Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Rowland, Jeannette Wheatly, 1891-1977 and Rowland, Leon, 1884-1952
- Extent:
- 12 Linear Feet 19 boxes, 2 packages
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Leon and Jeannette Rowland Collection. MS 51. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection primarily comprises collected research documents on the history of people and places in Santa Cruz County from pre-statehood California to 1951. Included are scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, articles, writings, notes, notecards, and other research documents created and collected by Leon Rowland and his wife Jeannette. The collection also includes a small amount of original pre-statehood documents concerning land ownership in California.
- Biographical / historical:
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Leon Rowland (1884-1952) was a local historian in Santa Cruz County, and editor of the Santa Cruz Evening News and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Rowland's research covered the early exploration of California by Spain from Mexico in the Sixteenth Century, and by explorers sailing the Pacific Coast, notably Sebastián VizcaÃno who discovered Monterey Bay in 1602. Rowland documented the establishment of the Villa de Branciforte (now part of Santa Cruz), and the California Missions, the Santa Cruz Mission in particular. Because of the relationship among the Missions and because the civil government was located at Monterey, Rowland's research also touched on San Jose, Santa Clara, San Juan Bautista, Salinas, and Monterey. Rowland taught himself Spanish, and copied documents from the archives of many institutions and translated them into English.
By profession, Leon Rowland was a newspaper columnist, an editor, and a newspaper publisher. His writing was published principally in the Santa Cruz Evening News, in the Santa Cruz Sentinel-News (when the Santa Cruz Sentinel absorbed the Evening News in January 1942), and finally in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Rowland also was an editor for the Soquel Weekly Journal (1938) and the San Lorenzo Valley Journal (1939).
See About the Rowlands for more information. Source materials and biographies about the Rowlands were compiled by Stanley D. Stevens and Joan Gilbert Martin in consultation with Jean Rowland Jackson.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Jeannette Wheatley Rowland, 1977.
- Processing information:
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This collection guide contains harmful language which was used by either the original creators or the prior stewards of the materials in this collection. Library staff made the decision to retain and repurpose this description because it may provide important context about its creators, custodial history, and/or source. We are committed to describing materials in a manner that respects those who create, are represented in, and interact with the collections we steward, as well as preserving the original context of collection materials. Ethically managing archival description is an ongoing and iterative practice, and we welcome your feedback and questions at speccoll@library.ucsc.edu.
The Rowland card collection was transcribed and indexed by Joan Gilbert Martin and Stanley D. Stevens in 2004-2012. A database of the rancho documents was created in 2005 by Special Collections volunteer Amy Dunning and edited and indexed in 2012 by Stanley D. Stevens.
This finding aid was revised in the Reparative Archival Redescription Project in 2021-2022. Previous versions of this finding aid are available upon request.
- Physical location:
- Collection stored, in part, off-site at NRLF. Advance notice is required for access.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Scrapbooks
- Places:
- Santa Cruz County (Calif.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is partially processed and may contain restricted materials. Please contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs. Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions. For more information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.
- Preferred citation:
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Leon and Jeannette Rowland Collection. MS 51. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and Archives, University Library1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064, US
- Contact:
- (831) 459-2547