Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Pajaro Valley Oil Company records
- Dates:
- 1901-1902
- Creators:
- Pajaro Valley Oil Company
- Abstract:
- Business papers and clippings from the Pajaro Valley Oil Company, 1901-1902.
- Extent:
- 1 half document box
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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Pajaro Valley Oil Company records. MS 62. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This small collection includes business papers and clippings from the Pajaro Valley Oil Company, 1901-1902. Documents include: articles of incorporation, drilling and labor agreements, by laws, leases, receipts, clippings, and two letters of correspondence. There are also documents relating to the Watsonville Oil Company, and the Clara Land and Lumber Company of San Francisco.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Pajaro Valley Oil Company incorporated June 21, 1901 in the Arizona territory, as a foreign corporation. The company office was located in San Francisco and the company's holdings of 1170 acres were located in Pajaro Valley, California.
Mention of the company can be found in a San Franciso directory from SF Geneaology.com; investment advertisements in Sunset Magazine 25 (July-Dec. 1910); and the Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the 35th session of the Legislature of the State of California. 1(1903):92.
The Watsonville Oil Company was located in Watsonville, California, and incorporated circa 1896. The president, F.A. Kilburn had at one point, 7235 acres of land under lease. The territory was located mainly in Santa Clara County, with a small portion extending into Santa Cruz County. There are papers indicating the lease of land from the Clara Land and Lumber Co. of San Francisco (incorporated Jan. 17, 1889) to the Watsonville Oil Company.
- Arrangement:
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Papers are arranged chronologically.
- Physical location:
- Stored in Special Collections and Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2011
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by Debra Roussopoulos. Date of source: August 27, 2012.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
- Preferred citation:
-
Pajaro Valley Oil Company records. MS 62. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and Archives, University Library1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064, US
- Contact:
- (831) 459-2547