Daniel Freeman Family Papers
THE THOMAS AND DOROTHY LEAVEY CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LOS ANGELES RESEARCH COLLECTION
DANIEL FREEMAN FAMILY PAPERS, 1849-1957 (CSLA-21)
SPECIAL NOTICE: The holdings of the Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection will be closed to researchers from May 13, 2009 until August 17, 2009. This is temporary and due to the move of the collections to a new storage facility at the William H. Hannon Library. Inquiries about the Research Collection should be directed to Clay Stalls, wstalls@lmu.edu, or to Cynthia Becht, 310-338-2780, cbecht@lmu.edu.
COLLECTION TITLE AND NUMBER:Daniel Freeman Family Papers, 1849-1957. CSLA-21
ACCESSION NUMBER: 2002.35; gift of Christie Bourdet
COLLECTION SIZE: 116 archival document boxes, 35 oversize boxes, 20 flat files
PROCESSING HISTORY: Processed by Susan Jones and Clay Stalls, Department of Archives and Special Collections. Guide written by Clay Stalls. Date: 2004
RELATED COLLECTION: Documents for the History of the Daniel Freeman Family and the Rancho Centinela. CSLA-33
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| Daniel Freeman |
Daniel Freeman (1837-1918) is perhaps most remembered as the founder of Inglewood, California. The Daniel Freeman Family Papers richly document this story as well as the other business and land development enterprises of this significant California developer and businessmen in the late nineteenth century. The collection contains extensive documentation on the California land boom of the late 1880s--principally for Inglewood but also for Redondo Beach and Port Ballona--and some material on downtown Los Angeles. Also included in this collection are the business records of Charles Howland (1863-1934) and Grace Freeman Howland (1870-1956), Daniel Freeman's son-law and daughter. The Freeman papers are also valuable for its holdings documenting the growth of California agribusiness in the late nineteenth century.
To learn more about holdings of the Daniel Freeman Family Papers, please consult the following sections of this on-line guide to the collection:
- Collection and Series descriptions: The collection description provides general information on the types, topics, and research value of the materials found in the collection. The holdings of the Daniel Freeman Family Papers have been organized into subject categories called series, which are described in the series descriptions. In turn, the series descriptions have links to box and folder lists, which index each series' folders and contents, and the boxes in which they are stored.
- Freeman Family History: A short account of the life and significance of Daniel Freeman.
RESEARCH ACCESS: 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. The collection is open for research with no restrictions under the conditions of Loyola Marymount University's Department of Archives and Special Collections' access policy, for which click here. The Research Collection is a program of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles.
The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support of the De la Hoz Trust for the processing of this collection.
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