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Jones (R.W. and Clara McPherson) Family Papers
BANC MSS 2016/191
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: R.W. and Clara McPherson Jones family papers
Creator:
Jones, Richard William, 1854-1941
Creator:
Jones, Clara McPherson, 1870-1948
Creator:
Hewes, David, 1822-1915
Creator:
McPherson, Lydia Crane, 1838-1915
Creator:
Jones (Family : Jones, Richard William, 1854-1941)
Creator:
McPherson (Family : McPherson, William Gregg, 1869-1908)
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2016/191
Physical Description:
14 linear feet
(11 cartons, 1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1854-1964
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Michael Vinson in 2016.
Grouped into series and described at the box level.
Richard William Jones was the foreman on David Hewes' 800-acre ranch near El Modena, California. Ths ranch was one of California's
noted orange groves in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jones was born in Wales in 1854 and died in Orange
County in 1944. He married Clara McPherson (1870-1948) in 1895. Clara was the daughter of William Gregg McPherson and Lydia
Crane McPherson. David Hewes (1822-1915) started the Hewes ranch (called Anapauma) in 1876 and it operated until 1920, when
it was sold for $1,000,000.
Processed by Lara Michels and student processing assistants between 2019 and 2023.
Family papers of Richard William Jones and Clara McPherson Jones, including correspondence to R.W. Jones from David Hewes,
other R.W. Jones incoming correspondence, Clara McPherson Jones correspondence, and Lydia Crane McPherson correspondence.
Also includes business records relating to R.W. Jones' management of the David Hewes ranch near El Modena, California, family
journals and assorted family ephemera.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Orange industry -- California, Southern
Orchards -- California, Southern
Orange County (Calif.)
Family papers
Jones (Family : Jones, Richard William, 1854-1941)
McPherson (Family : McPherson, William Gregg, 1869-1908)