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Stiner family papers, [ca. 1880-1959].
BANC MSS 2005/222 cLOCAL
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Title:
Stiner family papers, [ca. 1880-1959]Creator/Contributor:
Stiner family., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Stiner, Jacob.Creator/Contributor:
Stiner, Ina H.Creator/Contributor:
Stiner, Henry.Abstract:
Contains family correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, land documents, ledgers and accounts. The collection describes everyday
life of a pioneer Jewish family in Calif., an Indian uprising in Modoc County, and agriculture in Southern Calif. Also includes
genealogical information.
Date:
1880 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-nvStiner family -- Archives
Agriculture -- California, Southern -- History
Agriculture, Cooperative -- Nevada
Jews -- Nevada -- History
Jews -- California -- History
Indians of North America -- California -- Modoc County
Real property -- California
California, Southern -- Description and travel
Note:
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Jacob and Rachel Stiner were a pioneer Jewish family who moved from Ohio to California in 1852. They had five children: Alice,
Henry, Ruth Ann, Mary and Albert. Their granddaughter Ina Stiner, was a teacher, librarian and historian in Porterville, Calif.
Ina was also involved in the Jewish Argicultural Experiment, Wellington, Nev., 1896-1902 and a suffragist.
Type:
Diaries.Scrapbooks.
Account books.
Physical Description:
print
6 boxes (2.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2005/222 cLOCAL