Crump Family Papers
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Title: Crump Family Papers
Dates: 1892-1956
Collection Number: 2008-5-167
Creator/Collector:
Crump, Ross Owen
Crump, Shelley C.
Extent: .5 linear feet
Online items available
Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Papers of Santa Clara County's Crump family, including property records and financial records of the family's orchard operations.
Ross O. Crump was born in Michigan, but graduated from San Jose High School and Stanford University. He was active in the
Santa Clara County Farm Bureau, the Prune and Apricot Growers Association, and trustee of the Evergreen Soil and Conservation
District.
Language of Material: English
The papers are available to the public for research by appointment.
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[Identification of item]. Crump Family Papers. Collection Number: 2008-5-167. History San Jose Research Library
Donated to History San Jose in 2008 by Ross Crump's niece as part of a larger family collection.
Biography/Administrative History
Ross Owen Crump was born in Michigan circa 1901, arriving in Santa Clara County at the age of 16. He attended San Jose High
School and graduated from Stanford University in 1926. Crump was a member of the County Farm Bureau, the Prune and Apricot
Growers Association, and a trustee of the Evergreen Soil and Conservation District. He died in June 1964, and is buried in
Oak Hill Memorial Park.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Santa Clara County's Ross Crump family, including a small amount of property records and financial records of the
family's orchard operations. Includes letters from Shelley C. Crump to his future wife Josephine Eldridge (1892-1894), and
property agreements and transactions between Shelley Crump and Catherine M. Sessarego for property in Willow Glen.
Fruit growers
Love letters
Prune industry
Apricot industry
Crump, Shelley C.
Sessarego, Catherine M.
Eldridge, Josephine
San Jose (Calif.)
Santa Clara County (Calif.)
love letters
ledgers (account books)
promissory notes
deeds