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Descriptive Summary
Title: Miscellaneous Volumes Collection
Dates: 1876-1956
Collection Number: 1984.4, 1997.88
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 boxes
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: The collection includes cash receipt books from local businesses including the Rogers Hotel in Walnut Creek from 1879, records
of document deliveries for Contra Costa County Superior Court in 1904-1906, a book of court summons and subpoenas for Justice
of the Peace W. B. Rogers from 1899. Donors of these materials were CCCHS co-founder Louis Stein in 1984 and the Friends
of the Pleasant Hill Library in 1997.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
Preferred Citation
Miscellaneous Volumes Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
Volumes 1 box
• Folder marked “Neighbors of Woodcraft Danville 1 of 2”: 4 undated cash receipt books
• Folder marked “Neighbors of Woodcraft Danville 2 of 2”: empty
• Book labelled “Superior Court Contra Costa County Document Services 1904-1906”
• Book labelled “Summons and Subpena Book 1899, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace”. Inside label says Justice of the
Peace W.B. Rogers, Walnut Creek 1899.
• Book labelled “C.N. Wight Farmers Business Record 1902-1911”. Inside label says CN Wight, attorney, New York Valley
• Cash book for the Rogers Hotel, Walnut Creek 1879 (accession 97-88)
Indexing Terms
business records
day books
autograph books
McNear, George
Rogers, W.B.
Rogers Hotel
Walnut Creek
Danville
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