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Title: Superior Court records
Dates: 1880-1975
Bulk Dates: 1893-1908
Collection number: Consult repository
Creator:
California. Superior Court (Santa Clara County)
Collection Size:
74 archival boxes
19 bound volumes
Repository:
Santa Clara County Archives.
San Jose, CA 95112-2527
Abstract: This collection consists of series of records from Santa Clara County Superior Court.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Archives staff.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
The Archives can claim physical ownership only for some collections. Users are responsible for securing permission of the
copyright holder for publication or quotation.
Superior Court records, Santa Clara County Archives.
These records were transferred by the Historical Heritage Commission and by the County Clerk-Recorder.
This collection was processed by Michael Griffith and Trista Raezer working under NHPRC grant RA-10047-07, the Santa Clara
County Archives Project. A fuller account of the grant project is available at the Archives website.
For each of the major subdivisions, original order of the records was maintained. The records were placed in folders as necessary
and reboxed when appropriate.
The California superior courts were established in 1880, one for each county. The courts conduct matters previously handled
by the district, county, and probate courts. The courts typically hear civil, criminal, probate, and juvenile cases separately
and maintain separate series of records for each.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of series of records created by the Santa Clara County Superior Court and local municiple courts.
For the scope and content of the collection, see the descriptions of the major subdivisions.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Probate courts
Probate records
Wills
Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905
Magee, Ruchell
Criminal courts
Hollister, William W.
Bonds
Court dockets
Prisoners
Grand jury--Santa Clara County (Calif.)