Henry Workman Keller Papers, 1907-1950

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Henry Workman Keller Papers, 1907-1950

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Henry Workman Keller (1869-1958) was a land developer in Southern California. He was a part owner of the South Coast Land Company, president of Bolsa Chica Land Company, vice-president and general manager of the Riverside-Portland Cement Company, manager of the I.W. Hellman estate in San Francisco, chairman of the roads and highways committee of the Automobile Club of Southern California, and a member of the California Fish and Game Commission. The collection consists of Keller's correspondence, legal documents, photographs, maps, ephemera, ledgers, survey books, check registers, and day books. Topics in the collection include land development and management, the Automobile Club of Southern California, and the California Fish and Game Commission.

135 boxes (67.5 linear ft.)

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Automobile Club of Southern California

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Keller, Henry Workman, 1869-1958

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Henry Workman Keller (1869-1958) was a Los Angeles financier and son of Los Angeles pioneer Matthew Keller (1810-1881). He was involved in various financial enterprises, including real estate, agriculture, and mining in both California and Mexico. For many years he was associated with the Automobile Club of Southern California and served as its president in 1937. From the description of Papers of Henry Workman Keller, 1827-1966. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Ga...