Wolfskill family collection, 1820-1975

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Wolfskill family collection, 1820-1975

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The Wolfskill Family Collection contains genealogical and biographical information about a pioneer family of Solano and Yolo Counties, California. John Reid Wolfskill (1804-1897) settled on the Rancho Rio de los Putos Grant near present-day Winters, Calif., in 1842. The Wolfskill Family collection includes correspondence among members of the Wolfskill family and their relatives and friends; land records; ephemera; realia, including scrapbooks and family Bibles; and a large number of photographs, including images of family members and family property. The collection also includes reference materials related to the history of California.

26 linear ft.

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7238234

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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