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Barden Stevenot Papers, 1865-2014
MSS 336  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Biography / Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
  • Related Material

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Barden Stevenot papers
    Dates: 1865-2014
    Collection number: MSS 336
    Creator: Stevenot, Barden, 1936-2017
    Collection Size: 5 linear feet
    Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of Special Collections
    Stockton, California 95211
    Abstract: The collection consists of family, mining, personal, and local history material collected by Barden Stevenot. The material is made up of correspondence, photo albums, research documents, mining reports, and maps.
    Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

    Access

    Collection open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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 researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    Barden Stevenot papers. MSS 336. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

    Biography / Administrative History

    A fifth-generation son of Calaveras County and the last of the Stevenot family line, Barden Stevenot was born in Angels Camp in 1936, the son of Edward Stevenot and Cornelia Barden. He graduated from Bret Harte High School in 1954 and in 1959 from Sacramento State University, with a degree in cultural anthropology. He then served in the U.S. Navy as an explosive ordinance disposal unit diving officer in Hawaii and the Pacific.
    Returning to civilian life, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, Barden served as vice-president and chief operating officer of Kirkwood Meadows, where he assisted in establishing the ski resort and subdivision of that name.
    In the late 1960s, Barden purchased the Shaw Ranch on San Domingo Creek near Murphys, and eventually re-established a vineyard. In the early 1980s was key the reopening of a gold mine that had been associated with his family for generations, the Carson Hill Gold Mining Corporation. In the 1990s, Barden then became the point man for the Greenhorn Creek golf estate development in Angels Camp.
    Barden died at his home in Murphys on October 8, 2017, with his wife Deana "Annie" by his side. As was quoted about his grandfather, Calaveras County has lost "a well-known, rancher, miner, and conservationist."

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection consists of family, mining, personal, and local history material collected by Barden Stevenot. The material is made up of correspondence, photo albums, research documents, mining reports, and maps.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Stevenot family
    Angels Camp (Calif.)
    Mines and mineral resources - California - Calaveras County
    Hotels - California - Angels Camp
    Yosemite National Park (Calif.) - Pictorial works

    Related Material

    Mss 197 Stevenot Family Papers