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Title: David A. W. Young Papers
Dates: 1962-1988
Collection Number: 2017_06
Creator/Collector:
Young, David A. W.
Extent: 1 linear foot, 8 inches; 4 archives boxes.
Repository:
Sherman Library and Gardens
Corona del Mar, California 92625
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, reports, financial data, clippings and ephemera related to the real estate investments
and activities of various corporations and development companies.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research.
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Sherman Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by
the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The Sherman Library do not hold the copyright.
David A. W. Young Papers. Sherman Library and Gardens
The collection was donated to the Sherman Library by David A. W. Young in 1997.
Biography/Administrative History
David A. W. Young served as treasurer and assistant secretary to Volk-McLain Communities, Inc., as treasurer and controller
for the Great Southwest Corporation, and as secretary-treasurer of the Newport Beach-based Buccola Co. He also served as
chairman of the Real Estate Committee of the California CPA Society.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, financial data, clippings and ephemera related to the real estate investments
and activities of various corporations and development companies. These companies, some of which were subsidiaries of the
Penn Central Company, include the Macco Corporation (Newport Beach, Calif.), the Macco Realty Company (Newport Beach, Calif.),
the Great Southwest Corporation (Los Angeles, Calif.), Volk-McLain Communities, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Six Flags,
Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.). Some of the development projects and subdivisions represented in the collection include Coto
de Caza, Lake California, Porter Ranch, and Rancho California.
Real estate development – California – History.
Real estate development – Orange County, Calif. – History.
Great Southwest Corporation.
Macco Corporation.
Macco Realty Company.
Six Flags, Inc.
Volk-McLain Communities, Inc.
Coto de Caza - California