Joseph H. Quire papers related to Peter J. Shields, 1927-1955.

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Joseph H. Quire papers related to Peter J. Shields, 1927-1955.

The collection contains correspondence, articles and ephemera related to 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).

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

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Biography Biographical Narrative Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 - May 5, 1902) was a short story writer, poet, and novelist. At the height of his career he was considered one of the best-known American writers of the nineteenth century. He held a variety of jobs during his early years. In Brooklyn until 1854, he worked in a lawyer's office and a counting house; later in San Francisco from 1854-64, he work...

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 ...

Online Archive of California

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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...