Box 2
Container
Contains 6 Results:
McPherson Vegetable Company, McPherson, California. Register of payments to pickers,, 1896.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 1.3.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series consists of Stephen McPherson's diaries, from his arrival in Northern California in 1864 through 1892. These give a sometimes vivid portrayal of the daily life of a schoolteacher, and later "viticulturist", businessman, and sometime entrepeneuer in Santa Clara County and what later became Orange County in the last half of the 19th century. Additional materials include account and wage books relating to Stephen McPherson's farming activities after the...
Dates:
1896.
Account book, family and ranch,, 1902-1902, 1925-1929.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 1.3.
Scope and Contents
Family and farm expenses, 1902-1903; Ranch accounts, 1925-1929.
Dates:
1902-1902, 1925-1929.
Account book, 1888-1894 and 1899; re-used by William McPherson to record "Book accts", "List of Calif. Books desirable to have", "Calif. books I have", and "Letters Mailed", 1900 and 1908., 1888 - 1908
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 2.5.12.
Scope and Contents
The receipts for 1888-1890 (pp. 280-283) are payments from the State of New Jersey for the maintenance of state patients, and from individuals for the maintenance of private patients. The accounts for 1899 relate to individuals and institutions in California, particularly Orange County, and appear to have no connection with the maintenance of patients.
Dates:
1888 - 1908
Scrapbook of clippings pasted on pages of the Congressional Record for 1904-1905,, 1900-1909.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 1.4.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains records relating directly to William McPherson, his life, and activities. The materials may be broadly divided into correspondence, diaries, notebooks, and geographic and subject files.The bulk of the surviving correspondence derives from McPherson’s love affair with his first cousin once removed, Cora McPherson (born 1905), whose father, Isaac (1861-1936), son of Stephen McPherson’s elder brother, Chiles (1835-1914), had settled in Seattle, Washington,...
Dates:
1900-1909.
Newspaper clippings laid in,, 1900-1909.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 1.4.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains records relating directly to William McPherson, his life, and activities. The materials may be broadly divided into correspondence, diaries, notebooks, and geographic and subject files.The bulk of the surviving correspondence derives from McPherson’s love affair with his first cousin once removed, Cora McPherson (born 1905), whose father, Isaac (1861-1936), son of Stephen McPherson’s elder brother, Chiles (1835-1914), had settled in Seattle, Washington,...
Dates:
1900-1909.
Teacher's Public School Register of San Juan School District, Orange County, California,, 1916 August-September.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 1.4.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains records relating directly to William McPherson, his life, and activities. The materials may be broadly divided into correspondence, diaries, notebooks, and geographic and subject files.The bulk of the surviving correspondence derives from McPherson’s love affair with his first cousin once removed, Cora McPherson (born 1905), whose father, Isaac (1861-1936), son of Stephen McPherson’s elder brother, Chiles (1835-1914), had settled in Seattle, Washington,...
Dates:
1916 August-September.