Inventory of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for San Francisco Harbor Records

F3413:1-550

Series 1. Wharf and Pier Books 1863-1919

Physical Description: 550 volumes

Arrangement

Wharf books are arranged alphabetically be name of street and chronologically thereunder; pier books are arranged numerically by pier number and chronologically thereunder; and seawall books are arranged numerically by seawall number and section and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Records of monthly fees paid by vessels docked at various wharves, piers, and seawalls in San Francisco. Information includes date of arrival, class, name of vessel, tonnage, cargo, date of departure, number of days docked, rate, dockage amount, name of consignee, tolls, wharfage amount, and remarks. Also contains information on uncollected fees with class, name of vessel, and amount due. Several volumes on Oakland Ferries are also included in this series.

See Appendix A for an inventory of Wharf and Pier Books.

F3413:600-685

Series 2. President's Correspondence 1863-1915

Physical Description: 86 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of 86 volumes of bound correspondence of the President of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners. Series includes engineer's reports relating to construction and maintenance, bids relating to construction and maintenance, engineering estimates, and information on the Santa Fe Railroad.

F3413:686-710

Series 3. Secretary's Correspondence 1873-1908

Physical Description: 25 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of 25 volumes of bound correspondence of the Secretary of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners. Series includes circulars and notes, resolutions on actions taken by the Board, and letters on a wide variety of subjects.

F3413:711-731

Series 4. Engineer's Office Correspondence 1894-1919

Physical Description: 21 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged by type of correspondence and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Series includes correspondence of the Engineer's office of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners. Includes letters sent from the Engineer's office (1894-1913) correspondence scrapbook papers of Assistant Engineer Carl Uhlig (1903-1919), official letters to Chief Engineer L.D. Norton (1901-1906), Assistant State Engineer communications and reports (1907-1913), and permits granted for repairs (1911-1919).

F3413:732-739

Series 5. Miscellaneous Correspondence 1883-1949

Physical Description: 8 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged by type of correspondence and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

The Miscellaneous Correspondence series contains letters concerning the office of the Toll Collector (1891-1903) and miscellaneous letters (1883-1892, 1895-1897, 1911-1916, 1949).

F3413:800-901

Series 6. President's Unbound Correspondence 1897-1911

Physical Description: 102 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged according to coded classification schedule.

Scope and Content Note

Series includes incoming and outgoing general correspondence and reports from the President of the Board. Specific subjects include assignments and use of facilities, Belt Railroad, switching charges, demurrage, applications for positions, dismissals and resignations, complaints, synopsis of board meetings, accident reports, claims, biennial reports, unsanitary conditions, fleet arrival, personnel, 1908 Report to the Legislature, and property acquisition.

F3413:902-1177

Series 7. Secretary's Unbound Correspondence 1908-1914

Physical Description: 276 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged according to coded classification schedule.

Scope and Content Note

Series includes incoming and outgoing general correspondence and reports from the Secretary of the Board. Specific subjects include construction, bonding, assignments, Belt Railroad, permits, regulations, complaints, dredging reports, employees, harbor facilities, rentals, tolls, and insurance.

F3413:1178-1433

Series 8. Central File. Unbound Correspondence 1912-1963

Physical Description: 256 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically and by coded filing system.

Scope and Content Note

The Chronological Correspondence contains correspondence from 1912-1943. Some of the correspondence is from the Office of the Secretary and discusses administrative issues such as personnel, pay roll, and bids.

The Coded Correspondence contains correspondence from 1915-1963

F3413:1434-1584

Series 9. Engineering Department. Unbound Correspondence 1908-1915

Physical Description: 151 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Series includes incoming and outgoing general correspondence from the Engineering Department. Specific subjects include payroll, seawalls, piers, buildings, construction, sewers, Belt Railroad, and miscellaneous correspondence.

F3413:1585-1622

Series 10. Foreign Trade Zone Correspondence 1936-1951

Physical Description: 2 volumes and 76 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

Series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence from the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for San Francisco Harbor regarding foreign trade zones. Most of the correspondence was either sent to or sent from the federal government. Prominent subjects include applications to create a foreign trade zone in San Francisco and questionnaires sent to import companies.

F3413:2000-2041

Series 11. Construction and Maintenance Files 1870-1931

Physical Description: 37 volumes and 10 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by type of record and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Construction and maintenance records for San Francisco Harbor. Includes the following: architect report for Depot and Ferry Building; letters from the superintendent of construction; specifications; inspector's reports; daily construction reports; surveyor's certificates of measurements; repair books; journals; damage bills; damage reports; order book; work orders; electric department correspondence; dredger's records; automobile reports; daily report of tugs.

See Appendix B for a list of volume or folder headings.

F3413:2042-2055

Series 12. Personnel Files 1890-1932

Physical Description: 13 volumes and 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged by type of record and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

The Personnel Records of the Board include invoices (letters of recommendation addressed to the Board of State Harbor Commissioners in regards to appointments or positions with Port Authority, Governor Gillette's and other sate officials signatures are found within), lists of employees, personnel history records, industrial accident register and samples of ID cards, time cards, and vacation records.

See Appendix C for a list of volume or folder headings.

F3413:2056-2079

Series 13. Legal Files 1864-1930

Physical Description: 24 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged by type of record and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Includes legal briefs and transcripts for cases involving the Board. Also contains contracts and leases, dockets, reports, abstracts of title, and investigation files.

See Appendix D for a list of volume headings.

F3413:2080-2095

Series 14. Belt Railroad Files 1898-1927

Physical Description: 16 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged by type of record and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Contains financial records, switching reports and bills, switching bill book, and switching charge collections.

See Appendix E for a list of volume headings.

F3413:2096-2178

Series 15. Miscellaneous Files 1878-1954

Physical Description: 83 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged by type of record and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous files include scrapbooks with newspaper clippings concerning the Port of San Francisco; inventories; comparative statistics; records of arrivals and departures concerning the movement of vessels; reports; stock certificate book for the Mission Street Wharf; laws and statutes; tariff charges; and rules, regulations, and rates.

See Appendix F for a list of volume headings.

F3413:2179-2242

Series 16. Reference Books 1868-1943

Physical Description: 64 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged by type of volume then chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

The Reference Books series contains Lloyd's Registers, 1868-1931; San Francisco Business Directories, 1871-1943; and Reports of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (Municipal Reports), 1869-1899. The Municipal Reports include reports for the following city officers: assessor, auditor, board of health, chief of police, city attorney, surveyor, superintendent of schools, coroner, county clerk, county recorder, fire chief, industrial school, justice's court, license collector, park commissioner, pound keeper, public administrator, sheriff, superintendent of public streets, tax collector, and treasurer, Also usually includes appendices relating to elections, utilities, and taxation.

Lloyd's Registers, 1868-1931 (F3413:2179-2197)

San Francisco Business Directories, 1871-1943 (F3413:2198-2227)

Municipal Reports of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1869-1899 (F3413:2228-2242)

F3413:2243-2458

Series 17. Accounting Records 1863-1952

Physical Description: 275 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged by type of record and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

The Accounting Records series contains general accounting and financial records of the Board. Includes account records on tolls, dockage, stores, wharfage, and labor expenses; ledgers and registers relating to accounts receivable, credit toll, rents, repairs, sales and charges, and construction; revenue records for dockage, tolls, bills of collection, rents, and pier receipts; and expenditure records for invoices, vouchers, dredging, construction, payroll, maintenance, and repairs.

See Appendix G for a list of volume or folder headings.

F3413:2459-2472

Series 18. Oversized Photographs 1925-1950

Physical Description: 14 items

Arrangement

See scope and content.

Scope and Content Note

Includes an aerial view of San Francisco, undated (F3413:2459); aerial view of San Francisco Harbor and "Line Washington", undated (F3413:2460); ship aground, undated (F3413:2461); Ferry Building, 1925 (F3413:2462); San Francisco waterfront, undated (F3413:2463); Board of Directors for the San Francisco Exposition, undated (F3413:2464); Belt Line switching engine, 1943 (F3413:2465); Piers 29 to 37, undated (F3413:2466); aerial view of San Francisco from 12,000 feet, 1945 (F3413:2467); map of San Francisco and world ports, 1947 (F3413:2468); and four views of Port of San Francisco, 1948-1950 (F3413:2469-2472).

Wharf and Pier Books

F3413:1-550

Army Street Wharf 1912-1914

Physical Description: (1v)

Battery Street Wharf 1874-1881

Physical Description: (3v)

Beale Street Wharf 1885-1909

Physical Description: (7v)

Berry Street Wharf 1889-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (7v)

Broadway Street Wharf 1871; 1873-1893

Physical Description: (13v)

Broadway #1 Street Wharf 1893-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (5v)

Broadway #2 Street Wharf 1889-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (7v)

Center Street Wharf 1892-1909

Physical Description: (4v)

Central Basin Wharf 1911-1914; 1919

Physical Description: (5v)

Channel Street Wharf 1876-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (32v)

China Basin Wharf 1911-1914

Physical Description: (2v)

Clay Street Wharf 1863-1875; 1900-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (11v)

Commercial Street Wharf 1867-1875

Physical Description: (6v)

East Street Wharf 1865-1868; 1870-1880

Physical Description: (9v)

Filbert Street Wharf 1902-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (4v)

Fisherman's Wharf 1872-1875; 1901-1909; 1911-1916

Physical Description: (9v)

Folsom Street Wharf 1877-1900; 1912-1914

Physical Description: (10v)

Folsom #2 Street Wharf 1889-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (8v)

Fremont Street Wharf 1889-1909

Physical Description: (5v)

Front Street Wharf 1868-1876

Physical Description: (6v)

Front and Green Streets Wharf 1873-1874; 1876-1878

Physical Description: (2v)

Green Street Wharf 1878-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (15v)

Green and Union Streets Wharf 1876-1879

Physical Description: (5v)

Greenwich #1 Street Wharf 1902-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (4v)

Greenwich #2 Street Wharf 1902-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (3v)

Harrison Street Wharf 1889-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (11v)

Harrison and Spear Streets Wharf 1875-1889

Physical Description: (6v)

Howard Street Wharf #1 1865-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (16v)

Howard Street Wharf #2 1880-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (12v)

Howard Street Wharf #3 1884-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (11v)

Jackson Street Wharf 1863-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (33v)

La Rue's Street Wharf 1867-1873

Physical Description: (4v)

Main Street Wharf 1872-1879; 1883-1909

Physical Description: (14v)

Market Street Wharf 1867-1877

Physical Description: (6v)

Mission #1 Street Wharf 1863-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (24v)

Mission #2 Street Wharf 1882-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (15v)

Montgomery and Francisco Streets Wharf 1872-1878

Physical Description: (4v)

North Point Street Wharf 1863-1867; 1872-1878

Physical Description: (4v)

Pacific Street Wharf 1867-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (18v)

Second and Berry Streets Wharf 1873-1885

Physical Description: (8v)

Spear Street Wharf 1889-1909

Physical Description: (5v)

Spear and Bryant Streets Wharf 1872-1874

Physical Description: (2v)

Stewart Street Wharf 1889-1909

Physical Description: (9v)

Third Street Wharf 1889-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (12v)

Third and Berry Streets Wharf 1873-1874; 1885-1889

Physical Description: (4v)

Tulare Street Wharf 1919

Physical Description: (1v)

Union #1 Street Wharf 1883-1884; 1887-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (8v)

Union #2 Street Wharf 1902-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (4v)

Union and Front Streets Wharf 1878-1887

Physical Description: (3v)

Vallejo Street Wharf 1863-1867; 1870-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (17v)

Vallejo-Front-to Davis Street Wharf 1873-1875

Physical Description: (1v)

Washington Street Wharf 1863-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (30v)

Sec. 1 Sea Wall Wharf 1879-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (16v)

Sec. 2 Sea Wall Wharf 1880-1909; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (10v)

Sec. 3 Sea Wall Wharf 1878-1905; 1911-1914

Physical Description: (9v)

Sec. 4 Sea Wall Wharf 1882-1902

Physical Description: (5v)

Sec. 9A Sea Wall Wharf 1914

Physical Description: (1v)

Sec. C Sea Wall Wharf 1914-1916

Physical Description: (2v)

Ferry Books 1875-1889; 1892

Physical Description: (8v)

Piers 7, 9, 11 1919

Physical Description: (1v)

Piers 15, 17, 19 1919

Physical Description: (1v)

Piers 21, 23 1919

Construction and Maintenance Files

F3413:2000-2001

Report of Architect for S. F. Depot Fund and Ferry Building 1896-1899

Physical Description: (2v)

F3413:2002

Letters, Jere Robinson, Superintendant of Construction 1896-1898

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2003-2010

Specifications (concerns building requirements) 1883-1916

Physical Description: (8v)

Additional Note

NOTE: see also (2019) below

F3413:2011-2012

Inspector's Reports 1892-1899; 1907-1913

Physical Description: (2v)

F3413:2013-2018

Daily Construction Reports 1912-1913

Physical Description: (6v)

F3413:2019

Specifications (See above; 2003-2010) 1883-1916

Physical Description: (1f)

F3413:2020

Surveyor's Certificate of Measurements for 1918 1918

Physical Description: (1f)

F3413:2021

Record (concerns awarding of contracts for construction and repairs) 1907-1909

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2022

Reports of Urgent Repairs and Pile Drivers (Superintendant of repairs daily reports) 1897-1898

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2023-2024

Repair Books 1882-1912

Physical Description: (2v)

F3413:2025

Journal (concerns charges to Piers for repairs) 1906-1907

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2026-2027

Damage Bills 1908-1917

Physical Description: (2v)

F3413:2028

Notification of Damages 1915-1917

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2029

Damage Reports 1909-1911

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2030

Order Book (concerns materials ordered) 1908-1909

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2031

Work Orders 1931

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2032

Electric Department Correspondence 1911-1913

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2033-2036

Record, Dredger's (concerns operations of dredging boats) 1887-1912

Physical Description: (4v)

F3413:2037

Removal of Blossom Bock, S. F. Harbor 1870

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2038

Rock for Wing Wall and Section B. Sea Wall 1909-1910

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2039

Automobile Reports 1928

Physical Description: (1f)

F3413:2040

Daily Report of Tugs 1918

Physical Description: (1f)

F3413:2041

Miscellaneous Work Orders 1919

Physical Description: (1f)

Personnel Files

3A, F3413:2042

Invoices (This volume contains letters of recommendation addressed to the Board of Harbor Commissioners in regards to appointments or positions with the Port Authority. Governor Gillette's and other state officials signatures are found within. 1903-1904

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2043-2044

Employees: List of Employees 1890-1899

Physical Description: (2v)

3A, F3413:2045-2053

Personnel History Records 1914-1929

Physical Description: (9v)

F3413:2054

Industrial Accident Register 1914-1917

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2055

ID Cards Time Cards and Vacation Records (samples) 1932

Physical Description: (1f)

Bonds 1876-1931

Physical Description: (3f)

Commissions 1869-1903

Physical Description: (1f)

Legal Files

3A, F3413:2056

Brief for Respondent in Matter of People vs LaRue and Greenlaw 1892

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2057

Plaintiffs' Brief in the Matter of People vs M. R. Roberts 1888

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2058

Transcript on Appeal of Payne vs English 1892

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2059

Transcript on Appeal of Union Transportation Company vs Charles Bassett as Harbor Commissioner 1894

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2060

Appellants' Opening Brief for People vs Southern Pacific Company 1915

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2061

Brief for Plaintiffs in Error for People vs Central Pacific Railroad, et. al. 1887

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2062

Argument of Property Owners Against the Berry Street Railroad Ordnance Addressed to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors 1877

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2063

Findings of Fact and Conclusions in matter of People vs Santa Fe Land Improvement Company 1916

Physical Description: (1v)

F3413:2064-2068

Contracts and Leases 1864-1907

Physical Description: (5v)

Additional Note

Series Descriptions

List of Files