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Language of Material:
English
Title: City of South San Francisco Ledgers
Collection number: ssf.ms.ooo2
Accession number: 2022.0003
Repository:
South San Francisco Public Library – History Collection
Grand Avenue Library
306 Walnut Ave.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 877-8530
Physical Description:
20 Volumes
(20 ledgers)
Date (inclusive): 1908-1966
Abstract: Ledgers document proceedings related to South San Francisco's criminal court, small claims court and city ordinances established
by the Police Department.
Physical Location: Collection is located in the SSFPL Grand Avenue Library History Room.
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated to South San Francisco Grand Avenue Library History Room by City Clerk in 2019.
Collection is arranged chronologically by date in three series. Series 1 contains criminal court dockets. Series 2 contains
non-criminal ledgers, including small claims dockets, ordinance books and general fee books. Series 3 contains general loose
documents from miscellaneous ledgers.
South San Francisco incorporated as a city in San Mateo County in 1908. Different levels of court and an official police department
were established to maintain social order.
[identification of item], City of South San Francisco Ledgers, ssf.ms.0002, South San Francisco Public Library History Collection.
Processed by Megan Nussbaum in 2022.
Ledgers record interactions within South San Francisco's various court systems. A majority of ledgers record criminal court
operations with related names, dates, charges and verdicts. Other ledgers relate to small claims court, tax and licensing
collections, and South San Francisco Police Department's books of ordinances.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
South San Francisco (Calif.)