Pio Pico Ranchito Research Files of Dr. Lorayne Horka, 1923-1970

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Pio Pico Ranchito Research Files of Dr. Lorayne Horka
Dates:
1923-1970
Creators:
Horka-Follick, Lorayne Ann
Containers:
boxes: 1-2
Extent:
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
English , Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

Pio Pico Ranchito Research Files of Dr. Lorayne Horka, 1923-1970, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.224; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains mostly handwritten and typewritten notes Dr. Lorayne Horka took from original sources regarding the Pico family and land claims in California. Some of these notes were taken from materials at the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkley, and the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Other materials include bibliographies, newsletters from the Governor Pico Mansion Society from the 1960s, newspaper clippings, and photographs from 1970 of the Pico mansion. Horka created or collected most of the material, although some newsletters from the Governor Pico Mansion Society are addressed to Charlotte Tufts, librarian at the Southwest Museum during the 1960s.

Biographical / historical:

Pio de Jesus Pico (1801 May 5 - 1894 September 11) was a Mexican soldier, the last governor of Mexican California in 1831, and a prominent ranchero and businessman in what is now east Los Angeles.

Dr. Lorayne Horka-Follick's doctoral thesis, Los Hermanos Penitentes: a Vestige of Medievalism in Southwest United States, was published in 1969.

Acquisition information:
Donation from Dr. Lorayne Horka, 1977.
Processing information:

Initial processing completed by Braun Research Library staff. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 August 31 made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Holly Rose Larson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-06-16 16:47:23 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Pio Pico Ranchito Research Files of Dr. Lorayne Horka, 1923-1970, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.224; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448