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Title Insurance and Trust Company Records
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
  • Additional collection guides

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Title Insurance and Trust Company Records
    Dates: 1899-1946
    Collection Number: TIC
    Creator/Collector: Title Insurance and Trust Company
    Extent: 1.32 linear feet, 3 boxes, 3 flat file folders
    Repository: Glendale Library, Arts and Culture. Glendale Central Library History Room
    Glendale, California 91205
    Abstract: The Title Insurance and Trust Company Records document early landownership and infrastructure building in the City of Glendale and the greater Los Angeles area through correspondence and business records related to individual land claims and trusts.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    The collection is open for research use.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to Glendale Central Library. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    Title Insurance and Trust Company Records. Glendale Library, Arts and Culture. Glendale Central Library History Room

    Acquisition Information

    Unknown

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Title Insurance and Trust Company Records contain legal and financial documents that cover real estate transactions for Glendale, Tropico, the City of Los Angeles, Burbank, and San Diego. Land tracts represented include Rancho Providencia and Scott, Jones and Valentine, Washington Villa, and Plymouth tracts. Many of the documents record information for the Glendale area around Kenneth Road and Rossmoyne Village. These records document the subdivision and management of land for the rapidly growing populations in early 20th century Glendale and Los Angeles. Records include attorney correspondence, loan appraisal reports, deeds, tax records, property involved in the trusts. Specific lots are often named, and some trusts include aerial view sketches of lot locations. The management of these lots are documented primarily through correspondence, with one Glendale bungalow court recorded through rental and maintenance records. Documents also include correspondence related to easement and condemnation of land for the installation of electrical infrastructure in the City of Glendale and the widening and building of streets, sidewalks, and curbs. Several groups of documents also include correspondence related to restrictive racial covenants in new subdivisions. Documents are grouped in folders by the primary trust account individual. Folders are arranged alphabetically by last name, with additional names noted on folders as needed.

    Indexing Terms

    Land grants--California--Los Angeles Co.
    Urban development
    Real estate
    Glendale (Calif.)
    Los Angeles County (Calif.)
    Paper Records

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