Balfour Guthrie Collection, 1869-1969

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Extent:: 8 boxes
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Preferred citation:: Balfour Guthrie Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society

Scope and content:: This is an important collection of corporate records of the London-based multinational business. The following organizations are reference: Balfour Guthrie & Co. Illinois Balfour Kessler Agency Lawson, Willard & MacLeod California Wharf and Warehouse Balfour Foods Volck Knight Olympic Portland Cement, Bellingham, Washington Foster Rogers Mill London Dock and Warehouse, Tacoma, Washington Waterside Milling Balfour Guthrie & Co. Ltd This collection includes minutes, stock shares, incorporation records, property records, ledgers, and letters. Most volumes are bound. Bound copies of letters are indexed.
Biographical / historical:: See: Balfour, Guthrie & Co., Limited: a first century of commerce, 1869-1969, compiled by Sidney P. Allen, San Francisco, 1969. California History Room, San Francisco Main Library.

Subjects:: Business records
Correspondence
letters
Names:: Balfour Guthrie & Co. Ltd
California Wharf & Warehouse
Foster Rogers Mill
London Dock & Warehouse
Olympic Portland Cement
Volck Knight
Waterside Milling
Balfour Kessler Agency
Balfour Foods
Lawson, Willard & MacLeod
Places:: Washington, Bellingham
Washington, Tacoma

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open to research.
Terms of access:: Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.

Preferred citation:: Balfour Guthrie Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society

Location of this collection:: Contra Costa County Historical Society

724 Escobar Street

Martinez, CA 94553, US