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Title: Balfour Guthrie Collection
Dates: 1869-1969
Collection Number: 1996.71
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 8 boxes
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: Collection of corporate records of this London based multinational business that operated out of the Crockett area in the
late 19th and early 20th centuries, dealing in coal mining, shipping, grain trade, agricultural real estate, etc.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open to research.
Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
Balfour Guthrie Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Biography/Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Business records
Correspondence
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
Washington, Bellingham
Washington, Tacoma
letters