Stairley, W. Collection, 1893-1983

Collection context

Summary

Title:
W. Stairley Collection
Dates:
1893-1983
Creators:
Abstract:
Extent:
1 box
Language:
Preferred citation:

W. Stairley Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes a small book of poetry and two books of piano music, an insurance account book for agents of Home, Fire and Marine Insurance Company (which does not contain any written entries), an April 1913 edition of the Journal of the American Bankers Association, a June 1939 edition of “The Coast” Magazine, a day book for routes taken by the schooner Magnolia (with no written entries and the first few pages torn out), a Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. Register Book from 1915 listing every vessel registered on the Pacific Coast, two issues of “Pacific Wine and Spirit Review” from November 20, 1893 and February 5, 1894, and a typewritten “Inventory of Public Property Transferred by W. Stairley, Out-Going Collector To His Successor H.C. Bell, Collector Of Internal Revenue, Fourth District of California, March 10, 1898”.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
music
day books
Names:
Pinole-Hercules Chamber of Commerce

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Contra Costa County Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:
1893-1983
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.

Preferred citation:

W. Stairley Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society

Location of this collection:
724 Escobar Street
Martinez, CA 94553, US
Contact:
9252291042