Manuscripts

Henry Stevenson notebooks

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Description: The three notebooks include handwritten notes regarding the history, development and surveys of several sites in Los Angeles including the Los Angeles Public Library; the City Plaza (now Pershing Square); Los Angeles Cemetery; the first primary school; and various land tracts in the city and county of Los Angeles including Santa Anita Ranch (Hollister Ranch) and the Abila Tract. The notebooks were owned by Sidney B. Reeve and some of the notes may be in his handwriting or the handwriting of George Hansen. The notebooks include hand drawn maps and copies of city ordinances.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1854-1888.
Call number: mssHM 66657-66659
Creator: Stevenson, Henry(Opens in new tab)

Mayor and Common Council. City ordinances

Manuscripts

This manuscript contains innumerable city ordinances copied by Sidney Bernard Reeve for various people. A large portion of these ordinances were copied by Reeve for railroad magnate Henry Edwards Huntington. The ordinances copied for Huntington included "Sale of stock in the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad Company by City to Southern Pacific Railroad Company," "Depot Grounds of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Re-located," "Workshop Grounds Southern Pacific Railroad Company, located," "Right of way for the Southern Pacific Railroad Co.," "Franchise, Spring and Sixth Street Horse Railroad," "Franchise extension of Spring and Sixth Street Railroad (Street Cars)," "Transfer of City stock of the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad Company to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company," among others. A few ordinances, such as an 1856 ordinance regarding the "Old Plaza, Sonora Town" in Los Angeles, were copied by Reeve for real estate agent William May Garland. Additionally, ordinances involving the "Grant of City Lands to the Pioneer Oil Company of Los Angeles" and the "Concession of Lands to Phineas Banning, Heirs, etc." were copied by Reeve for oil tycoon Edward Laurence Doheny and his business partners Charles Canfield, and Danziger.

mssHM 4374

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Stevenson, Henry

Manuscripts

City of Los Angeles, 1890

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Map of the city of Los Angeles California / by H.J. Stevenson ; tracing made in 1900 F.H. Olmsted, City Engr

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A black print reverse copy of the Stevenson map retraced by Olmsted in 1900. For original prints of the map see RB 441116 and 447243. Photocopy (negative) from original sepia in the office of the Los Angeles City Engineer, 1978. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Photocopy.

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Surveyor's Field Notebooks collection

Manuscripts

The 53 notebooks in this collection include notes, charts, calculations, measurements, drawings, and other observations recorded by Los Angeles city engineer, Frank Henry Olmsted, and other surveyors affiliated with the civil engineering firm Olmsted and Gillelen. The surveys include sewers, reservoirs, ditches, dams, and other water supply and sanitation structures that were located primarily in Los Angeles County; Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties are also represented, as well as various regions in northern California and Arizona. The notebooks provide details relating to the design and construction of municipal water systems, and data concerning water distribution and consumption levels throughout southern California and Arizona during the early twentieth century. The notebooks are arranged in alphabetical order; titles are taken from the spines and front covers of the notebooks; many of the notebooks are undated. The majority of notebooks are in fragile condition and several contain loose items laid into the notebooks.

mssSurveyor

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Isaias W. Hellman

Manuscripts

Also: cypher for translation of telegram; letter from Hellman to Huntington, 1903 June 2; telegram from Hellman, Antoine Borel and Charles de Guigne to Huntington, 1903 June 23, 24; statement relative to construction costs of Pacific Electric Railway lines; memo in pencil in handwriting of Huntington, Shorb Ranch agreement; agreement re: railways in Southern California acquired by Pacific Electric Railway Co. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Market Street Railway Co., petition by commercial bankers in Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway, Southern Pacific Co., Los Angeles Railway Co.

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Keller, Henry Workman. Notebook

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts (including 4 diaries and 3 notebooks), documents and photographs related to the life and business interests of Matthew Keller. Subject matter in the collection includes Los Angeles from 1851-1880, particularly reflected in deeds and land papers for the Los Angeles area (a few relate to petroleum development) and the wine industry. There are also photographs of the Los Angeles area at the turn of the century and biographical information on Matthew Keller and Henry Workman Keller. In addition to the Keller family, other persons represented in the collection include Isaias William Hellman (14 pieces), Pío Pico (1 piece) and James De Barth Shorb (1 piece).

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