Barden Stevenot Papers, 1865-2014

Nicole Grady

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

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Stockton, CA 95211

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Barden Stevenot Papers, 1865-2014

Collection number: MSS 336

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

Stockton, California

Processed by:: Nicole Grady
Date Completed:: 2018
Encoded by:: Nicole Grady

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

BOX 1

1.1: Biography & Family History

1.2: Writings

1.3: Correspondence, 1929, 1952-53, 1972, 2014 [Incl. Kirkwood Meadows, and photocopy of Mark Twain Letter]

1.4: Janes, Frederic. 1868. The Janes Family. A genealogy and brief history of the descendants of W. Janes the emigrant ancestor of 1637, with an extended notice of Bishop E.S. Janes, and other biographical sketches . New York: C. Scribner & Co.

1.5: Bill, Ledyard. 1867. History of the Bill Family . New York: [publisher not identified].

1.6: Vallejo, Platon M. G. 1914. Memoirs of the Vallejos: new light on the history, before and after "The Gringo" came, based on original documents and the recollections of Dr. Platon M.G. Vallejo .

1.7: Family/Genealogy Research

BOX 2

2.1: Legal Papers Calaveras County, 1865, 1890s, 1935 [Incl. mining & agricultural certificates, mortgage]

2.2: Clippings

2.3: Diana Stevenot School Materails & Photos (Mark Twain Union School)

2.4: Photos: Stevenot Family

2.5: Photos: Rolleri Family

2.6: Photos: Unidentified

2.7: Photos: Calaveras Hotel, Angels Camp

2.8: United States Navy, 1959-63, 1970 [certificates, photos, ephemera]

2.9: Ephemera

2.10: Reports

-Report on Utica Mine Properties at Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California Owned by The Hobart Estate Company and Emma Rose, September 1, 1932

-Geologic Map Index of California, Revised and updated by H. Kit Fuller, 1987

-San Domingo Ranch Vineyard Plan, 1981

-Report on the Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Empire Ranch Mining Project Near Downieville, California by Foothill Resources Associates Judith Cunningham, Historian, 1989

-Draft Historic Properties Treatment Plan Greenhorn Creek Project Angels Camp, California, 1996

-CA-CAL-1573 Chinese Placer Mining Camp Excavation Report, 1997

-Misc. Notes: Calaveras Gold (Incl. Vallecito Western Drift Mine 1932, Negro Hill n.d, Rattle Snake n.d., etc.)

BOX 3

3.1: Photo Album: Opening of the Mine, The New Mill, 1933-34

3.2: Photo Album: Family Photos, 1939-1946

3.3: Photo Album: Family Photos, 1948-63

3.4: Photo Album: Family Photos, 1982-88

3.5: Photo Album: Yosemite Trip 1905

3.6: Photo Album: Yosemite Trip 1905

3.7 Ledger: 1900-1903

3.8: Photo Album: Family Photos, early 1900s, 1930s-1980s

BOX 4

4.1: Family History Scrapbook

4.2 : Oversize Photos

Including Arizona Comstock Corporation, Virginia City, Nevada 1933 & undated; International Sweepstakes, Greater San Francisco Speedway, San Carlos on the Peninsula, Dec. 1921; unidentified mine.

BOX 5 [oversize & map case]

5.1-5.3: Oversize Family & Mining Photos

5.4: 1930 Postmaster Certificate at Angels Camp for Harry R. Barden from President Herbert Hoover, pasted on top of 1926 Certificate from Calvin Coolidge.

5.5: Bound Maps of Carson Hill Mines (Morgan, Melones, Calaveras, and Albany), 1920-1926 & Map of Bovee Fritz Quartz Mine, Angels Camp, California, undated

5.6: In Map Case

-Possible Calaveras Hotel Remodel Floor Plan

-Precise Maps of Old Western Towns: Sanborn Map, Angels Camp, California, March 1890, August 1895, January 1898, April 1905

-Photos: Melones Carson Hill Mining Corp.; Mine at California State Highway Route 65 Maintenance Section