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Finding Aid to the Silas H. Palmer business papers, MS 3297
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3297
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Title: Silas H. Palmer business papers
Date: 1906-1948
Collection Identifier: MS
3297
Creator:
Palmer, Silas H.
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
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San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
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[Identification of item], Silas H. Palmer Records, MS 3297, California Historical
Society.
The legacy finding aid attached to this record may not accurately reflect the
contents of the collection. Additional materials may have been added to the
collection and container locations may have changed since the description was
written.
Correspondence, billheads, invoices, bids, estimates, reports, contracts, receipts,
financial accounts, and receipts of Palmer, relating to his construction jobs
throughout Calif., both in partnership, primarily as part of Palmer & McBryde
and of S.H. Palmer & J.P. Holland, Inc., and alone, mostly under the name S.H.
Palmer Co., Ltd. Projects include several Calif. highways, particularly the Santa
Monica Highway (1932-1934); dams, including the Spring Valley and the Calaveras
Dams; stadiums, including Kezar Stadium, then known as Golden Gate Park Stadium,
Stanford University Stadium, and the stadium at the University of California,
Berkeley. Several railroad companies and power companies are also represented as
clients. Also includes industrial accident reports and insurance contracts
(1914-1934) and invoices for materials and equipment obtained at Livermore Yard.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog:
Palmer, Silas H.--Archives.
Palmer & McBryde.
S.H. Palmer & J.P. Holland, Inc.
S.H. Palmer Co., Ltd.
Contractors' operations--California.
Dams--Design and construction.
Roads--Design and construction.
Stadiums--California.
Business records.
Financial records.