Starr Pait Gurcke: Translations of pre-statehood documents
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This is a collection of translations by Starr Pait Gurcke of California pre-statehood documents.
Starr Pait was born in San Jose in 1911. She graduated from San Jose State and received a master’s degree in Germanic languages from Stanford. She married Werner Gurcke, a German citizen, in 1936 in Santa Cruz. Starr Pait Gurcke translated documents concerning Mission Santa Cruz and Villa de Branciforte for local historians and the County of Santa Cruz. She died in Santa Cruz in 1997. Her family’s story is told in the book “We Were Not the Enemy” by her daughter Heidi Gurcke Donald.
UCSC Special Collections has a complete set of Starr Gurke's research papers and copies of her translations. The following list from UCSC includes the names of the collections where she found documents about Villa de Branciforte and Santa Cruz.<br /><br />Translations of pre-statehood documents: Villa de Branciforte, 1797-1859 Santa Cruz Mission Annual & Biennial Reports, 1791-1840 County of Santa Cruz - collection of early documents, ca. 1844-1865 Alcalde of the Villa de Branciforte, 1st & 2nd Constitutional Court - January-May, 1844, etc. Santa Barbara Mission Archives - H L. Lummis House Account Book of Mission Santa Cruz, 1792-1822 Mission Santa Cruz Reports, 1806, 1809, 1833 General Inventory of the Mission Santa Cruz, Aug.24, 1834 Miscellaneous letters from Santa Barbara Mission Archives - 1794, 1809-1844; from the De la Guerra Collection, Santa Barbara Mission Archives - 1815-1834; Mission Santa Cruz Letters - 1813; From the estate of Rosario Curletti, Santa Barbara Mission Archives Bancroft Library - Present Condition of California - General Report to the Viceroy, May 11, 1796 by Fr. Isidro Alonzo Salazar; "Priest's letters and Mission Accounts" - Santa Cruz - 1807-1846; Letters from BL Vallejo XXIX p.153 (1826), 232 (1838), 276 (1838), 489 (1824) Archivo General de la Nacion Mexico - "Year of 1803 Californias - Jose Marcelino Bravo & other settlers of the Villa de Branciforte - concerning their moving to the site of Corralitos 6 Leagues distant from the Villa" - Bravo Expediente San Francisco Chancery Archives - Letters concerning Mission Santa Cruz #234-768 - 1799-1817; #774-1399-2 - 1816-1820; #878-1660 - 1818-1824; Priest's Letters - 1816-1827 Huntington Library - Letters concerning Mission Santa Cruz - 1812-1852 Wallace B. Stevens Collection, University of Texas - Copy of the Report of the Royal Exchange and Minister in charge of the 2nd Naval Department concerning a new settlement in California titled "Branciforte" - 11/17/1795 - 12/17/1795; "Expediente concerning the Erection of the Villa de Branciforte in New California" - 1976, 1977, 1798, 1799, 1800-1803; J. S. Majors Original Grant from Governor Alvarado - 1839-1841 Monterey County Archives, Vallejo Collection - v.1 Criminal (ca. 1807-1833); #1-7/89, 401-586; 439-507 to 1807-1833; v.2 Criminal (1835-1837) #1-142; 143-256 to 1835-1837 MAMC Mexican Archives - Monterey County - Miscellaneous letters; Bolcoff Letters.<br /><br />For a complete description of the Starr P. Gurcke Papers at UCSC see <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82n53g3/">Inventory of the Starr P. Gurcke Papers</a>
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Gurcke, Starr
Gift of the Gurcke Family; received from Heidi Gurcke Donald, June 2019.
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Circa 1965-1990
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Santa Cruz (County)
California
The Circles at 100: The Story of a Church and a Neighborhood
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"Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Garfield Park Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the community it serves; November 8, 1907 - November 8, 2007."
DeFields-Gambrel, Steven
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
2007
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AR-230
Santa Cruz (City)
Garfield Park, Santa Cruz, aka The Circles: Early History, 1889-1890
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Transcribed articles from Santa Cruz newspapers, primarily 1889-1890, but continuing to 1941; along with some other transcribed sources.
Compiled by Stanley D. Stevens.
Stevens, Stanley
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
2019
Reproduced with permission of the author.
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AR-226
Santa Cruz (City)
1880s
1890s
Holy Cross Convent and Orphanage
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The Daughters of Charity founded Holy Cross School in 1862 as an orphanage.
Gift of Phyllis Patten
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
1943?
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LH-scpl-555
Santa Cruz (City)
1940s
Paul Tutwiler: Religion/Spirituality in Santa Cruz County
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Paul Tutwiler (1929-2014) became interested in Santa Cruz area history while he lived in Bonny Doon (1996-2011). A former priest and philosophy instructor, he researched and wrote extensively about the history of spirituality in the county. His wife Miriam donated his research files to Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
2 accordion files of research material that was compiled by Paul Tutwiler for use in writing his book "Santa Cruz Spirituality."
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Tutwiler, Paul
Gift of Miriam Beames, 2018
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
1996-2012
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Santa Cruz (County)
Virgil and Lora Allison
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In retirement
Unknown
Biggs, Margaret Phillips
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
3/8/1982
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SS-ALLISONV-13
Santa Cruz (City)
1980s
Interior of Santa Cruz Christian Church
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Biggs, Margaret Phillips
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Jul-84
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SS-ALLISONV-12
Santa Cruz (City)
1980s
Virgil and Lora Allison in Front of First Christian Church
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Unknown
Biggs, Margaret Phillips
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Circa 1940s
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SS-ALLISONV-11
Santa Cruz (City)
1940s
First Christian Church Members
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Unknown
Biggs, Margaret Phillips
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
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SS-ALLISONV-10
Santa Cruz (City)
Rosemary Allison
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Rosemary Ruth Allison (daughter of Pastor Virgil (V.K.) Allison) in her Santa Cruz High School band uniform
Unknown
Biggs, Margaret Phillips
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Circa 1940s
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SS-ALLISONV-08
Santa Cruz (City)
1940s