Manuscripts

Section V: OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Description: Contains papers pertaining to Keller's interests in several citrus processing companies and a volume on the First International Pacific Highway Conference sponsored by the Automobile Club of Southern California. This and the beautifully bound eulogy to Henry W. Keller after his death on November 9, 1958, are among the few items in the collection relating to the work of the Automobile Club.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1827-1966.
Call number: mssKellerh
Creator: Keller, Henry Workman (1869-1958)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Estate of Mrs. Ruth Keller FitzGerald, October 22, 1981.

Ariza, Carlos V

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Los Angeles businessman Henry Workman Keller (1869-1958) and is comprised of approximately 7985 pieces. Many of the papers are bound together in files so that one item may contain up to 500 or more letters.It includes papers related to land in California and Mexico, agriculture (including materials on the prune and rice industries, irrigation and flood control) in Colusa County, California, and mining (including copper, lead and zinc mines) in Mexico. There are also materials related to the citrus fruit industry, the Automobile Club of Southern California, and the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). Correspondents represented in the collection include: Harry Chandler, John Page Crutcher, Edward Fletcher, Llewellyn A. Luce, John G. Mott, Epes Randolph, Ygnacio Sepúlveda, Henry H. Timken, and William L. Valentine. Businesses with which Henry Workman Keller (1869-1958) was association which are represented in the collection include: the San Isidro Ranch Company, the Thousand Acre Ranch Company, and the San Manuel Mines Company and its subsidiaries.

mssKellerh

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