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Azusa Foothill Citrus Company records
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company collection
Creator:
Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company
Identifier/Call Number: mssAzusa
Physical Description:
1.77 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1844-1956
Abstract: Records and maps belonging to the Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company.
Language of Material: English.
Acquired from the Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company, July-August 1974
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department.
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.
[Identification of item], Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agriculture -- Caliornia -- Azusa
Citrus fruit industry -- California, Southern
Irrigation -- California -- Azusa
Land titles -- California -- Los Angeles County
Water-supply -- California -- Azusa
Azusa (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Rancho Azusa (Calif.)
Rancho Addition (Calif.)
Rancho San José (Calif.)
Business records -- California, Southern.
Maps (documents) -- California, Southern
Azusa Land and Water Company (Azusa, Calif.)