Register of the Shiman Family Papers, 1859-1921
Register of the Shiman Family Papers,
1859-1921
Collection number: Mss31
Holt-Atherton Department of Special CollectionsUniversity Library
University of the Pacific
- Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
- University Library, University of the Pacific
- Stockton, CA 95211
- Phone: (209) 946-2404
- URL: https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections
- Processed by:
- Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- 1994
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
Arrangement
Series 1: Shiman San Lorenzo Store Records 1859-1901
Journals 1860-1875
1860-1863 [includes index]
1869-1871 [do.]
1870-1875 [do.]
Journals, 1876-1890
1876-1880 [no index]
1880-1885
Index to #2
1885-1890 [no index]
Day Books, 1859-1865
Jun. 19, 1859-Aug. 15, 1859
Aug. 1, 1860-Aug. 15, 1861
Nov. 11, 1862-Dec. 31, 1863 [scattered dates in 1864 & 1865]
Day Books, 1873-Dec. 1, 1877
1873-1875
1876-Dec. 1, 1877
Day Books, Dec. 2, 1877-Dec. 1, 1881
Dec. 2, 1877-Aug. 19, 1879
Aug. 20, 1879-Dec. 1, 1881
Day Books, Dec. 1, 1881-Jun. 15, 1885
Dec. 1, 1881-Dec. 31, 1883
Jan. 1, 1884-Jun. 15, 1885
Day Books, 1888-1901
1888-Oct. 11, 1889
Oct. 12, 1889-Dec. 31, 1890
1891-1901 [incl. employee payroll for 1901 in back]
Cash Books, 1879-1896
Cash Book, Feb. 3, 1879-Aug. 31, 1880
Cash Book, Feb. 5, 1886-Feb. 22, 1888
Cash Book supplement, Aug. 1, 1889-April 30, 1890
Cash Book, Mar. 17, 1890-Mar. 22, 1896
Other Business Records, 1866-1894
Purchase order book, 1866-1880
List of debtor names, 1871-1882
Wells Fargo & Co. Express Tariffs Book, 1881
"Inventory of stock," Dec. 26, 1888; "Inventory of stock sold to J. Lindsay," 1891 [lacks covers]
Misc. [store] Accounts, 1889-1894
Misc. Accounts, 1886-1891 [principally mortgage-secured loans to individuals and rent records]
Misc. business corresp., 1870s [5 items]
Misc. business corresp., 1880s [2 items, 3 l.]
Misc. stmts. & rcpts., 1870s [4 items]
Misc. stmts. & rcpts., 1880s [3 items]
Misc. tax rcpts., 1865-66, 69, 83-84 [9 items]
Misc. business licences [tobacco, liquor, etc.], 1885-86 [9 items]
Series 2: Shiman Family Personal Papers 1872-1921
1872-1921
Day Book [San Lorenzo store], Jul. 23, 1862-Jul. 29, 1862; Household expenses of Johanna Juliane Shiman, Oct. 9, 1872- Feb. 17, 1875; One page diary, Mar. 1875; Records of pay for household workers [washing, etc.], 1876 [lacks covers]
Cancelled checks written by John L. Shiman, 1887-91; by Johanna Shiman, 1906 [50 items]
Bay area business cards [5 items]
Johanna J. Shiman corresp., 1901, 1921
Johanna J. Shiman scrapbook, c1870-1910 [contains a few family clippings; chiefly news & oddities]
Loose scraps formerly laid-in scrapbook
Loose clippings formerly laid-in scrapbook
Misc. ballots, rcpts., ads, papers [13 items]