Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hecke, George H.
- Abstract:
- Business and personal correspondence of George H. Hecke (1868-1950?), Yolo County, California farmer and California's first Director of Agriculture. Collection also includes one volume of minutes of the California State Board of Agriculture and one scrapbook illustrating outbreaks of hoof and mouth disease.
- Extent:
- 0.5 linear feet.
- Language:
- Collection materials in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], George H. Hecke Papers, D-507, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes Hecke's personal and business correspondence, one volume of minutes of the California State Board of Agriculture, and a scrapbook illustrating outbreaks of hoof and mouth disease. Subjects include family news, crop sales, supply orders, ranch workers, and political activity with state and federal agricultural boards.
Further material may be in the F. Hal Higgins Collection, D-056.
- Biographical / historical:
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George Henry Hecke (1868-1950?) was a farmer based in Yolo County, California during the early-to-mid twentieth century. His properties included his ranches "The Yolanda," 160 acres of apricot orchards and vineyards, and "The Copa de Oro," 200 acres of alfalfa and grain. Hecke worked for the United States Department of Agriculture from 1904-1906; as one of the department's viticulture experts, Hecke was in charge of eleven experimental vineyards. Hecke was also California's first Director of Agriculture, serving from 1919-1931. During his term as director, Hecke worked with several other western states to form the Western States Plant Quarantine Board.
Sources:
California Department of Food and Agriculture: The First 100 Years. California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1980.
History of Yolo County, California. Historic Record Company: Los Angeles, California, 1913.
- Acquisition information:
- Material separated from the F. Hal Higgins Collection, D-056.
- Processing information:
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Elizabeth Phillips, Manuscript Archivist, processed the collection and created the finding aid.
- Physical location:
- Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, University of California, Library, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], George H. Hecke Papers, D-507, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library100 NW QuadDavis, CA 95616-5292, US
- Contact:
- (530) 752-1621