Register of the Waring (Richard) Miller & Lux Collection, 1900-1986
Processed by Holt Atherton staff; revised by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by
Don Walker
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library, University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
Fax: (209) 946-2810
URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html
© 1998
University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Register of the Waring (Richard) Miller & Lux Collection, 1900-1986
Collection number: mss228
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library
University of the Pacific
Contact Information
- Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
- University Library, University of the Pacific
- Stockton, CA 95211
- Phone: (209) 946-2404
- Fax: (209) 946-2810
- URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html
- Processed by:
- Holt Atherton staff; revised by Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- Sept. 1998
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
© 1998 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Waring (Richard) Miller & Lux Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1986
Collection number: mss228
Creator:
Richard Waring
Extent: 1.75 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Waring (Richard) Miller & Lux Collection, mss228, Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Lux family
personal name
Lux, Charles (1823-1887)
personal name
Miller, Henry (1827-1916)
corporate name
Miller & Lux
subject
Land titles -California -Registation and transfer
subject
California -History -Sources
subject
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -History -Sources
Biography
Richard Waring served as Stanislaus (Calif.) County Recorder (1931-1965). In this post,
Waring was able to study at first hand documents relating to the land acquisitions of
19th c. cattle barons, Charles Lux (1823-1887) and Henry Miller (1827-1916). Miller was
the last surviving partner in the firm of Miller & Lux, which once owned the greater part
of the San Joaquin Valley, as well as lands in Oregon and Nevada. Lux and Miller were
German immigrants who first worked together as San Francisco butchers during the 1850s.
For many years the two purchased cattle lands in the Central Valley, acquiring many of
these acres from U.S. Army veterans and others who preferred cash to land options, until,
with 1.4 million acres, they had become the state's largest landowners. After the firm
was dissolved (1900), attorneys for the estate had the record of the distribution of the
firm's property published in a single volume and distributed to county recorders
throughout California. Richard Waring had this volume microfilmed and gave the original
hardcopy to the University of the Pacific. Waring also donated materials he had gathered
on Henry Miller and Charles Lux.
Scope and Content
The Waring Miller & Lux Collection consists of Stanislaus County Recorder, Richard
Waring's notes on Henry Miller and Charles Lux together with a copy of the Decree of
Distribution of their estate (1900).
CONTAINER LIST
BOX 1: WARING MILLER & LUX COLLECTION
1.1: Decree of Distribution for the Estate of Miller & Lux (1900)
1.2: Background on Henry Miller and Charles Lux
1.3: Staff research file; biographical material on Richard Waring
