Dabney Biographical Information
This material comes from a few sheets of biographical information on
Joseph B. Dabney which were in the box of historical documents that
were once in the possession of the Dabney House president. There were
many other documents in the box; most were relevant to House history.
I copied this information in 1981 in response to a request from a
Dabney descendant. While taking the weekly Saturday tour of Big Bear
Solar Observatory she noticed my house mug filled with sun tea. At
her request I procured a house mug for her, and before delivering it
to her the house president let me see the house documents. Would that
I had copied all of them.
There were some index cards which appeared to be a transcription
of a 1932 L.A. Times obituary.
A short note from 1963 listing then living Dabney relations.
The final page was a memo from the institute president in 1974
apparently to the director of the development office. Its content may
indicate the origin of all the rest of the material.
Steve Allen <sla@alumni.caltech.edu>
1998-11-17