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Irene and John Burns Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-002
Abstract
This collection contains material belonging to the Burns family who are based in Southern California. A majority of the collection contains letters that were written from 1943-1946 by John J. Burns and sent to Irene Burns while John was serving in the United States Marine Corps. Also included are material related to John and Irene's wedding such as RSVPs and greeting cards; as well as family photograph albums, Woodrow Wilson High School yearbooks (1940, 1942), and a personal diary belonging...
Dates:
1890s- 1960s, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2007, 2015, 2020-2021; undated; Majority of material found within 1940s-1960s
Warren Furutani Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2012-001
Abstract
The Warren Furutani Collection documents the breadth and duration of Warren Furutani’s four year service as a member of the California State Assembly for the 55th District. Furutani was elected to the California State Assembly on a special primary Election in 2007, replacing fellow Democrat Laura Richardson. He served the 55th District from February 7, 2008 until November 30, 2012. He was the last representative of the 55th district to represent the South Bay, Gardena, Carson, Lakewood, and...
Dates:
2008-2012
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
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- Aeronautics -- Competitions 1
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- Compton (Calif.) 1
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- Inheritance and transfer tax -- Law and legislation 1
- Japanese American evacuation and resettlement 1
- Japanese American farmers -- Los Angeles 1
- Japanese Americans 1
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- Lakewood (Calif.) 1
- Land grants -- California 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History 1
- Maps 1
- Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (N.C.) 1
- Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Calif.) 1
- Marine Corps Air Station New River (N.C.) 1
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- Oil and gas leases -- California 1
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- Planned communities -- California 1
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- World War, 1939-1945 1
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- Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 1
- Associated Oil Company 1
- Beverly-Arnaz Land Company 1
- Burns, John J. 1
- California State University, Dominguez Hills 1
- California. Legislature. Assembly 1
- California. Legislature 1
- California. Legislature. Senate 1
- Carson Estate Company 1
- Carson, George Henry 1
- Carson, Maria Victoria Dominguez 1
- Chanslor-Western Oil and Development Company 1
- Cohn, Kaspare, 1839-1916 1
- Cotton, Hamilton H. 1
- Del Amo, Susana Delfina Dominguez 1
- Dominguez Estate Company 1
- Dominguez Water Corporation 1
- Dominguez, Guadalupe Marcelina 1
- Dominguez, Manuel 1
- Dominguez-Wilshire Corporation 1
- Francis Land Company 1
- Francis, Maria Jesus de los Reyes Dominguez de 1
- Furutani, Warren, 1947- 1
- Guyer, Ana Josefa Dominguez de 1
- Jarrett Estate Company 1
- Jennings, Irene 1
- Kaspare Cohn Commercial & Savings Bank 1
- Marland Oil Company 1
- O’Melveny & Myers 1
- O’Melveny, Henry John 1
- Ramona Properties 1
- Reyes-Dominguez Company 1
- Richfield Oil Corporation 1
- Shell Oil Company 1
- Standard Oil Company of California 1
- Union Bank & Trust Company of Los Angeles 1
- Union Oil Company of California 1
- United States. Marine Corps 1
- United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve 1
- Valencia Spanish Tile Corporation 1
- Victory Oil Company 1
- Walter H. Leimert Co. 1
- Watson Land Company 1
- Watson, Maria Dolores Dominguez de 1
- Wilshire-New Hampshire Corporation 1 ∧ less
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