Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Scope and Content
Biography
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Graupner family papers,
Date (inclusive): 1886-1962
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 912
Creator: Graupner family
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 boxes, 7 cartons, 3 volumes, 2 oversize folders
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, mss. of writings, reports, notes, scrapbooks and clippings of Adolphus E. Graupner and his wife, Annabel Elise (Wenzelburger)
Graupner, relating to his law career and other activities involving the American Legion and the Republican party, and to her
involvement in the Republican party and numerous civic and charitable organizations. A few reports by A. Wenzelburger re Spring
Valley Water Company also included.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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 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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Graupner family papers, BANC MSS C-B 912, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
The Graupner family papers were given to The Bancroft Library in 1964 by A. E. Graupner, Jr. They relate mainly to Graupner's
activities with the American Legion and the Republican Party and to Mrs. Graupner' s civic and charitable activities. Photographs
have been removed to the Library's Pictorial Collection.
A key to arrangement and partial list of correspondents follows.
Biography
Adolphus Earhart Graupner was born in Iowa in 1875. He was graduated from the University of California in 1897 and began his
law career in San Francisco the same year, ultimately becoming assistant district attorney and Superior Court judge. He was
an active member of the American Legion and served as chairman of its rehabilitation committee, 12th district. Judge Graupner
died in 1947. His wife, Annabel Elise (Wenzelburger) Graupner, was graduated from the University of California in 1902. She
worked with numerous civic and charitable organizations including the California Alumni Association, California Civic League
and the American Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. Both she and her husband were active in the Republican
Party.