Guide to the Sumatra Rubber Plantation Photographs Collection
Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; latest revision K. Dodd
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Guide to the Sumatra Rubber Plantation Photographs Collection, ca. 1916-1917
Collection number: Bernath Mss 414
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; latest revision K. Dodd
- Date Completed:
- Feb. 14, 2013
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sumatra Rubber Plantation Photographs Collection
Dates: ca. 1916-1917
Collection number: Bernath Mss 414
Collection Size:
.2 linear feet
(1 half-sized document box).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: Assortment of 130 photographs from the archives of a founding executive of the American General Rubber Company (GRC) taken
mainly in Sumatra and also in the Straits Settlements, at the pinnacle of enterprise and fortune.
Physical location: Del Norte.
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Sumatra Rubber Plantation Photographs Collection. Bernath Mss 414. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University
of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2012.
Scope and Content Notes
Assortment of 130 photographs from the archives of a founding executive of the American General Rubber Company (GRC) taken
mainly in Sumatra and also in the Straits Settlements, at the pinnacle of enterprise and fortune. Some photos have handwritten
captions and dates on back; most taken in north and north-central Sumatra, from October 1916 to January 1917. Photographs
vary in sizes, the largest measuring approximately 14 cm x 8 cm, and a few miniatures measuring 7 cm x 5 cm. Several are present
in multiple copies. The collection is accompanied by a printed envelope of the General Rubber Company, Singapore office in
the Straits Settlements, and a newspaper clipping of the
Straits Times in Singapore, 1916, pertaining to the disbursement of the estate of American financier John Pierpont Morgan [derived from
dealer description].
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
American General Rubber Company.
Sumatra (Indonesia)--Pictorial works.
Straits Settlements--Pictorial works.
Rubber plantations.
Box 1: 1
Batak People - Market near Berastagi
Box 1: 3
GRC Men Going to Berastagi (inland)
Box 1: 4
Grave Site, George Washington Allen - Judge from St. Louis, 1853-1917
Box 1: 7
Kaban Djahe: Rice Shed - Near Toba
Box 1: 9
Medan - Courthouse and Administration Building in Medan
Box 1: 10
Plantation: Northern Sumatra
Box 1: 12
GRC, Kisaran, Northern Sumatra
Box 1: 15
South Singapore,
1916-1917
Box 1: 16
Volcanic Mount Sibayak, near Berastagi
Box 1: 17
Volcanic Mount Sinabung, near Berastagi
