Guide to the Augusta Bixler Farms Records, 1879-1970

Processed by California Historical Society staff; supplementary encoding and revision supplied by James Lake.

California Historical Society

North Baker Research Library

678 Mission Street

San Francisco, California 94105-4014

Phone: (415) 357-1848, ext. 220

Fax: (415) 357-1850

Email: reference@calhist.org

URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/

Guide to the Augusta Bixler Farms Records, 1879-1970

Collection number: MS 202B

California Historical Society

North Baker Research Library

San Francisco, California

Contact Information:

California Historical Society
North Baker Research Library
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, California 94105-4014
Phone: (415) 357-1848, ext. 220
Fax: (415) 357-1850
Email: reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/

Processed by:: California Historical Society staff

Descriptive Summary

Title: Augusta Bixler Farms Records,

Date (inclusive): 1879-1970

Collection number: MS 202B

Origination: Augusta Bixler Farms

Extent: 5 boxes

Repository: California Historical Society, North Baker Library

San Francisco, California 94105-4014

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Donor

Gift of William Hyde Irwin, 1972. Acc. no. 4

Access

CHS is not taking appointments for research at this time. Please check the Library's website updates: https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/north-baker-research-library/

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The North Baker Research Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The North Baker Research 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], Augusta Bixler Farms Records. MS 202B, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library.

History

This farm of approximately 4,400 acres was located on Union Island in the San Joaquin River and was a producer of grain, asparagus, truck crops, and alphalfa. This delta farm had been in the Hyde-Bixler family for four generations.

Scope and Content

The papers include accounts from the years when David Bixler (1831-1908) ran the farm, 1879-1908, and from the years that the Augusta Bixler Estate held the farm, 1920-1944. Included also are family letters, especially from Elizabeth Augusta Bixler, and research notes made by William Hyde Irwin in his preparation of Augusta Bixler Farms, 1973.

Added Entries

Adler, Felix, pp. 7, 8, 26 of folder 27 Organized Kindergarten Assoc. in 1878

Bixler, Ben, folder 26

Bixler, David (1831-1908), folders 22, 26, and 27, pp. 30, 31

Bixler, Elizabeth Augusta Hyde (1838-1921), folders 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, and 27, pp. 7-9, 16, 18

Bixler, Louis, folder 26

Hyde, Rothwell, folders 26, 15 (1859-1926)

Deering, Mabel Clare Croft, folder 30

Erskine, Herbert W., folder 23

Gillette, Edwin Frazer, folder 26

Gillette, Hyde, folders 26, 15

Gillette, Mabel (Daisy) Hyde (1871-1932), folders 20, 26

Hyde, Helen, folders 26; 1901 letter in 29; pp. 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, etc. in folder 27

Hyde, Kate de Vida, folder 23

Hyde, Marietta Butler (1837-1898) folders 26, 28, and pp. 72-77 and back pages in 27

Hyde, William Birelie (1842-1882), folder 26, and pp. 1-6 in folder 27 (obits)

Hamilton, Samuel Plumbley (-1925), folder 23

Irwin, Harriet (Hallie) Hyde (1876-1962), folders 20, 26, 28, 29, 30, and p. 79 in folder 27

Irwin, Herman, folders 26, 31

Irwin, Will, folders 29, 30, and p. 79 in folder 27

Irwin, William Hyde (1903-), folders 19, 20, 30, 32, 33

Irwin, David Smith, folder 31

Jenks, Delphine Gillette, folder 26

Luce, Grace, folders 26, 29

Lund, Nelson, 1912 land lease in folder 2

Moran, John Edmund, 1912 land lease in folder 2

Morrison, Florence, folder 26

Ratto, John, Jr., 1907-1908 land lease in folder 1

Ratto, Joseph, 1907-1908 land lease in folder 1

Saito, Siberius, letter, June 22, 1942 from Tanforan Center in folder 32

Will, Howard

Williams, Tom, folder 26

Autograph books, folder 28 collected by Hallie Hyde, 1887-1892; folder 33 collected by William Hyde Irwin, 1915-1918

Agricultural laborers

XFarm laborers

XFarm workers

Ebell Society, folder 27, p. 27

Death see EAB letter, 1908, folder 26

Farms

Family

Field Seminary, Oakland, folder 28, and in 27 pp. 28-33, 72-73

Kindergartens, folder 27

Marriage, folder 29

Mourning customs, folder 26, EAB 1908 letter

Pioneer Kindergarten Assoc., folder 27, pp. 7-8, 26

Public Free Kindergarten Assoc., folder 27, pp. 7-8

St. Cecilia Coral Society, folder 27, p. 29

Silver Star Kindergarten, folder 27, pp. 7-8, 26

San Joaquin Delta

The Sketch Club, folder 27, p. 39 and following

Society of Local Arts Patrons, folder 27, pp. 40, 42

Tanforan Assembly Center, folder 32

Japanese in California, folder 32

Woman's Exchange, folder 27, pp. 42-43

Montzuma High School, folder 33

Separated Material

Irwin, William Hyde, Augusta Bixler Farms, a California Delta Farm from Reclamation to the Fourth Generation of Owners. Transferred to book stacks.
Photographs placed in Photograph Department.
Montezuma Mountain School for Boys, 1920 Yearbook. Transferred to book stacks.
Bohemian Club, In Memoriam for Waldemar Young, 1908-38. Transferred to book stacks.

Box 1, Volume 1

Account book, 1879-1889

Volume 2

Receipt book, mainly wages for labor, 1887

Volume 3

Ledger, 1889

Volume 4

Cash book, 1889-1894

Volume 5

Account book, 1886-1889

Box 2, Volume 6

Account book, 1889-1897

Volume 7

Day book, 1894-1897

Volume 8

Cash book, 1896-1900

Volume 9

Day book, 1898-1902

Volume 10

Cash book, 1901-1909

Volume 11

Account book, 1902-1908

Box 3, Folder 1

Farm land lease, 1907-08, with Joseph Ratto and John Ratto, Jr.

Folder 2

Farm land leases, 1912, with Nelson Lund and John Edmund Moran

Folder 3

Time and payroll sheets, 1908-09

Folder 4

Yearly reports, letters, legal notices, and research notes by William Hyde Irwin, 1921-28

Folder 5

Yearly reports, etc., 1929

Folder 6

Yearly reports, etc., 1930

Folder 7

Yearly reports, etc., 1931, January-July

Folder 8

Yearly reports, etc., 1931, August-December

Folder 9

Yearly reports, etc., 1932-33

Folder 10

Yearly reports, etc. 1934

Folder 11

Yearly reports, etc., 1935

Folder 12

Yearly reports, etc., 1936

Folder 13

Yearly reports, etc., 1937

Folder 14

Yearly reports, etc., 1938-39

Box 4, Folder 15

Yearly reports, etc., 1940

Folder 16

Yearly reports, etc., 1941

Folder 17

Yearly reports, etc., 1942

Folder 18

Yearly reports, etc., 1943-44

Folder 19

William Hyde Irwin's notes and miscellany

Folder 20

William Hyde Irwin's yearly summaries of farm, 1926-1970

Folder 21

Financial figures, 1928-40

Family papers

Folder 22

David Bixler's Wills, obits, etc., 1888-1908

Folder 23

Elizabeth Augusta Bixler's Wills, obits, etc., 1919

Folder 24

Elizabeth Augusta Bixler's volumes:

Vol. 1 - Inventory of jewels, silver, lace, etc.

Vol. 2 - Notebook of favorite quotes

Vol. 3 - 1898 Account book of European trip

Folder 25

Inventory of E.A. Bixler's estate

Folder 26

Letters, 1876-1914 some geneaological material

Folder 27

Hyde Family Scrapbook including family tree, 1883-98

Box 5, Folder 28

Hallie Hyde (autograph book)

Folder 29

Marriage of Hallie and Will Irwin

Folder 30

Letters sent on birth of son, William Hyde Irwin, 1903

Folder 31

Herman Irwin to David Smith Irwin, 1904

Folder 32

Siberius Saito to William Hyde Irwin, 1942, from Tanforan Assembly Center for Japanese-Americans

Folder 33

Autograph book of Montzuma High School, 1915-18, and commencement announcement, 1920, class of Will Irwin, Jr.