Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence to and from members of the Bohna family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The letters document daily life of various members of the Bohna family, who were chiefly farmers in Kern County, California, and in Clackamas County, Oregon. In addition to members of the Bohna family, principal correspondents include S. W. Woody and other members of the Woody family, of Woody, California.
Accompanied by Big Sagebrush Valley Ranch Under the Rims, by James E. Bohna (self-published in 1982), a family history.
Accompanied by Big Sagebrush Valley Ranch Under the Rims, by James E. Bohna (self-published in 1982), a family history.
Dates
- 1882-1956
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Bohna Family Correspondence is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2007.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by author. Unidentified correspondence and other family papers are filed at the end.
Extent
1.67 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The papers consist of correspondence to and from members of the Bohna family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The letters document daily life and family news of various members of the Bohna family (descendents of Christian Bohna), who were farmers, blacksmiths, and miners in Oregon and California (residing in, among other places, Kern County, California, and in Wasco and Clackamas Counties, Oregon). In addition to members of the Bohna family, principal correspondents include Spurrell W. Woody and other members of the Woody family, of Woody, California.
Bohna Family
Christian Bohna (1805-1872) was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States in the 1830s. After the death of his first wife Polly, he remarried (to Ophelia née Greene) and moved west with his many children, first settling in Kern County, California in 1859, and then in Oregon in 1862. Christian Bohna had twelve children: Hannah, Edward, Mary, Thomas, Henry, Sarah, Nancy, Fred, Margaret, William, Caroline, and John.
Processing Information
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- Blacksmiths -- California
- Blacksmiths -- California -- 19th century
- Blacksmiths -- Oregon
- Blacksmiths -- Oregon -- 19th century
- Bohna family
- Bohna, Christian, 1805-1872
- Bohna, Ernest
- Bohna, Henry Walter
- Bohna, James E.
- Clackamas County (Or.) -- Social life and customs
- Farmers -- California -- Kern County
- Farmers -- California -- Kern County
- Farmers -- Oregon -- Clackamas County
- Farmers -- Oregon -- Clackamas County
- Frontier and pioneer life -- California
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon
- Kern County (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
- Wasco County (Or.) -- Social life and customs
- Willamette River Valley (Or.) -- Social life and customs
- Woody, Spurrell W.
Creator
- Title
- Bohna Family Correspondence
- Author
- Lisa Conathan and Kathleen Burns
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
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