Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Lobner Family Collection,
- Dates:
- 1906-1980
- Creators:
- Hope Lobner Cahill & Joyce E. Lobner
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lobner Family Collection, Mss215, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains correspondence, taped reminiscences, notes, photographs and genealogies pertaining to the Lobner family.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Lobner family came to California during the Gold Rush and settled in Colfax, Placer County, California, where they operated a general merchandise store. Principal family names, in addition to Lobner, include: Perkins, Soule and Harmon. Morris Lobner (1849-1917) was married to Jeannie Perkins (b. 1867). He was in San Francisco at the time of the Earthquake and Fire (1906) and wrote letters to his wife about the experience. These letters were published in the Pacific Historian 4:2 (May 1960). Other family information is contained in reminiscences and genealogical materials collected by Hope Lobner Cahill (b. 1894) and her sister, Joyce E. Lobner (b. 1891) through interviews with family members.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
- Physical description:
- 0.5 linear ft.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: 1998.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Lobner Family Collection, Mss215, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
- Location of this collection:
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University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University LibraryStockton, CA 95211, US
- Contact:
- (209) 946-2404