Dyer (Ephraim) Photograph Album, 1905-1915

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Summary

Title:
Ephraim Dyer photograph album
Dates:
1905-1915
Creators:
Dyer, Ephraim, 1881-ca. 1965
Abstract:
Photographs of agricultural lands on Palm Tract in Contra Costa County, Wheatland in Yuba County, and other locations in California. Photos illustrate land reclamation and agricultural practices in the Delta region.
Extent:
.25 linear feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Ephraim Dyer photograph album. MSS 229. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of photographs Dyer took illustrating reclamation and agricultural practices in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Sacramento Valley before World War I. There is also a Dyer genealogy written by Ephraim Dyer IV.

Biographical / historical:

Ephraim Dyer was a farmer. He was born in Alvarado, Alameda County, California in 1881 and attended the University of California, graduating in 1907. He later worked for Rindge Land and Navigation Company on Palm Tract in the San Joaquin River Delta (1908-1915) and for Natomas Corporation at Wheatland in Yuba County.

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. Date of source: October 4, 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:

Ephraim Dyer photograph album. MSS 229. 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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