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Register of the McGee Family Papers,
1893-1972
Mss190
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Title: McGee Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1893-1972
Collection number: Mss190
Creator:
Frances M. Atwood
Extent: 5.75 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.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], McGee Family Papers, Mss190, Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Horton family
McGee, Russell Charles (1888-1974)
McGee, Clarissa Taylor Horton
Pearce, Susan
Alpha Omega Birthday Club (Stockton, Calif.)
Native Daughters of the Golden West. Caliz de Oro Chapter
(Stockton, Calif.)
Stockton (Calif.) Gem and Mineral Society
Stockton (Calif.) -Politics and government
Freedmen -California -Stockon
Civil engineers -California -Stockton -Correspondence
Road construction industry -California
Russell C. McGee(1881-1974), a Stockton city engineer and City Manager,
attended schools in the North Bay Area and worked at various surveying and
engineering jobs in Marin County, San Joaquin County and other regions in
northern California, before accepting an engineer's job with the City of
Stockton (1914). By 1922 he was first assistant to City Engineer, Walter B.
Hogan. He advanced from Office Engineer to Assistant City Engineer to Assistant
City Manager and ended his career with a two year term as City Manager
(1951-1953). McGee retired December 31, 1953. Clair Horton married Russell
McGee in 1922. Mrs. McGee was stenographer and bookkeeper for the offices of
Commissioner O'Keefe, Stockton City Electrician. She was an active member of
the Caliz de Oro Parlor of the Native Daughters and the Alpha Omega Birthday
Club. The McGees had two children, Frances Marie McGee Atwood (b.1923) and
Russell Charles McGee, Jr. (b.1926). Frances McGee married Burton J. Atwood
(1947). Russell Charles McGee, Jr. served as a cryptographer during World War
II. He later graduated in Physics from the University of California (after
1948).
The McGee Collection contains: family scrapbooks (1915-1952); family
expense ledgers (1946-1971); and, numerous diaries, including: Clair Horton
McGee's 1920 diary of a trip east to visit family; and, the 21 retirement years
diaries of Russell C. McGee(1954-1972). During those years McGee and his wife
traveled throughout the western states. Other family materials include: Clair's
social notes; family correspondence (1890-1946); memorabilia (1922-1974); and,
photographs (1890-1970). The collection also contains: Russell McGee's business
correspondence (1950-1953)and newspaper clippings concerning the City of
Stockton (1948-1953).