Manuscripts

Ranchos - Tujunga, La Cienega, Sespe, San Rafael, and miscellaneous

Description: The collection consists of letters, documents and maps related to the following areas with which Barclay was involved: coal, gold, and silver mining in California and Mexico; the Irvington Land and Water Company; San Bernardino; the Los Angeles Light and Water Company; and several Southern California ranchos (including Rancho Muscupiabe, Rancho San Bernardino, Rancho Sespe, and Rancho Tujunga).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1868-1906
Call number: mssBarclay
Creator: Barclay, H. A (1849-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of George W. Beattie, May 1935.

Rancho Muscupiabe

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, documents and maps related to the following areas with which Barclay was involved: coal, gold, and silver mining in California and Mexico; the Irvington Land and Water Company; San Bernardino; the Los Angeles Light and Water Company; and several Southern California ranchos (including Rancho Muscupiabe, Rancho San Bernardino, Rancho Sespe, and Rancho Tujunga).

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Water - Los Angeles, Lytle Creek, Riverside, and miscellaneous

Manuscripts

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Mining - Mexico and California; Coal - Mexico

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Irvington Land and Water Company

Manuscripts

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H. A. Barclay papers

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Sespe Rancho collection

Manuscripts

The collection includes 412 items which include one manuscript on the history of Rancho Sespe, correspondence from historians, interview notes, a small number of drawings and pictures, miscellaneous notes, and copies of legal documents submitted to the California Land Commission by Carlos Antonio Carrillo in 1854 to prove his ownership of Rancho Sespe. Most of this collection is the creation of E.M. Sheridan, Keith Spalding and Howard F. Pressey. E. M. Sheridan is the author of the unpublished manuscript and was also a curator for the Pioneer Museum in Ventura, a predecessor of the Museum of Ventura County. Pressey was a historian and manager of Rancho Sespe. He also conducted most of the interviews and authored many of the interview notes in this collection. Spalding was also a historian of Rancho Sespe who assisted Pressey with interviews and had a secretary type his summary dictations.

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Ranchos - Tujunga, La Cienega, Sespe, San Rafael, and miscellaneous

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