Guide to the Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Brown) Morse Papers JL016
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Title: Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Brown) Morse Papers
creator:
Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Brown)
Identifier/Call Number: JL016
Physical Description:
42.5 Linear Feet
(4 cartons + 12 volumes)
Date (inclusive): 1911-1969
Abstract: Contains personal correspondence of Samuel Morse, correspondence of the Pacific Improvement Company relating to liquidation
of the company, and a report (12 v.) prepared for the Pacific Improvement Company in 1916, titled, "Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke
on the Pacific Coast." Also includes annual reports of the Pacific Improvement Company.
Biography
Chronology
| 1885 July 18 |
Born in Newton, Mass. |
| 1903 |
Graduated from Phillips Andover Academy. |
| 1907 |
Graduated from Yale University. |
| 1907 - 1910 |
Manager of a land developnent project for John Nays Haanonci in California. |
| 1910 - 1915 |
Manager of Crocker-Huffman Land & Water Co., Merced, Ca. |
| 1915 - 1919 |
Secretory and General. Manager of Pacific Improvement Company, liquidation proceedings dragged on and S.F.B. Morse retained
this position until 1967.
|
| 1919 - 1969 |
Organizer, President, part owner (with Herbert Fleishacker) and later Cflairman of the Board of Del Monte Properties Co. |
| 1916 - 1956 |
Senior Director of Crocker 1st National Bank. |
| 1916 - 1956 |
Other Positions : Advisory Council of Crocker-Anglo National Bank, U. S. Loaning Corp., As5ociate Fellow of Morse College,
Yale University.
|
| 1916 - 1966 |
Clubs : Links, Racquet and Tennis (New York), Pacific-Union, Burlingame Country, Cypress Point (Calif.). |
| 1966 |
Awarded LL.D by University of California. |
| 1969, May 11 |
Died in Pebble Beach, Calif. |
Scope and Contents
The collection (JL 16) itself consists of four large boxes of correspondence and twelve bound volumes of a report that Morse
had made for the Pacific Improvement Company just after his appointment (1915-1916). The report is entitled: "Iron, Steel,
Coal and Coke on the Pacific Coast." The first two boxes of correspondence are Morse's own personal files for the years 1923
(Box #1) and 1927 (Box #2). The last box contains Morse's copies of Pacific Improvement Company correspondence (1930-1969)
relating to the final liquidation of the Company, of which Stanford University became a quarter-owner by inheritance. Other
owners were the University of California at Berkeley (50%) and the Crocker Estate (25%).
Biographical / Historical
S.F.B. Morse (1886-1969) was the great grandson and namesake of the inventor of the telegraph. Though his family was from
Boston, he moved out to San Francisco, almost immediately after his graduation from Yale (where he was captain of the football
team) in 1907. He became associated with the Crockers and after making a success of the Crocker-Hoffman Land and Water Company,
which he managed, he was subsequently offered a position managing the Pacific Improvement Company in 1915. Since the heirs
of the original owners of Southern Pacific (Stanford, Crocker, Hopkins, Huntington) had sold out the Railroad they were also
interested in liquidating the Pacific Improvement Co., which had originally been the construction company for the railroad
and had since become a holding company for many various concerns. The liquidation became Morse's job and he expedited about
90 percent of that task in his first five years on the job. However, the remainder of the job dragged on until 1967, almost
fifty years later. Morse's most triumphant personal deal was buying Pacific Improvement Co. land on the Monterey Peninsula
himself. The company that he formed of it in 1919, Del Monte Properties, became his pet and very profitable project because
he developed that land into tremendously valuable resort and private real estate (i.e. Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, etc.).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Crocker Estate to the Jackson Library of Business in 1970. Transferred to the Department of Special Collections in
1979, accession 1979-081. Accession 1999-019 is a gift of Mary Morse Shaw, 1999.
Preferred Citation
Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Brown) Morse Papers. JL016. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Reports.
Holding Companies -- California.
Hotel management -- California.
Real estate development -- California.
Monterey Peninsula (Calif.)
Business records.
Del Monte Properties Co.
University of California, Berkeley.
Stanford University
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand
Pacific Improvement Company
Sterling, J. E. Wallace (John Ewart Wallace)
Shoup, Paul
Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Brown)
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman)
Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Brown)
Series 1. Personal Papers
box 1, folder 1
S.F.B. Morse - Andover Fund Drive, 1919 - Correspondence
l0/5/19 - 11/7/l9
box 1, folder 2
S.F.B. Morse - Andover Fund Drive, 1919, 1920 - correspondence
11/8/l9 -1/7/20
box 1, folder 3
Andover Fund Drive
1919
Scope and Contents note
(promotional material) -Personal Correspondence (chronological by year, alpha within each year)
box 1, folder 4
Ga - Gl
1922
Scope and Contents note
Correspondents include: Horace Ghiselin, William Garlick, Gen. Petrol Co.
box 1, folder 6
A-l
1923
Scope and Contents note
Armsbys - Jim & Cordon re: "Woof" Club, Raymond Armsby (related?) re: two parcel of land in Pebble Beach purchased - N.Y.C.
stockbroker re: Yale-Harvard Game.
box 1, folder 7
Ba - Be
1923
Scope and Contents note
Capt. John Barneson of Un. Petrol Co. Barneson (cartel-like business proposition).
box 1, folder 8
Bi - Bri
1923
Scope and Contents note
William McCormick Blair of Lee, Higinson Co. related to correspondence, Invitation to opening of L.A. Biltmore Hotel Prospectus
from Bowman of Biltmore Hotel (Beau-Site Co.) to all stockholders. Miss ~Elizabeth Boit, Warafield, Mass. (Miss Aunt Lizzie),
The Bohemian Club, Rolden Lee Borden of L.A. Income Properties Inc. with Prospectus ~ Article of concern.
box 1, folder 9
Bro - By
1923
Scope and Contents note
Burlingame Country Club, Matthew G. Brush N.Y.C. (Kopper Co. & Columbia Steel).
box 1, folder 10
Ca - Ci
1923
Scope and Contents note
William F. Glow Jr. of James B. Glow &Sons (cast iron pipe, water rights). Form letters from S.F. Chamber of Commerce; correspondence
and reports on Californians Inc.; letter and information on newly-formed Calif. Historical Society; Harold S. Chase (Realtor)
from Santa Barbara.
box 1, folder 11
Co - Cy
1923
Scope and Contents note
William H. Crocker ; C. Templeton Crocker (in N.Y.C.); W. Crocker -Crocker Bank.
box 1, folder 12
D
1923
Scope and Contents note
letter of appeal from M.H. de Young on Chronicle stationery; brochure of Mooreheart School.
box 1, folder 13
E
1923
Scope and Contents note
George Watkin Evans Consulting Coal Engineer, Paul Elder & Co. - Publishers Book Sellers.
box 1, folder 26
Me - Mi
1923
Scope and Contents note
Asked to be Director of Co. "exploiting the Hope Ranch" - refuses.
box 1, folder 27
Mo - My
1923
Scope and Contents note
Letters to son, Sammy and other members of his family, 2nd wife Relda; Aunt Augusta, Athens, Ohio; son Jack; Daughter Nancy
Morse - living with mother Mrs. Richardson, Lake Forest, Ill.; LB. Morse Bakersfield; Philip C. Morse, N.Y. Broker; William
U. Morse Fortuna; Secretary V. McDonald.
box 1, folder 28
N
1923
Scope and Contents note
Mr. & Mrs. (Rosa - Morse's sister) Arthur L. Notman - Hollywood
box 1, folder 29
O
1923
Scope and Contents note
Fairfield Osborn Jr. Redmond Co. N.Y. Philadelphia, D.J. O'Brien - Chief of S.F. Police.
box 1, folder 30
Pa - Pa
1923
Scope and Contents note
Description and blue prints of 'proposed' lot at Pebble Beach; J. Murray Page, Chicago re: automobile; Philips Andover Academy,
Pacific Union Club.
box 1, folder 31
Pi - Py
1923
Scope and Contents note
About Crock era going into newspaper business to Samuel Pierce, Santa Barbara.
box 1, folder 33
Ra - Py
1923
Scope and Contents note
Richardsons (George, his wife Anne, and Harriet) concerning the children - 12/l6/23 - letter to Harriet (very critical) about
Senator Hiram Johnson - references to "Southern Pacific Political Machine" (Anne Richardson was Morse's first wife and mother
of his children, she and George lived in Lake Forest and he worked for the Marshall Field Estate. Harriet comes from Neutonville,
Boston)
box 1, folder 34
Ro - Ry
1923
Scope and Contents note
Foster Rockwell, Banker's Trust Co. N.Y.C. re: stocks, bonds - oil - "Market Street Railway Co."; from Leo. H. Roose - Roose
Bros. S.F.
box 1, folder 35
Sa - Se
1923
Scope and Contents note
San Francisco Opera Season (23-24) Literature.
box 1, folder 36
Se - Sm
1923
Scope and Contents note
To Hon. Samuel Shortridge (no signature) (U.S. senator against Soldier Bonus); Paul Shoup, Pres. Assoc. Oil Co. San Francisco.
box 1, folder 37
Sn - Ste
1923
Scope and Contents note
"Chain letter" against Soldier Bonus, George Sterling, poet S.F., Alfred E. Stearns, Principal - Phillips Andover.
box 1, folder 38
Sti - Sy
1923
Scope and Contents note
C.B. "Buck" Stuart; Henry H. Storey, V.P. Standard Oil.
box 1, folder 39
T
1923
Scope and Contents note
Ernest B. Tracy - prospectus on Louisiana Shooting Club, LI.C.; Mr. & Mrs. Urban T. (Marie) Thompson.
box 1, folder 40
U
1923
Scope and Contents note
Universal Bldg. Products.
box 1, folder 42
Wa - We
1923
Scope and Contents note
Frederic N. Watriss re: fishing trip in Mexico; letter to Sec. of War John W. Weeks asking his recommendation to President
of Samuel Knight for Federal Judge; J. Watson Webb - more correspondence on Touhy case.
box 1, folder 43
Wh - Wy
1923
Scope and Contents note
Jack A. Williams; Mrs. Malcolm (Jennie) D. Whitman
box 1, folder 44
Y
1923
Scope and Contents note
Yale (Alumni Fund, Univ. Press etc.).
box 1, folder 46
S.F.B. Morse Bills A-E
1923
box 1, folder 47
S.F.B. Morse Bills F-J
1923
box 1, folder 48
S.F.B. Morse Bills P-Z
1923
box 1, folder 49
S.F.B. Morse Bills (not alphabetical)
1924
box 1, folder 50
S.F.B. Morse Bills (not alphabetical)
1924
box 2, folder 1
S.F.B. Morse Correspondence, boats
1926
Scope and Contents note
Letters, pictures, blue prints, bill of sales concerning buying and selling of boats - mostly yachts.
box 2, folder 2
S.F.B. Morse Correspondence, boats
1927
Scope and Contents note
more of the above - most business done through Stephens Bros., Stockton, Calif.
box 2, folder 3
Al
1927
Scope and Contents note
Gordon Abbot mostly on Ivy League football tickets and cruise vacations; brochure for Associated Sportsmen's Clubs of Calif.
of which S.F.B. Morse became life member - Conservation Group. Raymond Armsby bought Morse's land in Pebble Beach, letter
to pep up Andover Football Team 1926.
box 2, folder 4
Ba - Be
1927
Scope and Contents note
Charles Baad, Manager of Biltmore Hotel, L.A.; Cart. John Barneson - Gen. Petroleum Co. re: S.F.B.M. subdividing and selling
his land in Hillsborough. They were neighbors.
box 2, folder 5
Bi - Bri
1927
Scope and Contents note
(Aunt Lizzie) Elizabeth Boit, Boston; William McCormick Blair - Lee, Higginson, Chicago; William Born S.F.B.M. finally exchanged
his land in Hillsborough for Born's land in Del Monte (copies of contract)
box 2, folder 7
Ca - Cl
1921
Scope and Contents note
Harold Chase, Santa Barbara, Fund Raising Brochure for Walter Carp Memorial in New Haven
box 2, folder 8
Co - Cy
192l
Scope and Contents note
Crocker First National Bank of San Francisco ; John W. Considine, Jr., Hollywood, Cypress Point Golf Club, Templeton Crocker;
Thomas Coleman re: S.F.B.M. Science Bldg. at Andover Academy
box 2, folder 9
S.F.B. Morse
1927
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence "B" - Joseph P. Day Management Corporation, Real Estate 932 Eighth Ave, New York City re: a transaction where
S.F.B.M, would trade Crocker Farm and $3 million for General Motor Bldg. in N.Y.C. - outcome? Correspondence through an agent:
George F. Montgomery - only his letters are in the file - no copies of Morse's are there. Articles concerning General Motors
building. Morse also interested in Delmonica Bldg. and some Jackson Heights Property also Park Central Hotel (floor plan,
brochure, economic history included) in all possible transactions he hoped to trade Crocker Ranch, Merced, Calif.; letter
of introduction to Cecil B. DeMille for J. Lawrence Poole - newsman.
box 2, folder 10
E
1921
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Don Tresidder, Presideuent, Yosemite Park's Curry Co. re: Morse's trip to Yosemite in October.
box 2, folder 11
F
1927
Scope and Contents note
Herbert Fleishbacker - Banker S.F. ; Tirey L. Ford Jr. - Swayne & Hoyt Co., S.F.; letter of introduction to Douglas Fairbanks
Jr. for some Yale football players.
box 2, folder 12
Ga - Gl
1927
Scope and Contents note
Gladding, McBean & Co. Retorts to Stockholders.
box 2, folder 13
Go - Gy
1927
Scope and Contents note
Gale Griswold Stanford University student, temporarily contracted to tutor S.F.B. Morse, Jr. so that he might enter Stanford
University, plan fails.
box 2, folder 14
Ha
1927
Scope and Contents note
Letter of introduction for same Mr. Toole to Howard Hawks - for Studio; Mr. Genevieve Hay (his sister) in Reno mostly concerning
familial problems with another sister - Rosa.
box 2, folder 15
He
1927
Scope and Contents
Bayard Henry of Real Estate Co. of same name, San Francisco re: the sale of Templeton Crocker's Hillsborough property to be
used for a golf course; Henry's letters to Morse and copies of letters to Crocker. Morse involved because he connives to receive
half of Henry's 5 % commission (map of proposed golf course). Also some correspondence with Henry concerning the sale of his
own (S.F.B.M.) Hillsborough property, which he wanted subdivided or made into a school - finally traded to S. Borne. Robert
Henderson - Burlingame, Ca.
box 2, folder 16
Ho - Hy
1927
Scope and Contents note
Guy Hutchinson, N.Y.C. - Yale; Harold C. Hunt, L.A.; Robert Hooker, San Francisco re: sub-dividing Morse's land.
box 2, folder 18
J
1927
Scope and Contents note
T.A.D. Jones - supervisor of Yale football, New Haven; St. Francis Yacht Club, S.F.B. Morse joins, Hiram Johnson Chairman.
box 2, folder 19
K
1927
Scope and Contents note
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Kerry, Beverly Hills; Thomas Kenney, Boston.
box 2, folder 20
La - La
1927
Scope and Contents note
H.A. Lafler, specialist in properties on the seacoast of Calif., long report on possibilities of developing 14600 acres of
land on coast in Sonoma County (96 miles North of San Francisco). Two maps included; Harold W. Law, Attny., S.F. re: Law's
father's land in S.F. - possible trade for S.F.B.M.'s Burlingame property.
box 2, folder 21
Li - Ly
1927
Scope and Contents note
Elihu G. Loomis, Attny., Boston (cousin of Morse), concerning familial business affairs in Boston.
box 2, folder 22
Ma - Me
1927
Scope and Contents note
Classic "Prohibition" Note from Cassol of Paul Masson Champagne Co. 3.1/23, information of economic value (assets and liabilities)
of Mark Hopkins Hotel, G.W. McNear, S.F. re: letters of introduction for S.F.B.M. Jr. in New Zealand and Austra1ia
box 2, folder 23
Me - Mi
1927
Scope and Contents note
Edwin Evans Mentzner "Economic Letters" (27 in all) on all sorts of international investment prospects, Evans was stocks and
bonds Consultant in S.F.; Hamilton G. (Mike) Merrill, Paso Robles, Ca. re: possibilities of Morse buying land to develop on
Morro Bay; A.R. Williams of Metcalf & Ryan, realtors in L.A., re: values of different L.A. hotels i.e. Huntington, Gaylord,
Ambassador which S.F.B.M. thinks of investing in, but finally decides against, letter of recommendation of Gale Griswold as
tutor to S.F.B.M. Jr. from J. Mitchell, Registrar of Stanford University
box 2, folder 24
Mo - My
1927
Scope and Contents note
George Montgomery, N.Y.C., concerning the proposition whereby the Crocker Ranch would be traded for some N.Y. C. real estate,
members of his family: Sam Jr. at sea then working in Chicago; Jack at St. Paul's in N.H.; Nancy in Chicago; Harry (his brother
in L.A.); Augusta (his Aunt in Athens, Ohio).
box 2, folder 25
N
1927
Scope and Contents note
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Notman, L.A., (his older sister Rosa and her husband).
box 2, folder 27
Pa - Pe
1927
Scope and Contents note
Pacific Mutual Life (Insurance) L.A., Philips Andover Academy; Henry Patrick - from Elihu Loomis Firm in Boston, trustee of
father's estate.
box 2, folder 30
Ra - Ri
1927
Scope and Contents note
Letter to and from Grantland Rice re: U.S.C. football star Morley Drury, Harriet Richardson (sister), Mr. and Mrs. George
Richardson (Anne - his ex-wife) re: S.F.B.M. Jr.
box 2, folder 31
Ro - Ry
1927
Scope and Contents note
John Rosseter, S.F. re: a planned cruise to Mazatlan, Mexico.
box 2, folder 32
Sa - Sc
1927
Scope and Contents note
St. Francis Yacht Club, G. Foster Sanford, Smyth, Sanford and Gerard Insurance, N.Y.C. and S.F; scattered information on possible
real estate deals in S.F.
box 2, folder 33
Sc - Sm
1927
Scope and Contents note
Paul Shoup, Grant Selfridge MD -(S.F.B.M's doctor).
box 2, folder 34
Sn - Ste
1927
Scope and Contents note
Alfred E. Stearns, Principal, Philips Andover Academy.
box 2, folder 35
Sti - Sy
1927
Scope and Contents note
C.S. (Buck) Stuart, Clark, Childs & Co., stock broker, N.Y.C.; Stanley Sweet, N.L.C.; R.T. Smith researches and estimates
value of S.F. land.
box 2, folder 36
T
1927
Scope and Contents note
Ernest Tracy, N.Y.C.; Mrs. Urban T. (Marie) Thompson; S.L. Poole, newspaperman of S.F., out of work asking for help; Joe Toplitzky,
real estate, L.A.; article 1/20/27 - commemorating 89th anniversary of 1st telegraph message. The inventor was S.F.B. Morse's
great-grandfather.
box 2, folder 38
V
1927
Scope and Contents note
L.D. Van Horne, L.A. out of work asking for help; Paul Veeder, N.Y.C.; W.C. Van Antwerp, S.F.
box 2, folder 40
Wh - Wy
1927
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, President of Stanford University re: the plan of S.F.B. Morse, Jr. to be tutored ton enter S.U. also
re: tutor Gale Griswald.
box 2, folder 41
X - Z
1927
Scope and Contents note
Yale University, 20th Reunion, Annual giving etc; C. C. Young, Governor of Calif., S.F.B. Morse recommends a certain Lida
C. Reed as Notary Public on beha1f of friend, Willima C. Matthews (Special Asst. to the Attorney General).
box 2, folder 42
Z
1927
Scope and Contents note
Joseph Zemansky re: possible purchase by S.F.B. Morse of the Hotel del Coronado - San Diego, sketch map included.
box 2, folder 64
Morse, John B. Bills from train St. Paul's School
1927
Series 2. Pacific Improvement Co. files
box 3, folder 1
Pacific Improvement Co.
1930 - 1932
Scope and Contents note
Cover note to the effect that "All correspondence received in connection with Pacific Improvement Co. sent to Miss MacDonald.";
mostly inter-organizational memos and directives - some correspondence with their lawyers Thomas W. Dahlquist in S.F. (re:
Carbon Hills Co., Carbondale, Wash.) and Welks V. Moot in Buffalo, N.Y.
box 3, folder 2
Pacific Improvement Co.
1935
Scope and Contents note
Cover note sketching contents of file - "Contains: 1. copy of agreement with Carbon Hill Coal Co. - (supplemental Agreement
#3), 2. balance sheet P.C. ~. N.R.R., 3. correspondence re: lease - Evange1ine Parish" (Louisiana) : 1. the supplemental Agreement
#3 is between Carbon Hill Coal Co., (William Crocker, President, S.F.B.M., Sec.) and a Pacific Coast Co. whereby C.H.C.C.
allows P.C.C. an extension on debts -- 2. P.S.& N.R.R. - Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad. In file there is General
Balance sheet of receiver's Accounts and General Balance Sheet of P.S. & N.R.R. sent by Welles V. Moot, attorne& Coke Co.
- (subsidiary?) from President. -- 3. parties concerned in Evangeline Parish Land Lease correspondence are: S.F.B.M. and Jack
Beaumont, Asst. Secretary P.I.C. ; J.O. Davis of Tinton, La. who is pushing for oil exploration on or around the land; Judge
Charles R. Gline of Lake Charles; La. attny. representing Pacific Improvement Co., Intereta and J. Elmer Thomas, geologist
and oil expert from San Antonio, Texas - employed by Pacific Improvement Co.. to give opinion on land.
box 3, folder 3
Pacific Improvement Co.
1936 - 1937
Scope and Contents note
Inter-organizational memos and directive, S.F.B.M. - J. Beaumont (Asst. Sec'y. re: La land), S.F.B.M. - Richard J. Wulzen
(Manager of Carbon Mill re: the same and its relations with Pacific Coast Co.); Pacific Improvement Co.. - statement of Commission
Payable Nathaniel D. Moore, V.P., Pacific Coast Coal Co., Judge Charles Cline in Louisiana, special report to Directors of
Pacific Improvement Co.. regarding Carbon Hill Coal Co., Oct. 1936 - proposing liquidation of that concern, also some of the
correspondence done in the accumulation of the report; C.0.G. Miller of S.F. -representing Stanford Univ. on Pacific Improvement
Co. Board?
box 3, folder 4
Pacific Improvement Company
1938 - 1939
Scope and Contents note
J. Beaumont re: Louisiana and Carbon Hill/Pacific Coast Coal; Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, Annual Report 1938;
Welles J. Moot re: "Weidenfeld Appeal" (case against Pacific Improvement Co. dragging on for years); Nathaniel Moore same
subject; letter to Robert Underhiil, Sec. and Treas. U.C. Berkeley explaining Weidenfald vs. Pacific Improvement Co. case.
Memorandums to the Board of Directors.
box 3, folder 5
Pacific Improvement Company
1940
Scope and Contents note
Ernest B. Tracy, 1 Wall St., N.Y.C., president La. Land and Exploration Co.. with interesting business "news" rumors from
Germany, May 28th, 1940. Trying to sell Carbenado - Carbon Hill - Moore, Wulzen etc.
box 3, folder 6
Pacific Improvement Company
1942
Scope and Contents note
Louisiana Land and Exploration Company Annual Reports 1941 and 1942; George Watkins Evans, Consulting Mining Engineer, Seattle,
Washington; Charles S. Elms, Industrial Engineer with Ferrous Metal Producer Co., Sacramento, Ca., wants lease on Carbenado
mine; summary of operation for Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern R.R. - 1st 3 months of 19142 compared to same months 1941; William
Tudor Gardiner (Governor?) re: Carbenado coal output.
box 3, folder 7
Pacific Improvement Co.
1944
Scope and Contents note
Judge Cline; Welles V. Moot; balance sheet of Pacific Improvement Co. as of Oct. 1944; H.H. Kuester, Standard Oil Co. of Calif.
re: Louisiana land; S.F.B.M. tries to get Henry F. Du Pont to buy old Carbon Hill site - refused, not interested; C.O.G. Miller
steps down as Director of Pacific Improvement Co. so that Frank E. Walker, Financial Vice President of Stanford University
might take his place; Balance sheet for Pacific Improvment Co. Dec. 31, 1943 and cover letter from S.F.B.M. explaining general
situation: Only 3 concerns left. Carbon Hill Coal no longer working. Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern R.R. and Mines, breaking
even because Mines gains balance Railroad losses. Land in Louisiana - promising as land may be leased or sold to oil company.
Directors listed - William Crocker, C.0.G. Miller, D.J. Murphy, J.K. Moffett, Sidney N. Ehrman, Robert N. Underhill, S.F.B.M.
box 3, folder 8
Pacific Improvement Co.
1945
Scope and Contents note
C.R. English Vice President and General Manager of Pacific Coast Coal Co. re: the sale of surface land belonging to "1945"
Carbon Hill Coal Co.; cover letter for Annual Statement of Pacific Improvement Co.. (but no statement) dated Jan. 3., 1945
- Pacific Improvement Co. - very little if any profit.
box 3, folder 9
Pacific Improvement Co.
1946
Scope and Contents note
(enigmatic "to here" note on Del Monte Properties Co. note paper). William G. Conable of Mr. Moot's Law Firm in Buffalo re:
preparation of a claim of depositary under Plan and Agreement of Reorganization for the P.S. & N.R.R. result of S.F.B. Morse's
suggestion; R. Manning, Manager of Real Estate Dept. of Southern Pacific Co. trying to acquire some land near Bakersfield
from Pacific Improvement Co.. through S.F.B. Morse; C.R. English, Pac. Coast Coal Jeep ~ G.M., me: completion of payment by
St. Paul - Tacoma Lumber Co. for the surface land belonging to Carbon Mill Coal, S.F.B. Morse still trying to sell the mine.
Jack Beaumont retires. Henry Tiedeman becomes new Assistant Sec. Of Pacific Improvement Co.
box 3, folder 10
Pacific Improvement Co.
1947
Scope and Contents note
Keystone Exploration requesting permission to perform seismatic survey on La. land - granted; C.R. English; Charles S. Elms,
George Hopkins (new consulting engineer), James Ash, George Watkins Evans - all concerning the sale of the mine in Carbondale;
letter to Robert H. Underhill, U.C. Berkeley explaining the claim prepared under Section 77 (of 3-9) which was denied; Shell
Oil asks permission to take gravity survey for oil indications on La. land - granted; English; contract between P.I. Co. and
Pac. Coal Co. terminated as well as Power of Attorney which P.C.Co. held for Carbon Hill Co. as of Oct. 1, 1947 - these special
considerations shift to George Hopkins; some Quitclaim Deed Agreements for land once owned by Pacific Improvement Co. subsidiaries;
many memos between S.F.B. Morse and his secretary Margaret Skehen (he is always at Pebble Beach and she held things down in
S.F.); G.M. Plain, Assistant Cashier, Trust Dept., Hudson County National Bank, Jersey City, New Jersey - bank bills P.I.
Co. for keeping certain worthless bonds in trust for years. copy of 1919 agreement between Pacific Improvement Co. and Bank
included). Bill $700, settle for $175; Annual Statement of 1946 prepared by Beanwald & Renz; c1ipping of article in Journal
of Commerce 2/21/147 - war assets administrat.ion trying to sell or rent Coke & Coal Plant in Wikeson, Washington; Statement
of Assets in Memo (1/4) from Margaret Skehen to S.F.B. Morse $17,760.62 in Crocker Bank, $20,000 invested in U.S. Certificates
of Indebtedness - also held in Crocker Bank; statement of accounts due S.F.B. Morse for 1946; map showing acre tracts in Carbenado,
Washington.
box 3, folder 11
Pacific Improvement Co.
1948
Scope and Contents note
Again mostly Inter-organizational memos and directives between S.F.B. Morse and Margaret Skehen in S.F. and Constance Lamb
(S.F.B.M.'s secretary at Pebble Beach); Maurice Mouton, Attny., Lafayette, Louisiana, interested in buying Evageline Parish
land S.F. B.Morse refuses because of land's "oil bearing possibi1ities", listing of cash returns (royalties to P.I. Co. on
two successful wells on La. land - reported in letter from M. Skehen to Chas. Cline 10/7/48; Charles Elms still trying to
make big deals for them: 1. Carbondale Coal 2. Santa Cruz Portland Cement Co. belong 51 % to Crockers, cycle of correspondence
between Elms, George Hopkins and S.F.B.M. re: selling Carbondale Mine or just 117 acres of surface (timber), also some discussion
and exploration of Wilkeson Coke & Coal Plant War Assets Administration leased land which might be sold together with Carbondale
and mined by one company; Clifford C. Redell, Sec.-Treas., Baton Rouge National Farm Loan Assoc., claiming that some of the
oil being drawn by Pacific Improvement Co.. well is coming from another tract of land and the rightful owners are not being
compensated; resolve by directors of Pacific Improvement Co.. empowering S.F.B.M. to lease oil, gas and mineral rights to
some of the La. land (which Stanolind Oil Co. had abandoned) to Charles B. Ghetson, also copy of the lease and much correspondence
leading up to agreement and lease.
box 3, folder 12
Pacific Improvement Co.
1949
Scope and Contents note
Inter-organization memos again Skehen-Lamb-S.F.B.M. Daniel J. Murphy -announcement of Director's Meeting, record of Louisiana
land owned by Pacific Improvement Co.. by parcel (total: 2,383.25 acres) part of effort to complete informational files on
La. holdings per orders, more quitclaim proceedings, copy or lease (1944) by P.I. Co. to Continental Oil Co. of 200 acres
of Louisiana land; Judge Cline severs relations as representative for Pacific Improvement Co.. due to health, Mr. S.W. P1auche,
Attny. of Plauche and Plauche, takes over; correspondence between Pacific Improvement Co.. - A.B. House -Humble Oil leading
to a lease agreement for oil rights and another tract of La. land; Mr. M.C. Davis of Sun Oil Co. requests and is granted permission
to locate gravity meter. Survey stations on Pacific Improvement Co.. land for 6 months, telegram from J.F. Fontenot at the
end of the year offering to lease some Pacific Improvement Co. land; almost entire file re: Louisiana land with a few letters
in early December from Hopkins and Elms.
box 3, folder 13
Pacific Improvement Co.
1950
Scope and Contents note
L.O. Fusier bargaining through Plauche. Plauche tries to buy or lease (long term) surface rights of part of the Evangeline
Parish land for a hunting site; Percy F.J. Fontenot also interested in buying or leasing land in order make a duck lake (for
hunting); S.F.B.M. not interested in selling ; contract through P1auche & Plauche to have timber cruiser go over La. land;
two copies of a "thumbnail history" of the Pacific Improvement Co. and more specifically on its relation to certain parcels
of land in Pacific Grove and Del Monte. written to Mrs. Lacy McLean of Pacific Grove, Julius Young, Mamou, Louisiana wants
to buy 1435 acres of the Evangeline Parish land; Shell Oil requests permission to conduct seismographic operations on P.I.
Co. La. land through one J.D. Hunnicutt; John F. Forbes & Co., Accountants, re: licensing fee for Carbon Hill mine; I.J. Goode
re: acquiring Mineral, Gas Oil rights lease on certain Pacific Improvement Co.. land; financial statement of Carbon Hill Coal
Co. for 3rd quarter ending Sept. 30th from George Hopkins; 3 copies of letter to George D. Hughes of the John F. Forbes Co.
accompanying and explaining a "conservative" estimate of the market value of stock owned by P.I. Co. in March 1913, since
the records are lost S.F.B. Morse estimates from memory; George Hopkins trying to convince investors to work C.H.C.C. again
rather than dam a river 100 miles from Tacoma for power.
box 3, folder 14
Pacific Improvement Co.
1951
Scope and Contents note
S.F.B.Morse wants to sell C.H.C.C. if possible for $250,000; 1950 Annual Report prepared by John F. Forbes & Co.; letter to
Corydon Wagner, V.P. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., giving some history and pertinent facts on Carbon Hill Coal Co. 5/16; Hopkins
2nd quarter report on C.H.C.C. 8/16 - Hopkins sells remaining 180 acres of surface land (timber) to Cascade Piling Co. for
$5,000 also asks for quit- in favor of town of Carbonado so that town might make improvements on land being used as cemetery,
copies of both deed for timber land and quitclaim deed included; S.F.B. Morse wants to sell as much of the timber on the Louisiana
land as possible correspondence with H.D. Foote Lumber Co. and Joseph Saucier, Mamou, La.; finally leases timber rights on
1435 acres to saucier for 10 years 11/20 - copy of deed included, lease checked without objection by W.K. Rambolt of Sun Oil
Co. since they have lease to gas, mineral and oil rights on same land.
box 3, folder 15
Pacific Improvement Co.
1952
Scope and Contents note
Annual Report of P.I. Co. for 1951 by J.F. Forbes & Co.; correspondence between S.F.B. Morse, Hopkins and C.R. English of
Pacific Coal Co. re: sale of C.H.C.C. to Japanese concern or government through P.C.C. connections; falls through; another
possible buyer Eximporting Co. of S.F. who are looking for source to supply a Japanese contract, related correspondence between
Hopkins, S.F.B. Morse and Jack Schweitzer of Eximprting Co.; 11/17 - letter to Attny. T.J. Dalquist .F., referring to some
legal problem concerning C.H.C.C. land but not explained fully because enclosure is not there.
box 3, folder 16
Pacific Improvement Co.
1953
Scope and Contents note
J.F. Forbes Annual Report for 1952; explanation of problem alluded to above in copy of letter from George Hopkins to Corydon
Wagner, President, St. Paul Tacoma Lumber Co.; 3 page report entitled: Coal Prospects of C.H.C.C.; results in much correspondence
between Hopkins, S.F.B. Morse and Norman Jacobson, Chief Forester of St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. because C.H.C.C. wants to
buy mineral rights to land in the middle of their land which had been lost during the P.C.C. administration of C.H.C.C.; 5
small maps of lands owned in Evangeline Parish, La.
box 3, folder 17
Pacific Improvement Company
1954
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between J.F. Forbes & Co., Plauche, S.F.B. Morse and M.E. Bird, Chief of Corporation Franchise Tax Section
re: P.I. Co. legal protest against increased taxes; Schweitzer of Eximport Co. once again shows interest in C.H.C.C. mine
and talks of prospective buyer; copy of Summary and Conclusion of George WatkIns Evan's 1942 Report on Coal Deposits at Carbonado
sent to Hopkins 3/18, small, rough map of land in Acadia Parish, Louisiana; Humble Oil lease expires on La. land; Sun Oil
does not renew lease and part of that 200 acre package is leased (mineral, oil and gas) to Vincent Welch Co. in Louisiana
immediately; protest against tax increase not granted taxes on property in ward 2 of Evangeline Parish go from $25O to $1,123.60
for one year, S.F.B. Morse thinks about contesting in court and local press but finally pays reluctantly, correspondence between
Plauche, J. Nilas Young, of Clanton & Young, Eunice, La., S.F.B. Morse and Jesse Johnson, Assessor of Evangeline Parish.
box 3, folder 18
Pacific Improvement Company
1955
Scope and Contents note
Plauche re: further griping and action on the huge tax increase and Fontenot leases agricultural rights on some of the land;
George Hopkins sends a proposal to use the C.H.C.C. Mine as a Steam Power Generating Plant for Carbonado, explaining the advantages
over the approved state plan for two dams on Cowlitz River, cover letter explaining that the proposal would never be accepted
but if S.F.B. Morse might O.K. it he could submit it anyway - for publicity sake - S.F.B.M. does O.K. it, another letter from
Hopkins recounting his history; more correspondence Plauche - S.F.B. Morse - J. Nilas Young (Fontenot's representative re:
buying or long term leasing the land. Fontenot already has leased, all of the many offers to buy La. land is refused because
it presupposes fortitude of mineral, gas and oil rights.
box 3, folder 19
Pacific Improvement Company
1956
Scope and Contents note
Very anxious to sell C.H.C.C. mine and mineral rights, writes C.R. English and sends Richard Osborne (son-in-law of S.F.B.
Morse to Seattle after that purpose, also needs new representative for P.I. Co. interests since Hopkins is so very old and
sick and moved to Seattle, clipping of editorial in the Tacoma Sunday News Tribune 11/18/56 re: feasibility of using Carbonado
and Wilkeson Coal Mines as steam power plants, sent ; Sheridan Hopkins, son of George and new representative of Pacific Improvement
Co. interests, along with a letter announcing the death of his father.
box 3, folder 20
Pacific Improvement Company
1957
Scope and Contents note
Inter-organization memos per usual, to Colonel George Shimmel outlining some of his financial exploits on beha1f of P.I. Co.
through the years and asking if the Crocker Estate has any record of the amount it had received in dividends from Pacific
Improvement Co. since l9l5 (when S.F.B. Morse took over management); possible buyer or leasee for C.H.C.C. is Northern Pacific
Railway Co., correspondence between Sheridan Hopkins, S.F.B. Morse and Earl McMillan, manager of mines for the above company
(no definite results though all parties seem willing); Sheridan Hopkins trying to expedite the sale of some land in Carbondale
that belongs to an elderly couple but Pacific Improvement Co. has a re-purchase clause in their deed; also a letter to Directo
of Pacific Improvement Co. written by S.F.B.M. but signed by Carol Toschi (new secretary) outlining grand totals of profits
and expenditures of La. lands since 1936, also the summary itself year by year.
box 3, folder 21
Pacific Improvement Company
1958
Scope and Contents note
Pacific Improvement Co. Annual Report for 1957; article clipping on the reopening of a Wingate Coal Mine neighboring on C.H.C.C.
land by Pacific Coast Company; correspondence concerning quit-claim deeds that Pacific Improvement Co. is granting in California
and Washington; Irving S. Olds, Wall Street, N.Y.C. old Yale friend who was at one time connected with U.S. Steel trying to
get Steel Cos. interested in C.H.C.C., R. M. Lloyd, V.P., U.S. Steel writes asking for information and a meeting re: C.H.C.C.,
2 copies of a 5-page report titled Coal. Prospects of Carbon Hill Co., Plauche & Plauche, state of Louisiana plans to put
a road through Pacific Improvement Co. land, so a "right-of-way deed" is drawn up, report 10/17 bringing the figures on income
and expenditures for La. land up-to-date; Sheridan Hopkins re: alteration in contract, reducing the royalties, with Tony Basselli,
who is working part of C.H.C.C. mine (very small part).
box 3, folder 22
Pacific Improvement Company
1959
Scope and Contents note
Possibility of U.S. Steel buying or leasing C.H.C.C. falls through; another nibble from McMillan of the Northern Pacific Railway
Co. pricing and inquiring as to the status of C.H.C.C.
box 3, folder 23
Pacific Improvement Company
1960
Scope and Contents note
P.I. Co. Annual Report 1959; Sheridan Hopkins re: some dispute over C.H.C.C. right to mine coal arises when some of the surface
land owners threaten to sue Basselli for trespassing. Blank copy of the Washington Business Activities Statement which C.H.C.C.
obviously had to fill out, sent by Jack J. Gilbert, Auditor, Washington State Tax Commission, Excise Tax Division; sent to
Hopkins to fill out, C.H.C.C. declared exempt from Washington State Taxes; Edgar Hitzman, Dept. of Highways, State of Louisiana
requests another right-of-way agreement for P.I. Co. lands, granted at Plauche and Plauche recommendation, Hopkins re: further
trouble between McFadden and Basselli about mining C.H.C.C.
box 3, folder 24
Pacific Improvement Company
1961
Scope and Contents note
Copy of Prospector's Lease for Basselli and his partners drawn up by Hopkins, slightly modified by lawyer then signed and
executed; Pacific Improvement Co. Annual Report 1960; William A. Harding, Pacific Coast Company, trying to get him interested
in buying C.H.C.C. since it seems he has an inside track to Japanese interests that have bought neighboring coal mines; copy
of "The Real Estate Bulletin of Louisiana, March 1961"; Ralph J. Tucker, Attorney for Triple X, Inc., Reno, Nevada, re: quit-claim
deed deal whereby Pacific Improvement Co. would receive $1,000 for 15 acres and have option to buy into the interest; 4/14/61
letter to William A. Harding, of Pacific Coast Co. giving sketchy history and content of 11 volumes containing all the data
available on the coal, coke, iron and alloy resources available on the Pacific Coast. 5 copies of "Notes on: Study of iron,
steel and Coke Industry of the Pacific Coast 1916, 17, 18" one page long dictated entirely from memory by S.F.B. Morse; copy
of a Pacific Improvement Co. quitclaim favor of a Merwyn H. Brown giving him possession of various Winnemucca, Nevada land;
the Louisiana land and Exploration Company, Report to Stockholders, Jan - June 19�9, Inter-organizational Memorandums re:
a certain Harker quitclaim that might overlap property previously quitclaimed to Tucker and the Triple X; quitclaim charge
upped by S.F.B. Morse from $l0 to $100.
box 3, folder 25
Pacific Improvement Company
1962
Scope and Contents note
Pacific Improvement Co. Annual Report for l961, letter to Plauche considering selling all of La. lands? to Stanley Jones,
Sec. & Treas. Of Northwestern Glass Co. trying to find buyer for C.H.C.C., Louisiana Oil Exploration Co. asks permission to
make a seismic control exploration of some land in Evange1ine Parish; re: sale of La. lands W.R. Farley, geologist contracted
by Plauche submits evaluation of all Pacific Improvement Co. lands divided into 4 tracts, (2 copies of evaluation report)
one map for each tract of land, also a letter from Farley including written agreement giving him exclusive rights for 2 year
to sell land, Timber Cruise summary submitted by Maxwell Chesson, forester and a cover letter for both summaries from Plauche,
copy of signed agreement between Farley and Pacific Improvement Co.; summary of Revenue of Expenses on La. land for previous
10 years August 1967, to be used to convince Pacific Improvement Co. Directors to sell land; copy of agreement between Pacific
Improvement Co. and a certain tenant, Murphy Fuselier permitting him to erect a fence around the property he is 1easing to
protect his cows; newspaper clipping re: Hydraulic Coal mining at Wilkeson Mine by Northern Pactfic sent by Hopkins.
box 3, folder 26
Pacific Improvement Company
1963
Scope and Contents note
Annual report 1962; correspondence re: proposed Reddell Field units for extraction of gas, original proposal for a hearing
on this proposal made to James H. Gill, Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation, by J.B. Mi1lers, Attny. for concerned parties
A.B. Crutcher and J.D. Tufts. (map of proposed field included.), correspondence ensues S.F.B. Morse - Plauche - William Farley
because Pacific Improvement Co. land included in the proposals, also some announcements of hearing by Commissioner Gill, more
problem re: McFadden, deed and property in Carbondale, McFaddens want assurance that C.H.C.C. will reimburse them for damage
to their land from mining and they want it written into the deed, Utah Construction & Mining Co., S.F. researching possibility
of working coal mines In Carbondale area, Methodist Church of Washington wants to buy some land on C.H.C.C. mine for a campsite,
but dislike mining rights clause that C.H.C.C. reserves so they want mineral rights as well - S.F.B. Morse repeatedly refuses,
National Bank of Washington notifies Pacific Improvement Co.. that they will no longer grant 1st mortgages for peop1e to buy
surface rights to Carbondale land because of C.H.C.C. restrictions which strictly applied could make deeds null and void if
buyer excavated for a basement; two connected news clippings re: C.H.C.C. 1.) "U.S. report gives History of Local Coal Mines"
2.) "Report Outlines Coal Renewal Problem", from the Buckley Banner sent by Sheridan Hopkins; S.F.B. Morse responds to R.B.
Wallace, Manager of the National Bank of Washington, very explicitly stating that sub-surface rights referred to in the deeds
refers only to mineral rights; further correspondence ensues on restating restrictions so that loans might be extended again.
box 3, folder 26
Pacific Improvement Co.
1964, Jul-Dec
Scope and Contents note
Through Pauley comes an offer from Hosea Deshotel for 280 acres at $125 per and the remainder of the land at $40 per. First
part of deal accepted, latter part rejected; letter to Wallace Sterling, President Stanford University, suggesting that Stanford
should have a director at the Pacific Improvement Co. board perhaps Jacobson; reply 9/15: W.W. Crocker dies, vacancies on
Board of Directors, Margaret Cordellos to be made Asst. Sec. and perhaps Director of Pacific Improvement Co.; Ster1ing suggests
Jacobson and Almon F. Manspeaker as Stanford's Directors on Pacific Improvement Co. Board, S.F.B. Morse refuses to compromise
further on Carbondale deeds, Wallace threatens with possib1e legal action; P.I. Co. Cash statement (10/1), Directors agree
to allow 50 under residence in Carbondale for loan purposes but with understanding that mining might start up again sometime,
copy of deed of land sold to Deshotel; Plauche re: leasing minera1, oil and gas rights on 435 acres to a Wilson Ellison, re:
sale of lumber to D.W. Moorehead, V.P. Kellog - Graves - Moorehead Lumber Co., Inc.; Pauley Agency Inc. re: offer for the
rest of the La. land from Roy O. Martin Lumber Co., Plauche suggests upping the price, money from Deshotel deal received,
dividend paid to owner, bonus to Mrs. Cordellos; Wallace not satisfied with Director's resolve, wants protection for landowners
against cave-ins; sticks to original demands.
box 3, folder 27
Pacific Improvement Co.
1964, Jan-Jun
Scope and Contents note
Annual statement 1963; correspondence re: deed restrictions continues with Wallace, copy of letter that Wallace writes to
his Congressman, Thor Tolefson (1/29), Tolefson writes President Kerr U.C. Berkeley, who refers it to Owsley Hammond, Treasurer
to take it up with S.F.B. Morse and Pacific Improvement Co. ; two copies of land valuation made of Pacific Improvement Co.
land by Pauley Agency inc. (realtors) Lake Charles, La. and a realtor's Sales Agency Contract made between Pacific Improvement
Co. and above, more pressure to waive surface restrictions on Carbondale land deeds, S.F.B. Morse acquiesces to a point; updating
of report on Revenue and Expenses of Louisiana lands (1954-1963); R.B. Wal1ace appeals directly to Hammond at Berkeley and
David S. Jacobson at Stanford includes an article clipping entitled "Carbonado folks on Land, but...Will Stanford Let them
Dig Holes"; also includes copy of six Covenants running with the land which he feels constitute an economic stranglehold on
all the land owners; concerning some subject S.F.B. Morse recounts short history of C.H.C.C. and summation the deed restriction
controversy to Robert Underhiil (6/l0 ; Jacobson of Stanford takes evasionist standpoint ; S.F.B. Morse decides to give individual
permission to lay underground foundation etc. upon request, Wallace replies that loans will still not be made.
box 3, folder 29
Pacific Improvement Co.
1965, Jan-Jun
Scope and Contents note
Plauche - Pauley (Realtor) - S.F.B. Morse re: different offers to buy remaining La. land in parts or all together; "Resolution
(by Town Council of Carbonado) for Removal of Restrictive and Suppressive Covenants to Deeds to Property" wording almost identical
to Wallace's constant demands, response from Berkeley and Stanford Administrators; Annual Report of Pacific Improvement Co.
for l96Z~ whenever a piece of land is sold in La there is a copy of the Deed - smaller parcel of land sold to Kellog & Graves
- Moorehead Lumber Co. and Roy 0. Martin Lumber Co.; Pacific Improvement Co. Summary of Retained Earnings as of Dec. 31, l964;
resolution drawn up by Plauche to be ratified by Pacific Improvement Co. directors which conveys full authority to sell remaining
La. land to S.F.B.M. and Emmet Solomon (Pres., Board of Directors Pacific Improvement Co. and Crocker Bank), Cash statement
for Pacific Improvement Co. up to Mayl; Minute of Directors Meeting 5/12; Plauche's resolution approved with amendment that
each sale must be resolved through the mail by the Directors; quitclaim deed for land in Bakersfield.
box 3, folder 30
Pacific Improvement Co.
1965, Jul-Dec
Scope and Contents note
Overall report by John R. Kibbutz, V.P. of Pauley Petroleum Inc. on the value of remaining Pacific Improvement Co. lands in
La., includes reports by Alvin White, Consulting Petroleum engineer, and T.A. Freund Consulting Geologist, both from Louisiana.
Report made for the Regents of U.C. at the direction of Edwin Pauley (oil) they recommend sale at Pauley Inc. prices; P.N.
Brownstein, Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration in a letter to Congressman Floyd V. Hicks, states that the
F.H.A. will insure mortgages on properties in Carbonado with Pacific Improvement Co. provision for use of land to 50 ft.,
and if C.H.C.C. agrees to pay for damage caused by mining, S.F.B. Morse refuses second stipulation, Senator Warren Magnuson
of Washington writes to Senator Thomas Kuchel of Calif., who in turn corresponds with S.F.B. Morse, nothing is resolved; deed
for parcel of farmlands and sold to Delino Fotentot; Pacific Improvement Co. Assets (11/10); clipping of article from Seattle
Paper entitled "By It's Deeds Carbondale is Doomed", very critical of deed covenants, sent to U.C. Berkeley forwarded to Pacific
Improvement Co. by Hammond; correspondence straightening out some confusion about taxes on recently sold land; correspondence
S.F.B. Morse - Wallace - Senator Kuchel re: same "economic stranglehold issue" (see esp. Wallace's letter 11/27); letters
from Gene Emry who "can't sell his land because of the covenants" and an article about him entitled "Enumclaw Man Joins Fight
to Relax Land restrictions" another clipping of an editorial in the Enuxnclaw courier-Herald entitled "The Carbonado Controversy",
ensuing correspondence between S.F.B. Morse, Wallace and Robert Olson, editor of the Enumclaw Courier-Herald, S.F.B. Morse
writes Sheridan Popkins about offering sale to Wilkeson very anxious to unload; S.F.B. Morse to Emmett Solomon re: terminating
his (S.F.B.M.) connections with Pacific Improvement Co.
box 3, folder 31
Pacific Improvement Co.
1966, Jan-Feb
Scope and Contents note
Andrew Orricle, P.I. Co. Attny., suggests that they meet some of the Carbonado demands i.e. - compensation for damage to land
due to mining, Dwight Barrett of Enumclaw expresses interest in buying C.H.C.C. Mine; Directors resolve to sell remaining
La. lands (l717.94 acrcs) for no less than $1O3,074.40; minutes of Jan. 5th Directors Meeting, some important resolves: 1.
that they take all necessary action to liquidate within one year. Much correspondence re: selling both C.H.C.C. (best prospect
is Garrett) and La. lands - many different offers through Plauche and Pauley; some maps and old reports on C.H.C.C.; Basselli
Prospector's lease is up will be renewed annually rather than every 5 years; another right-of-way deed sought by Louisiana
Dept. of Highways through Pacific Improvement Co. land; copy of a detailed report made on C.H.C.C. by Bailey Willis (Stanford
Prof.) and R.J. Walzen in Sept. 1923, also Summary and Conclusion of report by George Watkins Evans made in 1954, Annual report
for Pacific Improvement Co. 1965.
box 3, folder 32
Pacific Improvement Co.
1966, March - June
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence Andrew Orricle, Attny - S.F.B. Morse - Wallace form of agreement between C.H.C.C. and residents of Carbondale;
all remaining land in La. is sold to Thibodeaux, Aucoin, Fontenot et al. for $107,371.25, copies of many legal papers re:
deed, titles, future royalties to P.I. Co. prepared for the buyers by their attny. Guillory; most of remaining correspondence
re: C.H.C.C. on one hand trying to find a purchaser and on the other trying to settle some differences with towns people of
Carbonado through compromise. Emmett Solomon has taken over most of the responsibilities for the former task and Attny. Andrew
Orrick is doing most of the work in the latter case. but copies of most of the correspondence still reaches S.F.B. Morse's
file; copy of 25 page report; "Memorandum report on Current Condition at Carbon Hill Washington" by Bailey Willis Oct. 1920;
memorandum from S.F.B. Morse re: report with little sketch of Willis; Margaret Cordellos - S.F.B. Morse - Attney. Andrew Orrick
clearing up method of procedure for quitclaim requests on old Pacific Improvement Co. land.
box 3, folder 33
Pacific Improvement Co.
l966, Jul-Dec
Scope and Contents note
Pierce County Board of Equalization reassesses C.H.C.C.; quadrupling assessed value and therefore quadrupling taxes - Wallace
suspected; new concessions made by C.H.C.C. to surface landowners not sufficient to secure them mortgage - letters to this
effect from several Washington state banking and loan institutions and the Federal Housing Administration forwarded by Wallace;
listing of Pacific Improvement Co. securities and values 8/1.; agenda and minutes of Board meeting 8/5; Solomon sugge.ts transferring
C.H.C.C. stock to inhabitants of (l1/l3) Carbondale as a gift, S.F.B. Morse reacts with 4 page letter with more reflection
of the history of Pacific Improvement Co.; minutes of 10/12 Board meeting and copy of deed transferring all rights on C.H.C.C.
land to towns people; controversy over 25 acres of La. Land that Pacific Improvement Co. sold but due to legal pt. did not
own, reimbursements, Plauche submits final bill and is paid; C.H.C.C. rights transferred to town; final dividends paid to
owners dividing all the rest of P.I. Co. assets.
box 3, folder 34
Pacific Improvement Co.
1967
Scope and Contents note
Reports on tax refund for C.H.C.C. from John Forbes Inc.; minutes of the final Board of Directors meetings; letter to a Charles
A. Sargent where S.F.B.M. records history in the West Coast Magnesite business with Bart Thane and Roy Bishop; correspondence
between H. Cordellos - Plauche - Fotentot re: Pacific Improvement Co. royalties from La. land; clipping of an article "Biographies
of Roy N. Bishop, Samuel Morse" by Charles Sargent, Continental Oil Co. and Andrew Orrick also became involved in dispute
over Mineral and Oil Royalties in Louisiana, finally Continental Oil Co. transfers interest in mineral, oil and gas leases
away from Pacific Improvement Co. to new owners, J. Forbes last bill.
box 3, folder 35
Pacific Improvement Co.
1968 - 1969
Scope and Contents note
To Gov. Allen Griffin with a more complete history of Pacific Improvement Co. and S.F.B. Morse's relationship to it.
Series 3. Del Monte Properties, 1927
box 4
Monterey Peninsula Country Club
Scope and Contents note
Advertising and publicity brochure
box 4, folder 1
Pebble Beach Club
Jan-Dec 1927
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence concerning: 1. the construction of a saltwater pool, 2. construction of a breakwater, 3. the purchase of a
yacht - all for the beach club members.
box 4, folder 2
Pebble Beach Real Estate
Jan-Dec 1927
Scope and Contents note
(9a) Personal and business correspondence between Del Monte Properties (Morse, Ford & Beaumont etc.) and owners or prospective
owners. Concerning buying selling or building on Del Monte plots of land.
box 4, folder 3
Marion Hollins
Jan-Dec 1927
Scope and Contents note
Mostly correspondence from M. Hollins, who was a Special Representative for Del Monte Properties Co., to Morse concerning
sales of Pebble Beach land
box 4, folder 4
Architect and Engineer Article
Scope and Contents note
Fred Punier of Del Monte sent out offers of a reprint of an article in Architect and Engineer on homes constructed by members
of the Monterey Peninsula L.C. sent to most Calif. residents (prospective land buyers), and folder contains returned offers
requesting article.
box 4, folder 5
Business Correspondence & Inter-organizational Memoranda
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Attorney Goodfellow and some Pebble Beach landowners or prospective landowners, but predominantly memos
between S.F.B. Morse, Beauford, J. Beaumont, H. Tiedeman, F. Purner, V. MacDonald and the salesmen. Also reports on sa1es
in 1927, analyzed different ways (re: by area, by salesperson etc.).
box 4, folder 6
Will Jacks Property
Scope and Contents note
concerning sale, letter from George Gould, reale~tate appraiser, and memo S.F.B. Morse. to Beaumont.
box 4, folder 7
Insurance
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with insurance companies, especially .Alexander Field of Johnson Higgins of Calif. - S.F.
box 4, folder 8
Chidester, Orrick & Roth
Scope and Contents note
Three stockholders in Del Monte Properties who did not receive dividends for 1923 because of address change or mistake. Straightened
out by H. Tiedeman and V. Mac Donald. Orrick is a Pacific Improvement Co. lawyer and a partner in the same firm as Goodfellow
(Goodfellow, Sells and Orrick - S.F.).
box 4, folder 9
Memorandum of Taxes
11/28/27
Scope and Contents note
from Beaumont to Morse, gives total, breakdown and increases.
box 4, folder 10
Stocks & Bonds and Loan
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and memoranda concerning the sale of company stock and bonds and the payment of dividends. Correspondence at
the end of the year with Herbert Fleishhacker of the Anglo and London Paris National Bank, S.F. and A.F.B.M's 50 % partner
in Del Monte. They make and personally secure a large loan ($l.5 million) in order to redeem their outstanding bonds. (9/21/27
- W.L. Comyn mentioned, Del Monte Stock that he owned is transferred to a Kenneth Kingsbury, Pres. of Standard Oil of Calif.
(of JL 23 Item #1).
box 4, folder 11
Reimbursements, Subscriptions & Donations
Scope and Contents note
Inter-organization memos: 1. requesting reimbursements, 2. attached to letters asking for donations and subscriptions, all.
channeled through H. Tiedeman,. in charge of finances. 11/23/27 letter to Morse from Roy N. Bishop (Auditorium).
box 4, folder 12
Account Payable
Scope and Contents note
Various bills to Del Monte Co. and records of payment of same.
box 4, folder 13
Assets
Scope and Contents note
Different reports on assets, earnings and inventory.
box 4, folder 14
Car Prices
Scope and Contents note
Carl Stanley, Manager of Del Monte Lodge, prices new (1928) Cadillac, Lincoln & Lasalle and reports to S.F.B. Morse.
box 4, folder 15
Rancho Del Monte
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and memos re: sale and/or development of ranch land. Latter to & from Gordon Armsby 12/16/27.
box 4, folder 16
C.S. Olmsted
Scope and Contents note
Memos and tasks given to Olmsted by S.F.B. Morse.
box 4, folder 17
Carl Stanley
Scope and Contents note
Two memos to Stanley, manager of the hotel, from S.F.B. Morse.
box 4, folder 18
Construction and Contractors
Scope and Contents note
Letters to contractors and architects and inter-organizational memos re: construction of private homes or club facilities
on Del Monte Property.
box 4, folder 19
Board of Directors
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to and from. Minutes of meeting. Directors : Include: H. Fleishhacker, Morse, Beaumont, D.J. Murphy, Humphrey,
K. Kingsbury, Goodfallow, R. Bishop.
box 4, folder 20
Prospective Private Schools on Del Monte Property
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Grace Parsons Douglas and D.L. Roscol. Former has girl's summer camp in Pebble Beach and school in Los
Angeles. Latter wants to open boy's military school.
box 4, folder 21
Carmel Woods
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda re: the projected sale of lots in the Carmel Woods area of Del Monte Properties.
box 4, folder 22
Law suits
Scope and Contents note
Legal actions taken by or against Del Monte Properties Co.
box 4, folder 23
National Guard Presidio
Scope and Contents note
S.F.B. Morse corresponds with Congressman A.M. Free and General R.E. Mittelstaedt, in an attempt to move the camp off of the
Monterey land it is renting from Del Monte Properties Co. to Gigling Reservation nearby.
box 4, folder 24
Sand Business
Scope and Contents note
Part of Del Monte Properties is a business selling san run by A.J. Gunnel. Folder contains some correspondence relevant to
this business.
box 4, folder 25
Introductions and Job requests
Scope and Contents note
Various personal and handwritten notes to S.F.B. Morse and other people in his organization asking favors for themselves and
their friends. Jobs, job referrals, recommendations, introductions, etc.
box 4, folder 26
Correspondence
1927, Sep 1st-Dec 31st
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and memoranda concerning sa1es, salesmen, club membership. Del Monte Properties Co. general correspondence.
box 4, folder 27
Correspondence
1927, May 1st to April 31st
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and memoranda concerning sa1es, salesmen, club membership. Del Monte Properties Co. general correspondence.
box 4, folder 28
Correspondence
1927, March 1st to April 30th
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and memoranda concerning sa1es, salesmen, club membership. Del Monte Properties Co. general correspondence.
box 4, folder 29
Correspondence
1927 Jan 1st-Feb 28th
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and memoranda concerning sa1es, salesmen, club membership. Del Monte Properties Co. general correspondence.
box 4, folder 30
Mason, Cole and Co.
1/14/27 - 3/31/27
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with R.C. Mason, head partner of Mason, Col1e and Co. rea1tors who were the Southern California agents for
Del Monte Properties Co.
box 4, folder 31
Monterey Peninsula Country Club
1/3/27 - l2/2b/27
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with members, memos concerning club activities and improvements.
box 4, folder 32
Sales Commissions
Scope and Contents note
Inter-organization memos re: payment of commissions to sales people.
box 4, folder 33
Daily reports, Scofield (Purnar)
Scope and Contents note
Salesman's Daily Report Form submitted by Purner in the San Franciaco and Oakland Area (Jan.-March) and then S.C. Scofield
in the Palo Alto, Stanford Area (Sept.- Nov.). Gives name of new and old prospects and a statement of prospect's attitude
towards buying Peninsula land, some times addresses are included.
box 4, folder 34
Daily Reports, P.M. Wand
Scope and Contents note
forms dated Jan.-June submitted by Phil M. Wwand in San Francisco. Gives name of new and old prospects and a statement of
prospect's attitude towards buying Peninsula land, some times addresses are included.
box 4, folder 35
Daily Reports, Mr. Schoch
Oct. 1927
Scope and Contents note
One form (l0/2/27). Gives name of new and old prospects and a statement of prospect's attitude towards buying Peninsula land.
box 4, folder 36
Daily reports, F.L. Jackson. Forms
12-1-26-12-23-27
Scope and Contents note
Gives name of new and old prospects and a statement of prospect's attitude towards buying Peninsula land, some times addresses
are included.
box 4, folder 37
Daily Reports, J.J. Henry. Forms
12/3/26 -12/214/27
Scope and Contents note
Gives name of new and old prospects and a statement of prospect's attitude towards buying Peninsula land, some times addresses
are included.
box 4, folder 38
D.M.P.C. Documents, Reports and Literature
Scope and Contents note
Includes D.M.P.C. Bulletin (12/1/21); salemen's licenses for 1926 and 1927; press release for Golf Tournament; April, 1927
copy of Monterey Peninsula Country Club News, reprint from 0ct. 1926, Architect and Engineer with article, "Monterey Enchantment";
brochure o: the S.A. Born Building Co. called Home and Garden samples of form letters to be used to boost sales; Block Book
for Pacific Grove Beach, Block Book for Monterey Peninsula C.C.
box 4, folder 39
Resale Notices
1927
Scope and Contents note
Predominantly memos from sales Manager Ford to his salesmen notifying them as to which lots are up for resale,
box 4, folder 40
Resale Lot 1, Block 56"
Scope and Contents note
Two memos from Purner to Ford re: resale of this lot.
box 4, folder 41
Merced to Pacific Grove Stage Line
Scope and Contents note
Memo from Miss MacDonald to Tiedeman (5/25/27) which accompanied all the files re: this stage line; correspondence in March
1927 between S.F.B. Morse and W.E. Travis of California Transit Co. re: the discontinuation of the line.
box 4, folder 42
Roger Laphan - Marion Hollins
Scope and Contents note
Trade cross-country (New York to San Francisco) telegrams in early July, 1927 concerning the incorporation of Cypress Point
Golf Club.
box 4, folder 43
Cypress Point Golf Club
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence regarding the organization, incorporation and construction of Cypress Point U.C., membership list,
blueprint of golf course and residential subdivision surrounding it. Contract of sale between D.M.P.C. and Cypress Point Golf
Club.
box 4, folder 44
Sale of Land for Cypress Point Golf Club
Scope and Contents note
Marion Hollins secured an option to buy a certain amount of land from D.M.P.C. to be made into Cypress Point U.C. also includes
her proposal of the Club and a tentative contract.
volume 4
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast : First Progress Report / Frederick B. Hyder, Engineer of Mines and Metallurgy,
San Francisco, Calif.
27-Nov-16
Physical Description: 26pp.
Scope and Contents note
cover letter to B.L. Thane, in back andL map - "Location of Raw Materials for the Manufacture of Steel on the Pacific Coast
from Alaska to Baja. (Table of Contents).
volume 5
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. II, Coal Coke Industry / Mr. S.F.B. Morse
circa May 1917
Scope and Contents note
inside cover a note dictated "from memory" by S.F.B.Morse in May 5, 1961. Explaining a bit of the history of the Report, also
summarizing conclusions contained in vol. I which, like some other volumes, is missing; full title of vol. II "Reports and
Data on the ~oa1 and Coke Industry of the Pacific Coast"
volume 6
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. III. Preliminary Reports and Data on Iron Ore Deposits / S.F.B. Morse
Scope and Contents note
very extensive report from all over the world, complete, 7 page index of contents, abstracts of every chapter, reports, figures,
maps.
volume 7
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. IX, Miscellaneous Data and s.eports on the Iron and steel Industry / S.F.B.
Morse
Scope and Contents note
limited to United States, Index of Contents.
volume 8
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. 1, Reports on Final Examinations Iron Ore Deposits / S.F.B. Morse
May 1917
Scope and Contents note
B.L. Thane, Exploration Dept., F.B. Hyder, E.M. Engineer of Mines, divided into reports on 5 different locations: Alaska,
Baja, Lower California, Providence Mts. in Calif. and one other Calif. place, each report has own complete index.
volume 9
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. VI, Reports by Staff on Iron Ore Deposits / S.F. Morse
Scope and Contents note
Progress Report, summary and reports on almost 100 places, (Index).
volume 10
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. VII, Preliminary Data on Iron Ore Deposits / S.F.B. Morse
Scope and Contents note
Index - reports on deposits in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Ca1ifornia, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Mexico,
Philippine Islands.
volume 11
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. VIII, "Data and Reports on Coal and Coke Collected Since June 6, 1917
/ S.F.B. Morse
Scope and Contents note
Index -marker at the beginning of the report on C.H.C.C. There is a typographical error on the binding of this volume where
VIII appears as "III", correction cover.
volume 12
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. VIII again - same as item #7, but no imprint (blank) on binding.
volume 13
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. XV, Reports of Checking Engineers and Additional Data
Scope and Contents note
Index - different reports on different places by different engineers.
volume 14
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. XVI, Eagle Mountain Iron Ore Deposits, Riverside Co., California / by
E.G. Harder, S.F.B. Morse, Dept. of Interior, United States Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director, Bulletin 503,
(Title, Author) Washington Govt. Printing Office,
1912
Scope and Contents note
Index and List of illustrations.
volume 15
Iron, Steel, Coal & Coke on the Pacific Coast, vol. XIX, Dept. of Interior, U.5. Geological survey, George Otis Smith, Director,
Bulletin 14714 "Coals of the State of Washington" / by Eggleston H. Smith, (work done in cooperation with the Geological Survey
of Washington), Washington Govt. Printing Office,
1911
Scope and Contents note
(Contents List of Illustrations).
