Bradbury Land Papers, 1855-1933

Summary

Title:

Bradbury Land Papers

Dates:

1855-1933

Creators:

Bradbury family

Abstract:

This collection consists of land records associated with the Bradbury family and company developments in the Rancho Azusa de Duarte and the city of Monrovia, California, from the 1850s to the 1930s.

Extent:

54 items

Language:

The records are in English .

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Bradbury Land Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of land records associated with the Bradbury family and company developments in the Rancho Azusa de Duarte and the city of Monrovia from the 1850s to the 1930s. These documents include certificates of title, deeds, and contractual agreements relating to land sales, mortgages, leases, and water rights. Parties to various contracts in the collection include the city of Monrovia, Los Angeles County, the Southern California Edison Company, Elias Jackson Baldwin, and several members of the Bradbury family, including L. L. Bradbury, Simona Bradbury, and Lewis Bradbury. There is also a folder of correspondence relating to the family's business interests. Correspondents include the Los Angeles Flood Control District and William Mulholland.

Biographical / historical:

L. L. Bradbury was an investor and real estate developer prominent in Los Angeles in the late 19th century. In the 1880s, he acquired the Rancho Azusa de Duarte, which now includes the city of Duarte. He died in 1892. His son Lewis Bradbury assumed control of the family business in 1902 and incorporated the Bradbury Estate Company in 1904. The company continued to acquire and develop landholdings in Southern California throughout the first three decades of the 20th century, including land and water development in and near the city of Monrovia, California.

Acquisition information:

Gift to the Huntington Library of Louisa Bradbury Jenkins in June 1999.

Arrangement:

The materials have been maintained in their original batches, with the exception of the correspondence, which had no apparent original order.

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Real property -- California -- Los Angeles.
Water rights -- California.
Agreements California 19th century.
Agreements California 20th century.
Deeds California 19th century.
Deeds California 20th century.
Leases California 19th century.
Leases California 20th century.
Mortgages California 19th century.
Mortgages California 20th century.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid prepared by Eric Steiger.

Date Prepared:

© 2009

Date Encoded:

Machine readable finding aid encoded by Jennifer Allan Goldman on September 2011

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Bradbury Land Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:

Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108, US

Contact:

(626) 405-2191

reference@huntington.org

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