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Blakmar, Den, and Olvera family correspondence, legal documents, and other material
SBHC Mss 125
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Title: Blakmar, Den, and Olvera family correspondence, legal documents, and other
material
Identifier/Call Number: SBHC Mss 125
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian,
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
(1 half-size document box)
Source:
Olvera, Agustin
Source:
Den, Nicholas Augustus
Source:
Den, Ysabel Argüello
Source:
Blakmar, Olive
Date (inclusive): 1853-1936
Abstract: Correspondence and other material,
mainly legal documents, as well as a smaller number of personal items and ephemera.
Correspondence includes that of Agustin Olvera (1818-1876), first judge of Los Angeles
County. Legal documents cover the activities of the heirs of Nicholas A. Den (1812-1862),
grantee of Rancho Dos Pueblos in Goleta Valley, California. Also included is correspondence
and other material, such as cabinet card photographs, relating to R.C. Blakmar and Olive
Blakmar of Santa Clara, California.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in
writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on
behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must
be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Blakmar, Den, and Olvera family correspondence, legal documents,
and other material, SBHC Mss 125. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gift of Mary Jo Ignoffo, 2019.
Correspondence and other material, mainly legal documents, as well as a small number of
personal items and ephemera, dating from 1853 to 1936 and covering events in the lives of
three prominent California families.
The bulk of the correspondence comprises letters of Agustin Olvera (1818-1876), first judge
of Los Angeles County. These include correspondence with Juan De Toro (in Spanish) and date
from 1868-1876.
Legal documents include court filings, summaries, letters from attorneys, deeds of sale,
indentures, and dissolution of trusts on behalf of the heirs of Nicholas A. Den (1812-1862)
grantee of Rancho Dos Pueblos in the Goleta Valley (Santa Barbara County, California). Heirs
include Alfonso L. Den, Nicholas C. Den, Ysabel Arguello Den, and Rafaela Senter (Rancho La
Goleta). Related to this material is personal correspondence and ephemera of Ysabel Arguello
Den.
Finally, the collection contains personal correspondence, cabinet card photographs, and
other personal items of R.C. Blakmar and Olive Blakmar of Santa Clara, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Rancho Los Dos Pueblos (Calif.)
Goleta (Calif.) -- History
Santa Barbara County (Calif.) -- History
Cabinet photographs
Correspondence
Family papers
Legal documents
Olvera, Agustin
Den, Nicholas Augustus
Den, Ysabel Argüello
Blakmar, Olive