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Blakmar, Den, and Olvera family correspondence, legal documents, and other material
SBHC Mss 125  
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Correspondence 1853-1908

box 1, folder 1

Ysabel Arguello Den correspondence 1892-1902

Scope and Content

Personal correspondence of Ysabel Arguello Den, Nicholas C. Den, and a letter from Thomas B. Bishop. Also included are receipts of payment for board and tuition paid by Ysabel Den to the Dominican Sisters of the Sacred Heart School in Los Angeles, California, as well as to Calvary Cemetery of Los Angeles, California.
box 1, folder 2

Agustin Olvera correspondence and other material 1853-1877

Scope and Content

Correspondence includes an invitation (in Spanish) to a dance (January 11, 1853) at the house of Ricardo S. Den in Los Angeles and attended by Pio Pico, Juan Bandini, and Agustin Olvera, as well as notice (in fragments) entitled "The heirs of Augustine [sic] Olvera Have Asked for Help."
box 1, folder 3

Blakmar family correspondence and other material 1890s-1908

Scope and Content

Correspondence also includes a San Francisco grammar grade certificate belonging to Olive Blackmar, postcards, and cabinet card photographs.
 

Legal documents 1903-1936

Scope and Content

Legal documents, including court filings, summaries, letters from attorneys, deeds of sale, indentures, and dissolution of trusts related to the Goleta Valley estates of Rafaela Senter (La Goleta Rancho), Ysabel Arguello Den, Alfonso L. Den Nicholas C. Den, and Catherine Bell.
box 1, folder 4

Termination of trust agreement (heirs of Nicholas A. Den) 1930

box 1, folder 5

Rafaela Senter estate distribution letter 1930

box 1, folder 6

Letter to Mrs. Ysabel Arguello Den 1935

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Alfonso L. Den et. al. vs. S.M. Spalding undated

box 1, folder 8

Letter, Chase vs. Wells et al. 1936

box 1, folder 9

Indenture document, Catherine M. Bell 1903

box 1, folder 10

Ysabel Bonebrake vs. Catherine Bell undated

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Bargain and sale deed Ysabel De, Mexican Vitro Tile Company shares 1905

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Ysabel and Percy L. Bonebrake vs. Catherine and John S. Bell, G.C. Welch, Emanuel R. Den et als. undated

box 1, folder 13

Prospectus R.R. Mazatlan to Sinaloa, Mexico undated

box 1, folder 14

Case history of the dispute over ownership of Goleta Sandspit, timeline undated