Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle papers, 1835-1938, bulk 1920-1937

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Summary

Creators:
Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1845-1938
Abstract:
A collection of personal and professional material for Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle, California lawyer, politician, and civic leader.
Extent:
6.68 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of 371 items from 1835 to 1938, which contains letters, manuscripts, documents, and maps, in both English and Spanish, related to the life and career of Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle. It includes material on California politics and government, water resources, agriculture in the Owens Valley, the St. Francis Dam disaster, Stephen Mallory White, the Del Valle family (including a copy of the will of Ygnacio del Valle) and the William Mulholland Memorial. There are also land papers for the Camulos Ranch in Ventura County, California.

Biographical / historical:

Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle (1854-1938) was the son of Ygnacio Del Valle (1808-1880) and Ysabel (Varela) Del Valle; Ygnacio Del Valle served as Alcalde of Los Angeles in 1850 and as a state assemblyman in 1852. Reginaldo grew up in Los Angeles and at the family home, Camulos Ranch, in Ventura County. He studied law, was elected to the state assembly (1879) and the state senate (1882), and was a vice president of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles from 1928 to 1929. Del Valle married Helen M. (White) Cayatile (-1920); the couple had one daughter, Lucretia, who married Henry Francis Grady. Del Valle was involved not only in state and local politics, he also took an active part in civic affairs, and was concerned for public educational policy and with local historical research groups.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Lucretia Grady, June 1940. Purchased from James Smalldon, March 1965.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1945 and 1970. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.

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]. Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle 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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