Inventory of the Daniel Freeman Family Papers

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Loyola Marymount University
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Inventory of the Daniel Freeman Family Papers

Collection number: CSLA-21

William H. Hannon Library

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, California
Processed by:
Clay Stalls
Date Completed:
March 2004
Encoded by:
Clay Stalls
© 2005 Loyola Marymount University. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Daniel Freeman Family Papers
Dates: 1849-1957
Collection number: CSLA-21
Creator: Freeman, Daniel
Creator: Howland, Charles
Collection Size: 116 archival document boxes, 35 oversize archival document boxes, 20 flat files
Repository: Loyola Marymount University. William H. Hannon Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
Abstract: The Daniel Freeman Family Papers richly document the business and development enterprises of Daniel Freeman (1837-1918), one of California's major land developers and businessmen in the late nineteenth century. Besides Daniel Freeman, this collection also contains extensive business records for Charles Howland (b. 1863, d.?) and Grace Freeman Howland (1870-1956), Daniel Freeman's son-law and daughter. The collection contains extensive documentation on the California land boom of the 1880s, principally in Inglewood but also for Redondo Beach and Port Ballona. The Freeman papers also contain some materials on downtown Los Angeles. The holdings are also strong in California agribusiness in the late nineteenth century.
Physical location: Collection stored offsite. Research use requires both an advance notice of intent to use the collection and an appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Department of Archives and Special Collection, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University: 310-338-2780, 310-338-5357
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

This collection is part of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection, a program of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University. The Research Collection is administered by the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University. The Daniel Freeman Family Papers are open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Series number, Box and Folder number, Daniel Freeman Family Papers, CSLA-21, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Christie Bourdet, 2002.

Biography

Daniel Freeman was born in 1837, on a farm in the province of Ontario, Canada. Freeman first taught school but, in 1859, moved on to the study of law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto, being admitted to the bar in 1864. Besides law, he became engaged in business in Port Burwell, on Lake Erie, where he became president of the Port Burwell Harbor Company.
In 1866, he married Catherine Grace Christie, and from this union three children were born: Archibald C. Freeman (1867-1931); Charles Freeman (1868-1906); and Grace Elizabeth Freeman (1870-1956). The Freeman family moved to Julian, California, supposedly after Daniel Freeman had read Charles Nordhoff's California: For Health, Pleasure, and Residence, which had persuaded him that life in California's mild climate would prove beneficial for Catherine's health. There the Ranchos Sausal Redondo and Centinela were leased from Sir Robert Burnett in Catherine's name. Catherine Freeman would die, though, one year later. Daniel Freeman eventually purchased the ranchos over a period of four years (1881-1885).
With the ranchos as his financial and business foundation, Daniel Freeman would undertake a number of business ventures that would establish him as a major figure in southern California. The drought of the mid 1870s caused Freeman to shift the agricultural emphasis of the ranchos from pastoralism--their traditional use--to the raising of cash crops, in this case, barley, which Freeman sold on the commercial markets of the United States. He served as director of the Centinela Land Company, formed in 1874, in its attempt to develop the ranchos commercially. Freeman was central in another undertaking, that of the Centinela-Inglewood Land Company in 1887 to develop what would be known as the town of Inglewood near the Rancho Centinela.
After the company failed because of the decline of the great Los Angeles land boom of the late 1880s, Freeman assumed its holdings through quitclaim deed in 1890. After this, Freeman continued to sell real estate in Inglewood, and in fact had already had his own mansion built in Inglewood in 1888. Besides commerical sales, Freeman leased the lands of the ranchos for farming. He also developed property in Los Angeles, including the Freeman Building at Sixth and Spring Streets and property along South Main Street. Freeman's status in the Los Angeles business community earned him the presidency of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (1893-1894); he also served as director of the Southern California Railway and was an esteemed benefactor of the University of Southern California. His son-in-law, Charles Howland (d. 1934), was also Freeman's active business partner. He had married Grace Freeman, Daniel's daughter, in 1888.
Daniel Freeman died in 1918; the dissolution of the ranchos occurred most likely before his death. Grace and Charles Howland divorced in the early 1920s, but Grace continued to reside on the Freeman estate in Inglewood until her death in 1956. She had granted nine acres of Freeman property to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1942 for the building of a hospital with the name of Daniel Freeman, which opened in 1954; after her death the Freeman estate was given in toto to the Sisters.

Chronology

1837 Birth of Daniel Freeman in province of Ontario, Canada.
1866 Daniel Freeman marries Catherine Grace Christie.
1873 Freeman family moves to California.
  Sir Robert Burnett leases Ranchos Sausal Redondo and Centinela to Catherine Freeman.
1874 Daniel Freeman becomes board member of Centinela Land Company.
  Catherine Grace Freeman dies.
ca. 1875 Daniel Freeman shifts ranchos from ranching to raising of barley.
18881-1885 Daniel Freeman purchases the Ranchos Sausal Redondo and Centinela from Sir Robert Burnett.
1887 Centinela-Inglewood Land Company formed and begins development of Inglewood, California, on the Ranchos Sausal Redondo and Centinela.
1888 Freeman estate (the "Centinela") built in Inglewood, California.
  Grace Freeman, daughter of Daniel Freeman, marries Charles Howland.
1890 Daniel Freeman acquires assets of Centinela-Inglewood Land Company and continues development of Inglewood, California.
1893-1894 Daniel Freeman serves as president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
1918 Daniel Freeman dies.
1956 Grace Freeman Howland dies. Freeman estate in Inglewood, California, willed to Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, who build Daniel Freeman Hospital on site of estate.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Daniel Freeman Family Papers span the years from 1849 to 1957, with the years 1880-1920 the bulk dates. Holdings consist principally of property and financial records related to the business enterprises of Daniel Freeman and, to a lesser extent, Charles Howland (Freeman's son-in-law and husband of Grace Freeman). CSLA-21 contains deeds, mortgages, leases, legal agreements called indentures, promissory notes, stock certificates, checks, advertising brochures, correspondence (including copies in letter press books), receipts, bills, invoices, statements of account, maps, architectural drawings, and publications such as newspapers. The collection contains only a small number of items directly related to the Freeman family's personal history.
These materials originated with Daniel Freeman's private business activities as well as those related to such development companies as the Centinela Land Company and the Centinela-Inglewood Land Company, the latter company responsible for developing Inglewood, California in 1887 on the site of Daniel Freeman's ranchos. Besides Inglewood, documentation exists for the development of the city of Redondo Beach and of Port Ballona; the former stems from the association of the president of the Redondo Beach Company, Charles Silent, with the Centinela-Inglewood Land Company as one of its directors and chief partners, along with N. R. Vail and Dan McFarland. There is a small run of material on the development of downtown Los Angeles, including such land marks as the Bradbury Building. The collection's holdings also document Freeman's agribusiness in Los Angeles in the late nineteenth century, including his large-scale production of agricultural commodities and their subsequent sale on the commercial market, including nationally.
Names of persons found in this collection constitute a hall of fame of southern California movers and shakers in the second half of the nineteenth century: William H. Hall, Leonard J. Rose, Arthur J. Hutchinson, Judge Charles Silent, Dan McFarland, N. R. Vail, George Hansen, Dr. Elizabeth Follansbee, William H. Bonsall, O. W. Childs, John G. Downey, F. P. F. Temple, Lionel A. Sheldon, George I. Cochran, Moses Langley Wicks, Walter S. Maxwell, Alfred Solano, and Carl Browne.

Arrangement

The original order of the Daniel Freeman Family Papers was difficult to determine because of the disordered state in which the bulk of the materials arrived at the Research Collection. The Daniel Freeman Family Papers have been divided into twelve series (some with subseries)based on subject or type of materials.
Series 1: Business and Stockholding Companies
  • Subseries A: Centinela Land Company
  • Subseries B: Centinela-Inglewood Land Company
  • Subseries C: Stockholding Companies
  • Subseries D: Brick Companies
Series 2: Freeman/Howland Property Records
Series 3: Financial Records
  • Subseries A: Joint Correspondence and Bill Files
Series 4: Correspondence
Series 5: Ranchos Centinela and Sausal Redondo Acquisition Records
Series 6: Legal and Business Records
Series 7: Canadian Business Interests
Series 8: California National Guard
Series 9: Publications
Series 10: Photographs and Family History
Series 11: Glass Slides
Series 12: Maps, Architectural Drawings

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Freeman, Daniel
Howland, Grace Freeman
Howland, Charles
Inglewood-Centinela Land Company
Inglewood, California
Redondo Beach, California


 

Series 1   Business and Stockholding Companies 1874-1932

Physical Description: 33 boxes, 21 oversize boxes, 8 oversize folders, 2 flat files
 

Series 1. Subseries A   Business and Stockholding Companies: Centinela Land Company 1874-1887

Physical Description: 4 boxes, 1 oversize box
Box 1 : 1

Loose Centinela Land Company promissory notes. Cf. Box 1ov, Folders 3-6, this series 1879

Box 1 : 2

Centinela Land Company receipts 1874-1876

Box 1 : 3

List of shares and stockholders, Centinela Land Company; miscellaneous computations re purchase prices; bills paid account of William H. Martin, agent of California Immigrant Union; Power of Attorney document for transfer of Centinela Land Company stock; receipts re purchases of stock, property lots of Centinela Land Company; letter to Daniel Freeman from J. D. Morris re Centinela Land Company Certificate 1875-1876 1886

Box 1 : 4

Contract with George Hansen re subdivision of Centinela Land Company property; invoice for George Hansen surveying expenses 1874 1875

Box 1 : 5

Receipts from newspapers and printing firms for Centinela Land Company advertising 1875

Box 1 : 6

Daniel Freeman handwritten statement re formation of Centinela Land Company: seven leaves, with last listing expenses for sheep ranching. Handwritten statement on two loose leaves from ledger re Centinela Land Company (incomplete); Charles Howland copy? n.d.

Box 1 : 7

Loose leaves of ledger re Centinela Land Company finances(?) 1874

Box 1 : 8

Centinela Land Company stock certificates 1874-1875

Box 2 : 1

List of Centinela Land Company stockholders (?) (photocopy) 1875

Box 2 : 2

Letter from William H. Martin, agent of California Immigrant Union, to Daniel Freeman re proposition (Centinela Land Company); other Company correspondence; California Immigrant Union card 1874-1876

Box 2 : 3

Envelopes with handwritten lists of cancelled notes and shares, and stock shares n.d.

Box 2 : 4

Centinela Land Company bills and invoices 1875

Box 2 : 5

Legal briefs re case of John Pieper vs. The Centinela Land Company of Los Angeles 1879(?)

Box 2 : 6

Daniel Freeman checks re Centinela Land Company 1875-1876

Box 2 : 7

F. R. Dunkelberger sales contract with Daniel Freeman re property in Centinela 1875

Box 3

2 receipt books, 1875; Invoices and corr, 1874-1875 1874-1875

Box 4

Letter press book 1875-1878 1887

Box 1ov : 1

Centinela Land Company statements of account 1874-1876

Box 1ov : 2

List of Centinela Land Company stockholders (photocopy of original) n.d.

Box 1ov : 3-6

Centinela Land Company sale contracts, with promissory notes 1875

 

Series 1. Subseries B   Centinela-Inglewood Land Company 1875-1906

Physical Description: 21 archival document boxes, 20 oversize boxes, 1 flat file
Box 1 : 1-2

"Offer to Perform Agreements" between Daniel Freeman and purchasers of Inglewood property from Centinela-Inglewood Land Company. With promissory notes 1890-1891

Box 1 : 3

Agreement between Daniel Freeman, and Charles Silent and Dan McFarland re sale of Rancho Sausal Redondo, Centinela Rancho, and Stuart Tract for subdivision and development of same property (carbon copy) 1887

Box 1 : 4

Indentures of Daniel Freeman and Centinela-Inglewood Land Company re Inglewood property sales 1887-1890

Box 1 : 5

Agreements between Centinela-Inglewood Land Company and partnership of Childs and Silent (carbon copies); O. W. Childs and Charles Silent statement in account with Centinela-Inglewood Land Company 1887

Box 1 : 6

Miscellaneous agreements and contracts related to Centinela-Inglewood Land Company, including sale of Company property and rights to Sidney Brown, and memorandum re terms of payment and sales 1887-1889

Box 1 : 7

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company contracts with agents Joseph Dabney and W. H. Hardy 1887

Box 1 : 8

Joseph Dabney vouchers and statements of sales 1888

Box 1 : 9

Correspondence, statements, bills re foreclosures and collection of accounts by Cochran and Williams law firm for Centinela-Inglewood Land Company/Daniel Freeman 1889-1893 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 10

Memorandum of agreement between Daniel Freeman, Charles Silent and Dan McFarland, and the Centinela-Inglewood Land Company re transfer of land to the University of Southern California for building of "School of Practical Science"; indenture between Daniel Freeman and Centinela-Inglewood Land Company re endowment of Freeman College of Applied Sciences 1887

Box 1 : 11

Minutes of the meeting of the Centinela-Inglewood Land Company (handwritten, in pencil) 1887

Box 1 : 12

Daniel Freeman and Centinela-Inglewood Land indenture with Redondo Beach Railway Company 1888

Box 2 : 1-3

Receipts and correspondence re business purchases and legal expenses. Originally in bundle entitled "Centinela and Inglewood Land Co (sic) Bills, Vouchers & C (sic) 1888 and 1889 a few 1890". 1888-1890

Box 2 : 4

Lists of construction materials and shrubbery orders for Inglewood development; contract for street paving; final estimate of brick and concrete contract; list of general expenditures 1887-1888

Box 2 : 5

Centinela-Inglewood Land company statements of account, sales memoranda, balance sheets, list of shareholders, statement of indebtedness 1888

Box 2 : 6

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company receipts and vouchers re property sales, legal services 1888-1889

Box 2 : 7

Charles Silent, N. R. Vail, and Dan McFarland statements of assets, including Centinela-Inglewood Land Company n.d.

Box 2 : 8

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company, Daniel Freeman agreements and deed with Thomas Doak re construction of warehouse. Cf. Box 8ov, Folder 1, this series 1889

Box 2 : 9

Lists of notes collected by, and sales records for, Centinela-Inglewood Land Company land agents; statement re sales; Myron Cheesebrough list of clients and profits margins 1888-1889

Box 2 : 10

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company payroll, statements of account, receipts 1888-1889

Box 2 : 11

Invoices, bills for Centinela-Inglewood Land Company, Inglewood Land Company, and Inglewood Water Company 1888-1889

Box 2 : 12

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company pay rolls, pay vouchers, loose sheet with computation of wages, small ledger with workers' names and weekly work hours 1888-1890

Box 3 : 1-2

William H. Hall memoranda to Centinela Inglewood Land Company/Redondo Beach Company re construction plans, bids, and materials estimates for Inglewood Waterworks and pumping station; lithographing costs for maps; surveying work, engineers payroll (carbon copies) 1887

Box 3 : 3

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company agreements with sales agent Wilbert H. Hardy re property sales; Wilbert H. Hardy and Centinela-Inglewood Land Company memoranda of agreement with purchasers of property 1888

Box 3 : 4

Childs and Silent records re Centinela-Inglewood Land Company interests: statements of account, sales records, memoranda 1888

Box 3 : 5

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company record of bills, notice for stockholders meeting, contracts and margins statements, engineers pay rolls, roster of street names and dimensions; schedule of prices for Inglewood property 1887-1889

Box 3 : 6

Archer vs. Freeman & Centinela-Inglewood Land Co. brief, 1896. Other materials re Daniel Freeman settlement with "Archer" and "Thomson": resume of Inglewood development, including improvements, balance sheet and prices of land sales; list of witnesses; statement of account with Daniel Freeman; Daniel Freeman statements re case; anonymous statement re meeting with Archer. Post-1891

Box 3 : 7

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company agreements and assignments 1889

Box 3 : 8

Daniel Freeman/Centinela-Inglewood Land Company leases with Continuous Brick Kiln Company 1888

Box 3 : 9

Daniel Freeman/Centinela-Inglewood Land Company sale indenture with Alexander Seeberger; notarized statement from latter re fraudulent survey by agents of company; correspondence from Seeberger threatening suit over sale 1888-1889

Box 3 : 10

Daniel Freeman/Centinela-Inglewood Land Company deed with Grace Howland re Rancho Centinela property; "Release from all Demands" document from J. H. W. Bowen to Daniel Freeman and Centinela Inglewood Land Company 1888 1890

Box 4 : 1

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company and Daniel Freeman incoming business correspondence re Inglewood development 1888-1890

Box 4 : 2-3

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company incoming business correspondence; alphabetical filing arrangement A-Y 1888-1890

Box 4 : 4

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company agents' (Childs and Silent, Dabney and Johnston, Hardy, and Browne and Rogers) invoices, vouchers, and statements of account. Separated from binder 1888

Box 4 : 5-6

Redondo Beach Company, Centinela-Inglewood Land Company incoming business correspondence. Separated from original binder 1888

Box 5 : 1-2

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company, Redondo Beach Company incoming business correspondence. Includes statements of account and accounts of note collections. Separated from binder; original filing order preserved. 1887-1888

Box 5 : 3-4

Redondo Beach Company incoming business correspondence, including letter re absorption by Centinela-Inglewood Land Company. Separated from binder; original filing order preserved. 1887-1888

Box 5 : 5-6

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company incoming business correspondence. Separated from binder; original filing order preserved. 1887-1888

Box 5 : 7

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company incoming correspondence re Hotel Inglewood, including Redondo Beach Company proposition for Hotel Inglewood; O. W. Childs and Charles Silent letter to Lionel A. Sheldon, president of Centinela-Inglewood Land Company, re Hotel Inglewood opening 1888

Box 5 : 8

Supplementary statement re cost of Hotel Inglewood, from O. W. Childs and Charles Silent n.d.

Box 6 : 1-5

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company bills, vouchers, receipts, payrolls. Originally bound in ledger; removed by unknown party. 1888

Box 6 : 6

County and state tax receipts for payments on Inglewood property 1889

Box 6 : 7

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company Board of Directors and stockholders meetings: meeting notices; handwritten notes re meeting minutes; handwritten drafts of resolutions (photocopies) 1888

Box 6 : 8

Cancelled checks and money orders drawn on account of Redondo Hotel Company for shipment of bricks from Inglewood 1889

Box 6 : 9

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company and Lionel A. Sheldon lease with A. B. Kennedy, of large office in Land Company building; handwritten list of stock shares; statement of indebtedness on loose leaf of ledger 1888

Box 7 : 1-2

Certificates of title issued for Centinela Inglewood Land Company and Daniel Freeman 1881-1903 (dates broken)

Box 7 : 3

Daniel Freeman "Offer to Perform Agreements" re Inglewood property; with Centinela Inglewood Land Company promissory notes transferred to Daniel Freeman 1891

Box 7 : 4

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company promissory notes; some transferred to Daniel Freeman 1887-1888

Box 7 : 5-6

Daniel Freeman and Centinela-Inglewood Land Company incoming business correspondence 1888-1890

Box 7 : 7

Newspaper clipping re court case of Girard Stoesak vs. Daniel Freeman and Centinela-Inglewood Land Company over breach of promise; document of "execution" re judgement against Centinela-Inglewood Land Company 1892

Box 7 : 8

Handwritten notes re lots and owners; record of lumber shipped to Inglewood; price lists for lumber; advertising flyer re lumber for building of homes in Inglewood (photocopy) n.d.

Box 7 : 9

Statements rendered, Joseph Dabney, and Joseph Dabney and W. B. Johnson; sales records; Centinela-Inglewood Land Company receipts 1887-1888

Box 7 : 10

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company sales records 1888

Box 7 : 11

Single leaf of ledger with names of property holders and acreage and payments; single leaf of ledger re notes cancelled; list of deeded lots n.d.

Box 7 : 12

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company and Redondo Beach Company statements re expenditures, income, agents' property sales 1888

Box 7 : 13

Judicial judgement re damages; O. W. Childs's and Charles Silent's rough note re margins; list of Daniel Freeman payments to Centinela-Inglewood Land Company; Centinela-Inglewood Land Company card 1887

Box 8

Sales book, 1887; Inglewood lots ledger, 1888; Ledger (alphabetical), n.d.; Letter press book, 1886-1890 1886-1890

Box 9

Letter press book, 1887-1890; Applications for water, 1889 1887-1890

Box 10

Freeman College ledger, 1888-1889; Freeman College ledger, 1888-1890 1888-1890

Box 11

Riecker & Huber Inglewood survey field books 1-4 1887

Box 12

Field books 2-9 including Inglewood Water Works and Redondo Beach Railroad. "Centinela-Inglewood Land Company" inscribed on paste-down end page 1888, n.d.

Box 13

Property sales ledger for Inglewood--D. Freeman. Majority of entries for Centinela-Inglewood Land Company agents' sales 1875-1889 (dates broken)

Box 14-16

Invoices 1887-1888

Box 17

Bills receivable, 1887-1891; Financial ledger, 1888-1890 1887-1891

Box 18

Supply ledger 1887-1888

Box 19

Record of tax sales, 1888-1893; Centinela-Inglewood Land Co. vs. Mrs. Allie Keifer special issues submitted to jury, 1892; Deed records, 1875-1904 1875-1904

Box 20

Sales book 1888-1889

Box 21

Agents/Margins ledger 1887-1906

Box 1ov : 1-5

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company deeds of sale re property in "Stuart Tract" and Ranchos Centinela, Sausal Redondo 1887-188

Box 1ov : 6

Plat map, Inglewood subdivision; tax receipt, Centinela-Inglewood Land Company 1888 1889

Box 2ov : 1-5

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company deeds of sale re property in "Stuart Tract" and Ranchos Centinela, Sausal Redondo 1887-1890

Box 2ov : 6

FRAGILE. Centinela-Inglewood Land Company deeds of sale re property in "Stuart Tract" and Ranchos Centinela, Sausal Redondo 1888

Box 3ov : 1

FRAGILE: Centinela-Inglewood Land Company deeds of sale re property in "Stuart Tract" and Ranchos Centinela, Sausal Redondo 1887-1893

Box 3ov : 2-7

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company deeds of sale re property in "Stuart Tract" and Ranchos Centinela, Sausal Redondo; some with notation "deeds cancelled" and with title confirmation and transfer of title to Daniel Freeman 1887-1888

Box 4ov : 1-7

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company deeds of sale re property in "Stuart Tract" and Ranchos Centinela, Sausal Redondo; some with notation "deeds cancelled" and with title confirmation and transfer of title to Daniel Freeman 1887-1888

Box 5ov : 1-6

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company deeds of sale re property in "Stuart Tract" and Ranchos Centinela, Sausal Redondo; some with notation "deeds cancelled", and with title confirmation and transfer of title to Daniel Freeman 1887-1888

Box 5ov : 7

Indentures re property transfers from trustees of Freeman College of Centinela-Inglewood Land Company 1888

Box 5ov : 8

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company and Daniel Freeman deed of sale 1889

Box 6ov : 1-7

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company deeds of sale re property in "Stuart Tract" and Ranchos Centinela, Sausal Redondo; some with notation "deeds cancelled" and with documentation re transfer of title to Daniel Freeman and title confirmation 1887-1890

Box 7ov : 1-5

Certificates of sale for Centinela Inglewood Land Company, Charles Silent delinquent taxes; Daniel Freeman and George Cochran purchasers 1890 1892

Box 7ov : 6

"Release of all Demands" document from Redondo Beach Company to Centinela-Inglewood Land Company 1888

Box 7ov : 7

Centinela-Inglewood Land Company trial balance ledger sheets; records of agents' sales and sales of lots 1888-1889

Box 8ov : 1

Indenture between Centinela-Inglewood Land Company and Thomas Doak re warehouse. Cf. Box 2, Folder 8, this series 1889

Box 8ov : 2

Wilbert H. Hardy list of subdivisions; commissions on sales; advances on sales 1888-1889

Box 8ov : 3

Statements of sales, Joseph Dabney 1888

Box 8ov : 4

Statements of lot sales: Centinela-Inglewood Land Company(?) n.d.

Box 8ov : 5

Statement of collections; statement of land sales; incoming correspondence re position at Freeman College of Applied Sciences 1888

Box 8ov : 6

Drawings and calculations re Inglewood property divisions n.d.

Box 9ov : 1-8

Certificates of sale for delinquent taxes 1889-1890

Box 9ov : 1-8

Certificates of sale for delinquent taxes 1889-1890

Box 10ov

Assessment book and misc. notes 1888-1900

Box 11ov

Accounts receivable journal 1887-1890

Box 12ov

General accounting ledger 1887-1888

Box 13ov

Land sales ledger 1887-1889

Box 14ov

Cash ledger 1887-1888

Box 15ov

Agreements 1887-1888

Box 16ov

Agreements 1888-1889

Box 17ov

2 ledgers of invoices 1887-1889

Box 18ov

Bills receivable ledger 1887-188

Box 19ov

Sales book 1889(?)

Box 20ov

Tickler/Sales ledger, 1887-1888 1887-1888

file flat file

Four copies of promotional map of town of Inglewood, featuring proposed Hotel Inglewood and Freeman College of Applied Sciences n.d.

 

 Series 1. Subseries C  Stockholding Companies 1897-1932

Physical Description: 4 archival document boxes, 4 oversize folders
Box 1 : 1

Agreement re Charles Howland sale of Maclay Rancho Water Company mortgage bonds to May Rindge, George Cochran, et al. 1905 1910 1913

Box 1 : 2-3

San Pedro Water Company trial balance sheets, statements of earnings and expenses, and statements of resources and liabilities; correspondence re sale of company to the City of Los Angeles; consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of San Pedro Water Company and Seaside Water Company 1905-1913

Box 1 : 4-5

Seaside Water Company trial balance sheets, statements of resources and liabilities 1906-1919

Box 1 : 6

Agreement between Daniel Freeman and Seaside Water Company; cash and bank balance sheets; correspondence re company borrowing from Daniel Freeman; other company correspondence, memoranda, and company resolution 1901-1917 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 7

Seaside Water Company list of stockholders, bond account statement; Seaside Water Company and Long Beach Bath House and Amusement Company stock returns and dividends statements; Seaside Water Company yearly revenue statement after sale of Bath House 1906-1914 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 8

Consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of the Seaside Water Company, San Pedro Water Company, and Long Beach Bath House 1909

Box 1 : 9

Seaside Investment Company estimate of obligations, list of bondholders 1915 1919

Box 1 : 10

Seaside Investment Company operating statements re Virginia Hotel; with accompanying correspondence to board of directors and Charles Howland 1915-1916

Box 1 : 11

Agreement between Seaside Investment Company and Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank re mortgage 1914

Box 1 : 12

Seaside Investment Company balance sheet; operating statement re Virginia Hotel; payrolls for Virginia Hotel and Long Beach Bath House and Amusement Company 1912

Box 1 : 13

Seaside Investment Company trial balance sheets 1911-1912

Box 1 : 14

Suit between City of Long Beach, plaintiff, and Long Beach Bath House and Amusement Company, defendant 1916

Box 1 : 15

Minutes and correspondence of Long Beach Bath House and Amusement Company; notes re beachfront development 1914 1918

Box 1 : 16

Hotel Virginia comparative earnings statements, operating statements 1912-1917 (dates broken)

Box 2 : 1-8

Long Beach Bath House and Amusement Company statements of resources and liabilities and statements of income, balance sheets 1906-1918 (dats broken)

Box 2 : 9

Financial statements re profits, projected income on developments 1914 1919

Box 3 : 1-4

Long Beach Bath House and Amusement Company statements of resources and liabilities and statements of income 1916-1920

Box 3 : 5

Sinola Land and Water Company statements; correspondence 1906-1910

Box 3 : 6

Associated Mutual Trust and Investment Company assets and liabilities statement; treasurer's statement; receipts and expenditures statement; list of shareholders and assets; agreement with shareholders 1897-1908 (dates broken)

Box 3 : 7-8

Proposals, correspondence, agreements re Rindge Land and Navigation Company and other water and power companies 1899-1904 (dates broken)

Box 3 : 9

California Delta Farms profit statements; letters to stockholders, booklet 1914 1920

Box 4 : 1

Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company balance sheet; Lake Arrowhead and Marshall Properties bondholders' deposit agreements; Conservative Life Insurance Company statement of organization and purpose 1913-1932

Box 4 : 2

Southern California Edison Company annual reports 1911-1919

Box 4 : 3

Letters to stockholders, Southern California Edison company; brochure and news article re merger of Pacific Light and Power Corporation and Southern California Edison Company 1916

Box 4 : 4

Edison Electric company letter to stockholders and transcript of board of directors meeting 1909

Box 4 : 5

Engineer's report for Bear Valley Irrigation Company. Cf. this series, Box 1ov, Folder 3, for map 1899

Box 1ov : 5

Hotel Virginia comparative statements; agreement between Seaside Water Company and Grace Howland re sale of property in Seaside Park 1903

Box 1ov : 6

Southern California Edison Company stockholders letters and financial reports; maps of southern California Edison Company service areas; Wm. R. Staats Company publication re California Delta Farms, Inc. 1909-1913 (dates broken)

Box 1ov : 7

Map for engineer's report, Bear Valley Irrigation Company. Cf. Box 4, Folder 5, this subseries 1899

Box 1ov : 10

Great Western Power Company report; Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California reports to policyholders and shareholders 1912-1921 (dates broken)

 

Series 1. Subseries D Brick Companies 1888-1897

Physical Description: 4 archival document boxes, 4 oversize folders, 2 flat files.
Box 1 : 1

Original and certified copies of agreement re transfer of patents for brick kilns between Daniel Freeman and Charles Silent, the Continuous Kiln Co. Of Omaha, Nebraska, and Max Boehnecke 1888

Box 1 : 2

Daniel Freeman agreement to transfer Continuous Brick Kiln Company patent rights to Southern California Continuous Kiln Company; Freeman lease of property to same company; Continuous Brick Kiln Company patent 1891

Box 1 : 3

Articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Southern California Continuous Kiln Company. Articles of incorporation of the Continuous Brick Kiln Company of Inglewood 1888

Box 1 : 4

Freighting agreement between Continuous Brick Kiln Company of Inglewood and California Central Railway 1888

Box 1 : 5

Loan agreement between the Continuous Brick Kiln company of Inglewood and the First National Bank (carbon copies) 1889

Box 1 : 6

Inglewood Brick Company, Continuous Brick Kiln Company of Inglewood brick contracts, including construction of the Los Angeles Orphanage Asylum, Bradbury Building, and "The Soldiers Home" 1889-1897 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 7

Agreements re purchase of brick for city outfall sewer. Cf. Series 6, Box 1, Folder 24 1892-1893

Box 1 : 8

Daniel Freeman incoming and outgoing correspondence re Continuous Brick Kiln Company of Inglewood and Continuous Kiln Company of Omaha, Nebraska; advertising flyers re patent of Continuous Brick Kiln Company of Inglewood; drawing for brickyard 1888-1891

Box 1 : 9

Southern California Continuous Kiln Company certificates of stock; Daniel Freeman receipt from Continuous Kiln Company of Omaha, Nebraska 1889 1890

Box 1 : 10

Lionel Sheldon and William Bonsall statements of resignation as directors of Continuous Brick Kiln Company of Inglewood 1889

Box 2

4 Continuous Brick Kiln Co. of Inglewood receipt books, 1893, n.d.; Continuous Brick Kiln Co. of Inglewood Transfer Journal, 1890 1890 1893 n. d.

Box 3

Continuous Brick Kiln Co. of Inglewood Directors' meeting minutes, 1888-1895; By-laws of Continuous Brick Kiln Co. of Inglewood, 1888; Continuous Brick Kiln Co. of Inglewood Stock Certificates, 1888-1889; Continuous Brick Kiln Co. of Inglewood Stock Certificates, 1890 1888-1895

Box 4

Continuous Brick Kiln Co. of Inglewood receipt books, 1893, n.d.; Continuous Brick Kiln Co. of Inglewood Directors meeting minutes, 1890-1895; Continuous Brick Kiln Co. of Inglewood Transfer Journal, 1889 1889-1895

Box 1ov : 2

Patent from United States Patent Office re continuous brick kiln and combined brick drier and kiln; list of assignees of patent including Daniel Freeman. Cf. this series, Box 1, Folder 1 1891

Box 1ov : 3

California state certificates for articles of incorporation for Southern California Continuous Kiln Company and the Continuous Brick Kiln Company of Inglewood 1888

Box 1ov : 4

Cost estimates for brick plant; "Release of all demands" document from J. S. Brunner to Continuous Kiln Company of Inglewood 1888

Box 1ov : 11

Ledger with brick sales. Continuous Brick Kiln Company(?) 1893-1895

file Flat file

Boehncke & Rohwer's Continuous Brick Kiln architectural drawing n.d.

file Flat file

Boehncke & Rohwer's Continuous Brick Kiln architectural drawing n.d.

 

Series 2 Freeman/Howland Property Records: Mortgages, Leases, Deeds, and Property Agreements 1875-1932

Physical Description: 6 archival document boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 flat file
Box 1 : 1

Grace Howland, Daniel Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo, Inglewood property. Some leases for farming 1892-1905 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 2

Grace Howland leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo property for farming 1897-1919 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 3

Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland, Grace Howland leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo, Inglewood property 1887-1907 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 4

Daniel Freeman, Nora Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo and other property. Some leases for farming 1896-1904

Box 1 : 5

Daniel Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo and Inglewood property. Some leases for farming 1894-1897 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 6

Daniel Freeman leases of Rancho Centinela, Inglewood, and Rancho Sausal Redondo property. Some leases for farming 1891-1907 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 7

Grace Howland, Nora Freeman, Daniel Freeman leases of Inglewood, Rancho Sausal Redondo property. Some leases for farming 1892-1906 (dates broken)

Box 2 : 1

Daniel Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo property and other properties. Some leases for farming 1894-1896 1903

Box 2 : 2

Daniel Freeman, Grace Howland leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo and Inglewood property, and other properties. Some leases for farming 1893-1907 (dates broken)

Box 2 : 3

Grace Howland, Daniel Freeman, Charlie Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo property. Leases of Rancho California Vegetable Union 1899 1910-1919

Box 2 : 4

Daniel Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo, Inglewood property, and other property. Some leases for farming 1885 1892-1904 (dates broken)

Box 2 : 5

Daniel Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo and Rancho Centinela property, Inglewood property, and other property. Some leases for farming 1895 1900-1909 (dates broken)

Box 2 : 6

Grace Howland leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo, Port Ballona, and Inglewood property 1915-1918

Box 2 : 7

Daniel Freeman leases of "Freeman Block" (Los Angeles), "Orange Orchard" (Inglewood), and Rancho Sausal Redondo property; Conservative Life Building lease with Charles Howland for office 1882-1902 (dates broken)

Box 2 : 8

Daniel Freeman, Grace Howland leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo and Rancho la Ballona property 1895 1906-1910 (dates broken)

Box 2 : 9

Daniel Freeman agreement with James Clayton and C. G. Harrison re sale of parts of Rancho Sausal Redondo (photocopy) 1884

Box 3 : 1

Daniel Freeman leases of Inglewood property, and Rancho Sausal Redondo and Rancho Centinela property 1895-1901 (dates broken)

Box 3 : 2

Daniel Freeman, Nora Freeman, Phebe (sic) Freeman, and Archibald Freeman leases of Inglewood property and Rancho Centinela property 1901-1903

Box 3 : 3

Daniel Freeman, Grace Howland leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo and Rancho Centinela property, Port Ballona property, and other property 1904-1906

Box 3 : 4

Daniel Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo and Rancho Centinela property 1894-1904 (dates broken)

Box 3 : 5

Mortgages and chattel mortgages of Inglewood property and farm equipment and livestock: Daniel Freeman, Grace Howland, Charles Howland mortgagees; assignments of mortgage documents 1888-1911 (dates broken)

Box 3 : 6

Daniel Freeman mortgages with Security Savings Bank; "satisfaction of mortgage" documents re same 1891-1902 (dates broken)

Box 3 : 7

Grace Howland partial release of mortgage forms n.d.

Box 3 : 8-9

Agreements and contracts for sale of real estate in Port Ballona, Rancho Sausal Redondo, and Inglewood; assignment of contract documents (to Daniel Freeman) attached to some agreements and contracts 1887-1908 (dates broken)

Box 3 : 10

Daniel Freeman lease of Hotel Inglewood to William J. Thomas and correspondence re hotel; Daniel Freeman lease of Freeman Building to Martha McLean 1898-1899

Box 3 : 11

Grace Freeman reassignment of lease document for Los Angeles property on South Main Street (carbon copy) 1892

Box 4 : 1-10

Deeds and quitclaim deed transfers; majority to Daniel Freeman, Grace Howland, Charles Howland 1886-1897 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 1

Daniel Freeman deed (to Grace Howland) and sales contract re Rancho Sausal Redondo; quitclaim deed from Golden Gate Syndicate to Daniel Freeman; deed re Main Street Savings Bank and Trust Company sale to Daniel Freeman; Daniel Freeman agreement with W. J. Thomas re sale of property 1893-1907 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 2

Daniel Freeman property agreement and deed of land with Charles Howland, Grace Howland, and Archibald Freeman; Daniel Freeman bargain and sale deed to Phebe (sic) Freeman; Daniel Freeman property agreement with A. C. Freeman and C. Freeman 1892 1897 1898

Box 5 : 3

Daniel Freeman and Grace and Charles Howland mortgage and sale documents with Mary Haynes; John R. Haynes, her attorney 1895-1899 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 4

Mortgage papers re White and Culver property; Grace Howland, mortgagee 1916 1918-1919

Box 5 : 5

Troy Laundry Company lease of Richmond Stables to Daniel Freeman; Charles Howland indenture with Grace Howland re "Philbin Tract" in Los Angeles; Ainsworth family indenture with Daniel Freeman re Inglewood property; Daniel Freeman sale contract of Hotel Inglewood to Frank Hicks 1887-1914 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 6

Charles Howland, Grace Howland property agreements with accompanying correspondence and legal documents; Daniel Freeman property agreements 1896-1919 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 7

Foreclosure rulings and legal notices, Daniel Freeman plaintiff 1891-1898 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 8

Miscellaneous Daniel Freeman and Howland property agreements and title searches, including Nora Freeman sale of Inglewood property to Daniel Freeman. 1890-1912 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 9

Daniel Freeman agreements re sale of portions of Rancho Sausal Redondo 1884-1885

Box 5 : 10

Grace Howland agreement with Emma Fish and Julia Miller re West Adams property; correspondence re same; record of note payments 1905-1911 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 11

Hand-drawn map of division of Rancho la Ballona among Grace Howland, Andrew Keating, "Gun Club", and others n.d.

Box 5 : 12

Arthur J. Hutchinson release to Daniel Freeman of security of property held under a bill of sale 1877

Box 5 : 13

Blank contracts for Daniel Freeman sales n.d.

Box 5 : 14

Daniel Freeman sale and grant deeds to Grace Howland; Beach Land Company corporation deed to Grace Howland and G. Howland agreement with company 1897-1912 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 15

Agreement between Walter S. Maxwell and John Skinner re construction of building on South Main Street, Los Angeles; Daniel Freeman deeds and agreements with Walter S. Maxwell re property on Main Street; W. Maxwell and D. Freeman property agreement with Panorama Company; notes re leases and income for Panorama Property on Main Street: on stationery of Walter S. Maxwell. Cf. Series 4, Box 2, Folder 12 1887-1888

Box 5 : 16

Certificate of title (photocopy of original) 1875

Box 5 : 17

Leonard J. Rose agreement re sale of Sunny Slope Vineyard; description of Nadeau Vineyard (photocopy of original) 1886

Box 5 : 18

Daniel Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo stubble land 1885 1891 1897

Box 5 : 19

Daniel Freeman agreement re sale of Freeman Building; Southern Pacific Railroad and Company agreement re property acquisition for service and right of way (carbon copy) 1902 1916

Box 5 : 20

Notice to purchase property; miscellaneous property descriptions and delinquent property tax records 1887

Box 5 : 21

Charles Silent property agreements 1887

Box 5 : 22

Los Angeles County redemption of real estate form: Charles Howland redemptioner; tax receipts for property 1918-199

Box 6

Ledger entitled "Real Estate," with entries for Port Ballona, Inglewood, Los Angeles "Wick's Addition," and sections of ranchos. Abstract and Title Insurance Company ledger with label "Main Street Savings Bank and Trust Altman Foreclosure." 1885-1893

Box 1ov : 1-6

Daniel Freeman leases of Rancho Sausal Redondo property 1876-1894

Box 1ov : 7

Daniel Freeman deeds 1881 1883 1905

Box 1ov : 8

Satisfaction of mortgage document issued by partnership of F. P. F. Temple and William Workman to Daniel Freeman re property mortgage 1875

Box 1ov : 9

Certificate of sale of real estate for delinquent taxes, and conveyance of real estate sold for delinquent taxes: Daniel Freeman purchaser 1879 1885 1894

Box 1ov : 10

Daniel Freeman leases of rancho property for farming 1887

Box 1ov : 11

Daniel Freeman property agreements with Joseph Kurz 1875

Box 1ov : 12

Certificate of sale, Daniel Freeman vs. Los Angeles Panorama Company. Cf. this series, Box 5, Folder 15 1889

file Flat file

Blank lease forms n.d.

 

Series 3 Financial Records 1870-1947

Physical Description: 35 archival document boxes, 5 oversize boxes
Box 1 : 1-11

Invoices, some receipts, re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland 1881-1906 (dates broken)

Box 1 : 12

Tax and license receipts, Daniel Freeman 1888-1902 (dates broken)

Box 2 : 1-10

Invoices, some receipts, re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland, Grace Howland, Continuous Brick Kiln Company 1883-1911 (dates broken)

Box 3 : 1-11

Invoices, some receipts, re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman, Continuous Brick Kiln Company 1888-1893

Box 3 : 12

Receipts for Charles Howland, Daniel Freeman re payments of notes, membership dues, rent, teamster work, and premiums 1887-1892

Box 4 : 1

Invoices, with correspondence, for orders of farm implements and boilers from dealership of "Baker and Hamilton" 1882-1883

Box 4 : 2

Receipts and invoices, building specifications re construction of Freeman Building in Los Angeles (6th and Spring Streets) 1891

Box 4 : 3

Receipts, invoices for grain sales and storage, and purchases of grain sacks 1884 1888-1912 (dates broken)

Box 4 : 4

Agent's receipts re insurance premiums of insurance of crop storage; Charles Howland agent 1901-1902

Box 4 : 5

Invoice from Alfred Solano for work re survey and map of boundary line between Rancho Sausal Redondo and Rancho la Ballona 1893

Box 4 : 6

Receipts for lease of farmland with stubble (Inglewood and Rancho Sausal Redondo); receipt for rent from Quong Hop (sic); receipt from Mary Blood for quitclaim deed and assignment of contract 1888-1902 (dates broken)

Box 4 : 7

Invoices re shipping, miscellaneous purchases; statements of account with merchants; receipts re payments to Temple and Workman Bank 1874-1877

Box 4 : 8

Invoices for purchases and lodging, including trips to Europe, Asia, and Africa 1878-1907 (dates broken)

Box 4 : 9

Invoices, receipts, agreement re Jose Valdez drive of Daniel Freeman sheep to San Francisco 1876

Box 4 : 10

Bills from Dr. Elizabeth A. Follansbee re treatment of Grace Howland 1891 1892

Box 4 : 11

Invoices re Daniel Freeman purchases from Schroeder & Johnston Company 1889

Box 4 : 12

Receipts from Los Angeles City College president C. Esterly to Archibald Freeman for expenses of Roy and Cecil Kirkpatrick 1890

Box 4 : 13

Daniel Freeman receipts re state poll tax, road tax, city street repairs, and county redemption fund 1879-1894 (dates broken)

Box 4 : 14

Receipts re cash received, federal taxes, insurance premiums of Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland, Grace Howland 1875-1914 (dates broken)

Box 4 : 15-17

Invoices, some receipts, re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman 1889-1992

Box 5 : 1

Invoices, some receipts, re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman 1889-1892

Box 5 : 2

Receipts for Daniel Freeman subscription to Daily Herald; receipts re gas purchases; receipts re miscellaneous purchases 1890-1892

Box 5 : 3

Receipts re Daniel Freeman ranch 1890-1891

Box 5 : 4

Receipt re Rancho Sausal Redondo patent; receipt re purchases of ranch supplies 1875

Box 5 : 5-7

Invoices, some receipts, statements of account re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman 1890-1893

Box 5 : 8

Bills, invoices, receipts, including legal services of law firm of Graves, O'Melveny and Shankland for suit against Santa Monica and Los Angeles Railway Company 1890 1892 1915

Box 5 : 9

Charles Howland receipts 1888-1916 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 10

Daniel List invoices re work for Daniel Freeman; Daniel Freeman receipts for work of Alfred Jose on Freeman Building; miscellaneous receipts 1888-1952 (dates broken)

Box 5 : 11

Grace Howland and Charles Howland bank deposit receipts 1918 1945-1947

Box 5 : 12

Blank Daniel Freeman invoice forms 1890s

Box 5 : 13

James Kew receipts 1932

Box 6 : 1

Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland promissory notes 1891-1905 (dates broken)

Box 6 : 2

Daniel Freeman promissory notes (some photocopies) 1883-1892 (dates broken)

Box 6 : 3-4

Daniel Freeman checks drawn on Temple and Workman bank; Daniel Freeman bank books for Temple and Workman accounts (2) 1873-1875

Box 6 : 5

Daniel Freeman checks drawn on Harris Newmark and Company 1879-1882

Box 6 : 6

Daniel Freeman checks drawn on Commercial Bank of Los Angeles; Daniel Freeman bank books for on Commercial Bank of Los Angeles accounts (3) 1875-1876

Box 6 : 7

Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland checks (photocopies) 1885-1921 (dates broken)

Box 6 : 8

Daniel Freeman authorization to pay notes; Wilmington Transportation Company check 1875-1891 (dates broken)

Box 6 : 9

Two-party checks drawn on account of Daniel Freeman, including check dawn on account of Adolph Portugal 1874 1890 1896

Box 6 : 10

Charles Howland checking account registers 1920-1921

Box 6 : 11

Bills, invoices, receipts re personal, business purchases of Daniel and Charles Freeman; First National Bank loan form 1889-1892

Box 6 : 12

Monthly time book with hours and wages of Daniel Freeman employees; Julius F. Cochran checks, drawn on Charles Howland account 1910-1914 1918

Box 6 : 13

Receipt from Title and Insurance Company to Daniel Freeman re deposit of Centinela maps surveyed and drawn up by Alfred Solano and George Hansen n.d.

Box 7-8

Daniel Freeman checks 1883-1918 (dates broken)

Box 9-11

Charles Howland checks 1890-1921 (dates broken)

Box 12

Grace Howland checks 1900 1906-1914 1918

Box 13

Invoices- D. Freeman 1873-1883

Box 14

Invoices- D. Freeman 1888-1890

Box 15

Check stubs- D. Freeman, 1905-1909; Check stubs- C. Howland, 1915-1917; Check stubs- C. Howland, 1917-1918; Check stubs- C. Howland, 1892-1893 1892-1918

Box 16

Check stubs, 1901-1903; Check stubs, 1903-1904; Check stubs, 1904-1907; Check stubs, 1910-1912; 5. Check stubs, 1912-1914 1901-1914

Box 17

Account books of D. Freeman, Charles and Grace Howland and Amelia Freeman for Los Angeles National Bank, Security Savings Bank, Los Angeles Trust Company, Los Angels County Bank and First National Bank 1881-1918

Box 18

Check stubs- C. Howland, 1905-1908; Invoices and corr.- D. Freeman, 1879-1888 1879-1908 (dates broken)

Box 19 : 1-4

Check stubs- D. Freeman 1904-1919

Box 20

Invoices- D. Freeman 1883-1885

Box 21

Invoices- D. Freeman, 1885-1886; Invoices- D. Freeman, 1885-1887 1885-1887

Box 22 : 1-4

Grace Howland and James Kew stocks and bonds statements 1932-1947 (dates broken)

Box 22 : 5

Checking account statements, estate of Daniel Freeman 1918 1920

Box 22 : 6

Grace Howland checking account statement 1921

Box 22 : 7

Charles Howland bank book 1887

Box 22 : 8

Statements re expenses. On loose ledger leaves 1889

Box 22 : 9

Statements re planing mill expenses, barley deliveries, construction expenses; statement re Compton warehouse; Harbor Company statement of liabilities; Daniel Freeman statement of account 1884 1885 1889

Box 22 : 10

Interest statements 1885(?)

Box 22 : 11

Statement re debt owed. In handwriting of Grace Howland? 1911

Box 22 : 12

Miscellaneous computations, and financial, tax, and expense statements 1893

Box 22 : 13

Inventory of Charles Howland assets; statement of income, Daniel Freeman; statements, for tax purposes, of D. Freeman bond and stock income; Daniel Freeman tax forms 1902 1914-1918

Box 23

Payroll records, 1888-1893; Payroll records, 1894; Financial ledger, 1902-1914 1888-1914 (dates broken)

Box 24

Financial ledger, 1888-1901; Financial ledger, 1901-1911; Hay Account ledger 1889; Monthly time book (blank), n.d.; Daily Journal--Insurance, 1907 1888-1911 (dates broken)

Box 25

Financial ledger, 1893-1897; Daniel Freeman business ledger re rancho barley, Temple and Workman estate, Canadian accounts, 1868-1876 1868-1897 (dates broken)

Box 26

Accounting ledger--Water Rents 1888-1889 and Freemen/Howland Balance Sheet (1895-1905); Index ledger, 1898; Bricks, barley and hay ledger, 1893-1905: name "Dan McFarland" inscribed inside 1888-1905 (dates broken)

Box 27

Financial ledger- D. Freeman 1888-1889

Box 28

Financial journal ledger; Land improvements expenditures ledger 1890-1906

Box 29

Financial ledger, 1895-1909; Doctor/Patient ledger, 1925-1926; Cash book, 1898-1904; Lumber orders, 1888-1889 1888-1926

Box 30

Financial journal ledger of Charles Howland, 1898-1912; Cash book, 1893-1908 1898-1912 (dates broken)

Box 31

Cash ledger, 1894-1901; Cash ledger, 1888-1894 1888-1901

Box 32

Financial journal ledger- D. Freeman, 1895-1909; Financial journal ledger, 1888-1892 1888-1902 (dates broken)

Box 33

Receipt book- D. Freeman, 1873; Financial ledger, 1888-1895; Financial ledger and booklist, 1888-1889; D. Freeman's Warehouse account book, 1889-1907; D. Freeman's Warehouse account book, 1911 1873-1911 (dates broken)

Box 34

Daniel Freeman accounts receivable and payable ledger (fragile) 1874-1906

Box 35

Northern Coal Company stock certificate and receipt book 1889

Box 1ov : 1

Nora Freeman city and county tax receipts 1905-1912

Box 1ov : 2

Receipts re personal purchases of Daniel Freeman 1889-1890

Box 1ov : 3-4

Daniel Freeman statements of account, hardware purchases 1888-1890

Box 1ov : 5-6

Charles and Grace Howland joint checking account statements 1913-1921

Box 1ov : 7

Charles Howland checking account statements 1912-1917 1918-1920

Box 1ov : 8

Statements of account, including Daniel Freeman cash account statements with Harris Newmark; Centinela Ranch payroll 1880-1896 (dates broken)

Box 1ov : 9

Daniel Freeman income tax statement; United States Internal Revenue "Return of Annual Net Income" form for Charles Howland company; Grace Howland Federal tax form re income 1910 1917 1934

Box 2ov

Invoices--D. Freeman 1893-1895

Box 3ov

Tax records ledger 1888-1903

Box 4ov

Financial ledger 1898-1908

Box 5ov

Financial ledger: includes entries for Continuous Kiln Co., Centinela-Inglewood Land Company and ranch accounts 1888-1898

 

Series 3. Subseries A Joint Business Correspondence and Bills Files 1888-1954

Physical Description: 16 boxes
Box 1 : 1-3

Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland, Continuous Kiln Company incoming business correspondence. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1888-1890

Box 1 : 4-7

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1894-1897

Box 2 : 1-3

Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland incoming business correspondence, telegrams. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1890-1899

Box 2 : 4

Receipts, invoices, bills re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1895-1899

Box 3 : 1-3

Receipts, invoices, bills re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1895-1899

Box 3 : 4-5

Charles Howland incoming business and personal correspondence, telegrams; includes some correspondence re Daniel Freeman. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1-2 of 3) 1894 1898-1902

Box 4 : 1

Charles Howland incoming business and personal correspondence, telegrams; includes some correspondence re Daniel Freeman. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (3 of 3) 1894 1898-1902

Box 4 : 2-5

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1900-1902

Box 4 : 6

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Charles Howland, Daniel Freeman. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1 of 4) 1903-1906

Box 5 : 1-3

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Charles Howland, Daniel Freeman. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (2-4 of 4) 1903-1906

Box 5 : 4-5

Charles Howland incoming business and personal correspondence, telegrams; includes some correspondence re Daniel Freeman. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1-2 of 3; cf. Box 6, Folder 1) 1903-1906

Box 6 : 1

Charles Howland incoming business and personal correspondence, telegrams; includes some correspondence re Daniel Freeman. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (3 of 3; cf. Box 5, Folder 4-5) 1903-1906

Box 6 : 2-4

Charles Howland incoming business and personal correspondence, telegrams; includes some correspondence re Daniel Freeman. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1904 1906-1908

Box 6 : 5-6

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Charles and Grace Howland, Daniel Freeman. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1-2 of 3; cf. Box 7, Folder 1) 1905-1909

Box 7 : 1

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Charles and Grace Howland, Daniel Freeman. Alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z. Original order preserved. (3 of 3; cf. Box 6, Folders 2-3) 1905-1909

Box 7 : 2-6

Charles Howland incoming business and personal correspondence. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1908-1912

Box 8 : 1-3

Receipts, re business, personal affairs of Charles Howland. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1908-1912

Box 8 : 4-6

Charles Howland telegrams, incoming business and personal correspondence, copies and originals; some Grace Howland incoming correspondence. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1-3 of 4; cf. Box 9, Folder 1) 1913-1915

Box 9 : 1

Charles Howland telegrams, incoming business and personal correspondence, copies and originals; some Grace Howland incoming correspondence. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (4 of 4; cf. Box 8, Folders 4-6) 1913-1915

Box 9 : 3-7

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Charles Howland, Grace Howland. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1912-1915

Box 10 : 1-5

Charles Howland telegrams, incoming business and personal correspondence, copies and originals; some Grace Howland incoming correspondence. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1915-1918

Box 10 : 6-7

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Charles Howland, Grace Howland; original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1-2 of 3; cf. Box 11, Folder 1) 1916-1918

Box 11 : 1

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Charles Howland, Grace Howland; original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1-2 of 3; cf. Box 10, Folders 6-7 1916-1918

Box 11 : 2-5

Charles Howland telegrams, incoming business and personal correspondence, copies and originals; some Grace Howland incoming correspondence. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1918-1920

Box 11 : 6

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Charles Howland, Grace Howland. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1 of 4; cf. Box 12, Folders 1-3) 1918-1920

Box 12 : 1-3

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Charles Howland, Grace Howland. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (2-4 of 4; cf. Box 11, Folder 6) 1918-1920

Box 12 : 4-6

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Grace Howland. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved. 1924-1925

Box 13 : 1

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Grace Howland 1924-1925

Box 13 : 2-4

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Grace Howland. Original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1925-1926

Box 13 : 5-6

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Grace Howland (1-2 of 4; cf. Box 14, Folders 1-2) 1926-1927

Box 14 : 1-2

Receipts re business, personal purchases of Grace Howland (3-4 of 4; cf. Box 13, Folders 5-6) 1926-1927

Box 14 : 3-5

Receipts re personal purchases of Grace Howland; original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved 1928-1929

Box 14 : 6

Receipts re personal purchases of Grace Howland; original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1 of 5; cf. Box 15, Folders 1-4) 1931-1933

Box 15 : 1-4

Receipts re personal purchases of Grace Howland; original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (2-5 of 5; cf. Box 14, Folder 6) 1931-1933

Box 15 : 5-7

Receipts re personal purchases of Grace Howland; original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (1-3 of 4; cf. Box 16, Folder 1) 1930-1931

Box 16 : 1

Receipts re personal purchases of Grace Howland; original alphabetical filing arrangement, A-Z, preserved (4 of 4; cf. Box 15, Folders 5-7) 1930-1931

 

Series 4 Correspondence 1863-1955

Physical Description: 4 archival document boxes, 1 oversize folder
box 1 : 1

Daniel Freeman incoming business correspondence from Porter Brothers Company re sales and shipments of fruit 1892-1893

box 1 : 2

Daniel Freeman telegrams, incoming business correspondence mostly re grain sales 1884-1888

box 1 : 3

Daniel Freeman telegrams, incoming business correspondence re grain sales and equipment purchases 1881-1889 (dates broken)

box 1 : 4

Daniel Freeman incoming business correspondence re property sales, farming and ranching business 1890-1893

box 1 : 5

Daniel Freeman incoming business correspondence re farming business, construction supplies and equipment orders (including for Bradbury Building) 1890-1893

box 1 : 6

Daniel Freeman and Charles Howland miscellaneous incoming business correspondence 1881-1906 (dates broken)

box 1 : 7

Daniel Freeman telegrams and incoming correspondence with G. P. Bourland re purchase of horses; agreement re same 1898

box 1 : 8

Daniel Freeman incoming letter from law firm re will of Catherine Freeman 1876

box 1 : 9

Charles Howland incoming correspondence from Automobile Club of Southern California re races, city traffic ordinances, building of Del Rey Road, and member and board elections. Copy of Automobile Club by-laws and city ordinance 1903-1904

box 1 : 10

Grace Howland, Charles Howland, and Daniel Freeman personal/business correspondence 1884 1910 1938 1955

box 1 : 11

Daniel Freeman, Archibald Freeman, and Charles Howland incoming business correspondence 1883-1920 (dates broken)

box 1 : 12

Daniel Freeman incoming business correspondence from Security Savings Bank 1891

box 1 : 13

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence from Carl Browne re cyclorama; newspaper clippings re Gettysburg cyclorama 1889

box 1 : 14

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence, including Southern California Railway Company 1884-1902 (dates broken)

box 1 : 15

Daniel Freeman incoming letter from "Forbes" re debt and D. Freeman's closure of sheep raising operations. Cf. this series Box 2, Folder 11; and Series 3, Box 4, Folder 9 1876(?)

box 1 : 16

Gag letter 1904

box 2 : 1-2

Daniel Freeman incoming business correspondence re farm commodities sales 1892-1894

box 2 : 3-4

Daniel Freeman incoming business correspondence re the steamer Southern California and coal shipments on same. Originally filed together under title "Steamship of Southern Cal. Correspondence." Cf. Series 6, Box 1ov, Folder 4 1888-1889

box 2 : 5

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence with Walter S. Maxwell re purchase of S. S. Southern California; contractual agreements between Maxwell and Freeman re same 1887-1888 1890

box 2 : 6

Charles Howland incoming correspondence re catalog orders, with accompanying catalogs 1902-1912 (dates broken)

box 2 : 7

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence with C. S. Merriman Company re diving suit(!). With advertising flyers 1875

box 2 : 8

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence from sister Henrietta Gilbert and other relatives 1907

box 2 : 9

Daniel Freeman incoming business and personal correspondence 1880-1889 (dates broken)

box 2 : 10

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence responding to out of state advertising for sale of rancho land 1884

box 2 : 11

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence from Arthur J. Hutchinson re land ventures (including Centinela Land Company?), health of Daniel Freeman, creditors, and attack on Adolph Portugal store 1876-1877

box 2 : 12

Daniel Freeman/Walter S. Maxwell incoming letter from H. Z. Osborne, president of Evening Express Company, re unsafe condition of Panorama Building. Cf. Series 2, Box 5, Folder 15, and Box 1ov, Folder 12 1889

box 2 : 13

Loose envelopes 1888 1894

box 2 : 14

Invitation to "Round-Up of Teddy's Terrors" 1902

box 2 : 15

Charles and Grace Howland Christmas cards n.d.

box 3

Letter press book- D. Freeman, 1863-1880; Letter press book- D. Freeman, 1880-1885. RESTRICTED: FRAGILE 1863-1885

box 4

Letter press book- D. Freeman, 1888-1894; Letter press book- D. Freeman, 1894-1903 1888-1903

box 1ov : 9

Letter to Daniel Freeman re position at College of Applied Sciences 1888

 

Series 5 Ranchos Centinela and Sausal Redondo Acquisition Records 1860-1890

Physical Description: 1 box, 1 oversize box
box 1 : 1

Certified copies of deeds re purchases of Avila ranch in the 1850s, by Francis Carpenter and Hilliard P. Dorsey 1890

box 1 : 2

Agreement between Sir Robert Burnett and Catherine Freeman re provision to buy Rancho Sausal Redondo and Rancho Centinela (photocopy; original fragile); copy of agreement between Sir Robert Burnett and Catherine Freeman to lease Rancho Sausal Redondo and Rancho Centinela; notarized statement re Robert Burnett delivery of agreement with Catherine Freeman 1873

box 1 : 3

Agreement between Daniel Freeman and Sir Robert Burnett re lease of ranchos Centinela and Sausal Redondo, after death of Catherine Freeman 1878

box 1 : 4

Daniel Freeman handwritten note to Sir Robert Burnett re payment; Daniel Freeman promissory note to Sir Robert Burnett; register of receipts for Daniel Freeman payments to Sir Robert Burnett for rent of ranchos; cancelled Temple and Workman Bankers checks, Daniel Freeman to Robert Burnett, including final payments for purchase of ranchos 1873-1877 1883 1885

box 1 : 5

Daniel Freeman proposition re sale of Centinela and Sausal Redondo ranchos; statement of expenses re Ranchos Centinela and Sausal Redondo improvements 1874

box 1 : 6

Sales documents re Daniel Freeman final purchase of Centinela and Sausal Redondo ranchos 1881-1885

box 1 : 7

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence from Sir Robert Burnett and from legal firm of Falkner and Bell re lease and purchase of ranchos Sausal Redondo and Centinela; agreement between Sir Robert Burnett and Daniel Freeman re purchase of ranchos Sausal Redondo and Centinela and Stuart Tract 1875-1885 (dates broken)

box 1 : 8

Abstract of title to the Ranchos Sausal Redondo and La Centinela 1885

box 1ov : 1

Deeds and conveyance of real estate document re Lawrence Kilgour and Robert Burnett property transactions (photocopies and originals) 1878-1879

box 1ov : 2

Special power of attorney documents (2 copies), Sir Robert Burnett to James Walker and Thomas Menzies 1874

box 1ov : 3

Stipulations governing Freeman use of Centinela water and land reserved for Sir Robert Burnett; Daniel Freeman memorandum to Sir Robert Burnett re list of taxes paid 1873

box 1ov : 4

Sir Robert Burnett deeds of Rancho Sausal Redondo to Daniel Freeman 1882 1885

box 1ov : 5

Joseph Lancaster Brent deed of "Rancho la Centinela" to Sir Robert Burnett; "letters patent" re school lands from State of California to Sir Robert Burnett 1860 1875

 

Series 6 Legal and Business Records 1874-1946

Physical Description: 7 archival document boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 flat file
box 1 : 1

Freeman and Howland power of Attorney documents 1888-1904 (dates broken)

box 1 : 2

Agreement with Southern California Railway Company granting Daniel Freeman and family free passage; waiver of liability from SCR to D. Freeman; agreement between Inglewood Warehouse Company and California Central Railway Company re scales; D. Freeman agreement with Charlotte Willis re construction near Freeman Building 1887-1895 (dates broken)

box 1 : 3

Daniel Freeman agreements re coal contract with Los Angeles Cable Railway Company 1889

box 1 : 4

Bill of sale re H. S. Ledyard interests in lumber company and San Jacinto Wagon Road Company to Daniel Freeman 1876

box 1 : 5

A. E. Putney agreement re drilling of well; agreement re building of school house (two copies) 1874 1875

box 1 : 6

Charles Howland agreements re purchase of photographic supply business and piano 1888

box 1 : 7

Contractors' proposals, estimates, and contract re Inglewood street improvements 1914

box 1 : 8

Bill of materials and agreement re construction of Max Boehncke home n.d.

box 1 : 9

Cost estimates for Inglewood Depot; agreements re paving, cleanup of Inglewood Warehouse 1891 1898

box 1 : 10

Agreements re repairs and improvements on Freeman and Howland property, including Freeman Building 1888-1899 (dates broken)

box 1 : 11

Contracts, incoming correspondence re Daniel Freeman grain sales to United States Army 1888 1893

box 1 : 12

Daniel Freeman agreements re O. M. Morriss' cultivation of Freeman citrus orchards 1893-1895

box 1 : 13

Daniel Freeman agreements and consignments re sale of orange and grain crops 1892-1904 (dates broken)

box 1 : 14

Agreements re Daniel Freeman cultivation of orange trees and sale of orange crops 1891-1892

box 1 : 15

Grace Howland, Charles Howland, and Daniel Freeman agreements re cultivation and sale of hay crops 1890-1920 (dates broken)

box 1 : 16

Crop mortgages and other agreements re cultivation of Daniel Freeman farmlands 1885 1891-1892 1894

box 1 : 17

Daniel Freeman agreements re purchase and sale of crops 1888 1892

box 1 : 18

Agreements between Daniel Freeman, Andres Machado, and W. L. Vail re pasturing of cattle on Rancho Centinela; D. Freeman agreement with J. L. Crockett re hog raising; R. E. Dent settlement of account with D. Freeman 1884 1896

box 1 : 19

Judicial ruling re E. F. Spence and Daniel Freeman account dispute (copy) 1877 1887

box 1 : 20

Daniel Freeman and Charles Howland mining agreements 1882 1895 1900

box 1 : 21

Daniel Freeman, Charles Howland miscellaneous sale and repair agreements; Charles Howland assignment of insolvent estate document 1890 1897 1899

box 1 : 22

Deed of administrator document 1920

box 1 : 23

Daniel Freeman insurance documents 1899

box 1 : 24

City report and Daniel Freeman agreements re city outfall sewer; Charles Howland agreement re treatment of sewage. Cf. Series 1, Subseries D, Box 1, Folder 7 1893-1908 (dates broken)

box 1 : 25

Daniel Freeman agreement with Charles Freeman re operation of latter's land 1895

box 1 : 26

Handwritten descriptions of houses for sale, with prices n.d.

box 1 : 27

Executor's statement: Daniel Freeman estate 1919

box 1 : 28

Certificates re book and periodical association membership and perpetual care 1903

box 1 : 29

Statement of water rates; advertising description of Inglewood; miscellaneous papers 1899 1932

box 1 : 30

Bill of equity and subpoena re case of Camilo Martin vs. William Temple et al.; two copies, one annotated 1877

box 1 : 31

Letter to the editor of the "Mail" re murder of Robert Hardie n.d.

box 1 : 32

Daniel Freeman list of expenses re Chicago exhibit of Southern California Industries, Hicks and Judd Co. agreement to manage exhibit 1891

box 1 : 33

Agreement re Moses Langley Wickes transfer of notes, shares of Ballona Harbor and Improvement Company to Daniel Freeman 1887

box 1 : 34

Agreement between Daniel Freeman and A. F. MacKay and Frank Young re construction of earth dam on Centinela Creek 1896

box 2 : 1-2

Estimates, agreements and contracts, vouchers re construction of Church of the Holy Faith, Inglewood, California 1913-1916

box 2 : 3

Daily report: Centinela Rancho superintendent 1912-19

box 2 : 4

Handwritten treatise on crop cultivation n.d.

box 2 : 5

Typed report on cattle raising in Arizona n.d.

box 2 : 6

Daniel Freeman(?) day books with business notes; Daniel Freeman(?) notebook with lists of expenditures and personal notes 1889 1914

box 2 : 7

Grace Howland escrow papers 1946

box 2 : 8

Ledger of hand-drawn maps and notes n.d.

box 3

Ledger of barley and hay harvests and threshings, 1895; School of Practical Science field book of A.C. Freeman, 1885; Andrew T. Carey (?) nursery record book, 1890-1895 1885-1895 (dates broken)

box 4

California Insurance Co. Policy Records, 1888-1889; California Insurance Co. Policy Records, 1889-1892; Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. ledger, 1887-1906; Hay Crops ledger: record of weight and bales, 1903-1909 1887-1890

box 5

Insurance policies- Charles Howland, Agent, 1891-1900 and corr. of Charles Howland, 1895-1902; D. Freeman account journal ledger, 1888-1894 1888-1902

box 6

R. Burnett accounting ledger re rancho expenses (1873), with later entries re wheat and grape production and rainfall. Misc. literature re tree farming, 1873-1902 1902

box 7

6 field books containing figures, property sketches, addresses, etc. Names "Daniel Freeman" and "Howland" inscribed on paste-downs of front-end pages of two field books. Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad logo on some field books 1888 1898

box 1ov : 1

Building plan for Church of the Holy Faith, Inglewood, California; Centinela-Inglewood Land Company contract to build Methodist-Episcopalian church; builders bond re glass windows of Church of the Holy Faith 1888 1913

box 1ov : 2

"Release of all demands" document from Walter S. Maxwell to Daniel Freeman 1896

box 1ov : 3

Charles Howland certificates of commission as insurance agent; Daniel Freeman lease for cultivation and harvest of orange orchard 1884 1892 1897

box 1ov : 4

Form re charter of the ships "Southern California." Cf. Series 4, Box 2, Folders 3-4 18887

box 1ov : 5

Bill of sale for the ship Emilius, to Daniel Freeman (2 copies) 1888

box 1ov : 6

Scottish Union and National Insurance Co. register, blank 1886

box 2ov

Southern California Exhibit register, Chicago, Ill., 1891 1891

box 3ov

Southern California Exhibit register, Chicago, Ill., 1892 1892

box flat file

Map of Church of Holy Faith and architectural drawings detailing church organ, Howland Memorial, tabernacle door, north entrance, and ascension panel (several items in poor condition) 1912-1914

 

Series 7   Canadian Business Interests 1849-1919

Physical Description: 1 archival document boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 flat file
box 1 : 1

Daniel Freeman statement re Port Burwell, Canada, harbor bonds and iron interests; Daniel Freeman incoming business correspondence from Union Iron Company of Detroit, Michigan, re ore shipments; receipt, Austin Burt letter re Daniel Freeman's Port Burwell Harbor Company business interests 1872 1873 1913

box 1 : 2

Map of Queen Charlotte mining company claims; report on Queen Charlotte mining company property; incoming correspondence, telegrams re coal sales and property acquisitions 1888 1890

box 1 : 3

Daniel Freeman incoming business correspondence re Vancouver, British Columbia, business interests, including Hastings Log Mill 1888

box 1 : 4

Daniel Freeman miscellaneous business, personal correspondence from Canada 1867-1869 1883 1885

box 1 : 5

Charles Howland incoming and outgoing correspondence re affairs of brother Lucien Howland; legal documents re same; C. Howland miscellaneous statement re machinery 1883 1919

box 1 : 6

Receipts, bills, invoices re Daniel Freeman, W. A. Robertson purchases 1889-1890

box 1 : 7

Memorandum of expenditures on new buildings, Vancouver, British Columbia 1888

box 1 : 8

Daniel Freeman and Catherine Freeman discharge of mortgage document; agreement re Hastings Log Mill acquisition 1873 1887

box 1 : 9

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence from I. W.(?) Powell re coal mine and mill in Vancouver, British Columbia; list of answers to D. Freeman's questions in Powell letter. Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence from James Parkinson re analysis of coal deposits. Cf. Box 1ov, Folder 8, this series, for other Powell letters 1887-1889

box 1 : 10

Checks and bills of exchange paid to Daniel Freeman and drawn on Canadian banks; Daniel Freeman bank book, Merchants Bank of Canada 1870-1872 1889

box 1 : 11

Agreement re British Columbia lumber mill 1887

box 1 : 12

Acts re crown lands in British Columbia; newspaper clipping 1884 1887

box 1 : 13

Copies of Port Burwell Harbor Company minutes; property abstracts 1849 1858

box 1ov : 1

Hand-drawn map of coal deposits on Graham Island n.d.

box 1ov : 2

Port Burwell Harbor Company stock coupons 1877

box 1ov : 3

Bond of appeal, indenture, transfer of shares documents re Port Burwell Harbor Company 1871

box 1ov : 4

Document of release between Canada Life Assurance (sic) Company and Daniel Freeman; Daniel Freeman and Catherine Freeman to Canada Life Assurance (sic) Company mortgage 1873 1885

box 1ov : 5

Assignment of mortgages, quitclaim deeds and deeds re Daniel Freeman and Catherine Freeman 1867 1870-1873

box 1ov : 6

Bill of sale and mortgage re the ship "Lady Dufferin"; Daniel Freeman memorandum of agreement re "timber limits" 1870 1872-1873

box 1ov : 7

Daniel Freeman incoming correspondence; assignment of property document to Catherine Freeman 1869 1873

box 1ov : 8

Incoming correspondence from I. W.(?) Powell re coal mine and mill in Vancouver, British Columbia. Cf. Box 1, Folder 9, this series 1887-1888

box 1ov : 9

Catherine Christie (Freeman) property agreement 1862

box 1ov : 10

Abstract of title to property of lumber company; blank legal forms re timber lease 1888

box 1ov : 11

Plan of subdivision of lots, New Westminister n.d.

box 1ov : 12

Indentures re stock shares, Port Burwell Company 1867

box 1ov : 13

Articles of agreement between Daniel Freeman and William Craigie re clerkship in law practice 1859

box flat file

Map re property at Thurlow Island and Valdes Island n.d.

 

Series 8 California National Guard 1890-1916

Physical Description: 4 archival document boxes, 2 oversize folders, 3 flat files
box 1 : 1-3

Correspondence, records, receipts re California National Guard activities of Major Charles Howland 1908 1914-1916

box 1 : 4

California National Guard field and special orders; field exercise scenarios 1905-1915 (dates broken)

box 1 : 5

California National Guard special orders (copies) and War Department bulletins 1913-1915

box 1 : 6

Transfer of ordnance and quartermaster?s supplies receipts and invoices; supplies lists; Company F, 7th Regiment, National Guard of California muster roster; general and special orders; correspondence. Materials originally in envelope labeled "Muster out. Co "F" 7th Regt Infty N.G.C. July 1906" 1906

box 1 : 7-8

California National Guard general and special orders 1909-1916

box 1 : 9

Camp of instruction memoranda, Atascadero, California; correspondence re California National Guard activities of Charles Howland 1909-1916 (dates broken)

box 1 : 10

State rifle competition 1915

box 2 : 1

Election materials, Troop D, First Squadron, Cavalry, California National Guard 1907 1913

box 2 : 2

Receipts, troop rosters, list of expenses for California National Guard 1914

box 2 : 3

Orders, report of survey, telegrams re Major Charles Howland inspection and survey of Battery A, Field Artillery, California National Guard 1916

box 2 : 4

Correspondence, transfer of ordnance and transfer of quartermaster invoices re mustering out of Company A, Signal Corps, California National Guard. Major Charles Howland officer in charge. Cf. Box ov, Folder, this series 1912

box 2 : 5

Receipts, correspondence, construction estimates re construction of Scholl Canyon rifle range 1914-1915

box 2 : 6

Election materials, Battery A, Field Artillery, California National Guard 1911

box 2 : 7

Correspondence re California National Guard activities of Charles Howland; receipts, invoices re California National Guard 1910-1915 (dates broken)

box 2 : 8

Incoming and outgoing correspondence, receipts re California National Guard activities of Charles Howland 1905-1916 (dates broken)

box 2 : 9

California National Guard special orders re Charles Howland 1905-1916 (dates broken)

box 2 : 10

Incoming and outgoing correspondence re National Rifle Association rifle shoot and Major Charles Howland 1910

box 2 : 11

Election materials for major, Seventh Regiment of Infantry, California National Guard 1914

box 2 : 12

Payroll and reimbursement forms, War Department; Adjutant General receipts (blank) n.d.

box 2 : 13

Uniform catalog, shoe catalog; receipt book 1911-1912

box 2 : 14

Lease, Charles Howland incoming and outgoing correspondence re construction of state and military rifle range 1909-1915 (dates broken)

box 2 : 15

Department of Military Art, Army School of the Line, Course in Tactics: map problems for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Accompanying map too fragile for use 1909-1910

box 3

Publications re National Guard including General & Special Orders, Laws & Regulations, Rules & Regulations and Manual of Interior Guard Duty 1890-1914

box 4

Signal Corps Manual; U. S. Army firing regulations manual; U. S. Army Field Service regulations; musketry training booklet; General & Special Orders, other military publications 1903-1916 (dates broken)

box 1ov : 1

Photograph: Troop D at Long Beach, CA 1900

box 1ov : 8

Ballots, election return forms, special order re election of First Lieutenant, Company F, 7th Regiment, National Guard of California. Materials originally in envelope labeled "Election for 1st Lieutenant Troop "D" Cavalry N.G.C. Nov. 21?1913." Register of National Guard officers 1912 1913

box flat file

Map of Maneuver Grounds, Camp Atascadero, CA 1908

box flat file

Invoices (carbon copies): transfer of ordnance property, quartermaster property, and Signal Corps property. Cf. Box 2, Folder 4 1912 1914

box flat file

Plan of target pits for Los Angeles Rifle Range (3 items) 1914

 

Series 9 Publications 1878-1957

Physical Description: 7 archival document boxes, 1 oversize box, 3 flat files
box 1

University of California Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins Nos. 119-212 (series broken), Circulars Nos. 14 & 65 and Report of the Agricultural Work 1897-1911

box 2

Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins from various state universities 1897-1909

box 3

U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 19-394 (series broken), various publications of Congress re deep well drilling, defenselessness of the Pacific coast, independent health service, and a Statement of Proper Military Policy for the United States 1895-1916

box 4

U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Experiment Stations Bulletins Nos. 36-239 (series broken) and various other Department of Agriculture publications 1894-1911

box 5

Publications of the U.S. Treasury Department, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Associated Charities of Los Angeles, and the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, 1918 Comparative Rainfall Chart, California Pacific International Exposition catalogue, a duplicating book, copy of the Good Roads Law and Postal Savings Bank Law, and various business brochures and catalogues 1893-1935

box 6

Miscellaneous publications, including California Road Laws, How to Make a Dynamo, Bureau Veritas and Modern Hospital Yearbook, 12th Edition 1886-1932 (dates broken)

box 7 : 1

Advertising flyers and brochures n.d.

box 7 : 2

Legal records re Daniel Freeman suits 1878

box 7 : 3

Promotional brochures for New York preparatory and boarding schools n.d.

box 7 : 4

Western Pacific Railroad earnings statements; map 1916

box 7 : 5

Miscellany: program, book catalog, article, pamphlet on immigration 1886-1916 (dates broken)

box 7 : 6

Title pages for Hubert Howe Bancroft's "History of the Life of Daniel Freeman" 1892

box 7 : 7

Tournament of Roses program 1936

box 7 : 8

Promotional booklet for Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital n.d.

box 7 : 9

Picture book of Inglewood; on cover, in gold lettering "Inglewood 1887 G. F." n.d.

box 7 : 10

Appraisal Report of Los Angeles Railway Right of Way Abandon property for Roland T. Kinney 1957

box 7 : 11

California Cultivator and Poultry Keeper, vol. 13, no. 4 1899

box 1ov : 1

Newspaper clippings, campaign brochure re Long Beach Auditorium campaign 1914

box 1ov : 2

Brochure for "Everlasting" Cement Stone Post Machine, advertisement for Victory Colt Automatic Pistol, price list of Dederick Agricultural and Machine Works 1881 1909 1911

box 1ov : 3

Army and Navy Co-Operative Store Annual Report (1917), brochure for Stafford's Ventilating Co., Report upon the Cresswell Ranch (1884) 1884 1917

box 1ov : 4

Brochures for Marble's Game Getter Gun and Green-Marshall Paint, timetable for Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, checklist for Pumping Aermotor 1906 1909 n.d.

box 1ov : 5

Pearson's War Pictures, nos. 1-8 1898

box flat file

Los Angeles Weekly Herald, vol. 11, no. 2 1884

box flat file

The People's Illustrated Weekly Open Letter , vol. 11, no. 17 1886

box flat file

Supplement to the The People's Illustrated Weekly Open Letter. Covers Gettysburg cyclorama 1886

 

Series 10 Photographs and Family History 1894-1918

Physical Description: 1 archival document box
box 1 : 1

Handwritten notebook detailing family history of John Freeman, 1667/8 n.d.

box 1 : 2

Loose materials removed from notebook: letter re Mrs. Howland, family crest, letters to Daniel Freeman re genealogy, handwritten list of family of Joseph Freeman, handwritten notes re Henry Freeman, Amos Freeman, Lucretia Freeman, Lucretia Burtsell and Henry Freeman Lincoln n.d.

box 1 : 3

2 Photographs: Josephine Mathilda (Murphy) Burnett n.d.

box 1 : 4

Photograph: Sir Robert Burnett, 1833-1894 n.d.

box 1 : 5

Photograph: Unidentified man n.d.

box 1 : 6

Photograph: horses on the Rancho (?) n.d.

box 1 : 7

Photograph: Board of Directors, including Daniel Freeman. Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce(?) 1894

box 1 : 8

Photograph: La Fiesta celebration 1897

box 1 : 9

Photograph: Daniel Freeman (steel engraving) n.d.

box 1 : 10

Photograph. Notation on the back: Kew, horses on the Rancho n.d.

box 1 : 11

In memoriam resolutions from the University of Southern California re the death of Daniel Freeman 1918

 

Series 11 Glass Slides n.d.

Physical Description: 1 archival document box
box 1 : 1

Print of glass plate negative: Grace Freeman Howland (?) with 2 dogs

box 1 : 2

Print of glass plate negative: Woman on beach. "Kitty"

box 1 : 3

Print of glass plate negative: Horse and carriage in front of the Freeman estate, the Centinela

box 1 : 4

Print of glass plate negative: Horse and carriage

box 1 : 5

Print of glass plate negative: Nun

box 1 : 6

Print of glass plate negative: Group sitting under tree

box 1 : 7

Print of glass plate negative: Freeman estate, the Centinela

box 1 : 8

Print of glass plate negative: Nora Kirkpatrick Freeman and child

box 1 : 9

Print of glass plate negative: Grace Freeman Howland in hat

box 1 : 10

Print of glass plate negative: Landscape with large tree

box 1 : 11

Print of glass plate negative: Nora Kirkpatrick Freeman and child, at adobe house of Rancho Centinela

box 1 : 12

Print of glass plate negative: Grace Freeman Howland, seated

box 1 : 13

Print of glass plate negative: Group with puppies

box 1 : 14

Print of glass plate negative: Landscape with three trees

box 1 : 15

Print of glass plate negative: Grace Freeman Howland in bonnet

box 1 : 16

Print of glass plate negative: Dining room of mansion on Freeman estate, the Centinela

box 1 : 17

Print of glass plate negative: Landscape

box 1 : 18

Print of glass plate negative: Portrait--man

box 1 : 19

Print of glass plate negative: Landscape

box 1 : 20

Print of glass plate negative: First school in Inglewood

box 1 : 21

Print of glass plate negative: Woman with dogs

box 1 : 22

Print of glass plate negative: Landscape--orchard

box 1 : 23

Print of glass plate negative: Freeman estate, the Centinela

box 1 : 24

Print of glass plate negative: Man in vest (Fred Freeman ?)

box 1 : 25

Print of glass plate negative: Woman (head not in frame)

box 1 : 26

Print of glass plate negative: Grace Freeman Howland and Nora Kirkpatrick Freeman

box 1 : 27

Print of glass plate negative: Man in vest (Fred Freeman ?)

box 1 : 28

Print of glass plate negative: House interior, mansion on the Freeman estate, the Centinela

box 1 : 29

Print of glass plate negative: Woman sitting

box 1 : 30

Print of glass plate negative: Landscape with house and barn

box 1 : 31

Print of glass plate negative: Three women

box 1 : 32-34

Prints of glass plate negative: Grounds of Freeman estate, the Centinela

box 1 : 35

Print of glass plate negative: View of mansion on Freeman estate, the Centinela

box 1 : 36

Print of glass plate negative: Garden on Freeman estate, the Centinela

box 1 : 37-39

Prints of glass plate negative: Interiors of mansion on Freeman estate, the Centinela

box 1 : 40-44

Prints of glass plate negative: View of mansion on Freeman estate, the Centinela

 

Series 12 Maps 1871-1911

Physical Description: 1 oversize box, 8 flat files
box 1ov : 1

Map of land tracts of Sausal Redondo Rancho, Centinela Rancho, Inglewood and Playa del Rey 1901

box 1ov : 2

Hand-drawn sketch (subject unknown) n.d.

box 1ov : 3

Architectural drawing of Freeman Avenue and Queen Street n.d.

box 1ov : 4

Map of Oakland and vicinity, detailing the lines of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Consolidated Railway 1911

box 1ov : 5

Plan of the Johnston Tract, Los Angeles 1871

box 1ov : 6

Map of the Arlington Heights Tract adjoining the City of Fresno, CA 1888

box 1ov : 7

U.S. Geological Survey map of "California (Los Angeles CO) Redondo Sheet" (photocopy); map of Los Angeles and vicinity showing Inglewood and Ranchos Sausal Redondo and Centinela, with description of Redondo Beach (photocopy. Advertising broadside? 1889 n.d.

box flat file

Contour map of Residence Reservation & Adjacent Property n.d.

box flat file

Contour map of Residence Reservation & Adjacent Property n.d.

box flat file

Map of lands owned by D. Freeman in the Centinela and Sausal Redondo Ranchos and the Stuart Tract, Los Angeles n.d.

box flat file

Hand-drawn map of land tracts bordering Ocean Park Avenue and Pine Street, marked with land values n.d.

box flat file

Excavation plan of Freeman residence, two architectural drawings of Freeman residence n.d.

box flat file

Architectural drawing of Warehouse, Inglewood, CA n.d.

box flat file

Floor plans of residence of Charles Howland and map of Howland property in Inglewood, CA n.d.

box flat file

Floor plans of residence of Charles Howland and map of Howland property in Inglewood, CA 1900