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Title: Jerome R. and Helen Basler Fletcher collection
Dates: ca. 1870-1985
Bulk Dates: ca. 1870-1985
Collection number: MS0094
Creator:
Fletcher, Jerome Royal (1912-2006)
Creator:
Fletcher, Helen Basler (1913-2007)
Collection Size:
4.5 linear feet (4 boxes)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract: The collection contains business records from Fletcher Pharmacy, personal photographs and photograph albums from the Fletcher
and Basler families, and material that documents the Sacramento Saturday Club, Sacramento's oldest musical organization. Material
dates from circa 1870 to 1985, with the bulk from 1870 to 1920. Photographs include prints, nitrate negatives, tintypes, and
cartes de visite that show family members, the Basler Ranch, Fletcher Pharmacy, and the 1938 Sacramento windstorm. Family
records include Sacramento High School reunion programs and information, cards, and ephemera. Pharmacy records include prescription
stub books, legal documents, Fletcher-branded items, material that documents the post office inside the pharmacy, and artifacts.
Saturday Club material dates from 1902-1913 and includes scrapbooks, membership rosters, programs, annual meetings, and the
organization's constitution and by-laws.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research use.
All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH 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 patron.
No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Jerome R. and Helen Basler Fletcher collection, MS0094,
Center for Sacramento History.
The collection was acquired from Sharon F. Johnson in 2010 (accession number 2010/010) and Jerome and Helen Fletcher in 2002
(2002/026).
Processing and finding aid by Ruth Craft, 2012. Finding aid edited by Kim Hayden, 2020.
Biography / Administrative History
Jerome Royal and Helen Basler Fletcher were married in July 1937. Helen was a third-generation Sacramentan, born September
29, 1913, to Martin (1887-1946) and Daisy Coy Basler (1893-1978). Her father ran a fuel and feed business that he took over
from his father, William Basler (1859-1926). William’s parents, Martin (1825-1881) and Anna Basler (1827-1894), came overland
to Sacramento in 1852.
Jerome Fletcher was born August 6, 1912, in Sacramento to Paul Hule (1875-1938) and Frances E. Casper Fletcher (died 1970,
age 91). Jerome’s father, a native of San Francisco, opened Fletcher Pharmacy in 1916 at 2728 J Street. Jerome graduated with
a pharmacy degree in 1935 and worked at the family pharmacy until retiring and closing up shop in 1983. He also worked as
an adjunct professor of pharmacy at University of the Pacific. Jerome died October 7, 2006, and Helen died October 13, 2007.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains business records from Fletcher Pharmacy, personal photographs and photograph albums from the Fletcher
and Basler families, and material that documents the Saturday Club, Sacramento's oldest musical organization. Material dates
from circa 1870 to 1985, with the bulk from 1870 to 1920. Photographs include prints, nitrate negatives, tintypes, and cartes
de visite that show family members, the Basler Ranch, Fletcher Pharmacy, and the 1938 Sacramento windstorm. All photographs
have been digitized and can be searched using their photograph ID number at sacramento.pastperfectonline.com. Family records
include Sacramento High School reunion programs and information, cards, and ephemera. Pharmacy records include prescription
stub books, legal documents, Fletcher-branded items, material that documents the post office inside the pharmacy, and artifacts.
Saturday Club material dates from 1902-1913 and includes scrapbooks, membership rosters, programs, annual meetings, and the
organization's constitution and by-laws.
A book in the Center for Sacramento History is related to the Basler family: "It Takes a Matriarch: 780 Family Letters from
1852 to 1888..." by Stephen W. Reiss (CS71 .R369 2009).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Fletcher Pharmacy
Pharmacy--Sacramento (Calif.)
Social life and customs--Sacramento (Calif.)