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INVENTORY OF THE WATSON LAND COMPANY COLLECTION,
1927-2005
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Title: Watson Land Company Collection
Dates: 1927-2005
Collection Number: Consult repository.
Creator:
Watson Land Company
Extent:
1 box
.5 linear ft.
Repository: California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives and Special Collections
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room G-145
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://archives.csudh.edu/
Abstract: A small collection of materials from the Watson Land Company, including articles of incorporation, financial statements, correspondence,
newsletters, and reports.
Language: Collection material is in English
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Title of item], Watson Land Company Collection, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University
Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
This finding aid was created as part of Early Los Angeles/Rancho San Pedro Manuscript Cataloging Project, a CSU Dominguez
Hills Library project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The project started in 2005.
Project Director was Greg Williams. Project Archivists were Thomas Philo and Jennifer Allan Goldman.
The Watson Estate Company was incorporated in 1912 to help protect the interests of Dolores Simona Dominguez de Watson. While
the Watson Estate Company made a steady, albeit relatively small, income from leasing land, it broke with other Rancho-based
companies in regularly selling off small pieces of property. The company was reincorporated as the Watson Land Company in
1927, largely as a way to have lands assessed according to richer 1920s valuations, rather than the 1913 valuation that had
been used. Under reincorporation, land sales and leases gave the Watson Land Company a sounder financial foundation. As
with other Rancho-based concerns, the Watson Land Company realized profits from sales and leases to oil companies; throughout
its history, though, the directors of the Watson Land Company focused on the agricultural and industrial development of the
land. The success of this practice grew throughout the century, and the Watson Land Company remains one of the most successful
in Southern California. (From the Rancho San Pedro Collection Finding Aid)
Items include “Watson in the News” company newsletters; corporate profiles and reports; brochures and articles about the company;
financial statements; land reports; correspondence; and the company articles of incorporation.
Office buildings
Industrial buildings
Carson (Calif.)
Rancho Dominguez (Calif.)
Watson Land Company
Rancho San Pedro Collection
Rancho San Pedro Reference Collection