Manuscripts
Sespe Rancho collection
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Legal Documents, Manuscript, Notes, and Correspondence
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 E. M. Sheridan is the author of the unpublished manuscript and was also a curator for the Pioneer Museum in Ventura, a predecessor of the Museum of Ventura County.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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Sheridan, E.M. "The Sespe: Early-Day History Dating from the Time of the Indians:" [unpublished manuscript]
Manuscripts
Folder two contains the manuscript "The Sespe: Early-Day History Dating from the Time of the Indians," written by E. M. Sheridan in 1927 (the manuscript appears to be unpublished). The most important catalyst of Sespe history has to do with the ownership debate of Sespe Ranch. The land dispute is discussed in detail in Chapter Six of this manuscript.
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Miscellaneous Notes
Manuscripts
Folder five consists of several dozen miscellaneous handwritten interview and research notes that are undated. The folder also includes an oversized envelope, a newspaper clipping, and a hand-drawn map of Rancho Santa Paula/Saticoy that includes the border of Rancho Sespe.
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
Folder four consists of mostly interview and research notes but also includes a translated transcription of the will of Carlos Antonio Carrillo, the first owner of Rancho Sespe, and a short biography of Carrillo.
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Ranchos - Tujunga, La Cienega, Sespe, San Rafael, and miscellaneous
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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Sheridan, E.M. "The Sespe: Early -Day History Dating from the Time of the Indians:" [unpublished manuscript]
Manuscripts
Folder three is mostly correspondence associated with the collecting of information relating to the Sespe Ranch. There are also some newspaper clippings and two pictures of Thomas Wallace More, the first Anglo-American owner of the Ranch.
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