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Category: Family

  • Corneila Trosper Diary

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    Copy of Jane Barry’s copy of Cornelia Trosper’s Diary detailing the daily activities of her family from 1880 to 1906, many details of fishing, hunting, and domestic work.

  • Document (Typed biogra)

    Document (Typed biogra)

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    Typed biography of Edna M. Sheridan, Postmaster at Monte Rio, 1915-1935 Sheridan Family History: Eleven documents related to the Sheridan family (2016.01.008-018) including notes, letters, family trees, etc.

  • Letter (Hand-written)

    Letter (Hand-written)

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    Hand-written card from Alice S. Ballard to Evelyn Pedroia regarding not receiving photocopies sent to her in San Francisco. Handwritten note on back of card gives current (10/12/96) address of Alice Ballard and Elizabeth Noonan. Sheridan Family History: Eleven documents related to the Sheridan family (2016.01.008-018) including notes, letters, family trees, etc.

  • Family Tree

    Family Tree

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    Handwritten Sheridan family tree Sheridan Family History: Eleven documents related to the Sheridan family (2016.01.008-018) including notes, letters, family trees, etc.

  • Document (A detailed h)

    Document (A detailed h)

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    A detailed history of the Sheridan family and Sheridan ranch prepared by Tony Hoskins, President of the Sonoma County Historical Society at the request of Dennis O’Rorke, who was finding information to fight the eminent domain attempt to size the Sheridan Ranch in order to build a sewer system. 7 pages. Sheridan Family History: Eleven…

  • Print, Photographic

    Print, Photographic

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    Sepia photos of family sitting on hillside in front of structural frame. Six children and two adults. Possibly Sheridan Family or Ballards. (Includes negatives.)

  • Letter (Email from G)

    Letter (Email from G)

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    Email from Getchell Corporation regarding the Sheridan Ranch barn restoration done in 1997 and the house restoration done in 1985-88 Sheridan Family History: Eleven documents related to the Sheridan family (2016.01.008-018) including notes, letters, family trees, etc.

  • Clipping, Newspaper

    Clipping, Newspaper

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    Clipping from July 3 1987 detailing the restoration of the Sheridan Ranch house by Gary Lee Getchell’s Getchell Corp. Sheridan Family History: Eleven documents related to the Sheridan family (2016.01.008-018) including notes, letters, family trees, etc.

  • The History of the Occidental Union Hotel

    The History of the Occidental Union Hotel

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    The front of the paper is actually the dessert menu for the Union Hotel. On the backside, however, is a history of the hotel and the family.

  • Letter (Hand-written)

    Letter (Hand-written)

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    Hand-written 8-page letter with bleed-through writing (and photocopy) to Ms. C Dowd of the Monte Rio Historical Society from Elizabeth S. Noonan recounting the original travels of James Sheridan and Ann Harvey (Grandmother) and short history of Sheridan Ranch house. Sheridan Family History: Eleven documents related to the Sheridan family (2016.01.008-018) including notes, letters, family…