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Von Schmidt family papers, 1856-1925 (bulk 1873-1897).
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Von Schmidt family papers, 1856-1925 (bulk 1873-1897)Creator/Contributor:
Von Schmidt family., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Von Schmidt, A. W. (Alexis Waldemar), 1821-1906Creator/Contributor:
Von Schmidt, Edward.Creator/Contributor:
Von Schmidt, Alfred.Creator/Contributor:
Leis, Edward.Creator/Contributor:
Schmidt, Julius H. von.Abstract:
Contains correspondence, logbooks, accounts, legal documents and biographical material. Correspondence to Edward von Schmidt
is from his father Alexis von Schmidt offering advice and discussing business, his brother Alfred von Schmidt describing life
on his vineyard near Fresno and from Edward Leis, an employee reporting purchases and work done on vessels in San Pedro. Correspondence
to Alexis von Schmidt concerns business as surveyor. The logbooks include survey information collected by Alexis von Schmidt,
and ships logs by Edward von Schmidt from 1873 to 1877. Accounts of Alexis von Schmidt including an account with his brother
Julius von Schmidt. Legal documents for Alexis von Schmidt include land purchases in California, business partnerships, Canadian
Patents for improvements to dredging machines and the distribution of his estate. The biographical information includes a
Society of California Pioneers Memorial book for Alexis von Schmidt, information on blowing up of Blossom Rock, articles about
Edward von Schmidt and Edward von Schmidt's school compositions including a description of the 1868 earthquake along the Hayward
Fault.
Date:
1873 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSurveying -- California -- History
Voyages and travels -- 19th century
Vineyards -- California -- Fresno County -- History
Ships -- California -- History -- 19th century
Water-supply -- California -- San Francisco
Sailors -- California
Real property -- California
Inventions -- History -- 19th century
Inventions -- California
Inventors -- United States
Dredges
Earthquakes -- California -- Hayward
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1868
Voyages -- 19e siècle
Navires -- Californie -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Eau -- Approvisionnement -- Californie -- San Francisco
Marins -- Californie
Biens réels -- Californie
Inventions -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Inventions -- Californie
Inventeurs -- États-Unis
Dragues
Tremblements de terre -- Californie -- Hayward
dredgers (watercraft)
Dredges
Earthquakes
Inventions
Inventors
Real property
Sailors
Ships
Surveying
Vineyards
Voyages and travels
Water-supply
California -- Surveys
Blossom Rock, San Francisco Bay
Blossom Rock, San Francisco Bay -- Pictorial works
Californie -- Levés
California
California -- Fresno County
California -- Hayward
California -- San Francisco
United States
Good Templar (Schooner)
Modoc (Bark)
Three Brothers (Ship : 1875)
Ariel (Schooner)
Francis Palmer (Bark)
Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works Company.
Ariel (Schooner)
Von Schmidt, A. W. (Alexis Waldemar) -- 1821-1906 -- Archives
Von Schmidt, Edward -- Archives
Schmidt, Julius H. von -- Archives
Von Schmidt family -- Archives
Von Schmidt, A. W. (Alexis Waldemar) -- 1821-1906
Note:
Includes black and white photograph of Blossom Rock demolition crew with flier showing the blast.
Collection processed at folder level in 2003, 2007.
Purchases; in 2003-2007.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2004.169).
Alexis von Schmidt, a Prussian, in 1849 came to Calif. He surveyed the border of Calif. in 1856, and again from 1873 to 1875,
headed the team to blow up Blossom Rock in the San Francisco Bay and owned the Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works Company.
Alexis von Schmidt died May 26, 1906.
Edward von Schmidt, son of Alexis, was a sailor and engineer. Some of his early voyages were aboard the Good Templar, Modoc,
Three Brothers, Ariel and the Francis Palmer.
Preferred citation: Von Schmidt family papers, BANC MSS 2003/315, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Archives.History.
Pictorial works.
Surveys.
Engineering drawings.
Physical Description:
print
3 boxes, 1 oversize box, 4 oversize folders and 8 volumes. (2.3 linear ft.)
Language:
English