Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Los Angeles County Incorporation Records (Second Series)
- Dates:
- 1903-1939
- Creators:
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1093 Legal Boxes
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Los Angeles County Incorporation Records (Second Series). Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Background
- Scope and content:
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Articles of incorporation include records for businesses, organizations and churches incorporated in Los Angeles County. Businesses include oil, investment and construction companies; automobile and motion picture enterprises. Social organizations, to name a few, include Culver City Woman’s Club; Downey Athletic Club; South Gate Social Club; Maywood Methodist Episcopal Church; The Midnight Mission; Buffalo Club of Long Beach, California; and Greek Political Club of America. Records may include dissolutions and name changes. Street addresses are not provided in the records. Incorporators’ names are listed; many, but not all documents have original signatures. This second series, covering the 1920s and 1930s, will fill in the gaps of the first series collection: General Collection 1145 (Los Angeles Incorporation Records (First Series), containing records from 1854 to 1922; 1930 to 1933; and 1935 to 1938. 1903-1939 (bulk is 1922-1939)
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1903-1939
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Research is by appointment only
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
- Preferred citation:
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Los Angeles County Incorporation Records (Second Series). Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Location of this collection:
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900 Exposition BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
- Contact:
- (213) 763-3359