INVENTORY OF THE DOMINGUEZ FAMILY TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY RECORDS,
1908-1965
Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Allan Goldman
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives & Special Collections
University Library, Room G-145
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3895
URL: http://archives.csudh.edu/
©2006
Descriptive Summary
Title: Dominguez Family Title Insurance and Trust Company Records
Dates: 1908-1965
Collection Number: DHS.059
Creator:
Ticor Title Insurance Company of California
Extent:
4 boxes
2 linear feet
Repository: California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives and Special Collections
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room G-145
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://archives.csudh.edu/
Abstract: This collection includes correspondence, legal documents, tax documents, and bonds created by the Title Insurance and Trust
Company. These materials are related to trusts held by members of the Dominguez family and land that was once part of the
Rancho San Pedro.
Language: Collection material is in English
Administration Information
Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], Dominguez Family Title Trust and Insurance Company Records, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special
Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Acquisition Information
The Title Insurance and Trust Company Records were originally part of the records files at TICOR. They were later discarded
and eventually acquired by Aimee Gervais, who donated the materials to CSUDH as an unsolicited gift.
Processing Information
The collection was first processed by Susan Hikida in 1988 as part of the requirements for History 435, Internship in Public
History, M.A. program in Public History/Historic Preservation. Her original intellectual organization was not changed.
Project Information
This finding aid was created as part of the Early Los Angeles/Rancho San Pedro Manuscript Cataloging Project, a CSU Dominguez
Hills Library project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The project started in 2005.
Project Director was Greg Williams. Project Archivists were Thomas Philo and Jennifer Allan Goldman.
History
Title Insurance and Trust Company was founded in 1893 as a company to handle titles and trusts. Originally located at 458
South Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, the offices were later moved to the Title Insurance Building at 433 South Spring
Street. The company was renamed TI Corporation in 1968 and reorganized in 1977 into TICOR, a general business corporation.
TICOR is currently an international title insurance and financial services organization, with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago,
New York and Oregon.
Scope and Content
The collection was received in an unorganized state with most of the papers in their original folders. Arrangement falls into
five series: the Carson Estate Company, the De Francis Estate, Gregorio and Susana Dominguez Del Amo, Dominguez Estate Company,
and Miscellaneoud Trusts. Files within these subdivisions are arranged by trust number where applicable. The original order
within each folder has been preserved where possible. The bulk of the material is correspondence, inter-office communications,
tax returns, declarations of trusts, quit claims, deeds, and other legal documents. Materials in the series Miscellaneous
Trusts deal with trusts located on land that was once part of the Rancho San Pedro, but does not relate to any of the Dominguez
companies or families.
Arrangement
Arranged in five series:
- Series I. Carson Estate Company (1919-1965)
- Series II. De Francis (Maria de los Reyes Dominguez) Estate (1933-1951)
- Series III. Del Amo, Gregorio and Susana (1921-1928)
- Series IV. Dominguez Estate Company (1917-1947)
- Series V. Miscellaneous Rancho San Pedro Trusts (1913-1962)
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Rancho San Pedro (Calif.)
Dominguez Hills (Calif.)
Personal Names
de Francis, Maria de los Reyes Dominguez
Del Amo, Gregorio
Corporate Names
Carson Estate Company
Dominguez Estate Company
Ticor Title Insurance Company of California
Subjects
Insurance, Title -- California
Title Companies -- United States -- California
Land titles
Deeds of trust
Related Material
Del Amo Estate Company Collection
Rancho San Pedro Collection
Carson Estate Company
1919-1965
Physical Description: 16 folders
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of correspondence, legal documents, and vouchers relating to trusts owned by the Carson Estate Company.
Box 1, Folder 1
Trust No. P-695, Vouchers
1919, 1921
Box 1, Folder 2
Trust No. R-5729, Declaration of Trust
1922
Box 1, Folder 3
Trust No. R-5729, Correspondence and legal documents
1922-1923
Box 1, Folder 4
Trust No. R-5729, Correspondence and legal documents
1930, 1932, 1935-1936
Box 1, Folder 5
Trust No. R-5729, Collateral Assignment of Beneficial Interest
1922-1023, 1926-1928, 1930, 1932
Box 1, Folder 6
Trust No. S-5485, Declaration of Trust
1921
Box 1, Folder 7
Trust No. S-5485, Legal Documents
1921-1923
Box 1, Folder 8
Trust No. S-5485, "Nigger Slough," Declaration of Trust
1921
Box 1, Folder 9
Trust No. S-5485, "Nigger Slough," Correspondence and legal documents
1921-1923, 1926, 1928
Box 1, Folder 10
Trust No. S-5485, "Nigger Slough," Correspondence and legal documents
1932, 1935-1936
Box 1, Folder 11
Trust No. S-5485, Wilmington Ave., Deeds and Correspondence
1929
Box 1, Folder 12
Trust No. S-5485, Amelia St., Deeds and Correspondence
1930
Box 1, Folder 13
Trust No. S-6046, Correspondence and agreements
1923
Box 1, Folder 14
Trust No. S-5906, Correspondence
1923-1930
Box 1, Folder 15
Trust No. S-5906, Correspondence
1965
Box 1, Folder 16
Trust No. S-5906, Agreement and installment note
1922
De Francis (Maria de los Reyes Dominguez) Estate
1933-1951
Physical Description: 18 folders
Scope and Content Note
Materials in this series include correspondence, legal documents, passbooks, probate papers, lists and balances related to
trusts and property included in the Maria de los Reyes Dominguez de Francis estate, which was liquidated after her death in
1933.
Box 1, Folder 19
First account and report
1935
Box 1, Folder 20
Appraisal of property
1933
Box 1, Folder 22
Letters, testamentary
1933
Box 1, Folder 23
Agreement, suggested revisions
1936
Box 1, Folder 24
Agreement, suggested revisions
1936
Box 1, Folder 25
Agreement, final draft
1936
Box 1, Folder 26
Trust No. E-9830.4, Correspondence, passbook, affidavits and court decisions
1936-1940
Box 2, Folder 1
Trust No. E-9830.4, Correspondence, legal papers, and tax receipts
1936-1951
Box 2, Folder 2
Trust No. E-9830.3, Correspondence, tax forms
1939-1950
Box 2, Folder 3
Trust No. E-9830, Probate papers, loan lists, and correspondence
1934-1935
Box 2, Folder 4
Trust No. E-9830, Probate papers, including assignment lists, and correspondence
1933-1936
Box 2, Folder 5
Trust No. E-9830, Probate papers, including asset lists, estimates and assignments, and correspondence
1933-1938
Box 2, Folder 6
Trust No. E-9830, Receipts from legatees
1933-1935
Box 2, Folder 7
Final tax settlement
1936
Box 2, Folder 8
Trust No. E-9830, Correspondence about tax settlement
1939
Del Amo, Gregorio and Susana Dominguez
1921-1928
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Content Note
Documents in this series include correspondence and legal documents about a trust owned by Gregorio and Susana Del Amo.
Box 2, Folder 9
Trust No. S-5478, Declaration of Trust
1922
Box 2, Folder 10
Trust No. S-5478, Correspondence
1921-1923, 1925, 1928
Dominguez Estate Company
1917-1947
Physical Description: 17 folders
Scope and Content Note
This series includes correspondence, legal documents, and tax documents for trusts owned by the Dominguez Estate Company.
Box 3, Folder 1
Trust No. S-4058, Declaration of trust
1917
Box 3, Folder 2
Trust No. S-4058, Agreement and notices
1917, 1932
Box 3, Folder 3
Trust No. S-5477, Declaration of trust
1922
Box 3, Folder 4
Trust No. S-5477, Deeds and guarantee
1921-1923
Box 3, Folder 5
Trust No. S-5477, Correspondence
1921-1922, 1928-1929, 1934
Box 3, Folder 6
Trust No. S-5477, Correspondence
1933-1937, 1939-1942, 1946
Box 3, Folder 7
Trust No. S-5477, Tax correspondence
1927-1929
Box 3, Folder 8
Trust No. S-5477, Depositor’s register and receipts
1928-1938
Box 3, Folder 9
Trust No. S-5477, County tax receipts, dates in tax years
1922-1929
Box 3, Folder 10
Trust No. S-5477, County tax receipts, dates in tax years
1930-1932, 1937-1946
Box 3, Folder 11
Trust No. S-5477, Tax returns, dates in tax years
1935-1946
Box 3, Folder 12
Trust No. S-5479, Declaration of Trust
1922
Box 3, Folder 13
Trust No. S-5479, Figueroa Street deeds and quit claims
1933-1934, 1938, 1943
Box 3, Folder 14
Trust No. S-5479, Correspondence
1921-1922, 1929
Box 3, Folder 15
Trust No. S-5479, Correspondence
1931-1935, 1938, 1942, 1947
Box 3, Folder 16
Trust No. S-5479, Tax returns, dates in tax years
1935-1939
Box 3, Folder 17
Trust No. S-5479, Tax returns, dates in tax years
1940-1946
Miscellaneous Rancho San Pedro Trusts
1913-1962
Physical Description: 15 folders
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of correspondence, legal documents, notices and bonds related to land that was once part of the Rancho
San Pedro, but was not owned by members of the Dominguez family during the transactions.
Box 3, Folder 18
Grant Deed – Wright, Emeline and Thomas
1914
Box 3, Folder 19
"Notice of Adoption and Filing of Plan of Reorganization and Summary Thereof," 2424 Wilshire Blvd
1936
Box 3, Folder 20
District Improvement bonds
1929
Box 3, Folder 21
Mortgage – Drake, Myra and A.C. to George Hay
1914
Box 4, Folder 1
Trust PP-12023, PP-12026, Miles Trust, correspondence and legal documents
1955-1962
Box 4, Folder 2
Trust PP-12023, PP-12026, Miles Trust, correspondence and tax forms
1954-1962
Box 4, Folder 3
Oil and gas leases and deeds
1950-1962
Box 4, Folder 4
Oil and gas leases - Austin and Callender lessors
1952-1961
Box 4, Folder 5
Photographs of appraised lot at Wilmington Avenue and President Avenue
1935, circa 1960
Box 4, Folder 6
San Pedro Ranch Nursery correspondence
1923
Box 4, Folder 7
Trust No. S-5898, Schnabel, Frederick and Mary, Declaration of trust
1923
Box 4, Folder 8
Standard Oil Company, property insurance statement
1931
Box 4, Folder 9
Improvements to the Cerritos Slough, correspondence and legal documents
1908
Box 4, Folder 10
Trust No. P-1642, Wilmington, correspondence
1921, 1941-1943
Box 4, Folder 11
Trust No. R-2881, Dunne, James and Julia, correspondence
1913, 1915, 1920, 1922, 1923
