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Englander (Wilhelmina Hihn) Collection
MS.217
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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 .
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Wilhelmina Marjorie Teresa Hihn Englander in 1993-1995, 1997.
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
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.
Wilhelmina Hihn Englander collection. MS 217. Special Collections and Archives, University
Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Preliminary inventorying and processing conducted by Stanley D. Stevens, circa 1990s.
Processing completed in 2021 by Alix Norton.
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
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.
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