Records of the Tejon Ranch Company

I. Subject Files, 1912-1943

Scope and Content Note

These files document a wide range of subjects relating to the organization, management, and daily operations of Tejon Ranch. A significant volume of the files relate to the governance of the ranch. Prior to 1936, a Board of Managers oversaw the ranch. This series includes meeting notices, reports, and records of appointments and resignations for the Board of Managers. The files also include the original participation agreement dating from the purchase of the ranch in 1912 and lists of investors, known as beneficial interest holders.

In 1936, two beneficial interest holders – Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company and Security-First National Bank – requested foreclosure of Tejon Ranch. Instead of foreclosure, Tejon Ranch incorporated at Tejon Ranchos Inc., which issued bonds to settle outstanding debts to former beneficial interest holders. This series includes information on the incorporation and bond issues. It also includes Board of Director minutes and resolutions following incorporation.

Other records in this series relate to the daily operation of the ranch. Subjects include cattle feed, grazing, purchase of bulls, the sale of cattle, wheat sales, and barley farming. A number of the files include correspondence between ranch managers and various organizations, include the California Cattlemen's Association, the California Livestock Commission, the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the University of California. The correspondence also includes letters from Harry Chandler, who wrote frequently regarding ranch operations.

Additional subjects of note include files relating to rights-of-way across Tejon Ranch, including the widening of Highway 99, hunting and flower viewing permits, job applications, and the donation of Fort Tejon, the former army installation to the State of California.

Box 1

I. Subject Files, 1912-1943

Folder 1

A - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1931-1941

Folder 2

Acreage - Tejon Ranch [Empty at Time of Processing] n.d.

Folder 3

Adams, R. E. - Bulls 1940-1941

Folder 4

Addresses - old [1/2] 1943

Folder 5

Addresses - old [2/2] 1943

Folder 6

Alward Property, Sale of 1941

Folder 7

Applications 1933-1935

Folder 8

Applications 1936-1941

Folder 9

Applications 1942

Folder 10

Automobiles 1933-1941

Box 2

I. Subject Files, 1912-1944

Folder 1

B - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1933-1941

Folder 2

Bank of America - Statements 1938-1939

Folder 3

Bank of America - Statements 1940

Folder 4

Bank of America - Statements 1941

Folder 5

Bank of America - Statements 1942

Folder 6

Beneficial Interest - Not Competed 1937-1938

Folder 7

Beneficial Interest Holders 1936

Folder 8

Beneficial Interest Holders - Correspondence 1912-1917, 1925-1936

Folder 9

Beneficial Interest Holders - Form Letters 1933-1936

Folder 10

Beneficial Interest Holders - Form Letters - extra copies and drafts 1933-1935

Folder 11

Beneficial Interest Holders - List 1936

Folder 12

Beneficial Interest Holders - Lists - Notes - Assignments 1912-1933

Box 3

I. Subject Files, 1912-1945

Folder 1

Beneficial Interest Holders - Original Participation Agreements 1912

Folder 2

Board of Directors - Copies of Minutes 1936-1939

Folder 3

Board of Directors - Copies of Resolutions 1935-1937

Folder 4

Board of Directors - Miscellaneous 1937

Folder 5

Board of Directors - Miscellaneous Certificates 1937

Folder 6

Board of Managers - Appointments to Board 1918-1921, 1931-1935

Folder 7

Board of Managers - Miscellaneous 1933-1936

Folder 8

Board of Managers - Notice of Meetings 1921-1936

Folder 9

Board of Managers - Reports of Brodie, Hamilton 1933-1935

Folder 10

Board of Managers - Resignations 1934-1935

Folder 11

Bondholders Committee - Letters 1940-1941

Folder 12

Bondholders Committee - Minutes 1937-1941

Box 4

I. Subject Files, 1912-1946

Folder 1

Bondholders Committee - Requests 1937-1941

Folder 2

Bond Issue 1925-1933

Folder 3

Bond Issue - Exchange of Bonds 1936-1937

Folder 4

Bond Issue - Negotiations in Re. to Foreclosure 1935

Folder 5

Bond Issue - New Issue Blank Bonds 1936

Folder 6

Bond Issue - O'Melveney, Tulley and Myers 1936

Folder 7

Bond Issue - Pacific Mutual Life Company 1934-1937

Folder 8

Bond Issue - Purchase of Coupons 1935

Folder 9

Bond Issue - Purchase of Coupons 1936

Folder 10

Bond Issue - Sale of Bonds 1937

Folder 11

Bond Issue - Security First National Bank of Los Angeles 1935-1936

Folder 12

Bond Issue - Title Insurance and Trust Company 1937

Folder 13

Bulls - Correspondence [1/2] [Photos to withdraw] 1935-1936

Box 5

I. Subject Files, 1912-1947

Folder 1

Bulls - Correspondence [2/2] [Photos to withdraw] 1935-1936

Folder 2

Bulls - Correspondence [1/2] 1936-1941

Folder 3

Bulls - Correspondence [2/2] 1936-1941

Folder 4

Burton, W. V. (JMM File) 1937-1939

Folder 5

C - Miscellaneous Correspondence [1/2] 1934-1940

Folder 6

C - Miscellaneous Correspondence [2/2] 1934-1940

Folder 7

California Cattlemen's Association - Correspondence 1925, 1933

Folder 8

California Cattlemen's Association - Correspondence 1933-1935

Folder 9

California Cattlemen's Association [1/2] 1936-1941

Folder 10

California Cattlemen's Association [2/2] 1936-1941

Folder 11

California Intelligence Bureau 1936-1942

Folder 12

California Livestock Commission Company - Cattle feeding agreement, 1939 1939

Box 6

I. Subject Files, 1912-1948

Folder 1

California, People of vs. The Texas Company (Tejon Ranch), No. 27394 [1/4] 1934-1936

Folder 2

California, People of vs. The Texas Company (Tejon Ranch), No. 27394 [2/4] 1934-1936

Folder 3

California, People of vs. The Texas Company (Tejon Ranch), No. 27394 [3/4] 1934-1936

Folder 4

California, People of vs. The Texas Company (Tejon Ranch), No. 27394 {4/4] 1934-1936

Folder 5

California, People of vs. Title Insurance & Trust Company, No. 27967 1934-1936

Folder 6

California, People of vs. Title Insurance & Trust Company, No. 27969 1936-1937

Folder 7

California, People of vs. Title Insurance & Trust Company, No. 27970 [1/2] 1934-1936

Folder 8

California, People of vs. Title Insurance & Trust Company, No. 27970 [2/2] 1934-1936

Box 7

I. Subject Files, 1912-1949

Folder 1

Carey, J. M. and Brothers - Bulls 1939-1940

Folder 2

Carmel Cattle Company 1937-1941

Folder 3

Cattle - Arnold, Max B. 1934-1936

Folder 4

Cattle - Feeding 1934-1935

Folder 5

Cattle - Gill , Will 1934

Folder 6

Cattle - Goddard, Jack 1934

Folder 7

Cattle - Government Sales 1934-1935

Folder 8

Cattle - Grazing - California Land and Cattle Co. 1935-1937

Folder 9

Cattle - Marketing Association Agreement and Code, 1933 1933

Folder 10

Cattle - Meat - Fight 1938-1939

Box 8

I. Subject Files, 1912-1950

Folder 1

Cattle - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1933-1934

Folder 2

Cattle - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1934-1936

Folder 3

Cattle - Miscellaneous Correspondence [1/2] 1937-1941

Folder 4

Cattle - Miscellaneous Correspondence [2/2] 1937-1941

Folder 5

Cattle - Pacific Cottonseed Products Company 1934

Folder 6

Cattle - Pasturing 1935

Folder 7

Cattle - Releases 1934

Folder 8

Cattle - Sales 1930-1935

Folder 9

Cattle - Sales - 4H Boys, 1940-1942 1940-1942

Box 9

I. Subject Files, 1912-1951

Folder 1

Cattle - Sales - California land and Cattle Company 1940-1941

Folder 2

Cattle - Sales - California Livestock Commission [1/2] 1934-1937

Folder 3

Cattle - Sales - California Livestock Commission [2/2] 1934-1937

Folder 4

Cattle - Sales - California Livestock Commission 1938

Folder 5

Cattle - Sales - California Livestock Commission 1939

Folder 6

Cattle - Sales - California Livestock Commission 1940

Folder 7

Cattle - Sales - California Livestock Commission 1941-1942

Folder 8

Cattle - Sales - Harris & Fish, Inc. 1939

Folder 9

Cattle - Sales - Hatchen Livestock Company 1940

Folder 10

Cattle - Sales - Wilkin, Fred L. 1940-1941

Folder 11

Cattle - Sales - Williams, Hue T. 1941

Folder 12

Cattle - Southwestern Feeding Yards 1934

Folder 13

Cattle - Strathearn Bros. 1935

Folder 14

Cattle - Wardlaw Bros. 1934-1935

Folder 15

Cattle - Washburn and Condon 1933-1934

Box 10

I. Subject Files, 1912-1952

Folder 1

Census 1940

Folder 2

Census Reports 1935

Folder 3

Chabeau, Paul - Option to Purchase Property 1942

Folder 4

Chandler, Harry 1934-1941

Folder 5

Chandler, Harry - Correspondence referred by H. C. [1/2] 1933-1939

Folder 6

Chandler, Harry - Correspondence referred by H. C. [2/2] 1933-1939

Folder 7

Chattel Mortgage - Chandler Sherman Corporation 1935-1942

Folder 8

Chattel Mortgage - Copies of Bills of Sales, Releases and Powers of Attorney 1933-1935

Folder 9

Chattel Mortgage - Miscellaneous and Correspondence 1932-1935

Folder 10

Chattel Mortgage - Security First National Bank 1939

Folder 11

Chess, Myer W. - Oranges 1933-1934, 1937-1938

Folder 12

Colombia Broadcasting System, Inc. - Broadcast at Ranch 1942

Folder 13

D - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1935-1940

Folder 14

Division of Highways - Widening Highway 99 - Grapevine to Fort Tejon [1/4] 1940-41

Box 11

I. Subject Files, 1912-1953

Folder 1

Division of Highways - Widening Highway 99 - Grapevine to Fort Tejon [2/4] 1940-41

Folder 2

Division of Highways - Widening Highway 99 - Grapevine to Fort Tejon [3/4] 1940-41

Folder 3

Division of Highways - Widening Highway 99 - Grapevine to Fort Tejon [4/4] 1940-41

Folder 4

E - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1933-1940

Folder 5

El Tejon Ranchos, Inc. 1931-1935

Folder 6

El Tejon Ranchos - Trust Indenture - Security Trust & Savings [1/2] 1916-1926

Folder 7

El Tejon Ranchos - Trust Indenture - Security Trust & Savings [2/2] 1916-1926

Folder 8

El Tejon Ranchos, Inc.- Winding Up and Dissolution of 1938

Folder 9

Employees Contract 1940-1941

Box 12

I. Subject Files, 1912-1954

Folder 1

Employees Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1940-1941

Folder 2

Equipment, sales, purchase, and exchange 1933

Folder 3

F - Miscellaneous 1936-1938

Folder 4

Fagan, J. M. - Hog contract 1939-1940

Folder 5

Fort Tejon 1940-1941

Folder 6

Fort Tejon Miscellaneous [1/3] 1932-1940

Folder 7

Fort Tejon Miscellaneous [2/3] 1932-1940

Folder 8

Fort Tejon Miscellaneous [3/3] 1932-1940

Folder 9

Frazier Park 1933-1934

Folder 10

G - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1934-1941

Folder 11

Government - Miscellaneous Correspondence, see also U. S. Dept. Agriculture [1/2] 1937-1940

Folder 12

Government - Miscellaneous Correspondence, see also U. S. Dept. Agriculture [2/2] 1933-1937

Folder 13

Grain 1933-1937

Box 13

I. Subject Files, 1912-1955

Folder 1

Grain Sales - General Information 1940

Folder 2

Grain Sales - General Information, Barley only 1941

Folder 3

Great Western Livestock Show 1940-1941

Folder 4

H - Miscellaneous - correspondence 1934-1942

Folder 5

Hamilton, Brodie 1940-1941

Folder 6

Highway Rights -of-Way and Easements and Division of Highways [1/2] 1933-1935

Folder 7

Highway Rights -of-Way and Easements and Division of Highways [2/2] 1933-1935

Folder 8

Highway Rights-of-Way - Division of Highways 1933-38

Folder 9

Highway Rights-of-Way - Division of Highways - Oasis Station of Highways [1/2] 1938

Folder 10

Highway Rights-of-Way - Division of Highways - Oasis Station of Highways [2/2] 1938

Box 14

I. Subject Files, 1912-1956

Folder 1

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Condemnation Suit 1937

Folder 2

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Correspondence 1932-1936

Folder 3

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - County of Kern 1936-1938

Folder 4

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Deeds, Agreement, Miscellaneous documents 1925, 1934-1935, 1939-1940

Folder 5

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - General Petroleum Corporation of California 1937

Folder 6

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - General Pipeline Company [1/2] 1933-1935

Folder 7

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - General Pipeline Company [2/2] 1933-1935

Folder 8

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Los Angeles Midway Pipeline Company 1934-1935

Folder 9

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Maps 1934-1935

Box 15

I. Subject Files, 1912-1957

Folder 1

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Pacific Tele and Telegraph Company 1934-1937

Folder 2

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Paper in regards to right of way on North end of property - $7,000.00 1936

Folder 3

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - San Joaquin Light and Power Company 1934-1935

Folder 4

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Southern California Edison Company 1933-1935, 1940

Folder 5

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Southern California Gas Company [1/2] 1930-1935

Folder 6

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Southern California Gas Company [2/2] 1930-1935

Folder 7

Highway Rights-of-Way and Easements - Southern Fuel Company 1934-1935

Folder 8

Hog Sales - California Livestock Commission Company 1939-1940

Folder 9

Horses 1940-1941

Folder 10

I - Miscellaneous - Correspondence [Empty When Processed] n. d.

Folder 11

Indians on Tejon Ranch 1920, 1927-1928

Folder 12

Insurance [1/2] 1933-1935

Box 16

I. Subject Files, 1912-1958

Folder 1

Insurance [2/2] 1933-1935

Folder 2

Insurance [1/2] 1936-1937

Folder 3

Insurance [2/2] 1936-1937

Folder 4

Insurance 1938

Folder 5

Insurance - Automobile 1939-1941

Folder 6

Insurance - Compensation 1939-1942

Folder 7

Insurance - Fire 1939-1941

Box 17

I. Subject Files, 1912-1959

Folder 1

Inventories 1933-1935

Folder 2

Inventory, 1936 1936

Folder 3

Inventory, 1-1-38 1937-1938

Folder 4

Inventory, 1-1-39 1938-1939

Folder 5

Inventory, January 1, 1940 1939-1940

Folder 6

Inventory, January 1, 1941 1941

Folder 7

Inventory, January 1, 1942 1942

Folder 8

J - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1934-1941

Folder 9

K - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1934-1941

Folder 10

Kirkland Property Purchase by Tejon 1940

Folder 11

Krick Weather Report 1941-1945

Folder 12

L - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1934-1941

Box 18

I. Subject Files, 1912-1960

Folder 1

Lands - Offered Tejon 1917, 1925, 1935

Folder 2

Legal Actions - Miscellaneous 1918, 1928-1934

Folder 3

Lincoln Electric Company - guarantee on welder 1939

Folder 4

Lopez, J. J. , Estate Property Purchased 1941-1942

Folder 5

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 1933-1935, 1940-1941

Folder 6

Los Angeles Union Stock Yards [1/2] 1933-1941

Folder 7

Los Angeles Union Stock Yards [2/2] 1938-1941

Folder 8

M - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1934-1942

Folder 9

M. H. Sherman Company - Southwest Land Company 1933-1935

Folder 10

McDonald, Henry Brown - Trade 1941-1942

Folder 11

Memos 1933-1935

Folder 12

Memos 1936-1938

Box 19

I. Subject Files, 1912-1961

Folder 1

Mining and Cement 1933

Folder 2

Moore, William and Wife - proposed purchased NW1/4 - 34 - 12-19, Kern 1919, 1940-1941

Folder 3

MUD, Miscellaneous 1935-1936

Folder 4

Musick & Burrell 1936

Folder 5

N - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1935, 1941

Folder 6

Notes: 1928 and Prior 1912, 1916-1928

Folder 7

O - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1934, 1937

Folder 8

Outdoor advertising - Miscellaneous 1936-1937

Folder 9

P - Miscellaneous 1934-1941

Folder 10

Permenter & Dickey - Cattle feeding Contract 1938-1939

Folder 11

Permits - Flowers 1933-1935

Folder 12

Permits - Flowers 1937-1941

Folder 13

Permits - Hunting 1933-1935

Folder 14

Permits - Hunting 1936-1941

Folder 15

Permits - Miscellaneous 1937-1941

Box 20

I. Subject Files, 1912-1962

Folder 1

Pershing Elementary School 1937-1939

Folder 2

Pipe 1936-1937

Folder 3

Polled, Herefords 1937-1940

Folder 4

Pratt, Mrs. Jennie A. (E.B. Angell Matter) 1939-1940

Folder 5

Purchase Orders - Tejon Ranch Store [1/2] 1937-1938

Folder 6

Purchase Orders - Tejon Ranch Store [2/2] 1937-1938

Folder 7

Purchase Orders - Tejon Ranch Store 1939

Folder 8

Purchase Orders - Tejon Ranch Store [1/2] 1940

Folder 9

Purchase Orders - Tejon Ranch Store [2/2] 1940

Folder 10

Purchase Orders - Tejon Ranch Store 1941

Box 21

I. Subject Files, 1912-1963

Folder 1

Purchase Orders - Tejon Ranch Store 1942

Folder 2

Q - Miscellaneous - Correspondence [Empty When Processed] n. d.

Folder 3

R - Miscellaneous 1933-1941

Folder 4

Ranches for Sale 1935-1937

Folder 5

Range Grasses [1/2] 1933-1937

Folder 6

Range Grasses [2/2] 1933-1937

Folder 7

Range Grasses 1938-1939

Folder 8

Receipts 1938-1939

Folder 9

Receipts, November, 1939 - June 1941 1939-1941

Folder 10

Receipts, June, 1941 - October, 1942 1941-1942

Folder 11

Reorganization - Memorandum Agreements - Copies 1935

Box 22

I. Subject Files, 1912-1964

Folder 1

Reorganization - Memorandum Agreements - Drafts 1935

Folder 2

Reorganization - Memorandum Agreements - -Signed Copy 1935

Folder 3

Reorganization - Miscellaneous 1935

Folder 4

Reports - Appraisals and Reports on Land 1916-1935

Folder 5

Reports - Operations 1912-1914, 1931

Folder 6

Reports - Operations [1/2] 1924-1926

Folder 7

Reports - Operations [1/2] 1925

Folder 8

Risheberger, J. H. - Tejon 1936-1940

Folder 9

Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry - Correspondence 1939-1941

Folder 10

S - Miscellaneous 1934-1941

Folder 11

Sale of Ranch 1919, 1924, 1938

Folder 12

Salt 1935-1936

Folder 13

San Simeon 1931, 1939

Folder 14

Sandberg, H. - Property Agreement 1938-1939

Box 23

I. Subject Files, 1912-1965

Folder 1

Sheep 1934-1939

Folder 2

Smith, Alvin - Feeding Contract 1939

Folder 3

Soil Conservation 1936

Folder 4

Southern Pacific Channel Change [1/2] 1939

Folder 5

Southern Pacific Channel Change [2/2] 1936-1940

Folder 6

Southern Pacific Company - Bena Station 1937-1940

Folder 7

Stockholders - Lists 1936-1939

Folder 8

Stockholders - Meetings 1937

Folder 9

Stockholders - Meeting [1/2] 1938-1939

Folder 10

Stockholders - Meeting [2/2] 1938-1939

Box 24

I. Subject Files, 1912-1966

Folder 1

Stockholders - Meetings 1940

Folder 2

Stockholders - Meetings 1941

Folder 3

Stockholders - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1937

Folder 4

Stockholders - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1938-1941

Folder 5

Stockholders - Stock Transfers 1937-1939

Folder 6

Stray Horses 1940

Folder 7

Survey, Antelope Valley - New 1940

Folder 8

T - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1933-1938, 1941

Folder 9

Tejon Ranch Company - Organization - Agreement between Tejon Ranch Company and Board of Managers, April 29, 1936 1936

Folder 10

Tejon Ranch Company - Organization - Application for permits 1912, 1935-1936, 1938

Folder 11

Tejon Ranch Company - Organization - Certif. Reserv. of Corporate Name - sample certificate and sample by-laws 1936

Folder 12

Tejon Ranch Company - Organization - Chattel Mortgages 1936

Folder 13

Tejon Ranch Company - Organization - Copies Articles of Incorporation 1936

Box 25

I. Subject Files, 1912-1967

Folder 1

Tejon Ranch Company - Organization - Letter - Plan of Reorganization -Letter of Transmittal and Quitclaim sent to Beneficiaries 1936

Folder 2

Tejon Ranch Company - Organization - Offer of Tejon Ranch Company and Request of Board of Managers to T. I. & T. 1936

Folder 3

Tejon Ranch Company - Organization - Title and Insurance Trust Company 1936

Folder 4

Tejon Ranch Company - Reorganization - Correspondence - Articles and Minutes 1936

Folder 5

Tejon Ranch Company New Trust Indenture & Deed of Trust [1/2] 1936

Folder 6

Tejon Ranch Company New Trust Indenture & Deed of Trust [2/2] 1936

Folder 7

Telephone Calls [1/2] 1936-41

Folder 8

Telephone Calls [2/2] 1936-41

Folder 9

Title - Extra Copies Description 1936

Folder 10

Title - Judgment Quieting Title 1935

Folder 11

Title - Rowan Survey 1921

Folder 12

Title - Thomas, O'Brien Abstract [1/2] 1923

Box 26

I. Subject Files, 1912-1968

Folder 1

Title - Thomas, O'Brien Abstract [2/2] 1923

Folder 2

Title - Wheeler Ridge - Chain of Title [1/2] 1935

Folder 3

Title - Wheeler Ridge - Chain of Title [2/2] 1935

Folder 4

Title Dispute - Allison 1935-1940

Folder 5

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Assignment of Interest in Income and Bill of Sale on Personal Property 1936

Folder 6

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Authorizations Unexecuted Copies 1935

Folder 7

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Authorizations Unexecuted Copies 1936

Folder 8

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Bonds and Notes 1937-39

Folder 9

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Executed Authorizations 1935

Folder 10

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Executed Authorizations [1/2] 1936

Folder 11

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Executed Authorizations [2/2] 1936

Box 27

I. Subject Files, 1912-1969

Folder 1

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Grant Deed from El Tejon Ranchos, Inc. to Title and Insurance Trust Company 1926

Folder 2

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Miscellaneous [1/2] 1932-1935

Folder 3

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Miscellaneous [1/2] 1932-1935

Folder 4

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Miscellaneous 1936

Folder 5

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Miscellaneous Original Documents brought from Title Company [1/2] 1921-1935

Folder 6

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Miscellaneous Original Documents brought from Title Company [2/2] 1921-1935

Folder 7

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Original Deeds, Reconveyances and Releases to Tejon Ranch Company 1936

Folder 8

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Requests - Subordination Agreements 1935

Folder 9

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Requests - Subordination Agreements 1936

Folder 10

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Trust Indenture 1926

Folder 11

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Trust Indenture - May 1, 1936 1936

Box 28

I. Subject Files, 1912-1970

Folder 1

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Trust Indenture - Interpretation 1935

Folder 2

Title Insurance and Trust Company - Trust Indenture - Supplemental 1934

Folder 3

Title Insurance and Trust Company (Tejon) vs. J. J. Kelly et al. 28329 [1/4] 1922-1935

Folder 4

Title Insurance and Trust Company (Tejon) vs. J. J. Kelly et al. 28329 [2/4] 1922-1935

Folder 5

Title Insurance and Trust Company (Tejon) vs. J. J. Kelly et al. 28329 [3/4] 1922-1935

Folder 6

Title Insurance and Trust Company (Tejon) vs. J. J. Kelly et al. 28329 [4/4] 1922-1935

Folder 7

Title Insurance and Trust Company (Tejon) vs. J. J. Kelly et al. 28329 - Correspondence and Notes 1922-1935

Box 29

I. Subject Files, 1912-1971

Folder 1

Title Insurance and Trust Company (Tejon) vs. Frank L. Meline, et al. No. 28876 1935-1936

Folder 2

U - Miscellaneous 1934, 1937

Folder 3

U. S. Department of Agriculture - Correspondence [1/2] 1938-1941

Folder 4

U. S. Department of Agriculture - Correspondence [2/2] 1938-1941

Folder 5

U. S. Department of Agriculture - Range Conservation Program 1937-1938

Folder 6

U. S. Department of Agriculture - Wheat Acreage Allotment [1/2] 1940-1941

Folder 7

U. S. Department of Agriculture - Wheat Acreage Allotment [2/2] 1940-1941

Folder 8

University of California - Correspondence 1936-1941

Box 30

I. Subject Files, 1912-1972

Folder 1

V - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1934-1939

Folder 2

Van Tilburgh, Charles R. 1939

Folder 3

Van Tilburgh, Charles R. 1940

Folder 4

Van Tilburgh, Charles R. -From JMM Files 1941

Folder 5

W - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1934-1940

Folder 6

Water and Power Development 1923-1929, 1933-1938

Folder 7

Water Appropriation 1932-1935

Folder 8

Wheat and Barley - Penalties Ect. [1/2] 1941

Folder 9

Wheat and Barley - Penalties Ect. [2/2] 1941

Box 31

I. Subject Files, 1912-1973

Folder 1

Wheat Sales and Penalties [1/2] 1941

Folder 2

Wheat Sales and Penalties [2/2] 1941

Folder 3

Williamson, Ramsay and Hoge 1934-1938

Folder 4

Wood 1934-1937

Folder 5

XYZ - Miscellaneous - Correspondence 1935, 1937

Folder 6

Yates Unlawful Detainer 1933-1935

II. Internal Correspondence, 1933-1945

Scope and Content Note

This series includes letters, telegrams and memoranda exchanged between employees of Tejon Ranch. The letters from 1933 through early 1944 are primarily between Brodie Hamilton, president, and Tony Araujo, manager of Tejon Ranch. Starting in April 1944, the correspondence frequently includes Louis H. Rochford, vice president of Tejon Ranch.

The subject matter of the letters includes a variety of ranch management issues. Many of the letters regard management of cattle, including sales, breeding, condition, movement within Tejon Ranch, and cattle rustlers. Other common subjects include oil and agricultural leases, rights-of way, trespassers and poachers, hunting permits, squirrel abatement, field conditions, rainfall, back deposits and procurement.

Box 32

II. Internal Correspondence, 1933-1945

Folder 1

Tejon Ranch Correspondence June-Dec. 1933

Folder 2

Tejon Ranch Correspondence Jan.-May 1934

Folder 3

Tejon Ranch Correspondence June-Aug. 1934

Folder 4

Tejon Ranch Correspondence Sept.-Dec. 1934

Folder 5

Tejon Ranch Correspondence Jan.-May

Folder

1935

Folder 6

Tejon Ranch Correspondence June-Dec. 1935

Folder 7

Tejon Ranch Correspondence Jan.-June 1936

Folder 8

Tejon Ranch Correspondence July-Dec. 1936

Folder 9

Tejon Ranch Correspondence Jan.-May 1937

Folder 10

Tejon Ranch Correspondence June-Dec. 1937

Box 33

II. Internal Correspondence, 1933-1945

Folder 1

Tejon Ranch Correspondence 1938

Folder 2

Tejon Ranch Correspondence 1939

Folder 3

Tejon Ranch Correspondence 1940

Folder 4

Tejon Ranch Correspondence 1941

Folder 5

Tejon Ranch Correspondence 1942

Folder 6

Tejon Ranch Correspondence 1943

Folder 7

Tejon Ranch Correspondence Jan.-April 1944

Folder 8

Tejon Ranch Correspondence May-July 1944

Folder 9

Tejon Ranch Correspondence Aug.-Dec. 1944

Folder 10

Tejon Ranch Correspondence Jan.-Mar. 1945

Folder 11

Tejon Ranch Correspondence April-July 1945

Folder 12

Tejon Ranch Correspondence Aug.-Dec. 1945

III. Financial Statements, 1931-1941

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of financial statement and some working papers used to generate those statements. The statements include balance sheets, profit and loss statements, application of funds, operating disbursements, inventory recapitulations, and administrative expenses.

Box 34

III. Financial Statements, 1931-1941

Folder 1

Statements - Trial Balances 1936

Folder 2

Statements - Miscellaneous 1921-1932

Folder 3

Statements - Trial Balances 1928

Folder 4

Statements - Trial Balances 1929

Folder 5

Statements - Trial Balances 1931

Folder 6

Statements - Annual Reports 1932

Folder 7

Statements - Trial Balances 1932

Folder 8

Statements - Administrative Expenses 1933

Folder 9

Statements - Monthly - From Ranch 1933

Folder 10

Statements - Trial Balances 1933

Folder 11

Statements - Administrative Expenses 1934

Folder 12

Statements - Monthly - From Ranch 1934

Box 35

III. Financial Statements, 1931-1941

Folder 1

Statements 1934

Folder 2

Statements - Administrative Expenses 1935

Folder 3

Statements - Miscellaneous [1/2] 1935

Folder 4

Statements - Miscellaneous [2/2] 1935

Folder 5

Statements - Monthly - From Ranch 1935

Folder 6

Statements 1936

Folder 7

Statements - Balance Sheets & Profit & Loss 1936

Folder 8

Statements - Journal Entries 1937

Folder 9

Statements - Miscellaneous 1937

Folder 10

Statements - Monthly Cash 1937

Folder 11

Statements - Working Papers - Monthly & Quarterly 1937

Box 36

III. Financial Statements, 1931-1941

Folder 1

Statements 1938

Folder 2

Statements - Monthly Accounts Payable 1938

Folder 3

Statements - Balance Sheets & Profit & Loss 1938

Folder 4

Statements - Monthly Cash 1938

Folder 5

Statements - Monthly Cash Working Papers, June 1937-December 1938 1938

Folder 6

Statements - Monthly Payroll 1938

Folder 7

Statements - Journal Entries 1938

Folder 8

Statements 1939

Folder 9

Statements - Accounts Payable 1939

Folder 10

Statements - Balance Sheets & Profit & Loss 1939

Folder 11

Statements - Monthly Cash 1939

Folder 12

Statements - Monthly Cash Working Papers 1939

Folder 13

Statements - Monthly Payroll 1939

Folder 14

Statements - Journal Entries 1939

Box 37

III. Financial Statements, 1931-1941

Folder 1

Statements 1940

Folder 2

Statements - Monthly Accounts Payable 1940

Folder 3

Statements - Balance Sheets & Profit & Loss 1940

Folder 4

Statements - Monthly Cash 1940

Folder 5

Statements - Monthly Cash Working Papers 1940

Folder 6

Statements - Monthly Payroll 1940

Folder 7

Statements - Journal Entries 1940

Folder 8

Statements - Monthly Accounts Payable 1941

Folder 9

Statements - Balance Sheets & Profit & Loss 1941

Folder 10

Statements - Monthly Cash 1941

Folder 11

Statements - Monthly Cash Working Papers 1941

Folder 12

Statements - Monthly Payroll 1941

IV. Tax Files, 1933-1942

Box 38

IV. Tax Files, 1933-1942

Folder 1

Taxes - Income and Franchise 1933, 1935

Folder 2

Taxes - Income and Franchise 1936

Folder 3

Taxes - Lists - Correspondence 1941

Folder 4

Taxes - Payroll - Unemployment - Miscellaneous 1935

Folder 5

Taxes - Property - Lists and Correspondence 1940

Folder 6

Taxes - Property Tax Bills 1939-40

Folder 7

Taxes - Property Tax Bills 1940-41

Folder 8

Taxes - Property Tax Bills 1941-42

Folder 9

Taxes - Refund 1937-1938

Folder 10

Taxes - State and County [1/2] to 1935

Folder 11

Taxes - State and County [2/2] to 1935

Folder 12

Taxes - State and County - Correspondence 1936

Box 39

IV. Tax Files, 1933-1942

Folder 1

Taxes - State and County - Lists and Correspondence 1937

Folder 2

Taxes - State and County - Lists and Correspondence 1938

Folder 3

Taxes - State and County - Lists and Correspondence 1939

Folder 4

Taxes - State and County Tax Bills 1936-1937

Folder 5

Taxes - State and County Tax Bills 1937-1938

Folder 6

Taxes - State and County Tax Bills 1938-1939

V. Lease Files – General, 1923-1942

Box 40

V. Lease Files – General, 1923-1942

Folder 1

Leases - Associated Oil Company 1935-1937

Folder 2

Leases - Bowlus Sailplanes, Inc. - Sailplane Training School 1942

Folder 3

Leases - Camp Tejon and Lee Vines 1933-1936

Folder 4

Leases - Coe and Peacock - Grazing 1942-1943

Folder 5

Leases - Grapevine Hotel and Garage [1/2] 1932-1935

Folder 6

Leases - Grapevine Hotel and Garage [2/2] 1932-1935

Folder 7

Leases - Miscellaneous [1/2] 1923-1934

Folder 8

Leases - Miscellaneous [2/2] 1923-1934

Folder 9

Leases - Miscellaneous 1937-1938

Folder 10

Leases - Miscellaneous Grain Leases 1936

Folder 11

Leases - Peter's Ranch - O'Brien 1933-1935

Folder 12

Leases - Rudnick, Oscar 1941

Folder 13

Leases - Shady Inn - Mabel E. Knotts 1934-1935

Folder 14

Leases - Shady Inn - H.L. Spears 1935

Folder 15

Leases - State of California - Forestry Station 1934-1935

VI. Lease Files – Agricultural, 1931-1942

Scope and Content Note

These agricultural lease files include correspondence and lease agreements relating to the production of wheat and barley on Tejon Ranch.

Box 41

VI. Lease Files – Agricultural, 1931-1942

Folder 1

Agricultural Leases - Barlow, E. F. Jr. 1938-1939

Folder 2

Agricultural Leases - Crawford, Wally 1938-1942

Folder 3

Agricultural Leases - Culff, Harry 1938

Folder 4

Agricultural Leases - David, Huff 1940-1942

Folder 5

Agricultural Leases - Eyraud, J. C. 1939-1942

Folder 6

Agricultural Leases - Harring, Lee 1942

Folder 7

Agricultural Leases - Harris, Joe 1938-1939

Folder 8

Agricultural Leases - Hill, Russell 1935-1941

Folder 9

Agricultural Leases - Johnson, Beatrice (Mrs. F. R.) 1935-1942

Folder 10

Agricultural Leases - Johnson, P. D. 1939-1940

Folder 11

Agricultural Leases - Karpe, A. H. 1938-1942

Folder 12

Agricultural Leases - Kingsburgy, Andrew 1931-1940

Folder 13

Agricultural Leases - LaFollette, S. N. 1935-1941

Folder 14

Agricultural Leases - Laras, Chris 1933-1941

Folder 15

Agricultural Leases - Long, Morgan M. 1939

Folder 16

Agricultural Leases - Long Brothers (S. P. Land) 1935-1939

Folder 17

Agricultural Leases - Permenter & Dickey - Delta Farms 1934-1940

Folder 18

Agricultural Leases - Powers, Tom 1938-1939

Folder 19

Agricultural Leases - Williams, Irving 1940-1941

VII. Lease Files – Mining, 1927-1941

Scope and Content Note

These files contain lease agreements and correspondence relating to mining on Tejon Ranch. Most of the leases are for the mining of dolomite or for prospecting for precious metals. One lease relates to the mining of bentonite clay and one for "buried treasure."

Box 42

VII. Lease Files – Mining, 1927-1941

Folder 1

Mining - Astholz, Fred - Dolomite 1939

Folder 2

Mining - Atha, George 1940-1941

Folder 3

Mining - Bauer, Harry J. 1936

Folder 4

Mining - Boyd, Dave H. - Cancelled 1937

Folder 5

Mining - Boyd, L. G. - Cancelled 1938

Folder 6

Mining - Brown, E. M. - Dolomite, cancelled 1934-1937

Folder 7

Mining - Butler, P. B. [1/2] 1937-1939

Folder 8

Mining - Butler, P. B. [2/2] 1937-1939

Folder 9

Mining - Calhoun, Patrick - Dolomite 1941

Folder 10

Mining - Callaway, Grace E. 1939-1940

Folder 11

Mining - Cluff, Harvey 1934-1938

Folder 12

Mining - Christenson, Roy M. - Dolomite 1941

Folder 13

Mining - Daley, M. Milton (DuPont) 1941

Folder 14

Mining - Gish, L. E. 1941

Folder 15

Mining - Hooker - Granquist - Bentonite 1936-1938

Folder 16

Mining - Jones, E. E. (mud pitt - cancelled) 1935-1936

Folder 17

Mining - List, Charles W. - Buried Treasured 1941

Folder 18

Mining - McKenzie, Howard - Cancelled 1937-1938

Folder 19

Mining - Moore, Amon - Cement Plant 1927

Folder 20

Mining - Ogden, Ray T. - Cancelled 1939

Folder 21

Mining - Pierce, H. L. Dolomite 1941-1942

Folder 22

Mining - Pritty, Harry 1935-1941

Folder 23

Mining - Schaffer, William L. - Charles Sindelar [1/2] 1937-1938

Folder 24

Mining - Schaffer, William L. - Charles Sindelar [2/2] 1937-1938

Box 43

VII. Lease Files – Mining, 1927-1941

Folder 1

Mining - Sindelar, Charles 1939-1940

Folder 2

Mining - Smith, Metz 1939-1940

Folder 3

Mining - Spears, H. L. 1939-1940

Folder 4

Mining - Valencia, P. g. 1936-1937

Folder 5

Mining - Vincent, R. W. 1939-1940

Folder 6

Mining - Young, M. N. 1933-1934

Folder 7

Mining - Miscellaneous Permits (see also Miscellaneous Correspondence) [1/3] 1934-1935

Folder 8

Mining - Miscellaneous Permits (see also Miscellaneous Correspondence) [2/3] 1934-1935

Folder 9

Mining - Miscellaneous Permits (see also Miscellaneous Correspondence) [3/3] 1934-1935

Folder 10

Mining - Miscellaneous Correspondence (see also Miscellaneous Permits) 1933-1935

VIII. Lease Files – Oil Drilling, 1932-1943

Scope and Content Note

These files contain lease agreements and correspondence relating to drilling for oil on Tejon Ranch. The largest leases were to Hall-Baker Company and 101 Oil Company.

Box 44

VIII. Lease Files – Oil Drilling, 1932-1943

Folder 1

Oil - 101 Oil Company - Lease Number 1 1935-1936

Folder 2

Oil - 101 Oil Company - Lease Number 1A [1/2] 1936-1940

Folder 3

Oil - 101 Oil Company - Lease Number 1A [2/2] 1936-1940

Folder 4

Oil - 101 Oil Company - Lease Number 2 [1/2] 1936-1940

Folder 5

Oil - 101 Oil Company - Lease Number 2 [2/2] 1936-1940

Folder 6

Oil - 101 Oil Company - Lease Number 4 1938

Folder 7

Oil - 101 Oil Company - Assignment 1936-1937

Folder 8

Oil - 101 Oil Company - Miscellaneous 1934-1938

Box 45

VIII. Lease Files – Oil Drilling, 1932-1943

Folder 1

Oil - Barnsdale Oil Company 1932

Folder 2

Oil - Bear Mountain Oil Company 1933

Folder 3

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 1 [1/2] 1934-1938

Folder 4

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 1 [2/2] 1934-1938

Folder 5

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 2 [1/2] 1934-1934

Folder 6

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 2 [2/2] 1934-1934

Folder 7

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 2B 1935-1938

Folder 8

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 3 1934-1935

Folder 9

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 4 1934-1936

Box 46

VIII. Lease Files – Oil Drilling, 1932-1943

Folder 1

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 5 1935-1939

Folder 2

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 6 1935-1939

Folder 3

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 7 1936-1938

Folder 4

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 8 1938

Folder 5

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 9 1938-1939

Folder 6

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Lease 10 1938

Folder 7

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Miscellaneous 1934-1937

Folder 8

Oil - Hall-Baker Company - Water Lease 1935

Box 47

VIII. Lease Files – Oil Drilling, 1932-1943

Folder 1

Oil - Hamill, Kennedy 1938

Folder 2

Oil - Logs, Miscellaneous 1936

Folder 3

Oil - Loren L. Hillman, Inc. 1940-1941

Folder 4

Oil - Maps 1932

Folder 5

Oil - Minner, Sr., W.A. 1935

Folder 6

Oil - Miscellaneous 1925-1935

Folder 7

Oil - Miscellaneous, 1935 and Prior 1935-1942

Folder 8

Oil - Miscellaneous Original Executed Leases from Title Insurance and Trust Company 1935-1936

Folder 9

Oil - Ohio Oil Company - Lease No. 2 1938

Box 48

VIII. Lease Files – Oil Drilling, 1932-1943

Folder 1

Oil - Petrol Corp., The 1934

Folder 2

Oil - Plats - Miscellaneous 1934-1937

Folder 3

Oil - Ritchie, J. J. 1933-1935

Folder 4

Oil - Sargent, Willis 1938-1940

Folder 5

Oil - Schleiff, Eric - Lease No. 1 1937-1943

Folder 6

Oil - Schleiff, Eric - Lease No. 2 1937-1938

Box 49

VIII. Lease Files – Oil Drilling, 1932-1943

Folder 1

Oil - Shell Oil Company 1935

Folder 2

Oil - Sherman and Wright 1938-1939

Folder 3

Oil - Tiffany, Frank Emery 1937-1938

Folder 4

Oil - Universal Consolidated - Royalties 1937-1940

Folder 5

Oil - Young, Thomas A. [1/2] 1934-1938

Folder 6

Oil - Young, Thomas A. [2/2] 1934-1938

Folder 7

Oil - Young, Thomas A. & Olmstead, E.L. 1938-1940

IX. Lease Files – Leased to Tejon, 1929-1941

Scope and Content Note

These files document leases made to the Tejon Ranch for land to be used for grazing. They include correspondence and lease agreements.

Box 50

IX. Lease Files – Leased to Tejon, 1929-1941

Folder 1

Leases - Avery, Russ 1937-1938

Folder 2

Leases - Baker, V.P. (Agent and Part Owner with Miss B.E.M. Newton) 1937-1939

Folder 3

Leases - Belloni, Bennie 1938-1939

Folder 4

Leases - Evans, E.C. & Sons, Inc. 1934-1936

Folder 5

Leases - Gough, Mrs. Maude 1937-1940

Folder 6

Leases - Kern Valley Packing Compnay 1938

Folder 7

Leases - Long, Dr. S.C. 1934-1937

Folder 8

Leases - Lopez, J.J., Estate of - Pearl M. Mecham, Adminx. 1939-1941

Folder 9

Leases - Lynch, Harry G. & Mrs. M.E. 1934-1936

Folder 10

Leases - Miscellaneous Land Leased by Tejon 1934-1938

Folder 11

Leases - Musser, Edgar H. 1939-1940

Folder 12

Leases - Robinson Agency 1935-1939

Folder 13

Leases - Rouff Brothers 1936-1940

Folder 14

Leases - Rudnick, Oscar - Grazing 1941

Folder 15

Leases - Schamblin, Mrs. Gus 1934-1940

Folder 16

Leases - Schueter, W.O. 1938-1939

Folder 17

Leases - Shady Inn - H.L. Spears 1935

Folder 18

Leases - Shady Inn - Mabel E. Knoth 1929-1935

Folder 19

Leases - Skilles, Mrs. Katherine A. - Leased by Tejon Ranch Company 1937-1940

Folder 20

Leases - Smith, Fred A. 1937-1939

Folder 21

Leases - State of California - Forestry Station 1934-1935

Folder 22

Leases - Stern Realty Company 1933-1940

Folder 23

Leases - Weber, H. R. 1934-1939

Folder 24

Leases - Woody, A.J. 1937-1940

Folder 25

Proposed Acreage to be Leased to Tejon Ranch Company 1936-1939

X. Photographs, n.d.

Box 51

X. Photographs, n.d.

Folder 1

Photographs [1/8] (Tejon 001 to 015) n.d.

Folder 2

Photographs [2/8] (Tejon 016 to 030) n.d.

Folder 3

Photographs [3/8] (Tejon 031 to 045) n.d.

Folder 4

Photographs [4/8] (Tejon 046 to 060) n.d.

Folder 5

Photographs [5/8] (Tejon 061 to 096) n.d.

Folder 6

Photographs [6/8] (Tejon 097 to 112) n.d.

Folder 7

Photographs [7/8] (Tejon 113 to 127) n.d.

Folder 8

Photographs [8/8] (Tejon 128 to 144) n.d.

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