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Ron Chapman Papers and Photograph Collection, 1880s-2010s
MSS 344
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Title: Ron Chapman papers and photograph
collection
Dates: 1880-2010
Bulk Dates: 1970-2010
Collection number: MSS 344
Creator:
Chapman, Ron, 1943-2019
Collection Size: 11 linear feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: The collection consists of materials collected
and created by Ron Chapman, including photographs, slides, negatives, early and
modern business cards, maps, business invoices and correspondence, and many
different examples of Stockton-related ephemera.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
Ron Chapman papers and photograph collection. MSS 344. Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
Ronald H. Chapman was born on November 4, 1943. He graduated from Stagg
High School in Stockton, California, and after serving in the U.S. Army, worked
for Johns-Manville. After the plant closed, he began a second career with the
Stockton Police Department as Senior Evidence Technician beginning in 1982; he
worked for the SPD for the next 27 years.
After his retirement in 2009, Ron volunteered as a historian for the
SPD. His work was important, discovering and preserving artifacts and
documentation which would have been otherwise lost or forgotten. He was also a
moderator and contributing member of the Stockton History Facebook group.
He collected postcards, Stockton-based ephemera, trade cards (early
business cards), maps, vintage photos, including early Stockton photographers
and studios, which are a part of the collection. Chapman was also a
photographer; he documented many Stockton construction and demolition projects,
buildings, signs, businesses, air shows at the Stockton Metropolitan Airport,
as well as many other views of Stockton.
Ron Chapman died on May 21, 2019.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of materials collected and created by Ron
Chapman, including photographs, slides, negatives, early and modern business
cards, maps, business invoices and correspondence, and many different examples
of Stockton-related ephemera. The ephemera includes promotional items from
Stockton businesses, flyers, restaurant menus, Stockton Chamber of Commerce
materials, event tickets, and a variety of other items.
Collection is organized into six series: 1. Photographs; 2. Trade Cards;
3. Business Cards; 4. Stockton Promotional Materials and Ephemera; 5. Maps; and
6. Stockton Businesses Invoices, Checks, and Correspondence
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stockton (California) - History -
Pictorial works
Historic buildings - California -
Stockton - Pictorial works
Stockton (California) - Buildings,
structures, etc. - Pictorial works
Maps - California - San Joaquin
County
Maps - California - Stockton
California - Stockton
Chapman also contributed nearly 3000 postcards to
MSS 346 Stockton in Vintage Postcards Collection,
1890-2010.