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Finding Aid to the Sutter/Link Family Papers, 1849-1992 (bulk
1849-1964)
BANC MSS 88/52 c
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Collection Title: Sutter/Link Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1849-1992
Date (bulk): (bulk 1849-1964)
Collection Number: BANC MSS 88/52 c
Collector:
Sutter family
Extent:
Number of containers: 4 boxes, 1 v., and 1 oversize folder
Linear feet: 2.0
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Letters, financial records, papers, and clippings relating to John Augustus
Sutter and his descendants, primarily those of his daughter Anna Elisa Sutter who married Francis Xavier
Link, and his grand-daughter (daughter of John A Sutter, Jr.), Anna Elisa Sutter Hull, who married her
first cousin, Victor Alphonse Link. Some papers concern the so-called Sutter Case, longterm family
efforts to recover property in Sacramento once owned by John A. Sutter and John A. Sutter, Jr.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English and German
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Public Services. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library 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 reader.
[Identification of item], Sutter/Link family papers, BANC MSS 82/52 c, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Materials Cataloged Separately
- Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
The Sutter/Link family papers were a gift of Aida Verdi Link, via her daughter, Aida Link Brenneis,
in 1987. A scrapbook was added by Brenneis in 2000.