Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Heslop (Family)
- Abstract:
- Papers belonging to the Heslop family, early Pasadena, California landowners.
- Extent:
- 2.41 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Heslop family papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of documents, including account books, and manuscripts related to Heslop family genealogy, land dealings near the city of Pasadena (including Lamanda Park), and the litigation for title of Rancho Muscupiabe. Of note in the collection is a traced copy of a map of Rancho San Pascual, 1843, and José Heslop's diary of a voyage off the coast of Lower California and notes regarding working for Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin, 1906.
- Biographical / historical:
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Members of the Heslop (often spelled Heslope) family were early landowners in eastern Pasadena, California. José Heslop (1835-1899) was born of English and Chilean parents in Valparaiso, Chile, and he came to California and married Francisca White. She was the daughter of Michael White, an English sailor who came early to California and married the daughter of Eulalia Pérez de Guillén, through whom Francisca inherited portions of Rancho San Pascual (present-day Pasadena) and Rancho Muscupiabe near San Bernardino.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Burger Evans, November 1971.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2021, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Land titles -- California, Southern
Ranches -- California -- Los Angeles County
Ranches -- California -- San Bernardino County
Ranches -- California, Southern -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Real property -- California -- Pasadena
Real property -- California, Southern
Account books -- California, Southern
Manuscripts (documents) -- California, Southern
Maps (documents) -- California, Southern - Names:
- Baldwin, Elias Jackson, 1828-1909
Heslop, José, 1835-1899 - Places:
- Lamanda Park (Calif.) -- History
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Rancho Muscupiabe (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Rancho San Pascual (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Rancho San Pascual (Calif.) -- Maps
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of item]. Heslop family papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191