City of Davis Collection 1917-1982

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City of Davis Collection 1917-1982

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The City of Davis Collection documents life in a Sacramento Valley community during the twentieth century as seen through material related to the city's local government. The collection spans the years 1917-1982, with clusters of material around the periods 1932-1939, 1946-1960, and 1978-1982. Included are correspondence, property assessment records, legal opinions, bids, receipt books for business licenses, contracts, newsletters, bulletins, maps, plans, personnel recommendations, a warrant register, a registry of births, policy statements, regulations, petitions, meeting minutes, tax returns, court decisions, and election documents. Of special note is the personal correspondence file of Norman D. Thomas, the city's third clerk and city attorney, serving at the height of the Great Depression. The collection affords glimpses into local politics, city administration, business activity and licensing, New Deal programs, Prohibition, tax assessment and collection, and development of the University Farm, later known as the University of California, Davis.

10.8 linear feet

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University of California, Davis. General Library. . Dept. of Special Collections

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University of California, Davis

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The University of California, Davis campus, originally known as the University Farm, was established by an act of the State Legislature in 1905. A committee appointed by the Regents purchased land near Davisville in 1906. The Regents officially took control of the property in September 1906 and constructed four buildings in 1907. By 1930, the campus had grown to 1,000 acres and by 1951, it had become 3,000 acres. In 2007, the campus has expanded to 5,300 acres, making it the largest UC campus in...

Davis (Calif)

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Plant, Forrest A., 1889-1933.

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City Clerk and City Attorney (1917-1932) for the city of Davis; Yolo County Superior Court Judge (1932-1933). From the description of Papers, 1907-1932 (bulk 1916-1923). (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 33249654 History Administrative History Yolo County's judicial history began in 1850 when the new California Legislature acted to create the State's first twen...