J. Carr . 

Box 65, Folder 6 Interview. 1963 Nov 8 


7 leaves total. Holograph and typescript. Holograph. Vita. Typescript or 

printing of typescript (photocopy) 

Research interviews - Ella Zeitlow . 

Box 65, Folder 52 Interview with Ella Zeitlow (& Perc Warner). 1962 Dec 5 


5 leaves. Holograph - at the Dales Restaurant 

Research interviews - Emma Grass . 

Box 65, Folder 17 Emma Grass interview 2/13/63. 1963 



Research interviews - Ernest Loebbecke . 

Box 65, Folder 26 4/9/64: interview with Ernest Loebbecke. 1964 



Research interviews - Gauldin . 

Box 65, Folder 16 Gauldin interview 9/12/63. 1963 



Research interviews - George Garber . 

Box 65, Folder 15 Garber - 1/9/63. To George Garber. 1948 


4 leaves total. Typescript with holograph additions. Typescript with holograph 

additions 


Research interviews - H.W. O'Melveny . 

Diary and WWR's notes about HWM. No date 


6 leaves total. Holograph and typescript 

Research interviews - Hale Warn . 



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Box 65, Folder 44 Interview. 1963 Oct 7 



Research interviews - Harold Bayly . 

Box 65, Folder 5 2 interviews. 1962 


10 leaves total. Holograph, typescript, and photocopy 

Research interviews - Herbert Allen . 

Box 65, Folder 1 Interview with Allen. 1949, 1963 20 


9 leaves total. Holograph. Holograph. Herbert Allen. Holograph. Holograph 

Research interviews - Ivan Peters . 

Box 65, Folder 32 Ivan Peters 2/20/64. 1964 



Research interviews - J.B. Webber . 

Box 65, Folder 49 WWR's interview with J.B. Webber. 1947 Dec 3 


2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph markings by WWR 

Box 65, Folder 50 Interview with J.B. Webber. 1948 Aug 17 


4 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). Typescript with WWR's 

holograph markings and typescript (carbon) 

Research interviews - J.H. Johnson . 

Box 65, Folder 24 Interview with J.H. Johnson, May 13, 1948. 1948 


4 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). Typescript with holograph 

corrections. Another copy: carbon typescript 

Research interviews - Jack Crowley . 

Box 65, Folder 12 Interview with Jack Crowley. 1963 Nov 4 




Research interviews - James D. Macneil . 



1 leaf. Holograph. Holograph 

Research interviews - John M. Fabing . 

Box 65, Folder 14 Interview 3/5/48, John M. Fabing: early days of Otto Brant. 1948 



Research interviews - Mrs. O.P. Clark . 



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Box 65, Folder 8 Interview with Mrs. O.P. Clark. 1943 Jan 29 


8 leaves total. Holograph and typescript. Holograph. Interview with Mrs. O.P. 

Clark (relations between T.I. & T.C.). Typescript. Prepared from previous 

interview 


News release. 1943 Apr 


3 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). [1 leaf WWR's hol. notes]. Carbon 

typescript 

Research interviews - N.W. Thompson . 

Box 65, Folder 41 [Miscellaneous information about T.I.]. 1942 Dec 31 


3 leaves. Typescript (carbon) Also printed item. Typescript (carbon) with 

holograph corrections. Included: T.I.T. Statement of condition, 1942 






Research interviews - O.P. Clark . 

[Untitled]. No date 


5 leaves total. Holograph and typescript with WWR's corrections. Holograph notes 

by WWR. The Story of the man behind this signature [O.P. Clark]. Typescript with 

holograph corrections by WWR. Written by WWR? 

Research interviews - P.J. Horsch . 

Box 65, Folder 21 No title. 1943 and 1947 


5 leaves total. Holograph and typescript with hol. corrections 

Box 65, Folder 22 Reports. 1930 Nov 17 


6 leaves. Typescript. Typescript 

Research interviews - P.W. Clark . 

Box 65, Folder 10 Interview. 1948 May 3 


2 leaves total. Typescript and typescript carbon). Typescript with minor 

holograph markings. Another copy: carbon typescript with WWR's note: depression 

story 


Research interviews - Paul A. Pflueger . 

Interview. No date 



Research interviews - Pearl M. Lyng . 

Box 65, Folder 27 Interview 7/18/63 Pearl M. Lyng. 1963 





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Research interviews - Percy Warner . 



2 leaves. Typescript with holograph markings by WWR 

Box 65, Folder 46 Per Percy Warner - 3/1/63. 1963 



Box 65, Folder 47 Interview with P.E. Warner. 1964 


8 leaves. Holograph. WWR's questions and notes from interview 

Research interviews - Ralph Johnson . 

Box 65, Folder 25 Interviews with Ralph Johnson, December 17, 1947. 1947 


[3] leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections. Typescript with holograph 

corrections 

Research interviews - Rex Harlow . 

Box 65, Folder 18 Interview with Rex Harlow on June 7, 1949. 1949 




Research interviews - Richard Haslett . 

Interview?. No date 



Research interviews - Spinner . 

Box 65, Folder 39 Spinner interview 1/2/64. 1964 




Research interviews - Stuart O'Melveny . 

Interviews. 1962 and no date 


4 leaves total. Typescript with holograph corrections. Typescript with holograph 

corrections. S.O.M.'s recollections of James H. Shankland. Holograph 

Box 65, Folder 31 Memo to WWR. Interview about, and clipping. 1946 - 1955 


1 leaf. Carbon typescript. Clipping from T 'n' T, concerning SOM's retirement 

Research interviews - W.W. Powell . 

Box 65, Folder 34 Notes on interview with WWP by WWR. 1945 December 20 


6 leaves total. Typescript [and carbon] 

Box 65, Folder 35 Interview with WWP. 1947 December 9 


8 leaves total. Primarily typescript (carbon) with hol. corr. Typescript with 

holograph corrections. Another copy: carbon typescript 



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Box 65, Folder 36 Interview with W.W. Powell. 1948 April 30 


6 leaves total. Typescript with holograph corrections. 2 cop 

Box 65, Folder 37 Odds & ends from conversation with Powell. 1949 February 14 



Box 65, Folder 38 News release concerning WWP's death. 1955 



Research interviews - William C. Wattles . 

Box 65, Folder 48 Interview with Wm. C. Wattles. 1963 Sep 30 




Research interviews - William H. Allen, Jr . 

No title. 1930 Aug 


2 leaves. Typescript . Typescript with minor holograph markings. Written by WWR? 


Letter and transcript. No date 


12 leaves. Typescript and holograph (photocopy). Typescript and holograph 

(photocopy) 



The insuring of titles on property. No date 




Insuring titles in land. No date 


7 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections by WWR 


The business of insuring land titles. No date 


3 leaves with WWR's holograph corrections. Could be notes / outline for and 

lecture 


Copy of Mr. H.W. O'Melveny's speech before the American Bar Convention 1935 meeting. No 

date 


4 leaves. Typescript. With minor holograph notation by WWR 

Box 58, Folder 5 O'Melveny's speech . 1935 


[7] leaves. Typescript. Also WWR's holograph notes. 1 leaf. Another typing of 

preceding remarks 



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Box 58, Folder 6 Speech on working of title insurance; by W.W. Powell. 1921 






2 leaves. Typescript. With WWR's note: From, apparently, a mag. article 


Mexican land titles. No date 


14 leaves total. Holograph and typescript. Holograph notes in ____ with 

translations 


Torrens title. Articles, etc. 1943, 1947, and no date 

Box 58, Folder 10 What protection is title insurance; by Lawrence L. Otis. 1927 and 1946 


10 p. 2 copies. 21 leaves. Reprint of an article. The community property 

problem; an address by Mr. Charles H. Brock 

Box 58, Folder 11 The community property problem; an address by Mr. Charles H. Brock. 1927 


21 p 

Box 58, Folder 12 Outline of land titles. Pt. 3. 1949? 


Various pagings. California Land Title Association 

Box 58, Folder 13 Sources of title to land in California. Pt. 1. 1965 


Various pagings. Los Angeles, Title Insurance and Trust 


What is your market value? by Henry A. Porter. Los Angeles, Title Insurance and Trust. 

Par value 98 cents. 1929 


14 p 

Box 59, Folder 2 Trust service brochures and pamphlets. 1924 - 1925, 1928, 1931, 1937, and 1945 


Various titles 






Probate brochures. No date 

Wills and deeds of trust, brochures from other companies. 1922, 1927, etc 

Tax brochures. No date 

Realty financing brochures. ca. 1960s 

WWR's notes on derivation of word, etc. No date 




Promotion of the escrow department; by Allan Herrick. 1955 Apr 25 and no date 


6 leaves. Other typed notes on escrow. Letter from Herrick to WWR 

Box 59, Folder 9 Brochures about escrow. ca. 1930 - 1940 

Box 59, Folder 10 Brochures about escrow. 1960, 1962 



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Copies of T.I.T.'s Escrow news letter, published as a service to the escrow men and 

women of California [4 issues]. 1962 Nov, 1963 Jan, 1964 Jan, 1965 Jul and 1969 Oct 


Marked by WWR: 1964 and 1965 



T.I.T. escrow forms. No date 

Escrow manual; by Claire Cammert. 1962 Jul 


Various pagings 


Story of typical escrow currently handled at Title Insurance and Trust Company. No date 


3 leaves. Typescript Also: another copy. Typescript. Another copy. Carbon 

typescript. At head of title: Appendix 

Box 59, Folder 15 Escrow ephemera, clippings. 1963 - 1964 

Box 59, Folder 16 Subdivision clipping and statistics. 1950, 1963 


Subdivision information and procedure. No date 


6 leaves. Mimeograph. Also: WWR's notes. 1 leaf. Holograph. Mimeograph. Also 1 

leaf WWR's holograph notes 

Box 59, Folder 18 The mortgage money market; by Willis R. Bryant. 1956 


19 [3] leaves. Typescript (mimeograph) 


Brochures from California Land Title Association. 1938, 1952, 1963, and no date 


Includes: newsletter, invitation to open house for move to offices on Wilshire 

Boulevard 


Building and loan company brochures. 1929 - 1930, and no date 

Box 59, Folder 21 Aspects of title insurance. Newspaper clippings. 1949, 1962, 1965 

Box 66, Folder 1 Correspondence. 1943, 1945 - 1948 




Correspondence with J.B. Webber. 1948 and no date 


7 items, 27 pcs. Includes extensive reminiscences, etc 

Box 66, Folder 3 Correspondence with Ordway Tead. 1949 



Box 66, Folder 4 Correspondence with Ernest Loebbecke and other officials. 1960 and 1962 








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WWR's notes from various minutes. No date 




WWR's notes from readings, published sources. No date 




WWR's notes from various sources, including interviews. No date 


112 leaves. Primarily holograph 


WWR's notes on early history. No date 




WWR's notes on title companies. No date 


9 leaves. Holograph and typescript. On: Abstract and Title Insurance Company, 

and articles of incorporation of Title Insurance and Trust 


Real estate brochure. 1965 Jun 


Also: 1 leaf WWR's holograph notes 

Research material - annual reports . 



Photocopy. Article from Los Angeles Times 





Research material - Arriola, Bohn & Gayle, Guam . 

Box 62, Folder 36 Letter (via Washington Title). 1963 


2 items, 2 pcs. See photos 

Research material - E.W. Sargent . 

Box 65, Folder 80 Certificate of title, Los Angeles Title Insurance Co. 1891 


1 leaf. Holograph. WWR's note: This shows W.J. Williams connections with Sargent 

prior to TG 


Notes on Sargent. No date 


1 leaf. Holograph (not WWR) 


Story of the company. No date 


4 leaves. Typescript. Another version. 3 leaves. Typescript. These are by WWR? 



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35th anniversary of TG. No date 


Typescript. Another copy. Carbon typescript. Also 1 leaf typescript and 1 leaf 

carbon typescript of unknown manuscript 


Payroll, Los Angeles Abstract Company. 1890 Dec 


Signed by O.F. Brant 



Research material - First Montana Title Insurance Company . 

Correspondence. 1963 Feb 

Research material - histories . 

Historical chart of Title Insurance and Trust Company; comp. by George A. Reimers. No 

date [after 1942] 


Several copies, as well as later organization charts 


Brief history of the Los Angeles Abstract Company and early history of the Title 

Insurance and Trust Company and of the writer's connection therewith; by Will L. 

Ramsey. 1916 


23 leaves. Carbon typescript 



Also WWR's notes. 3 leaves. Holograph 



Printed program 



Script. [41] leaves. Typescript (carbon) 



Script (another typing). 18 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 

Box 57, Folder 26 Untitled, beginning: The story of title insurance . 1941? 


3 leaves 


Letter and memos to / from M.B. Ogden. 1941 Jan - Feb, 1942 Dec 

Box 57, Folder 28 [Ogden M.B.] History of Title Insurance and Trust. 1942 



Box 57, Folder 29 [Ogden, M.B.] History of Title Insurance and Trust. 1942 


60 leaves. Another copy. Leaves 42 - 60 only 



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50th anniversary? Untitled "cavalcade" script. No date 


11 leaves. Typescript. Seemingly incomplete 


Title Insurance and Trust Company celebrates 50th anniversary. No date 


2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). With minor holograph corrections in WWR's hand 


Reminders in connection with 50th anniversary T.I. & T. Co. No date 


2 leaves. Typescript. Another copy. Typescript (carbon) 


WWR's sketches for 50th anniversary advertisements. No date 



Box 57, Folder 34 60th anniversary. Newspaper clippings. 1952 - 1953 


Forty year history of title companies in Los Angeles, January 1887 - January 1927; by 

J.B. Webber. 1946 




Information on General Title Insurance Company. No date 


With WWR's holograph notes: Duval, former employee of TI & T Co 

Research material - Massachusetts Title Insurance Company . 



Research material - mergers . 


With Title Guarantee and Trust. Information to stockholders, [proof?] copies of 

agreement. 1942 Dec 

Box 62, Folder 2 With other companies [clippings and mimeographed information]. 1948, 1961? and 1963 

Box 62, Folder 3 With other companies. Newspaper clippings. 1965 

Research material - Misc . 

Box 61, Folder 1 Letters, memos to shareholders. 1953, 1956, 1958 and 1965 

Box 61, Folder 2 Brochures to shareholders. 1944, 1958, and 1964 

Box 61, Folder 3 Memo and printed information to shareholders. 1965 




Letters to customers. 1963 and no date 

Box 61, Folder 5 Walker's manual information about TIT. 1932 and 1962 

Research material - O.F. Brant - early manuscript . 


Memo from R.A. Brant to WWR. No date 


1 item, 1 pc 

Box 65, Folder 54 History of the Brant family. 1922 


24 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Seemingly not by WWR 


O.F. Brant, empire builder of the southwest. 2 cop. No date 


78 leaves total. Typescript . Typescript and (cop. 2) typescript (carbon) 



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Box 65, Folder 56 Memo. 1948 

Box 65, Folder 57 Brant and Chandler. Notes by David O. Brant. 1962 




Brant house, etc. Notes. No date 




WWR's interview with W.H. Allen. No date 



Box 65, Folder 60 Title to the land: the story of Title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles. 1948? 


14 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Marked by WWR: To Robert Brant 

Box 65, Folder 61 Early pleasures, per Mr. Robert Brant. 1943 Feb 5 




WWR's holograph notes. 1947, etc 


24 leaves 


Letter from David Brant to Arnold Haskell. 1957 Oct 


1 item, 1 pc. Copy. Marked by WWR: Tejon story 


Letter, Harrison Gray Otis to Brant. 1909 Nov 


1 item, 1 pc. Holograph 


Brant. Early days at Title Insurance & Trust Co. No date 


12 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). 2 cop 

Box 65, Folder 66 Confidential (for family only): the history of the Brant family. 1964 


5 leaves. Typescript . Typescript with holograph corrections 


[1 - page biography of O.F. Brant] Two versions. 1964 and no date 


4 leaves total. With notes. With notes from DOB and WWR 

Box 65, Folder 68 Correspondence about book about O.F. Brant. 1957 - 1959 


8 items, 9 pieces. Letters from W.P. Whitsett and Edwin Janss 

Box 65, Folder 69 Interview with David O. Brant at home. 1962 Dec 6 





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Box 65, Folder 70 David Brant. 1963 Jan 5 



Box 65, Folder 71 Interview with D.O. Brant. 1963 Jun 19 



Box 65, Folder 72 Interview with David O. Brant. 1958 Oct 6 



Box 65, Folder 73 Correspondence about files of O.F. Brant. 1958 and 1962 




Note from David O. Brant, and letters from persons agreeing to be interviewed by WWR. 

1963, no date 




Criticism of WWR's 1949 manuscript. No date 


4 leaves. 


Letter, memo. 1950 and no date 



Box 65, Folder 77 Correspondence about the death of O.F. Brant. 1963 




Notes about death of O.F. Brant. No date 


3 leaves 


Letters from David O. Brant and others offering information. 1963 Jan - Feb 




Research material - Pioneer T. I. and Trust Co., San Bernardino . 

Carbon of letter from WWR. 1948 Dec 


1 item, 1 pc 

Research material - Pioneer T.I. and Trust Co., San Bernardino . 


Printed invitation to open house. 1959 Apr 

Research material - Pioneer Title Insurance Company of Nevada . 


Letter from WWR. 1963 Jan 

Research material - sources . 




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Examination / certificates of title from various companies, e.g. Russell, Poor & 

Radley. 1880, 1886 - 1887, 1889, 1898, etc 

Box 56, Folder 3 Abstract from The Abstract and Title Insurance Company. 1887 

Box 56, Folder 4 Certificate of title. Johnson, Borden & Yorba. 1887 

Box 56, Folder 5 Certificates of title. 1887 - 1889 

Box 56, Folder 6 Old title documents donated 4/11/58 by George Gummerson. 1887 - 1928? 

Box 56, Folder 7 Sample titles, etc. 1888, 1933 


Letter from Roland A. Kloess, enclosing 1888 abstract. 1950 Dec 

Box 56, Folder 9 Photostats of certificate of title no. 1 issued by L.A. Abstract Co. on 9/2/89. 1989 


Photostats, title order no. 1 and first orders and certificates under name of Title 

Insurance and Trust Co. No date 

Box 56, Folder 11 Order no. 1. 1931? 


1 leaf. Typescript. From: T.I. news 1931 Dec. By WWR? 

Box 56, Folder 12 Early certificates sent by E.A. Gregory. 1889 - 1890 


1953 Jan 

Box 56, Folder 13 Early deed, mortgage, etc. 1889 - 1910 



Note by WWR: This shows W.J. Williams connections with Sargent prior to TG 



Samples of early certificates, escrow instructions, policies, etc. Historical material. 

1895 - 1896 primarily 


From an envelope so labeled 

Box 56, Folder 17 Title Insurance and Trust Company limited certificate. 1897 

Box 56, Folder 18 Samples of early trust deeds. 1897 

Box 56, Folder 19 Purchase of Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes property. 1900 


Early title insurance forms. No date 


Samples of checks and early checks. 1895, 1923, and no date 


Original check for $1,000,000 executed T G & T Co. 1895, 1923, and no date 


In favor of Baldwin estate. Also copy used for advertising 


Payroll, signed by O.F. Brant. Monies signed for by: N.W. Thompson, etc. 1890 Dec 


1 leaf. Also envelope with note. On Los Angeles Abstract Co. letterhead. Also: 

envelope with note saying "This is the way we used to get our cash." Uncertain 

if goes with this item 


Letter from C.G. Harrison. 1851 Aug 





Typescript copy (and carbon) of above letter. No date 

[Statements by and about E.W. Sargent. Copies]. 1890, 1895, 1925 [originals] 


7 leaves total. With WWR's notes. 1 leaf. Holograph. Concern Sargent's ouster 

from Los Angeles Abstract Company, etc 



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Box 57, Folder 4 Photostat copies of Sargent's 1890 letter. 1890 

Box 57, Folder 5 Incorporation document (unsigned). 1893 

Box 57, Folder 6 Typed copies of incorporation documents. 1893 

Box 57, Folder 7 Incorporation. Newspaper clipping. 1943 





Box 57, Folder 9 Typed notes about shareholders' (?) meeting. 1895 

Box 57, Folder 10 Letter from O.P. Clark. 1893 


Photostat copies 

Box 57, Folder 11 Typed excerpts from newspaper article. 1896 




T.I. home guards [WWI]. No date 


By Johnson, Ralph. Describe? 

Box 57, Folder 13 Scrapbook pages and loose clippings. ca. 1928 - 1937 


Telegrams about closing during bank holiday. 1933 Mar 

Box 57, Folder 15 News release. 1943 




Federal housing acts. WWR's notes. No date 



Box 57, Folder 17 Federal housing acts. Newspaper clippings. 1963 

Box 57, Folder 18 Post - WWII business outlook. 1944 


Mimeographed material, magazine 




Information - home office, Title Insurance and Trust Company. No date 

Research material - Title and Trust Company, Portland . 







Research material - Title Guarantee Company, New York . 


Research material - Title Guaranty of Hawaii . 

Letters. 1964 Feb and Apr 









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Chain of title? Photocopy. No date 

Research material - Title Insurance and Trust Co., San Francisco . 

Correspondence. 1941 Jan, 1962 Nov - Dec, 1963 Jan - Apr, Sep 



Box 62, Folder 27 WWR's notes and interview. 1962? 


19 leaves. Holograph Includes: Interview with Henley - 12/10/62 [begins on leaf 

1; extent unclear] 


[Histories]. No dates 


30 leaves total. Typescript, typescript (carbon) and typescript (photocopy). 

Also: WWR's notes. 1 leaf. Holograph 

Box 62, Folder 29 Early policies. 1887, 1889 


2 items. With first company name: California Title Insurance and Trust Company 



Documents and brochures, including first policy [copies]. 1869, 1887, etc 

Research material - Title Insurance and Trust, San Diego . 

Letter to WWR from James D. Forward. 1949 Oct 


Union Title Office 



Letters to WWR from James D. Forward, Jr. 1962 Nov; 1963 Feb, Apr, and Nov 

Letter from Larry Booth. 1963 Aug 


1 item, 1 pc 

Box 62, Folder 18 The business of insuring land titles. 1962? 


3 leaves. Typescript (carbon) An outline sent as suggestion for article for 

James D. Forward, Jr ADD; with WWR's holograph corrections 


The Forwards and San Diego. No date 


WWR's holograph notes. 2 leaves. Holograph 

Box 62, Folder 20 Interview with Frank G. Forward. 1963 Jul 17 




Memories of the title business in 1910. No date 


11 leaves. Typescript . Reminiscences of an employee in San Diego Add: with 

extensive holograph corrections 

Box 62, Folder 22 "Forward" with photographs; by Frank Graham for the Union Title Insurance Company. 1960 

Dec and no date 


In: Title news, v. 39, no. 12. Article about Frank G. Forward. Other 

biographical information about the Forwards 



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San Diego County real estate trends; v. 11, no. 2, v. 12 no. 2. 1962 Dec and 1963 Feb, 

Apr and Nov 


Published monthly in the interest of the real estate profession by: Title 

Insurance and Trust Company, Union Title Office, San Diego 

Box 62, Folder 24 Union Title topics. v. 1 - 16. 1947 - 1962 


Scattered issues 


Real estate and services brochures printed for clients by Union Title office. No date 

Research material - Washington Title Insurance Company . 

Box 62, Folder 32 Highlights of Seattle's century. 1951 


2 cop 

Box 62, Folder 33 News release, rosters. 1953 


Box 62, Folder 35 Snohomish County office scrapbook. 1955 

Research material - William H. Allen, Jr . 


Fragment of a letter, sender unknown, to WWR, suggesting material to be used in T 'n' 

T. No date 


1 leaf 


Revision . 






T 'n' T . 

Copies with photographs of WWR. 1957 Feb, 1963 Feb, 1962 Feb, 1964 Feb, 1965 Mar - Apr 

Copies. 


Marked by WWR: 1953 Jun - Jul, 1955 May, 1956 Jun, 1959 Mar and May. 1959 Mar 

has article about WWR and chain of title, May about San Bernardino 



1960 Oct: article about W.H. Allen 



Marked by WWR: 1963 Sep - Oct 


Copies. 1964 - 1965, 1970 (one issue) 


Marked by WWR: 1970 Jan - Feb 


T.I. Foundation . 






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Title Guarantee and Trust . 

Box 60, Folder 1 Map. 1936 Oct 10 


For: 32nd annual California Real Estate Association convention; map of 

metropolitan Los Angeles tour ; compliments of Title Guarantee and Trust 


An outline of services for attorneys furnished by Title Guarantee and Trust Company. 

1938 


WWR not credited 


Ti Guar tales. 1942 Nov 


v. 5 no. 11. No mention of WWR 

Title Guarantee and Trust Building (5th and Hill) . 



Title Guarantee Building (5th and Broadway) . 


Illustration / floor plan. Clipping. No date 

Title Insurance and Trust building, Franklin and New High Streets . 

Box 60, Folder 6 [Untitled copy from Los Angeles Times]. 1905? 




Title Insurance and Trust Spring Street building . 

Tamm residence. No date 




433 South Spring in the days when the street was a dusty thoroughfare. No date 



Box 60, Folder 9 Printed invitation to open house. 1928 

Box 60, Folder 10 Title Insurance Building. 1928? 


9 p. Illus 

X . 

X . 

Box 61, Folder 0 X. 


Children's stories . 


American Indian Stories for Children . 


When only Indians lived in Los Angeles. No date 



American Indians . 



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Children's stories . 


Manuscript . 

Sequoyah - the American Indian who invented an alphabet and put his people's language 

into writing. No date 


12 [1] leaves. Typescript 


Sequoyah ... Another copy. No date 


12 [1] leaves. Typescript (carbon) 


Crazy Horse - great war chief of the Sioux Indians. No date 


16 leaves. Typescript. Note by WWR: a chapter from the book on Indian leaders 


Crazy Horse Another copy. No date 




Box 54, Folder 7 Correspondence. 1949 May, Aug; 1950 Jan - Feb; 1956 


With Doris Patee, children's book editor, Macmillan Co 


Story of the Indians of Los Angeles. No date 









Natural history, journal of the American Museum of Natural History. 1936 May 


Clippings from: 1937 May, 1938 Feb and Sep, 1940 Feb, 1942 Apr and Jun, 1943 

Apr, 1944 Sep, 1947 Feb and Oct, 1948 Feb, 1949 May, 1950 Feb 


Arizona highways. 1940 Aug, 1946 Apr and Aug, and 1952 Oct 


Clippings from: 1938 May, 1939 Feb, 1942 May and Dec, 1946 May 




Southwest Museum journals. No date 




Primarily pictures; some with notations in IBR's hand 

College writing . 

Convicts One and All . 

Manuscript . 



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College writing . 






Licensed to Wed . 

Manuscript . 



23 leaves. Typescript. In folder 


The Human Comedy . 

Manuscript . 




Factual / Historical . 


"Rancho" is a Glamor Word . 

Manuscript . 



5 leaves. Typescript with extensive holograph corrections 



Drafts, notes. No date 


4 leaves. Holograph. 2 leaves are possibly unrelated? One leaf is chapter 

outline: II. The rancho map of California III. Who got the ranchos?, etc 





"Rancho" is a Glamor Word. CA. 1952? . 


Letters. 1952 Mar 


3 items, 3 pcs. From David and Esther Malcolmson 


A 78 - Year Story of Los Angeles County (1880 - 1958). 1958 . 

Manuscript . 







2 cop. 18 leaves total. Typescript (photocopy?) 


Alcaldes of Los Angeles . 


Enclosures to IW memo. No date 

Alcaldes of Los Angeles. 1970 . 

Manuscript . 



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Notes and draft. No date 




Draft. No date 










1 leaf. Typescript (carbon). Mentions source for study of Alcaldes, but 

uncertain whether part of this work 



51 leaves. Typescript? with extensive holograph corrections . and tipped - on 

corrections 



[50] leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph corrections. Contains extra 

title page and front leaf 



52 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with minor holograph corrections. Typed from 

previous corrections 



Correspondence. 1967 Oct, 1968 Apr - May, 1969 Apr, 1970 Dec 






Documents from City Archives (copies). No date 

Letter from Ileana Welch, CHB. 1966 Jun 


1 item, 1 pc. Encloses various photocopies pertaining to the Los Angeles City 

seal 


Another Chip off the Old Block. No Date [During WWII] . 

Manuscript . 

Another chip off the old block. No date 



Boom - Day Subdivision . 

Manuscript . 



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Boom - day subdivisions. No date 


10 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). Each leaf is on a different 

topic; there are no subtitles. Some topics: Garvanza, Ivanhoe, Florence Terrace. 

Etc 


Boom - Day Subdivisions . 




10 leaves total. Holograph. Includes 1 leaf holograph notes by IBR 


Booms and Boomlets . 

Manuscript . 





California Bicentennial. 1969 . 

Manuscript . 



4 leaves. Typescript with minor holograph corrections 


Covina and Rancho La Puente . 

Manuscript . 

Covina and Rancho La Puente. No date 








Reseach material . 



1 leaf. Holograph (not in WWR's hand) 


Fiesta Fever. 1937? . 

Manuscript . 

Fiesta fever. No date 


4 [2] leaves. Typescript 

Box 51, Folder 59 Fiesta fever. 1937? 


4 [2] leaves. Typescript (carbon) 


Box 51, Folder 55 Printed program, invitation. 1937 


Newspaper clippings. 1937 May, Aug - Sep and no date 



Frank E. Collier, 1882 - 1959. 1960 . 



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Manuscript . 





H.L.M. - Our Rabelaisian Puritan [2110 S. Palmgrove Avenue] . 

Manuscript . 



15 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with minor holograph corrections 


Highlights Since 1887 in the Los Angeles Area. 1957 . 

Manuscript . 

Highlights since 1887 in the Los Angeles area. No date 


8 leaves. Typescript (carbon). With minor holograph corrections 


Land Titles in Spanish California . 

Manuscript . 



2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph notations. Under title: W.W. 

Robinson, Assistant Secretary, Title Guarantee and Trust Company of Los Angeles 


One Hundred Years Ago in Los Angeles . 

Manuscript . 



[2310 S. Palm Grove Avenue]. 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 


Ranch San Antonio. 1948 . 


Rancho San Antonio. No date 




Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes and Tract No. 5713 . 

Manuscript . 



2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) with holograph addition 



Rancho San Antonio. 1948 . 



Serra, the Priest . 

Manuscript . 

Serra, the priest. No date 


4 leaves. Typescript with extensive holograph additions. In WWR's hand after the 

title: (the founder) 

Speaking of Books . 




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Book announcement and reviews, Hollywood novels. 1960 - 1962, 1967, and no date 


Magazine and newspaper clippings 


Speaking of Books. CA. 1965 . 


Letter from readers of manuscript (LCP, ETM). No date 


1 item, 1 pc 



Notes, bibliographical sources, etc. No date 



Box 53, Folder 8 Printed and mimeographed. 1951, 1953, 1956, and 1971 

Box 53, Folder 9 Regan. Address to employees of Forest Lawn. 1961 Nov 2 


14 leaves. Typescript (mimeographed) 

Box 53, Folder 11 Book announcements and reviews, general Hollywood books. 1961 - 1963, 1969 - 1972 




General articles about Hollywood. 1953, 1961, 1966, and no date 


Newspaper and magazine clippings 


Film critics. 1965 and no date 



Box 53, Folder 14 Hollywood / Europe. 1960 - 1966 



Box 53, Folder 15 Hollywood writers. 1960 and 1965 




Stars' biographies. 1960 - 1961, 1963, 1969, 1972, and no date 




Hollywood producers. 1963 - 1965, 1967, 1971, and no date 




Hollywood life. 1962 and no date 





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Box 53, Folder 19 Film centers, memorabilia, etc. 1962, 1964, and 1967 




Speaking of Books. CA. 1965. 2 Cop . 




10 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon) 


That Next Boom [2310 S. Palm Grove Avenue] . 

Manuscript . 

That next boom. No date 




The Rise of Los Angeles. 1951 . 

Editorial material . 

Correspondence with Cass Canfield. 1947 Feb - Mar, 1950 Feb - Mar 



Box 52, Folder 2 Correspondence with Alfred A. Knopf and his staff. 1950 Mar - May, Jul, Sep - Nov; 1951 

Mar - May, Aug - Sep 




Rules for the guidance of authors . No date 


1 item. Knopf house editing rules 


Correspondence with Robert Glass Cleland. 1950 Mar 





Notes and drafts. No date 


20 leaves. Including III-Hub of the ranchos and Chapter 8 - Patterns of growth. 

Holograph 


Chapter drafts?. No date 


6 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon) Title to the land, The rise 

of Hollywood, etc 




23 leaves. Typescript with some holograph corrections 




Another version. 23 leaves. Typescript 



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Outline, title page, list of possible titles. No date 


6 leaves. Typescript, typescript (carbon), holograph 


[Detailed outline of proposed book on Los Angeles with the tentative title of The rise 

of Los Angeles]. No date 






2 cop. 48 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). Also notes 








2 cop. 78 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). One copy lacks title page 


Chapter 14 - Metropolitan area. No date 


4 leaves. Typescript with extensive holograph corrections and holograph 


Chapters 1 - 7. No date 


138 [1] leaves. Typescript. Unnumbered leaf is a list: Chapters yet to be 

written. This copy lacks Chapter 1 (leaf 1 - 14) 




Another copy. 138 [1] leaves. Typescript (carbon) 




Another copy. 125 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Lacks chapter one, as typescript 

above 


A look at Los Angeles. No date 


2 cop. 30 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon). Seemingly done for 

separate submission 


The Springs that Made Palm Springs. After 1959 . 

Manuscript . 




The Story of J.E. Hoeft . 




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Letters from WWR. 1969 Jun 



Box 53, Folder 28 The story of J.E. Hoeft. 1969 








Box 53, Folder 23 Printed brochures. 1967, 1969 



The Story of J.E. Hoeft. 2 Cop . 




16 leaves total. Typescript and typescript (carbon) 


The Story of Valencia, California, and its Rancho Background . 

Manuscript . 



30 [3] leaves. Typescript and typescript (carbon) . Typescript and carbon 

typescript with holograph corrections 




2 cop. 74 leaves total. Typescript (photocopy) 













Plat of rancho (photocopy) and del Valle items (typescript copies). No date 

Printed promotional brochures and chain of title. No date 

The Tar Pits of Hancock Park . 

Manuscript . 

The tar pits of Hancock Park. No date 


2 leaves. Typescript (carbon). With note from envelope: Wilshire Blvd - Pioneer 

Sav & L. Assn 



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Theology's Heydey [2310 S. Palm Grove Avenue] . 

Manuscript . 

Theology's heydey. No date 


9 leaves. Carbon typescript 


Untitled, Beginning: The Arcade Post Office Land . 

Manuscript . 





Victoria, B.C. - 8 p.m. 6/27/35 . 

Manuscript . 





When the Los Angeles Times was Dynamited. 1965 - 1966 . 

Manuscript . 













Where is Southern California. After 1954 . 

Manuscript . 

Where is southern California?. No date 



Fiction, screen treatment . 


Dan Benham . 








17 leaves total. Typescript with minor holograph corrections. In folder. 

Synopsis and 3 chapters 



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17 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) . With holograph corrections In folder 




17 leaves total. Typescript (carbon). In folder with WWR's note: 5/29/46, Dear 

Mr. Boardman: Here is the outline I mentioned. I shall be staying at the 

Barbizon Plaza all next week 





Girl Who Didn't Date . 

Manuscript . 



[2310 S. Palmgrove Ave]. 8 leaves. Typescript 


Haunted House . 

Manuscript . 

Haunted house. No date 


[2310 Palmgrove Ave]. 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 


His Daughter . 

Manuscript . 

His daughter. No date 


[2001 Allston Way, Berkeley]. 1 leaf. Typescript 

My Uncle Builds a House . 

Manuscript . 

Box 51, Folder 16 My uncle builds a house. 1940 




Old California . 

Manuscript . 

Old California: a suggestion for a film story. No date 





First draft continuity, "Wuthering Heights," etc. No date 


5 leaves. Evidently done to teach himself techniques of screenwriting 



The horse race. No date 



Phrases Caught Midair at Magnin's . 

Notes . 



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Tides . 

Manuscript . 

Tides. No date 


[2310 S. Palmgrove Ave]. 8 leaves. Typescript 

Poetry . 


Notes for Poems? . 


Notes for poems?. No dates 


2 leaves. Holograph. One begins: The moon was brilliant, "; another: Throb / 

Propellers a dark whir / Roar 


Poems Kept by WWR in an Envelope Postmarked 1930 . 

Manuscript . 

Born. No date 


1 leaf. Typescript with holograph additions 


Duty. No date 




Red mesas. No date 




Segment of the universe at New Years. No date 




I invoke. No date 




After April. No date 




Docile dromedaries. No date 




April. No date 





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Poetry . 


Intrusion. No date 




Box 51, Folder 38 Notes. 1932? 




Robinson, Mary W. Recompense. 1830 Aug 


2 leaves total. Holograph Typescript (carbon) and holograph 


Poems Kept in an Envelope by WWR Postmarked 1930 . 

Manuscript . 

You. No date 


2 cop. 2 leaves total. Typescript . and typescript (carbon) 

Result of time in France, WWI . 


A Permissionaire in Paris . 

Manuscript . 



[Army address in France]. 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon) 


Destination - Brest . 

Manuscript . 



[2310 S. Palmgrove Ave]. 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Carbon typescript 

Morning Near Chatenay . 

Manuscript . 



1 leaf. Holograph. With this: sketch map 


The Calvary of Pontcharteau . 

Manuscript . 



[715 S. Hope St]. 5 leaves. Typescript 





6 postcards with holograph notes verso 

The Three - Day Trip to Paree . 

Manuscript . 



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Result of time in France, WWI . 




[715 S. Hope St]. 5 leaves. Typescript 


Untitled Beginning: About Noon on Monday . 

Manuscript . 




Untitled, Beginning: The Great Bay May be Reached from St. Malo . 

Manuscript . 




Unpublished revisions of published works . 


Land in California . 


Correspondence. 1964 May - Jun, 1965 Jan and Mar 


8 items, 8 pcs. Also: 1 leaf holograph notes 


Correspondence. 1969 Apr - Aug, Dec; 1971 Nov - Dec; 1972 Feb 


35 items, 82 pcs. Includes three snapshots. With Mildred S. Ligda 




Includes Hermes Publications, photocopies of correspondence, cost estimates, etc 


[Untitled advertising statement about WWR's qualifications, written by himself]. No 

date 


2 leaves. Carbon typescript with minor holograph corrections. Also 1 leaf of 

WWR's notes 









Carbon of letter from WWR. No date 


Ranchos of California . 



Correspondence. 1956 Jun - Jul 


2 items, 2 pcs. About republication by David Magee 



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Unpublished revisions of published works . 


Correspondence. 1965 Mar - Apr, Jun - Jul 


9 items, 9 pcs. About republication by Lane Publications and / or Ward Ritchie 




2 items, 2 pcs. About republication by Title Insurance and Trust 









4 leaves. Typescript with varying holograph additions 


Various outlines. Kingdoms for the asking - story of the Spanish and Mexican ranchos of 



1 leaf. 2 leaves. Typescript, marked "superseded" in WWR's hand. HELP???????? 




10 leaves numbered [6] - 15. 6 leaves numbered [13] - 18. Carbon typescript 




12 leaves. Carbon typescript with holograph corrections 



Correspondence. 1955 Jun - Jul, 1956 Jan - Feb 








Typed material. No date 


3 leaves 


Writing projects . 


Main Street Panels [Murals] . 

Outline . 

Suggested titles for Main Street panels . No date 


1 leaf. Typescript (carbon) . With extensive holograph corrections 



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Orange County rancho murals - 20 suggested panels. 1958 Jul 


4 leaves. Typescript (carbon) . with holograph additions. Two versions of 

suggestions? Sections called: A and B 


California Motion Pictures / Hollywood Bibliography / Alcaldes . 




1 item, 1 pc. From Glen Dawson requesting manuscript from WWR on above topics 


California: A Picture History. No Date . 

Outline . 

Also notes on printing cost. No date 


2 leaves total. Typescript. Section outline for a book to be developed and 

presented in the manner of "Panorama" and to be entitled California - a picture 

history 


Clearing Muddy Waters. 1969 . 

Note . 

WWR's notation of title and subject. No date 




Counties of California. 1960 . 




2 items., 3 pcs 

Hollywood Museum . 


Box 55, Folder 23 [Outline]. 1965 Aug 14 


2 leaves. Typescript with holograph additions 

Box 55, Folder 24 The state of the museum in its sixth year. 1965 Aug 17 


[1], 4 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Note on cover leaf in WWR's hand: superseded 

in part & expanded. Last leaf has signature block for Sol Lesser 








Los Angeles County Book. 1960 . 



Carbon of letter from WWR. 1959 Feb 


1 item, 1 pc 



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Outline . 

Suggested outline for a book on Los Angeles County. 1959 Jan 




Miniature Books About Santa Barbara . 


Correspondence. 1967 Mar, Aug - Sep, and no date 








[California dichos]. No date 


[9] leaves. Typescript with holograph initial letters. Evidently those WWR felt 

should not be printed 




Sample of size of miniature book and notes. No date 

Material about Santa Barbara Mission archive. 1966 - 1967, and no date 

Pacific Coast Picture History. 1954 . 


A suggestion that looks to the future of the Pacific coast. 1954 Dec 




Pageant: A Pictorial History of Los Angeles County. No Date . 

Pre manuscript material . 

WWR's notation of title. No date 




Palm Springs. No Date . 




23 leaves in notepad [also 3 blank leaves]. Holograph 


Suggested Titles for Main Street Panels [Murals] . 






Outline . 

Suggested panels for Main Street murals. 1958 Jul 






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Printed material. 1949 Autumn and no date 


Touring topics, Los Angeles County Museum quarterly 


Various . 

Research material? . 



7 leaves. Holograph. Jottings, etc. Unclear to what they pertain. One is: Calif 

counties with pictures, old and new -- 


Westchester Booklet. CA. 1950 - 1953 . 




12 leaves. Holograph. Includes notes on property titles since Daniel Freeman. 

One leaf is headed: Westchester Booklet 

Box 55, Folder 2 [Fred Marlow interview] 2 cop. 1950 Jan 25 


6 leaves total. Typescript . Typescript with holograph notations. Another copy. 

Carbon typescript 


[Charles M. Crawford interview]. No date 


2 cop. 6 leaves total. Typescript (carbon) . Carbon typescript with holograph 

notations. Another copy. Carbon typescript 


[Henry V. Wall interview]. 2 cop. No date 


4 leaves total. Typescript . Typescript with holograph notations and additions. 

Another copy. Carbon typescript 


Excerpt from Carey Mcwilliams . 2 cop. No date 


12 leaves total. Typescript . Typescript. Carbon typescript. Unique community 

planning follows expansion of defense industries; by Henry V. Wall. Typescript 

Box 55, Folder 6 Wall. Unique community planning [copy]. 1942 


2 leaves. Typescript with WWR's holograph notes 


Map of Los Angeles and adjacent cities. 1948 Feb 


Section of Westchester outlined in holograph by WWR with additional notes 


Printed material. ca. 1953 and no date 


Also: Pictorial souvenir of Westchester; courtesy, Marlow-Burns 


Printed material about real estate and tract homes. No date 



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Newspaper clippings. 1950 Jan, 1950 Feb 2, 1951Mar 28, 1953 Jun, 1963 Apr 


Copies of: Westchester News - advertiser; Los Angeles Evening Herald Express - 

special edition 


Westlake History. No Date . 







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Finding Aid for the W.W Robinson papers ca 1843-1972

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