Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Wells Fargo & Company Express collection
Dates: 1884-1944
Collection Number: MS 81
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 oversize box + 1 half-box
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: The collection consists of business records of the Wells Fargo & Company Express.
Language of Material: English
Access
This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives
staff to arrange for access.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of
the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
Wells Fargo & Company Express collection. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Acquisition Information
Gift of Leroy T. Deise, 1992 and miscellaneous donors
Biography/Administrative History
The Wells Fargo Company was launched as a joint stock enterprise on March 18, 1852 by Henry Wells and William G. Fargo. Wells
Fargo was created to serve as an express and banking business and served Gold Rush California.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of business records of the Wells Fargo & Company Express and include an employee instruction book,
collection books, directories, tariff books, circulars specifying instructions for the shipment of specific items, employee
information, and miscellaneous receipts, memorandums and reports.
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