Joseph H. Quire Papers Relating to Peter J. Shields 1927-1955

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Joseph H. Quire Papers Relating to Peter J. Shields 1927-1955

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Joseph H. Quire, was a personal friend of Peter J. Shields, the Sacramento Superior Court Judge who wrote the legislation that led to the establishment of the University Farm (now the University of California, Davis). The collection contains correspondence, articles and ephemera related to Shields.

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

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Shields, Peter J., 1862-1962

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Biography Peter J. Shields was born on April 4, 1862 in Hangtown Crossing, a small farming town near Sacramento, California. At the age of fourteen, Shields attended the Christian Brothers College in Sacramento and at seventeen he began to study law in Amos P. Catlin's law office. After being admitted to the Bar in Los Angeles in 1884, Shields established a small law office in Sacramento. At age twenty-three, he quit his law practice to trave...

University of California (1868-1952). College of Agriculture

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Quire, Joseph H. (Joseph Henderson), 1918-

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Joseph H. Quire was a personal friend of Peter J. Shields. Shields (1862-1962) presided as a Superior Court Judge in Sacramento County from 1900 to 1949. In 1905, Shields wrote the legislation that led to the establishment of the University Farm. He maintained his association with the campus until his death in 1962. From the description of Joseph H. Quire papers related to Peter J. Shields, 1927-1955. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 156830871 ...