Fisher Family Correspondence, 1870-1890

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Summary

Creators:
Fisher family
Abstract:
The Fisher Family Correspondence contains sixty letters of a Woodland, California family. The majority of the collection, which spans the years 1870-1890, consists of incoming correspondence to Edna Fisher (1870-1962). Primary correspondents are Ernest Blake, a cousin, and Adella Fisher (1867-1952), Edna's sister. From 1888 to 1889, Adella served as a primary school teacher in Winters, California, during which time she wrote many letters to her sister. The correspondence details family matters and the daily activities of the correspondents. Descriptions of life in Yolo County, California are also included.
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Fisher Family Correspondence, D-427, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The Fisher Family Correspondence contains sixty letters of a Woodland, California family. The majority of the collection, which spans the years 1870-1890, consists of incoming correspondence to Edna Fisher (1870-1962). Primary correspondents are Ernest Blake, a cousin, and Adella Fisher (1867-1952), Edna's sister. From 1888 to 1889, Adella served as a primary school teacher in Winters, California, during which time she wrote many letters to her sister. The correspondence details family matters and the daily activities of the correspondents. Descriptions of life in Yolo County, California are also included.

Arrangement of the Collection

The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Biographical / historical:

Circa 1854, Isaac Fisher (1829-1908) settled in Woodland, California and began raising alfalfa on his ranch. On June 14, 1866, he married Mary Cunningham (1847-1871), a native of Ohio. They had two daughters, Adella (1867-1952) and Edna (1870-1962).

On March 16, 1878, Isaac Fisher married Anna Rhoads (1854-1928), a native of Madison, Indiana, daughter of John L. and Lovina (Fierce) Rhoads. Isaac and Anna had four children: Oscar S. (1879-1959), Nile I. (1881-1971), Grace L. Epperson (1886-1958), and Chester H. (1890-1975)

Source:

Gregory, Thomas. History of Yolo County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present. Los Angeles, California: Historic Record Company, 1913.

Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, University of California, Library, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Fisher Family Correspondence, D-427, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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