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              WILLIAM MOORE PAPERS
1857-1891
FINDING AID
The Huntington Library
Jessica M. Kim
April 16, 2010
©The Huntington LibraryWilliam Moore Papers - Finding Aid - 2
Administrative Information
Title:
William Moore Papers, 1857-1891
Creator:
Moore, William
Extent:
95 items
Repository:
Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Acquisition Information:
The collection was a gift from Florence Moore Kreider, January 17, 1935, May 18, 1938, and November 22, 1946.
Conditions Governing Access/Restrictions:
The entire collection is open for qualified researchers.
Literary Copyright/Publication Rights:
The Huntington Library retains the literary rights to the material. In order to quote from, publish, or reproduce any of the manuscripts or visual materials, researchers must obtain formal permission from the office of the Library Director. In most instances, permission is given by the Huntington as owner of the physical property rights only, and researchers must also obtain permission from the holder of the literary rights. In some instances, the Huntington owns the literary rights, as well as the physical property rights. Researchers may contact the appropriate curator for further information.
Language:
Primarily English. A few items are in Spanish.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], William Moore Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Name of Cataloger/Date Completed:
Jessica M. Kim, April 16, 2010.
Biographical Note
William Moore was an early settler and surveyor in Los Angeles. He worked for the Los Angeles city surveyor’s office as early as the 1850s and served as the Los Angeles county surveyor in 1857, 1858-59 and 1861. He also worked as the Los Angeles city surveyor in 1868 William Moore Papers - Finding Aid - 3
and 1873. Moore conducted surveys of many of the city’s major streets, neighborhoods, and real estate tracts. From his diaries, it also appears that he invested in real estate in the downtown area.
In the late 1860s and 1870s he began working for the Canal and Reservoir Company owned by Isaias Hellman and John G. Downey. Hellman was a prominent Los Angeles banker and Downey served as governor of California during the Civil War. They partnered in the creation of the Canal and Reservoir Company, which created a system of canals to divert water from the Los Angeles River and bring it to the neighborhood now known as Bunker Hill. They also collaborated to found the well-known Farmers and Merchants Bank in Los Angeles. Moore knew both men and worked for the Canal and Reservoir Company surveying and overseeing work on the canal system. After work on the canals, Moore worked with the Los Angeles city council on the city’s sewer system.
Moore also completed a number of other surveying projects around Southern California, including a survey of the San Gabriel Mission and its lands as well as the Los Nietos township (owned by John Downey and eventually incorporated as the city of Downey). According to his diaries, he also surveyed areas of the Arroyo Seco. Moore’s work also included projects with Los Angeles mayor Prudent Beaudry and the prominent Boyle, Temple, and Workman families.
Moore was a bilingual English and Spanish speaker and practiced his language skills by writing some of his diary entries in Spanish. His language skills may have helped him secure work surveying land for some of Southern California’s wealthy Mexican-American families.
In the 1890s, Moore also invested in agricultural land in Southern California and grew oranges during the region’s citrus boom.
Scope and Content Note
This semi-cataloged collection contains the following series: manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, ephemera, and oversize. The manuscripts include Moore’s daily diaries as well as his field books. The diaries contain short entries reflecting his business activities. The field books contain sketches and calculations of his various surveying projects. The small series of correspondence includes letters from friends written to Moore and his wife. The correspondence also includes one letter from Moore to his wife about his discovery of gold during a mining expedition in 1878. The legal documents include contracts, deeds, indentures, leases, and promissory notes. The two oversize ledgers include notes and drawings of Moore’s various surveying projects.
Container List
Box 1: Manuscripts: Diaries, 1869-1876
1. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1869). 1 item.
2. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1870). 1 item.
3. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1872). 1 item.William Moore Papers - Finding Aid - 4
4. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1873). 1 item.
5. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1876). 1 item.
Box 2: Manuscripts: Diaries, 1884-1891 and Field Books, 1857-1861
1. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1884). 1 item.
2. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1885). 1 item.
3. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1891). 1 item.
4. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1857-1858). 1 item.
5. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1858). 1 item.
6. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1858-1859). 1 item.
7. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1861). 1 item.
Box 3: Manuscripts: Field Books, 1868-1872
1. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1868, Jan.-Aug.). 1 item.
2. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1868, Mar.). 1 item.
3. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1868-1869). 1 item.
4. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1868-1871). 1 item.
5. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1869). 1 item.
6. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1870). 1 item.
7. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1872). 1 item.
8. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1872-1873). 1 item.
9. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1872-1883). 1 item.
Box 4: Manuscripts: Field Books, 1873-1875
1. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1873). 1 item.
2. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1873-1874). 1 item.
3. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1874). 1 item.
4. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1875). 2 items.
5. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1875, Feb.-June). 1 item.
6. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1875-1882). 1 item.
Box 5: Manuscripts: Field Books, 1876-1889
1. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1876-1879). 1 item.
2. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1877-1880). 1 item.
3. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1881-1882). 1 item.
4. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1883). 1 item.
5. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1886-1887). 1 item.
6. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1888-1889). 1 item.William Moore Papers - Finding Aid - 5
7. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1889). 1 item.
Box 6: Manuscripts: Time Books, Correspondence, Legal Documents, Ephemera
1. Time Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1871). 1 item.
2. Time Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1872). 1 item.
3. Time Book: William Moore, b.1827 [undated]. 1 item.
4. Traverse Table [undated]. 1 item.
5. Hall, Mary. 1 letter (1871, Oct. 30) to L. A. Talbot.
6. Hayes, J. B. 1 letter (1881, Sep. 21) to William Moore, b.1827.
7. Lathrop, Mary. 1 letter (1891, Jan. 2) to “My Dear Friends.”
8. Minns, George W. 1 letter (1881, Apr. 16) to “My Dear Mrs. Moore.”
9. Moore, William, b.1827. 1 letter (1877, Dec. 6) to “His Honor the Mayor, the Common Council of the City of Los Angeles.”
10. Moore, William, b.1827. 1 letter (1878, Dec. 22) to “My Dear Wife.”
11. Shaw, Frederick. 1 letter (1887, July 30) to William Moore, b.1827.
12. -----. 1 letter (1861, Nov. 20) to “Dear Libby.”
13. -----. 1 letter [undated] to [unknown addressee].
14. Certificate of Tax Sale (1883, Jan. 10). 1 item.
15. Contracts (1877-1889). 2 items.
16. Declaratory Statement (1886, Oct. 25). 1 item.
17. Deeds (1866-1876). 3 items.
18. Indentures and leases (1883-1887). 6 items.
19. Letters Patent (1888). 1 item.
20. Notices (1880-1883). 2 items.
21. Power of Attorney (1875, Apr. 17). 1 item.
22. Promissory Notes (1869-1878). 7 items.
23. Stock Certificate (1873). 1 item.
24. Subpoena (1881, Sep. 6). 1 item.
25. Business Cards [undated]. 1 item.
26. Clippings [undated]. 2 items.
27. Envelopes [undated]. 1 item.
28. Leather Document Cases. 2 items.
29. Notes and Sketches [undated]. 10 items.
30. Receipts (1877-1896). 3 items.
Oversize
Survey Ledgers: William Moore, b.1827 [undated]. 2 bound volumes.

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Title	Finding aid for Papers of William Moore, 1857-1891.
Creator	Moore, William, b. 1872.
Extent	95 items including two oversize ledgers.
Biographical Note	William Moore was an early settler and surveyor in Los Angeles. He worked for the Los Angeles city surveyor's office as early as the 1850s and served as the Los Angeles county surveyor in 1857, 1858-59 and 1861. He also worked as the Los Angeles city surveyor in 1868 and 1873. Moore conducted surveys of many of the city's major streets, neighborhoods, and real estate tracts. From his diaries, it also appears that he invested in real estate in the downtown area. In the late 1860s and 1870s he began working for the Canal and Reservoir Company owned by Isaias Hellman and John G. Downey. Hellman was a prominent Los Angeles banker and Downey served as governor of California during the Civil War. They partnered in the creation of the Canal and Reservoir Company, which created a system of canals to divert water from the Los Angeles River and bring it to the neighborhood now known as Bunker Hill. They also collaborated to found the well-known Farmers and Merchants Bank in Los Angeles. Moore knew both men and worked for the Canal and Reservoir Company surveying and overseeing work on the canal system. After work on the canals, Moore worked with the Los Angeles city council on the city's sewer system. Moore also completed a number of other surveying projects around Southern California, including a survey of the San Gabriel Mission and its lands as well as the Los Nietos township (owned by John Downey and eventually incorporated as the city of Downey). According to his diaries, he also surveyed areas of the Arroyo Seco. Moore's work also included projects with Los Angeles mayor Prudent Beaudry and the prominent Boyle, Temple, and Workman families. Moore was a bilingual English and Spanish speaker and practiced his language skills by writing some of his diary entries in Spanish. His language skills may have helped him secure work surveying land for some of Southern California's wealthy Mexican-American families. In the 1890s, Moore also invested in agricultural land in Southern California and grew oranges during the region's citrus boom.
Scope and Content	This collection contains the following series: manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, ephemera, and oversize. The manuscripts include Moore's daily diaries as well as his field books. The diaries contain short entries reflecting his business activities. The field books contain sketches and calculations of his various surveying projects. The small series of correspondence includes letters from friends written to Moore and his wife. The correspondence also includes one letter from Moore to his wife about his discovery of gold during a mining expedition in 1878. The legal documents include contracts, deeds, indentures, leases, and promissory notes. The two oversize ledgers include notes and drawings of Moore's various surveying projects.
Notes	All inquiries about this collection should be directed to the Curator, Hispanic, Cartographic & Modern Western Manuscripts.
Date	1857-1891.
Provenance	Gift of Florence Moore Kreider, January 1935, May 1938 and November 1946.
Subject	Moore, William, b. 1827. Surveyors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives. California -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Maps. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Surveys. Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Maps. Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Surveys.
Form/Genre	Diaries 19th century. (aat) Field notes California, Southern 19th century. (aat) Letters (correspondence) California, Southern 19th century. (aat) Maps California, Southern 19th century. (aat) Surveys California, Southern 19th century. (aat) Time books California, Southern 19th century. (aat)
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department.
Call Number	mssMoore, William papers
Physical Collection	William Moore Papers.
Digital Collection	Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library
Physical Description	5 p.
Digitization Specifications	Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2011-11-22.
Date Digital	2011-11-22.
DCMI Type	text
Digital Format	pdf
Original Finding Aid	Finding aid prepared by Jessica M. Kim, April 16, 2010.
Citation Information	Finding aid for William Moore Papers, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
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Full Text	WILLIAM MOORE PAPERS 1857-1891 FINDING AID The Huntington Library Jessica M. Kim April 16, 2010 ©The Huntington LibraryWilliam Moore Papers - Finding Aid - 2 Administrative Information Title: William Moore Papers, 1857-1891 Creator: Moore, William Extent: 95 items Repository: Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, CA 91108 Acquisition Information: The collection was a gift from Florence Moore Kreider, January 17, 1935, May 18, 1938, and November 22, 1946. Conditions Governing Access/Restrictions: The entire collection is open for qualified researchers. Literary Copyright/Publication Rights: The Huntington Library retains the literary rights to the material. In order to quote from, publish, or reproduce any of the manuscripts or visual materials, researchers must obtain formal permission from the office of the Library Director. In most instances, permission is given by the Huntington as owner of the physical property rights only, and researchers must also obtain permission from the holder of the literary rights. In some instances, the Huntington owns the literary rights, as well as the physical property rights. Researchers may contact the appropriate curator for further information. Language: Primarily English. A few items are in Spanish. Preferred Citation: [Identification of Item], William Moore Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Name of Cataloger/Date Completed: Jessica M. Kim, April 16, 2010. Biographical Note William Moore was an early settler and surveyor in Los Angeles. He worked for the Los Angeles city surveyor’s office as early as the 1850s and served as the Los Angeles county surveyor in 1857, 1858-59 and 1861. He also worked as the Los Angeles city surveyor in 1868 William Moore Papers - Finding Aid - 3 and 1873. Moore conducted surveys of many of the city’s major streets, neighborhoods, and real estate tracts. From his diaries, it also appears that he invested in real estate in the downtown area. In the late 1860s and 1870s he began working for the Canal and Reservoir Company owned by Isaias Hellman and John G. Downey. Hellman was a prominent Los Angeles banker and Downey served as governor of California during the Civil War. They partnered in the creation of the Canal and Reservoir Company, which created a system of canals to divert water from the Los Angeles River and bring it to the neighborhood now known as Bunker Hill. They also collaborated to found the well-known Farmers and Merchants Bank in Los Angeles. Moore knew both men and worked for the Canal and Reservoir Company surveying and overseeing work on the canal system. After work on the canals, Moore worked with the Los Angeles city council on the city’s sewer system. Moore also completed a number of other surveying projects around Southern California, including a survey of the San Gabriel Mission and its lands as well as the Los Nietos township (owned by John Downey and eventually incorporated as the city of Downey). According to his diaries, he also surveyed areas of the Arroyo Seco. Moore’s work also included projects with Los Angeles mayor Prudent Beaudry and the prominent Boyle, Temple, and Workman families. Moore was a bilingual English and Spanish speaker and practiced his language skills by writing some of his diary entries in Spanish. His language skills may have helped him secure work surveying land for some of Southern California’s wealthy Mexican-American families. In the 1890s, Moore also invested in agricultural land in Southern California and grew oranges during the region’s citrus boom. Scope and Content Note This semi-cataloged collection contains the following series: manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, ephemera, and oversize. The manuscripts include Moore’s daily diaries as well as his field books. The diaries contain short entries reflecting his business activities. The field books contain sketches and calculations of his various surveying projects. The small series of correspondence includes letters from friends written to Moore and his wife. The correspondence also includes one letter from Moore to his wife about his discovery of gold during a mining expedition in 1878. The legal documents include contracts, deeds, indentures, leases, and promissory notes. The two oversize ledgers include notes and drawings of Moore’s various surveying projects. Container List Box 1: Manuscripts: Diaries, 1869-1876 1. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1869). 1 item. 2. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1870). 1 item. 3. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1872). 1 item.William Moore Papers - Finding Aid - 4 4. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1873). 1 item. 5. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1876). 1 item. Box 2: Manuscripts: Diaries, 1884-1891 and Field Books, 1857-1861 1. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1884). 1 item. 2. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1885). 1 item. 3. Diary: William Moore, b.1827 (1891). 1 item. 4. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1857-1858). 1 item. 5. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1858). 1 item. 6. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1858-1859). 1 item. 7. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1861). 1 item. Box 3: Manuscripts: Field Books, 1868-1872 1. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1868, Jan.-Aug.). 1 item. 2. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1868, Mar.). 1 item. 3. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1868-1869). 1 item. 4. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1868-1871). 1 item. 5. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1869). 1 item. 6. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1870). 1 item. 7. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1872). 1 item. 8. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1872-1873). 1 item. 9. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1872-1883). 1 item. Box 4: Manuscripts: Field Books, 1873-1875 1. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1873). 1 item. 2. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1873-1874). 1 item. 3. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1874). 1 item. 4. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1875). 2 items. 5. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1875, Feb.-June). 1 item. 6. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1875-1882). 1 item. Box 5: Manuscripts: Field Books, 1876-1889 1. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1876-1879). 1 item. 2. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1877-1880). 1 item. 3. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1881-1882). 1 item. 4. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1883). 1 item. 5. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1886-1887). 1 item. 6. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1888-1889). 1 item.William Moore Papers - Finding Aid - 5 7. Field Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1889). 1 item. Box 6: Manuscripts: Time Books, Correspondence, Legal Documents, Ephemera 1. Time Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1871). 1 item. 2. Time Book: William Moore, b.1827 (1872). 1 item. 3. Time Book: William Moore, b.1827 [undated]. 1 item. 4. Traverse Table [undated]. 1 item. 5. Hall, Mary. 1 letter (1871, Oct. 30) to L. A. Talbot. 6. Hayes, J. B. 1 letter (1881, Sep. 21) to William Moore, b.1827. 7. Lathrop, Mary. 1 letter (1891, Jan. 2) to “My Dear Friends.” 8. Minns, George W. 1 letter (1881, Apr. 16) to “My Dear Mrs. Moore.” 9. Moore, William, b.1827. 1 letter (1877, Dec. 6) to “His Honor the Mayor, the Common Council of the City of Los Angeles.” 10. Moore, William, b.1827. 1 letter (1878, Dec. 22) to “My Dear Wife.” 11. Shaw, Frederick. 1 letter (1887, July 30) to William Moore, b.1827. 12. -----. 1 letter (1861, Nov. 20) to “Dear Libby.” 13. -----. 1 letter [undated] to [unknown addressee]. 14. Certificate of Tax Sale (1883, Jan. 10). 1 item. 15. Contracts (1877-1889). 2 items. 16. Declaratory Statement (1886, Oct. 25). 1 item. 17. Deeds (1866-1876). 3 items. 18. Indentures and leases (1883-1887). 6 items. 19. Letters Patent (1888). 1 item. 20. Notices (1880-1883). 2 items. 21. Power of Attorney (1875, Apr. 17). 1 item. 22. Promissory Notes (1869-1878). 7 items. 23. Stock Certificate (1873). 1 item. 24. Subpoena (1881, Sep. 6). 1 item. 25. Business Cards [undated]. 1 item. 26. Clippings [undated]. 2 items. 27. Envelopes [undated]. 1 item. 28. Leather Document Cases. 2 items. 29. Notes and Sketches [undated]. 10 items. 30. Receipts (1877-1896). 3 items. Oversize Survey Ledgers: William Moore, b.1827 [undated]. 2 bound volumes.

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