Reid (Hugo) Collection, 1852

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Summary

Title:
Hugo Reid Collection
Dates:
1852
Creators:
Reid, Hugo
Abstract:
Extent:
(Boxes: 1/2 legal)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Hugo Reid Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence along with letters to the editor of "Star" newspaper. Topics emphasize customs and the treatment of Mission Indians. Signatures are Hugo Ried [sic] and P. Hugo Ried [sic]. Primarily undated, with one sheet dated 1852.

Biographical / historical:

Hugo Reid (1811?-1852) left Scotland at the age of eighteen and settled in California in 1832. He married a woman of the Gabrielino tribe and became a rancher and owner of Rancho Santa Anita, near the San Gabriel mission in Los Angeles County.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:
1852
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Research is by appointment only

Terms of access:

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:

Hugo Reid Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
Contact:
(213) 763-3359
seavercenter@nhm.org
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