Overview of the Collection
Access
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Overview of the Collection
Title: Evelyn L. V. Howell
Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1831-1905
Collection Number: mssHM 72100-72174
Creator:
Howell, Evelyn L. V. (Evelyn Lionel Victor).
Extent: 75 items in 2 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection consists of 75 items primarily comprised of legal documents
pertaining to real estate transactions in and around San Jan Capistrano, Los
Angeles, and San Diego, California, in the late 19th century.
Language: English, with a few
items in Spanish.
Access
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
Administrative Information
Publication Rights
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]. Evelyn L. V. Howell Collection, The Huntington Library,
San Marino, California.
Provenance
Gift of Evelyn L. V. Howell, June 1940.
Biographical Note
Evelyn L.V. Howell was a weather station observer at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
Scope and Content
The collection consists primarily of legal documents
pertaining to real estate transactions in and around San Jan Capistrano, Los
Angeles, and San Diego in the late nineteenth century. The collection also includes
records of land grants made by the U.S. government to individuals in the southern
California area. Documents include grants, land patents, deeds, indentures,
mortgages, leases, and a few court documents.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Howell, Evelyn L. V.
(Evelyn Lionel Victor)
Land titles -- California -- Los Angeles
County.
Land titles -- California -- San Diego
County.
Land titles -- California -- San Juan
Capistrano.
Letters patent.
Mortgages -- California -- Los Angeles
County.
Mortgages -- California -- San Diego
County.
Mortgages -- California -- San Juan
Capistrano.
Real property -- California -- Los
Angeles County.
Real property -- California -- San
Diego County.
Real property -- California -- San Juan
Capistrano.
Forms/Genres
Indentures -- California, Southern.
Land grants -- California, Southern.
Mortgages -- California, Southern.