xt76dj58gq9z https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt76dj58gq9z/data/mets.xml California Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) Historical Records Survey (U.S.) United States. Works Progress Administration. National Archives (U.S.) 1941 2 v.; 27 cm.. UK holds archival copy for ASERL Collaborative Federal Depository Program libraries. Call Number FW 4.14:F 317/ser.8/no.5 books  English San Francisco, Calif.: Survey of Federal Archives This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed in accordance with U. S. copyright laws. California Works Progress Administration Publications United States. Department of the Interior -- Archives -- Catalogs Archives -- California -- Catalogs California -- History -- Sources -- Catalogs Inventory of Federal Archives in the States. Series VIII, Department of the Interior, no. 5, v.1 California, 1941 text Inventory of Federal Archives in the States. Series VIII, Department of the Interior, no. 5, v.1 California, 1941 1941 1941 2019 true xt76dj58gq9z section xt76dj58gq9z .1;ka «_.g,,,1~.‘~*. ,,
x   M6 / (5”7 ~ ,
‘ I)IfllIIIIMIIMTQfiflHi/iflflifl@flfllfflflfllflflllflm

 INVENTORY OF FEDERAL ARCHIVES IN THE STATES
,3 SERIES VIII. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
'" ' NC. 5. CALIFORNIA
f PART 1 of 2 PARTS
, Prepared by 3
The Survey of Federal Archives
Division of Community Service Programs
Work Projects Administration
— The National Archives
Cooperating Sponsor
San Francisco, California
The Survey of Federal Archives
1941

 ii
THE SURVEY OF FEDERAL ARCHIVES
Philip M. Hamer, National Director
' Cyril E. Paquin, State Supervisor
3 WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
I Howard 0. Hunter, Acting Commissioner
R. L. Nicholson, Assistant Commissioner
, ‘William R. Lawson, State Administrator
Division of Community Service Programs
Florence Kerr, Assistant Commissioner
Mary H. Isham, Chief Regional Supervisor
Hope L. Cahill, State Director
Research and Records Projects
Harvey E. Becknell, National Director
Robert Slover, Regional Supervisor

 iii
PREFACE

The Inventory of Federal Archives in the States is one of the
products of the Survey of Federal Archives, which operated as a
nation—wide project of the Works Progress Administration from
January 1, 1936 to June 30, 1937, and has been continued in
California since that time as a state project of that Administra—
tion and of the Work Projects Administration.

The plan for the Organization of the Inventory is as follows:
Series I consists of reports on the administration of the Survey,
acknowledgments, and general discussions of the location, condi-
tion, and content of federal archives in the states. Succeeding
series contain the detailed information secured by workers of the
Survey, in inventory form, a separate series number being assigned
to each of the executive departments (except the Department of
State) and other major units of the Federal Government. Within
each series No. l is a general introduction to the field organiza—
tion and records of the governmental agency concerned; the suc-
ceeding numbers contain the inventory proper, separate numbers
being assigned to each state in alphabetical order. Thus, in each
series, the inventory for Alabama is No. 2, that for Arizona No. 3,
that for Arkansas No. 4, etc.

For each local office information regarding each series, or
unit of related records, is presented in the following order:
title, inclusive dates (”to date" indicating an open file at the
time the information was secured), general description of informa—
tion content, description of the system of filing or indexing (if
any), a statement of frequency and purpose of use, form of the
record itself (bound volumes, sheets in folders, etc.), linear ‘
footage, description of the containers, physical condition of the
records (not stated if satisfactory), location by room number or
other identifying information, and finally, the number of the Form
588A on which this information was originally recorded by a Survey
worker and from which it was abstracted for the Inventory. This
form is on file in The National Archives.

In California the work of the Survey was under the direction of
Mr. Charles L. Stewart, Regional Director for California and Nevada,
from its inception until June 30, 1937. From that time until Sep—
tember l, 1937, the work was under the supervision of Hrs. Thelma
Ziemer, State Director of the Historical Records Survey. Since
then Mr. Cyril E. Paquin has been in charge of the state project.
This Inventory of the records of the Department of the Interior was
prepared in the San Francisco office of the Survey and was edited
before final typing by Miss Elizabeth Edwards of the Washington
office.

Cyril E. Paquin, State Supervisor
San Francisco, California Survey of Federal Archives
May 1, 1941 in California

 iv
, CONTENTS
TART I
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Page
Introduction.......................................... 2
Eureka, Land Office Records in the Custody of the
Collector of Customs............................. 5
Glendale, Public Survey Office, Office of the District
Cadastral Engineer............................... 6
Los Angeles, District Land Office, Office of the
Register......................................... 26
Sacramento, District Land Office of the
Register......................................... 51
General Records.................................... 51
Benicia Land District Records...................... 61
Eureka Land District Records....................... 61
Humboldt Land District Records..................... 62
‘ Independence Land District Records................. 62
Marysville Land District Records................... 64
Stockton Land District Records..................... 65
Susanville Land District Records................... 65
Visalia Land District Records...................... 66
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Lodi, Water Resources Branch, Division of Surface
Water, Office of the Subdistrict Engineer........ 69
Los Angeles, Water Resources Branch, Division of
Surface water, Office of the Subdistrict Engineer 70
Los Angeles,'Water Resources Branch, Division of
Surface Water, Hydraulic Engineer in Charge (not
surveyed)........................................ 73
Los Angeles, Conservation Branch, Oil and Gas Leasing
Division, Deputy Supervisor (not surveyed)....... 73
Sacramento, Topographic Brunch, Pacific Division,
Office of the Engineer in Charge................. 74
, Sacramento, Water Resources Branch, Division of Sur—
face Water, Office of the Subdistrict Engineer
(not surveyed)................................... 76
San Bernardino, Water Resources Branch, Division of
Surface Water, Office of the Subdistrict Engineer 76
San Francisco, Water Resources Branch, Division of
Surface water, Office of the District Engineer... 77
Taft, Division of Oil and Gas Leasing Operations,
Office of the Supervisor......................... 82 '
I

 _ v
GRAZING, DIVISION OF
Page
Bishop, office of the District Grazier (not
surveyed)....................................... 85
Susanville, Office of the District Grazier (not ‘
surveyed)....................................... 85
INDIAN AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF
Banning, Mission Indian Agency, Morongo Subagency.... 87
Health Division................................... 89
Records in Storage................................ 90
Bishop, Carson Indian Agency, Bishop Subagency....... 93
Health Division................................... 95
Eureka, Hoopa Valley Indian Agency, Office of the
Superintendent (For inactive records of this
office, see Hoopa).............................. 97
Fort Yuma, Fort Yuma Subagency, Field Headquarters... 103
Health Division................................... 118
Hoopa, Hoopa Valley Indian Agency, Field Office...... 119
Los Angeles, Office of the Assistant Irrigation
Director........................................ 132
Office of Chief Field Counsel..................... 134
Office of District 4.............................. 135
' Los Angeles, Placement Division...................... 166
Needles, Colorado River Agency, Chemehuevi Indian
Resarvation..................................... 169
Pala, Mission Indian Agency, Pala Indian Subagency
Field Headquarters.............................. 169
Riverside, Sherman Institute, Office of the
Superintendent.....:............................ 175
Health Division................................... 187
Riverside, Mission Indian Agency, Office of the
Superintendent.................................. 189
PART II -
Sacramento, Sacramento Indian Agency, Office of the
Superintendent.................................. 206
Records in Storage................................ 209
Fort Bidwell Reservation Records............... 209
Greenville Indian Agency Records............... 217
Hoopa Valley Reservation Records............... 228
Roseburg Indian Agency Records................. 229
Round Valley Indian Agency Becords............. 231
Sacramento Indian Agency Records............... 254
Sherman Institute Records.....,................ 261
Tule River Indian Agency Records............... 262
Upper Lake Indian Agency Records............... 270
San Francisco, Health Division, Office of the ‘
Medical Director................................ 275

 vi
INDIAN AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF (cont'd)
Page
San Francisco, Purchasing Agent, U. S. Indian
Warehouse, Office of the Superintendent........ 276
San Francisco, Districts 5, 6, and 7, Office of the
Land Field Agent............................... 277
San Francisco, Indian Irrigation Service, District 4
Office of the Supervising Engineer............. 279
San Francisco, Office of the Road Supervisor (not
surveyed)...................................... 311
San Jacinto, Mission Indian Agency, Cahuilla
Subagency, Office of the District Medical
Director 311
Stewart's Point, Sacramento Indian Agency, Stewart's
, Point Subagency, Kashia Indian School.......... 318
Thermal, Mission Indian Agency, Torres Martinez
Subagency...................................... 320
Tule River, Sacramento Indian Agency, Tule River
Indian Subagency............................... 322
Ukiah, Sacramento Indian Agency, Subagency Field
Office......................................... 322
INVESTIGATIONS, DIVISION OF
' Los Angeles, Field Investigator..................... 327
San Francisco, Office of the Special Agent in Charge 327
Field Agent Records.............................. 330
Second Field Division Records.................... 331
MINES, BUREAU OF
Berkeley, Mining Experiment Station................. 333
Los Angeles, Petroleum Economics Division, Office of
the Assistant Economic Analyst (not surveyed).. 334
San Francisco, Economics and Statistics Branch,
Mineral Production and Economics Division Field
Office, Office of the Supervising Engineer..... 334
San Francisco, Petroleum and Natural Gas Division... 341
Petroleum Field Records.......................... 341
Petroleum Economics Records...................... 342
San Francisco, Safety Division, Office of the
District Engineer.............................. 342
NATIONAL InRK SERVICE
Ash Mountain, Sequoia National Park and Cabrillo
National Monument, Office of the Superintendent 354
Berkeley, Branch of Forestry, Western Division
Office,,....................................... 363

 vii
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (cont'd)
Page
Berkeley, Branch of Research and Information, Museum
Division, Western Museum Laboratories, Office
of the Assistant Chief.......................... 365
Death Valley Junction, Death Valley National Monument
Office of the Superintendent.................... 369
Kings Canyon, General Grant National Park, Office of
the Superintendent (not surveyed)............... 372
Kings Canyon, Kings Canyon National Park, Office of
, the Superintendent (not surveyed)............... 372
Mill Valley, Muir Woods National Monument, Office of
the Custodian................................... 373
Mineral, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Office of the
Superintendent.................................. 377
Pinnacles, Pinnacles National Monument, Office of the
Acting Custodian (not surveyed)................. 385
San Diego, Cabrillo National Monument, Office of the
Custodian....................................... 386
San Francisco, Sanitary Engineering, Western Parks
and Monuments................................... 386
Regional Office................................... 387
Purchasing Office................................. 389
San Francisco, Regional Office, Region IV, Office of
the Regional Director........................... 389
Regional Director's Office........................ 390
Administrative Division........................... 390
Forestry Division................................. 391
Plans and Design Division......................... 391
Project Control Division.......................... 392
Information........i.............................. 392
Wildlife Division................................. 393
Recreation and Planning Division.................. 394
San Francisco, U; S. Travel Bureau, Office of the
~Acting Supervisor (not surveyed)................ 395
Tule Lake, Lava Beds Entional Monument, Office of the .
Acting Custodian (not surveyed)................. 395
Yosemite, Devil Postpile National Monument, Office of
the Superintendent (not surveyed)............... 396
1 Yosemite, Joshua Tree National Monument, Office of
the Superintendent (not surveyed)............... 397
Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, Devil Postpile
National Monument, and the Joshua Tree National
Monument, Office of the Superintendent.......... 397
General Records................................... 398
Rangers' Records.................................. 400
Files...............................;............. 402
Finance Records................................... 411
Purchase and Supply Records....................... 413

 viii
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (cont'd)
Page
Historical Records................................ 414
Naturalist's Records.............................. 415
Engineering Records............................... 417
RECLANATION, BUREAU OF
Central Valley Project, Introduction................. 420
Antioch, Central Valley Project, Office of the
' Division Engineer (not surveyed)................ 423
Calexico, Office of the Construction Engineer........ 423
Friant, Central Valley Project, Office of the Acting
Division Engineer............................... 424
Los Angeles, Office of the District Counsel.......... 426
Orland, Office of the Superintendent................. 430
Parker Dam, Office of the Construction Engineer...... 433 I
Bedding, Central Valley Project, Kennett Dam Unit,
Office of the Construction Engineer............. 435
Sacramento, Central Valley Project, Office of the
Supervising Engineer............................ 435

 GENERAL LAND OFFICE

 2
WOW
INTRODUCTION

Land office functions began in California on July 22, 1847,
when Colonel R. B. Meson, Military Governor of California, appoint—
ed a surveyor for the "Middle Department of Upper California."

On December 3, 1849, the Commissioner of the General Land Of—
fice recommended to the Secretary of the Interior the extension
of the U. 8. system of surveys by the establishment of land dis—
tricts, with local offices for the sale of public lands in Calif-
ornia. This recommendation was based on his belief that the
United States, under ratified treaty with Mexico, was bound in

' good faith to carry out the intentions of the GOVCanentS of
Spain and Mexico in regard to titles of land grants.

A similar recommendation made by the Commissioner in 1851 re—
sulted in the passage of an act by Congress, March 3, 1851, which
created a law for the adjustment of California claims and which
sanctioned the division of California into two or three land dis—
tricts. The bill further provided for the annexation or consoli—
dation of land offices to adjacent territories, and authority to
change seats of land offices, through proclamation by the Presi-
dent, when such action was not incompatible with public interest.
On the same date the first Surveyor General of California was
appointed, with headquarters at San Francisco, although jurisdic—
tion was under the Land Office in Oregon. Pursuant to the act
the President had ordered that the first session of the board be
held at San Francisco on December 8, 1851.

A great deal of surveying work was accomplished during the 1851-
52 period. Under the supervision of the surveyor general 112 town-
ships and fractionals in California had been surveyed. Subdivi~
sional surveys began early in 1852 and progressed to such an ex—
tent by December 4 of that year that the Land Commissioner was en—
abled to recommend to the Secretary of the Interior that sufficient
progress had been made in the public surveys to warrant a further

. extension of the present land system and the establishment of land
offices throughout the state.

In January 1853, the first two land districts in California
were created—~the northern with headquarters at Benicia and the
southern with headquarters at Los Angeles. Due largely to the
fact that the necessity for land districts in California was ex”
treme, the offices for these districts were hastily set up and
facilities for the maintenance of the records, though evidently
‘serving the purpose at that time, were unserviceable and crude
and in sharp contrast to those created in 1858 when provision was
made for the extension of the 1854—55 land districts.

 General Land Office, Introduction 3

In 1854~55 the land districts were increased to three, the 1
third, called the California Upper District, with offices at Marys—
ville. The original districts were then renamed, Middle and Lower.
A rapid growth in population soon made necessary the creation of
new districts closer to the centers of population. On January 16,
1857 an office was established at Sacramento as headquarters of a
newly formed district embracing Sierra, Placer, El Dorado, Amador,
Calaveras, Alpine, and Sacramento Counties, and by act of March 29,
1858, three additional districts were created with headquarters at
Eureka, Visalia, and Stockton. At the same time the Benicia head—
quarters was moved to San Francisco.

A large part of the subdivisional surveys of the Truckee River
Valley and vicinity in what was then the Territory of Nevada, were
made under the supervision of the Surveyor General of California
and within the province of the San Francisco office. When Nevada
was admitted to statehood in 1862 all land office activities with—
in the state were handled by the San Francisco Land Office. On
February 18, 1863 an enlargement of this office was made necessary
by the addition of certain portions of the Stockton and Humboldt
districts. In 1864 the Nevada territory was attached to the Colo—
rado district, but through the act of March 2, 1865 was restored
to the jurisdiction of the Surveyor General of California, and
finally, in 1866, made a separate surveying division with head-
quarters at Virginia City. On April 26, 1865, by Presidential
direction, the office for the southern portion of California, lea
cated at Los Angeles, was temporarily discontinued at that place
and attached to the San Francisco Land Office.

A partial resume of the surveying work accomplished by the end
of 1865 shows 780 lineal miles embracing 246,268 acres of public
lands and 38,700 acres within the special grants made by Congress
to the State of California (the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa
Big Grove areas). At this time land offices were located at San
Francisco, Marysville, Stockton, Visalia, and Eureka.

The provisions of section 8 of the act of July 23, 1866, com~
pelling claimants for land grants to come forward and ask for
surveys, greatly increased the work of the districts already es~
tablished. Surveys in California during the year ending June 30,
1867 were restricted to the eastern and northern portions, em—
bracing Long Valley, Surprise Valley, the region situated between
Honey Lake and Surprise Valley, Sacramento Valley, western slope
of Sierra Nevada, the Big Meadows in the vicinity of the head—
waters of the Susan River and the north fork of the Feather River.
In addition, surveying of mineral lands in California, under act
of Congress approved July 26, 1866 (U. 8. Laws, 1865 and 1866,
page 251), was in active progress, the surveyor general reporting

' nine mineral districts established, with deputy surveyors com—
missioned for most of them. These districts were as follows:
(1) Del Norte, Klamath, and Humboldt; (2) Siskiyou, Shasta, and
Trinity; (3) Plumes, Butte, and Sierra; (4) Yuba and Nevada;
(5) Placer, El Dorado, and Sacramento; (6) Amador and Calaveras;

 General Land Office, Introduction 4
(7) Alpine, Mono, and Inyo; (8) Tuolumne, Mariposa, Merced, Stanis—
lane, and Fresno; (9) Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, Kern,
and Tulare Counties.

On June 12, 1869, by Executive order, the office for the south~
ern portion of California, comprising the Lower District, was re~
opened for the sale and entry of vacant public lands within the
boundaries of that district as it existed prior to its consolida—
tion with the San Francisco office in 1865. The arduous duties of
the latter office were further relieved on July 9, 1870 by the de-
tachment of the survey territory of Arizona, which had hitherto
been under its supervision and jurisdiction.

By 1899, the number of offices serving the needs of the six
land districts of California had increased to ten, and were located
at San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Marysville, Eureka, In—
dependence, Redding, Stockton, Susanville, and Visalia. The demand
for land grants was still heavy, with the consequent result of much
increased work in surveying lands susceptible to cultivation.

On April 18, 1906, the Sacramento office was transferred to San
Francisco, and following the San Francisco fire in 1906, to Oakland,
where it renmined until sometime later when it was reestablished at
its original location.

By Act of Congress, approved June 15, 1916 (Public, No. 93), an
additional land district was created which was to be known as the
Imperial Land District, embracing the area known as the Imperial
Valley. A headquarters office was opened at El Centre on September
1.

Commencing with the fiscal year of June BO, 1925, the offices at
El Contro, Eureka, Independence, Humboldt, harysville, and Susan—
ville, were abolished and their various territories consolidated
with the remaining offices at Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento,
and Visalia. In July 1931, these four offices were reduced to two,
Los Angeles and Sacramento, and an Office of the Cadastral Engineer
of the Public Survey Office was established at Glendale.

Pursuant to provisions of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10,
1933, the transfer of the regional offices of the Division of Dise
bursement became effective May 16, 1936. Beginning on that date
disbursements made by the regional disbursing officer, in connection
with the U. S. Land Offices, embraced the consolidated areas of the
Los Angeles and Phoenix, Arizona,regions under the jurisdiction of
the Los Angeles office, and the Sacramento and Carson City, Nevada,
regions under jurisdiction of the San Francisco office.

Commencing on June 1, 1936, all collections, except cash under
certain conditions were forwarded to the proper regional disburs-
ing office, for deposit through the Federal Reserve Bank of that
district, in order to conform with the following regulation: "If
the United States Land Office is not located in the same city as
the regional disbursing office, and there is a local United States
Depository, collections of cash (coin or paper currency) should be
scheduled separately and deposited by the register in the local
depository."

 General Land Office, Eureka 5
LAND OFFICE RECORDS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE
COLLECTOR CF CUSTOMS
1 Federal Bldg., 5th and H Sts.

The Bureau of Customs moved to quarters formerly occupied by
the Land Office and records now in the custody of the Collector
of Customs are those which were left when the Land Office moved.
Originally all records were in the basement.

1. CORRESPONDENCE, July 16, 1859 — Feb. 19, 1887. Letters to
United States Land Officer. Indexed. (Never.) 11—3/4 x 15~3/4
vols. (3), 7% in., on wooden shelf. Dirty, sooty, torn. W.
corner of basement. (720)

2. LETTER RECORD, LAND OFFICE, July 5, 1876 ~ Feb. 19, 1887.
Copies of letters from the register‘s office of Dumboldt County to .
commissioner, in answer to letters received, notices of abandon~
ment of land, notices of appeal, abandonments of head entry, trans—
cription proof at cash entry, abstracts of land sold, approval of
presumption, register's certificates, receipts, commuted homestead
proofs, abstracts of homesteads, mineral patents and claimants,
transcript proof of settlement residence and cultivation, returns
for the month, cash patents, etc. Entered chronologically. (Never.)
12 x 16 vols. (2), A in., on steel shelf in vault. R. 208. (231)

3. REGISTER OF ENTRIES, TIMBER CULTURE, Dec. 1, 1883 — May 8,
1884. Entries at the land office at Humboldt, California, under
the Timber Culture Act of March 3, 1873, showing number and date
of application, tract entered, numbers of section, township, and
range, quantity of land, name and address of applicant, amounts
of fees and commission, and related remarKs. Entered numerically
and chronologically. (NeVer.) 12 x 18 vol., 3 in., on steel
shelf in vault. R. 208. (235, 393)

 General Land Office, Glendale 6
GLENDALE
PUBLIC SURVEY OFFICE
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT
CADASTRAL ENGINEER
Post Office Bldg., 313 East Broadway

This office was established at San Francisco in 1851 and was
moved to Glendale about 1931. Prior to 1925, it was under the
jurisdiction of the United States Surveyor General. In San
Francisco, offices were occupied at the following locations:

610 Commercial Street, prior to April 18, 1906, exact time un—
known; residence on Page Street, April to August 1906; Appraisers.
Building, Sansome and Washington Streets, 1906 to 1914; Sub—Treas—
ury Building, Pine and Sansome Streets, 1915 to 1927; and 417
Market Street, 1928 to 1931. In Glendale: Public Service Bui1d~
ing, 222 Howard Street, 1932 to 1933 and at the present location
from 1934 to date.

The function of the Cadastral Engineer is the execution of sur—
veys and resurveys of the public lands, the preparation and main— . '
tenance of plat and field note records thereof, and the approval
and platting of mineral surveys executed by United States Min~
eral Surveyors. The office has jurisdiction over the State of
California. .

The great fire in San Francisco on April 18, 1906 destroyed
all the records, including most of the old Spanish archives. A
few of the latter were kept in a steel safe, and though escaping
destruction, were charred and watersoaked. At the present time
some of these volumes are protected by wrappings of tape to pre-
vent disintegration. The building in which these old records
are maintained was built in 1933 and is constructed of reinforced
concrete. Howevor, neny of them are in faulty containers in the
basement and in an overcrowded room which lacks fire protection
devices.

The destruction of the bulk of the old Spanish archives by
fire in 1906, just three years after the attempt by the Librar~
ian of the Congressional Library to have them sent to Washington, ,
is one of the most regrettable occurrences in the history of this
office.

All field notes are sent to Washington. So~callcd useless
papers are destroyed according to instructions from Washington.

4. SPANISH LAND GRANTS AND RECORDS, "EXPEDIENTES," Aug. 20,
1784 ~ 1846. Deeds and titles to land grants signed by Spanish
and Mexican governors; petitions to governors and alcaldes
(mayors) for land grants, usually accompanied by maps of the
land requested; depositions by witnesses; public notices of land
sales; wills of grantees and heirs of grantees; correspondence
from Ministers of External Affairs to Vicar-Generals at missions
and from major—domos of ranchos to owners requesting supplies;
records bearing signatures of J. A. Sutter and F. Franco, Bishop

 |
General Land Office, Glendale 7

of California; Juan B. Alvardo, Jose Echeandia, and Manuel
nicheltorena, Governors of California under Mexican rule; Pio
Pico, last Governor of California under Mexican rule; Pedro
Fages and Diego de Borica, Governors under Spanish rule. Other
outstanding records include tabulated charts signed by Fra Jose
Senon, entitled "Lands of Christian Indians," dated Dec. 1820,
showing name and age of missions, distances from each other,
number of Indians baptized at each mission, number of births,
deaths and weddings, number of head of cattle, sheep and rams
at each mission rancho at the time the report was made, total

' cost of planting crops, total value of harvested crops, and
records giving the total cost of planting and cultivating mis—
sion crops as $3,930.00, and total harvest returns as $64,452.00.
Document corroborating the title of Seminary of Santa Ynez,
signed by F. Franco, Bishop of California and by the priest of
Mission Santa Ynez, and bearing the first Bishop of California's
seal depicting figures of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child
surrounded by a Latin inscription reading "Franciscus Garcia
Diego, Primus Episcopus California." A record, entitled "Petro—
linos Rios, Mission San Miguel," a finely etched map of the ter-
rain of San Miguel Mission, signed by Jose Marias Moreno and
bearing the seal of "Gobierno del Dep‘tuw de California." A
map filed on March 28, 1855, showing coast line road from San
Francisco to San Diego, boundaries of township of Santa Barbara,
site of the Mission, and 17,713 acres of former mission land,
but which belonged to R. S. Den, at the time the map was made.
Record of the first large land grant made in California to
Jose Maria Verdugo, including a petition for the land written by
Jose Verdugo; the official document granting the land under date
of Aug. 20, 1784, signed by Governor Pedro Pages; petition by
Verdugo to have his grant confirmed, with official confirmation
of the grant made Jan. 12, 1798, signed by Governor Diego Borica,
on left margin of the document; other papers relative to the
Verdugo grant, as Jose Verdugo's last will in which he bequeaths
his property equally to his son Julio, and his daughter, Catalina;
Julio‘s last will; letters of witnesses supporting the grant and
letters from the major—dome of the rancho requesting supplies.
Arranged numerically. Indexed. (Rarely, official, public.) 4

' X 95 looseeleaf jackets and bundles, 7 ft. 6 in., on wooden shelf.
Damaged by fire, water, careless handling, faulty containers,
brittle. SE. corner of basement. (6)

5. COMPLETE AND INCOMPLETE EXPEDIENTES, 1821 ~ July 25, 1846.
Handwritten Spanish records consisting of original grants, maps,
letters, testimonials,and other supporting documents turned over
by private individuals to the United States Surveyor General, in
accordance with the Land Grant Act of 1851. Arranged numerically,
by expediente number. Indexed. (Rarely, official, public.) 10
x 13% vols. (21); 4 ft. 4 in., in steel cabinet. Damaged by fire,
water, faulty containers, brittle, bindings broken, R. 202.

(2)

 ' General Land Office, Glendale 8

6. INDEX OF COMPLETE AND INCOMPLETE EXPEDIENTES, 1821 — July
25, 1846. List of complete and incomplete expedientes, showing
name of claimant, locality, date, and number. Arranged alpha—

. betically, by name of claimant. (Rarely, official.) 8% x.13%
vols. (2), 1/8 in., in steel cabinet. R. 202. (l)

7. TRANSCRIPTS OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN EXPEDIENTES
COMPLETED, NOS. 1 TO 211, May 24, 1833 — Sept. 24, 1840. Original
Spanish transcriptions, in the handwriting of Charles Gompertz,
keeper of the archives, together with plans and maps of the come
plete "expedientes" listed as 580, but showing only from 1 to 211, ‘
the balance being either destroyed by fire, never completed, or
possibly having been kept at some other place at time of earth~
quake thus escaping destruction. Indexed. (Rarely, official,
public.) 11%- x 17 vols. (6), 6 in., in steel cabinet. 3. 202.
(3)

8. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF SPANISH AND MEXICAN GRANTS, 1834 —
Aug. 8, 1907. Papers, indexes, maps, and correspondence written
in Spanish and English, recording old Spanish and Mexican land
grants, with documents supporting and confirming legal ownership
of same; receipts for patents, showing names of Surveyor General,

‘ rancho, and person to whom patent was confirmed, date, and signa—
ture of patentee or his attorney. (Aug. 3, 1857 - June 25, 1898).
Records of lawsuits involving land title, showing U. 8. Court
number, Land Commissioner's number, title of suit, and names of
counsels; "Index of Lands Granted and Persons to whom they were
granted", showing name of grantee, rancho, and number of grant.
A