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Inventory of the John F. Clewe Correspondence
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Creator:
Clewe, John F., 1879-1961
Title: John F. Clewe Correspondence
Date (inclusive): 1925-1958
Extent:
0.8 linear feet
Abstract: The John F. Clewe Correspondence contains outgoing, incoming, and third party letters which span the years 1925-1958. The
majority of the letters are between Clewe and his sister Marie and Clewe and Marie's husband Trevenen J. Taylor, a technician
in the Division of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Correspondence with Trevenen Taylor discusses
marketing a 16mm Kodachrome film created by Taylor which was able to record the emergence of the Monarch butterfly, detailing
the butterfly's development from caterpillar to the adult stage. Correspondence with Marie Taylor discusses Clewe family matters.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-495
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
John F. Clewe (November 28, 1879-April 3, 1961) served as a teacher in the Los Angeles area. He married Belle Parsons (May
29, 1878-November 23, 1970) in 1915.
John Clewe's sister, Marie (April 18, 1891-August 13, 1979), married Trevenen Johns Taylor (December 5, 1896-November 19,
1953). Trevenen Taylor, a native of Occidental, California, served as a technician in the Division of Veterinary Medicine
at the University of California, Davis. He also an avid photographer, specializing in educational films about birds and insect
life.
The John F. Clewe Correspondence contains outgoing, incoming, and third party letters. The majority of the letters are between
Clewe and his sister Marie and Clewe and Marie's husband Trevenen Taylor. Correspondence with Trevenen Taylor details marketing
a 16mm Kodachrome film created by Taylor which was able to record the emergence of the Monarch butterfly, detailing the butterfly's
development from caterpillar to the adult stage. Correspondence with Marie Taylor discusses Clewe family matters.
The correspondence is arranged in three series: Outgoing, Incoming, and Third Party.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Clewe, John F., 1879-1961--Correspondence
Taylor, Marie C., 1891-1979--Correspondence
Taylor, Trevenen J., 1896-1953--Correspondence
Motion pictures--Marketing
Monarch butterfly
Collection is open for research.
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.
Gift of Barbara Zimmer in 2009.
[Identification of item], John F. Clewe Correspondence, D-495, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University
of California, Davis.
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