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Collection Overview
Title: Kraemer-Milligan Family Collection, 1913-ca. 1993
ID: SC/KMF
Primary Creator: Kraemer-Milligan Family
Extent: 1.97 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1995
Subjects: Egg trade - California - San Fernando Valley, J. T. Milligan & Son (Calif.), Kraemer, Edgar W., Kraemer, Herman, Kraemer, Katherine, Kraemer, Wilhelmina Milligan, 1909-, Milligan, Alice J., Milligan, Edwin Samuel, Milligan, John Thomas, Poultry industry - California - San Fernando Valley
Forms of Material: Ephemera, Paper records, Photographic material
Languages: English
Abstract
John Thomas Milligan raised white Leghorn chickens on his Oakgrove farm near Stithton, Kentucky. He migrated to the San Fernando Valley in 1922 and started The California White Leghorn Breeding Farm in the Lankershim area of the Valley (now North Hollywood). Mr. Milligan's daughter, Wilhelmina C. Milligan, married Edgar W. Kraemer, whose father, Herman Kraemer was also in the poultry business in the San Fernando Valley. The collection consists primarily of photographs, histories of the Kraemer and Milligan families, and ephemera.
Biographical Note
John Thomas Milligan raised white Leghorn chickens on his Oakgrove farm near Stithton, Kentucky. He migrated to the San Fernando Valley in 1922 and started The California White Leghorn Breeding Farm in the Lankershim area of the Valley (now North Hollywood). Mr Milligan's daughter, Wilhelmina C. Milligan, married Edgar W. Kraemer, whose father, Herman Kraemer was also in the poultry business in the San Fernando Valley.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Kraemer-Milligan Family Collection documents the poultry farming industry in the San Fernando Valley during the early- and mid-20th century, and consists primarily of photographs, histories of the Kraemer and Milligan families, and ephemera.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Acquisition Source:
Wilhelmina Milligan
Related Materials:
Charles Weeks Collection
This collection is part of the California Collection.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual, or see the Citing Archival Materials guide.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Kraemer, Edgar Williams (Sr.), Photographic Print
- Folder 2: The Kraemer Family, ca. 1993
- Folder 3: Kraemer, Herman, Photographic Print
- Folder 4: Kraemer, Katherine (Rech), Photographic Print
- Folder 5: Kraemer, Wilhelmina Catherine (Milligan), Photographic Print, ca. 1939
- Folder 6: Milligan, Alice Jockell, Photographic Print
- Folder 7: Milligan, Edwin Samuel, Navy Medal, ca. 1920
- Folder 8: The Milligan Family, Book 1-2, ca. 1993
- Folder 9: Milligan, John Thomas, Photographic Print
- Folder 10: Milligan, J.T., Trophy Display
- Box 2
- Item 1: Silver plated trophy cup, 13" high. Engraved "Mediterranean Class Won by J.T. Milligan & Son in The Evening Post International Egg Laying Contest six months Ending April 14, 1913"
- Item 2: Copper printing plate of a rooster used for letterhead for Mr. J.T. Milligan & Son's poultry business, 4" x 5"
- Item 3: Copper printing plate of a chicken used for letterhead for Mr. J.T. Milligan & Son's poultry business, 2" x 2" (round engraving)
- Box 3
- Item 1: "Lankershim Press, Progress Edition", April 1925
