San Rafael Ranch Records and Addenda
Finding aid prepared by Katrina Denman.
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Overview of the Collection
Title: San Rafael Ranch Company Records and Addenda
Dates: Approximately 1871-1968
Collection Number: mssSan Rafael Ranch
Creator:
San Rafael Ranch Company.
Extent:
115 items in 5 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection consists of papers related chiefly to the business affairs of Conway S.
Campbell-Johnston and A. Campbell-Johnston and the San Rafael Ranch Company in the Garvanza neighborhood near Pasadena, California,
from the 1880s to the early 1900s.
The papers include Ranch correspondence, business and real estate papers, Campbell-Johnson estate papers, account books, as
well as maps, ephemera,
and photographs related to the history of Southern California, and in particular
the San Rafael Heights/Garvanza region.
Language: English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. San Rafael Ranch Company Records and Addenda, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
The collection was a gift of: Marguerite Bock on February 8, 1954; Lawrence Cook on February 8, 1955; and Nicholas Brandt
on June 21, 1972.
The addenda was a gift of Steve Brandt on July 1, 2000.
Historical Note
The San Rafael Ranch was created in 1883, when Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Robert Campbell-Johnston visited the small town of
Garvanza,
California (near present-day Pasadena), and purchased 2,000 acres of the former Rancho San Rafael from Victor Beaudry. They
left the ranch in
the hands of their sons and went back to England, but they returned in 1888. The ranch was used for cattle grazing and many
buildings were constructed,
including the Church of the Angels. The sons ran the ranch until about 1920, when the land was subdivided.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of letters, documents, and maps, including 14 bound volumes, related to the business affairs (1898-1923)
of Conway S. Campbell-Johnson and A. Campbell-Johnson, the sons of Alexander Robert Campbell-Johnson. The collection includes
property titles, cattle records, property annexation agreements with the city of Pasadena, right-of-way agreements with the
Pacific Electric Railway Company, and records of the Church of the Angels in Highland Park, Calif.
The addenda consists of estate papers related to the Campbell-Johnston family, including Conway Seymour Campbell-Johnston,
R.A. Campbell-Johnston, A.R. Campbell-Johnston
(through Louis Johnston), and Ida Campbell-Johnston; 2 maps of the San Rafael Heights area; programs, printed ephemera, and
magazine clippings primarily related to the San Rafael area of
Pasadena; miscellaneous newspapers and magazines on Southern California history; and 3 published books, including Progress
and Economy by J. Platt (1882) and The dairy of the farm by James Long and
J.C. Morton (1885). The addenda also includes 29 photographs of Southern California, including Eagle Rock, the Garvanza Hotel
and miscellaneous images of Garvanza, the Mt. Lowe Railroad, the
Webster’s Hotel dining room in Pasadena, the beach of Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, the Sierra Madre Villa Hotel, and the
Sierra Madre Mountains.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Business and Property Papers (Box 1)
- Abstracts of Title and Maps (Box 2)
- Account Books (Box 3)
- Addenda
- Manuscripts, Printed Items, and Ephemera (Box 4)
- Photographs (Box 5)
The collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically, as appropriate.
Indexing Terms
Corporate Names
Church of the Angels (Highland Park, Calif.).
Mount Lowe Railway.
Pacific Electric Railway Company.
San Rafael Ranch Company--Archives.
Subjects
Cattle--California, Southern.
Land titles--California, Southern.
Ranches--California--Los Angeles County.
Ranching--California--Los Angeles County.
Real property--California, Southern.
Geographic Areas
Garvanza (Calif.)--History--Sources.
Highland Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--Sources.
Pasadena (Calif.)--History--Sources.
Form/Genres
Business records--California.
Corporation records--California.
Letters
(correspondence)--California.
Maps--California.
Photographs--California.
Alternate Authors
Campbell-Johnston, A.
Campbell-Johnston, Conway.
Long, James J., 1846-1931. Dairy of the farm.
Norton, T. G., 1858-1885, photographer.
Platt, James, 1831- Progress.
Platt, James, 1831- Economy.
Jarvis (Firm : Pasadena, Calif.), photographer.
J.B. Blanchard & Co., photographer.
Box 1
Business and Property Papers
Note
In the original numbering, it appears Folder 5 was either skipped or missing. Folder 6 has not been relabeled as Folder 5.
Folder 1
San Rafael Ranch Co. Correspondence and business papers.
1898-1923
Physical Description: 22 items.
Folder 2
San Rafael Ranch Co. Cattle book.
1887-1891.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 3
San Rafael Ranch Co. Book of buildings.
1888-1889; 1909.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 4
San Rafael Ranch Co. Agreement made with Charles R. Foot re: a portion of the property...
1904, Aug.19.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 5
Highland Park, Calif. Church of the Angels choir book.
1899-1904.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 2
Abstracts of Title and Maps
Folder 1
Gillette, Gibson, and Wood (firm). Abstract of title to tract of land in Rancho San Rafael.
1871, Nov.29.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 2
Gillette, Gibson, and Wood (firm). Abstract of title to tract of land in Rancho San Rafael.
1883, Aug.31.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 3
Gillette, Gibson, and Wood (firm). Abstract of title to property in Rancho San Pascual.
1886, July 14.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 4
Gillette, Gibson, and Wood (firm). Abstract of title to property in Rancho San Rafael, containing copy of plat map of Rancho
San Rafael (1869) and Annandale Tract (1884).
1886, July 14.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 5
Johnston, Griffin. Abstract of title showing all conveyances by and to A.R. or R.A. Campbell-Johnston and the estate of said
Campbell-Johnston, deceased...
1889-1895.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 6
Eden, Lisenby, and Eden (firm). Abstract of title to Section 30, Township 11, Fresno Co., Calif. [belonging to Robert Alexander
Campbell-Johnston].
1889-1902.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 7
Purcell, Gervaise. Map of Rockdale Addition [in Rancho San Rafael].
1887, Aug.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 8
Purcell, Gervaise. Map of Campbell-Johnston tract in Rancho San Rafael (Rockdale and Annandale Subdivisions.
c.1887.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 9
Map of ... tract owned by Hodgkins and Wright, from Los Angeles City...[in Rancho San Rafael].
c.1887.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 10
[Map of property of A. Campbell-Johnston in Rancho San Rafael].
c.1887.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 11
Printed map showing subdivision from Rancho Los Felis to San Rafael.
c.1890.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 1
San Rafael Ranch Co. Pasturage record book.
1890-1910.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 2
San Rafael Ranch Co. Account book.
1904, Aug.19.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 3
San Rafael Ranch Co. Account book
1907-1909.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 4
Highland Park, Calif. Church of the Angels account book.
1904-1920.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Addenda
Physical Description: 74 pieces
Box 4
Manuscripts, Printed Items, and Ephemera
Folder 1
Ida Amelia Campbell-Johnston estate papers.
1916.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Folder 2
Certificate of title to Por Lot 4, A.R. Campbell-Johnston
estate, for Louis Campbell-Johnston.
1905, Jan. 27.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 3
Memorandum of lands in Los Angeles County allotted to
English heirs of R.A. Campbell-Johnston.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 4
Summary of estate of Conway Campbell-Johnston.
c. 1916.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 5
Miscellaneous estate papers.
2 items.
Folder 6
Maps of San Rafael Heights.
2 items.
Folder 7
Long, James and J.C. Morton.
The Dairy of the Farm (London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co.)
[published book].
1885.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 8
Platt, James.
Progress (London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1882) and
Economy (London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1882) [published books].
1882.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 9
Printed programs, booklets, and ephemera.
1885-1955
Physical Description: 8 items.
Consists of:
-
Annual Report: Church Home for Children, 1917
- Citrus Fair of San Gabriel Valley [program], 1885
- "Enjoy the Advantages of the Pasadena Savings & Loan Association" [booklet], undated
-
Guide to San Rafael Area, Pasadena (San Rafael P.T.A.) 1955
- "Horace Dobbins and the One-Week Tollway" [historical booklet, undated]
-
Pasadena Pioneer Pictorial: An Album of Early Day Pasadena and Environs (Mountain View Mausoleum Association), 1954
- Queen Victoria Memorial Service Address ... Rt. Rev. J. Horsfall Johnson ... Church of the Angels, February 3, 1901 [program]
- Valley of Hahamog-na: Pasadena Through Two Centuries (Pasadena Savings and Loan Association), 1952
- Vista del Arroyo Hotel and Bungalows [promotional booklet], 1939
Folder 10
Postcards and ephemera.
Physical Description: 12 items.
Chiefly miscellaneous clippings related to the history of the San Rafael area.
Folder 11
Periodicals.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Two single issues:
California Illustrated Magazine (August 1892) and
Pacific Monthly (February 1906).
Folder 12
Newspapers with articles about history of the area.
1955-1968
Physical Description: 7 items.
Folder 1
[Reproduction of photograph of men in uniform climbing Eagle Rock.]
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 2
[Reproduction of photograph of the Garvanza Hotel.]
Approximately 1880s
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 3
Miscellaneous photographs - [Garvanza].
Physical Description: 6 items.
Includes two photographs of floral parade carriages; two photographs of a street, including one with men digging; and two
photographs of the Church of the Angels.
Folder 4
Photograph of the Mt. Lowe Railway Car, Echo Mountain [card photograph].
[Approximately 1900?].
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 5
[Photographs of the Great Cable Incline, Mt. Lowe Railway and Golden Gate and Fort Point.]
1898.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 6
[Photographs of unidentified one-story house, on Arroyo Seco hillside, Pasadena, by C. J. Crandall & Co].
Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 7
Webster's Hotel Dining Room, Pasadena. Christmas 1883. Interior of Websters Hotel Dining Room. [card photograph by T.G. Norton
& Co.]
1883.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 8
Santa Monica, Beach of Hotel Arcadia [card photograph by J.B. Blanchard].
[Approximately 1890].
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 9
Photograph of Sierra Madre Villa Hotel [card photograph].
[Late 1880s].
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 10
Snow Scene on the Sierra Madre's [card photograph by Jarvis].
[Approximately 1890s?].
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 11
Miscellaneous photographs: chiefly copy prints of historic views of Downtown Los Angeles.
Physical Description: 11 items.
Folder 12
Photograph of landscape with bridge over the Arroyo Seco, windmill, Pasadena hills and San Gabriel Mountains in background,
in frame.
[Approximately early 1900s?].
Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 13
Damaged card photograph of house.
[Approximately early 1900s?].
Physical Description: 1 item.
