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Series 1 Records 1910-1974

Scope and Contents

Letters, telegrams from Chicago to Sacramento, and clippings on all facets of the company: financing; land sales data; crop data; test gardens; artifacts; maps; blueprints; and ledgers. Arranged chronologically by year: folders with multiple-year date ranges are sorted by earliest year.
box 1

1910

Scope and Contents

Notes from UC Berkeley School of Agriculture courses.
box 1

1912

box 1-3, 166, 169

1913

box 3-4, 166, 169

1914

box 4, 166, 169

1915

box 5, 166, 169

1916

box 5-6, 166

1917

box 6-8

1918

box 8-10, 166

1919

box 10-13, 141, 166, 169

1920

box 13-18, 38-39, 166, 169

1921

box 18-22, 40, 167, 169

1922

box 22-27, 41-42, 167-169

1923

box 27-30, 35, 168-169

1924

box 31-32, 35-37, 145, 169-170

1925

box 33, 146-147, 170

1926

box 50, 118, 148

1927

box 46-47, 55, 117, 119-122, 130, 149

1928

box 45, 48, 114-116, 128, 150

1929

box 43, 111, 131, 150-151, 170

1930

box 44, 112, 126, 151

1931

box 56, 123, 151-152

1932

box 49, 109, 113, 124, 152

1933

box 54, 108, 127, 152-153, 170

1934

box 53, 110, 125, 153, 170

1935

box 34, 52, 105, 107, 129, 154, 170

1936

box 51, 106, 154-155

1937

box 134, 155

1938 1938

box 132, 155

1939

box 155-156

1940

box 102, 156

1941

box 103, 156-157

1942

box 104, 133, 157

1943

box 135, 144, 157-158, 170

1944

box 137, 139, 158-159

1945

box 136, 140, 158, 160

1946

box 143,

1947

box 138, 142, 160

1948

box 161, 163

1949

box 162-165

1950-1958

box 165

1960-1962

box 165

1964

box 165

1969-1974

 

Series 2 Ledgers 1916-1947

Scope and Contents

Company ledgers, mainly for Robbins site. Also includes one Chicago office ledger and one agent's voucher register. Arranged alphabetically by ledger title and chronologically within each title grouping.
box 208, 210

Assessment Data #6 1928-1930

Scope and Contents

"Unsubdivided land on which SBCo. will make payments"
wrapped volume 33

Assessment List #2 1930

wrapped volume 34

Assessment List #3 - For Maintenance 1930

wrapped volume 35

Assessment List #3 - For Maintenance and Repair 1930

wrapped volume 30

Chicago Office Land Sales Records 1924-1929

 

Cost Reports 1924-1944

box 64

1924

box 76

1926

box 93

1927

box 88

1928

box 94

1929

box 95

1930

box 90

1931

box 98

1932

box 92

1933

box 71

1934

box 77

1935

box 96

1936

box 101

1938

box 85

1939

box 83

1942

box 100

1943

box 101

1944

 

Crop Cost Reports 1920-1943

box 60

31 March-31 October 1920

box 80

1921

box 62

1922

box 62, 99

1923

box 29, 63

1924

box 66

1925

box 67

1926

box 82, 86

1927

Scope and Contents

Ledger in box 82 bound with Land Improvements; ledger in box 86 bound with Operating Reports
box 69

1928

box 74, 79

1929

Scope and Contents

Ledger in box 74 bound with Operating Reports; ledger in box 79 bound with Land Improvements
box 75, 88

1930

Scope and Contents

Leger in box 75 bound with Operating Reports; ledger in box 88 bound with Land Improvements
box 87

1931

Scope and Contents

Bound with Operating Reports and Land Improvements
box 89

1932

box 73

1933

box 61

1934

box 81

1935

box 68, 78

1936

box 70

1937-1938

box 96

1939

box 69, 84

1940

box 72, 100

1941

box 100

1942

box 98

1943

box 57

Crop Reports 1921

box 211

Distribution of Charges 1927

 

General Distribution 1940-1944

wrapped volume 9-10

1940

wrapped volume 11

January-June 1941

wrapped volume 12

July-December 1941

wrapped volume 13

1942

wrapped volume 16

July-December 1942

wrapped volume 15

1943

wrapped volume 14

1944

box 58-59

General Farming Ledger 1917-1928

 

General Ledger 1928-1947

wrapped volume 26

1928

wrapped volume 27

1931-1932

wrapped volume 28

1933-1934

wrapped volume 29

1937-1940

box 85

1946-1947

box 57

General Reports 1922

Scope and Contents

Company Autos and Trucks; Rented Trucks, Tractors, and Harvesters; Crops, Hog Farm, and Meals
 

Harvest Record 1926-1941

wrapped volume 24

1926

wrapped volume 25

1927

wrapped volume 21

1930

wrapped volume 22

1931

wrapped volume 5

1932

wrapped volume 23

1933

wrapped volume 4

1934

wrapped volume 6

1935

wrapped volume 7

1936

wrapped volume 8

1937

wrapped volume 17

1938

wrapped volume 20

1939

wrapped volume 18

1940

wrapped volume 19

1941

box 84

Inventories 1940

 

Land Improvements 1925-1928

box 65

1925

box 91

1926

box 79

1928

 

Material and Equipment Inventory 1922-1944

box 59

1922

box 60

1923

box 63

1924-1925

box 64

1926-1927

box 65

1928

box 92

1929

box 74

1930

box 76

1931-1932

box 77

1933

box 71

1935

box 67

1936

box 77

1937

Scope and Contents

Labeled "1937 - Copy"
box 67, 78

1938

Scope and Contents

2 copies
box 68, 75

1939

Scope and Contents

2 copies
box 68, 72

1940

Scope and Contents

2 copies
box 72, 83

1941

Scope and Contents

2 copies
box 83, 93

1942

Scope and Contents

2 copies
box 81

1943

box 82

1944

box 99

Meal Cost Reports 1945-1947

box 66

Personal Property 1928

wrapped volume 31

Policy Register 1940

box 211

Price Estimates 1943-1944

box 210

"Sutter Basin Miscellaneous" (Materials Index) 1912-1931

 

Timekeeper's Daily Reports 1940-1947

wrapped volume 3

1940

wrapped volume 1

1941

wrapped volume 2

1944

box 211

1947

box 58

Tractor Record 1921-1922

box 97

Transfer Ledger (Before 1921) 1916-1920

box 60

Vouchers September-October 1925

wrapped volume 32

Voucher Register: Edward Schranz, Jr. 1928-1930

 

Series 3 Maps and Blueprints 1913-1940

Scope and Contents

Includes irrigation, parcel, crop, and drainage maps as well as blueprints, diagrams, and elevations for buildings and other structures. Arranged alphabetically.
box 174

Assessments 1921-1925

box 176, 190

Barn undated

box 189

Bridge undated

box 187-189, 195-196

Bunkhouses undated

box 184

Camp Buildings undated

box 198

Castor Beans, Alfalfa, Laterals, Canal undated

box 199

Crop Maps and Owners 1921-1928

box 186

Drainage Maps undated

box 175, 180-181, 184-185

Elevation Profiles 1915-1925

box 184

Field Notes undated

box 186

Fish Screens undated

box 171

General Maps 1925-1940

box 176-178

Headquarters undated

box 200

Housing Plans, Equipment Plans, Lateral Cross Section undated

box 172

Irrigation 1919-1920

Scope and Contents

Laterals and ditches
box 189

Irrigation Bypass undated

box 185

Kutter Diagrams undated

box 203

Lahontan Dam; Plat of Robbins; Gen’l Map undated

box 191

Lateral Cross-Sections undated

box 194

Lease Maps, Irrigated Lands, Nimbus Division Colored, Perdue Lake Drain undated

box 179

Lots undated

box 197

Maddock Map, Landscape Plan, SBC Complex undated

box 187

Office Building Layout undated

box 177, 178, 179, 181, 184-187, 196

Parcel Maps 1921-1929

box 193

Parcel, Gen’l Maps (Owned by Chicago; 1913) undated

box 187

Progress Map, District 1001 1913

box 180-181

Property Maps ca. 1915-1925

box 180-181, 184, 187, 188

Schematics 1915-1952

box 173

Shell Platform ca. 1920

box 174

Squirrel Map 1915

box 173-174, 182, 190, 192, 201

Subdivisions 1915, 1922

box 192

Sugar Beet Leases undated

box 180

Surveys ca. 1915-1925

box 172, 180, 183-184

Topographical Maps ca. 1920

box 202

Tracts undated

box 196

Water Level undated

box 204-205, 209, 212-215

General Maps undated

Scope and Contents

Mixed parcel maps, irrigation maps, and blueprints. Box 209 also contains "No Trespassing" signs.
box 206-207

Series 4 Realia circa 1915-1974

Physical Description: 2 linear feet

Scope and Contents

Card files, office brochures, address machine plates, meal tokens, share certificates, and vouchers for company store.