Finding aid for the Doheny family papers 5370
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 August
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Doheny family papers
Creator:
Doheny family
Identifier/Call Number: 5370
Physical Description:
19.73 Linear Feet
19 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1892-2005
Abstract: The collection consists of clippings, photographs and photograph albums, legal documents and correspondence, created by and
about various members of the Doheny family, including Lucy Estelle Doheny and her husband, Van Cott Niven; and legal documents,
including copies of Lucy Estelle Doheny's birth certificate (box 1). Also included are color photographs of the Doheny chapel
in Camarillo; photographs of various members of the Doheny family, including Ned Doheny; a copy of the New York Herald Tribune
from 1892 (box 2); and many photographs and albums of the Doheny home on Chester Place (boxes 3-12); the Doheny home at 15
E. 84th Street in New York City (box 13); Doheny Memorial Library, including two albums documenting exhibitions held in the
Treasure Room (boxes 14-17); and a scrapbook documenting the travels of the S.Y. Casiana to Alaska in 1922, and a view of
the Doheny's private train car (box 18).
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 19
The collection consists of clippings, photographs and photograph albums, legal documents and correspondence, created by and
about various members of the Doheny family, including Lucy Estelle Doheny and her husband, Van Cott Niven; and legal documents,
including copies of Lucy Estelle Doheny's birth certificate (box 1). Also included are color photographs of the Doheny chapel
in Camarillo; photographs of various members of the Doheny family, including Ned Doheny; a copy of the New York Herald Tribune
from 1892 (box 2); and many photographs and albums of the Doheny home on Chester Place (boxes 3-12); the Doheny home at 15
E. 84th Street in New York City (box 13); Doheny Memorial Library, including two albums documenting exhibitions held in the
Treasure Room (boxes 14-17); and a scrapbook documenting the travels of the S.Y. Casiana to Alaska in 1922, and a view of
the Doheny's private train car (box 18). Box 19 contains negatives.
Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Doheny family papers, Collection no. 5370, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
West (U.S.) -- Description and Travel -- Photographs
Upper class families -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Clippings
Newspapers
Legal documents
Correspondence
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Doheny family -- Archives
Doheny family -- Homes and haunts
University of Southern California -- History