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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf287004sw No online items Finding Aid for the Fremont Ackerman Papers, 1890-1945 Processed by Saundra Taylor; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library Special Collections UCLA Library Special Collections staff Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Note Engineering and Technology --Civil EngineeringEngineering and Technology --Transportation EngineeringHistory --History, California --History, Los Angeles AreaHistory --History, United States (excluding California) --History, MontanaGeographical (By Place) --California --Los Angeles AreaGeographical (By Place) --United States (excluding California) --Montana Finding Aid for the Fremont 312 1 Ackerman Papers, 1890-1945 Finding Aid for the Fremont Ackerman Papers, 1890-1945 Collection number: 312 UCLA Library Special Collections UCLA Library Special Collections staff Los Angeles, CA Contact Information UCLA Library Special Collections staff UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ Processed by: Saundra Taylor, March 1970 Additions by: Saundra Taylor, March 1971 Encoded by: Caroline Cubé Online finding aid edited by: Josh Fiala, May 2002 and October 2003 © 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Fremont Ackerman Papers, Date (inclusive): 1890-1945 Collection number: 312 Creator: Ackerman, Fremont Extent: 62 boxes (31 linear ft.)92 oversize folders 4 oversize boxes Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: Fremont Ackerman worked as an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana. He later established his own business as a civil engineer and surveyor in the Southern California area. The collection consists of field books, maps, drawings, correspondence, and business papers related to Fremont Ackerman's work with the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana and his activities as a civil engineer and surveyor in the Los Angeles region. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Additional Physical Form Available Finding Aid for the Fremont 312 2 Ackerman Papers, 1890-1945 A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Library Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact: Public Services Division UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of William Coit Ackerman and Ruth Lovilla Ackerman, 1955. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Fremont Ackerman Papers (Collection 312). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 462129 Biography Ackerman graduated from Ohio State University in 1883; worked as an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana; moved to Los Angeles, California, and established his own business as a civil engineer and surveyor in the Southern California area. Scope and Content Collection consists of field books, maps, drawings, correspondence, and business papers related to engineer Fremont Ackerman. Materials relate to his work with the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana and his activities as a civil engineer and surveyor in the Los Angeles region. Topics include land and water companies in Arizona and California and real estate development in Southern California. Includes surveys conducted by Ackerman for the Lucky Baldwin estate, William Wolfskill rancho, Abbot Kinney's Venice in America project, and the property of William Andrews Clark. Indexing Terms Ackerman, Fremont--Archives. Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Railroad engineers--Montana--Archival resources. Civil engineers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources. Surveyors--California, Southern--Archival resources. Real estate development--California, Southern. Drawings. Land surveys. Box 1 Surveys. Box 2 Rolled blueprints & survey material. Box 3 Correspondence. Box 4 Maps published by oil companies, etc., some correspondence. Box 5 The Oil Fields of Southern California. Federal Writers Project, typescript (carbon) with notations. 1 vol. with surveys, etc. of Wolfskill Ranch, 1936. Box 6 Envelope with clippings of C. Cole articles sent to the Los Angeles Herald, one envelope of correspondence. Boxes 7-9 Miscellaneous surveys. Box 10 Bank records (cancelled checks, etc.). 19 vol. of daily accounts, ca.1905-1908. Box 11 Bank records, file of patent papers. Box 12 Bank records, tax receipts. Box 13 Correspondence. Box 14 Miscellaneous surveys, correspondence. Box 15 Surveys, 10 envelopes of tax receipts. Finding Aid for the Fremont 312 3 Ackerman Papers, 1890-1945 Container List Box 16 Correspondence, memo book on Pasadena account, publications on taxes, wills & estates. Box 17 Correspondence. Boxes 18-19 Survey notes & reports. Box 20 Los Angeles City Civilian Defense report, historical records survey December 1, 1941, manual of instructions for indexes. Box 21 Survey reports [insect damaged]. Box 22 Account ledger, business cards, survey figures and notes, empty envelopes. Box 23 Survey notes, correspondence, receipts, financial records. Box 24 Survey notes, receipts, bank records, La Fiesta de Los Angeles envelopes. Box 25 Bank records, receipts, survey notes. Box 26 Survey notebooks, school notebooks, memoranda books [all insect damaged], 1883. Box 27 Index no.3 maps [Finding Aid inventory], oil company reports, survey notes. Box 28 Survey notes, laws & regulations, oil company correspondence, bank statements. Box 29 Index to field books, papers re field books. Box 30 Field books 18-37. Box 31 Field books 38-60. Box 32 Field books 61-75. Box 33 Survey notes, bank statements & receipts. Box 34 Real estate law, legal blanks, city specifications, bills & receipts. Box 35 Bank statements & receipts. Box 36 Bank statements & receipts, business correspondence, receipts. Box 37 Ledgers, 1902-1910. Box 38 Ledgers, 1902-1922. Box 39 Personal expense books, 1911-1928. Box 40 Ledgers, 1932-1939. Box 41 Correspondence. Box 42 Bank statements, oil company receipts. Box 43 Surveys - A. Boxes 44-45 Surveys - B. Boxes 46-47 Surveys - C. Box 48 Surveys - D. Box 49 Surveys - E & F. Box 50 Surveys - G. Boxes 51-52 Surveys - H. Box 53 Surveys - I through K. Box 54 Surveys - L. Box 55 Surveys - M. Box 56 Surveys - R. Boxes 57-58 Surveys - S. Box 59 Surveys - T. Boxes 60-62 Surveys, miscellaneous & unsorted. Box 63 Ledger, 1894-1986. Box 64 Ledger, 2 vol., 1906. Box 132 119th Place Profile--Budlong Avenue & Vermont Avenue, n.d. Los Angeles. Physical Description: 2 items. Box 132 132nd Street & 133rd Street profile--Hoover Street to Vermont Avenue, 1930. Los Angeles. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 132 135th Street--Hoover Street to Vermont Avenue, 1930. Los Angeles. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 115 Ackerman & Lanterman Survey--map--North of Playa del Rey, La Ballona Ranch, 1904. Los Angeles County. Physical Description: 1 item. Finding Aid for the Fremont 312 4 Ackerman Papers, 1890-1945 Container List Box 154 Ackerman (Fremont)--certificate of commission as licensed land survey--state of California, 1903. Los Angeles. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 155 Ackerman (Fremont)--personal & business papers and photograph of road construction. ca.1903-1941. Los Angeles. Physical Description: 50 items. Box 106 Ackerman (Fremont) home--1011 W. 23rd Street, n.d. Los Angeles. Physical Description: 75 items. Box 107 Ackerman (Fremont) home--539 S. Serrano, n.d. Los Angeles County. Physical Description: 10 items. Box 114 Ahearn Block--Budlong Avenue & 38th St., 1898. Los Angeles County. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 114 Ahearn Tract subdivision--Kansas Street & 38th St., 1898. Los Angeles County. Physical Description: 2 items. Box 153 Alamitos Bay Tract, n.d. Los Angeles. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 117 Alhambra Tract--S.W. Champion Survey--Granada Avenue & Alhambra Street, n.d. Los Angeles County. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 69 Aliso Avenue, 1910. Los Angeles. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 130 Allegheny Street--Soto Street to Dacotah Street, 1924. Los Angeles. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 107 Alosta Street--Soto Street to Dacotah Street, 1924. Los Angeles. Physical