Sumatra Rubber Plantation Photographs Collection, ca. 1916-1917

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Title:: Sumatra Rubber Plantation Photographs Collection
Dates:: ca. 1916-1917
Abstract:: Assortment of 130 photographs from the archives of a founding executive of the American General Rubber Company (GRC) taken mainly in Sumatra and also in the Straits Settlements, at the pinnacle of enterprise and fortune.
Extent:: .2 linear feet (1 half-sized document box).
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Sumatra Rubber Plantation Photographs Collection. Bernath Mss 414. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and content:: Assortment of 130 photographs from the archives of a founding executive of the American General Rubber Company (GRC) taken mainly in Sumatra and also in the Straits Settlements, at the pinnacle of enterprise and fortune. Some photos have handwritten captions and dates on back; most taken in north and north-central Sumatra, from October 1916 to January 1917. Photographs vary in sizes, the largest measuring approximately 14 cm x 8 cm, and a few miniatures measuring 7 cm x 5 cm. Several are present in multiple copies. The collection is accompanied by a printed envelope of the General Rubber Company, Singapore office in the Straits Settlements, and a newspaper clipping of the Straits Times in Singapore, 1916, pertaining to the disbursement of the estate of American financier John Pierpont Morgan [derived from dealer description].
Acquisition information:: Purchase, 2012.
Physical location:: Del Norte.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Subjects:: Rubber plantations.
Names:: American General Rubber Company.
Places:: Sumatra (Indonesia)--Pictorial works.
Straits Settlements--Pictorial works.

Collection Guide Author:: Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; latest revision K. Dodd
Date Prepared:: © 2013
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by A. Demeter. Date of source: Feb. 14, 2013.

Access and use

Restrictions:: None.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:: Sumatra Rubber Plantation Photographs Collection. Bernath Mss 414. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:: UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US