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Photographs from the Woolsey family papers.
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Photographs from the Woolsey family papersCreator/Contributor:
Robson, Frances Shattuck, 1885-1949Creator/Contributor:
Waters, Raper James, 1856-Creator/Contributor:
Hill and WatkinsAbstract:
Photograph albums, snapshot photographs and studio portraits depicting mulitple generations of the Woolsey family of Berkeley,
Calif. The central figures depicted throughout collection are William Harold Woolsey and Mary Catherine Woolsey and their
children William Harold "Bill" Woolsey, Jr. and Sally Woolsey Young. Collection also depicts W.H. Woolsey's parents William
Edgar Woolsey and his wife Rosa Livingstone Woolsey; and his siblings Frances Woolsey Robson and Florence Woolsey Heidt and
their families; as well as family members of earlier and later generations. Other subjects depicted include the Stanford Vina
Ranch in Tehama County (including a 1939 aerial photograph of the property); early views of Berkeley; Woolsey family residences
in Berkeley, Sonoma County and elsewhere; grounds of the Shattuck Hotel; Berkeley High School students and scenes; the University
of California, Berkeley; the U.C. Berkeley Glee Club; Y.M.C.A. activities; leisure outings and travel to such locations as
Yosemite Valley and other areas in the Sierra Nevada, Japan, Alaska, Vancouver, Santa Rosa, and Carmel; the 1915 Panama Pacific
International Exposition; and construction of Angel Island and the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition; and the Kentucky
Military Institute (attended by W.H. Woolsey, Jr.).
Date:
ca. 1850-ca. 1960, bulk 1915-1940 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLeisure -- California -- Photographs
Loisir -- Californie -- Photographies
Leisure
Students
Vina Ranch (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Berkeley (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California
California -- Berkeley
California -- Vina Ranch
Shattuck Hotel (Berkeley, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
University of California, Berkeley -- Pictorial works
University of California, Berkeley -- Students -- Pictorial works
Glee Club of the University of California -- Pictorial works
Berkeley High School (Berkeley, Calif.) -- Students -- Pictorial works
Berkeley High School (Berkeley, Calif.)
University of California, Berkeley.
Woolsey family -- Archives
Woolsey family -- Pictorial works
Woolsey, William Harold -- 1900-1956 -- Pictorial works
Woolsey, Mary Catherine -- 1897-
Woolsey, William Edgar -- 1854-1939 -- Pictorial works
Woolsey, Rosa Livingstone -- Pictorial works
Woolsey family
Note:
Many snapshots and studio portraits taken, and some albums compiled, by Frances Shattuck Robson, sister of William Harold
Woolsey. Other studio photographers include Price (of Berkeley?), Ross (Santa Rosa), R.J. Waters, Hill & Watkins (San Jose)
and Standiford Studio (Louisville, Ky.).
Title devised by cataloger.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
CASED PHOTOGRAPH RESTRICTED: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Container list available in the library.
Transferred from the Woolsey family papers (BANC MSS 99/132 c).
Gift ; Of Helene Woolsey ; 1998.
William Edgar Woolsey was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1854 to Ezra Woodhull and Martha Ann Woolsey. The E.W. Woolsey family
moved to California in 1868, renting homes and land in Oakland and Berkeley until 1877 when they purchased 200 acres in Sonoma
County, nine miles from the city of Santa Rosa. W.E. Woolsey graduated from Oakland High School and attended the University
of California, Berkeley (then the College of California) for three years. W.E. Woolsey married Rosa Livingstone (born 1861)
the niece of Francis Kittredge and Rosa Morse Shattuck in 1884. W.E. and Rosa Woolsey had three children: Mrs. Florence May
Heidt (born 1893), Mrs. Frances Shattuck Robson (born 1885), and William Harold Woolsey (born 1900). W.H. Woolsey attend Berkeley
High School and the University of California, Berkeley (class of 1924). W.H. Woolsey took charge of the family ranch in Vina,
California, formerly the Leland Stanford Ranch. He also managed the Woolsey family land corporation, Woolsey, Robson, and
Heidt. (Frederick T. Robson and Horace Heidt were his brothers-in-law). W.H. Woolsey and his wife, Mary Catherine Woolsey
née Hart (born 1897) had two children: William Harold Woolsey, Jr. (born 1931) and Mrs. Sally Young (born 1929).
Preferred citation: Photographs from the Woolsey family papers, BANC PIC 1998.089, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
graphicArchives.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Photograph albums.
Daguerreotypes.
Physical Description:
photoprint
3 boxes, 6 albums, 5 oversize folders (ca. 1,525 photographic prints and ca. 35 negatives) : chiefly b&w ; 35 x 67 cm or smaller.
Language:
English
Origin:
Various placesCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
CASED PHOTOGRAPH RESTRICTED: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.