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Title: Park Hotel Company records
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.234
Contributing Institution:
California State University, Chico, Special Collections, Meriam Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.83 Linear feet
Date: 1888-1947
creator:
Park Hotel Company.
Collection is open for research without restriction.
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The Park Hotel Company was formed in 1888 to acquire property and build a hotel in Chico (California). Stock in the company
was sold as $100 a share to local businessmen, including John Bidwell. The company’s initial seven directors: Samuel Ostroski,
M. Oser, Henry Peters, Martin Heller, A.H. Crew, A.L. Nicols and John Deveny. The hotel was sold in 1945 and the corporation
was dissolved in 1947.
Board ledgers, account and minute books spanning the entire period of the Park Hotel’s operation in Chico, 1888-1947, make
up the collection. Also included is a deed, from John Bidwell to the Park Hotel, dated March 15, 1887.
Arrangement: 1. Minutes Box: 1 Folder: 1, 2
2. Ledgers Box: 1 Folder: 3 Box: 2 Folder: 2
3. Income Box: 1 Folder: 3, 4
4. Stock Certificates Box: 2 Folder: 1, 2
5. Account Books Box: 2 Folder: 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Series
Park Hotel Company records, MSS 234, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Account books
Chico (Calif.)--History.
Hotels--California--Records and Correspondence