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Southern Pacific Milling Company collection, 1887-1988.
MVC062  
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Box 1

Correspondence, employee files, and other records 1954-1988

Scope and Contents

This box contains employee files regarding disability and medical leave; the company's time reporting policies for drivers; maintenance records; fire prevention measures; the company's tax records; job training materials; the contents of a binder containing records of deeds and parcels of land; various correspondence; and health and welfare reports for different classes of employees. The disability and medical leave records are restricted.
Box 2

Meeting minutes ledgers 1949 August 29 - 1956 May 8

Scope and Contents

This box contains meeting minutes for the board of directors and shareholders, including volumes 3-8.
Box 3

Meeting minute books and reports 1946-1949, 1956-1959

Scope and Contents

This box contains meeting minutes for the board of directors and shareholders for the period 1956-1959, including volumes 9-12; minutes for a special meeting in which the Santa Barbara Mill and Lumber Company was dissolved and its holdings transferred to the Southern Pacific Milling Company; and a valuation report and appraisal of building, machinery and equipment for the Santa Barbara Mill and Lumber Company.
Box 4

Appraisals, manual, indexes, and stock certificates 1887-1906, 1931-1963

Scope and Contents

This box contains a volume titled "Appraisement. Southern Pacific Milling Company. Volume 1 (Camarillo, Santa Barbara, Goleta, Lompoc, La Salle, Guadalupe) General Appraisal Company", dated 1953; an operating manual with materials dated 1957-1963; a set of indexes for meeting minutes, bonds and shareholders addresses, and names; the company's by-laws from 1947; an abstract of title book for Santa Barbara from the Wright Abstract Company, circa 1903; two stock certificate books, dated 1887-1906; unidentified ledger of transactions and income, 1935-1942.
Box 5

By-laws and meeting minute books 1889-1931, 1946-1953

Scope and Contents

This box contains the by-laws and meeting minutes for the Salinas Valley Lumber Company, dated 1889-1915; a volume containing minutes, by-laws, transfer records, and an index and an appraisal report for the Santa Barbara Mill and Lumber Company, dated 1946-1953; minutes for a special directors meeting during which the Santa Barbara Mill and Lumber Company was dissolved and its holding transferred to the Southern Pacific Milling Company, dated 1953; and 3 meeting minute books for the Southern Pacific Milling Company, dated 1920-1931 and 1946-1947.
Box 6

Capital assets ledger 1923-1974

Scope and Contents

This box contains the contents of ledger titled "Transfer of Capital Assets Written off at Various Times." The volume was originally 10 inches thick. The original front and back cover are included in the box.
Box 7

Photographs of company sites and assets circa 1950 - 1984

Scope and Contents

This box contains photographs and notes of various sites operated by the company, as well as equipment, staff, and aerial shots of land.
Box 8

Meeting minutes books 1931 July -1948 May

Scope and Contents

This box contains meeting minutes and by-laws for the Southern Pacific Milling Company. Two of the volumes note that the company was formerly the California Pacific Development Corporation.