Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Wells Fargo & Company Express collection
- Dates:
- 1884 - 1944
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of business records of the Wells Fargo & Company Express.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet 1 oversize box + 1 half-box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Wells Fargo & Company Express Collection, MS 81, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of business records of the Wells Fargo & Company Express and include an employee instruction book, collection books, directories, tariff books, circulars specifying instructions for the shipment of specific items, employee information, and miscellaneous receipts, memorandums and reports.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Wells Fargo Company was launched as a joint stock enterprise on March 18, 1852 by Henry Wells and William G. Fargo. Wells Fargo was created to serve as an express and banking business and served Gold Rush California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Leroy T. Deise, 1992; miscellaneous donors
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically by date.
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collection Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-16 21:59:10 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Wells Fargo & Company Express Collection, MS 81, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073