Finding aid for the Hilton H. McCabe papers 0018

Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2019 August
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Hilton H. McCabe papers
creator: McCabe, Hilton H.
creator: Ainsworth, Ed, 1962-1968
Identifier/Call Number: 0018
Identifier/Call Number: 118
Physical Description: 5 linear feet. (4 containers)
Date (inclusive): 1868, 1952-1974
Date (bulk): 1952-1968
Abstract: The Hilton H. McCabe papers consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, legal documents and maps documenting McCabe's judicial work with allotments, guardianships and conservatorships of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in and around Palm Springs, California. McCabe, a graduate of USC's Law School, was appointed as a judge in the Superior Court in Indio, California in 1953, and then as an appeals court judge in San Bernardino.
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Biographical note

Hilton H. McCabe was appointed as a judge in the Superior Court in Indio, California in 1953, and then as an appeals court judge in San Bernardino. McCabe became heavily involved in land issues involving the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in Palm Springs, as well as in conservatorship and guardianship issues involving members of the tribe. He features prominently in author Ed Ainsworth's "Golden Checkerboard", and was also identified by Secretary of the Interior Steward Udall as acting improperly in the appointment of executors to wills executed by members of the tribe. McCabe was a graudate of the USC's Law School.

Scope and Contents

The Hilton H. McCabe papers consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, legal documents and maps documenting McCabe's judicial work with allotments, guardianships and conservatorships of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in and around Palm Springs, California.

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Hilton H. McCabe papers, Collection no. 0018, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Hilton H. McCabe.

Processing Information

The collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Land subdivision -- California -- Palm Springs -- Archival resources
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California -- Archival resources
Palm Springs (Calif.) -- Archival resources
Clippings
Correspondence
Legal documents
Photographs
Plats (maps)
Reports
Transcripts
McCabe, Hilton H. -- Archives

Box 1, Folder 1

1956 Indian Matter correspondence 1956-1957

Box 1, Folder 2

Indian Matters 1963

Box 1, Folder 3

Indian Matters 1964

Box 1, Folder 4

Indian Matters 1965

Box 1, Folder 5

Indian lands correspondence 1958

Box 1, Folder 6

Indian lands 1959

Box 1, Folder 7

Indian lands correspondence 1960-1961

Box 1, Folder 8

General correspondence 1953-1965

Box 1, Folder 9

Indian guardianships 1962

Box 1, Folder 10

Correspondence 1957-1960

Box 1, Folder 11

Correspondence, reports, clippings re Palm Springs Indians 1961-1968

Box 1, Folder 12

Indian correspondence (general) 1962

Box 1, Folder 13

Correspondence, reports, clippings re Palm Springs Indians 1966-1971

Box 1, Folder 14

Agua Caliente hearings Congressional transcript 1968

Box 1, Folder 15

Child custody report 1974 October

Box 1, Folder 16

Von Braun, Wernher letter 1954 November 8

Box 1, Folder 17

Dornberger, Walter R. letter 1954 October 5

Box 1, Folder 18

Literary letters 1868, 1954, 1961

Box 1, Folder 19

Agua Caliente Indians allotments memo 1959-1960

Box 1, Folder 20

Judge McCabe's personal reminiscences 1971

Box 2, Folder 1

Accountings, Guardianships and Conservatorships 1964

Box 2, Folder 2

[Lee Arenas] 1953-1954

Box 2, Folder 3

Guardianship conference 1958

Box 2, Folder 4

City of Palm Springs 1965, 1971

Box 2, Folder 5

Progress reports 1965, 1966

Box 2, Folder 6

State progress reports 1957, 1966

Box 2, Folder 7

Indians--Miscellaneous, Maps, Leases, Bills, etc., articles 1962, indated

Box 2, Folder 8

Clippings and articles regarding Indian land and developments 1947-1961

Box 2, Folder 9

Bureau of Indian Affairs 1958, 1960

Box 2, Folder 10

Agua Caliente Annual Progress Report 1952

Box 2, Folder 11

Long term leases and the financing of them 1959-1963

Box 2, Folder 12

Pictures and dates re Indians, slum areas, mineral spa construction 1963

Box 2, Folder 13

Indian guardians and conservators (names and addresses) 1961-1962

Box 2, Folder 14

Indians--Acts, Resolutions, Bills, Pictures, Zoning Ordinances, Maps undated

Box 2, Folder 15-16

Palm Springs Indian Situation 1968

Box 2, Folder 17

[Commendation] 1961

 

Reports

Box 3

Survey and schedule reflecting increase of income to the Indian on long term lease basis over short term. State wide. 1960 January

Box 3

Photographs. Canyon Country Club 1962 February

Box 3

Memorandum of Attorneys on Behalf of Agua Caliente Indians in Opposition to S. 2396 1957 October

Box 3

Land Problems and Solutions of the Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians, Palm Springs, California by Hilton H. McCabe undated

Box 3

Palm Springs and the Indians, by Robert Bowers 1965

Box 3

Liz Pendens of Messrs. Clark, Preston and Sallee 1958

Box 3

Equalization Notes, proposals, acts and quandary 1957

Box 3

[Untitled report on the history of Indian lands in Palm Springs] undated

Box 3

Geneaology Charts of Some Families of the Palm Springs Indians 1961 December

Box 3

Indian litigation as prepared by Oliver O. Clark 1957

Box 3

Notes and Observations of Eugene E. Therieau 1962

Box 3

Committee Report to the Round Table prepared by Hilton H. McCabe 1959 September

Box 3

Dictated by Mayor Frank Bogert ["A Brief Summary by Frank Bogert Relative to his Experience with Indians and Indian Matters in the Palm Springs Area..."] 1962 January

Box 3

Reports and Correspondence of Governmental Agents 1923-1924 1962

Box 3

Notes on Meeting of November 3, 1961 and Notes on Possible Beginning of Organization of Conservators, etc. 1961

Box 3

Tahquitz-McCallum Obtaining the Rights of Way across Section 14 to get a cross town street undated

Box 3

Indian Guardianships or How a Judge Spends His Time--notes 1957 Fall

Box 3

Notes on Palm Springs Air Port & Proceeds of Sale to City of Palm Springs undated

Box 3

Opinion Letters, with Appendix, Dated September 1, 1960, Re Belardo Estate and Guardianship 1960

Box 3

Material from Bureau of Indian Affairs, Riverside undated

Box 3

Requirements of Bureau of Indian Affairs of Indian Wills 1961

Box 3

Congressional Acts, Proposals and Laws 1950s

Box 3

Pictorial and Narrative History of Flood Devastation of Palm Canyon Road Due to Torrential Storms Beginning on Saturday, February 26, 1938 and Ending on Sunday Morning, March 13, 1938 1938

Box 3

Odlum Committee Report 1956

Box 3

Legal Opinion Regarding Inheritance and Probate of Indians 1960

Box 3

Allotees, Allotment numbers, Names of Guardians and Conservators, address of allotees, etc. 1961

Box 3

Indian Task Force Report 1961 July 10

Box 3

Outside Agreements (Agreements Between Lessees and Adult Indians but not approved by Government) 1959

Box 3

Long Term Leases and the Financing of Them 1960

Box 3

Canyon Country Club Lease 1961

Box 3

New Leasing Regulations as of November 1961 1961

Box 3, Folder 1

Agua Caliente progress report 1962

Box 3, Folder 2

Allotment letters 1954

Box 3, Folder 3-4

Section 14 photographs 1961

Box 3, Folder 5

Victor Gruen plan for Section 14 undated

Box 3, Folder 6

Golden Checkerboard, by Ed Ainsworth [typescript] undated

Box 3, Folder 7

Golden Checkerboard photographs undated

Box 4

Maps, photographs, allotments