Aliso Gun Club Records
Finding aid created by Sherman Library and Gardens staff
Sherman Library and Gardens
614 Dahlia Ave.
Corona del Mar, California 92625
(949) 673-1880
library@slgardens.org
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2017
Descriptive Summary
Title: Aliso Gun Club Records
Dates: 1898-1972
Collection Number: 2015_01
Creator/Collector:
Aliso Gun Club
Fairview Gun Club
San Joaquin Gun Club
Extent: 3 archives boxes; 9 linear inches.
Repository:
Sherman Library and Gardens
Corona del Mar, California 92625
Abstract: This collection contains game registers, photographs, financial records, correspondence, and shooting schedules for the Aliso
Gun Club of California.
Language of Material: English
Access
Materials are open for research.
Preferred Citation
Aliso Gun Club Records. Sherman Library and Gardens
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to the Sherman Library by Alice Jessee in October, 1989.
Biography/Administrative History
The Aliso Gun Club was established in 1898 as one of the original gun clubs of Orange County along with the other earliest
gun clubs, Greenhead and San Joaquin (1893) and Bolsa Chica (1895). The Aliso Gun Club shared members in its early days with
the Bay Island Club, which was also a gun club until 1903. It was also originally known as the Fairview Gun Club from its
start in 1898 to 1905 and for the 1901-1902 season as the San Joaquin Gun Club. The club had several different sites throughout
its history. There is no indication of the gun club’s original location, but as of 1932 it was located “east of Santa Ana
Sugar Factory” and in 1935 it was located in the southwest portion of the Irvine Ranch. In 1976 it was moved farther south
to be grouped with the Old San Joaquin Club, Twenty Ranch Club, and S&M Gun Club. Clarence Jessee and his wife, Alice, ran
the Aliso Gun Club from 1942 to 1965. The game registers indicate that the club was active until the end of the 1972 season.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains game registers, photographs, financial records, correspondence, and shooting schedules for the Aliso
Gun Club of California. The game registers contain the lists of members, their license numbers, and hunts of the different
fowl (teal, widgeon, sprig, and spoon) from 1898 to 1972. The earliest game register (1898-1957) game register also contains
information for the Fairview Gun Club (1898-1905) and the San Joaquin Gun Club (1901-1902).The financial records, which were
kept by the club manager, Clarence Jessee, show grocery lists and payments by members for undisclosed reasons during the years
1942-1948, 1950, and 1952.
Indexing Terms
Hunting
Shooting Preserves
Jessee
Orange County, CA
Registers
Additional collection guides
Box 1
Game Register (Fairview, San Joaquin, Aliso)
1898-1957
Box 2:9
Photographs of Clarence, Jesse, Charles Jesse and David McDuffie
1953
Box 2:10
Daily Pilot Newspaper Clippings - "Drums Up Ducks"
Box 3:1
Donor Informatin (Accounting Books
1942-195
Box 3:2
Correspondence - Business
1940-1959
Box 3:3
Correspondence - Europe Trip
1959
Box 3:4
Shooting Schedule
1946-1952, 1969
