Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hook, James S
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1 box
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Hook Family Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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Newspaper clippings and receipts,from 1861 to 1940, and receipts from the 1880s to 1904 for purchases by James S. Hook and Mrs. James Hook. Newspaper clippings mention Elijah Hook and Ada Hook; a newspaper photograph shows a Donner Party memorial plaque which lists William Hook as one of the victims and Solomon Hook as one of the survivors. (Note: Solomon and Elijah Hook may be the same person, Solomon Elijah Hook.)
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Donner Party
Earthquake, 1868
newspaper clippings
receipts - Places:
- Pacheco
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
- Preferred citation:
-
Hook Family Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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724 Escobar StreetMartinez, CA 94553, US
- Contact:
- 9252291042