Finding Aid to the R.W. and Clara McPherson Jones Family Papers
Lara Michels
The Bancroft Library
2023
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: R.W. and Clara McPherson Jones family papers
Creator:
Jones, Richard William, 1854-1941
Creator:
Jones, Clara McPherson, 1870-1948
Creator:
Hewes, David, 1822-1915
Creator:
McPherson, Lydia Crane, 1838-1915
Creator:
Jones (Family : Jones, Richard William, 1854-1941)
Creator:
McPherson (Family : McPherson, William Gregg, 1869-1908)
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2016/191
Physical Description:
14 linear feet
(11 cartons, 1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1854-1964
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Michael Vinson in 2016.
Arrangement
Grouped into series and described at the box level.
Biographical / Historical
Richard William Jones was the foreman on David Hewes' 800-acre ranch near El Modena, California. Ths ranch was one of California's
noted orange groves in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jones was born in Wales in 1854 and died in Orange
County in 1944. He married Clara McPherson (1870-1948) in 1895. Clara was the daughter of William Gregg McPherson and Lydia
Crane McPherson. David Hewes (1822-1915) started the Hewes ranch (called Anapauma) in 1876 and it operated until 1920, when
it was sold for $1,000,000.
Processing Information
Processed by Lara Michels and student processing assistants between 2019 and 2023.
Content Description
Family papers of Richard William Jones and Clara McPherson Jones, including correspondence to R.W. Jones from David Hewes,
other R.W. Jones incoming correspondence, Clara McPherson Jones correspondence, and Lydia Crane McPherson correspondence.
Also includes business records relating to R.W. Jones' management of the David Hewes ranch near El Modena, California, family
journals and assorted family ephemera.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Orange industry -- California, Southern
Orchards -- California, Southern
Orange County (Calif.)
Family papers
Jones (Family : Jones, Richard William, 1854-1941)
McPherson (Family : McPherson, William Gregg, 1869-1908)
carton 1, folder 1-2
David Hewes receipt and incoming correspondence
approximately 1888
carton 1, folder 3-45
R. W. Jones incoming correspondence from David Hewes
1891-1895
undated
carton 2, folder 1-25
R. W. Jones incoming correspondence from David Hewes
1896-1904
undated
carton 2, folder 26-40
R. W. Jones incoming correspondence
1890-1900
carton 3, folder 1-14
R. W. Jones incoming correspondence
1896-1945
carton 3, folder 15
Marion E. Jones correspondence
1944
carton 3, folder 16-32
Clara McPherson Jones correspondence
1881-1893
carton 4, folder 1-16
Clara McPherson Jones correspondence
1894-1901
carton 5, folder 1-22
Clara McPherson Jones correspondence
1902-1948
carton 6, folder 1-7
Lydia Crane McPherson correspondence
1870-1922
carton 7, folder 1-32
Financial and property records
1850-1910
carton 8, folder 1-49
Financial and property records
1901-1959
carton 9, folder 1-24
Financial and property records
1889-1964
box 1, folder 1-14
Financial and property records
1889-1964
carton 10, folder 1-26
Journals and autograph books (assorted family members)
1878-1961
carton 11, folder 1-29
Christmas cards, wedding announcements and assorted other family ephemera
1890-1950
