I. Correspondence (A-Z), 1832-1941, including:

A. Personal and business papers of Cave J. Couts a

B. Personal correspondence of Cave J. Couts b

C. Correspondence of all other family members

II. Business correspondence (A-Z) of Cave J. Couts b, 1882-1943

III. Army papers of Cave J. Couts a, 1837-1855

IV. Army papers of Aaron B. Hardcastle, 1852-1861

V. Accounts

A. Tax bills, assessments, 1850-1942

B. Medical bills, 1853-1872

C. Livestock bills, 1862-c.1875

VI. Miscellaneous accounts

A. 1850-1861

B. 1862-1869

C. 1870-1889

D. 1890-1909

E. 1910-1919

F. 1920-1943

VII. Land papers

A. Estates

1. Arcadia (Bandini) Stearns Baker, 1914-1935

2. Jeremiah W. Clemens, 1894-1896

3. Cave J. Couts a, c. 1865-1926

B. Ranchos

1. Agua Hedionda, 1859-1930

2. Buena Vista

a. 1845-1896

b. 1897-Sep., 1906

c. Oct., 1906-1907

3. El Cajón, c. 1875

4. Guajome

a. 1892-1917

b. 1918-1926

5. La Joya, 1898

6. Monserrate, c. 1932

7. La Nación, 1890

8. San Francisco (San Diego County), 1864

9. Santa Margarita y las Flores, 1904

10. Temecula, 1876

11. Valle de San José and Valle de Pamo, 1870

C. Cities

1. Coronado, Calif., 1873-1888

2. Fallbrook, Calif., 1932-1939

3. Los Angeles, Calif., 1916-1942

4. Moosa, Calif., 1925

5. Oceanside, Calif., 1885-1939

6. La Presa, Calif., 1887-1900

7. San Diego, Calif., 1850-1943, including:

a. Colorado House, 1850-1862

b. Roseville, 1853-1909

c. Horton's Addition and City Heights Annex No. 1, 1873-1930

d. Middletown, 1887-1890

e. Inspiration Heights, 1926

f. Casa de Bandini, 1928-1943

g. City Heights Annex No. 1, 1928-1943

h. Week End Villas, 1930-1942

i. Fairmount Theater, 1932-1943

8. Tijuana, Mexico, 1872

9. Vista, Calif., 1912-1918

D. Counties

1. San Bernardino, 1890-1898

2. San Diego

a. Oriflamme Mine, 1876

b. Pala Indian Reservation, 1931

c. Palomar Park Observatory

1. 1930-1934

2. 1935-1938

d. Ranchito Mine

1. Correspondence

a. 1895-1902

b. 1903-1941

2. Bills and assay reports, 1896-1928

e. Miscellaneous (described by range and township), 1875-1939

VIII. Legal papers

A. Estate of Cave J. Couts a, 1887-c. 1908

B. Estate of Isidora (Bandini) Couts, 1898-1908

C. Divorce of Cave J. Couts b and Elizabeth B. (Clemens) Couts Schrader, 1897-1899

D. Miscellaneous legal papers, 1875-1930

IX. Survey correspondence of Cave J. Couts b

A. 1877-1893

B. 1894-1940

X. Field notes of Cave J. Couts b

A. Ranchos

1. Agua Hedionda, 1854-1912

2. Cañada de San Vicente y Mesa de Padre Barona, 1856

3. Misión Vieja o la Paz, 1858-1884

4. Pauma, 1868

5. La Puente, 1857

6. San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana, 1876

7. Santa Ysabel and Valle de San José, 1866-1896

B. Indian reservations (San Diego County)

1. Campo, 1856-1858

2. Capitan Grande, 1856-1876

3. Iñaja, 1875

4. Manzanita, 1856

5. Mesa Grande, 1856

6. Santa Ysabel, 1876

C. Counties (described by range and township)

1. Riverside, 1868-1879

2. San Diego

a. Ranges 1 and 2 West, 1853-1893

b. Ranges 2-5 West, 1854-1893

c. Ranges 1-9 East, 1850-c. 1889

d. Lists of land ownership, c. 1886

D. Miscellaneous

1. Notes, sketches, etc. re Indian reservations in San Diego County

2. Miscellaneous notes, reports, sketches of Cave J. Couts b

3. Scratch papers, unidentified field notes of Cave J. Couts b

XI. Family papers

A. Biographical sketches of Cave J. Couts (a & b)

B. Baptismal records, wedding announcements, etc., of Couts, Bandini families, 1857-1940

C. Miscellaneous biographical and genealogical material re Couts, Bandini, etc., families

D. Newspaper clippings re Couts, Bandini, etc., families

E. List of books at Rancho Guajome, 1941<

F. School papers, 1838-1882

(including school papers of Cave J. Couts a while at the United States Military Academy, 1838<>1843)

G. Recipes, 1851-c. 1930

XII. Photographs

XIII. Ephemera

A. Social invitations, calling cards, etc.

B. Unidentified material

C. Newspaper clippings

D. Printed matter

E. Ephemera

XIV. Envelopes

XV. Volumes

XVI. Maps

BEALE, Edward Fitzgerald. To General Tomás. 1854, Feb. 16

BURTON, Henry Stanton. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1854-1857

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. To Manuel Cota. 1853, Sep. 1

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. To Thomas Jefferson Henley. 1856, Feb. 29

GODEY, Alexis. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1863, Jan. 2

HENLEY, George W. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1856, Mar. 26

HENLEY, Thomas Jefferson. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1855-1856

JOHNSON, Charles Robinson. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1865, Apr. 13

LAWSON, S S. To Chalmers Scott. 1881, Jan. 27

LOVETT, William Edward. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1866, Jan. 17

MALTBY, Charles. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1866, Apr. 5

STANLEY, John Quincy Adams. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1865, Dec. 22

STANLEY, John Quincy Adams. To Willie Blount Couts. 1867, Dec. 8

WHITING, Billington Crum. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1871-1872

WILSON, Benjamin Davis. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1854, May. 15

BANDINI, José María. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1861, Apr. 6

BANDINI, José María. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1865

BEALE, Edward Fitzgerald. To General Tomás. 1854, Feb. 16

BROWN, W. Haney. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1871

BURTON, Henry Stanton. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1854-1857

CALIFORNIA. San Diego County. Justice of the Peace. Documents and related papers of legal cases brought before Cave Johnson Couts a, Justice of the Peace, regarding Indians of California. 1854-1862

CALIFORNIA. San Diego County. Justice of the Peace. Documents and related papers regarding José Antonio Serrano, Blas Aguilar, & Juan Avila vs. Indians of Pauma, legal case brought before Cave Johnson Couts a, Justice of the Peace. 1859-1861

CALIFORNIA. San Diego County. Justice of the Peace. Judgement rendered by William Caswell Ferrell, Justice of the Peace, in case of Cave Johnson Couts a vs. Francisco, an Indian boy. 1858, May 6

CALIFORNIA. San Diego County. Justice of the Peace. Deposition made by Antonio Nieblas & José María Castillo regarding some stolen hides belonging to Cave Johnson Couts a. 1865, Dec. 16

CALIFORNIA. San Diego County. Justice of the Peace. Indenture wherein Indian woman, Jacinto, binds over her son to Isidora (Bandini) Couts. 1866, Aug. 13

COTA, Manuel. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1855-1858

COTA, Manuel. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1860-1863

COTA, Manuel. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1864?

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. To John Judson Ames. 1855, June 13

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. To Manuel Cota. 1853, Sep. 1

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. To Don A. Hollister. 1861, Jan. 10

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. Account books containing records of Indian servants. 1851-1874

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. To James William Denver. 1857, Oct. 7

COUTS, Cave Johnson b. Letter book. 1894-1904

COUTS, Cave Johnson b. Survey field book re Sycuan Indian Reservation. 1894

COUTS, Cave Johnson b. Survey field book re Sycuan, Campo, La Posta, Manzanita, Cuyapipe, and Laguna Indian Reservations. 1894

COUTS, Cave Johnson b. Survey field book re Sycuan Indian Reservation. 1894

COUTS, Cave Johnson b. Survey field book re Capitan Grande Indian Reservation. 1894-1895

COUTS, Cave Johnson b. Survey field book re Campo, La Posta, Manzanita, and Pauma Indian Reservations. 1906

COUTS, Cave Johnson b. Survey field book re Campo, La Posta, Manzanita, Cuyapipe, and Laguna Indian Reservations 1908

CURTIS, James Freeman. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1864

DECKER, John E. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1863, Sep. 20

ENSWORTH, Augustus S. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1863, May 9

ENSWORTH, Augustus S. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1863, May 18

FORSTER, John b. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1871, June 8

FORSTER, John b. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1871, Aug. 4

FORSTER, Isidora (Pico). To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1855, July 11

FORSTER, Marcos Antonio. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862, Aug. 12

GODEY, Alexis. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1863, Jan. 2

GOMEZ, Silvestre. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1864-1865

HAYES, Benjamin Ignatius. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862, Nov. 26

HAYES, Benjamin Ignatius. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862, Nov. 30-Dec. 3

HAYES, Benjamin Ignatius. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862, Dec. 10

HAYES, Benjamin Ignatius. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1863, Jan. 12-15

HOLLISTER, Don A. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862

JOHNSON, Charles Robinson. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1865, Apr. 13

KENDRICK, J. J. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1859, Dec. 18

LOVETT, William Edward. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1866, Jan. 17

McCOY, James. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1864

MAGLA, Francisco. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862-1864

MALTBY, Charles. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1866 Apr. 5

MENDOZA, Juan. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1863

MORENO, José de Jesús. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862

PARSONS, Ben[jamin Franklin?]. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862, Mar. 12

ROUEN, Louis A. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1857, Aug. 18

SANCHEZ, Tomás A. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862, Mar. 4

SCOTT, Chalmers. Recommendation of D. C. Collier as Commissioner to arrange settlement with Mission Indians. 1891?, Jan. 19<

SEXTON, M. M. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1854, Sep. 14

STANLEY, John Quincy Adams. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1865, Dec. 22

STANLEY, John Quincy Adams. To Willie Blount Couts. 1867, Dec. 8

STEARNS, Abel. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1853, Dec. 15-1854, Jan. 11

STEARNS, Abel. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1854, Apr. 4

STEARNS, Abel. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1855, July 6

STEARNS, Abel. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1861, Oct. 30

STEARNS, Abel. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1862, Apr. 14

WHITING, Billington Crum. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1871-1872

WILLISTON, Edward Bancroft. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1866

WILSON, Benjamin Davis. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1854, May 15

WOLF, Louis. To W Haney Brown. 1871, Aug. 31

Survey maps of Indian reservations in San Diego County. 1857-1908

In the survey correspondence of Cave Johnson Couts b there is material re surveys of Indian lands in San Diego County:

(1877-1893)

(1894)

(1895)

(1906-1908)

(1909, 1911, 1916, 1930, 1940)

In the survey field notes of Cave Johnson Couts b there is material re surveys of the following Indian reservations:

Campo (1856-1858)

Capitan Grande (1856-1876)

Iñaja (1875)

Manzanita (1856)

Mesa Grande (1856)

Santa Ysabel (1876)

Notes & sketches re Indians

BEAN, Joshua H. To Cave Johnson Couts a. 1851, Dec. 14

BIRD, Ira W. To Edward Harold Fitzgerald. 1851, Dec. 15

BRINLEY, Charles Henry. To Juan María Marrón. 1851, Dec. 1

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. List of San Diego Fitzgerald Volunteers. 1851, c.Dec. 1

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. List of positions held by members of the San Diego Fitzgerald Volunteers. 1852, Jan. 17?

COUTS, Cave Johnson a. To Lewis Irving. 1852, Jan. 17

DAVIS, George Henry. List of subscriptions towards defraying the expenses of the prisoners, and for purchasing some Clothes & provisions for those Indians who have shown themselves friendly.... 1851, Dec. 14

GARRA, Antonio. To José Antonio Estudillo. 1851, Nov. 21

KURTZ, Daniel Brown. To the officers and members of the San Diego Fitzgerald Volunteers. 1851, Dec. 10

KURTZ, Daniel Brown. To Edward Harold Fitzgerald. 1851, Nov. 30-Dec. 4

MAGRUDER, John Bankhead. To Edward Harold Fitzgerald. 1851, Dec. 4

PATTERSON, Francis Engle. To Edward Harold Fitzgerald. 1851, Nov. 30

SAN DIEGO FITZGERALD VOLUNTEERS. Documents dealing with the court martial of William Marshall and others by members of the San Diego Fitzgerald Volunteers for the crime of treason against the State of California and the murder of four American citizens. 1851, Dec. 9-12

SAN DIEGO FITZGERALD VOLUNTEERS. Court martial of Antonio Garra, Indian chief of the Cupeños. 1852, Jan. 10-17

TULE, Domingo. To Manuel Cota? 1851, Nov. 30