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Title: Bandini Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1834-1927
Collection number: 101
Creator: Bandini Family
Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Juan Bandini (1800-59) was one of the most prominent men of his time in Southern California. He amassed a fortune through
merchandising, farming, and stockraising. One of his daughters married the biggest land owner and rancher in Southern California
at the time. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, and business records of members of the Bandini family.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Margaret Gaffey Kilroy, 1942.
[Identification of item], Bandini Family Papers (Collection 101). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462285
Juan Bandini (1800-59) was one of the most prominent men of his time in Southern California, amassing a fortune through merchandising,
farming, and stockraising; his landholdings eventually included fifty thousand acres extending from Rincon to Agua Manse;
one of his daughters, Arcadia Bandini (1825-12), married Abel Stearns (1798-1871), a Yankee merchant who later became the
biggest land owner and rancher in Southern California another of Bandini's daughters, Isidora, married Colonel Cave J. Couts;
Bandini's son, Juan B. Bandini (b. 1833) managed his father's ranch, worked at Abel Stearns's store, and later operated a
cattle business at Last Chance ranch.
Juan Bandini, 1800-1859.
- Daughter - Arcadia Bandini, 1823-1912.
- -Married Abel Stearns in 1837 (Stearns was in business with Bandini). Stearns died 1871.
- -Married Colonel Robert S. Baker, 1874.
- -Arcadia had no children.
- Daughter - Ysidora Bandini
- -Married Cave Johnson Couts, also in business with Stearns.
- Son - Juan B. Bandini, d. 1906.
- -Married a Sepulveda.
- -Daughter - Arcadia Bandini, married John T. Gaffey. their daughter is Margaret Gaffey Kilroy, donor of this collection.
Collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, and business records of members of the Bandini family, including Juan
Bandini (1834-59), Juan B. Bandini (1860-89), Abel Stearns (1837-68), and John T. Gaffey (1885-1910). Correspondence includes
93 letters from Cave J. Couts to Abel Stearns, 1851-70. In addition to the business records, there are several documents related
to various ranches and land holdings of the Bandini family. Also includes historical reminiscences of Mariano Ruiz.
Portions of this collection are in Spanish.
Arranged in the following series:
- Juan Bandini.
- Abel Stearns and Mariano Ruiz.
- Mariano Ruiz typescripts, 1926-27.
- Rancho San Rafael account book, 1843-56 (oversize box).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bandini, Juan, 1800-1859--Archives.
Bandini, Juan B., b. 1833--Archives.
Couts, Cave Johnson, 1821-1874--Correspondence.
Ruiz, Mariano.
Stearns, Abel, 1798-1871.
Bandini family--Archives.
Ranchers--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Land settlement--California, Southern.
Family papers.
Business records.