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Kiperash Family Farm Records
1997-109  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Kiperash Family Farm Records
    Dates: 1939-1957
    Collection Number: 1997-109
    Creator/Collector: Kiperash, George S., Sr. Kiperash, Sam G. Kiperash, George, Jr. Kiperash
    Extent: .5 linear feet
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    Repository: History San Jose Research Library
    San Jose, California 95112
    Abstract: Records from former Kiperash family land near Penitencia Creek, San Jose, comprising mainly prune picking ledgers.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Open to the public for research by appointment.

    Publication Rights

    Please contact History San Jose's Research Library for information on publication and reproduction.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Kiperash Family Farm Records. Collection Number: 1997-109. History San Jose Research Library

    Acquisition Information

    Transferred to the San Jose Historical Museum in 1997 by the City of San Jose's Public Works Department. The materials were found on land near Penitencia Creek Park.

    Biography/Administrative History

    George S. Kiperash, Sr., was a native of Yugoslavia who lived in San Jose for 66 years. He died in 1958. Son Sam G. Kiperash (d. 1982) and his brothers, George and Milo, owned farmland along Penitencia Creek, some of which was purchased by the Santa Clara Valley Water District for percolation ponds in 1961. In 1977 another parcel was purchased to complete Penitencia Creek Park. The Kiperash land was surrounded by real estate development by 1981, and George Kiperash, Jr., decided to shut down the farm and sell.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The records comprise 11 ledgers documenting prune picking from multiple locations, including Moorpark, Wellington Ranch, Trask Ranch, County Ranch, Prusch Ranch. In addition, a ledger from George Kiperash & Son contains labor and expenses for 1957, and a check register contains stubs from 1956.

    Indexing Terms

    Fruit growers
    Prune industry
    Yugoslavs
    Nineteen forties
    Nineteen fifties
    Penitencia Creek (Calif.)
    San Jose (Calif.)
    Santa Clara County (Calif.)
    ledgers (account books)
    checkbooks

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