West India Plantations business ledger

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Descriptive Summary

Title: West India Plantations business ledger
Date (inclusive): 1912-1917
Collection Number: MS 165
Creator: West India Plantations
Extent: 1.19 linear feet (1 box)
Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of the business ledger of the West India Plantations, a company founded and ran in part by Frederick O. Popenoe, to import, grow and sell agricultural goods including date palms. Materials in the ledger cover the business records from the entirety of the Pasadena, California based company's existence from 1912-1917 and include their Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, meeting minutes, resolutions, accounting records, and shareholder information.
Languages: The collection is in English.

Access

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. West India Plantations business ledger (MS 165). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Acquisition Information

Provenance unknown.

Collection Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the business ledger of the West India Plantations, a company founded and ran in part by Frederick O. Popenoe, to import, grow and sell agricultural goods including date palms. Materials in the ledger cover the business records from the entirety of the Pasadena, California based company's existence from 1912-1917 and include their Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, meeting minutes, resolutions, accounting records, and shareholder information.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Popenoe, Frederick O., 1863-1934
Agriculture
Agriculture -- California
Date palm
Ledgers (account books)

Genres and Forms of Materials

Business records