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Sutter Creek Store records
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Sutter Creek Store records
creator:
Sutter Creek store
Identifier/Call Number: JL008
Physical Description:
18 Linear Feet
(15 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1866-1893
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.
Abstract: Business records from a general store in Sutter Creek, California from the 1860s through the 1890s.
The records of the Sutter Creek store of Lawrence and C. Soracco are dated 1866-1893, and consist of daybooks, cash books,
a purchase book, customers' account books, ledgers. The store was established in 1860 and the date of its dissolution is unknown.
Some of the ledgers are in Italian. The ledgers record customers' names, what was purchased and the cost of items purchased.
This collection could serve as a rich resource for genealogical research.
[Identification of item] Sutter Creek Store Records, (JL008). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Gift of Frank Soracco to Jackson Library of Business. Transferred to the Department of Special Collections, 1979.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
The collection is open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Note: Some of the material are fragile and may require special care while handling.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Business records.
Business enterprises -- California.
Sutter Creek (Calif.)
Ledgers.
Sutter Creek store