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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Mudd and Mapes Families Papers
Creator:
Mapes Family
Creator:
Mudd Family
Identifier/Call Number: MC194
Identifier/Call Number: 657
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1875-1989
Abstract: George Mudd (1845-1898) was an early farmer in the Germantown, California (now Artois, California) area. This small collection
contains correspondence by George and James Mudd, notes and clippings on the history of the Mudd and Mapes families, and family
photographs including one of the Caterpillar School in Stockton, California and several of the steam combine invented by George
Stockton Berry and owned by George Mudd.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Language of Material:
English
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In October 1870, George Mudd (1845-1898), settled "four miles east of Germantown, and eight miles north-west from Jacinto,"
California and established a ranch there. He married Mattie Mitchell on March 23, 1875 and they had four children.
According to a Colusa County history by Justus Rogers, in June 1889, "George Mudd, farming near Germantown, received a harvester
to be propelled by a traction engine, the first of the kind in the county."
Circa 1873, William Mudd (1840-1884) and Jane Percival Mudd (1841-1879) emigrated to the Germantown, California (now Artois,
California) area where William's brother, George, had established his ranch. William and Jane's daughter, Alice (1866-1937),
married Sylvester Mapes (1862-1942) on December 23, 1888. In 1915, Alice and Sylvester's son, Edgar Percival Mapes (1892-1986),
married Minnie Wise (1891-1971). Edgar and Minnie's son, Lawrence Mapes, married Maxine Smith.
Sources:
Green, Will Semple.
The History of Colusa County, California, and General History of the State. Sacramento, Reproduced for E. Eubank by the Sacramento Lithograph Co., 1950.
Rogers, Justus H.
Colusa County: its History Traced from a State of Nature through the Early Period of Settlement and Development, to the Present
Day: with a Description of its Resources, Statistical Tables, etc.: also Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Prominent Residents.
Orland, Cal., 1891.
This small collection contains notes and clippings on the history of the Mudd and Mapes families, letters written by George
and James Mudd to family in England, and family photographs including one of the Caterpillar School in Stockton, California
and several of the steam combine invented by George Stockton Berry and owned by George Mudd.
The collection is arranged in four series: 1. Family History Notes, 2. Correspondence, 3. Clippings, 4. Photographs.
Collection is open for research.
Donated by Lawrence and Maxine Mapes in 2004 and Stephanie Carter in 2020.
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid. Student assistant Michelle Luu transcribed
the letters in Series 2.
[Identification of item], Mudd and Mapes Families Papers, MC194, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University
of California, Davis.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. 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 Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agricultural machinery -- Pictorial works
Combines (Agricultural machinery) -- Pictorial works
Colusa County (Calif.) -- History
Glenn County (Calif.) -- History
Mapes Family -- Archives
Mudd Family -- Archives