Locke (Marvin E.) Collection of Dutch Flat California Business and Legal Records, 1883-1933

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Summary

Title:
Marvin E. Locke Collection of Dutch Flat, California business and legal records
Dates:
1883-1933
Creators:
Locke, Marvin E.
Abstract:
Collection consists primarily of records of Notary Public G.H. Colby, attorney W.P. Sowden, and the Towle Lumber Company, all of Dutch Falt, California.
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Marvin E. Locke Collection of Dutch Flat, California business and legal records. MSS 059. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection is divided into four groups. The first is a book of waterpress copies of G.H. Colby, Notary Public (1883-1887). Correspondence (1900-1909) of W.P. Sowden, a Dutch Flat attorney, comprises a group of 5 file folders. Towle Lumber Company correspondence, 1932-33, is the third group. The last group is miscellaneous correspondence and scraps, 1903-1905 and undated.

Biographical / historical:

Dutch Flat, California was originally a gold mining town settled by Germans (1851). It was later a stage stop enroute to Washoe, Nevada (1860s) and a train stop on transcontinental railroad (1869). Lumbering was major industry in more recent times.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Date Prepared:
© 2006
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Shan Sutton. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: April 19, 2006.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Marvin E. Locke Collection of Dutch Flat, California business and legal records. MSS 059. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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