Pueblo Lands Collection

Title: Pueblo Lands Collection

Dates: 1850-1991

Collection Number: MS.021

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 box, 1 linear ft.

Repository: San Diego Public Library

Abstract: This collection embodies the research done by local San Diego historian Clare Crane in 1991 for a book that was never written, tentatively titled "The Shaping of San Diego: An Urban History." Ultimately, some of her research led to an article she wrote for the Journal of San Diego History titled "The Pueblo Lands: San Diego’s Hispanic Heritage." The collection is organized as Dr. Crane left it.

Language of Material: English

Collection is open for research.

San Diego Public Library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of San Diego Public Library's collection must be given by the San Diego Public Library.

Pueblo Lands Collection. San Diego Public Library

This collection embodies the research done by local San Diego historian Clare Crane in 1991 for a book that was never written, tentatively titled The Shaping of San Diego: An Urban History. Ultimately, some of her research led to an article she wrote for the Journal of San Diego History titled The Pueblo Lands: San Diego’s Hispanic Heritage. The collection is organized as Dr. Crane left it. In 1834 Mexico recognized San Diego as a pueblo (a town), with the right to pueblo lands. When California became a state in 1850, it inherited the legal rights and the lands assigned under Spanish and Mexican law. As Clare Crane stated in her paper in the Journal of San Diego History, this collection “focuses on the complicated legal history of the acquisition of San Diego’s Pueblo Lands -- an extremely valuable legacy of some 48,000 acres.” The Pueblo Lands Collection was donated by Judy Swink in January 2017.