Park Hotel Company records
MSS.234
Finding aid prepared by Dillon Wackerman, Pamela Nett Kruger, Mary Ellen Bailey
California State University, Chico, Special Collections, Meriam Library
400 West First Street
Chico, CA, 95929-0295
(530) 898-6342
SpecialCollections@csuchico.edu
July 5, 2012
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.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research without restriction.
Usage Restrictions
No restrictions.
Biographical/Historical note
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.
Scope and Contents note
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
Publication Rights
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Arrangement note
Series
Preferred Citation note
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
Box 1
Income, Ledgers and Minutes, 1888-1947
1888-1947
Folder 1: Minutes, directors and stockholders meetings
1901-1928
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Folder 2: Minutes, directors and stockholders meetings
1929-1947
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Folder 3: Ledger, expenditure and income
188[?]-1926
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Folder 4: Cash book
1888-1927
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Folder 5: Deed, John Bidwell to the Park Hotel
March 15, 1889
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Box 2
Account book, Ledger and Stock Certificates, 1889-1944
1889-1944
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Account books
Chico (Calif.)--History.
Hotels--California--Records and Correspondence
Folder 1: Stock certificates
1889-1944
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Folder 2: Ledger, stock certificates
1889-1941
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Folder 3: Account book, dividends paid
1899-1931
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
