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Dockweiler Family Collection
THE THOMAS AND DOROTHY LEAVEY CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LOS ANGELES RESEARCH COLLECTION
DOCKWEILER FAMILY COLLECTION
The Dockweiler Family Collection consists of materials from a Roman Catholic family long distinguished in Los Angeles civic, legal, and social life. Anchoring the holdings are the materials concerning the patriarch of the family, Isidore Bernard Dockweiler (1867-1947), prominent Los Angeles lawyer and civic leader, and personage of the California Democratic Party. There is also material on his mother and father, Henry and Margaretha; and Isidore's brother, John Henry. In addition, the eleven children of Isidore Bernard Dockweiler and his wife Gertrude are well represented in the collection: Thomas, Henry Isidore, George, John, Mary, Ruth, Rosario, Robert, Louis, and Frederick.
Manuscripts, personal and family papers, publications, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, and ephemera constitute this collection's holdings, providing valuable witness to the social and political history of Los Angeles, and in their broader reach, to California history.
The Dockweiler Collection consists of two separate but related holdings: CSLA-12 and CSLA-13. The provenance of CSLA-12 is known (it came from Frederick C. Dockweiler). That of CSLA-13 is not, resulting in the assigning of a different collection number to this group of materials. The majority of the Dockweiler holdings are found in CSLA-12.
DOCKWEILER FAMILY COLLECTION, 1827-1996. CSLA-12
ACCESSION NUMBER: 1999.4; gift of Frederick C. Dockweiler
COLLECTION SIZE: 18 archival document boxes; 19 oversize boxes
DATES: 1827-1996
PROCESSING HISTORY: Processed by Clay Stalls, Department of Archives and Special Collections. Guide written by Clay Stalls. Date: 2001
To learn more about Dockweiler Family Collection, CSLA-12, consult the following pages of this on-line collection guide:
- Dockweiler Family History
- Collection Description: A general description of the types, topics, and research value of the materials found in CSLA-12.
- Series Descriptions: CSLA-12 is arranged in subject categories called series, which are described in this section of the on-line guide. In turn, the series descriptions have links to their box and folder lists, which index each series' folders and contents, and the boxes in which they are stored.
RESEARCH ACCESS: The collection is open for research by appointment with no restrictions under the conditions of the access policy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To schedule an appointment, please call the Department of Archives and Special Collections at 310-338-5710 or 310-338-5357, or email the department:Special.Collections@lmu.edu. The Research Collection is a program of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles.
Dockweiler Family Collection, 1919-1973. CSLA-13
ACCESSION NUMBERS: 2000.37; 2007.58
COLLECTION SIZE: 3 archival document boxes; 2 oversize boxes
DATES: 1919-1973
PROCESSING HISTORY: Processed by Clay Stalls, Department of Archives and Special Collections. Guide written by Clay Stalls. Date: 2001
Only a small collection of materials, CSLA-13 requires no series arrangement. Its collection guide summarizes CSLA-13's contents and their research value, and also contains the box and folder list, which is the index to the collection's folders and contents, and to the boxes in which they are stored. The on-line guide to CSLA-13 can be accessed through selecting the preceding collection title.
RESEARCH ACCESS: The collection is open for research by appointment with no restrictions under the conditions of the access policy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To schedule an appointment, please call the Department of Archives and Special Collections at 310-338-5710 or 310-338-5357, or email the department:Special.Collections@lmu.edu. The Research Collection is a program of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles.
RELATED COLLECTIONS:
Because the Dockweilers were a prominent Los Angeles Roman Catholic family, they knew other such Roman Catholic personages and families as Joseph Scott, Stephen Mallory White, and the Workman family, all of whom now have some of their papers housed in the CSLA Research Collection. To view these related collections, click on the following titles:
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