Descriptive Summary
Fritz Burns papers
1899-circa 1980
1920-1959
CSLA-4
Burns, Fritz B. (1899-1979)
13.25 linear ft
Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
The Fritz Burns Papers contain materials related to the life and career of this major developer of real estate in the Los Angeles area in the 1920s, and then in the late 1930s through the 1970s. The holdings consist of business records, correspondence, memoranda, scrapbooks, sales literature, and photographs.
Collection stored offsite. Research use requires both an advance notice of intent to use the collection and an appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Department of Archives and Special Collection, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University: 310-338-2780, 310-338-5357.
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
The Fritz Burns Papers are part of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection, a program of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University. The Research Collection is administered by the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University. Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Series number, Box and Folder number, Fritz Burns Papers, CSLA-4, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
Acquisition Information
Perhaps originally donated to Loyola Marymount University by the Fritz Burns Foundation, circa 1990. In 1990, Father Robert Trame, then University Archivist at LMU, transferred the papers to the Urban Archives at California State University, Northridge. They were then returned to Loyola Marymount University in 1996.
Biography / Administrative History
Fritz Bernard Burns (1899-1979), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was a powerful real estate developer in Southern California. As vice-president of Dickenson & Gillepsie real estate firm in Los Angeles in the 1920s, he oversaw the development of Palisades Del Rey (now Play Del Rey). With partner F. W. Marlow, he was involved in the development of Westchester, Windsor Hills, Panorama City, parts of North Hollywood and other areas in Los Angeles. Such projects made him a prominent developer in Los Angeles and a leader in the development of mass-produced housing, resulting in community development and the notion of middle class ownership of homes as a way of life. He was, consequently, a leading civic figure in the city. Burns was also a major philanthropic benefactor to Roman Catholic institutions, including Loyola Marymount University and Aquinas College. Burns was President of the Home Builders Association of Los Angeles in 1942 and of the National Association of Home Builders in 1945.
Chronology
1899
Born Fritz Bernard Burns, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1916-1932
Salesman, sales manager, and executive vice president, Dickinson & Gillespie Corporation. Responsible for the development of Palisades del Rey, a beachfront area of Los Angeles County.
1924
Marries Lucille Robinson, whom he divorced in 1927. The couple has one son, Fritz Patrick Burns (1925-1980).
1937-1944
General partner with F. W. Marlow in Marlow-Burns Development Company, which develops Windsor Hills, Toluca Wood, Westchester, and parts of West Los Angeles.
1940
Marries Gladys Carson Scheller (1897-1985).
1945
With Henry J. Kaiser forms Kaiser Community Homes. Best known development is Panorama City. Also the two partners develop properties in Hawaii.
1955
Burns receives "Man of Achievement" award from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
1960-1979
CEO, Fritz B. Burns and Associates. Partner in development of hotels and shopping centers in the Los Angeles area.
1979
Death of Fritz B. Burns.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Fritz Burns Papers (CSLA-4) especially cover Burns's early career and his involvement in the development of Palisades Del Rey (now part of Marina del Rey). There are also substantial holdings on his partnership with F. W. Marlow, which devleoped parts of West Los Angeles. Thus, the collection provides excellent resources for the study of the development of real estate and communities in Los Angeles.
Materials in the collection include business correspondence and records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs, which are especially rich in documenting development in Los Angeles from the 1920s through the 1950s. Of interest are the notes for talks that Fritz Burns and his partner F. W. Marlow gave at morning sales meetings (1941-1942); newspaper clippings about public housing, and photographs of Burns and others and some of his projects.
Arrangement
The Fritz Burns Papers are divided into five series, some with subseries:
- Series One: Chronological Files, 1918-1980
- Series Two: Legal and Financial Records, 1927-1936
- Series Three: Photographs--Subseries A: Prints, Subseries B: Negatives, Subseries C: Albums
- Series Four: Newspaper Clippings
- Series Five: Scrapbooks
Descriptions of each series are found in the series' box and folder lists described in this guide to the collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Burns, Fritz B.
Marlow, F. W. (Fred W.)
Dickinson & Gillespie
Real estate developers -- California, Southern -- Biography -- Sources
Real estate development -- California, Southern -- History -- Sources
Palisades del Rey (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Marina del Rey (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Bibliography
Keane, James Thomas. Fritz B. Burns and the Development of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 2001
Other Finding Aids
The guide to the Fritz Burns Papers can also be found at the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University website: http://www.lmu.edu/Page4557.aspx
Related Material
James Keane Collection of Fritz Burns Biographical Materials, 1923-2001 (CSLA-24): http://www.lmu.edu/Page6554.aspx.
Fritz Burns Papers, 1939-1973 (CSLA-2): http://www.lmu.edu/Page4582.aspx.
These two collections are also part of the OAC.
Box and Folder List
Series 1
Chronological Files
1918-1980
3 archival document boxes, 7 oversize folders
Arranged chronologically. This series consists of business records related to Dickinson & Gillespie, especially its development of the Palisades del Rey, pamphlets and brochures; and records related to the professional activities of Fritz Burns.
1 : 1
Correspondence : Fritz Burns, Robert Burns, Clifford Gillespie, W.E. Schreyer
1918-1924
1: 2
Dickinson & Gillespie "The Del Rey Development". Empty binder.
circa 1924
1 : 3
Dickinson & Gillespie receipt book
after 1921
1 : 4
Dickinson & Gillespie--Sales School: Lecture No. 1 and No. 2
after 1921
1 : 5
Palisades del Rey brochure
circa 1924
Flat file 1
Palisades del Rey newspaper advertising insert
after 1924
1 : 6
Palisades del Rey printed views
after 1924
1 : 7
"A Few Auction Points to Remember" Clifford Gillespie to Mr. Burns. Also Sales Manager's Daily Report (blank form) and Sales Manager's Campaign Plans (blank form)
1921
1 : 8
Telegrams and letter, Dickinson and Gillespie
1921
1 : 9
Glendale Manor brochure
circa 1922
Flat file 2
Weekly Report, Dickinson & Gillespie. Brockton Mass., Ellsworth Heights
1922
1 : 10
Hollydale Gardens brochure
1922
1 : 11
Los Angeles University and Loyola University: drawings: bird's eye views showing proposed sites. "List of 106 Lutheran Colleges, Academies and Seminaries throughout the United States"
circa 1926
Flat file 8
"DEL REY TRACT NO. 9809." Colored drawing which includes the proposed sites for Los Angeles University and Loyola University
undated
1 : 12
Dickinson & Gillespie "List of developments, view of offices and officers"
circa 1927
1 : 13
Map: "Del Rey Hills served by Six Major Boulevards!!"
1927
1 : 14
Low Cost Housing, Inc. "Message to Prospective Home Owners of Low Cost Housing Incorporated"
circa 1937
flat file 3
Outline map showing locations of school sites in Los Angles City school districts
1940
1 : 15
"Speeches--Other Organizations"
1940-1942
1 : 16
Certificate: charter member Home Builders Institute of America
1941
1 : 17
Morning Sales Meetings--Preliminary Notes. F.W. Marlow and Fritz B. Burns
1941
Flat file 4
"Fritz Burns Knows his Roofs." Advertisement for Red Cedar Shingle Bureau
1942
1 : 18
Fritz Burns booklet: "Livable Homes by Those Who Love Living"
1942
1 : 19
Speech Material
1943-1944
1 : 20
"Speeches and Memos on Speeches and Outlines"
1943-1944
1 : 21
Toluca Wood brochure
1945
1 : 22
Airport
1945-1951
1 : 23
Public Housing
circa 1949-1952
1 : 24
Real estate brochure: "The Post-War House Wilshire Blvd. at Highland Ave. Los Angeles"
circa 1946
2 : 25
National Association of Home Builders
1950-1951
2 : 26
Bunker Hill Home Restoration
1954
2 : 27
Speeches: notes, announcements about Fritz Burns speaking engagements, letters from Fritz Burns to members of the panel at the Mid-Pacific Housing Conference
1957
Flat file 5
Poster with analysis of land use for South Bunker Hill, Los Angeles
circa 1958
2 : 28
Invitations to serve on boards, committees, etc.
1958-1963
2 : 29
Zeta Psi Fraternity: clipping, letter from Arthur H. Motley to Fritz Burns, photos of Motley and Burns
1959-1960
2 : 30
Invitations accepted and affairs attended
1959-1964
Flat file 6
Certificate of membership in the Clipper Club. Made out to "F. Patrick Burns"
1962
2 : 31
Invitations--Regrets [1 of 2]
1963-1964
2 : 32
Invitations--Regrets [2 of 2]
1964
2 : 33
Appraisal Report. Garrett Corporation Property at the Northwest Corner of Sepulveda Blvd. and World Way (Century Blvd.)
1964
2 : 34
Annual Award for Distinguished Service, presented to F. Patrick Burns by the Volunteers of America of Los Angeles
1966
2 : 35
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation, Inc. Annual Dinner. Menu and program, alphabetical list and table arrangement.
1966
2 : 36
Ford City Village Apartments (Chicago)
1968
2 : 37
Fritz Burns "the Auto-biography" notes
circa 1970s
3 : 38
Membership certificate: Fritz B. Burns as a Perpetual Member of Vincentian Association of the Miraculous Medal
1975
3 : 39
Fritz Burns biographical information for The American Catholic Who's Who
1976-1077
3 : 40
F. Patrick Burns: notes, letters, receipts. Also information pertaining to Hilton Hawaiian Village.
1976 1978 undated
3 : 41
Loyola Lawyer: The Magazine of Loyola Law School. Mentions Fritz Burns and the Burns Foundation
19771992
3 : 42
Certificate of Appreciation. Los Angeles Beautiful to Fritz B. Burns and Associates.
1980
3 : 43
Booklet: The Beverly Hilton
undated
3 : 44
New Mexico brochure
undated
3 : 45
Residence Park (Stockton) brochure
undated
3 : 46
Erawan Garden Hotel, Indian Wells California (brochure). "An investment of Fritz B. Burns and Associates."
undated
3 : 47
"Metropolitan Surveys, Industrial Guide and Street Index of Los Angeles and Its Environs." Los Angles: Metropolitan Surveys.
undated
3 : 48
Windsor Hills: for sale sign, sales booklet, invitation to open house
undated
10ov : 5
Windsor Hills advertisement
undated
Flat file 7
Map: Changing Mid-City Area. Map released by the Home Realty Co.
undated
Series 2
Legal and Financial Records
1927-1936
1 archival document box
Arranged chronologically.
The bulk of this series pertains to business dealings at the Playa del Rey Townsite. There are business records for the Del Rey Swim Club and leases for houses in the townsite.
4 : 1
Collateral Assignment of Beneficial Interest with Fritz and Lucille Burns as the Assignees and W.E. and Gerda Schreyer as the Assignors; an Indenture of Lease with Properties and Securities Corporation, Fritz Burns and W.E. Schreyer as the Lessors and Lou Somers as the Lessee.
1927-1931
4 : 2
Notes on meeting of the Properties and Securities Corporation; Statements of Condition for Union Bank & Trust Co. and Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles; membership card (made out to Fritz Burns) and flyer for Lake Norconian Club; article: "Real Estate Exchange for Los Angeles" by Logan F. Metcalf; letters and statements pertaining to the Del Rey Development and Investment Corporation"
1929-1930
4 : 3
Letter from W.E. Schreyer to Fritz Burns; paperwork between Fritz Burns and Dickinson & Gillespie pertaining to a note for $31,930.00.
1929-1933
4 : 4
weekly statements of the Del Rey Swim Club and a fee sheet for furnishing and placing foundation piles at Playa Del Rey for the Del Rey Swim Club.
1930-1932
4 : 5
drafts of leases in Playa Del Rey Townsite; brochures and letters about Olympic Houses and the possibility of using them as beach houses.
1932-1933
4 : 6
Includes leases in Playa Del Rey Townsite; letters pertaining to the Del Rey Swim Club; an "Olympic Beach Club" inventory.
1932-1933
4 : 7
Drafts of a lease in Playa Del Rey Townsite; "Memorandum re Del Rey Trust Property"; an inventory for the Del Rey Swim Club.
1932-1934
4 : 8
REcords pertaining to leasing cottages in Playa Del Rey Townsite.
1932-1935
4 : 9
Drafts of lease and final(?) lease for M.K. Monroe occupy property in Playa Del Rey Townsite.
1933
4 : 10
newspaper ad: "Free Beer! Olympic Beer Garden...at Del Rey"; leases for the bathhouse in Playa Del Rey Townsite and receipts related to that business.
1934
4 : 11
Bill of sale and leases and other paperwork for cottages in Playa Del Rey.
1936
Series 3
Photographs
1885-1980
4 archival document boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 4 flat files
Subseries A
Prints
1874-1887
2 archival document boxes, 5 oversize boxes
Series 3, Subseries A contains photographic prints related to the professional career of Fritz Burns, his major real estate developments, and photographs of his employees. The photographs of the Palisades del Rey date from the 1920s, when Burns spearheaded the development of this last open beachfront property of the Los Angeles beach.
1ov : 1
Aerial--Airports--Hawthorne (1), unidentified (1)
undated
1ov : 2
Aerial--Amusement Parks--Pacific Ocean Park (2)
undated
1ov : 3
Aerial--Cemeteries--Parklawn (2)
undated
1ov : 4
Aerial--Cities & Communities--Burbank (1), Canoga Park (1), Griffith Ranch (1), Long Beach (2).
undated
1ov : 5
Aerial--Cities & Communities--Los Angeles (6)
undated
1ov : 6
Aerial--Cities & Communities--Marina Del Rey
1960
1ov : 7
Aerial--Cities & Communities--Oceanside (1), Panorama City (2), Santa Monica (2)
undated
1ov : 8
Aerial--Cities & Communities--San Fernando Valley (8)
undated
1ov : 9
Aerial--Cities & Communities--Sunland (1), Toluca Woods (2), Universal City (1)
undated
1ov : 10
Aerial--Cities & Communities--Van Nuys (1); Westchester Area (7), including aerial photograph of Loyola University campus; Windsor Hills (1)
undated
10ov : 1
Aerial--Cities & Communities--Westchester, Marina del Rey, Culver City, Inglewood. 1959, 1968, 1970. FRAGILE
undated
10ov : 3
Aerial--Cities & Communities--Westchester, Marina del Rey, Los Angeles International Airport
1962
Flat file 9
Aerial--Cities & Communities -- Greater Westchester and vicinity including Los Angeles International Airport
1960
1ov : 11
Aerial--Cities & Communities --unidentified (32)
undated
1ov : 12
Aerial--Cities & Communities --unidentified (39)
undated
1ov : 13
Aerial--Coastal Views (2)
undated
2ov : 14
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--American Beauty Macaroni (1)
undated
2ov : 15
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Bill Kellas Ford (2)
undated
2ov : 16
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Boulevard Buick (2)
undated
2ov : 17
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Builder's Emporium (1)
undated
2ov : 18
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Busch Brewery (2)
undated
2ov : 19
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Caldwell, Inc. (1)
undated
2ov : 20
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Central Industrial Engineering Co. (1)
undated
2ov : 21
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Consolidated Trucking Company (1)
undated
2ov : 22
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Crenshaw Shopping Area (2)
undated
2ov : 23
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Familian Pipe and Supply Co. (1)
undated
2ov : 24
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--FMC Corporation (1)
undated
2ov : 25
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Gluck Co. (1)
undated
2ov : 26
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Ideal Spring Co. (1)
undated
2 : 27
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Kwikset Locks (1)
undated
2 : 28
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Mead Packaging (1)
undated
2ov : 29
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Muller Bros... "World's Greatest Automotive Center"
undated
2ov : 30
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Reliance Steel and Aluminum Co. (1)
undated
2ov : 31
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--S. Roth Co. (1)
undated
2ov : 32
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Sepulveda Brewery, Van Nuys (3)
undated
2ov : 33
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Universal Paper Goods (1)
undated
2ov : 34
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Warner Brothers Studios (2)
undated
2ov : 35
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Western Way Manufacturing Company (1)
undated
2ov : 36
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Wheel Craft, Inc. (1)
undated
2ov : 37
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Whiteman Manufacturing Co. (1)
undated
2ov : 38
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Wholesale Electric Co. Associated (1)
undated
2ov : 39
Aerial--Commercial Buildings--Unidentified (6)
undated
2ov : 40
Aerial--Country Clubs--Denville Country Club (2), El Caballero Country Club (2)
undated
2ov : 41
Aerial--Hospitals--White Memorial Hospital (1)
undated
2ov : 42
Aerial--Sports Arena--Dodger Stadium (2)
undated
2ov : 43
Aerial-- Unidentified
undated
3ov : 44
Dickinson & Gillespie--Airplane (2)
undated
3ov : 45
Dickinson & Gillespie--Annual Picnic (1)
1923
3ov : 46
Dickinson & Gillespie--Billboards & Signs (19)
undated
3ov : 47
Dickinson & Gillespie--Charts (3)
undated
3ov : 48
Dickinson & Gillespie--Contest check and envelopes (3)
undated
3ov : 49
Dickinson & Gillespie--Exhibits (3)
undated
3ov : 50
Dickinson & Gillespie--Offices (23)
undated
5 : 1
Events: Christmas display with Reindeer, Santa Claus. Some photographs show Fritz Burns(16)
1959
5 : 2
Events: Hoo-Hoo Club Luncheon. Fritz Burns and other men
1956
5 : 3
Los Angeles Home Show. Photographs of women who participated in the show, judges, and Fritz Burns. (2)
1952
5 : 4
National Association of Real Estate Boards Covention. Fritz Burns speaking (1)
1952
5 : 5
National Association of Real Estate Boards Covention. Fritz and Gladys Burns receiving plaque from Mr. Cooper. (2)
1953
5 : 6
Republican rally. Fritz and Gladys Burns with Richard and Pat Nixon. (4)
1956
5 : 7
Unidentified events
undated
5 : 8
Unidentified events
undated
5 : 9
Wampas Baby Stars, publicity shot
1929
5 : 10
Oil Fields, Coastal (28)
undated
Flat file 10
Oil Fields, Coastal
undated
5 : 11
Palisades del Rey--Photocopies of numbered photographs 1-111
undated
5 : 12
Palisades del Rey--Numbered photographs, 1-16
undated
5 : 13
Palisades del Rey--Numbered photographs, 17-33
undated
5 : 14
Palisades del Rey--Numbered photographs, 34-48
undated
5 : 15
Palisades del Rey--Numbered photographs, 49-63
undated
5 : 16
Palisades del Rey--Numbered photographs, 64-81
undated
5 : 17
Palisades del Rey--Numbered photographs, 82-100
undated
5 : 18
Palisades del Rey--Numbered photographs, 101-111
undated
4ov : 55
Palisades del Rey--General views (2)
undated
4ov : 56
Palisades del Rey--General views (2)
undated
4ov : 57
Palisades del Rey--General views (2)
undated
4ov : 58
Palisades del Rey--General views (2)
undated
4ov : 59
Palisades del Rey--General views (2)
undated
4ov : 60
Palisades del Rey--General views (10)
undated
4ov : 61
Palisades del Rey--Aerial views (5)
undated
4ov : 62
Palisades del Rey--Billboard construction (1)
undated
4ov : 63
Palisades del Rey--Building on ocean (2)
undated
4ov : 64
Palisades del Rey--Cars lined up on road (1)
undated
4ov : 65
Palisades del Rey--Community Tennis Court (2)
undated
4ov : 66
Palisades del Rey--Del Rey Swim Club (3)
undated
4ov : 67
Palisades del Rey--"Diagramatical model of actual street improvements at Unit Supreme..." (4)
undated
4ov : 68
Palisades del Rey--Groups of people (10)
undated
4ov : 69
Palisades del Rey--Grand Pre Boulevard (5)
undated
4ov : 70
Palisades del Rey--Homes (3)
undated
4ov : 71
Palisades del Rey--Homes--Fritz Burns' house at 200 Waterloo Ave. (3)
undated
4ov : 72
Palisades del Rey--Inspiration Point (1)
undated
4ov : 73
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (2)
undated
4ov : 74
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 75
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 76
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 77
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 78
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 79
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 80
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 81
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 82
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 83
Palisades del Rey--Lot Sales (1)
undated
4ov : 84
Palisades del Rey--Lumber delivery (2)
undated
4ov : 85
Palisades del Rey--Pacific Electric Street Car (1)
undated
4ov : 86
Palisades del Rey--Sales team doing calisthenics on the beach (1)
undated
4ov : 87
Palisades del Rey--Tug of war with large group of men (1)
undated
4ov : 88
Palisades del Rey--Venice Plunge group, men and boys (1)
undated
10ov : 4
Places: Alhambra Heights
1923
3ov : 51
Places: Altadena
undated
5 : 19
Places: Altadena Terrace
undated
5 : 20
Places: Apartment House, interiors and exteriors. (10)
undated
5 : 21
Places: Atlantic City boardwalk (1)
undated
5 : 22
Places: Buenos Aires. Some pictures show Fritz and Gladys Burns. (5)
, 1960
5 : 23
Places: Fritz Burns and Company--building with women posing in front. (2)
undated
5 : 24
Places: Glendale Manor (4)
undated
5 : 25
Places: Hawaii. Dedication ceremony. One picture shows Fritz Burns. (3)
undated
3ov : 52
Places: home interiors
undated
5 : 26
Places: Los Angeles--Residential(4)
undated
5 : 27
Places: Los Angeles--Western and Pico (4)
1904
5 : 28
Places: Los Angeles International Airport--development drawing. (1)
undated
5 : 29-30
Places: Playa del Rey (10)
1885-1924
5 : 31
Miscellaneous photographs: Los Angeles Buccaneers, Fritz Burns's football team; Fritz Burns with company airplanes; banquet with Fritz Burns, Louis B. Mayer, Joe Scott, and Isidore Dockweiler, George Cochran, et alii; bus for inspecting Los Angeles Lutheran University proposed site; William Hannon; loose notes and correspondence re photographs
undated
3ov : 53
Places: Whittier
undated
3ov : 54
Places: unidentified
undated
6 : 30
Portraits--Bartholomew
undated
6 : 31
Portraits--Berryman
undated
6 : 32
Portraits--Braman, R.
undated
6 : 33
Portraits--Budinger (?)
undated
6 : 34
Portraits--Burns, Fritz
undated
10ov : 2
Portraits--Burns, Fritz
1957
6 : 35
Portraits--Burns, Fritz --breaking ground near a sign for "The 100 Year Home"; calling the start of a children's swim race
undated
6 : 36
Portraits--Burns, Fritz and Gladys
undated
6 : 37
Portraits--Burns, Fritz and Gladys and others, Biltmore Hotel
undated
6 : 38
Portraits--Burns, Fritz and Gladys and others, Cafe Caliente (Olvera Street)
undated
6 : 39
Portraits--Burns, Fritz and Gladys and others, Hawaiian Village
undated
6 : 40
Portraits--Burns, Fritz, Fred S. Bauersfeld, Maurice Liptz in Panorama City
undated
10ov : 3
Portraits--Burns, Fritz with Mitzi Gaynor in Hawaii (1); Mitzi Gaynor with Henry Kaiser in Hawaii (1)
undated
6 : 41
Portraits--Burns, Fritz -- with unidentified people
undated
6 : 42
Portraits--Burns, Gladys
undated
6 : 43
Portraits--Burns [Robert?]
undated
6 : 44
Portraits--Butler
undated
6 : 45
Portraits--Cay
undated
6 : 46
Portraits--Caye [?]
undated
6 : 47
Portraits--Chambers
undated
6 : 48
Portraits--Cherry
undated
6 : 49
Portraits--Chesebro
undated
6 : 50
Portraits--Cligg
undated
6 : 51
Portraits--Culver, Harry C.
undated
6 : 52
Portraits--Daly, Carroll J.
undated
6 : 53
Portraits--Dawes
undated
6 : 54
Portraits--Duffey
undated
6 : 55
Portraits--Elliott
undated
6 : 56
Portraits--Evans
undated
6 : 57
Portraits--Farmer
undated
6 : 58
Portraits--Friedlander
undated
6 : 59
Portraits--Fulton, Roy
undated
6 : 60
Portraits--Gammon, A.A
undated
6 : 61
Portraits--Gammon, Harry
undated
6 : 62
Portraits--Gentry
undated
6 : 63
Portraits--George [?], Bill
undated
6 : 64
Portraits--George [?], Bill
undated
6 : 65
Portraits--Glasser
undated
6 : 66
Portraits--Gunnerson
undated
6 : 67
Portraits--Haddock
undated
6 : 68
Portraits--Haggerty
undated
6 : 69
Portraits--Hanson
undated
6 : 70
Portraits--Harrison
undated
6 : 71
Portraits--Heidt[?], George
undated
6 : 72
Portraits--Heinfeld [Heinfelt?]
undated
6 : 73
Portraits--Hjelt, George
undated
6 : 74
Portraits--Horwitz, A.
undated
6 : 75
Portraits--Hubbard
undated
6 : 76
Portraits--Kemmerer, J.M.
undated
6 : 77
Portraits--Kerfoot
undated
6 : 78
Portraits--Le Sieur, Val
undated
6 : 79
Portraits--Lillard
undated
6 : 80
Portraits--Lomser [Lanser?]
undated
6 : 81
Portraits--Lube [?]
undated
6 : 82
Portraits--McCarthy
undated
6 : 83
Portraits--McLeod
undated
6 : 84
Portraits--Maclin
undated
6 : 85
Portraits--Marriott
undated
6 : 86
Portraits--Marshall
undated
6 : 87
Portraits--Miller, S.J.
undated
6 : 88
Portraits--Minshull
undated
6 : 89
Portraits--Moore, E.E.
undated
6 : 90
Portraits--Moss
undated
6 : 91
Portraits--Moyer
undated
6 : 92
Portraits--Murphy
undated
6 : 93
Portraits--Neble
undated
6 : 94
Portraits--Ofstad [?], Benjamin [?]
undated
6 : 95
Portraits--Porter, Earl
undated
6 : 96
Portraits--Peterson
undated
6 : 97
Portraits--Phipps, Elmer
undated
6 : 98
Portraits--Rawlings
undated
6 : 99
Portraits--Reiss
undated
6 : 100
Portraits--Rice, Andrew
undated
6 : 101
Portraits--Robertson
undated
6 : 102
Portraits--S...[?]--male
undated
6 : 103
Portraits--S...[?]--male
undated
6 : 104
Portraits--Sapora
undated
6 : 105
Portraits--Saunders
undated
6 : 106
Portraits--Shanton
undated
6 : 107
Portraits--Sheridan
undated
6 : 108
Portraits--Sullivan
undated
6 : 109
Portraits--Valle
undated
6 : 110
Portraits--Wallace
undated
6 : 111
Portraits--Wardell
undated
6 : 112
Portraits--Wellinger
undated
6 : 113
Portraits--Womensen [?]
undated
6 : 114
Portraits--unidentified females (8)
unidentified
6 : 115
Portraits--unidentified males (4)
undated
6 : 116
Portraits--unidentified males (4)
undated
6 : 117
Portraits--unidentified males (4)
undated
6 : 118
Portraits--unidentified males (9)
undated
6 : 119
Portraits--unidentified people with airplanes (3)
undated
6 : 120
Portraits--group of 4 men in an office (1)
undated
6 : 121
Portraits--group of 3 men and a boy (1)
undated
6 : 122
Portraits--group, college (?) football team "AAC 1916" [Negative for this print filed in the negatives subseries]
1916
6 : 123
Portraits--Group portraits (7)
undated
6 : 124
Portraits--headshots, possibly Dickinson & Gillespie sales team members (7)
undated
6 : 125
Portraits--unidentified (all 3.25 in. x 5.5 inches or smaller)
undated
Subseries B
Negatives
1916 1930s
1 oversize box
Series 3, Subseries B contains negatives to some of the prints found in Subseries A.
5ov : 89
Coastal oil fields (16)
1930s
5ov : 90
Portrait of group, college (?) football team "AAC 1916" [see the corresponding photograph filed under "Portraits--group, college (?) football team "AAC 1916"
1916
5ov : 91
Aerial--Commercial Building--Unidentified
undated
5ov : 92
Woman modeling in interior of a home (film positive)
undated
Subseries C
Albums
1899-1980
2 archival document boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 flat file
Series 3, Subseries C contains albums that Fritz Burns or his business associates compiled regarding his business actvities or else his personal life.
7 : 126
21 x 15 cm. bound. Photographs of Fritz Burns as a baby and child, in his military uniform (1918). Photograph of the dormitory at the University of Pennsylvania. Fritz Burn's Seaman's Identification Card
1918
7 : 127
26 x 18 cm. unbound. Photographs showing real estate scenes, including Boulevard Manor, Hollydale Gardens, Glendale Manor, Lincoln Park Manor (Pomona), and the Dickinson and Gillespie office
1922
7 : 128
14 x 12 cm. bound. Four photographs showing "Griffith Ranch." One of the photographs has the name of the ranch and the name "Fritz B. Burns"
undated
8
Unbound. Photograph album of Dickinson and Gillespie's Palisades del Rey real estate operations; also photographs of Ocean Park
1924
8ov
Album with photographs and newspaper clippings re contemporary Los Angeles and national developments. Folder with loose photographs and clippings, originally in album. Compiled by William Hannon?
1979-1980
8ov
Westchester-Playa del Rey district plan. Separated from album in Box 8ov, Series 3
undated
9ov
Album with photographs re Dickenson & Gillespie company activities, Del Rey real estate development, Del Rey oilfields, Fritz Burns's professional football team (Los Angeles Bucaneers), Santa Monica, California, and groundbreaking ceremonies for Westchester campus of Loyola Marymount University. Two folders with loose photographs from album
undated
Series 4
Newspaper Clippings
1899-1980
2 oversize boxes
Arranged chronologically.
Many of the clippings have information about Burns's development projects (e.g. Boulevard Manor, Glendale Manor, Toluca Wood, Westchester, Panorama City). There is also information on Public Housing and the Federal Housing Authority. One file contains biographical articles about Fritz Burns and articles from the time of his death.
6ov : 1
Boulevard Manor
1922
6ov : 2
Ellsworth Heights
1922
6ov : 3
Glendale Manor
1922
6ov : 4
Dickinson & Gillespie
1922 1923
6ov : 5
Monteclair
circa 1923
6ov : 6
Los Angeles University
1927
6ov : 7
Loyola University
1927
6ov : 8
Toluca Wood
1940-1941
6ov : 9
Westchester
1942 1951
6ov : 10
Minnesota stories
undated
6ov : 11
Fritz B. Burns. Articles about Burns, his ranch, and his death
1943-1979
6ov : 12
Airport
1945-1963
6ov : 13
Panorama City
1948
6ov : 14
Public Housing, Federal Housing Authority
1950-1952
6ov : 15
"Home of Tomorrow"
1951
6ov : 16
Loyola University and Fritz Burns
1963
6ov : 17
Bunker Hill
1963-1965
6ov : 18
Miscellaneous
1958-1978
8ov
Bound copies of Palisades del Rey Press
1926-1928
Series 5
Scrapbooks
1920s1951
2 oversize boxes
Arranged chronologically.
Arranged chronologically
One scrapbook contains printed pictures and some other information about Palisades del Rey. The other scrapbook contains clippings about the debate over public housing in Los Angeles.
7ov : 1
Palisades del Rey scrapbook. Primarily printed pictures of Palisades del Rey. Some clippings and photographs
1920s
7ov : 2
Unbound pages. Primarily newspaper clippings, many pertaining to debate over public housing in Los Angeles
1951