Guide to the Sutter Creek Store Records JL008
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999 ; revised 2018
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Sutter Creek Store Records, (JL008). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Custodial History
Gift of Frank Soracco to Jackson Library of Business. Transferred to the Department of Special Collections, 1979.
Conditions Governing Use
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
Conditions Governing Access
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
Box 1, volume 1
Daybook
June-November 1866
box 2, Folder 1
Daybook
November 1866-April 1867
box 2, Folder 2
Daybook
April-October 1867
box 2, Folder 3
Daybook
October 1867-April 1868
box 2, Folder 4
Daybook
October 1869-January 1870
box 2, Folder 5
Daybook
April-August 1870
box 2, Folder 6
Daybook
August-November 1870
box 3, Folder 1
Daybook
November 1870-February 1871
box 3, Folder 2
Daybook
February-April 1871
box 3, Folder 3
Daybook
April-August 1871
box 3, Folder 4
Daybook
October 1871-January 1872
box 3, Folder 5
Daybook
January-March 1872
box 4, Folder 1
Daybook
August-September 1872
box 4, Folder 2
Daybook
November 1872-August 1873
box 4, Folder 3
Daybook
August 1873-February 1874
box 4, Folder 4
Daybook
February-July 1874
box 4, Folder 5
Daybook
July-December 1874
box 5, Folder 1
Daybook
December 1874-February 1875
box 5, Folder 2
Daybook
February-May 1875
box 5, Folder 4
Daybook
July-November 1875
box 5, Folder 6
Daybook
July-September 1876
box 6, Folder 1
Daybook
September-December 1876
box 6, Folder 2
Daybook
December 1876-May 1877
box 6, Folder 4
Daybook
February-July 1878
Box 7, volume 7
Daybook
November 1878-May 1879
Box 8, volume 9
Daybook
October 1879-April 1880
Box 8, volume 10
Daybook
April-December 1880
Box 9, volume 11
Daybook
January-June 1881
Box 9, volume 12
Daybook
June-November 1881
Box 10, volume 13
Daybook
November 1881-July 1882
Box 10, volume 14
Daybook
July 1882-April 1883
Box 10, volume 15
Daybook
April 1883-April 1884
Box 11, volume 16
Daybook
April 1884-February 1885
Box 11, volume 17
Daybook
March 1885-January 1886
Box 11, volume 18
Daybook
January-June 1886
Box 11, volume 19
Daybook
June-November 1886
Box 12, volume 20
Daybook
December 1886-May 1887
Box 12, volume 21
Daybook
March-August 1888
box 13, Folder 3
Cash book
February-May 1893
box 13, Folder 5
Customers' accounts
1868-1872
Box 13, Folder 6
Customers' accounts
1870-1871
Box 13, Folder 7
Customers' accounts
1872-1876
Box 14, volume 23
Customers' accounts
1875-1877
Box 12, Folder 3
P.B. & Co. daybook
1867-1868
