Milton D. Painter Collection mssPainter

Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
July 2020
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
reference@huntington.org


Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
Title: Milton D. Painter collection
Creator: Painter, Milton D.
Identifier/Call Number: mssPainter
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1848-1935
Abstract: A collection of documents related to the Painter family and the Pasadena Land and Water Company.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Milton D. Painter collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Charles W. Painter, May 1978.

Biographical / Historical

Milton D. Painter was born in Springdale, Iowa, on March 29, 1852, one of eight children. His elementary education was obtained in five district schools, but when he was fourteen he entered the Muscatine schools, and five years later graduated from the high school. Painter clerked with a lumber firm and for five years worked in a wholesale grocery; after moving to Marshall county, Iowa, he was a bookkeeper for five years in a general store and in mills. Painter moved to Pasadena, California in 1883 where he was a partner with his father, John H. Painter, and brother, Alonzo J. Painter. Milton Painter was involved in real estate and prominently connected with street railroad in Pasadena. On the incorporation of the North Pasadena Water Company in 1885 he was chosen secretary and then president. In 1897, with his father and brother, Milton D. Painter founded the Painter Hotel; after the death of his father, he became proprietor and sole owner of the renamed La Pintoresca, a famous winter resort, situated between Pasadena and the base of the Sierra Madre mountains.

Scope and Contents

A collection of 42 items from 1848 to 1935, it primarily contains documents, such as agreements, deeds, and maps relating to the Painter family and the Pasadena Land and Water Company. The majority of the maps and plats show the land owned or controlled by the Painter family in Southern California. There are also personal letters from John H. Painter and Alonzo J. Painter to Milton D. Painter from the late 1800s.

Processing Information

Processed by Gina C Giang, 2013. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the electronic finding aid derived from an earlier finding aid.

Arrangement

Organized in the following manner: correspondence, documents, and ephemera.

Related Materials

The photographs that came with the collection were transferred to Photo Archives (photPF 21010).

General

Former call number: mssPainter collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Earthwork
Fruit-culture -- California
Real property -- California, Southern
Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County, Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Pasadena (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Agreements -- California -- 19th century
Bills of sale -- California -- 19th century
Certificates -- United States -- 19th century
Deeds -- California -- 19th century
Indentures -- California -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 19th century
Plats (land) -- California
Plats (maps) -- California
Painter, Alonzo J.
Painter, John H.
Los Angeles Railway
North Pasadena Land and Water Company
Pasadena Land and Water Company
Title Insurance and Trust Company (1893-1968)

Box 1, Folder 1-16

Correspondence and documents 1848-1935