Finding Aid to Back to the Ranch MS.794

Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 December 10
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: "Back to the Ranch" Manuscript
Creator: Ranker, Jess Elwood
Creator: Burnham-Ranker, Jess
Identifier/Call Number: MS.794
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Date (inclusive): circa 1975
Abstract: This is a manuscript entitled "Back to the Ranch" by Jess Ranker as told to Jess Burnham-Ranker, from conversations Jess Burnham-Ranker had with her father, Jess Ranker, between 1969 and 1975, regarding Jess Ranker's life on a cattle ranch in northeastern California, his youth in and around Chico, California, and his experiences as a young adult in a mining town in northeastern Nevada. The manuscript includes tipped-in certificates, correspondence, newspaper clippings from 1910-1912, and copies of photographs from the same era.
Language of Material: English .

Biographical Note

Jesse Elwood Ranker was born June 1888 on a ranch in northeastern California and died in autumn of 1975.

Scope and Contents

This is a manuscript entitled "Back to the Ranch" by Jess Ranker as told to Jess Burnham-Ranker. The manuscript is the transcript to a collection of conversations Jess Burnham-Ranker had with her father, Jess Ranker, between 1969 and 1975, regarding Jess Ranker's life on a cattle ranch in northeastern California, his youth in and around Chico, California, and his experiences as a young adult in a mining town in northeastern Nevada. The manuscript includes tipped-in certificates, correspondence, newspaper clippings from 1910-1912, and copies of photographs from the same era.

Preferred Citation

Back to the Ranch, circa 1975, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.794.

Processing History

Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December 10, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Back to the Ranch
Manuscripts
Certificates
Photographs
Chico (Calif.) -- History
Correspondence
Clippings
Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada
Transcripts
Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico
Gold mines and mining -- Nevada
Ranching -- California
Ranches -- California