Shenk family papers, 1898-1940.

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Shenk family papers, 1898-1940.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58746647

Primarily business papers of J.W. (John Wesley) Shenk, including some letters on letterheads. Early correspondence ca. 1900-1903 with S.W. Fergusson and L.M. Holt relates to Shenk's move from Omaha to the Imperial Valley to participate in the Imperial Land Company development project there. Correspondence during 1910-1913 between John Shenk and his son, William, then resident in Seattle, discusses family business interests in California and Washington, including a mining venture near Columbia, California. A final group of letters from the elderly Shenk in 1921 and 1922 talks of his declining health.

5 ms. boxes : ill.

California state library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7769396

California state library

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Shenk, W. W. (William W.)

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Holt, L. M. (Luther Myrick), b. 1840

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Schenk family

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Shenk, J. W. (John Wesley), 1842-1922

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Imperial Land Company

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Fergusson, S. W. (Sam W.)

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