George and Cecilia Burlingame Papers
Scope and Contents
The George and Cecilia Burlingame Papers include records from the Loomis family, Cecilia Burlingame's family name. The correspondence, business records, and California road maps and guides in the collection depict the activities of the family which settled in California at the beginning of the 20th century. Much of the collection contains property records for residential and rental real estate owned by the family in northern and southern California from 1910 through the 1950s.
The collection is arranged into seven series: Family Correspondence (1906-1940), Family Records (1898-1954), Presentations (1929), Real Estate Records (1904-1956), California Maps and Guides (1925-1953), Pamphlet Literature (1913-1955), and Folded Road Maps (1920-1955).
Dates
- Creation: 1898-1956
- Creation: 1910-1950
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical Information:
George Burlingame was born in Nebraska in 1879. Cecilia Loomis Burlingame was born in Michigan in 1881. The couple married about 1900 and had four children. George was a local businessman who resided in the Westwood area of Los Angeles from 1931 until 1954.
Full Extent
2.80 Linear Feet (6 boxes, 14 oversized folders)
Abstract
George Burlingame was a local businessman who resided in the Westwood area of Los Angeles from 1931 until 1954. The George and Cecilia Burlingame Papers include records from the Loomis family, Cecilia Burlingame's family name. The correspondence, business records, and California road maps and guides in the collection depict the activities of the family in California at the beginning of the 20th century.
Arrangement of Materials:
Series I: Family Correspondence, 1906-1940
Series II: Family Records, 1898-1954
Series III: Presentations, 1929
Series IV: Real Estate Records, 1904-1956
Series V: California Maps and Guides, 1925-1953
Series VI: Pamphlet Literature, 1913-1955
Series VII: Folded Road Maps, 1920-1955
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Ron Purcell, 1997
Processing Information:
Tony Gardner
- Title
- Guide to the George and Cecilia Burlingame Papers
- Date
- 2012-04-03
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge CA 91330-8326 USA
818-677-4594
asksca@csun.edu