Guide to the James W. "Jim" Davis papers on Starr Ranch
MS.R.184
Finding aid prepared 2018; inventory added by Zoe MacLeod, 2020.
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Title: James W. "Jim" Davis papers on Starr Ranch
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.184
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(1 records carton)
Date (inclusive): 1936-1994
Abstract: A collection of research files,
photographs, correspondence, legal documents and newspaper clippings collected by James W.
"Jim" Davis, Sr. detailing the sale, development and conservation of the Eugene Grant Starr
Ranch.
Language of Material:
English .
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her
heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright. For
information on use, copyright, and attribution, please visit:
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Preferred Citation
James W. "Jim" Davis papers on Starr Ranch. MS.R.184. Special Collections and Archives, The
UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ronald Davis, 2017.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection contains research files, photographs, correspondence, legal documents and
newspaper clippings collected by James W. "Jim" Davis, Sr., a real estate broker in Orange
County, California who was involved in the sale, development, land use and conservation of a
portion of the Eugene Grant Starr Ranch. The collection includes soil surveys, maps,
geological surveys, internal memoranda and reports used by Mr. Davis while working with
potential buyers and developers.
box accn2017.037 001
"A Rating of California Soils"
1963 January
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Maps "A Rating of California Soils"
1936 January
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"Soil Survey of the Capistrano Area, California"
undated
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"Geology of the Western Portion of the Canada Gobernadora Quadrangle" Orange
County, CA
undated
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"Geology of a Portion of the Southern Santa Ana Mountains" Orange County,
CA
undated
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Professional Drilling Fluid Services, Inc.
undated
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"Audubon Lawsuit"
undated
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Drilling project - Trabuco Inland Petroleum Company
undated
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Starr Ranch - Trabuco Canyon California
undated
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Appraisal Report Division of Starr Ranch
undated
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West Associates Real Estate Services
1983 January 25
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Professional services sroposal, Ronald W. Caspers Regional Park
undated
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Draft Environmental Impact Report Oso Parkway and Antonio Parkway
Extensions
undated
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Dove Canyon Arriba
undated
