Finding aid of the Knoles Family Collection

Processed by Shan Sutton and Vue Thao
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University of the Pacific Library
3601 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95211
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University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.

Finding aid of the Knoles Family Collection

Collection number: MSS 302

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

Stockton, California
Processed by:
Processed by Shan Sutton and Vue Thao
Date Completed:
2004
Encoded by:
Shan Sutton
© 2006 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Knoles Family collection
Dates: ca. 1870s-1990s
Collection number: MSS 302
Creator: Knoles family
Collection Size: 3 linear feet
Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: Collection consists of a variety of documents from the Knoles family, including letters, clippings, and photographs. Tully Knoles is the primary focus of the material, but many other family members are also represented.
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

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

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.

Preferred Citation

Knoles Family collection. MSS 302. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Biography / Administrative History

Tully C. Knoles (1876-1959) served as president of the College (now University) of the Pacific from 1919 to 1946, and as Chancellor from 1946 to 1959. Knoles's many accomplishments at Pacific included moving the campus from San Jose to Stockton in 1924. Before coming to Pacific, Knoles was the Head of the History Department at the University of Southern California. Knoles and his wife Emily had eight children, all of whom graduated from the College of the Pacific.
More information on Tully Knoles can be found in History of the College of the Pacific, 1851-1951 by Rockwell D. Hunt (College of the Pacific, 1951), and Pioneer or Perish: A History of the University of the Pacific During the Administration of Dr. Robert E. Burns, 1946-1971 by Kara Pratt Brewer (University of the Pacific, 1977).

Scope and Content of Collection

Collection consists of a variety of documents from the Knoles family, including letters, clippings, and photographs. Tully Knoles is the primary focus of the material, but many other family members are also represented.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into three series: I. Photographs; II. Knoles Family Documents; III. Documents from Other Families.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Knoles, Tully Cleon, 1876-1959
University of the Pacific
College of the Pacific
College of the Pacific - Presidents
College Presidents - California


 

Series I: Photographs

 

Box 1

 

1.1: Tully C. Knoles - portraits

 

1.2: Tully C. Knoles - not portraits

 

1.3: Tully C. Knoles with others

 

1.4: Tully C. Knoles with horse

 

1.5: Tully C. Knoles with family

 

1.6: Tully C. Knoles, Shriner and Masonic 33rd Degree

 

1.7: Tully C. Knoles at Bixby Ranch

 

1.8: Tully C. Knoles in artwork

 

1.9 Tully C. Knoles as youth

 

Box 2

 

2.1: Peter Walline Knoles

 

2.2: Edith Knoles

 

2.3: Gordon Ebert Knoles

 

2.4: Leslie Gay Knoles

 

2.5: Tully C. Knoles, Jr.

 

2.6: Gail Walline Knoles

 

2.7: Family reunions and miscellaneous photos

 

2.8: Knoles Hall

 

2.9: Walline family

 

2.10: Emily Walline Knoles and others

 

2.11: Lorraine Knoles

 

2.12: Dorothy Ann Knoles McAllister and others

 

2.13: George Knoles and others

 

2.14: Grandma and Grandpa Knoles and others

 

Series II: Knoles Family Documents

 

Box 3

 

3.1: Knoles family

 

3.2: Miscellaneous clippings of Knoles Family

 

3.3: Thomas Stone Knoles and Laura Ellen Hart Knoles

 

3.4: Tully C. Knoles

 

3.5: Tully C. Knoles

 

3.6: Tully C. Knoles

 

3.7: Miscellaneous letters of Tully C. Knoles

 

3.8: Letters from College of the Pacific friends and alumni on the occasion of Tully C. Knoles's death

 

3.9: Tully C. Knoles memorial services

 

3.10: Correspondence, Insurance policies

 

3.11: Tully C. Knoles will and related documents

 

3.12: Tully C. Knoles and Emily W. Knoles passports and letters

 

3.13: Emily Walline Knoles

 

3.14: Emily Knoles

 

3.15: Lorraine Knoles

 

3.16: Lorraine Isabel Knoles

 

3.17: Lorraine and Emily W. Knoles

 

3.18: Edith Knoles

 

3.19: Pete Knoles

 

3.20: Tully C. Knoles, Jr.

 

3.21: Gordon Ebert Knoles

 

3.22: Leslie Gay Knoles

 

3.23: Dorothy Ann Knoles McAllister

 

Box 4

 

4.1: George Knoles travel letters

 

4.2: George Knoles

 

4.3: George Knoles, house remodeling

 

4.4: WWII Letters to and from Amandalee Knoles (Mrs. George Knoles)

 

4.5: WWII Letters to and from George Knoles

 

4.6: George Knoles miscellaneous letters4.7: 100th Birthday celebration cards and letters for Emily Walline Knoles 1977 4.8: Green Scrapbook created during World War II (Tully Knoles?)

 

4.7: 100th Birthday celebration cards and letters for Emily Walline Knoles 1977

 

4.8: Green Scrapbook created during World War II (Tully Knoles?)

 

Series III: Documents from Other Families

 

Box 5

 

5.1: Walline family

 

5.2: John Wilcox

 

5.3: Stone family

 

5.4: Hart family

 

5.5: Mascall family

 

5.6: What Kind of a University? (Stanford)

 

5.7: Erford Ansel McAllister, diplomas and notebooks

 

5.8: Miscellaneous documents

 

5.9: Miscellaneous documents