Inventory of the Spreckels Sugar Company Collection
D-322
Finding aid created by Manuscript Archivist Elizabeth Phillips.
University of California, Davis General Library, Dept. of Special Collections
© 2009
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
URL: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/special-collections/
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis General Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Spreckels Sugar Company Collection
Creator:
Spreckels Sugar Company
Identifier/Call Number: D-322
Physical Description:
1 linear foot
Date (inclusive): 1897-1980
Abstract: Annual agricultural reports and reports of the experiment station of a sugar beet refiner formerly located in Salinas, California.
Also includes United States Sugar Manufacturers' Association leaflets and reports; USDA reports on the beet-sugar industry;
and one twentieth-century pamphlet on the beet sugar industry.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
History
In 1881, businessman Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) founded Spreckels Sugar Company in California's San Joaquin Valley. Spreckels
had already been involved in sugar refining for some years; his California Sugar Refinery processed sugar cane imported from
Hawaii, the Philippines, China, Java. The company he founded in the San Joaquin Valley, however, focused on refining sugar
beets. Claus Spreckels founded the company town of Spreckels just south of Salinas, California, where the company's factory
was located. At first, many of the sugar beets came from farms in Woodland, California, but later came from company-founded
farms in King City, Soledad, and Hollister.
After Claus Spreckels' death in 1908, his son Adolph B. Spreckels took on the management of the company. In 1963, the family
ultimately sold the company to the American Refining Company (AMSTAR). Today, Spreckels Sugar Company is a subsidiary of Southern
Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative.
Sources:
Spreckels Sugar Company History
http://www.spreckelssugar.com/history.php
(Accessed 19 November 2009)
Collins, Allen. "The Spreckels Era in Rio Del Mar, 1872-1922."
http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/articles/407/
(Accessed 19 November 2009)
Spreckels Sugar Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreckels_Sugar_Company
(Accessed 19 November 2009)
Scope and Content
This collection includes: annual reports of the Spreckels Sugar Company's experiment station (1909-1912); company agricultural
reports (1919); United States Sugar Manufacturers' Association leaflets and reports (1916-1931); USDA reports on the beet-sugar
industry (1897); and one twentieth-century pamphlet on the beet sugar industry.
Related Collections
The following collections at Special Collections may also be of interest:
D-116, F. Hal Higgins Papers, 1886-1975. This collection contains manuscripts and research notes about agricultural machinery
in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
D-119, Oscar M.F. Nelson Papers, 1923-1938. This collection contains drawings and manuscripts pertaining to sugar and refining
methods.
D-494, Floyd Halleck Higgins Photographs of Mexican Sugar Beet Workers, 1942. This collection contains photographs of work
and daily life of Mexican sugar beet workers in California.
MC031, Walter H. Ziegler Papers, 1881-1962. This collection contains photographs, reports, company histories, and correspondence
pertaining to Alvarado Sugar Beet Factory, in Soquel, Santa Cruz County and Holly Sugar Co., in Grand Junction, Colorado.
The following collections at other institutions may also be of interest:
MS282, Spreckels Sugar Company Collection. Located at the University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections.
BANC MSS C-G 190, Spreckels Financial Papers, 1880-1944. Located at the University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Elizabeth Phillips, Manuscript Archivist, processed the collection and created the finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Spreckels Sugar Company Collection, D-322, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University
of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Department of Special Collections, University of California, Library, Davis as the owner of the physical items and
is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sugar beet industry -- California
Spreckels Sugar Company--Archives.
Box 1, Folder 1
Department of Agriculture Special Report on the Sugar Beet Industry in the United States
1897
Box 1, Folder 2
Sugar: A New and Profitable Industry in the United States for Agriculture, Capital and Labor, to Supply the Home Market with
$100,000,000 of its Product
1897
Box 1, Folder 3
Fourth Annual Report of the Spreckels Sugar Company Experiment Station, Vol. 6
1909
Box 1, Folder 4
Annual Report of the Spreckels Sugar Company Experiment Station, Vol. 7
1910
Box 1, Folder 5
Annual Report of the Spreckels Sugar Company Experiment Station, Vol. 8
1911
Box 1, Folder 6
Annual Report of the Spreckels Sugar Company Experiment Station, Vol. 9
1912
Box 1, Folder 7
United States Sugar Manufacturers' Association "A"
1916-1931
Box 1, Folder 8
Agricultural Reports
1919
Box 1, Folder 9
California Sugar Beets
[1980?]
Box 1, Folder 10
"Sweetness and Light" Promotional Video
circa 1970
Physical Description:
1 DVD
Philips DVD+R 4.7 GB
