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Azusa Foothill Citrus Collection

The Azusa Foothill Citrus Collection is a collection of 5,000 items consisting of correspondence, minutes books, maps, photographs, manuscripts, legal and business papers, bound financial records, journals, ledgers, and other documents. The collection also contains the business and personal papers of Jonathan Sayre Slauson and his children, James Slauson, Kate Vosburg, and Louise Macneil. The materials cover a hundred years (1874-1974) of papers from the Azusa Land and Water Company, the Azusa Agricultural Water Company, the Azusa Electric Lighting and Power Company, the Azusa Foothill Citrus Association, and the Azusa Foothill Citrus Company.

  Author or Recipient Date Folder
  Author or Recipient Date Folder
Azusa Title Opinion      
Land Transfer Agreement      
       
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
By-Laws    
     
  Date Folder
Minutes 1890 1
Minutes 1912-1921 2
Minutes 1922-1939 3
Minutes 1940-1953 4
Minutes 1912-1927 5
Minutes 1928-1936 6
Minutes 1937-1949 7
  Date Folder
Affidavits of Publication . 11 items 1904-11 1
Correspondence with San Gabriel River Water Committee . 31 items 1906-1912 2
Water Dues . 76 items 1895-1908 3

Note: A detailed inventory is included with each package.

  Date Folder
Accounts Payable . 129 items 1891-1912 1
Payment Receipts . 41 items 1895-1912 2
Tax Receipts . 30 items 1895-1912 3

Note: A detailed inventory is included with each package.

  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Voluntary Dissolution Papers 1916 1
By-Laws 1902-55 2-8
By-Laws 1902 2
By-Laws: Copy of By-Laws 1920 3
By-Laws: Endorsed Certificate regarding number of Directors 1920 4
By-Laws: Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation 1948 5
By-Laws: Approval of Amendments 1954 6
By-Laws: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation 1954-55 7
By-Laws: Amendment ot By-Laws 1955 8
Miscellaneous 1914-55 9-17
Miscellaneous: Maps of Oil Systems No Date 9
Miscellaneous: Map of Busk Factory Site No Date 10
Miscellaneous: Notes regarding taxes on subdivision 1914 11
Miscellaneous: Certificate of change of principle place of business 1917 12
Miscellaneous: Refund Notice  1918 13
Miscellaneous: Certificate of Increase of Directors  1920 14
Miscellaneous: Newspaper Articles: "Azusa Packing Houses Merge" 1946 15
Miscellaneous: Map of Proposed Pipeline 1952 16
Miscellaneous: Permits to sell and issue securities 1955 17
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Land Papers: Plot Map and Description 1891-1951 1
Correspondence regarding Deeds 1903-08 2-11
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Pacific Electric Railway 1903 2
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Pillsbury, George E.: L.A. Inter-Urban Railway 1906 3
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Instructions to Title Insurance and Trust 1906 4
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Silent, Charles 1907 5
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Lindley, J.T.  1907 6
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Slemmons, H.M.: L.A. Inter-Urban Railway 1907 7
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Lindley, J.T. 1907-08 8-10
Correspondence regarding Deeds: McBride, Joseph A.: L.A. Inter-Urban Railway 1908 11
Certificate of Redemption 1915 12
Chain of Titles 1919 13
Correspondence relating to Land Plot 1919-52 14
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Easement of Public Road  1925 15
Agreement: Pacific Land Securities 1929 16
Policy of the Title Insurance: Azusa Foothill Citrus Co. 1930 17
Correspondence regarding Deeds 1930-47 18-20
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Los Angeles County Surveyor's Office 1930 18
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Griffith, C.A. 1936 19
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Bank of America, Azusa Branch 1947 20
Land Papers: List of Lots Sold After 1948 21
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Slauson, James 1901-03

1

Vosburg, Kate and Macneil, Louise 1902

2

Cohn, Kaspare and Hulda 1904

3

Azusa Land and Water Company 1905

4

Hinman Investment Company 1905

5

Patent and Deeds of Section 22 1892-1920

6

Deeds of Section 22 1908-18

7

Azusa Foothill Citrus Association 1915

8

First National Bank of Azusa 1917

9

Strong, Annie 1917

10

City of Azusa 1919-54

11

Spires, Mary Harrison 1919

12

Owl Fumigating Corporation 1920

13

Pasadena Ice Company 1924

14

Grube, A.C. 1924

15

Macneil, Louise S. [et al] 1925-36

16

Lee, George E. and Helen Owen 1929

17

Security Development Corporation 1929

18

Metropole Holding Company, Ind. 1929

18

Phillips and Hambaugh Realty and Construction Corp. 
1931

21

Pacific Land Securities, Ind.  1931

22

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1934

23

Tongg Ranch Inc. 1965

24

  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company  1900-29 1-2
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company 1900-29 1-2
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: City of Azusa 1900-29 1
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Jefferey, Edward R. 1902 2
Grant Deed to Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Off, John, Blanche 1903 3
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company 1903-45 4-47
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Rupe, R.W. 1903 4
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Los Angeles County 1911 5
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Contract Water Company 1913 6
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: First National Bank of Azusa 1917 7
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Berkhead, John W. and Mabel 1923 8
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Barlett, G. Maurice 1925 9
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Vosburg Brothers, Inc. 1926 10
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Lee and Schellenburg 1926 11
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Wolfskill, W.L. 1927 12
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Williams, Charles E. 1928 13
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Azusa City School District 1928 14
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Houze, Deblon and Lela 1929 15
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Wells, Clement T. 1929 16
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Neil, Mary Turnbull 1929 17
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Pacific Land Securities, Inc. 1929-30 18-19
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Miller, R.F. 1930 20
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Phillips and Hambaugh Realty 1930 21
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: McGachan Jack 1930 22
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Dovidio, Ferdinando 1930 23
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Los Angeles County [Road Deed] 1930 24
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: State of California 1930 25
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: City of Azusa 1931-45 26
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Rothe, Victor and Cora 1931 27
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Guyton, Francis J. 1932 28
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: State of California 1933 29
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Schneider, Joseph and Ina 1934 30
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Lot 41, Tract No. 10660 1934-58 31
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Griffin, Loretta 1934 32
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: State of California 1936 33
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Dwiggins, Clare V. 1937 34
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Ebner, Joseph and Katie 1940 35
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Howard, Charles 1941 36
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Day and Night Manufacturing Company 1942 37
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Defense Plant Corporation 1943 38
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Bartlett, George M. 1943 39
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Chicago Engineering Company 1945 40
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Rodecker, George M. 1945 41
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Reconstruction Finance Company 1945 42
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Omart Investment Company 1945 43
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Phillips, Thomas J. 1945 44
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Thayer, Richard K. 1945 45
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Greig, Phillip L. and Irma A. 1945 46
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: General Orange Products Company 1945 47
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Soluble Plant Nutrients Company 1946 1
Holmes, Joseph and Mary 1946 2
Middlebrooks, J.K. and A.L. 1946 3
Lowery, John and Gertrude 1946 4
Aerojet Engineering Corporation 1946 5
Humiston, Fred and Dorothy 1946 6
Mann, Percy; Higgins, Robert; and Malnie, Sever 1946 7
Rulofson, Alfred M. and Catherine B. 1946 8
Nasser, Leo 1946 9
Belcoe, J.W. and Helen 1946 10
Brady, Howard F. and Evelyn G. 1946 11
Stewart, Charles and Ann 1947 12
Consolidated Rock Products 1947 13
Young, M.R. and S.P. 1947 14
Riddell, Delbert C. and Kathleen N. 1948 15
Cotkett, Early G. 1949 16
Azusa City School District 1951 17
City of Azusa 1952-59 18
Azusa Rock and Sand Company 1953 19
Citrus Union High School 1954 20
Azusa City School District 1954-64 21-22
Azusa Citrus Association 1955 23
Cole, John Burton 1955 24
Los Angeles County 1955-60 25
Benson, B. Jay and Catherine L. 1956 26
Monrovia Nursery Company and Rainbow Angling Club 1957 27
Title Insurance and Trust Company 1957 28
State of California 1958 29
Padillo, O.J. and S.V. 1959 30
Investors Savings and Loan Association 1959 31
Monrovia Nursery Company 1960 32
Azusa Valley Water Company 1964 33
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Lindley, A.R. and T.B.; Welch, W.H.; and Steele, E.W. 1908-20 1
Slauson, James; Macneil, L.S.; and Vosburg, Kate S. 1917 2
LaFon, Evelyn A. 1920 3
Jewett, S.P. 1921 4
Vineland Irrigation District 1923 5
Jewett, S.P. 1926 6
Los Angeles County Flood Control District 1927 7
Pacific Land Securities 1930-31 8
Bucklin, Ellen G. 1932 9
Neil, Mary Turnbull 1934 10
Macneil, Louise S., et al 1945 11
Consolidated Rock Products Company 1946 12
Covina Irrigating Company 1957 13
City of Azusa 1959 14
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway 1961 15
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Union Rock Company 1923-27 1
Union Rock Company 1923-27 1
Azusa City School District 1928 2
State of California 1936 3
Wolfskill, William L. 1944 4
Southern Finance Service 1947 5
Manning, J.H. and A.H. 1947 6
General Brewing Corporation 1947 7
Moyer, Selma 1947 8
Owners of Record 1950 9
Day and Night Manufacturing Company 1951 10
Structural Engineering Company 1952 11
Douglas, Howard W. and Ruth A. 1952 12
Owners of Record 1959-63 13-15
Monrovia Nursery Company 1967 16
Azusa Pacific College 1971 17
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Certificate of Title .Section 22 1889-92 1
Guarantee of Title .Section 22 1920 2
Title Search .Lots 5 and 6 1930-31 3
Title Search .Lots 9, 10, 11, and 12 1930-31 4
Strong, Annie 1917 5
Grube, A.C. 1925 6
Guarantee of Title .Block 29 1917 7
Unlimited Certificate of Title .Block 76 1903 8
Unlimited Certificate of Title .Subdivision 2 1905 9
Title Search .Lot 43, Subdivision 2 1925 10
Guarantee of Title .Lot 44, Subdivision 2 1930-31 11
Title Search .Lot 44, Subdivision 2 1930-31 12
Title Search .Lot 53, Subdivision 2 1930-31 13
Title Search .Lot 54, Subdivision 2 1929 14
Title Search .Lot 55, Subdivision 2 1930-31 15
Title Search .Lot 70, Subdivision 2 1929-31 16
Guarantee of Title .Lot 76?, Subdivision 2 1919 17
Hellman, I.W. and Bicknell, John D. 1904 18
Guarantee of Title .Lots 79 and 82, Subdivision 2 1919-24 19
Title Search .Tract 10713 1931 20
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
East Side Committee No Date 1
Randall, W.A. 1904 2
Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway 1906 3-9
Daniels, P.C. 1908 10
Vosburg, Kate Slauson 1910 11
Stevens, E.A. and Maggie 1912 12
City of Azusa 1916 13
Covina Irrigating Company 1917 14
Exchange Orange Products 1920 15
Pasadena Ice Company 1923-27 16-17
California Fruit Growers Exchange 1924 18
California Compressed Gas Company 1925-30 19
Davis, E.A. 1925 20
Fruit Growers Supply Company 1926-27 21
Azusa Boy Scouts Committee 1928 22
Phillips, Penn M. 1929 23
Phillips and Hambaugh Realty and Construction Corp. 1930 24
Scott, Henry W. 1930 25
Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County 1930 26
Fruit Growers Supply Company 1931-34 27
National Orchard Heater Company 1931 28
Department of Public Works, State of California 1936 29
Brokaw, Robert 1936 30
San Gabriel River Spreading Corporation 1937 31
California Fruit Growers Exchange 1939 32
District Exchange Association 1940 33
Garnier, Camille A. 1948 34
City of Azusa Sewer 1955-59 35
Kleppinger, Wellie P. 1956 36
Los Angeles County 1960 37
Azusa Unified School District 1964-69 38
Anderson, Mabelle S. 1970 39
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Minutes: Board of Directors 1891-1906 1
Correspondence to 1890-97 2-8
Correspondence to: Bicknell, J.D. and Crank, J.F. 1895 2
Correspondence to: Bulla, Robert N. 1894 3
Correspondence to: Coates, Thomas 1894 4
Correspondence to: Davies, James M. 1890 5
Correspondence to: Demens, P.J. 1897 6
Correspondence to: Howes, F.C. 1890 7
Correspondence to: Snyder, Meredith P. 1895 8
Assets 1892-94 9-11
Assets: Schedules of Lands with Appraised Values 1892 9
Assets: Appraisal of Town Lots 1892 10
Assets: Documents regarding sale of personal property of Azusa 1894 11
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company 1888-94 12-15
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company: Bicknell, John D. 1888 12
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company: Eager, Charles L. 1889 13
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company: Tompkins, David 1890 14
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company: Persinger, M.H. 1894 15
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company 1888-1921 16-34
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Dean, W.O.; Grant, F.M.; and Perkins, R.A. 1888-93 16
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Baker, George F. 189- 17
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Southern California Railroad 1890 18
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Kerckhoff, William G. 1890 19-23
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Coates, Thomas 1894 24
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Davies, J.M. 1895 25
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Azusa Agricultural Water Company 1895 26
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Snyder, Meredith P. 1895 27
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Azusa Agricultural Water Company 1898 28
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: List of Conveyance 1900 29-30
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Hellman, I.W. and Bicknell, J.D. 1904 31
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Bovard, Jennie A., et al 191- 32
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Azusa Foothill Citrus Company 1921 33
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Wells, Alvin 1921 34
  Date Folder
  Date Folder
Stock Records 1893-94 1-11
Stock Records: List of Dividends paid to Stockholders 1893 1
Stock Records: Certificates for Dividends 1893 2-10
Stock Records: Note regarding Stock Agreements 1894 11
Legal Papers 1895-97 12-13
Legal Papers: Sheriff's Certificate of Sale of Real Estate 1895-96 12
Legal Papers: Vineland Irrigation District vs. Azusa Irrigating Co. 1897 13
Agreements 1887-93 14-32
Agreements: Azusa Agricultural Water Company Year 14
Agreements: Bentley and Grant Year 15
Agreements: Strashly and Rickter Year 16
Agreements: Kerckhoff-Lenzuer and Company Year 17
Agreements: Nadeau Vineyard Land Company Year 18
Agreements: Jeffrey, J.N. Year 19
Agreements: Azusa Irrigating Company Year 20-21
Agreements: Kerckhoff, William G. Year 22-25
Agreements: Southern California Railway Year 26
Agreements: Kerckhoff, William G. Year 27
Agreements: Southern California Railway Year 28
Agreements: Teague, J.N. Year 29
Agreements: Stockholder's Agreement Year 30-31
Agreements: Slauson, James Year 32
Accounts and Receipts: Receipts "Azusa Land and Water Co." 1893-95 33
Agreements 1895 34-35
Agreements: Slauson J.S. and James 1895 34
Agreements: Bickneel, Demens and Plater [et al] 1895 35
Accounts and Receipts 1897 36-40
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle 1897 36
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle 1897 37
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle 1897 38
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle 1897 39
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle 1897 40
Miscellaneous 1891-1902 41-57
Miscellaneous: Diagram of Acreage No Date 41
Miscellaneous: Notes No Date 42
Miscellaneous: Resolution 189-? 43
Miscellaneous: Objections of Kerckhoff, William G. 1891 44
Miscellaneous: Certificate of Redemption 1894 45
Miscellaneous: Affidavit regarding Deed: Persinger, J.B. and M.H. 1894 46
Miscellaneous: Resolution: Azusa Irrigating Company 1894 47
Miscellaneous: Notice of Stockholders Meeting 1894 48
Miscellaneous: Protest against division of property: Jewett, S.P. 1894 49
Miscellaneous: Notes regarding property of Demens, P.A. 1895 50
Miscellaneous: Notes regarding stock: Linsley, et al 1895 51
Miscellaneous: Instructions regarding Conveyance of Property: Davies 1895 52
Miscellaneous: "History of Conveyance under Division" 1895 53
Miscellaneous: Certificates of Redemption for Delinquent Taxes 1896-97 54
Miscellaneous: Hellman, Isaiah W.: Agreement with Brotherton, T.W. 1897 55
Miscellaneous: Notes regarding Division of Stock 1897 56
Miscellaneous: "Water History": Azusa Land and Water Company 1902 57

Collection Highlights

Included in this valuable collection are documents that shed important light upon the genesis of the town of Azusa, water usage, land development, and the growth and decline of the citrus industry. The collection was a gift of the Azusa Foothill Citrus Company to Azusa Pacific College in 1974. Highlights include:

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