Aliso Gun Club Records, 1898-1972

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Summary

Title:
Aliso Gun Club Records
Dates:
1898-1972
Creators:
Abstract:
Extent:
2 archives boxes and 1 volume; 1 linear foot, 4 inches.
Language:
Preferred citation:

Aliso Gun Club Records. Sherman Library and Gardens

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains game registers, photographs, financial records, correspondence, and shooting schedules for the Aliso Gun Club of California. The game registers contain the lists of members, their license numbers, and hunts of the different fowl (teal, widgeon, sprig, and spoon) from 1898 to 1972. The earliest game register (1898-1957) game register also contains information for the Fairview Gun Club (1898-1905) and the San Joaquin Gun Club (1901-1902).The financial records, which were kept by the club manager, Clarence Jessee, show grocery lists and payments by members for undisclosed reasons during the years 1942-1948, 1950, and 1952.

Biographical / historical:

The Aliso Gun Club was established in 1898 as one of the original gun clubs of Orange County along with the other earliest gun clubs, Greenhead and San Joaquin (1893) and Bolsa Chica (1895). The Aliso Gun Club shared members in its early days with the Bay Island Club, which was also a gun club until 1903. It was also originally known as the Fairview Gun Club from its start in 1898 to 1905 and for the 1901-1902 season as the San Joaquin Gun Club. The club had several different sites throughout its history. There is no indication of the gun club’s original location, but as of 1932 it was located “east of Santa Ana Sugar Factory” and in 1935 it was located in the southwest portion of the Irvine Ranch. In 1976 it was moved farther south to be grouped with the Old San Joaquin Club, Twenty Ranch Club, and S&M Gun Club. Clarence Jessee and his wife, Alice, ran the Aliso Gun Club from 1942 to 1965. The game registers indicate that the club was active until the end of the 1972 season.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to the Sherman Library by Alice Jessee in October, 1989.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Sherman Library and Gardens staff.
Date Prepared:
1898-1972
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on April 17, 2025, 11:28 a.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials are open for research.

Preferred citation:

Aliso Gun Club Records. Sherman Library and Gardens

Location of this collection:
614 Dahlia Ave.
Corona del Mar, CA 92625, US
Contact:
(949) 673-1880
library@slgardens.org
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