Finding Aid for the Collection of Printed Material about San Francisco City Government, 1896-1929
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August 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of Printed Material about San Francisco City Government
Date (inclusive): 1896-1929
Collection number: 1415
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Collection consists of published reports of the Board of Supervisors and the Auditor of the City and County of San Francisco
from 1869 to 1929.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Acquired July 1985.
Processing Note
Processed by Jesse Erickson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Printed Material about San Francisco City Government (Collection 1415). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
The collection includes a sample of the authorized public documentation of the government of San Francisco in its formative
years as a United States municipality. The city was founded as a Spanish colony in 1776 by José Joaquin Moraga and Father
Francisco Palóu, named for Saint Francis of Assisi, and incorporated under the United States government on April 15th, 1850
by act of the Legislature.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a series of official reports on urban engineering, transportation,
architecture, commerce, and finance dating from 1889 to 1931. Also included in the collection are city charters and amendments
issued from the years 1897 to 1929. All the publications in the collection were printed under the authority of the City of
San Francisco.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Municipal government - California - San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.) - Politics and government.
Box 1
The Building Law of the City and County of San Francisco. San Francisco, Calif: s.n.
1906.
Box 1
Public Address - Rolph Jr., James.
1924.
Scope and Content Note
Mayor Rolph makes inaugural address to board of supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.), and Newton J. Tharp.
1908.
Scope and Content Note
Report of the City architect to the Board of public works upon buildings to be used for schools, hospitals, hall of justice
and county jail for San Francisco in connection with the proposed bond issue submitted to the voters Monday, May 11, 1908.
[San Francisco]: Carlisle and Co., printers.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.), and William Denman.
1910.
Scope and Content Note
Report on the causes of municipal corruption in San Francisco. San Francisco: Rincon Pub. Co.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.), and Charles Wesley Reed.
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
The law and facts in relation to water rates for the city and county of San Francisco. San Francisco: Allied Printing.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1908.
Scope and Content Note
Report on the city engineer of a sewer system for San Francisco. San Francisco: Carlisle & Co. Printers.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1908.
Scope and Content Note
Reports on the water supplies of San Francisco 1900 to 1908, inc. San Francisco: Briton & Rey.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1911.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1913.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Note
Includes fiscal year 1912.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1914.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1915.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1917.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Note
Includes fiscal year 1916.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1918.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1920.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1921.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1922.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1923.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1924.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1926.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1927.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1928.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1930.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco Municipal Railway.
1931.
Scope and Content Note
Financial report of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Prepared and approved by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.). and Fleet F. Strother.
1889.
Scope and Content Note
Report of Fleet F. Strother, Auditor of San Francisco of the City and County of San Francisco for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1889.
San Francisco: W.M. Hinton & Co.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1913.
Scope and Content Note
Annual financial statement of the City and County of San Francisco: and general report of the auditor for the fiscal year,
1912-1913.
San Francisco: Neal Publishing Co.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1914.
Scope and Content Note
Annual financial statement of the City and County of San Francisco: and general report of the auditor for the fiscal year,
1913-1914.
San Francisco: Neal Publishing Co.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1915.
Scope and Content Note
Annual financial statement of the City and County of San Francisco: and general report of the auditor for the fiscal year,
1914-1915.
San Francisco: Neal Publishing Co.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1916.
Scope and Content Note
Annual financial statement of the City and County of San Francisco: and general report of the auditor for the fiscal year,
1915-1916.
San Francisco: Neal Publishing Co.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1917.
Scope and Content Note
Annual financial statement of the City and County of San Francisco: and general report of the auditor for the fiscal year,
1916-1917.
San Francisco: Neal Publishing Co.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1918.
Scope and Content Note
Annual financial statement of the City and County of San Francisco: and general report of the auditor for the fiscal year,
1917-1918.
San Francisco: Neal Publishing Co.
Box 1
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1910.
Physical Description: (2 copies.)
Scope and Content Note
Book of franchises granted by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco: including street and steam
railroad, telephone, telegraph and miscellaneous franchises, pipe line, spur track and miscellaneous permits.
[San Francisco, Calif.]: Rincon Pub. Co.
Box 2
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1898.
Scope and Content Note
Charter of the city and county of San Francisco. Prepared and proposed by the Board of freeholders elected December 27, 1897,
in pursuance of the provisions of Section 8, Article XI, of the constitution of the state of California.
San Francisco: Woodward & Co.
Box 2
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1900.
Scope and Content Note
Charter of the city and county of San Francisco. Prepared and proposed by the Board of freeholders elected December 27, 1897,
in pursuance of the provisions of Section 8, Article XI, of the constitution of the state of California. Ratified by vote
of the people, May 26, 1898. Approved by the Legislature of the state, January 26, 1899, in full force and effect, January
8, 1900. Compiled at the request of the Board of Supervisors.
San Francisco: The State Press James H. Barry.
Box 2
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1908.
Scope and Content Note
Charter of the City and County of San Francisco, as amended in 1903 and 1907. San Francisco: Carlisle & Co. Printers.
Box 2
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1911.
Scope and Content Note
Charter of the City and County of San Francisco, as amended in 1903, 1907 and 1911. San Francisco: Brown and Power Stationery Co.
Box 2
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1915.
Scope and Content Note
Charter of the City and County of San Francisco as amended in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1913 and 1915. San Francisco: Phillips & Van Orden Co.
Box 2
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1919.
Scope and Content Note
Charter of the city and county of San Francisco, as amended in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919. San Francisco: Shannon-Conmy.
Box 2
Publication - San Francisco (Calif.).
1929.
Scope and Content Note
Charter of the city and county of San Francisco, as amended in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925,
1927 and 1929.
[San Francisco?]: Pub. by authority of the Board of Supervisors.
