Scope and Contents The Nisaburo Aibara Collection features materials from the Turlock Social Club, a local Japanese-American community group active between 1939 and 1970. It contains documents regarding the Stockton, Turlock and Merced Assembly Centers and Japanese American Citizens League chapters. The Collection also features correspondences with reactions, responses, and preparations for the 1942 forced removal and internment of Japanese-Americans. Additionally, the Collection has records on the Central...

Scope and Contents Lawrence and Clara Arnold moved with their young son, Paul, from San Francisco to the Fruitland Colony (Atwater, California) in 1909. The Arnolds were farmers, and Lawrence "Pop" Arnold helped build the first school in the Fruitland Colony and the first Methodist church in Atwater. The collection documents the family's pioneer history along with key milestones in their lives up through the 1960s. Significant historical events are documented as well, including the creation of...

Scope and Contents George Weber Hume was one of a partnership of three men who innovated salmon canning in the United States. Beginning in 1864, they launched a salmon canning industry that spanned the Pacific coast from California to Alaska. The G. W. Hume Company began as an offshoot of this enterprise. Turlock's facility, established in 1910, canned fruits and vegetables and eventually became the headquarters of the company in 1938. The Hume collection includes representative business papers, stockholders...

Scope and Contents A collection of family correspondence (1813-1912) documenting the Hutchings-Newsom family’s western migration and aspects of pioneer life. Beginning in Virginia, the letters trace family settlements from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri to California, Oregon, and Washington. A majority of the letters center on Missouri and the Hills Ferry area in Stanislaus County, California. A print and corresponding digital transcription of the letters is available in the Special...

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of sources, notes, correspondence, related newspapers, and an original manuscript of Stanley T. Wilson's history of Stanislaus State College, "How Turlock won a college." Wilson was a newspaper editor and publisher who purchased the Turlock Daily Journal in 1953. In 1957, when California Governor Goodwin J. Knight signed legislation for a state college in Stanislaus County, some citizens of Turlock formed a special committee to win the election. Wilson was...

Scope and Contents Gordon H. Winton, Jr. (born in Merced, 1913) represented the 31st District (Merced and Madera Counties) in the California General Assembly (1957-1966).  He was an influential legislator during his tenure, sponsored critical legislation, and was instrumental in the decision to locate Stanislaus State College in Turlock.  The working papers contain various bills, reports, memos, and a variety of other materials pertaining to his work in the Assembly.  The bills are indexed by both topic and...

Scope and Contents Bernice Wood (1887-1963), known as an innovator of immigrant education in Hughson and Modesto in the years 1920-1940, was a teacher, banker, real estate agent, Turlock Irrigation District (TID) employee, as well as an owner of a small farm. The collection includes letters received from immigrants she taught or assisted, scrapbooks, photographs, songbooks, and related documents. A biography and transcriptions of the Bernice Wood correspondence and scrapbooks can be found in three published...

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Collection is comprised of correspondence and materials collected during Gary Zahm's tenure as manager of the San Luis National Wildlife Restoration Complex, from 1980-1999. Materials are organized topically and chronologically, and address the following topics: drain water issues, water contracts, conflicts with flood control districts, and flood plain restoration.