Seeley Townsite Company records, 1903-1927

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Summary

Title:
Seeley Townsite Company records
Dates:
1903-1927
Creators:
Seeley Townsite Company
Abstract:
This collection consists of records related to the Seeley Townsite Land Company.
Extent:
193 items in 2 boxes
Language:
The records are in English .
Preferred citation:

Seeley Townsite Company records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Seeley Townsite Land Company records contain a certificate of incorporation, correspondence, financial records, invoices, receipts, newspaper clippings, photographs, plat maps, proxies, and stock certificates. There are also two volumes, bylaws and a minute book. There is also a manuscript, Immediate Step Toward Christian Union with no author.

Box 2 contains agreements, deeds, grants, leases, correspondence, promissory notes, and other records related to Seeley Townsite Land Company. These items were donated a year after the first gift in 1983.

Biographical / historical:

The Seeley Townsite Land Company was a land corporation located in the city of El Centro, in Imperial County, California. The directors and stockholders were W.F. Holt, founder of the city of Holtville in 1903, A.M. Seeley, R.R. Crabtree, W.G. Conley, and A.R. Ferguson.

Acquisition information:
Gift from Mr. and Mrs. A. Valentine, 1983 and 1984.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang.
Date Prepared:
© 2016
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Gina C Giang on April 2016

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following web site.

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:

Seeley Townsite Company records, 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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