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Raymond Cattle Company records
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Union Cattle Company records
Manuscripts
Nineteen letters primarily from Frank Sturgis and Thomas Sturgis to Henry Lee Higginson, discussing their mutual investments. Letters detail the financial aspects of the Union Cattle Company, challenges for the range cattle industry such as harsh weather conditions and a depressed market, and the formation of the American Cattle Trust. A few letters were written by Union Cattle Company receiver Frederick Voorhees, who informs Higginson of a fire at the company's feeding plant. Also included are undated financial documents and a printed copy of an 1887 shareholders report by Thomas Sturgis.
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Division No. 1 Raymond Improvement Company Tract. Adjoining Raymond Hotel Grounds, South Pasadena
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Verso note gives release date for map. Raymond Hotel to the north, Mission Street to the south, Fair Oaks to the west, SPRR to the east. "Raymond Improvement Company, W. G. Hughes, Secretary, 25 West First. St., Room 3, Los Angeles, or Office on the land, near Reservoir, south of Raymond Hotel." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 257025 M--- of lots Release May 13/ 87..
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William Raymond letter to Mrs. J.M. Raymond
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Letter from William Raymond to his mother and sister, written from San Pedro, California, shortly after Raymond had returned from an oceanography research trip on Catalina Island. Raymond was in charge of hydrographic work for the expedition, as well as lending his expertise in conchiferous mollusca. He accompanied William E. Ritter, a professor of zoology at U.C. Berkeley who in 1903 secured funding from Ellen Browning Scripps and E.W. Scripps to found the Marine Biological Association of San Diego, which later became the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Raymond's fellow researchers included zoologists Charles A. Kofoid and Calvin O. Esterly, as well as men named Cady, Bancroft, and Jorrey. The letter also mentions work being done by geologist Ida Shepard Oldroyd and zoologist Alice Robertson. Raymond writes of dredging work near Silver Canyon, in the harbor at Avalon near the Isthmus, at Little Harbor, and at Long Point. He describes the topography of the ocean floor and of "small but good" harvesting results. Raymond writes of the types of conch shells collected, some of which were "new to the trip, if not undescribed." They later discovered a few "extremely rare species...so rare that Mrs. Oldroyd says that have not even at Washington a good one." Raymond writes extensively of the sorting and preserving process, as well as answering his mother's questions about his cooking and camping conditions. He mentions sailing to the island on the Banning brothers' steamer Hermosa, and notes that "the Bannings are trying to start a new town at the Isthmus," although in Raymond's opinion "better places for a town might be imagined." Back in San Pedro he reflected on the future of such expeditions, noting that "Ritter is in a quandary about how to keep the work going." He was optimistic that "L.A. people seem enthusiastic about our work" and that a donor had given $25 at a recent lecture. Raymond hoped that "there will be something for our expenses" and thought he might not make further research trips. Includes envelope.
mssHM 78779
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The cattle industry in Oregon, 1860-1890
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Seminar paper on the history of Oregon's cattle industry from 1860-1890. Topics include a description of grazing lands in Oregon, the encroachment of cattle ranchers onto grazing areas of Indian reservations in the Pacific Northwest, beef canning (particularly as related to John West and Company), the exporting of Oregon cattle (focusing on exports to Puget Sound, Montana, and eastward as far as Great Britain), cattle ranching practices (such as the acquisition of land, grazing tactics, ranch equipment, and the winter care or neglect of cattle), cattle breeding, and cattle rustling, including "slick-earing" (the stealing of motherless calves from another herd). Written as a seminar paper for a History of the Pacific Northwest course. Includes bibliography.
mssHM 72996
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Banning Company Record of Property
Manuscripts
The collection consists of legal papers, correspondence, letter books, ledgers, and account books related chiefly to the Banning Company, Wilmington harbor, Wilmington property, and Santa Catalina Island. There are also papers of the various subsidiary firms of the Banning Company, as well as Banning family letters, and receipts of William and Hancock Banning.
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Seeley Townsite Company records
Manuscripts
The Seeley Townsite Land Company records contain a certificate of incorporation, correspondence, financial records, invoices, receipts, newspaper clippings, photographs, plat maps, proxies, and stock certificates. There are also two volumes, bylaws and a minute book. There is also a manuscript, Immediate Step Toward Christian Union with no author.
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