Berton (G.A.) & Co., San Francisco, 1904-1934

Summary

Title:

Berton & Co. Records,

Dates:

1904-1934

Creators:

Berton (G. A.) & Co., San Francisco

Abstract:

Letterpress copy books, incoming letters and orders, and ledgers, for an insurance firm.
With these: correspondence, legal papers and accounts of Jules Nicolas Fricot and of his estate; papers of his son, Desire Fricot, relating to mining property in Calaveras and Nevada Counties, and to his real estate in San Francisco (6 boxes); and correspondence and manuscripts of Berton's son, Francis Jules (1 box and 2 v.).

Extent:

Number of containers: 17 cartons, 7 boxes and 8 volumes

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Berton & Co. records, BANC MSS 70/7 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Related resources

Other descriptive data:

These records of an insurance company, purchased from Holmes Books on July 22, 1969, include letterpress copy books, incoming letters and orders and ledgers.

Also included among these records are correspondence, accounts and legal papers of Jules Nicolas Fricot, father-in-law of G. A. Berton; papers of his son, Désiré Jules Fricot, relating mainly to mining property in Calaveras and Nevada Counties and to real estate in San Francisco (6 boxes); and correspondence and manuscripts of writings of Berton's son, Francis Jules (1 box and 2 v.).

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by The Bancroft Library staff

Date Prepared:

© 1997

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding; finding aid encoded by James Lake. Date of source: ca. 1970.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Berton & Co. records, BANC MSS 70/7 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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