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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Isabel McCarty, wearing a cardigan over a crewneck sweater, holds up the affidavit signed by Joseph Stalin. Text on document: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. In the Matter of the Estate of LEON GRANT MCBURNEY, Deceased. NO. 140,526 VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT. Comes now JOSEPH STALIN, legatee in the purported Last Will and Testament of LEON GRANT MCBURNEY, deceased, and hereby conveys, assigns, transfers and sets over unto ESTHER LILLIAN DENNISON, AUGUSTA McBURNEY JENSEN, ERVAY McBURNEY, MAY McBURNEY ROSS, ELDRED McBURNEY, JEANNETTE McBURNEY DUNBAR and CLOVA MARIA McBURNEY in equal parts, share and share alike, all of my right, title and interest in and to the estate of LEON GRANT McBURNEY, deceased, and more particularly that legacy of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) bequeathed to me under and by the terms of the said purported Last Will and Testament of said LEON GRANT McBURNEY, deceased. This assignment is made voluntarily without any obligation on my part to be performed. DATED: this [handwritten:] 17/IV [typed:] day of [Stalin's signature], 193[handwritten:]5. ([Stalin's signature]) JOSEPH STALIN [typed words in Cyrillic] [Joseph Stalin hand-printed] [typed Cyrillic and handwritten numbers] N. 3568 [unknown signature] [USSR seal] [typed:] Consul of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics at [obscured] that the signature of Mr. A. On December 26, 1933, Leon Grant McBurney died and according to his will, he left $1000 to Joseph Stalin and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and $1 to each of his children. Roosevelt and Stalin were contacted and asked to relinquish their claims so the children could get the money, which they both did. Related to "Signature of Stalin Filed Here," Los Angeles Times, 06 July 1935: A1. Handwritten on negative: Mrs Isabel McCarty & affidavit with Joseph Stalin's signature 7-5-35 Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1005. Joseph Stalin's Signature Mrs Isabel McCarty & affidavit with his signature therepon 7/5/35 [stamped:] Jul 10 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7323 ark:/21198/zz002df0ck
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Wills Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles County Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 Autographs McCarty, Isabel
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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