Sayre Macneil papers, 1736-1957

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Summary

Creators:
Macneil, Sayre, 1886-1961
Abstract:
This collection contains the papers of law professor Sayre Macneil, chiefly consisting of correspondence related to academic and legal matters (1869 to 1948), and papers of his family including documents related to the Arügello family (1875 to 1975) and the family estate and claims before the American Mexican Claims Commission related to properties near Tijuana; Alfred Henry Wilcox and the Colorado River navigation; and the Wilcox family of Chatham, Connecticut (1736 to 1928).
Extent:
3.7 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Language:
Materials are in English and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Sayre Macneil papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Sayre Macneil papers contain papers relating to: the pioneer Argüello family (1875 to 1957), the Argüello family estate and claims before the American Mexican Claims Commission involving the Argüello Properties in and near Tijuana. Alfred Henry Wilcox and the Colorado River Navigation in the 19th century. There are also a number of early land papers of the Wilcox family from Chatham, Connecticut, place of Alfred H. Wilcox's birth (1736 to 1928). The Sayre Macneil papers (1869 to 1948), includes mainly correspondence relative to academic and legal matters.

Biographical / historical:

Sayre Macneil (1886-1961), son of Hugh Livingston Macneil and Louise (Slauson) Macneil, and grandson of Jonathan Sayre Slauson (early California banker who purchased the Dalton Azusa Rancho and founded the city of Azusa), was born in Los Angeles, California. He was educated at the University of California and Harvard University, and became professor of Law at Harvard (from 1926 to 1933) and at Loyola University from 1940. He married Daphne María Antonia Martha Drake, granddaughter of Alfred Henry Wilcox, who engaged in Colorado River Navigation for many years, and María Antonia (Argüello) Wilcox, of the Santiago Emidio Argüello family of Tijuana, B.C., and San Diego.

Acquisition information:
Acquired from Sayre Macneil, 1959.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by author, followed by papers related to the Wilcox building and ephemera.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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]. Sayre Macneil papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
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