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Series I. Office Files, 37589 1891-1968

Physical Description: 1 cubic ft. plus 5 bound ledgers.

Scope and Content

Series I: Office Files 1891-1968 is comprised of Baldwin & Howell's office files and contains company histories, minutes of board of director meetings, financial ledgers and business correspondence, stock certificates, and other information related to the firm's overall business dealings.

Arrangement

This series is divided into subseries by company functions, area of activity, and thereafter chronologically.

Subseries A: General Office Files 37617 ca.1912-1960

Physical Description: 1 cubic ft. plus 6 scrapbooks

box 1, folder 1

Philip Paschel articles on real estate development, 37622 ca. 1917

box 1, folder 2

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 37621 1912, 1950-1953

box 1, folder 3

Correspondence, Business Documents, and Ephemera, 37620 1910-1948

box 1, folder 4

Baldwin & Howell History, 37619 1936, ca. 1950s

box 1, folder 5

Bay Bridge, 37618 1926-ca. 1930

Subseries B: Financial Records 37592 1897-1939

Physical Description: 9 folders plus 13 ledgers

Taxes, Part 1:37611 1917-1925

box 1, folder 6

Taxes 37616 1917-1918

box 1, folder 7

Taxes 37615 1919-1925

box 1, folder 8

Taxes 37614 1922-1923

box 1, folder 9

Taxes 37613 1924-1925

box 2, folder 1

Tax Returns and Financial Ledgers from Trust & Kleinsorge Ice Cream and Candy Store 728 K Street and 917-919 6th Street Sacramento, CA; 1750 Mission Street San Francisco, 37612 1919-1925

Auctions, Property Sales, and Appaisals Part 2:37606 1897-1929

box 1, folder 11

Record of Sales Baldwin & Howell, 37610 Jan. 1, 1897-Dec. 1902

Scope and Contents note

Contains property description, purchaser, price, and address.

box 1, folder 12

Auction Sales Baldwin & Howell, 37609 March 25, 1909-1923

Scope and Contents note

Contains lot, block, address, price, deposit, and name of purchaser, remarks, and information on Dingee Park, Redwood City; and Sutro Estate Auction.

box 1, folder 13

Appraisement and Estimates Ledger, Renting and Leasing Propositions, 37608 June 1911-Aug 5, 1922

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence and materials relating to activity and building-level descriptions of appraised worth of a property.

box 1, folder 14

Appraisals Properties of the California Transit Company and Pickwick Corporation Value as of June 10, 1929 37607 June 10, 1929

Scope and Contents note

Includes land all over California, with sketch maps.

Stock Part 3:37595 1908-1949

box 1, folder 15

Stock Share Dealings, 37605 1908-1939

box 1, folder 16

Stock Shares, 37604 1908-1948

box 1, folder 17

Stockton Development Company Stock Certificates, 37603 1910-1924

box 1, folder 18

Residential Development Company of San Francisco Stock Certificates, 37602 1912-1949

box 1, folder 19

Residential Development Company of San Francisco Assessment Book Baldwin & Howell, 37601 July-August, 1913

box 2, folder 2

Residential Development Company of San Francisco Stock Certificates 1-100, 37600 1911-1915

box 2, folder 3

Residential Development Company of San Francisco Stock Certificates 101-200, 37599 1915-1933

box 2, folder 4

Residential Development Company of San Francisco Stock Certificates, 101-200, 37598 undated

box 1, folder 20

Residential Development Company of San Francisco Dividend Book, 37597 April 1928-March 1930

box 1, folder 21

Copeck Oil Company, 37596 1915

Scope and Contents note

Stock certificates and correspondence relating to Baldwin & Howell's interest in Copeck Oil Company.

Cash Book Part 4:37593 1923-1924

box 1, folder 22

Cash Book, 37594 1923-1924

Subseries C: Legal Records 37590 1929-1933

Physical Description: 1 folder

box 1, folder 23

Court, Estate, and Probate Records, 37591 1929-1933

Series II: Project Files, 37566 1894-1974

Physical Description: 8 files, 9 ledgers

Scope and Content

Series II: Project Files, 1894-1974 is comprised of financial ledgers, correspondence, and other materials relating to distinct development projects in which Baldwin & Howell was involved. These range from the purchase and appraisal of single buildings to the construction and sale of entire housing tracts.

Arrangement

This series is broken into subseries and arranged by size of property, geographical proximity to San Francisco, and thereafter chronologically: Subseries A: Buildings (San Francisco); Subseries B: Blocks (San Francisco); Subseries C: Developments (San Francisco); Subseries D: Developments (Peninsula); Subseries E: Developments (Northern California)

Subseries A: Buildings (San Francisco) 37584 ca. 1910s-1947

Physical Description: 4 folders

box 3, folder 1

1958 Vallejo Street, 37588 1934

box 3, folder 2

Alexander Building announcement and Owl Drug Company lease in building announcement, 37587 undated

box 3, folder 3

Russ Building, investment in the Russ Building Company, Annual Reports of Russ Building Company, Correspondence Relating to, 37586 1926-1944

box 3, folder 4

The White House? Post and Grant Streets, San Francisco, 37585 1947

Subseries B: Blocks (San Francisco) 37579 ca. 1891-ca.1907

Physical Description: 4 ledgers

box 3, folder 5

Abstract of Title and List of Incumbrances on Block Bounded by Grove, Laguna, Ivy, Western Addition, 37583 (ca. 1894)

box 3, folder 6

Abstract of Title and List of Incumbrances on Block Bounded by Union, Front, Commerce, and Battery Streets Simpson & Miller Examiners of Deeds Searchers of Records, San Francisco January 5th 1891 Vol. 9, p. 62; 37582 January 5, 1891

box 3, folder 7

Sacramento and Presidio Property San Francisco, 37581 October 5, 1904

Scope and Contents note

Includes Sub.[Western Addition] Block No. 623 (Sacramento and Presidio) San Francisco, October 5, 1904 and documents and correspondence relating to the property.

box 3, folder 8

Commercial Block, California and Front Streets, San Francisco, 37580 ca.1907

Subseries C: Developments (San Francisco) 37572 1911-1956

Physical Description: 5 ledgers, 1 folder

box 3, folder 9

Record of Sales Mission Terrace, San Francisco, 37578 1911-1923

Scope and Contents

Contains date, lot, block, purchaser, address, first payment, mortgage, financial terms of purchase, and the solicitor, date closed.

box 3, folder 10

Westwood Park, San Francisco, 37577 1916

box 3, folder 11

Mission Terrace, San Francisco Correspondence, 37576 1923

box 3, folder 12

Diamond Heights, San Francisco Appraisal for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, 37575 1955-1956

box 4, folder 1

Thomas Bros. Block Book of San Francisco Vol. 15: City Land, Columbia Heights, Hillcrest, Ingleside Terrace, Lake Geneva, Lake View, Mission Street, Ocean View Park, Railroad Homestead Association, Railroad Homestead Association 2, San Miguel City, West End 37574 undated

box 4, folder 2

Thomas Bros. Block Book of San Francisco Vol. 16: Excelsior, Crocker Amazon 37573 undated

Scope and Contents note

Ledger includes University Extension, University Mound, Visita[c]ion Valley, West End, and "Sunnyvale" (A southeastern San Francisco neighborhood; possibly in the Sunnyside or Bernal Heights districts).

Subseries D: Developments (Peninsula) 37570 1916-1945

Physical Description: 1 ledger

box 3, folder 13

Appraisal as of December 10, 1916 of 525.4 Acres in Hillsborough San Mateo County, California Belonging to Provident Securities Company Appraised by Philip P. Paschel Harry C. Jenkins, 37571 April 20, 1945

General note

Contains a fold-out fabric-backed map of lots.

Subseries E: Developments (Northern California) 37567 1909-1930

Physical Description: 1 ledger

box 3, folder 14

Pullman Park, Richmond, California, 37569 1909-1914

box 3, folder 15

Buckingham Park, Clear Lake, California, 37568 1930

Series III: Photographs, 37544 ca. 1905-1974 (Bulk 1910s-1920s) 1910-1930

Physical Description: 5 folders, 10 ledgers

Scope and Content

Series III is comprised of photographs of various properties and residential developments with which Baldwin & Howell were involved. They document the construction and final states of various residences throughout San Francisco and Northern California.

Arrangement

This series is broken into subseries and arranged by size of property, geographical proximity to San Francisco, and thereafter chronologically and is comprised of: Subseries A: Company History Photographs; Subseries B: Buildings (San Francisco); and Subseries C: Residential Developments.

Subseries A: Company History Photographs 37564 1906-1974

Physical Description: 1 folder

box 5, folder 1

Baldwin & Howell Company History Photos, 37565 1906-1974

Subseries B: Buildings (San Francisco) 37558 ca.1890-ca.1920

Physical Description: 5 ledgers

box 5, folder 3

MacDonough Building, Northeaster corner of Sutter and Grant Ave., MacDonald and Dean, architects 37563 undated

box 5, folder 4

Northeast corner of 4th and Welsh Streets, 37562 December 1905

box 5, folder 5

The Cluett Building, Northeast corner of Howard Street and Howard Court between 4th and 5th Streets MacDonald and Dean, Architects 37561 undated

General note

Caption: "Kindly return to Baldwin & Howell 1692 Fillmore Street

box 6, folder 1

Davis-Schonwasser Building, Macdonough Estate Company, Owner, 37560 ca. 1908

Scope and Contents note

With 25 photographs of the construction of the building at Sutter and Grant streets in 1908.

box 7, folder 1

Sloane Building (San Francisco), 1908 Emma Rose, Owner; 37559 1908

Scope and Contents note

29 photographs of the construction of the Mission Street building, 1908.

Subseries C: Residential Developments 37545 ca. 1900s-1940s

Physical Description: 8 ledgers, 1 folder

Residential Developments (San Francisco) Part 1:37551 ca. 1905-1939

box 7, folder 2

Presidio Terrace (San Francisco), 37557 ca. 1905-1915

Scope and Contents note

Album; 34 photographs of houses and neighborhood.

box 7, folder 3

Estate of Adolph Sutro, Deceased. Appraised by A.S. Baldwin, 37556 March-April, 1910

Scope and Contents note

Album; 47 leaves printed on rectos only, plus 62 original silver photographs (5 of them fold-outs), of the vast real estate holdings of Adolph Sutro, mostly in San Francisco but a few outside.

box 5, folder 6

Westwood Highlands 37555 undated

Scope and Contents note

94 photographs of residences, some under construction, and the land being cleared.

box 6, folder 2

Westwood Park, 37554 undated

Scope and Contents note

With 83 photograph of residences, some under construction.

box 6, folder 3

Westwood Park, 37553 undated

Scope and Contents note

With 23 photographs.

box 6, folder 4

World's Fair, San Francisco, 1939 Baldwin & Howell model home. 37552 1939

Residential Developments (Peninsula) Part 2:37548 ca. 1909-ca. 1930

box 7, folder 4

Redwood City and Dingee Park, 37550 ca.1909

Scope and Contents note

Album; 35 photographs of newly built residences, also the 1909 auction of building sites conducted by Baldwin & Howell and the train station.

box 7, folder 5

San Mateo, 37549 undated

Scope and Contents note

54 photographs of residences, etc., also the train station, with a map of Hayward Park, Subdivision Three.

Residential Developments (Northern California) Part 3:37546 undated

box 5, folder 2

Projects: 37547 undated

Scope and Contents note

66 small photographs of houses in Oakland, Sacramento and San Francisco, with several typed pages describing the different types, also a blueprint.

Series IV: Maps, Building Plans, Oversize Ephemera, 37528 ca. 1910-1948

Physical Description: 1 folder, 7 maps, 3 oversized items.

Scope and Content

Series IV is made up of various maps of housing developments and properties that Baldwin & Howell owned or had business dealings regarding. In addition, this series contains the plan for the Insurance Exchange Building, on California Street at Liedesdorff. Another segment contains two Oversize ephemera items: a Baldwin & Howell poster parodying municipally owned railroads and George Thomas, Jr.'s certificate of election to the Governing Council of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers.

Arrangement

This series is sub-divided by format into Subseries A: Maps; Subseries B: Building Plans; and Subseries C: Oversize Ephemera and arranged chronologically within these units.

drawer 1, folder 1

Subseries A: Maps 37534 ca. 1900s-1940s

Physical Description: 1 folder, 8 maps

Maps and Project Descriptions: Western San Francisco Neighborhoods, 37543 1914, 1921

"Map of Forest Tract and San Miguel Ranch Showing Lands Owned by Estate of Adolph Sutro deceased with projected avenues throughout the same and referred to in the report of A.S. Baldwin May 1910. Map drawn and areas computed by John M. Punnett, Civil Engineer and Surveyor." 37542 1910

"San Francisco's Water Front: Only 18 percent of San Francisco's Water Front is Now used?82 percent is Still Undeveloped" 37541 undated

General note

Shows property owned by the state, property owned by state and improved with modern concrete work, property owned by state with wooden construction, what can be done by the state to improve the property then owned (primarily constructing piers and docks), and property then owned by the city.

"Plan of suggested Residence Park comprising area within Sutro Heights and adjacent lands owned by the Estate of Adolph Sutro deceased and referred to in the Report of A. S. Baldwin May, 1910… Drawn by John M. Punnett, Civil Engineer and Surveyor… Scheme B… Map No. 7" 1910

"Map of Presidio Terrace Baldwin and Howell Agents 318 Kearney St. San Francisco Cal." 37540 ca. 1908

General note

Annotated with lot buyers and selling price listed, including many prominent San Francisco residents

"Map of City of San Mateo Town of Burlingame and surrounding properties showing also public and private roads compiled by Davenport Bromfield C.E. 1906. Tracing made in office of W.C. Hammett, April 2nd, 1915." 37539 1906-1915

"New Relief Map of San Francisco and Vicinity Harr Wagner Publising Co. 149 New Montgomery Street, S.F." Back: "City and County of San Francisco Main Office Baldwin & Howell" 37538 ca. 1900-1925

General note

Annotated with July 1925 districts with populations.

"Map of the Major Part of the San Francisco Business District compiled and published by Thomas Bros. Compliments of Baldwin & Howell, Licensed Real Estate Brokers 318-324 Kearney Street Realtors, Insurance, Renting, Leasing, Loans, Insurance, Appraising, Subdivisions." 37537 undated

"Comparative data for Lake Merced Lands" 37536 ca. 1930s

Scope and Contents note

Map of subdivisions and acreages sold

Three Connected maps: M-4027, M-4028, M-2049 "State of California Department of Public Works San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge San Francisco Approach Property Maps Feb. 7, 1933" 37535 ca. 1930s

Scope and Contents note

Shows the impact of the Bay Bridge on Baldwin and Howell properties

Subseries B: Building Plan 37532 1909

Physical Description: 1 connected oversize item

"Building plans for The Insurance Exchange, Southeast corner of California and Leidesdorff , Willis Polk & Co. Architects 1909" Published by Dakin Publishing Company 37533 March 29, 1913

Scope and Contents note

Several sheets of architectural plans for Insurance Exchange Building's basement, first, mezzanine and third floors.

Subseries C: Oversize Ephemera, 37529 1901-1946

Physical Description: 2 oversize items

Poster: Political cartoon "The Street Railways Should be Owned and Operated by the City", 1901. Published by Baldwin & Howell 37531 undated

Scope and Contents note

Poster parodying municipally owned railways and mentioning Baldwin and Howell, McAfee Brothers, and other real estate companies and the Geary Street Electric Road.

George H. Thomas, Jr. Certificate of election to the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, 37530 1946

Collection Contents

Office Files,

General Office Files

Financial Records

Legal Records

Project Files,

Buildings (San Francisco)

Blocks (San Francisco)

Developments (San Francisco)

Developments (Peninsula)

Developments (Northern California)

Photographs,

Company History Photographs

Buildings (San Francisco)

Residential Developments

Maps, Building Plans, Oversize Ephemera,

Maps

Building Plan

Oversize Ephemera,