Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Woodruff (Ennis C.) Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1912-1968
Collection number: Mss155
Creator:
Jeanne Woodruff Mullins
Extent: 4.75 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Woodruff (Ennis C.) Papers, Mss155,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library
Access Points
personal name
Woodruff, Ennis Casselberry (1894-1977)
Woodruff, Gracella S.
corporate name
Pacific Gas & Electric
University of the Pacific (Stockton, Calif.)
University of California, Berkeley. School of
Aviation
United States. Army Air Forces -Aviation Ground School (Ft.
Lewis, Wash.)
Stockton Unified School District (Calif.)
United States Plywood Corp. (Anderson, Calif.)
Georgia Pacific Company
Winton Lumber Company (Martell, Calif.)
Humboldt Plywood Company (Arcat, Calif.)
Boy Scouts of America -California -Stockton
subject
Engineers -Correspondence
Engineering design -California -Sources
Air pilots, Military -Instruction and study
-California
Electric engineering -California -San Joaquin County
Industrial safety -California
Biography
Electrical engineer, Ennis Casselberry Woodruff (1894-1977), graduated
from the University of California (1916), taught aviation at the same
institution during World War I, and was then employed by Pacific Gas and
Electric in the San Joaquin County region for nearly forty years (1920-1959).
He also taught a safety course at the University during World War II (1943).
While employed by PG & E, and, especially after his retirement, Woodruff
served as an electrical consultant to: the College of the Pacific (1947-62);
the Stockton Unified School District (1932-1957); various commercial
enterprises in Stockton---most notably the Lincoln Village Shoping Center
(1961-67); and, some lumber companies in the Eureka area (1950s). Woodruff was
also involved in Stockton community affairs, notably with the Boy Scouts, for
whom he established the first local Explorer Troop. His hobby was flower
gardening, work which he approached (and documented) with the same meticulous
thoroughness he applied to engineering activities.
Scope and Content
The Woodruff Papers contain: correspondence; datebooks (1916-1958);
professional notes, drawings and plans pertaining to Woodruff's lengthy career
as an electrical engineer in San Joaquin County (1920-1968). They also contain:
Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff's school notes; early financial records (1912-17);
gardening records (1950s); and, miscellaneous biographical materials.