Finding Aid to the Bissinger and Company records
Presley Hubschmitt
The Bancroft Library
February 2024
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Bissinger and Company records
Creator:
Bissinger and Company
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2010/872
Physical Description:
20 linear feet
(12 cartons, 3 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1880-1968
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft
Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For
current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online
catalog.
Language of Material:
English .
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Accruals
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Bissinger and Company records were transferred to The Bancroft Library from the Judah
L. Magnes Museum in 2010.
Existence and Location of Copies
There are no alternative forms of this collection.
Biographical / Historical
In 1880, Bissinger and Company, an outgrowth of the Alaska Commercial Company, was
organized in San Francisco. It specialized in hides, wool, and related articles and
maintained tanneries, slaughterhouses, and offices in Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana,
Washington, California, and British Columbia.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bissinger and Company records, BANC MSS 2010/872,The Magnes
Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Processing Information
Processed by Presley Hubschmitt in 2024 with funding from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert
Foundation.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains financial records, photographs of the Bissinger tanneries and of
company employees, business-related correspondence, company by-laws and articles of
incorporation, notices of dissolution, and company minutes (1901-1927).
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,
U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of
University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Tanneries --
California
Jewish businesspeople--California--San Francisco
Jews -- California -- San Francisco.
Business records.
By-laws.
Financial records.
Bissinger and
Company
carton 1, folder 1
Bissinger Biographical Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 2-3
Bissinger Company Photographs
undated
carton 1, folder 4
Personal Agreements
undated
carton 1, folder 5
Legal Documents including Certificate of Incorporation
undated
carton 1, folder 6
Credit, Loans, Debts
undated
carton 1, folder 7
Los Angeles Property - Legal and Financial Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 8
Portland, Oregon Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 9
Salt Lake City, Utah Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 10
Reno, Nevada Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 11
Boise, Idaho Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 12
Billings and Butte, Montana Offices
undated
carton 1, folder 13
Spokane, Washington Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 14
Vancouver, BC, Canada Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 15
San Francisco, California Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 16
Woodland, California Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 17
Seattle, Washington Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 18
Sierra Pine (Vernon), California Office Materials
undated
carton 1, folder 19
Miscellaneous Clippings and Ephemera
undated
carton 6, folder 7-12
Annual Statement Ledger
1935
carton 6, folder 14
By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation
undated
carton 7, folder 3
Annual Inventories and Reports
1901-1917
carton 7, folder 4
Dividends Ledger
1902-1918
carton 7, folder 5
Dividends Ledger
1955-1969
carton 7, folder 9
San Francisco Tanning Company - Stock Ledger
1918-1926
carton 8
Transfer Ledger
1918-1919
carton 9
Transfer Ledger
1917-1923
flat_box 2
Stock Certificate Books (6)
undated
flat_box 3
Bissinger Storefront Photographs (5)
undated
flat_box 3
Photograph of possibly Sam Bissinger (1)
undated
