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Charles Wagner family papers, 1890-1943.
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Charles Wagner family papers, 1890-1943Creator/Contributor:
Wagner, Charles, 1837-1912, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Wagner, Bertha Emily, 1873-1956, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Wagner, Edward Charles, 1869-1940, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Pacific TanneryCreator/Contributor:
Wagner Leather CompanyCreator/Contributor:
Pacific Oak Extracts WorksAbstract:
Contains mostly personal correspondence between Charles Wagner family members. Twenty-six letters are from Charles Wagner
to his daughter, Bertha, written on various letterhead stationery of his companies, Pacific Tannery, Pacific Oak Extract Works,
and the Wagner Leather Company. Eleven letters are from Bertha Wagner traveling aboard a ship to Europe to family members
and six letters are from her brother, Edward Charles Wagner, to family members, often discussing the family business. Also
includes a court notice concerning the estate of Louisa Wagner and a six page typescript by Edward H. Wagner [Charles's brother?]
for a book chapter titled, "Five weeks in Humboldt," for a book titled, "Memories of the trail," accompanied by a sketch used
to illustrate places mentioned in the book.
Date:
1890 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caTanneries -- California -- Stockton
Tanneries -- California -- Humboldt County
Leather industry and trade -- California -- Stockton
Leather industry and trade -- California -- Humboldt County
Tanneries -- Californie -- Stockton
Cuir -- Industrie -- Californie -- Stockton
Cuir -- Industrie -- Californie -- Humboldt
Families
Leather industry and trade
Tanneries
California -- Humboldt County
California -- Stockton
Wagner Leather Company.
Pacific Tannery.
Pacific Oak Extract Works.
Wagner, Charles -- 1837-1912 -- Family -- Archives
Wagner family -- Archives
Wagner, Charles -- 1837-1912 -- Correspondence
Wagner, Bertha Emily -- 1873-1956 -- Correspondence
Wagner, Edward Charles -- 1869-1940 -- Correspondence
Wagner family
Note:
Purchase; From The Book Shop; 20130304.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2013.108).
The Wagner family enterprises of tanning and leather goods were started by a German immigrant to the California gold rush,
Jacob C. Wagner (1830-1896). His younger brother, Charles Wagner (1837-1912) followed him to California and they formally
began the family business in 1856. Charles married Phillipina Simon and they had two children, Edward Charles (1869-1940)
and Bertha Emily (1873-1956).
Preferred citation: Charles Wagner family papers, BANC MSS 2013/113, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English and some German.
Type:
manuscripts for publication.Archives.
Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
print
1 box (0.2 linear feet)
Language:
English
German