Kenyon, Stanley, and Crellin families papers, 1889-1955

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Summary

Creators:
Smith, Helen, Crellin family, Kenyon family, and Stanley family
Abstract:
This collection consists of papers and photographs of the Kenyon, Stanley, and Crellin families. The Kenyon and Crellin families lived in Iowa in the late 19th century and moved west to Tustin, California at the turn of the 20th century, where Alta Kenyon married Harry Stanley. The Stanleys, including Mr. S.W. Stanley, were involved in citrus farming in Tustin. This collection includes programs, newspaper clippings, farming records, ledgers, brochures, postcards, school materials, and photographs from Southern California and Iowa.
Extent:
1.2 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 1 XOS folder, 1 OS folder)
Language:
Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

Kenyon, Stanley, and Crellin families papers. MS-R049. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of papers and photographs from the Kenyon, Stanley, and Crellin families, compiled and donated by Helen Stanley Smith. Most of the materials are from the Orange County area in the early 20th century. The papers include report cards, diplomas, commencement programs, and other school materials; as well as magazines, postcards, newspaper clippings, brochures, records, and ledgers. The American and California Farm Bureau Federation and the Tustin Hills Citrus Association records show the families' interest in farming and growing citrus trees. Also included are the meeting minutes and reports from the Tustin Chamber of Commerce when Mr. S.W. Stanley was its secretary in the early 20th century.

The majority of the photographs in this collection show Orange County and other Southern California locales in the early 1900s, as well as Iowa at the turn of the 20th century. Orange County photographs include the city of Tustin, where the family lived and worked; Laguna Beach; San Juan Capistrano; and the Orange County Fair in the 1920s. Other locations represented in the photographs are Los Angeles County, San Diego County, Mexico, and Iowa.

Biographical / historical:

The Kenyon, Stanley, and Crellin families were citrus farmers who lived in Tustin, California in the early 20th century. Miss Alta Kenyon was born in 1889 in Iowa to John Kenyon and Franc Hunt. In 1899, Alta, her cousins Chester and Perry Kenyon, and her uncle, E.M. Crellin, moved to California and settled in the city of Tustin. Alta graduated from Santa Ana High School in 1909 and attended the California School of Artistic Whistling before marrying Harry B. Stanley in 1913 in Tustin. Together they grew citrus trees and were members of the Tustin Hills Citrus Association.

S.W. Stanley was the secretary for the Tustin Chamber of Commerce and kept minutes of their meetings from 1915 to 1917. He and his wife were active members of the American and California Farm Bureau Federations. Their daughter, Helen Stanley, was born in 1905 in Arkansas before they relocated to California. Helen later married William Smith and became a major Orange County historian.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Helen Stanley Smith, 1971, 1972, 1974, and 1978.
Processing information:

Processed by Alix Norton, 2012.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 2 series:

  • Series 1. Papers, 1883-1964, 0.6 linear feet
  • Series 2. Photographs, 1900-1959 and undated, 0.6 linear feet

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred citation:

Kenyon, Stanley, and Crellin families papers. MS-R049. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Location of this collection:
P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA , US
Contact:
(949) 824-3947
spcoll@uci.libanswers.com
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