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Martinez Ferry Collecion
1984.4  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Martinez Ferry Collecion
    Dates: 1933 to 1946
    Collection Number: 1984.4
    Creator/Collector: Martinez Ferry Company
    Extent: 1 box
    Repository: Contra Costa County Historical Society
    Martinez, California 94553
    Abstract: The collection includes accounting books of the Martinez Ferry Co. The books are a small part of a very large group of materials that were collected and donated in 1984 by Louis Stein, one of CCCHS’s co-founders.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.

    Preferred Citation

    Martinez Ferry Collecion. Contra Costa County Historical Society

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The box includes two books. One book has the Martinez Ferry accounting records from 1933-36 and daily trip logs from 1944-46, and the inside pocket holds employee work schedules. The other book has daily trip logs from 1939-41 and the inside pocket holds correspondence between the ferry owners and union, county, and state officials.

    Indexing Terms

    Transportation, Ferry
    Business records
    Correspondence
    letters

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