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. "Incorporation motives and movements." Six pages from the book _How the Cities Grew_ by R. Bigger and J.D. Kitchen.

2. "Facts about Arcadia." Pasadena Courier, January 1967.

3. "Baldwin heirs unite to make Arcadia." Lamanda Park Herald, April 7, 1916.

4. "Memories of old Arcadia paper." Arcadia Tribune, August 3, 1934.

5. Board of Trustees (now called City Council) meeting minutes at which the sale of liquor was banned. April 15, 1912.

6. "Colorful past of early Arcadia." News clip, circa 1950.

7. "In the good old days of Arcadia." A column of tid-bits from an Arcadia bulletin, circa 1904 as published in a news clip, circa 1950.

8. Copy of certification of incorporation approval given by the Board of Supervisors, August 4, 1903, issued by C.F. Curry, Secretary of State, California.

9. "Early day visitors found Arcadia to be ..." Arcadia Tribune, January 5, 1978.

10. "Supervisors see 'Arcadia'." Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1903, part 3, page 1. Mentions strong opposition to incorporation plans.

11. "Dave Lundberg's research finds Lucky was protector." Arcadia Tribune, May 11, 1967. Based on information from a April 26, 1906 news story.

12. "Indians, rustlers haunt city street." Arcadia Tribune, July 17, 1968.

13. "Baldwin purchased Rancho, planted trees along drive." Daily News Post, February 15, 1962.

14. "Bill of fare fair." News clip, circa 1950.

15. Site of First Avenue where library was located and early view of Santa Anita. Copy of news photo, circa 1950.

16. "First wheels, then ponies go round." Daily News Post, January 30, 1962.

17. "Early Baldwin pastures." Two copies of photos, circa 1960. One pastoral scene, one showing early Baldwin pastures.

18. Baldwin store and Clara Villa photos. Copies from newspaper, March 23, 1950.

19. "Arcadia named after Grecian pastoral village." News clip, circa 1950. (Another copy is in file Arcadia -Name)

20. "Arcadia once was wide open." News clip, circa 1950.

21. "Longtime resident recalls dairy farm." Iowa Dairy. Arcadia Tribune, January 26, 1964.

22. "Arcadia." Arcadia Journal, June 21, 1919. Full-length, double column article listing approximately 36 good points about the town.

23. "Lucky Baldwin wants the Board of Supervisors to empower him." Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1903.

24. "By the overwhelming vote of 35 yeas, nays none, the City of Arcadia..." News clip, July 28, 1903.

25. City of Arcadia letterhead. Circa 1910+? Copy of original from Gert Daniels. Acquired February 1981.

26. See reference to a Veelox of the Los Angeles Times, July 28, 1903. Reporting on incorporation vote. Copy attached. "Nary a 'nay' has Arcadia. Unanimous voting in Lucky Baldwin's town. Nearly all candidates served as officers of election. Legality of incorporation to be contested--'mayor' plans race track."

27. "Arcadia gets publicity: how many residents of Arcadia now remember." Copied for an article in Mr. Green's scrapbook. Circa 1927.

28. "Downtown group paces growth of shopping district." News clip, undated.

29. "Story of 'Lucky' Baldwin ... one of our most colorful pioneers." Unknown source. (Other copies in file - Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky").

30. Copy of the Seal of the Board of Supervisors regarding the incorporation of the City of Arcadia, August 13, 1903.

31. "Bridge sighs stir Arcadia." Los Angeles Times November 22, 1907.

32. Memo from the Office of the City Attorney, dated September 26, 2002, establishing the official City of Arcadia date of incorporation as August 5, 1903.

33. Copy of City of Arcadia incorporation papers. Petition to the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, signed by Elias J. Baldwin and at least 50 qualified electors. Dated June 22, 1903.

34. Copy of City of Arcadia incorporation papers. "In Re Incorporation of the City of Arcadia, and Election of Officers." Establishes boundaries of city. Copy of certification of incorporation approval given by the Board of Supervisors, August 4, 1903, issued by C.F. Curry, Secretary of State, California.

35. Lucky Baldwin proud monarch of queerest of little kingdoms: "We aren't going to have any worse town than we can help," says the despot of Arcadia--American gambling principality to be born this month. Los Angeles Times, November 3, 1907.

36. Nary a 'nay' has Arcadia. Unanimous voting in Lucky Baldwin's town. Nearly all candidates served as officers of election. Legality of incorporation to be contested--"Mayor" plans race track. Los Angeles Times, July 28, 1903.

37. Army lays siege to Lucky Baldwin's projected private city. Census takers indicate 200 Mexicans and 22 Chinese on Baldwin's ranch. Los Angeles Times, May 20, 1903.

Subjects

Arcadia (City) History (1903-1920)

Item ID

115af

Collection

Subject Files

Less detail