Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection Summary
Collection Title: California Banking miscellany
Date (inclusive): 1849-1936
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-G 16
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box
Linear feet: .4
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Contains checks, drafts, bills of exchange, banking correspondence and other banking
documents concerning transactions in various banks in California. Locations include Los Angeles, the Central
Valley, Northern California and San Francisco.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice
may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the
Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in
writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000.
Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to
include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is
restricted toresearch and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], California Banking Miscellany, BANC MSS C-G 16, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Related Collections
Adolph H. Weber collection of cancelled checks, etc., chiefly on California banks, [ca. 1850-1925] BANC MSS
C-G 56
M.E. Pleasant checks: written on Donohoe, Kelly & Co., Bankers, San Francisco, [ca. 1870-1883] BANC
MSS C-G 231
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Banks and banking--California
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Commerce
San Francisco (Calif.)--Commerce
California--Commerce
Checks
Honeyman, Robert B
Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne)
Eisner, Milton Daniel, 1886-1959
Bidwell, Daniel, 1814?-
Winchester, J
Richardson, Benjamin
Cowan, Robert Ernest, 1862-1942
First National Bank of Los Angeles
Bank of California
Burgoyne & Co., San Francisco
Rideout, Smith & Co., Bankers
Godeffroy, Sillem & Co., San Francisco
Carothers, Anderson & Co
Nevada National Bank
Bank of La Porte
First National Bank of Pasadena, Calif
Bodie Bank
Decker & Jewett
Bank of Commerce of San Francisco
Bank of San Jose
London & San Francisco Bank
D.O. Mills & Co. (Sacramento, Calif.)
Wawona Hotel
London, Paris and American Bank, Ltd
Anglo California National Bank of San Francisco
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The California Banking Miscellany was given or purchased by The Bancroft Library from various persons.
Accruals
Future additions may be made in the future but are not expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Alison E. Bridger in December 2004; additions in January 2007.
Scope and Content of Collection
Contains checks, drafts, bills of exchange, banking correspondence and other banking documents concerning
transactions in various banks in California. Locations include Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Northern
California and San Francisco.
Collection is arranged alphabetically by city then banking institution.