Guide to the Louise Lovett Papers

M. Carey
University of California, Santa Cruz
2011
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu


Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Louise Lovett papers
Creator: Lovett, Louise Sheppa
Identifier/Call Number: MS.187
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet 1 document box
Date (inclusive): 1892-1945, 1972
Abstract: Contains diaries and an account book from La Labranza, the Sheppa family farm in Soquel, a scrapbook of Mrs. Lovett's mother, Nina Sheppa, programs and ephemera from the local W.C.T.U. and clippings about life in Santa Cruz by Georgianna Bruce Kirby
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection open for research.

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Preferred Citation

Louise Lovett papers. MS 187. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Louise & Richard Lovett, 1967 and 1974.

Scope and Content of Collection

Contains ledger books from La Labranza Farm, a family scrapbook with clippings and transcribed letters, items documenting the family's activities with the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the Soquel Loyal Citizens League, the Soquel Congregational Church and WII wartime economy. Also included are personal ephemera items, local history pamphlets, and letters and photographs from the poet Genevieve Taggard sent to Louise Lovett.

Processing Information

Processed by Marueen Carey in 2011.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Farmers -- California -- Santa Cruz County -- Diaries
Temperance -- Societies, etc. -- California -- Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Lovett, Louise Sheppa
Congregational Church of Soquel
Sheppa, Nina Stuntz, 1868-1952
Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Box 1:1

Notebook of transcribed letters, ca. 1860-1870 and scrapbook of newspaper clippings copied by Nina Stuntz Sheppa, 1930-1939

Box 1:2

Photocopies of newspaper clippings in the above Notebook, 1907-1940

Box 1:3

Ledger - contains the following accounts, 1907-1949

Box 1:3

Pgs. 1-109, O.R. Sheppa Grocery "Sheppa and Baldwin", Pacific Grove, 1907-1940

Box 1:3

Pgs. 149-150, Auto, 2/1/1923

Box 1:3

Pags. 151-31, O.R. Sheppa and Nina Stuntz Sheppa - Cherry Growers in Soquel on Old San Jose Road, La Labranza Farm, 1922-1949

Box 1:3

Pgs.206, Diary of Mrs. Sheppa - Family Accounts - Free Market of Santa Cruz, ca. 1922-1940

Box 1:3

Pgs. 270, 312-465, Diary of Life at La Labranza Farm, 1933-1935

Box 1:4

O.R. Sheppa Cherry Accounts - La Labranza Farm, 1223 Old San Jose Road, Soquel, CA , - ledger of types of cherries grown and sold, 1939-1943

Box 1:5

Photographs

Box 1:5

Boulder Creek Post Office 1898

General note

Silver gelatin, mounted 4 3/4 x 6 3/4"on 8x10 board
Box 1:5

DAR, Santa Cruz Chapter, Soquel Congregational Church , 1934

General note

Silver gelatin, 8x10
Box 1:6

W.C.T.U. [Women's Christian Temperance Union],

Box 1:6

The Pacific Ensign, v.14:7, 2/18/1904

Box 1:6

W.C.T.U. Pledge cards - Ida Westlake and Louisa Howe, 3/16/1914 3/14/1914

Box 1:6

48th Annual meeting of National W.C.T.U. San Francisco, CA - program, 8/18-23/1921

Box 1:6

California W.C.T.U. 30th Annual Convention, Pacific Grove, CA, 10/7-12/1909

Box 1:6

Mrs. Eugenia F. St. John, Vona Colorado; Clippings re: W.C.T.U. meetings, 1913-1914

Box 1:6

Photo souvenir of W.C.T.U. Free Reading Room, Boulder Creek, CA, ca. 1894

Box 1:6

Boulder Creek Library interior, ca. 1894-1900

General note

Silver gelatin, 4x5 mounted on board
Box 1:7

Minutes - Soquel Loyal Citizens League - Minutes recorded by Mrs. Sheppa, 5/12/1926 - 6/29/1926

Box 1:8

Wartime Economy items,

Box 1:8

Clippings, ca. 1920-1949

Box 1:8

Certificate of Wartime Necessity, 1939

Box 1:8

Mileage Rationing Records, 1943-1945

Box 1:8

Wartime Rationing Books and Stamps, Book 2,3,4, Clipping "Ration Calendar, Value of stamps and Expiration Dates"; 1940-1949

Box 1:8

Townsend Club Membership Card, 1939

Box 1:9

Soquel Loyal Citizens League - Minutes recorded by Mrs. Nina Sheppa, 5/12/1926, 5/26/1926, 6/29/1929

Box 1:10

Soquel Congregational Church,

Box 1:10

Soquel Parish News - 75th Anniversary of Soquel Congregational Church , 1943

Box 1:10

The Early Dead; containing Brief Memories of Sunday-School Children , v.4, 1855

Box 1:10

The Bar of Iron 1850

Box 1:11

Local History pamphlets

Box 1:11

Mount Hermon 1907 1907

Box 1:11

The City of Santa Cruz and Vicinity, California 1908

Box 1:11

The Acquisition of California Redwood Park, Frank E. Hill, [Big Basin], 1927

Box 1:11

The Story of Old Soquel, 1940

Box 1:11

Villa de Branciforte, 1941

Box 1:11

A Memento of the visit of President Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Santa Cruz , 5/11/1903

Box 1:11

Brookdale: The Most Beautiful Spot in the Santa Cruz Mountains - Lots for Sale Brookdale Land Company , ca. 1905-1911

Box 1:11

Snyder's Santa Claus Outline Picture Book, (A.C. Synder's Dry Goods) , n.d.

Box 1:12

Personal items,

Box 1:12

Card (China Asters & Sweet Peas), n.d.

Box 1:12

Berkeley Evening High School Certificate, 12/7/1922

Box 1:12

Clippings, n.d.

Box 1:12

Prospectus for "The Story of California's Trees", n.d.

Box 1:12

Five samples of Mrs. Lovett's silk-screening talents ca. 1920-1967

Box 1, Folder 13

Genevieve Taggard material 1917-1972

Scope and Contents

Letters and photographs from American poet and educator Genevieve Taggard sent to Louise Lovett, circa 1917-1948. Memorial program for Taggard's husband Kenneth Durant, circa 1972.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Robert and Louise Lovett in 1974