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Mock, Eugene P., Collection, 1927-1928, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Mock, Eugene P., Collection, 1927-1928, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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Eugene P. Mock was born on August 28, 1904 in Illinois. Early in life, he lived in Zanesville, Ohio before joining the new formed Air Corps. He later became a train conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles, California. Late in life he was a mail carrier in Trona, California. Mock married Juanita Charlotte Wikoff in 1938 and had two children. Eugene Mock died while visiting Colorado on September 11, 1970.
The Eugene Mock letters consists of letters to Eugene Mock from his future wife Juanita Charlotte Wikoff (who signed them as “Lulu” or “Lu”), and includes some …
Pittsburg Pottery Company Collection, 1983-1994, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Pittsburg Pottery Company Collection, 1983-1994, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of legal papers, financial statements, and correspondence relating to the final decade of the Pittsburg Pottery Company.
The pottery business in Pittsburg began in 1888 when a smelting company provided a section for stonemasonry. In 1913, this section became independent and was named the Pittsburg Clay Works. Originally owned by A. K. and E. V. Lanyon, the company was bought by a group of people, including Henry Matarazzi, in 1925. Matarazzi gained complete ownership in 1944 and the name changed to the Pittsburg Pottery Company. Matarazzi passed the business on to his son in 1952 who sold it …