Finding aid for the Southern Pacific Milling Company. MVC062
Finding aid prepared by Krystell Jimenez, 2021.
This finding aid was made possible in part through funding from the County of Ventura and the Heritage Fund at the Ventura
County Community Foundation
Museum of Ventura County
March 2021
Contributing Institution:
Museum of Ventura County
Title: Southern Pacific Milling Company records
Identifier/Call Number: MVC062
Physical Description:
9.45 Cubic Feet
8 boxes (7 cartons, 1 legal document box)
Date (inclusive): 1887-1988
Abstract: The Southern Pacific Milling Company (SP Milling) was primarily a milling and quarrying company that had operations in several
locations throughout California's central coast, with major operations in El Rio and in Ventura. The company was active from
around 1886 to 1995. In the 1950s the company took over the business of the Santa Barbara Mill and Lumber Company. In the
1960s, SP Milling and a subsidiary became more involved in the quarrying, concrete and gravel businesses. This collection
includes company records for SP Milling related to company policies, fire prevention, equipment maintenance, land holdings,
and other company business. Materials include meeting minutes, valuation and appraisal reports, operating manual, by-laws,
stock certificates, correspondence, employee health and welfare reports, photographs of various sites and equipment, aerial
shots of land, employees' files, and tax records.
Physical Location: Stored off-site and advance notice required for timely retrieval. Please contact the Research Library reference desk prior
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Open for research. Certain employee records may be restricted. All requests to access materials
must be made in advance by contacting the Research Library staff via email: library@venturamuseum.org
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Museum of Ventura County. Literary rights, including copyright, have
not been determined. Contact the Research Library for further information: library@venturamuseum.org
[Identification of item], Southern Pacific Milling Company, (Collection MVC062), Museum of Ventura County, Research Library,
Ventura, California.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Ronald Clemore; gift; 1997.
Processed by Krystell Jimenez, 2021.
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The Southern Pacific Milling Company (SP Milling) was primarily a milling and quarrying company that had operations in several
locations throughout California's central coast, with major operations in El Rio and in Ventura. The company was active from
around 1886 to 1995. SP Milling had grain warehouses in Santa Paula, Salinas, San Luis Obispo, Lompoc, Paso Robles, and Guadalupe,
among other locations. In the 1950s the company took over the business of the Santa Barbara Mill and Lumber Company. In the
1960s, SP Milling and a subsidiary became more involved in the quarrying, concrete and gravel businesses. The company largely
produced rock and sand, and had concrete services in San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara county. The main plant was
in Ventura County in the El Rio area.
This collection includes company records for SP Milling related to company policies, fire prevention, equipment maintenance,
land holdings, and other company business. Materials include meeting minutes, valuation and appraisal reports, operating manual,
by-laws, stock certificates, correspondence, employee health and welfare reports, photographs of various sites and equipment,
aerial shots of land, employees' files, and tax records.
This collection is organized at the collection level and has box-level description. The photographs are in original order.
There was a white and maroon trucker hat that was originally with the collection. It has been transferred to the object collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Grain trade
Lumber trade
Concrete products industry
Sand and gravel -- mines and mining
Box 1
Correspondence, employee files, and other records 1954-1988
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
Box 3
Meeting minute books and reports 1946-1949, 1956-1959
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
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
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
Box 7