ARCHIVAL ARRANGEMENT and DESCRIPTION of the JUDGE LEOPOLD JUST I COLLECTION by Laurie Page an Investigative Project Submitted To
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ARCHIVAL ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGE LEOPOLD JUST I COLLECTION by Laurie Page An investigative project submitted to Sonoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in Histor::( "Dennis E. Harris, Ph.D., Chair Step~en D. Watrous, Ph.D. Copyright 1993 by Laurie Page ii AUTHORIZATION FOR REPRODUCTION OF MASTER'S PROJECT I grant permission for the reproduction of this project in its entirety,without further quthorization from me, on the condition that the person or agency requesting reproduction absorb the cost and provide proper acknowledgement of authorship. I grant permission for the reproduction of parts of this project without further authorization from me, on the condition that the person or agency requesting reproduction absorb the cost and provide proper acknowledgement of authorship. D.r...TE: Signature Street Address City, State, zip iii ARCHIVAL ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGE LEOPOLD JUSTI COLLECTION Project by Laurie Page ABSTRACT Purpose of the Study: To calendar the published materials contained within the Judge Leopold Justi Collection and provide a reference which, by explaining the processes that preceded calendaring and the procedures involved in the calendaring process, will guide those who will continue the calendaring process for other materials contained within the ,collection. Procedure: To select and organize items in this collection, donated in June, 1992, by Judge Leopold Justi's grand-nephew, Roland Todd, and his wife, to the archives of the Sonoma State University Ruben Salazar Library. Guides used were Archives and Manuscripts: Arrangement and Description by David B. Gracy, Archives & Manuscripts: Surve~s, by John A. Fleckner, and Archives and Other Special Collections by Sr. Mary Jane Menzenska. Sandra D. Walton, university archivist, served as consultant. The project demanded discerning how best to organize and make accessible a gift collection of personal papers and artifacts for use in a university archive. A gross inventory of the collection was made to define the categories of materials. Then items from the collection were selected for calendaring, involving systematic description in terms of type of item, title, author, publisher, place of publication, printer, date, page numbers and size, contents, color and condition, box number, item number and calendar date. Findings: The sixteen original containers holding the collection were in very poor condition due to moisture and rodent damage. The only materials in chronological order to be found in any of the original sixteen boxes were transferred to Box 28 and Box 35. These materials were correspondence pertaining to the wine industry that had ?ee~ put into chronologically ordered folders by Wlillam F. Heintz. The immensity of the collection necessitated iv expanding the number of containers first to twenty-six and then to thirty-nine. The items calendared represented the interests of Judge Leopold Justi, with the emphasis largely on agricultu~al materials related to farming. It was interesting to discover materials published after 1946 (the year of Justi's death); this collection has been added to by persons other than Justi. Conclusion At this point, many significant steps of the archival process remain to be accomplished with the Judge Leopold Justi Collection. Before further organization is done, it is recommended that the collection be fumigated. After this is performed, the items will need to be sorted by document type, and within each type according to date (where appropriate) or alphabetical order (for undated items). Finally, it will be necessary to prepare a group description in the form of .a register or an inventory, possibly augmented by a more detailed shelf list or calendar for particularly important manuscripts, as a finding aid to assist the public in locat' n of specific it ms in the collection. Chair MA Program: History /'7Cl':? Sonoma State University Da te : gu:ifj~. /1/._ .L! / v Dedication This project is dedicated to the memories of my father, Carla Garrett, Nancy Winans, and Mrs. Ruth Smothers. vi Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge the following persons for their support, help, patience, understanding, and inspiration during the process of producing this project: My dearest mother, Geets, and Big Stui My great aunt, Nettie Pollock~ My loving aunt, Jean; My cousins, Beverly Marilyn Bronfman, Janis and Vance Buroker; Mrs. Polly Huntsinger, who taught me my magic words and is so very special; My surrogate father, Bob, and his daughter, Conci Lorca; My committee, Dennis E. Harris, Ph.D., Chair; Daniel W. Markwyn, Ph.D., and Stephen D. Watrous, Ph.D., and Sandra D. Walton, Archivist/Librarian Collection Management/Special Collections, Ruben Salazar Library; Elaine Sundberg, and the entire academic programs and graduate studies office staff; Barbara Suess; Mike Kiraly, History Department Secretary; The extraordinary staff of the Ruben Salazar Library; My editor, Marsha Calhoun, without whose help this project would have been much more difficult; And the many great friends who have encouraged, inspired, and been the best support team anyone could wish for: John Jerome, who watched the midnight oil burn one winter, and told me to never give up; J. J. Romeo, my pen-pal of weekly loyalty and devotion; J. A. A. and S. A. s., who alway say they care and have shown it for two decades; Lawrence Grant Conover, for help on the grief; vii Carl Gradek, recently included for the final stretch, calming of last-minute terrorsj A. S. W., who makes sure I am on track with life, and is always steadfast with the reminder to be true to myself; Marti Patterson, for absolute faith; Kate and Kim, for their giggles and woman-power; Joy in British Columbia, who over a decade ago gave the first burst of inspiration; Ingrid, who gifted me with my briefcase, which has been of constant usefulness; Jim Headley of Yardbirds in Santa Rosa, and all the other wingnuts who bore with me during this process; Gail and LeRoy, for the feeding frenzies on busy days; Jerry and Anna Lebowitz, who have always offered their love and support long-distance; Dearest Jay Gordon, Dennis Hall, Dennis Machado, and Don Edwards; Thomas J. Seibold, for his admirable listening skills and infinite wisdom; J. T., for all his gifts of honey that sweetened all my cups of tea; Iris Cooper, Bunni Cogsdell, Martha Branscomb, Cynthia Lee Wallace, Shannon Leslie, Deirdre, Trisha Naomi, Sherre and Glenn Rossi, Kaj, the Brantleys, the Grahams, Lori Diane, John 0., Dr. James F. Carroll and his incredibly kind staff; the McClures, Great Impressions in Turlock, California, Christina, Santana and Iris, Cliff, Arthur, Pamela, Irene Veona, Wendy, Carla and baby Allen, Sherilynn and the outstanding staff of the Blood Bank of the Redwoods, Cat, Dean and Beau of Eclipse Enterprises, Linda Floan, and Dena; and Consumer Wholesale Office Supplies, Santa Rosa, who once opened their doors after closing time for me to obtain a much-needed ribbon cartridge. viii Table of Contents List of Illustrations vii Chapter Page 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Historical Framework 3 Justi's Life 3 Sonoma County 6 The Process of Calendaring 11 Procedure 12 2. CALENDAR 16 General Organization 16 Definitions 17 The Calendar Items 19 3. CONCLUSION 77 Bibliography Archival Materials 81 Historical Materials 83 Appendices A. Biography of Judge Leopold Justi 85 B. Gross Inventory of Thirty-Nine Boxes 90 C. Materials Needed for Cataloging Project 95 ix List of Illustrations 1. What to Invent 23 2. The New Horticulture 52 3. Vermont Farm lw1achine Company 56 4. Illustrated World 62 5. The Overland Monthly 68 6. Advertising Placard 2 74 7. Advertising Placard 3 75 x 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION In October, 1992, sixteen corrugated cardboard boxes filled with an array of memorabilia collected over half a century by Judge Leopold Justi of Glen Ellen were donated to the Ruben Salazar Library at Sonoma State University by Roland Todd, a Justi grand-nephew, and his wife, Hazel. The collection was brought to the Special Collections Room of the library by William F. Heintz, a renowned wine historian. The boxes contained greeting cards for every seasonal occasion; postcards and telegrams of both business and personal natures; correspondence with nurseries~ banking records; wine and agricultural ephemera~ maps and booklets of diverse types; real estate documents~ miscellaneous magazines, journals, and ledgers~ scrapbooks and newspaper clippings; and political memorabilia. The judge had many interests, which were reflected in what had been saved. Such items as random photographs, train timetables, maps, insurance company "giveaway" record books, religious prayer cards, and even a booklet entitled Perfect Manhood and the Wa¥ to Obtain It were uncovered. Actual artifacts, though unrelated and ~ew in number, were also uncovered. These included rusted license plates, remnants of incense cones, and early twentieth century light bulbs. 2 To the historical researcher, this collection presents an exciting, though often difficult, challenge. Some of the booklets, brochures, and other ephemera found in the collection were in such poor physical condition that they were unsuitable for calendaring because these materials were not salvageable, or could only be salvaged with expensive procedures. At the time that it was received by the university, no chronological order existed within the collection, with the exception of some folders of correspondence pertaining to the wine industry that had been selected and organized chronologically by William F. Heintz. In addition, a numper of items dating from after Judge Justi's death had been added to the collection. Before any documentation could begin with this collection in terms of calendaring the items, the most immediate need was to prevent further damage by transfering it into clean, dry containers. During this process, the lack of chronological or other order became evident; the original provenance was nevertheless preserved during this transfer, although the number of boxes needed to house the collection increased from sixteen to twenty-six.