Carson Company Collection, January 14, 1914-December 3, 2003

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Summary

Creators:
Carson Estate Company
Abstract:
This collection contains meeting minutes from shareholders meetings, minutes of general partner meetings of the Dominguez Properties, minutes of Victoria Management, CSUDH foundation founding documentation, and other documents related to the Carson Estate Company and Dominguez Estate Company.
Extent:
22 boxes and 20.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
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Background

Scope and content:

The Carson Estate Company Collection (January 14, 1914-December 3, 2003) contains 20.5 linear feet of material related to the Dominguez and Carson Estate Company. Series one contains meeting minutes from the Dominguez Estate Company, as well as leases agreements with the Union Oil Company with the Dominguez Estate Company. Series two contains minutes related to the Carson Estate Company, the shareholders, Victoria Mangagement Inc., and Carson Estate Company as partners with the Dominguez Estate Company. It also includes correspondence and agreements related to Victoria Park, tract accounts for the Carson Estate Company, and books and programs related to the Carson Estate Company. There is also material related to the California State University, Dominguez Hills Foundation, now the Toro Auxiliary Partners. This material includes meeting minutes, meeting agendas, programs, executive committee documents, and other material related to the Toro Auxiliary Partners and the Carson Estate Company.

Biographical / historical:

Carson Estate Company was informally established in 1901 following the death of George Carson, then formally incorporated in 1914, with Victoria de Carson as President and her children as directors (along with son-in-law H. H. Cotton, who was elected secretary). The Company initially intended to raise money through the leasing and sale of land, but with the discovery of oil on Rancho property, the articles of incorporation were amended in 1924 to permit oil drilling on the Carson property. Farming, land management, and oil production would continue to be the primary concerns of the previous hit Carson Estate Company.

Biographical note from Rancho San Pedro collection guide.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into two series with eight subseries. They include:

Series One: Dominguez Hills Estate Company- Subseries One: Dominguez Estate Company Minutes, and Subseries Two: Union Oil Company. Series Two: Carson Estate Company- Subseries One: Victoria Park Correspondence and Agreements, Subseries Two: Dominguez Hills Business Park, Subseries Three: Carson Estate Company minutes, stakeholder meeting minutes, and other minutes, Subseries Four: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson Estate Company Subseries Five: Carson Estate Company equipment inventories, tract accounts, and household accounts, and Subseries Six: Carson Estate Company books and programs.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Terms of access:

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:

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Location of this collection:
University Library, 5th Flr (5039)
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747, US
Contact:
(310) 243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
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