Dockweiler Family Collection

THE THOMAS AND DOROTHY LEAVEY CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LOS ANGELES RESEARCH COLLECTION

DOCKWEILER FAMILY COLLECTION

The Dockweiler Family Collection consists of materials from a Roman Catholic family long distinguished in Los Angeles civic, legal, and social life. Anchoring the holdings are the materials concerning the patriarch of the family, Isidore B.(ernard) Dockweiler (1867-1947), prominent Los Angeles lawyer and civic leader, and personage of the California Democratic Party. Manuscripts, personal and family papers, publications, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, and ephemera constitute this collection's holdings, providing valuable witness to the social and political history of Los Angeles, and in their broader reach, to California history.

The Dockweiler Collection consists of two separate but related holdings: CSLA-12 and CSLA-13. The provenance of CSLA-12 is known (it came from Frederick C. Dockweiler). That of CSLA-13 is not, resulting in the assigning of a different collection number to this group of materials. The majority of the Collection's materials is found in CSLA-12.

DOCKWELER FAMILY COLLECTION, 1827-1996. CSLA-12
ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999.4; gift of Frederick C. Dockweiler
COLLECTION SIZE: 18 archival document boxes; 19 oversize boxes
PROCESSING HISTORY: Processed by Clay Stalls, Department of Archives and Special Collections. Guide written by Clay Stalls. Date: 2001

To learn more about Dockweiler Family Collection, CSLA-12, consult the following pages of this on-line collection guide:

Dockweiler Family History
Collection Description : A general description of the types, topics, and research value of the materials found in CSLA-12.
Series Descriptions : CSLA-12 is arranged in subject categories called series, which are described in this section of the on-line guide. In turn, the series descriptions have links to their box and folder lists, which index each series' folders and contents, and the boxes in which they are stored.

The Research Collection is a program of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles. To use this collection on-site, please call Loyola Marymount University's Department of Archives and Special Collections at 310-338-2780 or 310-338-7478.

Dockweiler Family Collection, 1919-1973. CSLA-13

ACCESSION NUMBERS: 2000.37; 2007.58
COLLECTION SIZE: 3 archival document boxes; 2 oversize boxes
PROCESSING HISTORY: Processed by Clay Stalls, Department of Archives and Special Collections. Guide written by Clay Stalls. Date: 2001

Only a small collection of materials, CSLA-13 requires no series arrangement. Its collection guide summarizes CSLA-13's contents and their research value, and also contains the box and folder list, which is the index to the collection's folders and contents, and to the boxes in which they are stored. The on-line guide to CSLA-13 can be accessed through selecting the preceding collection title.

The Dockweilers and Los Angeles: An Exhibit of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection

Using the resources of the Dockweiler Family Collection, the Center for the Study of Los Angeles has prepared an on-line exhibit exploring the Dockweiler family and its place in the history of Los Angeles. The Dockweiler exhibit can be accessed through selecting the preceding title.

RELATED COLLECTIONS:

Because the Dockweilers were a prominent Los Angeles Roman Catholic family, they knew other such Roman Catholic personages and families as Joseph Scott, Stephen Mallory White, and the Workman family, all of whom now have some of their papers housed in the CSLA Research Collection. To view these related collections, click on the following titles:

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