Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Earle E. Williams Papers,
- Dates:
- 1853-1983, bulk (bulk 1952-1983)
- Creators:
- Williams, Earle E.
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, writings, and research, chiefly relating to the history of Tracy and San Joaquin County, Calif. Includes Williams research materials and drafts of his many books, articles, and stories about the Corral Hollow area and its ghost towns, including San Joaquin City, Carnegie, and Tesla, along with historic El Camino Viejo, Rancho El Pescadero, and the people and places of the West Side region of San Joaquin County and the city of Tracy. Unless otherwise noted, all books and articles were written by E. Williams.
- Extent:
- Number of containers: 7 cartons Linear feet: 8.75
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Earle E. Williams papers, BANC MSS 86/50 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Earle E. Williams Papers, 1881-1983, contain correspondence, writings, and research materials, chiefly relating to the history of Tracy and San Joaquin County, Calif. The bulk of the collection dates from 1952 to 1983, and includes Williams' research materials and drafts of his many books, articles, and stories about the Corral Hollow area, and its ghost towns, including San Joaquin City, Carnegie, and Tesla, along with historic El Camino Viejo, Rancho El Pescadero, and the people and places of the West Side region of San Joaquin County and the city of Tracy. Unless otherwise noted, all books and articles included in the collection were written by Earle E. Williams.
Earle E. Williams was born on January 1, 1898 to George and Frances Belknap Williams of Woodside in San Mateo County, Calif. In 1910, he came to Tracy, where he founded and built the Kerlinger Plant of Pacific Cement and Aggregates, Inc. on the alluvial fan of Corral Hollow Creek. Williams was active in a variety of social and civic organizations, and through his extensive research, became known as "the historian" of southern San Joaquin County. Williams died on July 4, 1983, exactly 73 years to the day after he arrived in Tracy.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect; finding aid encoded by Xiuzhi Zhou. Date of source: 1997.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library 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 reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Earle E. Williams papers, BANC MSS 86/50 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481