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Title: Knoles Family collection
Dates: ca.
1870s-1990s
Collection number: MSS 302
Creator:
Knoles family
Collection Size: 3 linear feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: Collection consists of a variety of documents
from the Knoles family, including letters, clippings, and photographs. Tully
Knoles is the primary focus of the material, but many other family members are
also represented.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
Knoles Family collection. MSS 302. Holt-Atherton Department of Special
Collections, University of the Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
Tully C. Knoles (1876-1959) served as president of the College (now
University) of the Pacific from 1919 to 1946, and as Chancellor from 1946 to
1959. Knoles's many accomplishments at Pacific included moving the campus from
San Jose to Stockton in 1924. Before coming to Pacific, Knoles was the Head of
the History Department at the University of Southern California. Knoles and his
wife Emily had eight children, all of whom graduated from the College of the
Pacific.
More information on Tully Knoles can be found in History of the College
of the Pacific, 1851-1951 by Rockwell D. Hunt (College of the Pacific, 1951),
and Pioneer or Perish: A History of the University of the Pacific During the
Administration of Dr. Robert E. Burns, 1946-1971 by Kara Pratt Brewer
(University of the Pacific, 1977).
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection consists of a variety of documents from the Knoles family,
including letters, clippings, and photographs. Tully Knoles is the primary
focus of the material, but many other family members are also represented.
The collection is organized into three series: I. Photographs; II.
Knoles Family Documents; III. Documents from Other Families.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Knoles, Tully Cleon,
1876-1959
University of the
Pacific
College of the
Pacific
College of the Pacific
- Presidents
College Presidents -
California