Background
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.
Restrictions
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.