Henry Andrews Babcock papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 3022

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Valuation, appraisal and audit reports, certificates and summaries of William H. Babcock and Sons, Inc., 1924-1936. Also, Babcock's files of the Santa Monica, California and Bunker Hill, Los Angeles Redevelopment Projects; material concerning mass transportation, primarily in Los Angeles; pamphlets and reports.

Dates

1924-1961.

Creator

Babcock, Henry Andrews, 1891- (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

A real estate appraiser and engineer, and a former partner of William H. Babcock and Sons, Real Estate Consultants and Valuators of Chicago, Babcock also taught finance courses at the University of Southern California and UCLA. He was involved in several studies of urban transportation problems and mass transit development, primarily in Los Angeles, California. Member, International Fraternity of Lambda Alpha, Los Angeles Chapter.

Extent

11 cubic feet. (11 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Valuation, appraisal and audit reports, certificates and summaries of William H. Babcock and Sons, Inc., 1924-1936. Also, Babcock's files of the Santa Monica, California and Bunker Hill, Los Angeles Redevelopment Projects; and material concerning mass transportation, primarily in Los Angeles.

RELATED MATERIAL

Part of the Lambda Alpha Literary Archives.

Physical Description

Pamphlets, certificates, reports, and other documents.

General

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EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, March 2002