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San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, California 95241
Phone: (209) 331-2055
Email: info@sanjoaquinhistory.org
Physical collections: 41
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Alders Duck Sales Record Books

The Alders collection consists chiefly of Edward Alders' Merced County game bird commercial hunting records (1898-1901). These include lists of types of birds killed, quantities killed, names of buyers and the hunter's expenses....

 
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California Delta Farms Collection

The California Delta Farms Collection consists of business correspondence (1910-1917); annual statements; balance sheets; dividend notices (1915-1917); a brief history of the California Delta Farms Corporation (1920); and a scrapbook on the Corporation kept by consulting engineer, Millard A. Klein...

 
Christian Colony (Acampo, Calif.) Records

The Christian Colony Records consist principally of the Colony Church of Christ (Acampo, Calif.) records (1905-1940)....

 
Crocker (Henry R. & May Hall) Collection

Mrs. Crocker was friendly with many notables associated with Yosemite, including Galen Clark, John Muir and William F. Badé. Her devotion to conservationist causes is represented by a substantial correspondence---most notably with Sierra Club President, William F. Badé. Mrs. Crocker's...

 
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DeVries (Marion) Papers

The Marion DeVries Papers consist of business papers, correspondence and memorabilia of Judge Marion DeVries. Although dates of documents in the collection range from 1760 to 1930, most of the business papers and correspondence date between 1899 and 1928 and...

 
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Gibbons (Stuart C.) Papers

Most of the material in this collection of Stuart Gibbons' papers relate to his fight for a new San Joaquin County Courthouse (1955-1964). These materials include: Supervisor's Minutes; Stockton Chamber of Commerce correspondence; architects' and other reports; clippings; and, ephemera....

 
Glenview Cemetery (Clements, Calif.) Records and Scrapbook

The Glenview Cemetery Records list each person buried there, together with the date of their burial, their place of origin, their age at death and the cause of their death. The information is recorded in ink on several hundred 3...

 
Grabow (Herman G.) Collection

The Grabow Collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, writings and other memorabilia pertaining to the life and activities of Herman Grabow....

 
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Hickinbotham Brothers Ltd. Collection

The Hickinbotham Brothers Ltd. Collection consists of a centenary history of the company (1952) and three catalogues (1902, 1940 and 1959) of this industrial supply company in Stockton (Calif.)....

 
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Imperial Hotel (Lodi, Calif.) Register

The Imperial Hotel Register is a single 200 page, leather-bound volume (1915-1917). It contains the names and addresses of guests together with the dates of their stay....

 
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Kerr-Hurd Family Collection

The Kerr-Hurd family collection contains medical books, diaries and account books of Dr. William R. Kerr and/or his wife, Frances Brown Kerr (1849-1866), as well as mid-19th century correspondence, diaries and memorabilia produced or collected by their daughter, Emma California...

 
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Lodi (Calif.) Grape and Wine Festival Collection

The Lodi Grape & Wine Show Collection consists of programs, memorabilia and clippings from the Tokay Carnival (1907), as well as programs (1934-1959), premium lists (1947-1977), fine arts awards lists (1952-1966) and histories of the Lodi Grape and Wine Festival...

 
Lodi (Calif.) Woman's Club Collection

This collection consists of assorted programs (1916-1970), yearbooks (1914/15-1931/32), scrapbooks (1928/29 and 1954/55) and a cookbook (1929) created by the Lodi Woman's Club....

 
Lodi Hospitals Collection

The Mason (Wilton M.) Lodi Memorial Hospital Collection contains clippings pertaining to the activities of Lodi (Calif.) physician, Dr. Mason (1894-1914). It also contains narrative information about Lodi's first hospital, Mason Memorial, as well as correspondence, minutes, budgets, reports and...

 
Lodi Motor Company (Lodi, Calif.) Ledger

This 155 pg. ledger contains listings of Lodi (Calif.) Motor Co. accounts receivable (1918-1919)...

 
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Madison (Harry N.) General Merchandise Ledger & Receipts

Collection consists of a general merchandise account book and sixteen receipts for items purchased for the store from local wholesalers (1906-1907)....

 
McNeilly (Janice) Golden Gate International Exposition Collection

The McNeilly Collection consists of pamphlets, flyers, programs, maps, postcards and ephemera pertaining to the San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition (1939-1940)....

 
Mettler (Raymond) Bear Creek Winery Collection

The Mettler Bear Creek Winery Collection consists of payroll, tax and other financial records of the Winery dating from its earliest years (1934-1957). The collection also contains thank you notes to Raymond Mettler from three Republican politicians: Richard Nixon (1960);...

 
Minor (George F.) Blacksmith's Account Book

This account book (1894-1895) bears no reference to George Minor, but his authorship seems fairly certain, since three-fourths of the customers listed herein are Collegeville area farmers. Collegeville customers included: William Brown; Fred T. Eaton; Frederick Fetti; L.S. Foss; George...

 
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Native Daughters of the Golden West. Ivy Parlor No. 88 (Lodi, Calif.) Scrapbooks

$aThe Native Daughters of the Golden West, Ivy Parlor (Lodi, Calif.) Collection consists of two scrapbooks of clippings describing activities of Ivy Parlor No.88 of Native Daughters of the Golden West, Lodi, Calif. (1896-1957)....

 
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Salem-Needham School Scrapbooks

The three scrapbooks which comprise this collection chronicle the final years of the old Salem School classes and the transfer of seventh and eighth grade pupils to the newly expanded Needham School. They were created and maintained by the Salem...

 
San Joaquin County (Calif.) Family Genealogy Collection

The San Joaquin County Family Genealogy Collection consists chiefly of family trees for twenty local families. The collection also contains a ten year run of the Mehrten-Poppe-Kettelman family newsletter: "Mehrtens of the San Joaquin" (1964-1974). Additions to the collection are...

 
San Joaquin County (Calif.) Schools Collection

The San Joaquin County Schools Collection consists of general and individual school histories, scrapbooks, textbooks and scattered miscellaneous county-wide administrative, student and parent association records. The latter include: County School District Manuals (1889; 1918; 1923); County School Directories (1964-1968); a...

 
San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing Collection

This collection consists of six boxes (3 linear ft.) of general information, scrapbooks, yearbooks & other school publications of the San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing, Stockton (Calif.). These materials date from 1930 through 1979, but focus principally on...

 
San Joaquin Valley College Collection

The San Joaquin Valley College Collection includes: the College Grade Book (1883-1897); President's & Treasurer's Reports (1883-1897); many College Catalogues, Graduation Announcements and like materials, as well as clippings and reminiscences....

 
Shebl (James) “Weber!” Papers

This collection consists chiefly of drafts of Shebl's book "Weber!" edited by members of the San Joaquin County Historical Society Publications Board and by the author himself (1988-1992). The collection also contains: correspondence, contracts and other materials pertaining to Shebl's...

 
Silva (J. S.) & Bros. Grocery (Stockton, Calif.) Account Book

In addition to retail transactions, the Silva's 1890s account book records commercial interactions with various local jobbers and wholesalers, including: Paul Brichetto (produce); Crown Mills (flour); the Dairymen's Union; John J. Kelly (drayage); Giuseppe Paravagna (produce); Ravenna & Co. (pasta);...

 
Stabell Family Papers

The Stabell family papers consists of 20th c. personal and land documents and a collection of manuscript reminiscences by Paul L. Stabell about life in the Delta and at Clements during the early years of the present century....

 
Stockton (Calif.) 19th Century Business Ledgers

The Dorrance Saddlery Ledger contains records of sales (including lists of items bought and sold, their price and names of clients and suppliers), deposits, refunds and expenses (1878-1886). It is 579 pages in length, dark brown in color, and measures...

 
Svensson (Anders S.) Collection

The Svensson Collection consists principally of correspondence to Anders Svensson (1883-1890); personal papers and diaries of Anders Svensson and Svensson's personal library. Most of the material is in Swedish....

 
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Tillie Lewis Foods Collection

The Tillie Lewis Collection contains biographical materials, including clippings and typescript essays on Tillie Lewis and her business activities; as well as advertising copy, product labels and photographs of Tillie Lewis Foods facilities and products....

 
Tone (John H.) Family Collection

Alice Tone Gibbons' papers consist of her published writings. The Theodosia Benjamin papers consist of theater programs, business papers and school books relating to the Benjamin family and the transcript of an interview with Theodosia Benjamin by retired University of...

 
Travis-Cook Family Papers

The Travis-Cook Family Papers contain Travis family genealogies; correspondence and other papers of Rhoda Jane Travis Bowers (1859-1914); business papers of John W. Bowers (1894-1895); correspondence of Richard Travis (1909-1910); correspondence and other papers of Mary Ella Bridwell Cook (1890-1936);...

 
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Underhill (John P.) Collection

The Underhill Collection consists of: scattered correspondence and minutes of the Stockton "Potato Day" Potato Records Committee (1924; 1925); minutes of the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau Tomato Section meetings (1946-1947); copies of the Tomato Growers Assn. Bulletin (1946-1958); a...

 
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Valley Land & Sugar Co. Papers

Valley Land & Sugar Co. Papers consist chiefly of Board of Directors Minutes, correspondence, receipts, property records and maps of the Tracy Garden Farms Corporation (1916-1921) and Valley Land & Sugar Co. (1921-1926)....

 
Van Buskirk Family Collection

The Van Buskirk Family Collection consists of family business papers and biographical materials, including a ranch ledger of C.R. Van Buskirk (c1910), as well as records of various Lodi (Calif.) religious and temperance organizations to which diverse family members belonged...

 
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Weber Family Collection

The Weber Family Papers contain materials documenting the business and social lives of three generations of the family. They include: business records and personal papers of Charles David Maria Weber (1836-1881); his wife, Helen Murphy Weber (1882-1895); his brother, Adolf...

 
White Apron Club (Lodi, Calif.) Collection

The White Apron Club Collection consists of an anonymous typescript history of the Club (1898-1934), eight Minute Books (April 1900-March 1957) and an officers and committee members list book (1948-1956)....

 
Williams (Earle E.) Tracy/Westside History Collection

The Williams Collection consists principally of essays and photographs by Mr. Williams on various Tracy area topics, including: Corral Hollow, El Camino Viejo Trail, El Rancho Pescadero and San Joaquin City. The collection also contains land records pertaining to El...

 
Wolters (Henry & Son : Stockton, Calif.) Collection

The Wolters Collection consists of Painters' Agreement Books for most of Northern California and Nevada (1951-1977); Painters' Union By-Laws (1952-1969); Hospital & Medical Insurance Benefits for Bay Area Painters & Decorators Agreement (1950); Cement Masons Master Agreement (1971); Painters &...

 
Women's Relief Corps (Dept. of Calif & Nev.) Scrapbook

Mrs. Elinor R. Enders, Past President of Rawlins Chapter, Stockton, was Secretary for the Dept. of California & Nevada in 1931-32. In this capacity Mrs. Enders created a 130 pg. clippings and photographs scrapbook that represents the activities of each...