Preliminary Guide to the Soper Family Papers
Processed by Special Collections staff; latest revision, D. Tambo
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Preliminary Guide to the Soper Family Papers, ca. 1862-1942
Collection number: Wyles Mss 13
Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara
Contact Information:
- Department of Special Collections
- Davidson Library
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara, CA 93106
- Phone: (805) 893-3062
- Fax: (805) 893-5749
- Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff; latest revision, D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
-
19 November 2002
- Encoded by:
- David C. Gartrell
© 2002 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Soper Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1862-1942
Collection Number: Wyles Mss 13
Creator:
Soper family
Extent:
.8 linear feet
(2 document boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Soper Family Papers. Wyles Mss 13. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Wilbur R. Jacobs, 1957.
Biography
Charles H. and Emeline Soper had a small farm in Norton County, Pennsylvania after the Civil War. In 1883 Charles traveled
to California, and a year later his wife (Emeline) and daughter (Catharine) joined him. They bought a house in Alhambra, California,
but Charles died soon after, in 1885. Mrs. Charles H. Soper and her daughter remained there the rest of their lives.
Charles H. Soper [CHS]. Died 1885.
Mrs. Emeline Soper (Alhambra, CA) = Mrs. Charles H. Soper. Died ca. 1922.
Daughter Emma Catharine [Kate/Katie] Soper. Died July 26, 1938 in Alhambra, CA.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains two series: Soper Family Manuscripts and Wilbur R. Jacobs Research. See container list for more information.
Series 1.
Soper Family Manuscripts
Box 1: 1
Typewritten transcripts, ca. 1870s
Box 1: 2
Soper family, ca. 1937-1938
Box 1: 3 - 5
Correspondence (originals, along with typed transcripts for many)
Box 1: 3
Civil War -- CHS to his brother, 1862, n.d.
Box 1: 4
CHS to family, ca. 1883-1884
Box 1: 5
Emeline and Catharine, 1909-1935
Box 1: 6
Diary -- typewritten transcript, ca. 1883-1884
Box 1: 7
Notebook -- includes recipes, poems, horticulture, and accounts (also later undated loose typewritten notes by Catharine Soper
laid in), ca. 1877-1882
Box 1: 9
Gardens and scenery (much like the ones in
Stories), n.d.
Box 1: 10
Western, Pennsylvania, and a few Santa Barbara Scenes (mainly to Mrs. Emeline. Soper and Miss Catharine [Kate] Soper, Alhambra,
CA), ca. 1905-1913
Box 1: 11
U.S. and Europe, ca. 1910s
Box 2: 1
Picture Postcards -- loose, some with messages, to Emeline and Catharine, ca. 1905-1930s
Box 2: 2 - 5
Writings by E. Catharine Soper
Box 2: 2
Essays (mainly about animal rights and vegetarianism), n.d.
Box 2: 3 - 4
Stories of an Alhambra Garden and Journeys Near-- typescript, with photos, ca. 1930s
Box 2: 5
Miscellany (includes copy of etching of C. H. Soper residence in Pennsylvania), ca. 1870s-early 1900s
Series 2.
Jacobs, Wilbur -- Research
Box 2: 7 - 8
Research Notes, ca. early 1940s
