Inventory of the Mudd and Mapes Families Papers
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Fax: (530) 754-5758
Email: speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Creator:
Mudd Family
Mapes Family
Title: Mudd and Mapes Families Papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1889-1989
Extent:
0.2 linear feet
Abstract: George Mudd (1845-1898) was an early farmer in the Germantown, California (now Artois, California) area. This small collection
contains notes and clippings on the history of the Mudd and Mapes families, as well as family photographs including one of
the Caterpillar School in Stockton, California and several of the steam combine invented by George Stockton Berry and owned
by George Mudd.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as
many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: MC194
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Biography
In October 1870, George Mudd (1845-1898), settled "four miles east of Germantown, and eight miles north-west from Jacinto,"
California and established a ranch there. He married Mattie Mitchell on March 23, 1875 and they had four children.
According to a Colusa County history by Justus Rogers, in June 1889, "George Mudd, farming near Germantown, received a harvester
to be propelled by a traction engine, the first of the kind in the county."
Circa 1873, William Mudd (1840-1884) and Jane Percival Mudd (1841-1879) emigrated to the Germantown, California (now Artois,
California) area where William's brother, George, had established his ranch. William and Jane's daughter, Alice (1866-1937),
married Sylvester Mapes (1862-1942) on December 23, 1888. In 1915, Alice and Sylvester's son, Edgar Percival Mapes (1892-1986),
married Minnie Wise (1891-1971). Edgar and Minnie's son, Lawrence Mapes, married Maxine Smith.
Sources:
Green, Will Semple.
The History of Colusa County, California, and General History of the State. Sacramento, Reproduced for E. Eubank by the Sacramento Lithograph Co., 1950.
Rogers, Justus H.
Colusa County: its History Traced from a State of Nature through the Early Period of Settlement and Development, to the Present
Day: with a Description of its Resources, Statistical Tables, etc.: also Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Prominent Residents.
Orland, Cal., 1891.
Scope and Content
This small collection contains notes and clippings on the history of the Mudd and Mapes families, as well as family photographs
including one of the Caterpillar School in Stockton, California and several of the steam combine invented by George Stockton
Berry and owned by George Mudd.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged in three series: 1. Family History Notes, 2. Clippings, 3. Photographs.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online
public access catalog.
Mudd family--Archives
Mapes family--Archives
Agricultural machinery--Pictorial works
Combines (Agricultural machinery)--Pictorial works
Colusa County (Calif.)--History
Glenn County (Calif.)--History
Access
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Lawrence and Maxine Mapes in 2004.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mudd and Mapes Families Papers, MC194, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University
of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
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, General Library,
University of California, 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.
Collection Contents
Series 1.
Family History Notes
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Box MC194:1
Mapes Family History
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Box MC194:1
Mudd Family History
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Box MC194:1
The Mudd Family, as written by Christiann Mudd Hurlburt
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Box MC194:2
Dick Mudd still uses his 128-year-old historic barn
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Box MC194:2
It was 1880 and local harvester used steam
undated
Box MC194:2
Mudd was a farming pioneer
1989 September 12
Series 3.
Photographs
circa 1889-1915
Physical Description:
10 photographs
Scope and Content Note
Family photographs which also include one of the Caterpillar School in Stockton, California and several of the steam combine
invented by George Stockton Berry and owned by George Mudd.
Box MC194:3
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0001
Berry steam combine on the George Mudd Ranch, east of Germantown (now Artois), California
circa 1889
Box MC194:4
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0002
Berry steam combine on the George Mudd Ranch, east of Germantown (now Artois), California
circa 1889
Box MC194:5
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0003
Caterpillar School, Stockton, California
1915
Box MC194:6
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0004
Cherokee Baseball Team
1912
Scope and Content Note
Included in the group photograph are: Ernest Mapes, Delbert Hughes, Roy Mapes, Melvin Hulbert, Delbert Mapes, Clarence Hulbert,
Otto Heinz, Fred Iverson, Owen Hughes, and Edgar Mapes.
Box MC194:7
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0005
Harvesting in Colusa County, California, a 30 ft cut, George Mudd steam traction
undated
Box MC194:8
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0006
Header
circa 1889
Box MC194:9
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0007
Holt 75 tractor
undated
Box MC194:10
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0008
Mapes, Edgar
undated
Box MC194:11
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0009
Mapes, Edgar and Mapes, Chester
undated
Box MC194:12
UCD.PIC.MC194.2011.0010
Mapes, Eunice
undated
