Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- King Family papers
- Dates:
- 1860-1920
- Creators:
- King, Andrew Jackson and King Family
- Abstract:
- Andrew Jackson King (1836- ) was a lawyer (1858- ), district judge, a member of the California Legislature (1859-1860), and later, a Los Angeles county judge (1869). He also published the Los Angeles News, the first daily newspaper south of San Francisco (1865-1872). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, and printed material relating to the King family.
- Extent:
- 1.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], King Family Papers (Collection 1025). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, and printed material relating to the King family of Los Angeles. Most of the correspondence is with Andrew Jackson King.
- Biographical / historical:
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Andrew Jackson King was born in 1836 in Georgia; he came to Los Angeles in July 1852; he was admitted to the bar in San Bernardino in 1858, and was district judge; moved to Los Angeles in 1859; was member of the California legislature, 1859-60; became Los Angeles county judge in 1869; published the Los Angeles News, the first daily newspaper south of San Francisco, 1865-72.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Remi Nadeau, 1965.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Manuscripts Division staff.
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- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Box 1).
- Miscellaneous and photographs (Box 2).
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-09-06 14:11:10 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], King Family Papers (Collection 1025). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988