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Englander (Wilhelmina Hihn) Collection
MS.217  
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  • Access
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Arrangement
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Related Materials
  • Scope and Contents
  • Publication Rights

  • Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
    Title: Wilhelmina Hihn Englander collection
    Creator: Englander, Wilhelmina (Billie) Hihn, 1909-2002
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.217
    Physical Description: 6.82 Linear Feet 5 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1817-1996
    Date (bulk): 1910-1980
    Abstract: This collection contains materials on the Hihn family, as collected and donated by Wilhelmina Hihn Englander (1909-2002). It includes correspondence, photographs, and legal and personal documents of the Hihn family. Also included are some genealogical research files, newspaper clippings documenting the Hihn family in Santa Cruz county, postcards showing Santa Cruz locales, and collected ephemera and artifacts.
    Language of Material: English .

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Wilhelmina Marjorie Teresa Hihn Englander in 1993-1995, 1997.

    Arrangement

    This collection is arranged in four series:
    • Series 1: Family Papers
    • Series 2: Photographs
    • Series 3: Correspondence
    • Series 4: Newspaper clippings
    • Series 5: Ephemera and Artifacts
    Materials within each series are arranged chronologically unless otherwise specified.

    Biographical / Historical

    Wilhelmina "Billie" Marjorie Teresa Hihn Englander was born on November 10, 1909, in Santa Cruz, California, the daughter of Eulice William Hihn and Kathryn "Kit" Carrie Mae Bothwell Hihn. Hihn Englander was also the great-granddaughter of Frederick A. Hihn (1829-1913), a prominent businessman and early settler of Santa Cruz. Hihn Englander attended Santa Cruz High school, graduating in 1927. Her father Eulice was a member of the Santa Cruz Lodge No. 38 of the Free and Accepted Masons. Eulice died in 1915, and Hihn Englander's mother Kathryn re-married John Thomas McGeoghegan in 1918. Hihn Englander married Jack L. Burns in 1931 in Palo Alto, California, and was also later married to John Salazar, Mr. Morrison, and Mr. Vidak (first names unknown), respectively. Hihn Englander married Herman "Seig" Sigmund Englander in 1988. Wilhelmina Hihn Englander died on May 21, 2002 in Hemet, California.

    Preferred Citation

    Wilhelmina Hihn Englander collection. MS 217. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

    Processing Information

    Preliminary inventorying and processing conducted by Stanley D. Stevens, circa 1990s. Processing completed in 2021 by Alix Norton.

    Related Materials

    Additional materials on Wilhelmina Hihn Englander and other Hihn family members can be found at the Capitola Museum and the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH).
    Related materials on the Hihn family and companies can be accessed by searching the following subject headings in UCSC Library Search:
    • Hihn, Frederick Augustus, 1829-1913
    • Hihn Family
    • F. A. Hihn Company
    Papers and records of Frederick A. Hihn, great-grandfather of Wilhelmina Hihn Englander, and Teresa Hihn Moore, aunt of Wilhelmina Hihn Englander, can be found in these collections:

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains materials on the Hihn family, as collected and donated by Wilhelmina Hihn Englander (1909-2002). It includes correspondence, photographs, and legal and personal documents of the Hihn family. Also included are some genealogical research files, newspaper clippings documenting the Hihn family in Santa Cruz county, postcards showing Santa Cruz locales, and collected ephemera and artifacts.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Santa Cruz County (Calif.) -- History
    Real estate development -- California -- Santa Cruz County
    Writings (Documents)
    Freemasonry