Giovanni Lavagnino papers, 1860-1929, bulk 1880-1919

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Summary

Creators:
Lavagnino, Giovanni
Abstract:
A collection consisting primarily of mining company business records from the career of Giovanni Lavagnino.
Extent:
2.4 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Giovanni Lavagnino papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of 43 items from 1860 to 1929; it consists mostly of business records from the various mining companies that Giovanni Lavagnino worked for, including minutes from meetings, account books, and stock certificates. There are also several Lavagnino family documents from the time Giovanni lived in Italy, as well as his personal notes concerning mining techniques and technologies, smelting, metallurgy, and ore dressing. The collection also includes the diary of Mary Lorena Lavagnino that she kept from 1895 to 1919 while her husband was away traveling on business.

Biographical / historical:

Giovanni Lavagnino was born in Alessandria, Italy in 1848. He graduated from the Universit̉a di Palermo and taught mathematics before studying mining engineering in Freiberg, Germany. He spent seven years as a general manager for prominent mining interests in Sardinia, Italy. After coming to the United States in 1879, Lavagnino went to Leadville, Colorado and then on to Butte, Montana. He became associated with Compagnie de Mines et Minerais which owned the Lexington mine and the Old Telegraph mining property at Bingham, Utah. In 1896 he married Mary Lorena Larsen, a Salt Lake City school teacher; together they had a daughter and three sons. A member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Lavagnino served as president of the Conglomerate Mining Company, the Lavagnino-Conglomerate Company, and the Rosebud Mill and Mining Company.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Linda V. Lavagnino, January 1997.
Processing information:

Processed by Mitchell W. K. Toda in 2002. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the electronic finding aid derived from an earlier finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Giovanni Lavagnino papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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