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Guide to the James Rankin & Sons Records, 1921-1991 (bulk 1921-1958)
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Box 1, folders 1-12

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1928-1958.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and then chronologically.
Consists of letters written or sent by James Rankin & Sons to the Hearst family and staff, including Julia Morgan, at the construction sites in California. Included in the folder of William Randolph Hearst Jr.'s letters are two illustrated letter sheets for Casa Del Monte, San Simeon, California. A folder of miscellany, A-Z, precedes the folders for correspondents writing more than seven letters.
Box 1, folder 1

A-Z, Miscellaneous 1928-31

 

Alex R. Schmidt Company

 

American Radiator Company

 

Carlson, Raymond

 

De Laval Steam Turbine Company

 

Dunn, Ed

 

Enquirer Publishing Company

 

Grinnell Company of the Pacific

 

Hunter, H. O.

 

Irving, Kelley

 

LeFeaver, James F.

 

Loors, George

 

M. Greenberg's Sons

 

McClure, Warren

 

Ocean Shore Iron Works

 

Parks, A. F.

 

Piedmont Land & Cattle Company

 

Refinite Company

 

Reich Transfer Company

 

Rose, George

 

Sebastian, Peter

 

Silknitter, R. M.

 

Taylor, Harry

 

White Manufacturing Company

 

Woodin & Little

folder 2

Boss, E. E. 1929-31

folder 3

Hearst, William Randolph, 1908- 1958

folder 4

Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957 1923-31

folder 5

O'Brien, F. A. 1930-31

folder 6

Ridgwell, William 1928-31

folder 7

Rossi, C. C. 1928-31

folder 8

Smith, J. W. 1928-31

folder 9-11

Thomson, John McGregor 1928-31

folder 12

Van Gordon, Ray 1930-31

Box 1, folders 13-22; Box 2; Box 3, folders 1-16

SERIES 2: INVOICES, 1921-1948.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged in four subseries by construction site in chronological order of work. Within each subseries, arranged alphabetically by company, and then chronologically within each folder.
Contained in the four subseries are invoices of various companies from whom James Rankin & Sons ordered on behalf of William Hearst. These provide information regarding material applied in the installations along with the size, type, and cost of the parts. Most invoices were issued between 1928 and 1931 when construction at Hearst Castle and Wyntoon Estate were at a peak.
Minimal records exist from the work at Jolon. Records of the three sites were kept separately from 1921 to 1931; from 1944 to 1948, work at Hearst Castle and Wyntoon Estate was billed together and this arrangement is retained.
 

HEARST CASTLE (CALIF.), 1921-1936

Box 1, folder 13

A-Z, Miscellaneous companies 1927-31

 

American Radiator Company

 

B. H. Brunje

 

Braun-knecht-Heimann Company

 

Bryon Jackson Pump Manufacturing Company

 

California Motor Express, Ltd.

 

Coast Line Express

 

Dalziel-Moller Company

 

Downey Glass & Plant Company

 

Empire Foundry Company, Inc.

 

Enterprise Plating & Enameling Company, Inc.

 

Good Company of the Pacific, Inc.

 

Majestic Electric Appliance Company, Inc.

 

Montague Range & Furnace Company, Inc.

 

Mueller Company

 

M. Greenberg's Sons

 

Oakland Warehouse

 

Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.

 

Pacific Electric Railway Company

 

Philadelphia Quartz Company

 

Refinite Company

 

Railroad Express Agency

 

Sandoval Sales Company

 

South Coast Steamship Company

 

Union Pacific Railroad Company

 

Walworth California Company

 

Wesix Electric Heater Company

 

Woodin & Little

folder 14

A-Z, Miscellaneous companies 1936

 

Pacific Motor Transport Company

 

Valley Motor Line, Inc.

 

Wesix Electric Heater Company

folder 15

American Rubber Manufacturing Company 1928-30

folder 16

Berkeley Steel Construction Company, Inc. 1928-29

folder 17

C. F. Honeywell & Company 1927-30

folder 18

Clorox Company 1928-30, 1936

folder 19-20

Crane Company 1928-31

folder 21

Gladding, McBean & Company 1928-29, 1936

Box 2, folder 1-7

Grinnell Company of the Pacific 1921-36

folder 8

Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson 1927-29

folder 9-10

James Rankin & Sons 1928-37

folder 11

James Rankin & Sons payroll reports 1926-29

folder 12

Nelson Steamship Company 1928-30

folder 13

Plant Rubber & Asbestos Works 1928-29

folder 14

Rotary Oil Burner Company 1928-30

folder 15

S. T. Johnson Company 1928-30

folder 16

Valley & Coast Transit Company 1927-30

folder 17

Yager Sheet Metal Company 1928-30

 

WYNTOON ESTATE, CALIF., 1928-1931

Box 3, folder 1

A-Z, Miscellaneous companies 1928-33

 

American Radiator Company

 

American Railway Express Company

 

Atlas Heating & Ventilating Company, Ltd.

 

Berkeley Steel Construction Co., Inc.

 

Clorox Company

 

Coast Line Express

 

De Laval Steam Turbine Company

 

Forbes Supply Company

 

Good Company of the Pacific, Inc.

 

Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson

 

M. Greenberg's Sons

 

Oakland Building Material Company

 

Pacific Motor Transport Company

 

Refinite Company

 

S. T. Johnson Company

 

Sandoval Sales Company

 

Shand & Jurs. Company

 

Tay-Holbrook Inc.

 

Union Pacific Railroad Company

folder 2

American Rubber Manufacturing Company 1929-31

folder 3

C. F. Honeywell & Company 1929-30

folder 4

Crane Company 1929-33

folder 5

Grinnell Company of the Pacific 1928-30

folder 6

James Rankin & Sons 1928

Box 3, folder 7

James Rankin & Sons payroll reports 1929

folder 8

McCloud River Lumber Company 1928-30

folder 9

McCloud River Railroad Company

folder 10

Plant Rubber & Asbestos Works 1929-30

folder 11

Yager Sheet Metal Company 1929-30

 

JOLON, CALIF., 1930-1936

Box 3, folder 12

A-Z, Miscellaneous companies 1930-36

 

C. F. Honeywell & Company

 

Gladding, McBean & Company

 

Crane Company

 

Hoyt Heater Company

 

Plant Rubber & Asbestos Works

 

HEARST CASTLE AND WYNTOON ESTATE, CALIF., 1944-1948

Box 3, folder 13-17

James Rankin & Sons 1944-48

Box 3, folders 17-20; Portfolio; Oversize folder 1

SERIES 3: MISCELLANY, ca. 1931-1991, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Contains James Rankin's memoir about his contact with W. R. Hearst concerning plumbing installations. Clippings are largely focused on Hearst Castle at San Simeon, California. The portfolio contains three oversize magazines with articles devoted to Hearst Castle.
Box 3, folder 18

Reminiscence of James Rankin n.d.

Scope and Content Note

(re Hearst Castle)
 

CLIPPINGS, ca. 1931-1991.

Box 3, folder 19

Hearst Castle (Calif.) ca. 1950-88

folder 20

Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957 ca. 1958-91

folder 21

Rankin, James 1964

folder 22

Rossi, C. C. 1986

portfolio Portfolio, folder 1-2

Fortune

 

Vol. 3, No. 5 May 1931

 

Vol. 12, No. 14 Oct. 1935

folder 3

Life Aug. 26, 1957

 

Vol. 43, No. 9

oversize-shelf Oversize Box 1, folder 1

Drawing of plumbing layout for the poultry farm at Hearst Castle n.d.