Register of the Kaufman (Mary) Collection, 1979-1991
Processed by Daryl Morrison; rev. by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by
Don Walker
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library, University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
Fax: (209) 946-2810
URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html
© 1998
University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Register of the Kaufman (Mary) Collection, 1979-1991
Collection number: Mss26
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library
University of the Pacific
Contact Information
- Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
- University Library, University of the Pacific
- Stockton, CA 95211
- Phone: (209) 946-2404
- Fax: (209) 946-2810
- URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html
- Processed by:
- Daryl Morrison; rev. by Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- December 1998
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
© 1998 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Kaufman (Mary) Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1979-1991
Collection number: Mss26
Creator:
Mary Kaufman
Extent: 0.3 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Kaufman (Mary) Collection, Mss26, Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Schuller family
Kaufman family
Kaufman, Mary Louise Schuller Marconi (b. 1899)
Marconi, John Alva (b. 1925)
Kaufman, Kenneth
corporate name
Pacific Pea Packing Company (Oakdale, Calif.)
subject
Women ranchers -California -Oakdale
Women cannery workers -California -Oakdale
German Americans -California -Valley Home
Dairy farmers -California -Oakdale
Sheep ranchers -California -Oakdale
Baseball for children
Earthquakes -California -Loma Prieta -October 17, 1989
Thalheim (Calif.) -History -Sources
Valley Home (Calif.) -History -Sources
Oakdale (Calif.) -History -Sources
Biography
Mary Kaufman (b. 1899) is the daughter of Austrian immigrant Frederick Schuller (b. 1866)
and Rose Schmidt. Schuller first farmed in Ohio, then came to California (1907), where he
bought fifty acres of land in Talheim, Stanislaus County. Due to World War I era
anti-German feeling, this community soon changed its name to Valley Home. Mary was the
second of eight children. She first married Oakdale cattle, sheep and dairyman, John
Marconi (1919), and they had one son, also named John (b. 1925), before Marconi died from
an accidental gunshot wound (1932), leaving his wife to operate their dairy alone. John
Marconi Jr. served in the Navy during World War II. After the War Mary Marconi married
Oakdale canner, Kenneth Kaufman (1947). Kaufman's company canned peas, spinach and
peaches under the Pacific Pea Packing label. Mary Kaufman worked at the cannery until her
retirement.
Scope and Content
The Kaufman Collection consists of: Daryl Morrison's taped interviews with Mary Kaufman
(1990-1991) in which the latter discusses her childhood home at Valley Home, her roles as
rancher's wife, mother and cannery employee; a "Valley Home Cookbook" with historical
notes about the settlement and its inhabitants; and, a few clippings and photographs of
the Valley Home area.
Container List
BOX 1: MARY KAUFMAN COLLECTION
1.1: Audio tapes of interviews with Mary Kaufman, 1990-1991
a-Two cassettes, 12-17-90
b-Two cassettes, 11-28-91
1.2: Interview transcript and computer disks
a-Synopsis of Valley Home history by Mary Kaufman
b-"The metropolis that isn't," Modesto Bee (4-1-86)
1.4: Interviewer notes and correspondence with Mary Kaufman
1.5: "Valley Home Cookbook" [incl. historical notes]
a-Valley Home General Store
b-Southern Pacific train depot, c1910
c-Group incl. Mary Kaufman [color]
