Survey Maps of Los Angeles: Finding Aid mssSurveyLA
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
November 2020
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San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Survey maps of Los Angeles
Creator:
Violé, Félix,
1856-1925
Identifier/Call Number: mssSurveyLA
Physical Description:
27.3 Linear Feet
(88 rolled maps)
Date (inclusive): 1907-1922
Abstract: A collection of maps of Los Angeles,
California, and surrounding areas created by Félix Violé, map surveyor and
publisher.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Survey maps of Los Angeles, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Norbert A. Schlei, August 1979.
Biographical / Historical
Félix Violé (1856-1925) was born in Bayonne, France; he trained as a civil engineer and
became a Los Angeles surveyor and map publisher. He came to Los Angeles, California, in
1887, and was editor of the French language newspaper "Le Progres." In 1896, Violé was hired
as a draftsman field engineer and surveyor for the City Engineer of Los Angeles, and in 1900
he began publishing official maps of the city and county of Los Angeles. In 1902, Violé
formed his own company, the Félix Violé Map Company, later called Félix Violé Blue Printing
and Félix Violé and Son.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 88 large rolled maps drawn chiefly by Félix Violé; the maps are
of Los Angeles city, county, and surrounding areas. There are 10 brown line prints but the
majority of the maps are in black ink on tracing cloth; these maps were probably the masters
on which his published maps were based. The collection also includes maps drawn by Homer
Hamlin, T. G. Koeberle, and Fernand Rouseyrol.
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1985. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by location.
General
Former call number: mssSurvey Maps of LA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Surveyors -- California -- Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Maps
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Maps
Manuscript maps -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th
century
Manuscript maps -- California -- Los Angeles County -- 20th
century
Hamlin, Homer,
1864-1920
Koeberle, T. G.
Rouseyrol, Fernand
Roll 1
California, Southern Portion (listing Indian Reservations and
Ranchos)
1913 November
Roll 2
Glendale and Los Feliz area
approximately 1915?
Roll 3.a.
City of Hollywood, Now Los Angeles
1910?
Roll 3.b.
Map of Wilshire and Hollywood, Eastern Section
1912 July
Roll 3.c.
Hollywood - Western Portion
1913
Scope and Contents
Corrected up to 1916.
Roll 4.a.
Hollywood - Eastern Section
1920 October
Roll 4.b.
Hollywood - Western Section
1920 October
Roll 4.c.
Hollywood - Central Section
1920 October
Roll 5
Long Beach
1915 August 6
Scope and Contents
Made for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Roll 6.a.
Los Angeles
before 1914
Scope and Contents
From Griffith Park to Sunnyside Avenue.
Roll 6.b.
Los Angeles
1914
Scope and Contents
Corrected up to 1917; Fernand Rouseyrol, delineator.
Roll 6.c.
Homer Hamlin. Map of the City of Los Angeles
1916 June
Roll 7
Los Angeles - Annexations
1915 July
Roll 8
Los Angeles - Business Section
1909 September
Roll 9
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Elysian Park area
approximately 1910
Roll 10
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Highland Park to Eastern Los Angeles area
approximately 1910
Roll 11
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Eastern Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 12
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Eastern Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 13
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Central Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 14
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Central Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 15
Los Angeles - Tract Map - South Central Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 16
Los Angeles - Tract Map - South Central Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 17
Los Angeles - Tract Map - South Central Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 18
Los Angeles - Tract Map - South Central Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 19
Los Angeles - Tract Map - South Central Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 20
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Southern Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 21
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Southern Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 22
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Southeastern Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 23
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Southeastern Los Angeles
approximately 1910
Roll 24
Los Angeles - Tract Maps - 8 sheets of details of blocks in central Los
Angeles
approximately 1914?
Roll 25
Los Angeles - Tract Maps - 19 sheets of details of blocks in central Los
Angeles
approximately 1915?
Roll 26
Los Angeles - Tract Map - Silver Lake area
1915 November
Roll 27.a.
Los Angeles and Surroundings
1911
Scope and Contents
Corrected to 1916.
Roll 27.b.
Los Angeles and Surroundings
1913
Scope and Contents
Corrected to 1916.
Roll 28
Los Angeles and Surroundings
1911
Scope and Contents
Corrected to 1916.
Roll 29
Los Angeles and Surroundings - Style 8
1916
Scope and Contents
Corrected to 1918. Map is cut in half vertically.
Roll 30.a.
Los Angeles County. Sheet 1?
approximately 1915?
Roll 30.b.
Brown line print of the above map
undated
Roll 31
Los Angeles County. Sheet 2
1913
Scope and Contents
Corrected to 1918.
Roll 32
Los Angeles County. Sheet 3
1914 January
Roll 33
Los Angeles County. Sheet 4
1909
Scope and Contents
Corrected to 1915.
Roll 34
Los Angeles County. Sheet 5
1913
Scope and Contents
Corrected to 1917.
Roll 35
Los Angeles County. Pomona-Glendora Section. Sheet 15
1911
Roll 36.a.
Los Angeles County and Orange County, also portion of San Bernardino,
Riverside, and Ventura Counties
1911
Roll 36.b.
Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura Counties
approximately 1915
Roll 36.c.
Fernand Rouseyrol. Los Angeles, Ventura, and Kern Counties
approximately 1915?
Roll 37
Los Angeles County
approximately 1915?
Scope and Contents
Drafts? Of 2 maps.
Roll 38
Los Angeles County Tract 5418
1922 July 24
Roll 39
Los Angeles Suburban Steel Road Lines
approximately 1911
Roll 40.a.
Oil Fields Maps. Midway, McKittrick and Kern River Oil Fields
1910 May
Roll 40.b.
Oil Fields Maps. Another map showing oil fields, possibly near
Coalinga
approximately 1910?
Roll 41
Pasadena and Surroundings
1907 November
Roll 42
T. G. Koeberle. Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres
approximately 1910?
Roll 43
Rancho Santa Gertrudes area
approximately 1915?
Roll 44.a.
San Fernando Valley
approximately 1915?
Roll 44.b.
San Fernando Valley. Proposed water system
1914 October
Roll 45
Santa Monica portion of the rancho and San Vicente
approximately 1915?
Roll 46
Santa Monica and Venice
1915 August 16
Scope and Contents
Made for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
