Register of the Woodruff (Ennis C.) Papers, 1912-1968

Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library, University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA 95211

Phone: (209) 946-2404

URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html

Register of the Woodruff (Ennis C.) Papers, 1912-1968

Collection number: Mss155

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library

University of the Pacific

Contact Information

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library, University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html

Processed by:: Don Walker
Date Completed:: November 1998
Encoded by:: Don Walker

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

Stockton, CA 95211

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.

BOX 1: BIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; CORRESPONDENCE

1.1-Biographical

1.2-Financial Records, 1913-1943

1.3-University of California, 1916

1.4-Job applications, 1916-17

1.5-US Army Aviation correspondence, 1917

1.6-Aviation literature, 1917-19

1.7-US military pamphlets, 1917-18

1.8-Aeronautics lecture notes, 1917-18

1.9-Aeronautics lecture notes, 1917-18 #2

1.10-Service record, 1917-19

1.11-Correspondence, 1917-18

1.12-PG & E, 1919

1.13-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1920-59

1.14-University of California Safety Course, 1943 #1

1.15-University of California Safety Course #2

1.16-University of California Safety Course #3

1.17-Retirement from PG & E, 1959

1.18-Correspondence, 1959

1.19-Clippings, miscellaneous

1.20-Memorabilia

BOX 2: DATE BOOKS & LOG BOOKS [most, though not all, of these items seem to have been used for PG & E work in San Joaquin County]

2.1-Datebook, 1916

2.2-Datebook, 1917

2.3-Account Book, 1917

2.4-Datebook, 1919

2.5-Log Book, 1920

2.6-Heat requirements, Manteca area, 1924-34

2.7-Log Book, 1927

2.8-"Camping," 1929

2.9-Log Book, 1929

2.10-Datebook, 1929

2.11-Datebook, 1930

2.12-Datebook, 1931

2.13-Log Book, 1932

2.14-Log Book, 1933

2.15-Log Book, 1935

2.16-Log Book, 1936

2.17-Log Book, 1937

2.18-Log Book, 1938

2.19-Log Book, 1939

2.20-Log Book, 1940

2.21-Log Book, 1941

2.22-Log Book, 1942

2.23-Log Book, 1943

2.24-Log Book, 1944

2.25-Log Book, 1946

2.26-Camping, 1947

2.27-Datebook, 1949

2.28-Datebook, 1950

2.29-Datebook, 1951

2.30-Datebook, 1952

2.31-Flower garden watering schedule, 1952

2.32-Datebook, 1953

2.33-Datebook, 1954

2.34-Datebook, 1955

2.35-Datebook, 1956

2.36-Datebook, 1957

2.38-Datebook, 1958

BOX 3: COLLEGE OF THE PACIFIC & STOCKTON COLLEGE ELECTRICAL JOBS

3.1-College of the Pacific (COP) electrical system, 1923-48 [including architect's drawings & maps of campus]

3.2-Report on 2.16 KV electric distribution system at College of the Pacific (COP), 1947

3.3-College of the Pacific (COP) electrical system, 1948-1950

3.4-Report on changes in electrical distribution system at College of the Pacific (COP), 1949; miscellaneous correspondence & notes re changes, 1949-57

3.5-Baxter & Memorial stadiums, 1940s-50s

3.6-Memorandum re Felix Wallace, College of the Pacific (COP) Engineering faculty, 1950

3.7-College of the Pacific (COP) electrical systems, 1950s

3.8-Stockton College jobs, 1952-57

3.9-University of the Pacific (UOP) Cluster Colleges electrical work, 1961-62

BOX 4: SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ELECTRICAL JOBS

4.1-Ripon Union High School, 1932

4.2-Lodi High School job notes, 1950 [brown spiral binder]

4.3-Miscellaneous engineering studies, 1953

4.4-Bear Creek Vineyards, Lodi, 1959

4.5-San Joaquin General Hospital, 1960

4.6-Grover Tank & Mfg., Lodi---original drawings, 1960

4.7-Grover Tank & Mfg., Lodi---later drawings, 1960

4.8-Stockton Congregational Church heating system, 1962

4.9-Banta Carbona Irrigation District power line over Hwy I-5, 1968

4.10-Banta Carbona Irrigation District power line over Highway I-5 #2

4.11-Plans for E.E. Storrs Electric, Stockton, 1960-61

4.12-San Joaquin County PG & E general file

BOX 5: LINCOLN VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER (STOCKTON) ELECTRICAL JOBS [10 envelopes of wiring diagrams; architectural drawings; correspondence & notes, 1961-67]

BOX 6: ELECTRICAL JOBS OUTSIDE SJ COUNTY

6.1-Electra District [southern Sierra foothills] Transmission & Distribution Trunks map

6.2-Possible curtailment of waste practices...US Plywood Corporation, Anderson, California, 1953

6.3-Electrical fuel & steam usage analysis...Humboldt Plywood, Arcata, California, 1954

6.4-Georgia Pacific Company, Samoa, CA, 1959

6.5-Winton Lumber Company, Martell, CA, 1960

BOX 7: WOODRUFF COLLEGE NOTES, FINANCES & MISCELLANY

7.1: Gracella S. Woodruff college notebooks, 1914-16 [7]

7.2: ECW ledger, 1912-17

7.3: ECW gardening book, 1950s

7.4: Miscellaneous PG & E employment-related papers

7.5: San Joaquin County Schools employment-related papers [sent to Mrs. Woodruff]

7.6: Correspondence with City of Stockton re employment, 1950s [including wage scales]

7.7: PG & E Pump Testing Service binder, 1935

7.8: "Western Fertilizer Handbook," 1953