Start Date

1838

End Date

1947

Contents

1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.

2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.

3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.

4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.

5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.

6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.

7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.

8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.

9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.

10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.

11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.

12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.

13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.

14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.

15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.

16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.

17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.

18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.

19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.

20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.

21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.

22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.

23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.

24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.

25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.

26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.

27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.

28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.

29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.

30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.

31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.

32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.

33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.

34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.

35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.)

36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).

Subjects

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

Physical Description

2 folders

Item ID

103AF

Collection

Subject Files

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Newspaper

Arcadia Tribune

Date

January 24, 1936 p. 1 (appropriation)

January 27, 1936 p. 1 (ground breaking)

January 25, 1937 p. 1 (building of golf course)

May 14, 1937 p. 1 (dedication of county park)

August 10, 1939 Section II, p. 2 (name changed from Santa Anita Regional Recreational Park)

April 17, 1941 p. 1 ("The Hiker" statue dedicated)

April 21, 1941 p. 1 ("The Hiker" statue unveiled)

February 13, 1942 p. 8

May 20, 1950 p. 1 (golf clubhouse addition)

December 27, 1956 p. 1

March 18, 1957 p. 1 (suit regarding strip between E. Huntington Drive and the park)

October 14, 1957 p. 1 (Par-3 Golf Course)

October 17, 1957 p. 1 (Par-3 Golf Course)

March 27, 1958 p. 1 (P.E. right of way)

April 20, 1959 p. 1 (Little League Ball Park)

June 22, 1959 p. 1 (redevelopment)

August 31, 1959 p. 1 (Senior Citizen's Center

September 16, 1962 p. 1 (named for J. Hoeppel)

September 16, 1962 p. 3 (fountain)

May 16, 1963 p. 1 (World War II use)

March 10, 1966 p. 1 (major improvements)

October 29, 1972 p. 1 (new golf clubhouse denied)

January 18, 1973 p. 1 (Federal funds sought for project)

Subjects

Parks - Arcadia County Park

Item ID

4099AN

Collection

Newspaper Index

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