Contents

1. "Famous Santa Anita Rancho." News clip, October 10, 1914. Original in archives.

2. "The building of an ideal California rancho." Out West, May/June, 1914.

3. "Anoakia - where no harm shall..." Pasadena Daily News, circa 1915?

4. "The art of Maynard Dixon." International Studio, May, 1915.

5. "Anoakia, home of Anita Baldwin." News clip, August 3, 1934.

6. Santa Anita Rancho. Anoakia Breeding Farm Private Catalogue, 1916. Black cover. Two copies in Archives.

7. Santa Anita Rancho Los Angeles County California Anita M. Baldwin. Original brochure (black cover with red Maltese cross) describing the animals and crops on Santa Anita Rancho. Photocopy of descriptive brochure.

8. First annual sale of registered hogs. October 24, 1916. Original is missing from Archives since August 1987.

9. "Fabulous estate converted into a school." Pasadena Star News, July 18, 1954.

10. Anoakia - name. Handwritten card giving one opinion.

11. "Anoakia property." News clip, January 19, 1975.

12. Environmental impact report of development of property (DRAFT). November, 1975. 135+ pages.

13. "Anoakia annexation." News clip, January 23, 1975.

14. "Anita Baldwin's Arcadia estate." San Gabriel Valley Tribune, July 11, 1976.

15. Rancho Village. Dinner-dance program given at Anoakia in 1975. Excellent floor plan and room description. Two copies.

16. "Mundy mail." Arcadia Tribune, January 15, 1976.

17. "Association to race." Arcadia Tribune, January 22, 1976.

18. "Estate transformed to girl's school." Arcadia Tribune, September 4, 1941. Photocopy.

19. Anoakia inventory. 1916. Copied from original at Huntington Library.

20. Anoakia kennels. Letterhead, 1917.

21. Anoakia stationery. Letterhead, 1921.

22. Anita Baldwin purchases plants from the New York State Building at the Panama Pacific Exposition. San Francisco, 1915.

23. 23a. Anoakia background. Spring, circa 1977. 23b. Anoakia Background, March 1, 1977, slight revision from 23a. 23c. Letter to Arcadia Historical Society from Lowry B. McCaslin January 19, 1977, with accompanying letter dated December 22, 1976 to the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia, item 23d.

24. "Anoakia: a quiet place 'where no harm shall befall'." Arcadia Tribune, July 6, 1978.

25. "For all time." News photo of the Daughters of the American Revolution placing a historical marker. Arcadia Tribune, May 27, 1979.

26. "Telegram adds another chapter to Baldwin saga." Arcadia Tribune, August 26, 1979.

27. "Stately homes of California II: Anoakia," by Porter Garnett. Sunset Magazine, January 1914.

28. "Will follow Italian types." Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1912, pt. 5, p. 26.

29. "Unique among homes of America's rich." Los Angeles Times, September 21, 1913, pt. II, p. 7.

30. Anoakia - Tiffany Catalog (light fixtures). No date. Copied from original owned by Lowry McCaslin, owner of Anoakia, 1991.

31. Interview with secretary of Mr. Lowry McCaslin, owner of Anoakia beginning circa 1942. See also Oral History folder, item #8.

32. "Report on the Anoakia property and mansion and its historical significance." Memorandum from Community Development Administrator Donna Butler to the Arcadia Mayor and City Council. December 6, 1994.

33. Minutes of the Arcadia City Council, December 6, 1994. Approval of staff communication with owner Lowry McCaslin regarding the condition and historical significance of the Anoakia property.

34. Letter to Lowry B. McCaslin, McCaslin Properties, February 21, 1995. City of Arcadia Development Services Department requested that a video and related photographs of Anoakia be included in the City's historical records.

35. Obituary of Lowry B. McCaslin, owner of Anoakia since the 1940s. Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1995.

36. "Plans for development force school from idyllic campus." Los Angeles Times (Home Edition), June 28, 1990 (on-line).

37. Note - For information regarding Arthur B. Benton, Architect for Anoakia, see also Architects (Benton, Arthur B.) folder.

38. Correspondence from Mark McCaslin to Arcadia City Council re: Anoakia property, dated June 13, 1996 and July 10, 1996.

39. Program. Senior Ring Ceremony. Anoakia Hall. April 18, 1968.

40. "The West on walls: Maynard Dixon and the McClaughry Murals," California State Library Foundation Bulletin. Summer 1998. several articles about Maynard Dixon murals being placed in the State Library.

41. Arcadia City Planning Commission meeting minutes November 9, 1999 regarding the Anoakia estate.

42. Anoakia Residential Planned Development - Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), C.U.P. 99-004 and Vesting Tentative Map 52745. Staff Report for the Arcadia City Planning Commission prepared by the Development Services Department, November 9, 1999.

43. Consideration of Final Map No. 52745 for the Anoakia Residential Planned Development Project at 701 West Foothill Boulevard. Staff Report to Mayor and City Council prepared by the Development Services Department. August 15, 2000.

44. Two pages from Sotheby's Auction Catalog showing Tiffany light fixtures and hanging light from Anoakia. March 10, 2005 catalog pp. 94-95.

45. Sotheby's 20th Century Decorative Arts catalog (in color), New York, March 10, 2005. See pages 94-95 for Tiffany light fixtures from Anita Baldwin's Anoakia estate.

46. Color printout of a 1978 photograph, taken by Sandy Snider in 1978, of the fountain with dragon, originally located at Anoakia estate. Dragon was stolen, but fountain base (bowl) currently located at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage.

47. Wine Tasting at Anoakia, September 26, 1986. Copy of invitation from Friends of the Arcadia Public Library, description of various rooms inside Anoakia Mansion located at 758 Anoakia Lane, hand drawn map, Arcadia Library Association Wine Tasting Notes.

Subjects

Anoakia

Physical Description

2 folders

Item ID

8AF

Collection

Subject Files

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Contents

1. "Historic adobe gives up its secrets." Independent Star News, July 28, 1957.

2. "The house of the Scotch paisano." Lasca Leaves, January 1, 1958.

3. "Hugo Reid Adobe." Lasca Leaves, Spring 1959.

4. "Archaeological excavations in the patio." Lasca Leaves, Summer 1959.

5. "Historical research pertaining to ..." Lasca Leaves, Winter 1959. Two copies.

6. "Furnishing plan for the Hugo Reid Adobe." Los Angeles County Museum study, January 1960, 14 pages.

7. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, Winter 1961.

8. "The furnishings of the Hugo Reid Adobe." Lasca Leaves, Spring 1961.

9. "Historic objects from Hugo Reid Adobe." Lasca Leaves, Summer 1961.

10. "Restoration: Hugo Reid Adobe - Lucky Baldwin Coach House." Undated paper by O. Johnson.

11. Arcadia News Post, June 1, 1968. Photos and captions of Hugo Reid Adobe interior.

12. "Hugo Reid Adobe." By Reed and Kindig, November 5, 1987, two pages.

13. "Step in Adobe." Los Angeles Times, January 21, 1969 with photos.

14. "Youngsters digging for Adobe history." Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1969, Part II.

15. "Plaque marks Rancho fete: Santa Anita's 100th anniversary observed at simple ceremony." Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1941.

16. "Hugo Reid Adobe restores." Highlander-Pacesetter, July 13, 1983, page 5.

17. "The house of the Scotch paisano." Typewritten copy, same as #2 of this folder, August 15, 1957.

18. The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Directory of Museum Houses 1961/62 listing Hugo Reid Adobe.

19. Program for the "Dedication of the Hugo Reid Adobe." May 5, 1961. Gift from the Pasadena Public Library.

20. "Old Hugo Reid Adobe regaining past glory" with photo by Bob Sherlock. Los Angeles Times, n.d., circa 1958/1959.

21. Three newspaper photos with captions of workers restoring the Hugo Reid Adobe. Pasadena Star News, November 28, 1958.

22. "Top historical finds made in restoring Reid home." no citation, circa 1958/1959.

23. "Historians hope Reid excavations can add to early California lore." Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1958.

24. "Colonial Dames take on a job" by Ed Ainsworth. Furnishings for the restored Hugo Reid Adobe will be collected by the Colonial Dames. Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1960.

25. "The house of the Scotch paisano: archaeological investigations at the Hugo Reid Adobe." By William J. Wallace, Roger J. Desautels, George Kritzman, August 12, 1957. Gift of Pasadena City College, June 14, 2006.

26. "Heritage" circa 1961. A film about the Hugo Reid Adobe restoration. Narrated by Brian Keith. DVD is in black media box in history room.

27. Graphics from the Archaeological Investigation at the Hugo Reid Adobe: Reference Use Only. State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, Photographic Archives on 2 DVDs. Both DVDs are in the Arcadia History Room Media Box (black) and contain digital images/digital photographs in JPG and TIFF. Cover letter, signed usage contracts/licensing agreements, and inventory of file names (paper clipped together here). Photographic record of the archaeological investigations at the Hugo Reid Adobe, Arcadia, California, submitted September 15, 1958 by E. Taylor & Wallace.

28. Hugo Reid Adobe floor plan before excavation. No date.

Subjects

Hugo Reid Adobe (see also Baldwin Adobe)

Item ID

131AF

Collection

Subject Files

Less detail