Dominguez Water Corporation
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Gillingham Working Papers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1970-001
Abstract
Robert C. Gillingham was a historian who focused on the South Bay, specifically the Rancho San Pedro, the Dominguez family, and Compton. This collection consists of correspondence, drafts, and manuscript copies related to his work on The Rancho San Pedro and Yesterdays of Compton.
Dates:
1932-1983
Rancho San Pedro Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1970-002
Abstract
This collection contains legal and business papers related to the Rancho San Pedro and to its owners, the Dominguez family. The Spanish crown gave the Southern California lands of the Rancho San Pedro to Juan Jose Dominguez in 1784, and in 1858 the United States government granted a patent confirming Dominguez family ownership of the Rancho. A few items predate the 1858 patent, but the bulk of the collection is from 1900-1960. Some materials concern the Rancho San Pedro itself, including...
Dates:
1769-1972; Majority of material found within 1900-1960
Filtered By
- Subject: Compton (Calif.) X
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- Aeronautics -- Competitions 1
- Annexation (municipal government) 1
- Blueprints 1
- California -- History 1
- Central business districts -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Corporate governance 1
- Family-owned business enterprises 1
- Farms -- California 1
- Foreign workers 1
- Housing development -- California 1
- Inheritance and transfer tax -- Law and legislation 1
- Japanese American evacuation and resettlement 1
- Japanese American farmers -- Los Angeles 1
- Land grants -- California 1
- Long Beach (Calif.) 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History 1
- Maps 1
- Negatives 1
- Oil and gas leases -- California 1
- Oil wells -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Partition of decedents’ estates 1
- Petroleum industry and trade -- California 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Photographs, original 1
- Planned communities -- California 1
- Public utilities -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Rancho San Pedro (Calif.) 1
- Real estate business -- California -- Los Angeles County 1
- Real estate development -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Real property -- Valuation 1
- Redondo Beach (Calif.) 1
- Stats 1
- Stock transfer -- Law and legislation 1
- Torrance (Calif.) 1
- Water resources development -- California -- Los Angeles County 1
- Water supply -- California 1
- Water utilities -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Law and legislation 1 ∧ less
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