Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company
- Abstract:
- The collection contains records and maps belonging to the Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company founded in 1902 by James Slauson and his two sisters Kate (Slauson) Vosburg and Louise (Slauson) MacNeil, on property inherited from their father, Jonathan Sayre Slauson.
- Extent:
- 5.91 Linear Feet (8 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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The Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company was founded in 1902 by James Slauson and his two sisters Kate (Slauson) Vosburg and Louise (Slauson) MacNeil, on property inherited from their father, Jonathan Sayre Slauson. The lands had once been a part of the great Azusa Ranch, owned by Henry Dalton. Jonathan Sayre Slauson, New York banker, founder and manager of the Los Angeles Savings Bank, purchased the Dalton ranches in 1880 and 1884, where he founded the town of Azusa and the Azusa Land and Water Company. This collection is a small part of a much larger collection, of which the Azusa Pacific College has a major part (approx. 4,000 items), consisting of manuscripts, legal and business papers, financial journals and ledgers, photographs and maps dating back to 1874. Additional material is held by the Azusa Historical Society. Two printed maps of the town of Azusa are in the Rare Book Department of this Library.
- Custodial history:
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Acquired from the Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company, July-August 1974
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged according to material type.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Agriculture -- Caliornia -- Azusa
Citrus fruit industry -- California, Southern
Irrigation -- California -- Azusa
Land titles -- California -- Los Angeles County
Water-supply -- California -- Azusa
Business records -- California, Southern.
Maps (documents) -- California, Southern - Names:
- Azusa Land and Water Company (Azusa, Calif.)
- Places:
- Azusa (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Rancho Azusa (Calif.)
Rancho Addition (Calif.)
Rancho San José (Calif.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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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 permission rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191