Manuscripts
Maps of Murrieta and Temecula, California
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Murrieta Colony : the new land of promise!
Visual Materials
Old shelf number: eph J4-13(7). Three maps on two sides of one sheet. Second map on recto: "Map of the Murrieta Portion of the Temecula Rancho, San Diego Co." Map on verso: "Map of parts of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties." A piece extolling the virtues of the new town of Murrieta. The Temecula Land & Water Co. was only in Los Angeles directories between 1888 and 1890. Submap: Town site of Murrieta. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Map of Parts of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties. Sales pitch.
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Depot at Murrieta, Santa Fe route
Visual Materials
Image of the Murrieta railroad depot of the Santa Fe Railroad in Murrieta, Riverside County, California.
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South west Murrieta, looking across the valley
Visual Materials
View of town of Murrieta in Riverside County, California, showing houses, windmills, and other buildings. The Murrieta railroad depot of the Santa Fe Railroad is at center (see related image for closer view).
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Juan Murrieta diaries, record books, and family materials, (bulk 1848-1934)
Manuscripts
Collection of items related to Juan Murrieta and the Houghton and Donner families, predominantly covering the years from 1848 to 1934. Includes seven diaries and record books (most in Spanish) kept by Juan Murrieta between 1858 and 1934, and which include references to his bank accounts at California Bank, First National Bank, and Security Trust and Savings Bank, as well as listings of accounts kept for his children Henry (1931), Lita (1931), and A.J. (1922-1926). Other personal items belonging to Murrieta include his 1868 United States citizenship certificate, his 1868 renouncement of allegiance to the Queen of Spain, and his 1926 United States passport, as well as a 1983 letter from Sherman Block to Mrs. William R. Smith regarding Murrieta's time with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (including 2 photographs). Also included are a variety of items related to Sherman Otis Houghton and Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, the parents of Murrieta's daughter Lita's husband Sherman Jr. Sherman Houghton items include two letters from Henry Wagner Halleck (1861, regarding land in San Jose and the Donner Grant), a printed argument with map regarding the acquisition of land in California by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company (1876), miscellaneous notes on court cases, and a list of Houghton's military, judicial, and military appointments. Eliza Donner Houghton items include a letter from Eliza to Major Edwin A. Sherman (1910, regarding James Reed, the Donner Party, land in San Jose, and Eliza's friendships with William T. Sherman, John A. Sutter, and Jessie Benton Fremont), a letter from Robert A. Poppe (1912, including photographs of the "Sonoma House"), and a copy of the certificate of her marriage to Houghton. Other items include a general letter to stockholders of the Union Oil Company of California (1932), a letter from Richard Barnes Mason to Roger Jones (typescript, 1848, regarding the successes of the Tenth Military Department), a letter from Jonathan Drake Stevenson to Mason (typescript, 1848, regarding his shock at the disbanding of the First Regiment of New York Volunteers and complaints against Mormons and Indians), a photograph of the Murrieta Rancho (c.1885), a photograph of a Southern Pacific Railroad car decorated for the arrival of President Benjamin Harrison (1891), a plat map of the Pauba Rancho (1858-1859), and a Donner Party scrapbook which includes items on the Pioneer Monument at Donner Lake, Georgia A. Donner (Mrs. Babcock), C.T. Stanton, W.C. and Mary Graves, the Breen family, and various newspaper clippings on the Donner Party.
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Temecula. Rancho California
Visual Materials
The Eugene Swarzwald Pictorial California and the Pacific Collection consists of 9,674 black and white photographs, negatives, a photograph album, magazine mock-ups, letters, and ephemera, dated 1909-ca. 1968. Eugene Swarzwald and the Swarzwald family collected the material for use in the magazine "Pictorial California and the Pacific." Images depict California and the West with some coverage of the rest of the United States and international destinations. The collection contains photographs depicting general city views of communities in California, scenic views of wilderness areas, images of parks, schools and universities, museums, and points of historic interest (including California mining towns and missions). The collection is strong in subjects related to leisure and social and recreational activities. Many of the photographs are by the Keystone Photo Service. Other photographers include Chuck Abbott, Adelbert Bartlett, Lionel T. Berryhill, Lil and Al Bloom, Hal Boucher, Campbell-Ricco-Mazzuchi Photography, Caroll Photo Service, Garth Chandler, Walter J. Collinge, Fairchild Aerial Surveys, George O. Fales, Frasher's, J. P. Graham, Dean Hesketh Company, Charles M. Hiller, Pat and G. E. Kirkpatrick, Don Knight, Albert J. Kopec, Ward Linton, Lothers and Young, Hubert A. Lowman, David M. Mills, Don Milton, Gabriel Moulin Studios, Karl Obert, Earle O'Day, Pacific Air Industries Aerial Photography, Dave Packwood, Padilla Studios, Maynard L. Parker, Jack W. Patterson, Julius Shulman, Spence Air Photos, H. W. Steward, Thiem, Harry Vroman, Whithurse Aerial Photos, and Steven H. Willard.
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Map of Linda Rosa San Diego County, California
Rare Books
Linda Rosa development began ca. 1888. Beautiful two sided promotional literature for the future Temecula. Vignettes: Grand hotels and fruit. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: The Santa Rosa Rancho and sales promotion text.
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