Otay Ranch Records

Special Collections & Archives
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2005
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu

Note

No box 175.


Descriptive Summary

Languages: English
Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Otay Ranch Records
Creator: Otay Ranch (San Diego, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0500
Physical Description: 103.8 Linear feet (126 archives boxes, 49 record cartons, 5 map case folders and 3 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1927 - 1989
Abstract: The Otay Ranch Records document the history of San Diego county through the administrative, economic, financial, employment and agricultural records that describe the operations of this large south county ranch. The documents include correspondence from Stephen Birch, Sr., the original owner of Otay Ranch Agricultural Corp. in 1936, to the ranch foremen, bookkeepers and managers; and financial, agricultural, and employment records from 1936 through the 1980s. Also included is material relating to Birch family history, including copies of letters dating from the 1840s.

Restrictions

Documents related to payroll, located in the FINANCIAL series, are restricted.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 1999

Preferred Citation

Otay Ranch Records, MSS 500. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Administrative History

Otay Ranch, originally a land grant, named Rancho del Otay, by Mexican Governor Echeandia to Maria Estudillo and her brother Jose Antonio Estudillo, was owned and operated by Stephen Birch and his family from 1920 until the mid-1980s. During the 1800s, this area was important for the sheep operations that ran between Mexico and Southern California.
In 1920, Stephen Birch, the driving force behind the Alaska Copper and Coal Company, which eventually became the Kennecott Copper Company in 1915, bought Otay Ranch and many surrounding parcels of land, totalling about 30,000 acres. Birch was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1872, the second son of a wounded Union Army sergeant who died when Stephen was ten yeras old. Three years after his fathers death, Stephen's mother moved her family to Mahwah, New Jersey to be closer to family. Stephen attended Trinity School, New York University and Columbia School of Mines, receiving financial assistance from his New Jersey neighbors the Havermeyers of the American Sugar Refining Company. Stephen, along with many others went to Alaska to seek gold in 1898. He eventually formed a syndicate, enlisted the support of Daniel Guggenheim and J.P. Morgan and started the Alaska Copper and Coal Company in 1903. In 20 years, Birch controlled a major share of the world's copper production with mines in Alaska, the western United States, and South America, and maintained offices in New York. On June 24, 1916, Stephen married Mary Rand, daughter of Rufus R. Rand, president of Minneapolis Gas Light Company. The newlyweds settled in New York City and had two children, Stephen and Mary. In 1917 Stephen purchased the 730-acre Theodore Havemeyer estate in Mahwah, New Jersey, near where he had lived as a boy and named the estate Mahrapo Farm. He ran the farm as a purebred stock farm, specializing in Guernsey cows and Hampshire sheep. Mary Birch died of cancer in 1930, so Stephen's sister Emily moved to the farm to tend to the children. In 1938, Birch organized the Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation to donate money to health services, hospitals, and civic organizations. Stephen Birch resigned as president of the Kennecott Copper Company in 1933 but continued on as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the company until he died on December 29, 1940 at the age of 68 following surgery. In addition to his positions with Kennecott and Otay Ranch, Birch was president and director of the Alaska Steamship Company, chairman of the board of directors of the Braden Copper Company, and a director of the Alaska Development and Mineral Company, the Banker's Trust Company of New York, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, the Colorado and Southern Railway Company, and the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Birch is buried in Hartsdale New York.
Otay Ranch was a 30,000+ acre ranch at the initial purchase, growing to almost 90,000 acres, owned by Stephen Birch and his family. The ranch was a large cattle and agricultural operation east of San Diego. The ranch grew and harvested mostly barley, beans and grains, and tried a variety of different crops to test their ability to grow in the southern California climate. Otay Ranch employed a large number of locals, immigrant workers from Mexico and women. Management of the ranch was overseen from New York, so regular correspndence from Stephen Birch Sr., Stephen Birch Jr. and Robert Newell, the corporate manager in New York to T.R. Newbery, the Superintendent at the ranch, Edward Loula, the office manager during the 1950s and 1960s, and Collins Wilkie, the ranch manager during the 1950s and general manager of United Enterprises in 1977, are reflected within the records. The family who lived there, mainly daughter Mary Birch Patrick, and staff followed the rationing restrictions ordered by the government during World War II and sold supplies to the government for the war effort. The ranch expanded by continuing to purchase grazing land for herds of cattle, purchasing neighboring Rancho de la Nacion and Rancho Janal. The crops were sold to wholesalers in San Diego and Los Angeles after being shipped north. As the cities around Otay Ranch, specifically Chula Vista and National City, began to fill with people, Otay Ranch began to sell off parcels of land to developers. By the 1980s, Mary Birch Patrick and the corporation that oversaw operations on the ranch, United Enterprises, sold the ranch to developers for housing developments on Otay Mesa.

Scope and Content of Collection

The records of Otay Ranch, a large tract of land south of San Diego, document the history of farming, ranching, field labor practices, and the daily dealings of a business farm in San Diego County. Otay Ranch was owned and operated by Stephen Birch and his descendents, his son Stephen Birch Jr. and his daughter Mary Birch Patrick.
Arranged in fifteen series: 1) ADMINISTRATIVE, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) AGRICULTURE, 4) LIVESTOCK, 5) LABOR, 6) PROPERTY, 7) EQUIPMENT, 8) FINANCIAL, 9) INSURANCE, 10) BIRCH FOUNDATION, 11) MAHRAPO FARMS, 12) ORGANIZATIONS, 13) SUBJECT FILES, 14) MAPS, and 15) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

Processing Information

There is no box 175. The collection includes boxes with numbers 161-165, but the contents are not described in the finding aid.

OFF-SITE STORAGE

BULK OF COLLECTION IS STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS. Oversize materials (map case and flat box) are stored on-site and do not need to be requested in advance.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ranches -- California -- San Diego
Birch, Mary Patrick -- Archives
Birch, Stephen -- Archives
Otay Ranch (San Diego, Calif.) -- Archives

 

ADMINISTRATIVE

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 1: ADMINISTRATIVE
The ADMINISTRATIVE series comprises yearly, quarterly and monthly reports, documenting daily weather reports, employee and cattle counts and permit requests; production reports from the years 1946 thru 1948; purchase orders from the late 1970s through 1987; rainfall records from 1938 through 1987; and weekly meeting minutes from 1978 through 1983. The series is arranged in two subseries: A) Administrative Files and B) United Enterprises.
A) The Administrative Files subseries contains documents of daily weather reports, labor counts, cattle counts, permit requests, production reports from the years 1946 through 1948, purchase orders from the late 1970s through 1987, rainfall records from 1938 through 1987 and weekly meeting minutes from 1978 through 1983. The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
B) The United Enterprises subseries contains daily chron files created and signed by United Enterprises, detailing daily management activities from 1978 through 1982.
 

Administrative Files

Box 1, Folder 1

Account code lists

Box 1, Folder 2

Azuma claim 1973

Box 1, Folder 3

Boy Scout permits 1968 - 1979

Box 1, Folder 4

House furnishings at Valley Farm house

Box 1, Folder 5

House furnishings main ranch buildings pre-1970s

Box 1, Folder 6

Keys

Box 1, Folder 7

Navy Seals parachute jumps 1967

Box 1, Folder 8

Notices 1940

Box 1, Folder 9

Otay Winchester Shooting Range 1969

Box 1, Folder 10

Permits 1965 - 1982

Box 1, Folder 11

Expenses, office supplies

Box 1, Folder 12

Field reports 1979

Box 1, Folder 13-14

General journal entries 1957 - 1974

Box 1, Folder 15

Inventories 1939 - 1940

Box 2, Folder 1

Inventories 1971

Box 2, Folder 2

Inventory 1938 - 1948

Box 2, Folder 3

Inventory calculations 1980s

Box 2, Folder 4

Inventory data 1977

Box 2, Folder 5-6

Inventory reports 1976 - 1978

 

Monthly reports

Box 2, Folder 7

Correspondence 1945 - 1946

Box 2, Folder 8-19

Daily weather conditions, labor roster and cattle count January - December, 1949

 

Order books

Box 2, Folder 20

1937 - 1938

Box 2, Folder 21-22

1942 - 1961

Box 3, Folder 1

Ranch crop receipts 1985

Box 3, Folder 2

Physical inventory worksheets 1968

 

Production reports

Box 3, Folder 3-7

1946, April - 1948, June 1946

Box 4, Folder 1

1948, July-December 1948

 

Purchase orders

Box 4, Folder 2

1946

Box 4, Folder 3-4

1976 - 1977

Box 4, Folder 5-8

1980

Box 5, Folder 1-6

1981 - 1983

Box 6, Folder 1-5

1984 - 1987

Box 6, Folder 6

Purchase & payment receipts 1971 - 1976

Box 7, Folder 1-2

Quarterly inventory reports 1977 - 1978

 

Rainfall records

Box 7, Folder 3

1938 - 1986

 

Daily precipitation records

Box 7, Folder 4

Dept. of Special District Services, Flood Control Division and Department of Sanitation and Flood Control 1975 - 1984

Box 7, Folder 5

Department of Sanitation and Flood Control 1984

Box 7, Folder 6

Department of Special District Services, Flood Control Division and Department of Sanitation and Flood Control 1984 - 1987

Box 7, Folder 7

Records and other dates disposed or burned 1960s

 

Record of inventory

Box 7, Folder 8-13

1979 - 1982

Box 7, Folder 14-16

1985 - 1987

 

Requests for purchase orders

Box 8, Folder 1-7

1976, June - 1978, June

Box 9, Folder 1-6

1978, July - 1979, December

Box 9, Folder 7

Valley Farm Ranch weekly report - Includes feeding and seeding reports 1953

Box 9, Folder 8

Weather reports 1939 - 1940

Box 9, Folder 9

Weekly meetings 1972 - 1973

Box 10, Folder 1

Weekly meeting minutes - Includes cattle inventory 1978 - 1983

 

United Enterprises

Box 10, Folder 2

Industrial indemnity 1984

 

Daily files

Box 10, Folder 3-8

1978 - 1980

Box 11, Folder 1-6

1981 - 1982

Box 12, Folder 1

Water purchased 1978

Box 12, Folder 2

United Enterprises vs. Cappos, Nick and Ed Koucouvelis 1963

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 2: CORRESPONDENCE
The CORRESPONDENCE series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and dates from the 1930s through the 1980s with the bulk dating from the early 1930s through the 1950s. It contains correspondence between ranch owners, the superintendents at the ranch, the bookkeepers, the foremen and other ranch employees, and management in New Jersey and New York.
Box 12, Folder 3

A-Miscellaneous

Box 12, Folder 4

Adams Plantation 1952 - 1955

Box 12, Folder 5

Anderson, Robert to Stephen Birch 1938 - 1940

Box 12, Folder 6

B-Miscellaneous

Box 12, Folder 7

Baker, Phillip Pink 1958 - 1959

Box 12, Folder 8

Birch, Mary 1936 - 1946

 

Birch, Stephen

Box 12, Folder 9-13

1936 - 1940

Box 12, Folder 14

Miscellaneous memos

Box 13, Folder 1

Birch, Jr., Stephen 1941 - 1956

Box 13, Folder 2

Birds 1939 - 1941

Box 13, Folder 3

Bit-U-Cobe Southwest Company

Box 13, Folder 4

Bryant and Cookingham, Inc. 1937

Box 13, Folder 5

C-Miscellaneous

Box 13, Folder 6

California State Chamber of Commerce 1956

Box 13, Folder 7

California Tax/Chamber of Commerce 1941 - 1945

Box 13, Folder 8

Collins, Ray S. 1977

Box 13, Folder 9

Collins, Wilkie - [Ranch manager] 1954 - 1957

Box 13, Folder 10

Cox, Andrew 1935 - 1939

Box 13, Folder 11

D-Miscellaneous

Box 13, Folder 12

Darnell, Larry 1973 - 1976

Box 13, Folder 13

Dean, James, Aleutian 1936

Box 13, Folder 14-15

Dinsmore, John Bell 1936 - 1938

Box 13, Folder 16

Downing, C.E. 1936 - 1940

Box 14, Folder 1

Duplicate copies of letters - Originals in files (via airmail) 1940

Box 14, Folder 2

F-Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 3

Fridlund, Eva 1957

Box 14, Folder 4

G-Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 5

H-Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 6

Halliday, Dick 1940

Box 14, Folder 7

Hedrick and Sweetland, Inc. 1937 - 1938

Box 14, Folder 8

Hewicker, John A. 1941

Box 14, Folder 9

I-Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 10

J-Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 11

Johnson, H. Monroe 1937

Box 14, Folder 12

K-Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 13

L-Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 14

Llanos, Ubaldo 1939 - 1940

Box 14, Folder 15

Long Branch Ranch 1973

Box 14, Folder 16

Loula, Edward - [Office manager, 1960s-1975] 1938 - 1975

Box 14, Folder 17

M-Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 18

McCarthy, N.B. 1941

Box 14, Folder 19

Morrin and Underwood, Inc., Realtors 1957

Box 14, Folder 20

N-Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 21-22

Newbery, T.R. - [Ranch Superintendent] 1934 - 1950

 

Newell, Robert - [Manager in New York]

Box 14, Folder 23

1936 - 1939

Box 15, Folder 1-6

1938 - 1976

Box 15, Folder 7

Newell to T.R. Newbery April 23, 1938 - January 4, 1941

Box 15, Folder 8

O-Miscellaneous

Box 15, Folder 9

Otay Ranch 1941

Box 15, Folder 10

P-Miscellaneous

Box 15, Folder 11

The Pacific Molasses Company 1941 - 1956

Box 15, Folder 12

R-Miscellaneous

Box 15, Folder 13

Refunds 1939 - 1941

Box 15, Folder 14

S-Miscellaneous

Box 15, Folder 15

San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Company 1940 - 1942

Box 15, Folder 16

San Diego Gas and Electric Company 1941 - 1943

 

Scarbery, D.E. - [Ranch Superintendent, 1938-1940]

Box 15, Folder 17

1938

Box 16, Folder 1-2

1939 - 1940

Box 16, Folder 3

Schutte, James E. - [Ranch Foreman 1950s-1970s] 1959 - 1977

Box 16, Folder 4

Sillers Paint and Varnish Co. 1943

Box 16, Folder 5

Southern Equipment and Supply Company 1941

Box 16, Folder 6

Spencer, J.M. 1936

Box 16, Folder 7

Steele, Bob 1957 - 1965

Box 16, Folder 8

T-Miscellaneous

Box 16, Folder 9

Telegrams 1939 - 1946

General

[Originals located in Preservation Photocopy folders].
Box 16, Folder 10

U-Miscellaneous

Box 16, Folder 11

Uffman, John 1938

Box 16, Folder 12

United States Department of Agriculture 1943 - 1945

Box 16, Folder 13

United States Guarantee Company 1942

Box 16, Folder 14

W-Miscellaneous

Box 16, Folder 15

Warehouse Report 1944

Box 16, Folder 16

Western Metal Supply Co. 1938 - 1943

Box 16, Folder 17

Wilson, John W. 1954

Box 16, Folder 18

Y-Miscellaneous

Box 16, Folder 19

Copied Materials

 

AGRICULTURE

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 3: AGRICULTURE
The AGRICULTURE series contains information on crop production, the types of crops, planting, irrigating, fertilizing, and crop sales. It documents the process of growing crops in the San Diego area climate and is arranged into five subseries: A) Crop Data, B) Crop Sales, C) Irrigation, D) Pesticides, Fertilizers and Conservation and E) Miscellaneous.
A) The Crop Data subseries contains inventories and data on crop production from planting to harvest, from the early 1930s through 1986, with the majority of the data from the 1930s to the 1950s.
B) The Crop Sales subseries contains documents such as contracts and requests from wholesalers on the sales of the various crops produced at the ranch.
C) The Irrigation subseries contains information on the water systems used on the ranch and water contracts.
D) The Pesticides, Fertilizers and Conservation subseries contains information on how the crops were cultivated and the type of materials used to produce the best crop.
E) The Miscellaneous subseries contains documents on acreage, storage of crops, and supply information.
 

Crop Data

Box 17, Folder 1

Acreage survey for crops 1970

Box 17, Folder 2

Agricultural records 1956 - 1976

 

Barley

Box 17, Folder 3

Planting 1938 - 1940

Box 17, Folder 4

Harvest 1941

Box 17, Folder 5

1958 - 1959

Box 17, Folder 6-7

1985 - 1986

Box 17, Folder 8

Barley and wheat - Report of areas planted 1978

Box 17, Folder 9

Barley grain, barley hay, barley straw 1974 - 1977

Box 17, Folder 10-11

Barley hay records 1978 - 1979

Box 17, Folder 12

Barley inventory - Alfalfa, wheat, wheat straw, wheat seed, barley seed, iodized salt and office store rooms 1979 - 1982

Box 17, Folder 13

Barley - Mill run daily count 1953

Box 17, Folder 14

Barley planting schedule 1984

Box 17, Folder 15

Bean harvest 1939

Box 17, Folder 16-17

Bean straw 1936 - 1938 & 1941

Box 17, Folder 18

Comparative data - Annual field crop summary 1939

Box 17, Folder 19

Crop conditions and general operations - Clippings 1953 - 1956

Box 17, Folder 20-21

Crop inventory - Includes beanstraw, deferred expenses, hay record, inventory of farm equipment and tractor hours report 1937 - 1938

Box 18, Folder 1

Crop production - Spreadsheets 1950 - 1958

Box 18, Folder 2-4

Crop production 1979 - 1980 & 1982

 

Crop records

Box 18, Folder 6

1949 - 1966

Box 18, Folder 7

1984 - 1985

 

Crop reports

Box 18, Folder 8

1939 - 1941

Box 18, Folder 9

1956 - 1957. Includes a report with field numbers and corresponding acreage

Box 18, Folder 10

1964 - 1971

Box 18, Folder 11

Crop and weight documents 1965 - 1984

Box 18, Folder 12

Garbanzos - Planting 1939 - 1940

 

Grain

Box 18, Folder 13-14

1936 - 1937

Box 18, Folder 15

Harvest 1939 - 1940

Box 18, Folder 16

Storage - San Diego munic. warehouse 1939 - 1940

Box 19, Folder 1

Planting - Includes a ranch map 1940 - 1942

Box 19, Folder 2

Harvest 1942

Box 19, Folder 3

Grass 1939 - 1941

Box 19, Folder 4

Inventory 1973 - 1984

 

Lima beans

Box 19, Folder 5

1939 - 1940

Box 19, Folder 6-7

Planting 1939 - 1941

Box 19, Folder 8-9

Harvest 1941 - 1942

Box 19, Folder 10

Food Order #45 1943 - 1945

Box 19, Folder 11

Planting 1942 - 1944

Box 19, Folder 12

Macadamia and lychee crops 1954 - 1955

Box 19, Folder 13

Material consumed from own crops 1969

Box 19, Folder 14

Materials consumed for own use - Otay Ranch ledger 1976 - 1977

Box 19, Folder 15

Mustard seed 1938

Box 19, Folder 16

Oats - Planting 1939

Box 19, Folder 17

Oat hay 1941

 

Orchids

Box 19, Folder 18

1938 - 1939

Box 20, Folder 1-2

1939 - 1940

Box 20, Folder 3

Plantings, experimental 1939

Box 20, Folder 4-5

Planting reports 1939 - 1940 & 1942

Box 20, Folder 6

Planting schedule 1979

Box 20, Folder 7

Production records - Spreadsheets 1940

Box 20, Folder 8

Proposed crop plan 1954 - 1956

Box 20, Folder 9

Proposed plantings 1941 - 1948

Box 20, Folder 10-11

Seed, grain and beans 1939 - 1943

Box 20, Folder 12

Sesame 1954 - 1956

Box 20, Folder 13

Sorghum 1955 - 1957

Box 20, Folder 14, Oversize FB-446-01

Weekly barley quotations 1966 - 1973

 

Wheat

Box 20, Folder 15

Planting 1939

Box 20, Folder 16

Harvest 1941

Box 20, Folder 17

Wheat and barley 1981

Box 20, Folder 18

Wheat germ - Research data 1942

Box 20, Folder 19

Wildoats - Spraying control 1954 - 1955

 

Crop Sales

Box 20, Folder 20

Alfalfa sales - Deal with J. Smith 1970

Box 20, Folder 21

Barley sales and harvest 1953 - 1958

Box 21, Folder 1-2

Barley sales, Transport by Cargil Co. 1974 - 1975

Box 21, Folder 3

Bean straw 1938 - 1939

Box 21, Folder 4

Bills of lading 1938 - 1940

Box 21, Folder 5

Campo cattle feeders 1967 - 1968

Box 21, Folder 6

Ceilings on hay 1945

Box 21, Folder 7

Cost of sales 1940 - 1947

Box 21, Folder 8

Feed certificates and resale permits 1967 - 1985

Box 21, Folder 9

Grain 1938 - 1939

Box 21, Folder 10

Grain sales 1944 - 1950

Box 21, Folder 11

Grain contracts 1973

Box 21, Folder 12

Harrison and Riedy Grain Co. 1966 - 1970

Box 21, Folder 13

Lima beans 1938 - 1941

Box 22, Folder 1

Lima bean sales 1944 - 1950

Box 22, Folder 2, Oversize FB-493-03

Los Angeles grain market quotations - Wheat, oat, barley 1938 - 1939

Box 22, Folder 3

Molasses 1944

Box 22, Folder 4

Oat hay 1942 - 1951

 

Public weighmaster

Box 22, Folder 5

1936 - 1957

Box 22, Folder 6

1976 - 1983

Box 22, Folder 7

Sale of sacks 1954

Box 22, Folder 8

Weighmasters certificate of weight and measure 1982

Box 22, Folder 9

Wheat 1942 - 1945

 

Irrigation

Box 22, Folder 10

California water program 1955

Box 22, Folder 11

City of San Diego - Accounts of water purchased 1974 - 1981

Box 22, Folder 12, Oversize FB-493-01

Graphed rainfall records 1938 - 1980

Box 22, Folder 13

Irrigation pipe Line 1939

Box 22, Folder 14-15

Irrigation systems 1939 - 1941

Box 22, Folder 16

Map of water holes in Otay Valley

General note

Draft.
 

Otay Municipal Water District

Box 23, Folder 1

Correspondence and contract 1962 - 1963

Box 23, Folder 2-4

Accounts of water purchased 1974 - 1982

Box 23, Folder 5

Rain 1939 - 1941

Box 23, Folder 6

Rainfall records January - February 1957

Box 23, Folder 7

Unfinished projects - Water development and reduction of equipment repair charges 1960

Box 23, Folder 8

Water development 1939 - 1940

Box 23, Folder 9

Water meter (Account #81) 1961 - 1967

Box 23, Folder 10

Water meter reading cards 1962 - 1965

Box 23, Folder 11

Water meters 1936 - 1950

Box 23, Folder 12

Water projects 1951 - 1961

Box 23, Folder 13

Water records 1972 - 1973

Box 23, Folder 14

Water rights 1942

Box 24, Folder 1

Water systems 1938

Box 24, Folder 2

Water systems - Headquarters 1942 - 1950

Box 24, Folder 3

Wells 1953 - 1954

 

Pesticides, Fertilizers and Conservation

Box 24, Folder 4

Agricultural conservation program 1940

Box 24, Folder 5

Crops - Spraying 1954 - 1955

Box 24, Folder 6

Fertilizer 1938 - 1939

Box 24, Folder 7

Fertilizer and seed 1953 - 1956

Box 24, Folder 8

Field boundaries - Changes, etc

Box 24, Folder 9

Morning glory treatment 1947

Box 24, Folder 10

Notice to hold commodities on premises - Morning glory contamination 1958

Box 24, Folder 11

Pest control 1939 - 1940

Box 24, Folder 12

Range conservation and land reclamation 1928 - 1940

Box 24, Folder 13

Rodent control 1938 - 1945

Box 24, Folder 14

Soil bank program 1956 - 1957

Box 24, Folder 15

Soil conservation - Department of Agriculture and University of California 1955 - 1957

Box 24, Folder 16

Weed control 1939 - 1943

 

Miscellaneous

Box 24, Folder 17

Acreage data 1939 - 1940

Box 24, Folder 18

Bags - Ames Harris Neville 1935 - 1939

Box 24, Folder 19

Bags, sacks and twine 1944 - 1950

Box 24, Folder 20

Bags, twine, etc. 1942 - 1943

Box 24, Folder 21

Bemis Bro. Bag Co. 1935 - 1939

 

LIVESTOCK

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 4: LIVESTOCK
The ranch was involved in buying, selling and breeding cattle. This series documents the purchases and sales of cattle and horses by the ranch.
 

American Hereford Association

Box 25, Folder 1

Cattle transactions 1940 - 1955

Box 25, Folder 2

Purebred Hereford calves for registry 1953

Box 25, Folder 3

Registration 1955

 

American Hereford Record

Box 25, Folder 4

Applications for transfer 1942 - 1958

Box 25, Folder 5

Certificate of entry - Cows 1942 - 1956

Box 25, Folder 6

Certificate of entry 1950

Box 25, Folder 7

American Polled Hereford Association - Birth records 1944 - 1946

Box 25, Folder 8

American Polled Hereford birth records - 0-69 to 0-295 1942 - 1944

Box 25, Folder 9

American Polled Hereford Breeders Association - Certificates of sale 1951 - 1958

 

American Polled Hereford Association - Certificate of entry

Box 25, Folder 10

Cows 1942 - 1953

Box 25, Folder 11

Purebred cows 1948 - 1955

Box 25, Folder 12

Bulls 1949 - 1955

Box 25, Folder 13-14

Brand inspection certificate 1970 & 1973 - 1974

Box 25, Folder 15

Brand renewals 1938 - 1961

Box 25, Folder 16

Branding reports 1980s

Box 26, Folder 1

Breeding - Book No. 1, Bulls 1950 - 1953

Box 26, Folder 2

Calf weights 1954 - 1955

Box 26, Folder 3-5

Cattle 1941 - 1957 & 1972

Box 26, Folder 6

Cattle account No. 365 1958

Box 26, Folder 7

Cattle acquisitions 1937 - 1938

Box 26, Folder 8

Cattle - Bill of sales 1954 - 1975

 

Cattle inventory

Box 26, Folder 9

Number of steers, cows, calves, heifers and bulls 1938

Box 26, Folder 10-11

1972 & undated

 

Animal death reports

Box 26, Folder 12-15

1979 - 1982

Box 26, Folder 16-17

1984 - 1986

Box 26, Folder 18

Closeout summaries 1971 - 1973

Box 26, Folder 19-21

Cows and bulls 1979 & 1984 - 1986

Box 26, Folder 22

Cows and bulls by pasture 1973 - 1975

Box 27, Folder 1

Employees 1971 - 1973

 

Feed reports

Box 27, Folder 2-3

1981 - 1982

Box 27, Folder 4-5

1984 - 1986

Box 27, Folder 6

Form 7101, Cattle move record 1974

Box 27, Folder 7

Form 7102, Branding reports 1972

Box 27, Folder 8

Form 7103, Dead animal report 1972 - 1974

Box 27, Folder 9

Form 7104, Increase/decrease in livestock 1971 - 1974

Box 27, Folder 10

Form 7106, Cattle sales records 1971 - 1973

Box 27, Folder 11

Form 7106/7107, Purchase record 1971 - 1974

Box 27, Folder 12

Form 7107, Feed reports 1972 - 1974

Box 27, Folder 13

Form 7108, Foreign cattle received 1973

Box 27, Folder 14

Herefords 1948 - 1955

Box 27, Folder 15

Medication/innoculation

Box 27, Folder 16-18

Overall Records 1980 - 1983

Box 27, Folder 19

Profit and loss statements 1971 - 1972

 

Cattle move records

Box 27, Folder 20-22

1971 - 1972

Box 28, Folder 1-3

1979 - 1983

Box 28, Folder 4

Cattle purchase from Aubrey Sears 1938

Box 28, Folder 5

Cattle - Range herd 1938 - 1957

Box 28, Folder 6-7

Cattle sales 1941 - 1946

Box 28, Folder 8

Cattle sales - Orita Land and Cattle Co. 1973 - 1975

Box 28, Folder 9

Cows 1945 - 1955

Box 28, Folder 10

Feed grinding 1941 - 1942

Box 28, Folder 11

Horses 1938 - 1974

Box 28, Folder 12

Livestock head - Day tax return 1972 - 1973

Box 28, Folder 13

Photograph - Jim Horn with bull

Box 28, Folder 14

Record of performance, UC College of Agriculture 1953 - 1954

Box 28, Folder 15

Reports - Number of cattle and feed costs 1950 - 1952

Box 29, Folder 1

Supplies 1954 - 1956

Box 29, Folder 2

Valley Game Farm 1939 - 1942

Box 29, Folder 3

Valley Game Farm - Purchasing Birds 1927 - 1941

Box 29, Folder 4

Accommodation purchases - Employees 1943 - 1945

Box 29, Folder 5

Applications for employment 1939 - 1943

 

LABOR

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 5: LABOR
The LABOR series documents the labor required on the farm. It includes information on individuals hired, when they left, and the work they performed. It is arranged in four subseries: A) Employees, B) Time Reports, C) Cattle and Work Schedules and D) Work Orders.
A) The Employees subseries is arranged alphabetically and includes applications for employment, employment permits, employee housing and accommodations, and labor and wage reports. Also included are three card file boxes which contain employee information cards.
B) The Time Reports subseries, arranged chronologically from 1937 through 1983, contains employee time reports. C) The Cattle and Work Schedules, arranged chronologically from 1979 through 1983, document the work employees did with cattle.
D) The Work Orders subseries documents the daily work required on the ranch, including mending fences, clearing brush, harvesting, etc. and who performed the work. The subseries is arranged chronologically from 1938 through 1983.
 

Employees

Box 29, Folder 6-8

Barbecue 1946 & 1974 - 1975

Box 29, Folder 9

Boarding house deductions 1944 - 1946

Box 29, Folder 10

Cattle Supervisors time-off due to Sunday Work 1980

Box 29, Folder 11

Employee savings accounts (withheld) 1951 - 1974

Box 29, Folder 12

Housing 1946 - 1970

Box 29, Folder 13

Labor costs 1973

Box 29, Folder 14

Labor cost reports 1975

Box 30, Folder 1

Mexican national farm labor - Includes correspondence and a draft "Individual Work Agreement" 1943 - 1945

Box 30, Folder 2

Minor's employment permits

Box 30, Folder 3

Mitchell, R. I. 1964 - 1967

Box 30, Folder 4

Pancake breakfast 1971

Box 30, Folder 5

Ranch operations - Includes material regarding labor distribution in 1941, correspondence regarding animal husbandry and correspondence regarding permission to hunt on Otay Ranch 1941 - 1966

Box 30, Folder 6

Reports of labor - Includes correspondence regarding wage-scale, employment verification, employee rosters, inquiries for employment, and lists of women employed as bean pickers 1936 - 1939

Box 30, Folder 7

Selective Service System 1942 - 1945

Box 30, Folder 8

Vacation planner - Temporary help planner 1980

Box 30, Folder 9

Wage rates and benefits 1970 - 1973

Box 30, Folder 10

Wages 1934 - 1943

Box 30, Folder 11

Wilke Collins' employee file 1953 - 1966

 

Employee information cards

Box 31

A - Ft

Box 32

G - Pk

Box 33

Pl - Z

 

Time Reports

Box 34, Folder 1

Daily labor sheets 1938

 

Reports

Box 34, Folder 2-3

1937 - 1941 1937

Box 34, Folder 4

1965

Box 34, Folder 5-7

1967, June - August

Box 35, Folder 1-2

1975

Box 35, Folder 3-4

1977

Box 35, Folder 5-9

1978 - 1980, Temporary

Box 36, Folder 1-2

1980 - 1981, Temporary

Box 36, Folder 3

1983

 

Cattle and Work Shedules

Box 36, Folder 4-6

1979 - 1980

Box 37, Folder 1-6

1980 & 1982 - 1983

 

Work Orders

Box 38, Folder 1-2

Work assignment 1942

Box 38, Folder 3

Work assignment schedule 1941

 

Work orders

Box 38, Folder 4

AC 45-General water system 1938 - 1964

Box 38, Folder 5

Diesel engine and water pumps 1963 - 1972

Box 38, Folder 6

Fence repair jobs 1970 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 7

Job 50-2 - Culvert-Ranch Rd. 1973

Box 38, Folder 8

Oil roads 1969

 

Work order records

Box 38, Folder 9

1976

Box 38, Folder 10-12

1978

Box 39, Folder 1-7

1978 - 1979

Box 40, Folder 1-7

1979, April - July

Box 41, Folder 1-5

1979, July - September

Box 42, Folder 1-6

1979, September - December

Box 43, Folder 1-6

1979 - 1980

Box 44, Folder 1-2

1980

Box 44, Folder 3

Generastors 1950

Box 44, Folder 4

Water trough in field 21 1973

Box 44, Folder 5

Well 45-1 - Miller Place 1970

Box 44, Folder 6

Well 45-2 - Jamul 1970

Box 44, Folder 7

Well repair 1970

Box 44, Folder 8

Work permits 1945

 

PROPERTY

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 6: PROPERTY
The PROPERTY series contains information on ranch property and buildings and the management of them. It is arranged alphabetically in three subseries: A) Facilities, B) Land and C) Security.
A) The Facilities subseries includes papers on the construction, maintenance and work performed on the ranch buidings and fencing.
B) The Land subseries documents land purchases, acreage and any other improvements made to the land, and includes land leases made by the ranch.
C) The Security subseries has documentation of daily visitors and requests for more patrolling by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department of the perimeter of the ranch.
 

Facilities

Box 44, Folder 9

Work schedules 1983

 

Building A/C 40

Box 44, Folder 10

General

Box 44, Folder 11

Multiple prop. nos. 1958

Box 44, Folder 12

Single not - Building appliances info and warranties 1970s - 1980s

Box 44, Folder 13

Building 41 1976

Box 44, Folder 14

Building 42 1973

Box 44, Folder 15

Buildings 45-46 1972

Box 44, Folder 16

Building 121 1965

Box 44, Folder 17

Building 190 1973

Box 44, Folder 18

Building construction 1940 - 1960

 

Building repairs

Box 44, Folder 19

1940 - 1941

Box 44, Folder 20

Miscellaneous 1968 - 1969

Box 44, Folder 21

Otay Ranch 1940

Box 44, Folder 22

Bunkhouse 1938

Box 44, Folder 23

California Adobe Products - Promotional pictures of adobe houses built by the company

General note

See "Bunkhouse, 1938".
Box 44, Folder 24

Cement cellar 1938

Box 44, Folder 25

Chula Vista Community Hospital Road, sold to City of Chula Vista 1973

Box 45, Folder 1

Construction projects 1938 - 1939

Box 45, Folder 2

Contractor agreements - Between Otay Ranch and external contractors for construction, etc. 1938 - 1943

Box 45, Folder 3, Oversize FB-493-02

Depreciable property (except animals) 1940s

Box 45, Folder 4-5

Electrical contracts 1930s - 1960s

Box 45, Folder 6

Electrical service 1939 - 1962

Box 45, Folder 7

Fence 47-6 - Southwest perimeter

Box 45, Folder 8

Fence 47-7 - South perimeter, (N. side of Beckley Mesa)

Box 45, Folder 9

Fence 47-8 - Interior between fields 31/27 and 17/23

Box 45, Folder 10

Fence 47-9 - Interior from main entrance along field 40 to Peggi Cy. 1971

Box 45, Folder 11

Fence 47-10 - Perimeter fence along west end of Tel. Cy. Rd. Project cancelled 1971

Box 45, Folder 12

Fence 47-11 - Interior 1971

Box 45, Folder 13

Fence 47-13 - Interior from Pggi Cy. along field 6 to Tel. Cy. Rd

Box 45, Folder 14

Fence 47-14 - Interior east-west between fields 26A and 26B

Box 45, Folder 15

Fence 47-15 - River Bottom 1972

Box 45, Folder 16

Fence 47-16 - Interior, east-west in Pggi Cy. along field 21 1972

Box 45, Folder 17

Fence 47-17 - Interior, L-shape, Rancho de la Nacion (enclosing Hospital site), area of field 43

Box 45, Folder 18

Fence 47-18 1972

Box 45, Folder 19

Fence 47-22 1972

Box 45, Folder 20

Fence 47-23 - Interior, field 52 area 1973

Box 45, Folder 21-22

Fence repairs 1936 - 1940

 

Fences

Box 45, Folder 23

1939 - 1941

Box 45, Folder 24

Multiple numbers or no numbers assigned

Box 45, Folder 25

Tenant 1975 - 1980

Box 45, Folder 26

Fencing material 1977

Box 46, Folder 1

Hayshed 1936

Box 46, Folder 2

House furnishings at main ranch buildings 1940 - 1950

Box 46, Folder 3

Machine shed 1937

Box 46, Folder 4, Oversize MC-151-5

Maps of buildings 1940 - 1960

Box 46, Folder 5

Mobile home 1952

Box 46, Folder 6

New houses 1965

Box 46, Folder 7

Quonset hut barn - Includes blueprints, building permits and correspondences 1946

Box 46, Folder 8

Roads 1939 - 1942

Box 46, Folder 9

Rearing pens at Valley Ranch 1937

Box 46, Folder 10

Roofing 1938

Box 46, Folder 11

Septic tanks 1970 - 1980

Box 46, Folder 12

Smith house off Telegraph Canyon 1938

Box 46, Folder 13

Trailer park 1973

Box 46, Folder 14

Telephone data 1938

Box 46, Folder 15

Telephone 1978 - 1984

Box 46, Folder 16

Utilities - Photocopies of ledger entries and billing statements 1974 - 1980

Box 47, Folder 1

Indexes and maps - Log of property numbers assigned 1970

 

Land

Box 47, Folder 2

Access to ranch property

Box 47, Folder 3

Acreage changes 1969 - 1970

Box 47, Folder 4

Diamond 'A' Farms, (A.J. Ashkar) - Turned over to Gray, Cary, Ames and Frye 1967

Box 47, Folder 5-6

Easements and rights of way 1938 - 1961

Box 47, Folder 7

Farm leases 1969 - 1972

Box 48, Folder 1-2

Farm leases 1969 - 1972

Box 48, Folder 3

Grant of easement - California Water and Telephone Company 1951

 

Land acquisition

Box 48, Folder 4

Coogan Unit 1937

Box 48, Folder 5

Land of interest 1939 - 1941

Box 48, Folder 6

Miscellaneous 1939 - 1976

Box 48, Folder 7

Purchased 1937 - 1939

Box 49, Folder 1

Purchased 1940 - 1941

Box 49, Folder 2

Tax delinquent sales 1937

Box 49, Folder 3

Land deals 1941 - 1962

Box 49, Folder 4

Land development 1939 - 1941

 

Land leases

Box 49, Folder 5-6

1937 - 1947

Box 49, Folder 7

Accounting data 1937 - 1953

Box 49, Folder 8

City 1939

Box 49, Folder 9

C. Gonzalez 1940

Box 49, Folder 10

General 1939 - 1940

Box 49, Folder 11

McClaren, J.J. and Yamamoto, John 1954

Box 49, Folder 12

Nelson and Sloan 1955

Box 49, Folder 13

Taylor Grazing Act 1938 - 1939

Box 49, Folder 14

Lease, El Monte Imports 1972

 

Lease records

Box 49, Folder 15

Account 30,90,247 1963 - 1974

Box 50, Folder 1

Building tenants and building employees 1968 - 1973

Box 50, Folder 2

Tenant's land, tenant's grazing privileges and account 395 1971 - 1972

Box 50, Folder 3

Leased property 1940

 

Leases - Expired and cancelled

Box 50, Folder 4-5

1936 - 1946

Box 50, Folder 6-7

1948 - 1960

Box 50, Folder 8

Leases and agreements 1941 - 1963

Box 50, Folder 9

Maps of Chula Vista Farms and Otay Ranch

 

Otay Winchester Shooting Range

Box 50, Folder 10

Miscellaneous 1968

Box 50, Folder 11

Ammo shelf count 1966

Box 51, Folder 1

Ammo shelf count 1966

Box 51, Folder 2

Score card 1968

Box 51, Folder 3

Property lines 1971

Box 51, Folder 4

Rancho de la Nacion 1966 - 1967

Box 51, Folder 5

Right of way agreements 1973

Box 51, Folder 6

Surveys 1936 - 1938

Oversize FB-422, Folder 5

Photographs undated

General

Three black and white photographs of farming land, fields, and equipment.
 

Security

Box 51, Folder 7-8

Daily visitor log 1980 - 1983

Box 51, Folder 9

Log of daily visitors 1978

Box 51, Folder 10

Pinkerton reports 1956

Box 51, Folder 11

San Diego County Association For Retarded - Quit deed 1970 - 1983

 

Security patrol daily log

Box 51, Folder 12-13

1976 - 1978

Box 52, Folder 1

1978, January - April

Box 52, Folder 2

Signs - Otay Ranch 1938

Box 52, Folder 3

Trespassing reports 1970

 

EQUIPMENT

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 7: EQUIPMENT
The EQUIPMENT series documents the acquisition, maintenance and sale of farm equipment including vehicles, harvesting tools and the fuel required by the ranch. It is arranged in three sub series: A) Vehicles, B) Fuel and C) Farm Implements.
A) The Vehicles subseries contains vehicle registrations from 1936 through 1978. The ranch workers were required to have special permits for different vehicles and those are also included as well as documents on the purchase of vehicles.
B) The Fuel subseries contains documentation on fuel purchased for the vehicles and farm implements, and on any fuel rationing the ranch was required to follow during war times.
C) In the Farm Implements subseries there is information on tractors, harvesting combines and other farm machinery. There are also ledgers that document the monthly costs of maintaining farm implements.
 

Vehicles

Box 52, Folder 4

Authorized vehicles - Includes bumper sticker with Otay Ranch brand 1979

Box 52, Folder 5

Lists of cars and trucks

Box 52, Folder 6

Miscellaneous vehicle purchase records 1945 - 1971

Box 52, Folder 7

Vehicle #903 1953 - 1972

Box 52, Folder 8

Vehicle purchases 1968 - 1973

 

Vehicle registration

Box 52, Folder 9

Correspondences 1946 - 1974

Box 52, Folder 10-13

Correspondence and inventory lists 1936 - 1978

 

Fuel

Box 52, Folder 14

Diesel fuel purchases 1939 - 1946

Box 52, Folder 15

Fuel, oil-diesel 1938 - 1939

 

Fuel consumption

Box 52, Folder 16

1936

Box 53, Folder 1-7

1938 - 1942

Box 54, Folder 1-7

1943 - 1949

Box 55, Folder 1-5

1950 - 1954

Box 55, Folder 6

Undated - There is no indication what years these records reflect; there are portions of two years in this folder

Box 56, Folder 1-6

Gas and oil distribution 1975 - 1982

Box 56, Folder 7

Gas, oil and diesel distribution 1983

Box 57, Folder 1-3

Gas, oil and diesel distribution 1984 - 1986

 

Gasoline purchases

Box 57, Folder 4

1967 - 1969

Box 57, Folder 5

1980 - 1981

Box 57, Folder 6

1983

Box 57, Folder 7

Gasoline rationing 1941 - 1943

Box 58, Folder 1-3

Gasoline rebates, current invoices 1953 - 1964

Box 58, Folder 4

Notebook - Gasoline 1971 - 1974

Box 58, Folder 5

Petroleum products 1939 - 1951

Box 58, Folder 6-7

Propane 1957 & 1975

 

Farm Implements

Box 58, Folder 8-9

Bean combine 1936 - 1939

Box 58, Folder 10

Bean combine harvester 1938 - 1939

Box 58, Folder 11

Depreciation of equipment 1954

 

Equipment

Box 58, Folder 12

1938 - 1942

Box 59, Folder 1

1940 - 1945

Box 59, Folder 2-3

1953 - 1985

Box 59, Folder 4

Costs 1938 - 1946

Box 59, Folder 5

Inventory undated

Box 59, Folder 6

Lansley 1937

Box 59, Folder 7

Lists

Box 59, Folder 8

McFarland undated

Box 59, Folder 9

Purchase correspondence 1935 - 1962

Box 59, Folder 10-12

Repairs 1935 - 1944

Box 59, Folder 13

Sales 1942

Box 59, Folder 14

Fire extinguishers 1957

Box 59, Folder 15, Oversize FB-446-02

Fleet Owners Monthly cost record 1946

Box 59, Folder 16

Grain drills - John Deere 1976

Box 59, Folder 17

Inventory and valuation of personal property June 1, 1955

Box 59, Folder 18

Machinery repair costs 1936 - 1937

Box 59, Folder 19

Monitor compound grain and bean separator 1939

 

Monthly cost records 1946

Box 59, Folder 20, Oversize FB-446-03

Tractors #801

Box 59, Folder 21, Oversize FB-446-04

Tractors #802

Box 59, Folder 22, Oversize FB-446-05

Tractors #803

Box 59, Folder 23, Oversize FB-446-06

Tractors #805

Box 59, Folder 24, Oversize FB-446-07

Tractors #807

Box 59, Folder 25, Oversize FB-446-08

Tractors #808

Box 59, Folder 26, Oversize FB-446-09

Tractors #809

Box 59, Folder 27, Oversize FB-446-10

Tractors #815

Box 59, Folder 28

Tools and equipment 1939 - 1940

Box 59, Folder 29-30

Tractor repairs 1936 - 1943

Box 59, Folder 31

Valley Ranch equipment 1936 - 1941

 

FINANCIAL

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 8: FINANCIAL
The FINANCIAL series contains information on the financial and accounting practices of the ranch. It shows in detail how the ranch made money, where it went, how the ranch paid the employees and how it documented the large number of accounts. The series is arranged in eight subseries: A) Accounting, B) Requisitions, C) Sales and Delivery, D) Ledgers, E) Banking, F) Payroll, G) Receipts and H) Taxes.
A) In the Accounting subseries are auditing papers; different ranch account information, especially on what each numbered account represented; information on bills payable and deposits; general account journal entries ranging in date from 1948 through 1954; and purchase orders.
B) The Requisitions subseries contains information regarding requests by the ranch for money and supplies. The documents begin in 1936 and run continuously thru 1955 and then include 1960 and 1978.
C) The Sales and Delivery subseries contains receipts of product sales, showing the price products sold for, not describing in depth who bought the products, which is contained in the AGRICULTURE series.
D) The Ledgers subseries is arranged chronologically from 1938 through 1974 and contains account and general journal ledgers.
E) The Banking subseries is a collection of deposit and withdrawal slips for every transaction made by the ranch. It is arranged first by banking institution, then chronologically. Bank of America documents range in date from 1936 through 1973. The Wells Fargo documents range in date from 1970 through 1985 and the First National Bank documents range from 1948 through 1969.
F) The Payroll subseries is arranged chronologically. It contains information on employee wages and pay schedules. This material is restricted. G) The Receipts subseries contains all the receipts from purchases and expenses by the ranch between 1936 and 1955, and then from the 1960s through the 1970s.
H) The Taxes subseries contains information on various county taxes such as livestock, fuel, property, and sales, as well as tax refunds.
 

Accounting

Box 59, Folder 32

Account #123 - Accommodation purchases - Employees, old sheets prior to January 1, 1973

Box 59, Folder 33

Account #133- Materials and supplies 1974 - 1975

Box 60, Folder 1

Account #950- Tractor and semi-trailer 1971 - 1972

 

Account auditing

Box 60, Folder 2-4

1937 - 1953

Box 60, Folder 5

1962, Includes summary lists

Box 60, Folder 6

1937 - 1938, Otay Ranch

Box 60, Folder 7

Account transfer 1958

Box 60, Folder 8

[Accounting] Report 1936, August 31 & October 24

General note

Two reports on the closing of the books at Otay Ranch prior to its purchase by Stephen Birch.
Box 60, Folder 9

Accounts - Correspondence 1936 - 1968

Box 60, Folder 10

Accounts 1954 - 1959

Box 60, Folder 11

Accounts payable 1979

Box 60, Folder 12

Accounts receivable 1938 - 1941

Box 60, Folder 13

Accounts receivable - Water 1975

Box 60, Folder 14

Bids 1940 - 1943

Box 61, Folder 1-4

Bills payable 1943 - 1946

Box 61, Folder 5

Cash book - Southern California First National Bank 1958 - 1968

Box 61, Folder 6

Contracts, bills of sale 1938 - 1939

Box 61, Folder 7

Daily cash balance records 1969 - 1974

Box 61, Folder 8

Debit and credit statements 1938 - 1950

Box 61, Folder 9-10

Deposits 1971

Box 62, Folder 1

Deposits 1974

Box 62, Folder 2

Depreciation of equipment 1936 - 1965

Box 62, Folder 3

Disbursements - Rancho Del Otay 1938 - 1941

 

First National Bank statements - Includes cancelled checks

Box 62, Folder 4-14

1943, January - November

Box 63, Folder 1

1943, December

 

General journal entries

Box 63, Folder 2-6

1948 - 1950

Box 64, Folder 1-6

1950 - 1953

Box 65, Folder 1-3

1953 - 1954

Box 65, Folder 4-6

1974 - 1978

Box 65, Folder 7

Material requisitions 1938 - 1939

Box 65, Folder 8

Mayumi account 1968

 

Payables

Box 65, Folder 9

1977, February

Box 66, Folder 1

1977, March

Box 66, Folder 2-3

1977, December

Box 66, Folder 4

Pilferage/Sales 1951 - 1953

Box 66, Folder 5

Production, reconcilement 1936 - 1938

 

Purchase orders

Box 66, Folder 6

1937 - 1938

Box 66, Folder 7

1969

Box 66, Folder 8-9

1987, July-December

Box 67, Folder 1

Rice Cy.Prop. in escrow September 1968

Box 67, Folder 2-3

San Diego Gas and Electric 1974 - 1981

Box 67, Folder 4

Statement of debit and credits 1938 - 1939

Box 67, Folder 5

Reorganization of Otay Ranch accounting 1974

 

Requisitions

Box 67, Folder 6-12

1936 - 1940

Box 68, Folder 1-10

1941 - 1945

Box 69, Folder 1-11

1946 - 1951

Box 70, Folder 1-6

1952 - 1955

Box 70, Folder 7

1960

Box 71, Folder 1

1978

 

Sales and Delivery

Box 71, Folder 2-6

1951 - 1953

Box 72, Folder 1-5

1954 & 1956 - 1958

Box 72, Folder 6

1961

Box 73, Folder 1-5

1962 & 1964 - 1967

Box 74, Folder 1-2

1968 - 1969

Box 74, Folder 3

1974

Box 74, Folder 4

Sales orders #5722-6071

Box 74, Folder 5

1959

Box 75, Folder 1-2

1960 & 1963

Box 75, Folder 3

Miscellaneous - Includes correspondences for the sale of grease drums, junk batteries, bean straw, manure, a 500-gallon storage tank, and lima bean screenings 1941 - 1942

Box 75, Folder 4-6

Ranch products 1937 - 1942

 

Vouchers

Box 75, Folder 7

1936, March-April

Box 76, Folder 1-6

1936 - 1943

 

Ledgers

Box 77, Folder 1

Valley Ranch and old ledger sheets 1935 - 1936

Box 77, Folder 2

Accommodation purchases for employees 1942 - 1972

Box 77, Folder 3

Accounts payable, unclaimed wages, accident and health insurance 1938 - 1970

Box 77, Folder 4

Accounts receivable 1938 - 1972

Box 77, Folder 5

Accrued rent, deferred charges, suspense 1939 - 1970

Box 77, Folder 6

Boarding house account and United Enterprises/Otay agricultural account 1938 - 1972

Box 77, Folder 7

Crop inventories 1938 - 1972

Box 77, Folder 8

Deferred income 1938 - 1972

Box 77, Folder 9

Depreciation reserves 1939 - 1959

 

General ledger

Box 78, Folder 1-2

Accounts payable 1973 - 1974

Box 78, Folder 3

Assets 1965 - 1973

Box 78, Folder 4

Capital 1965 - 1973

Box 79, Folder 1

Cash receipts 1973 - 1974

Box 79, Folder 2-4

Expenses 1938 - 1973

Box 80, Folder 1

Income and cost of sales 1938 - 1970

Box 80, Folder 2

Insurance, taxes, expenses 1937 - 1970

Box 80, Folder 3

Journal entries 1973 - 1974

Box 80, Folder 4

Liabilities 1965 - 1973

Box 80, Folder 5

Maintenance 1937 - 1970

Box 81, Folder 1-3

Maintenance 1937 - 1970

Box 81, Folder 4

Miscellaneous gains and losses 1965 - 1973

Box 81, Folder 5

Revenues 1965 - 1973

Box 81, Folder 6

Sales 1937 - 1966

Box 82, Folder 1

Inventory of materials 1938 - 1972

Box 82, Folder 2

Inventory of water in reservoir 1963 - 1970

Box 82, Folder 3

Livestock 1938 - 1950

Box 82, Folder 4

Processed feed 1944 - 1967

Box 82, Folder 5

Rentals and construction in progress 1938 - 1972

Box 82, Folder 6

Seed inventory 1938 - 1970

Box 82, Folder 7

Social Security, employee wages withheld, sales tax 1951 - 1970

Box 82, Folder 8

Unexpired insurance 1938 - 1972

Box 82, Folder 9

Winchester Range, Eastern Office balance, losses, crop costs 1945 - 1962

Box 83, Folder 1-7

Ledgers 1935 - 1937

 

Banking Records

 

Bank of America

Box 84, Folder 1-4

Accounts payable, General journals 1937 - 1944

Box 85, Folder 1

Check records 1945 - 1946

 

Ledgers

Box 85, Folder 2

Accrued wages and check records 1947 - 1948

Box 97, Folder 2-3

1945 - 1954

Box 85, Folder 3-4

1949 - 1952

Box 86, Folder 1-5

1953 - 1961

Box 87, Folder 1-4

1962 - 1969

 

Deposits

Box 98, Folder 1

1936 - 1947, August

Box 99

1947, September - 1952, August

Box 100

1952, September - 1956, June

Box 101

1956, July - 1960

Box 102

1960, December - 1964, August

Box 103

1964, September - 1967, April

Box 104

1967, May - 1968, July

Box 105

1968, August - 1969; Withdrawls, check statements, 1937

 

Withdrawls & check statements

Box 106

1937, November - 1939, October

Box 107

1939, November - 1942, February

Box 108

1942, March - 1944, February

Box 109

1944, March - 1945, October

Box 110

1945, November - 1949, March

Box 111

1949, April - 1952, March

Box 112

1952, April - 1955, June

Box 113

1955, July - 1959, March

Box 114

1959, April - 1961

Box 115

1962, January - 1964, August

Box 116

1964, September - 1967, April

Box 117

1967, May - 1973 [excluding 1972]

Box 97, Folder 4

Cash book 1957 - 1968

 

First National Bank

Box 88, Folder 1-4

Distribution of invoices or vouchers 1938 - 1945

 

Distribution of items

Box 89, Folder 1-5

1946 - 1955

Box 90, Folder 1-4

1956 - 1963

Box 91, Folder 1-3

1964 - 1969

 

General journal entries

Box 92, Folder 1-7

1936 - 1951

Box 93, Folder 1-5

1952 - 1961

Box 94, Folder 1-4

1962 - 1969

Box 97, Folder 6-7

Check binder 1935 - 1936

Box 97, Folder 8

Ledger 1952 - 1957

Box 125

Deposits 1948, January - 1949; Withdrawls, 1938, September - 1940, August

 

Withdrawls

Box 126

1940, September - 1944, December

Box 127

1945, January - 1951, March [excluding 1947-1949]

Box 128

1951, April - 1954, December

Box 129

1955, January - 1959, April

Box 130

1959, May - 1964, December

Box 131

1965, January - 1969, September [excluding 1967]

 

Wells Fargo Bank

Box 95, Folder 1-3

Accounts payable 1970 - 1972

Box 95, Folder 4-6

Ledger journal entries 1970 - 1972

Box 96, Folder 1

Labor cost report 1975

Box 96, Folder 2-3

Payroll input sheets 1975 - 1976

 

Deposits

Box 118

1970 - 1973, September

Box 119

1973, October - 1977, December

Box 120

1978, January - 1983; Withdrawls, 1969, October - 1971, August

 

Withdrawls

Box 121

1971, September - 1975, March

Box 122

1975, April - August

Box 123

1975, September - 1977, November

Box 124

1977, April - 1985; First National Bank, Deposits, 1947

Box 97, Folder 1

Bank reports 1946 - 1971

Box 97, Folder 5

Correspondence regarding deposits 1938 - 1939

Box 132

Check binder stubs 1935, September - 1937, June

Box 133

Crop weight slips

Box 134

Crop weight slips

 

Payroll

 

Payroll records

Box 135, Folder 1-5

1936 - 1937

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 136, Folder 1-3

1937 - 1939

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 137, Folder 1-4

1939 - 1940

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 138, Folder 1-5

1941 - 1943

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 139, Folder 1-5

1943 - 1945

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 140, Folder 1-5

1945 - 1947

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 141, Folder 1-4

1948 - 1950

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 142, Folder 1-5

1951 - 1955

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 143, Folder 1-6

1956 - 1961

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 144, Folder 1-6

1962 - 1967

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 145, Folder 1-5

1968 - 1971

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 146, Folder 1-5

1971 - 1974

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
Box 147, Folder 1

Payroll input sheets 1977

Conditions Governing Access note

Restrictions Apply
 

Receipts

Box 148, Folder 1, Oversize FB-493-04

Cash receipts 1970 - 1972

Box 148, Folder 2

Industries Supply Co. invoices 1947

Box 148, Folder 3

Miscellaneous receipts 1940s

Box 148, Folder 4-9

1936 - 1951

Box 149, Folder 1-3

1952 - 1955

Box 149, Folder 4-5

1961

Box 149, Folder 6

1970s

Box 149, Folder 7

Repair receipts 1935 - 1936

Box 149, Folder 8

Wilson Clark invoices 1938

 

Taxes

Box 149, Folder 9

Account codes 1978

Box 150, Folder 1

County assessor 1976

Box 150, Folder 2

County Land Use Coordinating Council - Taxes 1975

Box 150, Folder 3

Income tax, return information 1942

Box 150, Folder 4-5

Livestock Head/Day tax 1970 - 1980

General note

Livestock head/day assessment.
Box 150, Folder 6

Livestock Head/Day tax return forms 1974 - 1977

Box 150, Folder 7

Miscellaneous taxes; California gasoline tax 1973

Box 150, Folder 8

Motor vehicle fuel license tax 1985

Box 150, Folder 9

Personal property assessment records 1935 - 1939

Box 150, Folder 10

Personal property tax assessment-VI-A-2-(a) - Agricultural property statements 1966 - 1978

Box 150, Folder 11

Personal property taxes-VI-A-2-(b) - "Landlord's report of household furnishings" 1966 - 1973

 

Property tax assessment-VI-A-1-(a)

Box 150, Folder 12

Correspondence and calculations 1957 - 1971

Box 150, Folder 13

Property assessment from the S.D. Office of Assessor 1967 - 1968

Box 151, Folder 1

Assessment notices 1968 - 1971

Box 151, Folder 2

Property Tax Bills-VI-E 1956 - 1971

Box 151, Folder 3

Taxes - Miscellaneous data, extra sheets, A/M tapes 1970 - 1971

 

Property taxes

Box 151, Folder 4

1947 - 1975

Box 151, Folder 5

VI-B-2 - Data on UE-owned land values, offers to buy 1972 - 1973

Box 151, Folder 6

VI-C-1 - Data on contiguous land value zoning changes in process 1968 - 1973

Box 151, Folder 7

VI-C-2 - Data on contiguous land values, sales 1962 - 1973

Box 151, Folder 8

VI-D-1 - Data on government owned land (California) State Board of Equality regarding federal grazing pernots [permits?] 1972

Box 151, Folder 9

VI-G - Correspondence indirectly related to property taxes 1971

Box 151, Folder 10

VII-C - Deletions from tax rolls sales 1958 - 1969

Box 151, Folder 11

Assessment lists 1935

Box 151, Folder 12

Deletions from tax rolls - Condemnations 1965

Box 151, Folder 13-15

State and local 1955 - 1975

Box 152, Folder 1

Sales tax details 1971

Box 152, Folder 2

Sales tax record 1965 - 1971

Box 152, Folder 3

Tax refunds 1965 - 1980

General note

Federal gasoline and lubricating oils.
Box 152, Folder 4

Taxes and assessments 1939 - 1953

Box 152, Folder 5-6

Correspondence 1958 - 1968

 

INSURANCE

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 9: INSURANCE
The INSURANCE series contains information on insurance coverage held by the ranch, including documents concerning accident reports and workmen's compensation. It also includes information on provisional crop insurance from 1937 through 1951.
Box 152, Folder 7

Accident reports to State Compensation 1950 - 1965

Box 152, Folder 8

Bayly, Martin and Fay - Crop insurance 1956

Box 153, Folder 1-5

Bayly, Martin and Fay Inc. Insurance Engineers

Box 153, Folder 6

Calculation of compensation insurance premium 1977

 

California disability insurance

Box 153, Folder 7

1966 - 1972

Box 154, Folder 1

1973 - 1977

Box 154, Folder 2

California Physicians Service, Blue Cross 1957 - 1970

Box 154, Folder 3-5

Connecticut General Life Insurance Company 1950s & 1972-1980

Box 154, Folder 6

Creaser, Price Insurance Inc. - General and personal liability policy 1971

Box 154, Folder 7

Crop insurance 1939

Box 154, Folder 8

Employee insurance 1943 - 1947

Box 154, Folder 9

Employee disability insurance coverage 1970

Box 154, Folder 10

Employee insurance benefits 1950 - 1961

Box 154, Folder 11

Federal Insurance Company - Automobile insurance policies 1950s - 1960s

Box 155, Folder 1

Fire insurance 1968

Box 155, Folder 2

Insurance claim - United Enterprises vs. William Wesley 1957 - 1958

Box 155, Folder 3-7

Correspondence 1938 - 1956

Box 155, Folder 8

Policy 154585, California State Compensation Insurance

Box 155, Folder 9

Policy 873814 1973 - 1974

Box 155, Folder 10

Property loss - Big hay barn fire 1945

 

Provisional crop insurance

Box 155, Folder 11-12

1937 - 1941

Box 156, Folder 1-4

1942 - 1951

Box 156, Folder 5

Provisional insurance reports 1973 - 1978

Box 156, Folder 6

SSI quarterly compensation 1964

 

State compensation insurance fund

Box 156, Folder 7

1938 - 1939

Box 157, Folder 1-6

1940 - 1950

Box 157, Folder 7-9

1972 - 1976

Box 157, Folder 10

Payroll reports 1976 - 1978

Box 158, Folder 1-3

Injury reports 1968 - 1985

Box 158, Folder 4

Summary reports 1971 - 1980

General

SSNs have been redacted from these files.
Box 158, Folder 5

Unexpired insurance 1941-1944

Box 158, Folder 6

Workman's compensation 1935 - 1937

Box 158, Folder 7

Workman's compensation insurance 1938 - 1941

 

BIRCH FOUNDATION

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 10: BIRCH FOUNDATION
The BIRCH FOUNDATION series contains information on the Birch Family and on the philanthropic foundation they founded. The Birch Foundation gave money to many organizations to help fund community projects. The series is arranged in two subseries: A) Birch Family and B) Birch Foundation.
A) The Birch Family subseries contains personal correspondence of Mary Birch, Birch family geneaology, copies of old family letters dating from the 1840s, and documentation of trusts created by Stephen Birch, Sr.
B) The Birch Foundation subseries contains foundation annual reports, some tax information and letters requesting contributions from 1970 through 1983.
 

Birch Family

Box 158, Folder 8

Appraisal of property at Glen Rock, Bergen County, New Jersey 1941

Box 158, Folder 9

Birch family genealogy

Box 158, Folder 10

Birch family tree and records

Box 158, Folder 11

Copies of old family letters and record of hearing in 1877

Box 158, Folder 12

Genealogical data and correspondence

Box 159, Folder 1

Genealogical data and correspondence

Box 159, Folder 2-7

Mary B. Patrick correspondence 1979 - 1982

Box 159, Folder 8

Trusts under will of Stephen Birch Accounting for period November 19, 1943-August 1, 1978

Box 160, Folder 1-3

Trusts under will of Stephen Birch Accounting for period November 19, 1943-August 1, 1978

 

MAHRAPO FARMS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 11: MAHRAPO FARMS
The MAHRAPO FARMS series contains information on the Birch family farm in New Jersey. Mahrapo Farms was where the Birch family lived, as well as operating a cattle breeding operation. Papers in this series document the cattle operation, breeders shows, cattle sales, employee housing, and business papers.
Box 166, Folder 8

Analysis of feed account 1949

Box 166, Folder 9

Business with Clendenin J. Ryan and settlement 1960

Box 166, Folder 10

Cash receipts and disbursements 1966

Box 166, Folder 11

Cattle inventories 1952

Box 167, Folder 1

Correspondence regarding claim against insurance company, regarding loss of "Morning Call 16-W" 1950 - 1956

Box 167, Folder 2

Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) taxes 1950 - 1968

Box 167, Folder 3-5

Gasoline refunds 1955 - 1963

Box 167, Folder 6-8

Inventories 1961 - 1965

Box 168, Folder 1

J. Preston Sweeker 1963 - 1966

Box 168, Folder 2

Livestock inventories 1963

Box 168, Folder 3

Mailing list, Quality production sale 1955 - 1957

Box 168, Folder 4

Northern classic sale October 21, 1960

Box 168, Folder 5-6

Quality production sale September 9, 1955

Box 168, Folder 7-8

Rental houses - SB-38-4 1957 - 1969

 

ORGANIZATIONS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 12: ORGANIZATIONS
The ORGANIZATIONS series contains mainly correspondence between the ranch and organizations with which it worked, from community organizations, state and federal organizations and agricultural organizations, including the American Hereford Association, Associated Farmers of San Diego County, California Farm Bureau Federation, Civil Defense and Disaster Organization, San Diego County, and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Box 168, Folder 9

American Hereford Association 1956

Box 168, Folder 10

American Pipe and Steel Corp., Inc. 1936

Box 168, Folder 11

American Polled Hereford Association

Box 168, Folder 12

Associated Farmers of San Diego County, Inc. 1944

Box 169, Folder 1

Associations 1970s

Box 169, Folder 2

Automotive Research Institute questionnaire 1972

Box 169, Folder 3

California Department of Employment 1936 - 1939

Box 169, Folder 4

California Department of Food and Agriculture - Weighmaster license 1970 - 1977

Box 169, Folder 5

California Electric Works - Christmas poster

Box 169, Folder 6

California Farm Bureau Fed. 1976 - 1977

Box 169, Folder 7

California Game Breeders Association - Monthly bulletin July 1938

Box 169, Folder 8

California Lima Bean Growers Association 1936

Box 169, Folder 9

California Polled Hereford Association, Inc. 1946 - 1957

 

California State Chamber of Commerce

Box 169, Folder 10

1943 - 1944

Box 169, Folder 11

1953 - 1956

Box 169, Folder 12

Chula Vista Lumber Company 1935

Box 169, Folder 13

Chula Vista Planning 1971

Box 169, Folder 14

Civil Defense and Disaster Organization 1954 - 1959

Box 169, Folder 15

Columbia Salesbook Co. - State of California Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Weights and Measures

Box 169, Folder 16

Daley Enterprises 1969

Box 169, Folder 17

District Public Works Office, 11th Naval District 1954 - 1960

Box 169, Folder 18

Dues - Memberships 1943 - 1950

Box 169, Folder 19

General Petroleum Corporation of CA 1941 - 1943

Box 169, Folder 20

Plant Food Corporation Invoice 1950

Box 169, Folder 21

San Diego Co-Op Association 1967 - 1972

Box 169, Folder 22

San Diego Co-Op Poultry Association 1968 - 1976

Box 170, Folder 1

San Diego County Department of Agriculture 1972 - 1977

 

San Diego County Farm Bureau

Box 170, Folder 2

1939 - 1940

Box 170, Folder 3

1943 - 1945

Box 170, Folder 4

Bulletin 1974

Box 170, Folder 5

San Diego County Farm Bureau News 1966

Box 170, Folder 6

San Diego County Notices of Public Hearing 1975

Box 170, Folder 7

San Diego Crop News and Poultry Journal 1952 - 1954

Box 170, Folder 8

San Diego Farmers, Inc. 1942 - 1945

Box 170, Folder 9

San Diego Gas and Electric - Refunds 1936 - 1951

Box 170, Folder 10

San Diego Liquid Gas and Appliance, Inc. 1953

Box 170, Folder 11

Sinclair Paints

Box 170, Folder 12

Sinco Farms 1973

Box 170, Folder 13

Spurling Thoroughbred Farm 1987

Box 170, Folder 14-15

Standard Oil Company 1937 & 1942 - 1943

Box 170, Folder 16

Union Trust Company 1939

 

United States Department of Agriculture

Box 170, Folder 17-20

1938 - 1957

Box 171, Folder 1-2

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee 1957 - 1969

Box 171, Folder 3

Frood P. Smith 1938 - 1941

General note

Includes correspondence between Stephen Birch and D.E. Scarbery.
Box 171, Folder 4-5

Stabilization and Conservation Committee 1970 - 1980

Box 171, Folder 6

Wheat allotment 1939 - 1940

Box 171, Folder 7-8

University of California 1938 - 1942

 

SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 13: SUBJECT FILES
The SUBJECT FILES series contains files such as fire fighting instructions, inventory of products and rationing information, bulletins, and newsletters.
Box 171, Folder 9

Ames, Walter, Attorney - Trespass 1956

Box 171, Folder 10

Appraisals 1960 - 1963

Box 171, Folder 11

California law codes 1941

Box 171, Folder 12

Certificates and flyers

Box 172, Folder 1

Claims - Government and others 1942 - 1953

Box 172, Folder 2

Crops, insurance monthly reports, cost of production 1974

Box 172, Folder 3

Dandi - Deth Chemical Company invoice 1946

Box 172, Folder 4

Deputy Sheriff 1938

Box 172, Folder 5

Employee data 1976

Box 172, Folder 6

Fire fighting instructions 1940s

Box 172, Folder 7

Fumigation 1938 - 1942

Box 172, Folder 8

Grocery receipts 1935 - 1936

Box 172, Folder 9

Holt and Case harvesters 1936

Box 172, Folder 10

I-E Numbered Blocks 300 through 999 1942 - 1971

Box 172, Folder 11

I-G Numbered Blocks 800 through 899 1945 - 1964

Box 172, Folder 12

I-H Numbered Blocks 900-999 1939 - 1970

Box 172, Folder 13

Inventory of products and rationing information 1936 - 1944

Box 172, Folder 14

Iron barrel receipts - Standard Oil Co. 1946 - 1947

Box 172, Folder 15-17

Legal matters 1939 - 1944 & 1961

Box 172, Folder 18, Oversize FB-493-03

Los Angeles grain market quotations - Wheat, oats and barley 1938 - 1939

Box 173, Folder 1-3

Marker reports 1959 & 1962 - 1964

Box 173, Folder 4

Miscellaneous bills, measurements 1950s

Box 173, Folder 5

Miscellaneous documents 1977 - 1978

Box 173, Folder 6-7

Mixed records 1974 - 1975

Box 173, Folder 8

Operating results 1958 - 1962

Box 173, Folder 9-10

Rancho del Otay

Box 174, Folder 1-2

Sand and gravel 1960s - 1970

Box 174, Folder 3

State and County land regulations

Box 174, Folder 4

Statement of income from ranching operations 1952 - 1954

Box 174, Folder 5

Suspense supplies 1942 - 1944

Box 174, Folder 6

Trial balances 1969 - 1970

Box 174, Folder 7

Union title 1935 - 1940

Box 174, Folder 8

United States Naval Release form 1957

Box 174, Folder 9

War data - War Production Board 1941 - 1945

Box 174, Folder 10

War rationing and priorities 1941 - 1944

Box 174, Folder 11

Warehouse unloading system

Box 174, Folder 12

Wire gates 1935 - 1936

Box 174, Folder 13

Work to be performed - Schedules 1978 - 1979

Box 174, Folder 14

Unidentified materials

 

MAPS/OVERSIZE MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 14: MAPS
The MAPS series includes maps and drawings of Otay Ranch, including building blueprints, maps of cultivated areas that specify what crops were planted where and how much land was used for that crop, drawings of road surveys, subdivision plans, land being developed by the cities of Chula Vista and National City, and maps of the San Diego area. One notable document is a sheet entitled "Birch Lineage (1619-1934)", a Birch family tree and plans of the Birch ancestors' family farms in England.
Oversize MC-151-01

Additions to existing buildings on Otay Ranch - Blueprints

Oversize MC-151-01

Elevations for pump installation, Otay Valley for Stephen Birch - Blueprints 1936

Oversize MC-151-01

Ranch De La Nacion, Map No. 166, east boundary and street through the land - Blueprint

Oversize MC-151-01

Record of survey - Blueprint 1936

Oversize MC-151-02

Pump station at Otay Ranch, Reservoir 1 1962

Oversize MC-151-02

Ranch borders

Oversize MC-151-02

Record of survey map, 522 1935

Oversize MC-151-02

Record of survey map, 535 1936

Oversize MC-151-02

Record of survey map, 612 - [2 maps titled this] 1937

Oversize MC-151-03

A residence for Myron J. Dalseth - [Sheet 1 of 4 only]

Oversize MC-151-03

A residence for Mr. and Mrs., Drawn by Glenn E. McClure of La Mesa, sheets 2-3 1950 - 1951

Oversize MC-151-03

California Water and Telephone Company, proposed improvements 1951

Oversize MC-151-03

Internal and external house plans, possibly part of Myron J. Dalseth plans

Oversize MC-151-03

Map of San Diego County, National City, Chula Vista and Rancho De La Nacion (Sheet 6 of 111) 1958

Oversize MC-151-03

Record of survey map 6067, Ranch De La Nacion 1962

Oversize MC-151-03

Right of way map Rancho De La Nacion, proposed Dalseth Hills

Oversize MC-151-03

Survey of portions of Rancho de la Nacion, map 1666 for United Enterprises

Oversize MC-151-03

Tentative map of subdivision of Rancho de la Nacion

Oversize MC-151-03

Topographic map, proposed borrow are for filling 1964

Oversize MC-151-03

Wittman Engineering Co., proposed sewer easement and future street plans

Oversize MC-151-04

Birch lineage 1619 - 1934

Oversize MC-151-04

Map displaying Rancho Nacional, Otay Ranch, Rancho Janal and Rancho Jamul

Oversize MC-151-04

Map of cultivated areas of Otay and National Ranch

Oversize MC-151-04

Otay Agriculture Corporation, crop map showing Ranch Janal and Otay River

Oversize MC-151-04

Otay Ranch property by Otay River Bed

Oversize MC-151-04

Plan of Misling, South Leigh and Six Mile House Farms in England, Birch ancestral home

Oversize MC-151-04

Portion of road survey 558, San Diego County 1933

Oversize MC-151-04

Preliminary subdivision plan (Burgundy Estates property, Maryland) 1961

Oversize MC-151-04

Sketch showing proposed pipe installation 1950

Oversize MC-151-04

Squared land plots 1939

Oversize FB-446, Folder 11

Second San Diego Aqueduct - Lands and Rights of Way across Rancho de la Nacion and Rancho Otay 1958

Oversize FB-446, Folder 12

Various crop and field outlines and maps undated

 

ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 15: ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES
This series contains brittle and acidic original documents that were removed from their original file and replaced with a photocopy. The documents are in box and file order.
Box 176, Folder 1-31

Photocopy originals

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions Apply