Bandini-Winston family collection, 1863-1962

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Summary

Creators:
Winston, John Bandini, 1863-1940
Abstract:
This collection consists of business correspondence, ephemera, estate and land papers related to the Bandini, Couts, and Winston families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Extent:
5.3 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 2 oversize folder)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Bandini-Winston family collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of business correspondence, ephemera, estate and land papers related to the Bandini, Couts, and Winston families. Boxes 1-3 contain correspondence primarily addressed to John Bandini Winston and his wife, Carolina Maria (Couts) Winston. John Winston was an agent in the real estate industry and there are letters from attorneys, banks, dealers, land companies, and occupants. The subject matter in the earlier correspondence concerns the litigation of the heirs and successors of the late Cave Johnson Couts for the ownership of the Buena Vista rancho. Box 4 consists of estate papers and letter books belonging to John Bandini Winston spanning from 1892 through 1922. Box 5 consists of land titles to various lots in Los Angeles County, California. There is also some ephemera and material related to Sven Lokrantz and his wife, Carolina Winston Lokrantz. There are two oversize items: an account book for property in Los Angeles and a photograph of the Tuna Club banquet in 1937.

Biographical / historical:

John Bandini Winston was born in August 1863. He was the son of Dr. James Brown Winston and Marguerite Bandini Winston. He married Carolina Maria Couts in 1887. She was the daughter of Cave Johnson Couts and Maria Ysidora Barbara Bandini. The couple had three children: John Bandini Winston, Jr., Carolina Winston, and Marguerite Y. Winston. Carolina Winston married Dr. Sven Richard Lokrantz, a Swedish medical doctor.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Paul Hunt Books, July 1980.
Processing information:

Processed by Gina C Giang in 2016; in February 2024, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Bandini-Winston family collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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