Register of the Lyman (Jonathan Frederick) Diaries,
1890-1897
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University Library, University of the
Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
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University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Register of the Lyman (Jonathan Frederick) Diaries,
1890-1897
Collection number: Mss204
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University
Library
University of the Pacific
Contact Information
- Processed by:
- Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- October 1998
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
© 1998 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Lyman (Jonathan Frederick) Diaries,
Date (inclusive): 1890-1897
Collection number: Mss204
Creator:
J. Fred Lyman
Extent: 0.25 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lyman (Jonathan Frederick) Diaries, Mss204,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library
Access Points
personal name
Lyman, Jonathan Frederick (b. 1871)
personal name
Lyman, Anna Moyle
corporate name
Lengfeld (A.L.) Drugs (San Francisco, Calif.)
corporate name
Buell Lumber Company (Stockton, Calif.)
corporate name
University of the Pacific
subject
Education -California -History
subject
Drugstores -California -San Francisco
subject
Lumber-yards -California -Stockton
subject
Students -Diaries
subject
San Jose (Calif.) -Social life and customs
subject
Stockton (Calif.) -Social life and customs
Biography
Jonathan F. Lyman (b. 1871) grew up in San Jose (Calif.) where he worked
as a janitor, soda jerk, clerk and carpenter while briefly enrolled as a
pre-ministerial student at the University of the Pacific (1890-92). Following
his marriage to Belle Moyle, a UOP Academy student (1893), Lyman quit school
and subsequently moved to Stockton (1895) where he worked as a carpenter until
about 1899. He, his, wife, and his five children were living in San Mateo in
1900. The 1910 census indicates that his wife is a widow living in Turlock.
Scope and Content
The three Lyman Diaries chronicle Jonathan F. Lyman's experiences as a
youth in San Jose, Calif.; as a student at the University of the Pacific
(1890-1892); and, as a young husband working as a carpenter in Stockton, Calif.
(1895-1897).
1.1: DIARY #1 (1890) [contains descriptions of soda jerk
employment with A.L. Lengfeld, San Francisco; studies at UOP and visit to new
Stanford University]
1.2: DIARY #2 (1891) [continues description of studies at
UOP; mentions summer employment in Santa Clara Valley orchards]
1.3: DIARY #3 (1892-1897) [continues description of
studies at UOP and afterward; Lyman opens a store at UOP selling sundries to
students (1892); Lyman marries Belle Moyle, a UOP Academy student, and quits
school; describes move to and work in Stockton (1895-1897)]
