Dan Murphy Company records

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1 No online items Dan Murphy Company records Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang. Manuscripts Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California Phone: (626) Fax: (626) reference@huntington.org URL: The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 1

2 Descriptive Summary Title: Dan Murphy Company records Inclusive Dates: Bulk Dates: Collection Number: mssmurphy Collector: Dan Murphy Foundation Extent: 24 boxes and 4 volumes Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California Phone: (626) Fax: (626) reference@huntington.org URL: Abstract: This collection consists of business records pertaining to the Dan Murphy Company and the Dan Murphy Foundation from Language of Material: The records are in English. Access Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following web site. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation Dan Murphy Company records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Acquisition Information Gift of Dan Murphy Foundation, November Biography and Company Note Daniel B. Murphy was born on September 21, 1855 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania. He spent his early years in the Oklahoma oil fields before arriving in California as an employee of the Southern Pacific railroad. In 1883, Murphy and his Irish-born partner, Frank Monaghan, began transforming Needles railroad station into a town. They built a general store, bank and utility plants for a population of 300 railroad men. Soon, they began to set up a business empire by securing water rights and setting up a chain of refrigeration and ice manufacturing plants for the Santa Fe railroad. Murphy also dabbled in the mining industry along the Colorado River. In 1894, Murphy provided financial support for the California Portland Cement Company in Colton, California. He served as its president for 35 years. Tempted by the oil industry again, he opened the Brea Canyon Oil Company, located in the Coyote Hills above Fullerton and in East Whittier. More than a decade later, he settled in El Segundo, which surrounded Standard Oil refinery, helping to create another company town. From his Los Angeles office, Murphy began promoting cement sales, which lured the influential to the blue-collared community of Colton. Murphy s cement helped build Southwestern monuments, ranging from Union Station in Los Angeles to Hoover Dam and the All American Canal. He passed away on September 14, At the time of his death, Murphy was president of the California Portland Cement Company and Brea Canyon Oil Company. The Dan Murphy Company was incorporated on February 15, The Dan Murphy Foundation was established in 1957 as an independent California non-profit corporation by Bernardine Murphy Donohue in memory of her father, Daniel Murphy. Daniel Donohue, Mrs. Donohue s husband, was one of the founding trustees and also served as president of the foundation from 1968 until Scope and Content Boxes 1-9 consist of alphabetical files relating to Dan Murphy Company s real estate holdings and other investments. These files consist of business and financial records including appraisals, lease agreements, social security reports, correspondence, memorandums, and tax returns. There are also items related to the company s exploratory well project in Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 2

3 Jackson County, Oklahoma in the 1950s and 1960s. Boxes consist of tax bills, federal and state income tax returns relating to the Dan Murphy Company from Also in Box 13 (3) are minutes from the Directors Meetings from Boxes consist of five cash books, two journals relating to securities, stock certificates, one stock ledger, and four minute books. Boxes consist of mining claims. Murphy was the president of Ivanpah Copper Company, which was originally Cocopah Mining Company, located in San Bernardino County, California. These mining records include cash books, ledgers, a minute book, and miscellaneous legal documents. Boxes consist of former Daniel Murphy Foundation holdings, which include the Bay Shore Land Company, Brea Canyon Oil Company, CalMat Company, and Portland Cement Company. These business records include financial documents, correspondence, ephemera, and legal documents. There are four oversize general ledgers from housed at the end of the collection. Cataloger's Notes: The original order of the collection has mostly been retained including folder titles. Due to the amount of material in some folders, they had to be separated. The letters a and b were designated for folders that were divided. Personal Names Murphy, Daniel Corporate Names California Portland Cement Company Calmat (Company) Chambers Land Company Cocopah Cooper Company Ivanpah Copper Company Subjects Cement industries Investments -- California -- Los Angeles Mines and mineral resources -- California -- San Bernardino County Oil industries Real property Geographic Areas Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History San Bernardino (Calif.)-- History Genre Business records Cashbooks Financial records Ledgers (account books) Legal documents Minute books Stock certificates Tax returns Box 1 A-H files (DMCo.) Artesian Land Company: Correspondence and Security First National Bank Agency Agreement Articles of Incorporation Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 3

4 Agreement between DMCo. And B. Murphy, K. Sinnott, S. Sinnott, H.W. Kennedy & C.M. Weber, dated 10/31/41; also supplement agreement dated 1 /19/42 Appraisals: Crenshaw and Century Boulevard Automobiles: Pink slip and correspondence Bank statements Bay Shore Land Company Babson and Burns Brea Canon Oil Company 0 By-Laws of Dan Murphy Company 1 California Portland Cement Company Box 2 A-H files (DMCo.) Corona Property: Sale of and Escrow papers (a) Corona Property: Sale of and Escrow papers (b) Certificate To Wind Up & Dissolve (conformed copies) Chambers Land Company Century Crenshaw Shopping Center Project Coldwell Banker and Company: Appraisals Consolidated Rock Products Company Dividends Paid Donahue, Lester: Memorial Room Loyola University 0 Donahue, Bernardine M. (estate) 1 Federal Ice & Cold Storage Company California 2 Federal Ice & Cold Storage Company Missouri 3 General Continuing Guaranty: Bernardine Murphy Donohue 4 Collateral Note & Stock Certificate: Bernardine Murphy Donohue Box 3 A-H files (DMCo.) Grant, Richard A. Gold Chief Mines, Incorporated Haskins & Sells Holteroff, et al. Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 4

5 Holmes Supply Company Hopewell Project #1 (a) Hopewell Project #1 (b) Hopewell Project #2 (a) Hopewell Project #3 (b) 0 Hopewell Schist Prospect Box 4 I-J files (DMCo.) Inglewood Property: Miscellaneous Leases Inglewood Property: Appraisals, Title Reports & Western Shopping Center Inglewood Property: General Correspondence Box 5 I-J files (DMCo.) Inglewood Property: Grant Deeds and Easements Inglewood Property: Pacific Drive-In Theatres Jackson County, OKLA. #1 Exploratory Well Project Jackson County, OKLA. #2 Exploratory Well Project [oil and gas lease] Box 6 I-J files (DMCo.) Jackson County, OKLA. #3 Exploratory Well Project Jackson County, OKLA. #4 Exploratory Well Project (a) Jackson County, OKLA. #4 Exploratory Well Project (b) Box 7 K-Z files (DMCo.) Kennedy, Helen Weber Lerdo Land Company La Jolla Farms Lots 10 and 11 La Jolla Farms Lots 12 and 13 Los Angeles Investment Company Mobile Building: Office Lease Musick, Peeler & Garrett: Trust Account National Oil Building: Office Lease Norton, Thomas James: Estate of 0 Other Properties Examined In New Mexico Summer Pacific Gas & Electric Company Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 5

6 2 Peeler, Joseph D. 3 Resolutions: Security Pacific National Bank vs. Bernardine Murphy Donohue & Daniel J. Donohue 4 Real Estate Purchase Prospects 5 Riggs, Miss Lutah Maria 6 Proxies Stockholders Meetings 7 Rosecrans Property: Correspondence Box 8 K-Z files (DMCo.) S.E.C. re: DMCo s Stock Ownership in California Portland Cement Security Pacific National Bank (formerly Security First National Bank) Security Pacific National Bank (formerly Security First National Bank) Promissory Note Securities (a) Securities (b) Business Tax Registration Certificate: Correspondence Social Security Reports Monaghan & Murphy Company Monaghan & Murphy Company #1: Correspondence Box 9 K-Z files (DMCo.) Murphy, Dan (Final Trust Tax Returns ) Santa Barbara County Property (Montecito) Court Order and Grant Deed Stanton, Mary: Promissory Note Standard Oil Company of California Valley Ice Company Weber, Charles M. Robinson & Swain: 2nd Trust Deed Note (from Monaghan & Murphy dissolution) Box 10 Federal and State Income Tax Returns (DMCo.) Tax Bills (property) (a) Tax Bills (property) (b) Tax Bills (property) Federal & State Income Tax Returns Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 6

7 Box 11 Federal and State Income Tax Returns (DMCo.) Federal & State Income Tax Returns Federal & State Income Tax Returns (a) Federal & State Income Tax Returns (b) Federal & State Income Tax Returns Box 12 Federal and State Income Tax Returns (DMCo.) Federal & State Income Tax Returns (a) Federal & State Income Tax Returns (b) Federal & State Income Tax Returns (a) Federal & State Income Tax Returns (b) Federal & State Income Tax Returns (a) Federal & State Income Tax Returns (b) Box 13 Federal and State Income Tax Returns (DMCo.) and Directors Meeting Federal & State Income Tax Returns (a) Federal & State Income Tax Returns (b) Directors Meetings: Minutes 8/ /1969 Box 14 Cash Books (DMCo.) Cash Book #1 Cash Book #2 Cash Book #3 Cash Book #4 Cash Book #5 Box 15 Journals and Stock Certificates (DMCo.) Journal #1: relating to stocks Journal #1: relating to stocks Stock Certificates: Miscellaneous Stock Ledger with cancelled stock certificates Box 16 Minutes (DMCo.) Minute Book # Minute Book # Box 17 Minutes (DMCo.) Minute Book # Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 7

8 Minute Book # Box 18 Mining Claims Chambers Land Company Chambers Land Company: Minute Book Chambers Land Company: Stock Certificates DMCo. Ivanpah Copper Company DMCo. Ivanpah Copper Company: Cash Book 1 Box 19 Mining Claims DMCo. Ivanpah Copper Company: Cash Book 2 DMCo. Ivanpah Copper Company: Journal 1 DMCo. Ivanpah Copper Company: Ledger 1 DMCo. Ivanpah Copper Company: Minute Book Box 20 Mining Claims DMCo. Ivanpah Copper Company: Miscellaneous Volume DMCo. Mining Claims: San Bernardino County DMCo. Mining Claims: San Bernardino County: Pacific Indemnity Co. DMCo. Mining Claims: San Bernardino County: Pioneer Abstract and Title Guaranty Company DMF. Mining Claims: Par Gem Spectrum DMF. Mining Property: Copper World Note: All Murphy quartz mining claims sold to National Park Foundation 5/20/2005 Box 21 Mining Claims: Miscellaneous Documents Agreement between Cocopah Copper Company and Ivanpah Copper Company 1927 Agreement between Dan Murphy, A.G. Wells, L.D. Godshall, T.J. Murphy and H.K. Bagley and Ivanpah Copper Company 1927 Agreement between G.H. Hamstadt of Nipton County of San Bernardino and Ivanpah Copper Company 1918, Sept. 18 Agreement between Ivanpah Copper Company and R.E. Blewett 1920, Aug. 6 Agreement between L.D. Godshall and J.E. Layton and R.B. Saunders covering development Mohawk Group of Mining Claims 1916, Oct. 1 Billings for Slag Sold 1944 Broadway Bank & Trust Company vs. Ivanpah Smelting Company et al. Decree of Foreclosure and Order of Sale 1902 Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 8

9 Certificate of Title to Colosseum No. 1 and Coloseum No. 2 Mines Certificate of Title to Lizzie Bullock Mill Site Cocopah Copper Company: Correspondence: Capital Stock Tax return 1 Cocopah Copper Company: Plat 2 Cocopah Copper Company to Ivanpah Copper Company: Quitclaim Deed 1927, Jan. 3 3 Copper World Mine: Lease Cocopah Copper Company to L.D. Godshall 4 Copper World Mine: Report of Preliminary Examination by Frank R. Wicks 5 Estate of Kenneth R. Kingsbury Estate of Lydia Godshall Financial records: Miscellaneous 8 Ivanpah Copper Company: Agreement modifying lease to L.D. Godshall and assigned by him to Ivanpah Copper Company 9 Ivanpah Copper Company: Annual Report 0 Ivanpah Copper Company: Bill of Sale 1 Ivanpah Copper Company: Certificate of Incorporation Ivanpah Copper Company: Correspondence 3 Ivanpah Copper Company: Insurance Policy Ivanpah Copper Company: Notice Ivanpah Copper Company: Report 6 Ivanpah Copper Company: Shipment of Copper Ore 7 Ivanpah Smelting Company: Mineral Certificate Lease between Cocopah Copper Company and Ivanpah Copper Company Miscellaneous notes 0 Mohawk: Alexander Mines: Correspondence relating to statement and reports Mohawk [Group of Mining Claims] Lease with Option to Purchase Rosalie, Bullseye and Boomerang Mill Sites: Plat 3 San Bernardino County: Affidavit of Posting San Bernardino County: Quitclaim Deed to Patented Mining Claim 1947, July Box 22 Former DMF Holdings Baker Oil Tools, Inc. Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 9

10 Bay Shore Land Company Brea Canon Oil Company BreitBurn Energy Company LLC Oil & Gas Lease 7/24/98 (royalty income A553) California Portland Cement Company California Portland Cement Company : Financial Reports California Portland Cement Company : Press Releases California Portland Cement Company 1984: Correspondence CalMat 1988 (Re-Structure, Litigation) Box 23 Former DMF Holdings CalMat Company CalMat Company 1992: Financial Reports CalMat Company: Acquisition by Vulcan Materials (announced 11/16/1998) CalMat Company: Conrock Division Properties 1984 CalMat Company: Stock Certificate Information Box 24 Former DMF Holdings CalMat Company/Vulcan Materials: Law Suits 12/98 Chevron Corporation Common Stock: Grants of Aid Roman Catholic Archbishop, Los Angeles Daniel J. Donohue: Appraisals of Seven Properties (Coldwell Banker & Company) Daniel J. Donohue: Affidavit of Richard A. Grant (Bolsa Properties) Ethyl Corporation Ethyl Corporation: Conversation Flintkote Company Inglewood Property: Correspondence (104th St. & Yukon) Sold to Nationwide Theatres Corp. 0 Southdown, Inc. 1 Southwestern Portland Cement Company (Southdown, Inc. Note) 2 Trustees: CalMat Excess Holdings Union Oil Company of California (Murphy Site) 4 Union Oil Company of California (Royalties Murphy Site) Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 10

11 Volume 1 Dan Murphy Company General Ledger /31/1950 Pages are loose Volume 2 Dan Murphy Company General & Sub Ledger 6/1/1950-5/31/58 Volume 3 Dan Murphy Company Sub Ledger 6/1/58-69 Volume 4 Dan Murphy Company General Ledger 6/1/58-69 Envelope 1 Dan Murphy Company embosser 1922 Dan Murphy Company records mssmurphy 11