Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Luce Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1861-1959
Collection number: 257
Creator: Luce family
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Moses Augustine Luce (1842-1903) practiced law in San Diego, California specializing in real estate and probate cases. He
was also the director and vice-president of the California Southern Railroad and president of the Golden Hill Land & Building
Company, and helped draft the San Diego city charter. His son, Edgar Augustine Luce (1881-1958) was San Diego City Attorney
(1909-10), California state senator (1914-18) and a judge in the Superior Court of San Diego County (1919-25). The collection
consists of correspondence, documents, pictures, ephemera and memorabilia of Moses A. Luce, his son Edgar A. Luce, and his
grandson Edgar A. Luce, Jr.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Edgar A. Luce, Jr., 1959.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Luce Family Papers (Collection 257). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Moses Augustine Luce was born on May 14, 1842 in Payson, Illinois; participated in many battles in the Civil War, and awarded
the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor (1882); BA (1866) and AM (1870), Hillsdale College, MI; LL.B, Albany Law School, 1867;
in 1870 began practicing law in Bushnell, Illinois; started practice in San Diego, California, 1873; involved in real estate
and probate cases; elected judge, County Court of San Diego, 1875-80; attorney for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, 1880-89;
director and vice-president, California Southern Railroad; president, Golden Hill Land & Building Company; helped develop
Shenandoah gold mine and draft San Diego city charter; attended two Republican Party national conventions and several California
state conventions; died on April 23, 1933 in San Diego; his son, Edgar Augustine Luce, was born on May 20, 1881 in San Diego;
BA (1905) and LL.B (1906), Stanford University; San Diego City Attorney, 1909-10; California state senator, 1914-18; judge,
Superior Court, San Diego County, 1919-25; became senior partner in the firm of Luce, Forward, Kunzel & Scripps from 1936
until his death; died August 27, 1958 in San Diego.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of papers of Moses A. Luce, his son Edgar A. Luce, and his grandson Edgar A. Luce, Jr. Includes correspondence,
documents, pictures, ephemera and memorabilia. The papers of Moses A. Luce contain material on the California Southern Railroad
and the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to him for gallantry at the Battle of Laurel Hill during the Civil War. The papers
of Edgar A. Luce contain papers relating to his judgeship in the Superior Court, San Diego County, his term in the California
State Senate, and his activities as a lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps during World War I; also includes
a letter from Hiram A. Johnson.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Luce, Moses Augustine--Archives.
Luce, Edgar Augustine--Archives.
Luce family--Archives.
Lawyers--California--San Diego--Archival resources.
Judges--California--San Diego--Archival resources.
Legislators--California--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Family papers.