Register of the Lobner Family Collection, 1906-1980

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: https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections

Register of the Lobner Family Collection, 1906-1980

Collection number: Mss215

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: https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections

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

Descriptive Summary

Title: Lobner Family Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1906-1980

Collection number: Mss215

Creator: Hope Lobner Cahill & Joyce E. Lobner

Extent: 0.5 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], Lobner Family Collection, Mss215, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Biography

The Lobner family came to California during the Gold Rush and settled in Colfax, Placer County, California, where they operated a general merchandise store. Principal family names, in addition to Lobner, include: Perkins, Soule and Harmon. Morris Lobner (1849-1917) was married to Jeannie Perkins (b. 1867). He was in San Francisco at the time of the Earthquake and Fire (1906) and wrote letters to his wife about the experience. These letters were published in the Pacific Historian 4:2 (May 1960). Other family information is contained in reminiscences and genealogical materials collected by Hope Lobner Cahill (b. 1894) and her sister, Joyce E. Lobner (b. 1891) through interviews with family members.

Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, taped reminiscences, notes, photographs and genealogies pertaining to the Lobner family.

BOX 1: LOBNER FAMILY COLLECTION

1.1---Correspondence from donors, Hope Lobner Cahill and Joyce E. Lobner [4 letters, 1980-1983]

1.2---Morris Lobner's Correspondence regarding the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

-Correspondence from Joyce E. Lobner regarding Morris Lobner [1906 letter, 2 letters, 1957]

-Transcriptions of Morris Lobner 1906 Earthquake Letters, 2 letters dated April 21 and 22, 1906

-Transcription of Morris Lobner telegram to his wife, dated April 19, 1906

-Photocopy of The Pacific Historian vol. 4, no. 2, May 1960, pp. 65-67 [publication of Morris Lobner 1906 correspondence]

1.3---"The Lobner Family/ Leopold and Josephine (nee Skoll) Lobner and Their Descendants" by Joyce Eliza Lobner and Hope Lobner Cahill, 16 March 1978; Lobner Family Genealogy, February 1983

1.4---"Story of the Harmon Family" by Joyce E. Lobner and Hope L. Cahill, 1979; "Genealogy of the Harmon Family" by Joyce E. Lobner and Hope L. Cahill, September 1972

1.5---"The Soule/Perkins Families" by Joyce E. Lobner and Hope L. Cahill "Soule/Perkins Families Genealogy" March 1983

1.6---"The Professional Life of Lulu Anna Shelton" by Joyce E Lobner.

1.7---Tape recordings about Morris, Perkins, Lobner & Soule families

-Tape 1: Leopold and Josephine Morris [Side 1]; Morris (contd) and Eliza and Tillie [Side 2]

-Tape 2: Samuel, Charles, William, Henry [Sides 1 & 2]

-Tape 3 : Theodore Boardman Perkins and his descendants [side 1 only]

-Tape 4: George Soule and His Descendants