Anita May Baldwin Papers and Addenda: Finding Aid
mssBaldwina
Brooke M. Black
The Huntington Library
June 2022
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Business Number: (626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Anita May Baldwin papers and addenda
Creator:
Baldwin, Anita May,
1876-1939
Identifier/Call Number: mssBaldwina
Physical Description:
13.42 Linear Feet
(20 boxes, 12 volumes, 3 rolls)
Date (inclusive): 1876-1949
Abstract: Papers and addenda belonging to Anita
May Baldwin, daughter of Elias "Lucky" Baldwin, and the Santa Anita Rancho.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Conditions Governing Use
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from
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responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining
necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Anita May Baldwin papers and addenda, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift and purchase from Anne Baldwin Purcell, May 1965 and January 1971.
Biographical / Historical
Anita M. Baldwin (1876-1939) was the daughter of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin (1828-1909)
who was a millionaire investor in Comstock mining stocks; he was later the developer of the
Santa Anita Rancho, which he bought from Harris Newmark in 1875. At the age of 16, Anita May
Baldwin married a cousin George Baldwin (this marriage was annulled); she later married Hull
McClaughry and they had a son: Baldwin McClaughry Baldwin. This marriage ended in divorce,
and she legally reverted to the name Anita M. Baldwin. After E. J. Baldwin's death, Anita
Baldwin inherited the ranch which included vineyards, orchards, livestock, and racehorses;
she continued to run the ranch until selling several acres to the Los Angeles Turf Club in
1933 and most of the remaining acreage for subdivision in 1936.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters, documents, volumes, and maps related to the business
affairs of the Santa Anita Ranch from 1901 to 1904, and the Los Angeles Racing Association
from 1907 to 1922. Of the approximately 600 pieces in this collection, 400 are receipts of
the Los Angeles Racing Association. Additional material in the collection includes
correspondence, diaries, and documents related to the personal and business affairs of Anita
M. Baldwin. Also included is the estate settlements of Elias Jackson Baldwin and his elder
daughter Clara Baldwin Stocker for the period from 1876 to 1936, including two volumes of
city dockets on criminal and civil justice for the city of Arcadia, California. The Addenda
includes business papers for Baldwin M. Baldwin, the Los Angeles Racing Association, and
Anita M. Baldwin. The Addenda also includes a small amount of personal material related to
Anita M. Baldwin such as address books, library and household inventories, poems and other
compositions, musical scores, photographs, and scrapbooks.
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library Staff. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
Arrangement
Organized in the following series: 1. Anita May Baldwin material; 2. Los Angeles Racing
Association; 3. Elias Jackson Baldwin material; 4. Volumes and rolls; 5. Addenda.
General
Former call number: mssBaldwin, Anita papers.
Related Materials
The Anita Baldwin photograph collection (photCL 356).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Criminal justice, Administration of -- California -- Arcadia
Horse racing -- California -- Arcadia
Race horses -- California -- Arcadia
Ranches -- California -- Los Angeles County
Real property -- California -- Los Angeles County
Arcadia (Calif.) -- History
Hollister Ranch (Calif.)
Business records -- California, Southern -- 19th century
Business records -- California, Southern -- 20th century
Dockets -- California, Southern
Letters (correspondence) -- California, Southern -- 19th
century
Letters (correspondence) -- California, Southern -- 20th
century
Maps -- California, Southern -- 19th century
Maps -- California, Southern -- 20th century
Photographs -- California, Southern
Receipts -- California, Southern -- 19th century
Receipts -- California, Southern -- 20th century
Baldwin, Baldwin M.,
1904-1970
Baldwin, Elias Jackson,
1828-1909
Stocker, Clara Baldwin,
1847-1929
Los Angeles Racing Association
Santa Anita Rancho (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Box 1, Box 2
Anita May Baldwin
1876-1936
Box 3, Box 4
Los Angeles Racing Association
1907-1922
Box 5, Box 6
Elias Jackson Baldwin
1879-1918
Volumes and rolls
1881-1931
Volume 1
Elias Jackson Baldwin
1913
Volume 2
The Baldwin Hotel, San Francisco
1881-1883
Volume 3
Santa Anita Ranch
1901-1904
Volume 4
Survey maps of property of Anita May Baldwin
undated
Volume 5
Assets, liabilities, and income of Anita May Baldwin
1914-1916
Volume 6
Estate of Clara Baldwin Stocker
1929-1931
Volume 7, Volume 8
Arcadia, California. City of Recorder's Office
1905-1911
Roll 9
Roll of certificates and tabulated horse pedigrees
undated
Roll 10
Map of California, Map of United States
Roll 11
Rancho Cienega...leasehold map
Box Addenda 1
Baldwin M. Baldwin business papers: accounts, check stubs, life insurance
information, bank statements, receipts, tax information
1942-1948
Box Addenda 2
Los Angeles Racing Association: business accounts, bank statements, check
stubs, account books
1909-1935
Box Addenda 3
Anita May Baldwin business papers: trust papers, birth certificates,
agreements, check book, business correspondence
Box Addenda 4
Anita May Baldwin business papers: agreements, correspondence, inventory
records, papers regarding Rancho Santa Anita, certificate of title, mortgage
papers
Box Addenda 5
Anita May Baldwin business and personal papers: address books, legal papers
and correspondence, certificates, library and household inventories, Rancho Santa
Anita, drawings, watercolors, poems and other manuscripts
Box Addenda 6
Anita M. Baldwin photographs, prints, photo negatives, Baldwin McClaughry
photograph album, unbound photograph album pages
Box Addenda 7
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings related to the Baldwins
1910-1911
Box Addenda 8
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings related to the Baldwins
1911-1913
Box Addenda 9
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings related to the Baldwins
1913-1914
Box Addenda 10
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings related to the Baldwins
1914-1915
Box Addenda 11
Rare Book Box D-3, Anita May Baldwin: Documents and newspaper clippings
pertaining to the Baldwin Theater, Death Valley Mining Co., miscellaneous printed
photographs
Box Addenda 12
Rare Book Box D-4, Anita May Baldwin: printed vocal music written by Anita M.
Baldwin and others, including four bound volumes
Box Addenda 13
Rare Book Box D-5, Anita May Baldwin: printed vocal and instrumental music
bound of Anita M. Baldwin
Volume Addenda 1
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings related to the Baldwins
1922-1923
Volume Addenda 2
Book containing the signature of Anita May Baldwin and several blank
pages
Volume Addenda 3
Estate Settlement Books (6 volumes) for the estate of Elias Jackson
Baldwin
Volume Addenda 4
Maps of Baldwin property bound for Anita May Baldwin
