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1918-1966
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Title: Stevenot Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1966
Collection number: Mss197
Creator:
Mrs. Donald Segerstrom
Extent: 21 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.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Stevenot Family Papers, Mss197, Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Stevenot, Archibald D. (1882-1968)
Stevenot, Joseph Emile Hamilton (d. 1943)
Stevenot, Ferdinand Gabriel (d. 1963)
Stevenot, Cassimir M.
Stevenot Corporation
Bank of America
Republican Party (Calif.)
Golden Chain Council of the Mother Lode
E Clampus Vitus (Fraternal order)
Mother Lode Highway Association
Jedediah Smith Society
Hotels -California -Merced
Tourist trade -California -Tuolumne County
Mines and mineral resources -California -Tuolumne
County
Mines and mineral resources -Philippines
Associations, institutions, etc. -California -Tuolumne
County
California -Politics and government
Philippines -Social conditions
Tuolumne County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Governors -California -Correspondence
Senators -California -Correspondence
Archibald Douglas Augustine Stevenot (1882-1968) was a mine manager in
Tuolumne County and a Merced hotel proprietor (1924-40). Stevenot managed the
Carson Hill Mine (1919-1924) and other California mining properties. He was
deeply involved in community affairs of the Mother Lode region, was a member of
the State Chamber of Commerce for many years and was President of the Mother
Lode Highway Association, an organization created to improve transportation to
remote Sierra mining towns. The latter association merged with the Golden Chain
Council of the Mother Lode (1950), an organization devoted to the promotion of
Mother Lode tourism that Stevenot chaired for many years. ADS was also an avid
amateur historian and belonged to various societies---notably E Clampus
Vitus---whose concern was to promote interest in local history.
There were three other Stevenot brothers, Joseph Emile Hamilton
Stevenot, Frederick G. Stevenot and Cassimir M. Stevenot. All were involved in
mining activities both in California and in the Philippine Islands between
about 1929 and 1941 through the Stevenot Corp. Joseph E.H. Stevenot lived for
much of his adult life in the Philippine Islands. There he was a member of the
Board of Directors of the Philippine Trust Co., Vice President & General
Manager of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., Director of the Bank of
the Philippine Islands, Director of the Philippine Milling Co., Director of the
Philippine Realty Corp., and Director of the Fidelity & Surety Co. of the
Philippine Islands. He was a Colonel in the United States Army during World War
II and was killed in a plane crash in the South Pacific in 1943. Following
Joseph E.H. Stevenot's death, the remaining three brothers continued their
mining and other financial activities. Ferdinand Gabriel Stevenot served in the
California State Legislature from 1911 to 1913 and again from 1924 to 1926. In
1927 the Governor appointed him Director of Natural Resources. Later, Governor
Young appointed him to the State Public Utilities Commission. He was a Vice
President of the Bank of America, then President of the Bankamerica
Agricultural Credit Corp. until 1942. Later, He was President of the Puget
Sound Pulp and Timber Co. and the Portland Transit Co. FGS spent much of these
years in San Francisco. He died in 1963.
The Stevenot Collection consists primarily of family papers and business
records of Archibald D. Stevenot (1916-1965). It includes: Golden Chain Council
of the Mother Lode correspondence (1950-1965); miscellaneous E Clampus Vitus
records (1940-1965); records of Stevnot's Merced hotels (1924-1940); and,
correspondence between Stevenot and his brothers (1925-66). Most of the latter
correspondence relates to aspects of mining, financial matters of mutual
concern and American politics.