Descriptive Information
Biographical / Historical Note
Administrative Information
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Information
Title: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors road records
Creator:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of
Supervisors
Date (inclusive): 1873-1902
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 80341-80349
Physical Description:
9.4 Linear Feet
(8 volumes, 1 folder)
Repository:
The Huntington Library
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Email: reference@huntington.org
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Abstract: The Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors was created by the California state legislature in 1852 and serves in an
executive, legislative, and quasi-judicial capacity. The collection of road records consists
of road books and other records that document the establishment of roads in Los Angeles
County from 1873 to 1902.
Language of Material: The collection is entirely in
English.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was created by the California state legislature
in 1852 and serves in an executive, legislative, and quasi-judicial capacity.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was purchased from N.A. Kovach in 1943.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors road records, The
Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Related Materials
The Huntington has a collection of Los Angeles County Assessor's road maps, 1860-1897, that
relate to the road records. See the record in the online catalog for a link to images of the
maps on the Huntington Digital Library (HDL).
Scope and Contents
The road records kept by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors document ordinances,
property boundaries, and construction details for various road building projects in Los
Angeles County. The collection includes six volumes of road books; one volume identified as
"Road Orders. Ordinance Book 1 and Minute Books [1 and 2 of the Court of Sessions]," which
includes Court of Sessions entries on road matters from 1851; one index volume including an
alphabetical listing of street names, a property index of matters in the City Archives
(Volumes 5-31 inclusive) effecting real property within the boundaries of the present city
limits, as well as items from the Municipal and County records (p.1-177; references to
archives and county records are in red), and a miscellaneous list of items not located
(p.179-188), with numbers on the map index corresponding to the pages where the references
are found; and a loose manuscript identified as "Specifications for the construction of the
New Santa Susanna Pass Road."
Arrangement
The records are arranged alphabetically.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Corporate Names
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of
Supervisors
Subjects - Geographic Names
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- History -- 19th
century
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th
century
Los Angeles County (Calif.) --
Maps
Subjects - Topics
City Planning -- California -- Los Angeles County
Roads -- California -- Los
Angeles County
Roads -- Drawings
Forms and Genres of Material
Road maps -- Los Angeles County (Calif.)