Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Daguerre family
- Abstract:
- Materials related to the Daguerre family's ownership of one third of the Rancho Niguel from the 1890s until the 1950s, including legal documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
- Extent:
- 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Daguerre family Rancho Niguel papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Primarly legal documents related to the Daguerre and Moutlon families' relationship concerning Rancho Niguel, including property deeds, agreements, trusts, wills, appraisals, and audits. There are also legal documents related to the Daguerre family's sale of the property in the 1950s, some photographs of the Daguerre homesite, a map and prospectus from land developers Laguna Niguel Corporation, and newspaper clippings about the land sales and subsequent development of the property.
- Biographical / historical:
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Jean Pierre Daguerre (1856–1911), a native of Hasparren, France, came to Los Angeles in 1874 with the French Basque Amestoy family and worked on the Amestoy's ranch near Gardena, Californa. In 1882, Daguerre formed a partnership with Marco Forster, son of John and Guadalupe Avila Forster. John Forster had purchased Rancho Niguel from his father-in-law, Juan Avila, who was granted the property in 1842. In 1886, Daguerre married Maria Eugenia Duguet. After dissolving the partnership with Marco Forster, Daguerre formed a partnership with Lewis F. Moulton, who had purchased Rancho Niguel in 1895, and subsequently enlarged it. The Daguerre family continued to own a one-third interest in Rancho Niguel until selling it in the 1950s.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Bill and Holly Gastil, March 2021.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Kelly Kress in March 2022.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged by type of material. Original folder titles have been maintained.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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]. Daguerre family Rancho Niguel 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