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San Diego Scrapbook Collection, 1896-1919

 Item — Box: 4, item: 6
Identifier: Item 6

Scope and Contents

Creator: Unknown (Relative of Fannie M. McKoon?) Named Person: William Barron, Beatrice Harrden, Fannie M'Koon, Myra Elizabeth Conklin Description: Contains newspaper clippings, magazine articles, postcards, publicity about the town of Borrowash, England within roughly the first half of the scrapbook, which also includes family photographs. The second half of the scrapbook contains clippings, postcards, photographs, and ephemera related to members of the McKoon (also M'Koon) family. Fannie McKoon lived at Fanita Rancho, which was named for her by the builder and her husband, Hosmer Perkins McKoon, in El Cajon. Before Fanita Rancho, the family seems to have lived at a residence built by Irving Gill at the corner of Albatross and Ivy. Clippings relate to the family's involvement in Christian Science in San Diego, the Wednesday Club, and also include editorials written by Fannie regarding the temperance movement in San Diego and attendance at the Women's Suffrage Convention, 1896.

Dates

  • created: 1896-1919

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 11.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository

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