Descriptive Summary
Administration Information
History
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Related Material
Descriptive Summary
Title: Dominguez Family Title Insurance and Trust Company Records
Dates: 1908-1965
Collection Number: DHS.059
Creator:
Ticor Title Insurance Company of California
Extent:
4 boxes
2 linear feet
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: This collection includes correspondence, legal documents, tax documents, and bonds created by the Title Insurance and Trust
Company. These materials are related to trusts held by members of the Dominguez family and land that was once part of the
Rancho San Pedro.
Language: Collection material is in English
Administration Information
Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], Dominguez Family Title Trust and Insurance Company Records, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special
Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Acquisition Information
The Title Insurance and Trust Company Records were originally part of the records files at TICOR. They were later discarded
and eventually acquired by Aimee Gervais, who donated the materials to CSUDH as an unsolicited gift.
Processing Information
The collection was first processed by Susan Hikida in 1988 as part of the requirements for History 435, Internship in Public
History, M.A. program in Public History/Historic Preservation. Her original intellectual organization was not changed.
Project Information
This finding aid was created as part of the 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.
History
Title Insurance and Trust Company was founded in 1893 as a company to handle titles and trusts. Originally located at 458
South Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, the offices were later moved to the Title Insurance Building at 433 South Spring
Street. The company was renamed TI Corporation in 1968 and reorganized in 1977 into TICOR, a general business corporation.
TICOR is currently an international title insurance and financial services organization, with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago,
New York and Oregon.
Scope and Content
The collection was received in an unorganized state with most of the papers in their original folders. Arrangement falls into
five series: the Carson Estate Company, the De Francis Estate, Gregorio and Susana Dominguez Del Amo, Dominguez Estate Company,
and Miscellaneoud Trusts. Files within these subdivisions are arranged by trust number where applicable. The original order
within each folder has been preserved where possible. The bulk of the material is correspondence, inter-office communications,
tax returns, declarations of trusts, quit claims, deeds, and other legal documents. Materials in the series Miscellaneous
Trusts deal with trusts located on land that was once part of the Rancho San Pedro, but does not relate to any of the Dominguez
companies or families.
Arrangement
Arranged in five series:
- Series I. Carson Estate Company (1919-1965)
- Series II. De Francis (Maria de los Reyes Dominguez) Estate (1933-1951)
- Series III. Del Amo, Gregorio and Susana (1921-1928)
- Series IV. Dominguez Estate Company (1917-1947)
- Series V. Miscellaneous Rancho San Pedro Trusts (1913-1962)
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Rancho San Pedro (Calif.)
Dominguez Hills (Calif.)
Personal Names
de Francis, Maria de los Reyes Dominguez
Del Amo, Gregorio
Corporate Names
Carson Estate Company
Dominguez Estate Company
Ticor Title Insurance Company of California
Subjects
Insurance, Title -- California
Title Companies -- United States -- California
Land titles
Deeds of trust
Related Material
Del Amo Estate Company Collection
Rancho San Pedro Collection