Inventory of the C.H. Street & Company Scrapbooks Collection. D-176

Finding aid prepared by Liz Phillips
University of California, Davis General Library, Dept. of Special Collections
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California
100 N.W. Quad
Davis, CA, 95616-5292
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
© 2011


Creator: C.H. Street & Company.
Title: C.H. Street & Company Scrapbooks Collection.
Collection number: D-176
Contributing Institution: University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Physical Description: 1.0 linear foot.
Date (inclusive): 1880-1893
Abstract: Newsclippings regarding agriculture, weather, irrigation, water rights, agricultural shipping (1880s-1890s).
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.

History

C.H. Street & Company were real estate agents based in San Francisco, California. These scrapbooks appear to have been created as part of the company's office files.

Scope and Content

This collection includes seven scrapbooks containing newsclippings regarding agriculture, weather, irrigation, water rights, and agricultural shipping. Clippings are dated 1880-1893 and are from publications such as Pacific Rural Press, Sacramento Record Union, and other Central Valley newspapers.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Processing Information

Processed by Liz Phillips, Manuscript Archivist.

Acquisition Information

Extracted from D-056, F. Hal Higgins Collection.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], C.H. Street & Co. Scrapbooks. Collection., D-176, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Related Collections

The following collections at Special Collections may also be of interest:
D-193, Farmers' Club of Sacramento. Archives, 1871-1873: Agriculture club notebook regarding constitution, by-laws, meetings, and membership from 1871 to 1873.
D-206, Farmers' Trade Union, 1883-1891:  Account books, cash books, check stubs, and other records relating to the commercial activities of a farmers' supply cooperative in Clements, California.
D-507, George H. Hecke Papers, 1912-1950:  This collection includes personal and business correspondence and one volume of minutes of the California State Board of Agriculture. Subjects include family news, crop sales, supply orders, ranch workers, and political activity with state and federal agricultural boards.

Publication Rights

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. 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, General Library, University of California, Davis 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 researcher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

C.H. Street & Company--Archives.
Agriculture--California--History
Sacramento Valley (Calif.)--History.

 

General Scrap Book 1882

Scope and Contents note

Immigration, wheat, grapes and wine, raisins.
 

Stanislaus County 1883-1888

Scope and Contents note

Agriculture (general), wheat.
 

Grasses, etc. 1883

Scope and Contents note

Grasses.
 

Daily Weather Report 1884-1886

Scope and Contents note

Weather for California.
 

General Fruits 1881-1893

Scope and Contents note

Fruit growing, production, shipping.
 

Irrigation 1883-1886

Scope and Contents note

Irrigation, water rights, riparian rights.
 

Fruit 1880s