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Wrather Investment Corporation Incorporation Records

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Wrather Investment Corporation CSLA-28 1 Incorporation Records Wrather Investment Corporation Incorporation Records

Collection number: CSLA-28

William H. Hannon Library Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California Processed by: Clay Stalls. Department of Archives and Special Collections. William H. Hannon Library Date Completed: 2005 Encoded by: Clay Stalls © 2012 Loyola Marymount University. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary Title: Wrather Investment Corporation incorporation records Dates: 1961 Collection number: CSLA-28 Creator: Wrather Corporation Collection Size: 1 archival document box Repository: Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90045-2659 Abstract: This collection consists of the legal records documenting the incorporation in 1961 of the various business holdings of Jack Wrather into a publicly owned company. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University. Publication Rights Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Box 1 Wrather Investment Corporation Incorporation Records, CSLA-28, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University. Acquisition Information Gift of Henry Pollard (2005). Accession number: 2005.88 Scope and Content of Collection This collection consists of the legal records documenting the incorporation in 1961 of the various business holdings of Jack Wrather into a publicly owned company. Jack Wrather (1918-1984) was one of the leading businessmen in the United States, producing such television shows as Lassie and the Lone Ranger, and owning the Disneyland Hotel. His companies incorporated under the rubric of "Wrather Investment Corporation" in 1961 included Wrather Hotels, Inc.; Lone Ranger, Inc.; Lone Ranger Television, Inc.; Lone Ranger Pictures, Inc.; Lassie Television, Inc.; and the Muzak Corporation. The 676 pages of documents are bound by board with a hard covering; there is an index at the beginning of the materials. The documents consist of articles of incorporation, legal opinions, board meeting minutes, state certificates of authenticity, correspondence, underwriting agreements, and federal registration forms. Henry Pollard, former legal counsel for the Wrather Corporation and one of the architects of the incorporation, was responsible for the organization of the documents

Wrather Investment Corporation CSLA-28 2 Incorporation Records and donated them to the CSLA Research Collection in 2005. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Wrather Corporation Wrather, Jack (1918-1984) Other Finding Aids Jack and Bonita Granville Wrather Papers, 1890-1990. CSLA-23

Wrather Investment Corporation CSLA-28 3 Incorporation Records