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Elwyn Richter Yolo County School and Agriculture Collection

FONDS-1042

1871/1942

1000.0 - Record Group Number
2022-008 - Accession Number

Bestand

This collection contains textbooks, school work, and agricultural publications from the Morris and Richter families. The bulk of the collection are textbooks and school work from Elwyn Richter (1918-2003) and his time attending Cacheville School, Woodland High School, and UC Davis. Elwyn Raymond Richter was born May 26,1918, a native of Woodland, Mr. Richter had been a lifelong resident of Yolo County. He attended Cacheville school. He was a 1937 Woodland High School graduate. He attended school at UC Davis from 1937 to 1941 studying agriculture. He served the U.S. Army from July 1941 to 1946; and from July 1941 to October 1941 he attended officers candidate school for chemical warfare, and chemical warfare training camp in Aberdeen, Maryland. He was a 50-year member of Yolo Grange, 41-year commissioner of Yolo Fire District and spent 53 years as a farmer.

U04.06-U04.08; K05.10