Family papers, 1850-1971.

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Family papers, 1850-1971.

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Materials relate mainly to Arthur Grahame Ridley and his business interests, with some materials relating to the Ridley and Leechman families. Arthur Ridley materials contain blueprints; papers relating to the California Walnut Growers Association regarding plant construction; correspondence with the California Walnut Growers Association, and California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation; and letters sent to Margery while in Ireland (1917-1971). Arthur Ridley materials also include miscellaneous materials of the Speed Carburetor Company (1912-1914); maps of California (1957-1964); newspaper clippings (1920-1967); 5 photograph albums; photographs and negatives of Arthur and Margery, construction of buildings and walnut processing (1929-1936, 1956); licenses and patents to manufacture carburetors, clutches and drying apparatuses (1923-1928); Margery's diaries (1938, 1942-1958); and a reminiscence of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Leechman family materials include records relating to John Leechman's interests in the Soulsby Mining Company, the Hamilfield Mining Company and the Antill Patent Window Company; a 1915 letter regarding the death of the son of John Leechman, a World War I British soldier.

4.95 cubic ft. (11 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7266489

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Ridley, Arthur Ernest Brooke, d. 1919.

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Speed Carburetor Company.

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Soulsby Gold Mining Company.

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Ridley, Margery Paulson Richardson.

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Leechman family.

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Electric Motor Chair Company.

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Leechman, John, d. 1916.

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Ridley, Arthur Grahame Brooke, 1885-1970.

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Ridley was born in Tasmania and emigrated to the U.S. with his parents, Arthur Ernest Brooke Ridley and Mary Amelia Leechman in 1887. Arthur Ernest and Mary Amelia were born in London and had emigrated to Tasmania. Arthur Grahame married Margery Paulson Richardson in 1923. Arthur Ernest (d. 1919) was an electrical engineer and president of the Electric Motor Chair Company of San Francisco. Mary Leechman's father, John Leechman (d. 1916), was a merchant in Ceylon (now Sri...

Hamilfield Mining Company.

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California and Hawiian Sugar Refining Corporation.

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Diamond Walnut Growers

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Great Britain. Army. Hussars Regiment, 3rd.

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Antill Patent Window Company.

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Ridley family.

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