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Title: Ana Bégué de Packman Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1870-1960
Collection number: 1491
Creator: Packman, Ana Bégué de, 1882-1973
Extent: 12 boxes (6 linear ft.)1 oversize box
Abstract: Ana Bégué de Packman (1882-1973) served as Secretary of the Historical Society of Southern California from the 1930s through
the 1950s. The collection consists of Packman's photographs, newspaper articles, manuscripts, genealogies, maps, ephemera,
and correspondence pertaining to the history of the city of Los Angeles, California missions, and Southern California ranchos
and adobes.
Language:
English
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mary Louise, Bernice, and Col. James L. Packman, 1977.
The collection was partially processed until 2005, when Erika Pérez completed a detailed inventory of each folder. Packman's
original folder titles were transcribed onto new folders at this time. The collection was then arranged into five series to
enhance access to the collection. Processed by by Erika Pérez, with assistance from Laurel McPhee in the Center For Primary
Research Training (CFPRT).
[Identification of item], Ana Bégué de Packman Papers (Collection 1491). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Ana Bégué de Packman (1882-1973) was a fifth-generation descendant of Maria Luisa Dominguez and Juan Francisco Reyes, former
alcalde of El Pueblo de Los Angeles. She was also a descendant of Maximo Alaniz, who arrived in Los Angeles in 1769 and became
the first grantee of Rancho San Jose de Buenos Aires (now Westwood and the University of California, Los Angeles). She served
as the Secretary of the Historical Society of Southern California from the 1930s through the 1950s, where she was actively
engaged in educational outreach programs, speaking engagements, and assisting in restoration efforts for various California
landmarks. In addition to her duties as secretary for the Historical Society, Packman was the curator of Casa Figueroa, a
historic adobe built by Don Ramon Figueroa prior to the arrival of Anglo-Americans.
Packman was an avid collector of historic photographs, newspaper articles, and ephemera relating to the history of Southern
California, especially missions, ranchos, cattle brands, adobes, and early Los Angeles landmarks. She was also the author
of several publications, including
Leather Dollars: Short Stories of Pueblo Los Angeles, a collection of reminiscences of early California passed down from her family and published in 1932; and
Early California Hospitality: The Cookery Customs of Spanish California, With Authentic Recipes and Menus of the Period, published in 1938.
The collection consists of Ana Bégué de Packman's collection of photographs, newspaper articles, manuscripts, genealogies,
maps, ephemera, and correspondence pertaining to the California missions, Southern California adobes and ranchos, and the
city of Los Angeles. Many of the photographs are reproductions of images taken by anonymous photographers, though reproductions
of the work of C.C. Pierce & Company and Edward Vischer may also be found in the collection.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence, 1929-1965 (.5 box)
- Los Angeles, ca. 1850-1962 (2.5 boxes)
- California missions, ca. 1880-1965 (2.5 boxes)
- Ranchos and adobes, ca. 1845-1962 (3 boxes)
- Miscellaneous, ca. 1850-1976 (3 boxes).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Packman, Ana Bégué de--Archives.
Women historians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Missions, Spanish--California--Photographs.
Ranches--California--Photographs.