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Guide to the Grass Valley Daily Union Records, 1866-1937
BANC MSS 98/69 c
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Collection Title: Grass Valley
Daily Union Records
Collection Number: BANC MSS 98/69 c
Creator:
Grass Valley daily union
Extent:
Number of containers: 37 oversize volumes, 7 volumes in 1 box, and 3 boxes
Linear feet: [ca. 16]
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Consists of business records from 1866 to 1937, relating to subscriptions, circulation statistics, and advertising, as well
as financial operations of the newspaper, including daybooks, ledgers, cash blotters, invoices, cashbooks, and journals. Only
one ledger (relating to subscriptions, 1894-1895) documents the existence of the Grass Valley Weekly union. Includes lists
of subscribers and circulation for numerous small communities in the area. The variety of materials in the advertising and
financial records document hundreds of local businesses, sources for printing and paper supplies, and the role of the press
in the growing community.
Includes one volume of meeting minutes for Woodmen of the World, Hall of Mistletoe Camp #340 (Grass Valley), recording regular monthly meetings from 1902 to Nov. 1921; only one meeting was held in 1917, and none again until April 1921. Also includes a roll call of members for 1902 and 1903. Presumably there was some connection between the members of this lodge and the newspaper, in which they advertised.
Includes one volume of meeting minutes for Woodmen of the World, Hall of Mistletoe Camp #340 (Grass Valley), recording regular monthly meetings from 1902 to Nov. 1921; only one meeting was held in 1917, and none again until April 1921. Also includes a roll call of members for 1902 and 1903. Presumably there was some connection between the members of this lodge and the newspaper, in which they advertised.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library 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 reader.
[Identification of item], Grass Valley
Daily Union Records, 1866-1937, BANC MSS 98/69 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
The Grass Valley
Daily Union Records were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Serendipity Books (Berkeley, Calif.) on July 25, 1997.
The Grass Valley
Daily Union Records consist of business records from 1866 to 1937, relating to subscriptions, circulation statistics, and advertising,
as well as the financial operations of the newspaper, including daybooks, ledgers, cash blotters, invoices, cash books, and
journals. Only one ledger (relating to subscriptions) documents the existence of the Grass Valley
Weekly Union.
William S. Byrne and Charles H. Mitchell commenced publication of the
Daily Union in 1866, and although not every year of operation is represented in each series, overall the records document in surprising
detail the social and business life of this small goldrush town in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada. Lists of subscribers
and circulation statements for the numerous small communities in the area present a wealth of information about local history
and demographics. The variety of materials in the advertising and financial records document hundreds of local businesses,
sources for printing and paper supplies, and the role of the press in the growing community.
Also included with the records of the
Union is one volume of meeting minutes for Woodmen of the World, Hall of Mistletoe Camp #340 (Grass Valley), which records monthly
meetings from 1902 to 1921. Presumably there was some connection between the members of this lodge and the newspaper in which
they regularly advertised