Finding Aid to the Western Sugar Refinery Records, 1871-1949
Finding Aid written by Bancroft Library staff
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Finding Aid to the Western Sugar Refinery Records, 1871-1949
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-G 126
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Funding for processing this collection was provided by Douthit Fund
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
-
February 2007
© 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Western Sugar Refinery records
Date (inclusive): 1871-1949
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-G 126
Creators :
Western Sugar Refinery
Extent:
Number of containers: 28 boxes; 9 cartons, 1 oversize box, 10 oversize folders
Linear feet: 22.6
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract:
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Western Sugar Refinery Records, BANC MSS C-G 126, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Related Collections
"From Memory's Files; Episodes in the Life of a Western Sugar Refinery Employee," 1937, BANC MSS C-D 5042.
Dan Gutleben Papers, BANC MSS C-R 30
California Sugar Refinery......, F862.55 C35
Spreckels Financial Records, 1880-1844, BANC MSS C-G 190
Spreckels Sugar Beet Bulletin, HD9101 S 68
San Francisco Industrial Views Including Western Sugar Refinery photographs, BANC PIC 1999.065-PIC
Separated Material
Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Spreckels, Claus, 1828-1908
Spreckels family
Western Sugar Refinery
California Sugar Refinery
Sugar factories--California
Sugar trade--California
Sugar--Manufacture and refining
San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Western Sugar Refinery Records was/were given to The Bancroft Library by C. E. Schink and Dan Gutleben on 1952.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the container level.
Processing Information
Processed by E. Stephens in 2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Western Sugar Refinery Records, 1871-1949, contain letter books, technical reports, shift superintendent's reports and
other material related to Claus Spreckels' sugar operations in San Francisco. Formed as the California Sugar Refining Company
in 1867 at 8th and Brannan in San Francisco, the refinery processed sugar cane from Hawaii and elsewhere. In 1881 Spreckels
expanded the business, building a second refinery on Potrero Point. He called the new refinery the Western Sugar Refinery.
Arranged hierarchically in rough chronological order. Contains letter books of general correspondence with managers and superintendents,
mechanical reports, raw sugar cargo lists, polarization, technical statements, and shift superintendent's logs. Oversize folders
contain drawings and plans of refinery and machinery.
Box 1, Folder 1
Watson, Charles (manager?)
1882-1889
Box 2, Folder 1
Sprague, R. H. (manager), letter book
1891-1894
Box 2, Folder 2-3
Rothmaler, Oswald (manager), letter books
1895-1897
Box 3, Folder 1
Spreckels, Richard, vol. 3 (Superintendent, then manager)
1900-1904
Box 3, Folder 2-4
Spreckels, Richard
1900-1909
Box 4, Folder 1-2
Spreckels, Richard
1907-1917
Box 20, Folder 1-4
General office correspondence
1904-1916
Oversize Box 1, Folder 1
Refinery statement book
1909-1912
Murray, W. E. (Chief engineer)
Box 22
Letter books (2 Vols.)
1908-1909
Box 23
Letter books (3 Vols.)
1910-1913
Box 24
Letter books (2 Vols.)
1913-1915
Box 25
Letter books (2 Vols.)
1915-1917
Box 5, Folder 1
Equipment diagram book
1889-1893
Box 5, Folder 2-3
Mechanical equipment and miscellaneous
1899-1917
Box 5, Folder 4-6
Western Refinery building plans, refinery equipment and operation
1916
Box 5, Folder 7-8
Sugar refinery specs
1917-1921
Box 26
Raw Sugar Cargos, 6 books
1896-1906
Box 6, Folder 1-2
Statements of Raw Sugar Melted (Vols. 1-2)
1891-1899
Oversize Box 1, Folder 2
Statements of "Dry Substance" melted (vol. 3)
1899-1902
Box 27
Statement of "Dry Substance" melted (vol. 4)
1902-1906
Box 22, Folder 1
Statement of Raw Sugar melted (vol. 5)
1907-1909
Box 7, Folder 1-4
California Sugar Company, Polarization (4 Vols.)
1882-1891
Box 8, Folder 1-3
Western Sugar Refinery Company, Polarization books
1891-1895
Box 9, Folder 1-3
Polizaration books
1896-1910
Carton 1, Folder 1-32
Technical statements
1912-1923
Carton 2, Folder 1-30
Technical statements
1924-1945
Carton 3, Folder 1-3
Technical statements
1945-1948
Box 28
Shift Superintendent's log book
1906-1907
Carton 3, Folder 4-21
Superintendent's daily report
1925-1927
Boxes 11-19
Shift Superintendent's report books
1916-1929
Carton 4, Folder 1-20
Shift Superintendent's reports
1927-1930
Carton 5, Folder 1-20
Shift Superintendent's reports
1930-1934
Carton 6, Folder 1-21
Shift Superintendent's reports
1934-1938
Carton 7, Folder 1-23
Shift Superintendent's reports
1938-1942
Carton 8, Folder 1-22
Shift Superintendent's reports
1942-1946
Carton 9, Folder 1-23
Shift Superintendent's reports
1946-1951
Box 1, Folder 5
Highlights of refinery operation from 1916
circa 1937
Box 10, Folder 1-8
Yearly data for #2 Pine Street (C. J. Moroney) and Western Sugar Refinery (J. O. Ziebolz)
circa 1950
Oversize Box 1, Folder 3
[California Sugar Refinery?] Wage book
1871-1875
Box 1, Folder 3
California Sugar Refinery, clippings
1881
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 1-9
California Sugar Refinery, S. S. Hepworth and Co. drawings for buildings and machinery
undated
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 1
Box Brands for Sea Island Cane Sugar
undated