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Arnaz, Wagner, Levy, Waterman, Barnes, Denton, and Walker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MVC016
Abstract The Arnaz, Wagner, Levy, Waterman, Barnes, Denton, Walker papers contain information about Jose de Arnaz, John B. Wagner, Joseph Levy, Anna A. Levy, William M. Waterman, William Henry Barnes, Joseph S. Denton and Lena Cannon Walker; all noteworthy individuals in Ventura County from the mid 1800s through the early 1900s. Information includes legal papers, photographs, correspondence, biographical publications, newspaper clippings and other ephemera. In addition to these records are minutes...
Dates: circa 1840s-1960s

Peirano family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MVC095
Abstract

The Peiranos were a family of Italian immigrants who arrived in Ventura County in the late nineteenth century. They owned land throughout the county, but their ownership of Peirano Market, a mainstay of downtown Ventura businesses for nearly one hundred years, made them an integral part of the community's identity. These papers include both their personal and property related legal documents.

Dates: 1897-1951