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Guide to the Pacific Coast Steamship Company Records MS 72
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Business and financial records, 1879-1916

Includes:

Records related to Company’s business policies, transactions and financial information.
Accounts of S.S. Mexico, voyage 105, October 9, 1888 (in Oversize Collections D1).
Shipping cargo manifest chart, 1895-1902 (copy) (original in Oversize Collections D1).
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Official documents, 1885-1902

Includes:

Business licenses and clearances
Military headquarters pass
Health certificate from Canada
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Check book, 1889 June 17-September 20

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Company correspondence, 1880-1923

Includes:

Newspaper clipping (attached to correspondence) detailing position appointments after merger of Pacific Coast Steamship Company with Pacific Alaska Navigation Company, October 14, 1916.
Correspondence from S.T. Johnson reporting on Company history, May 4, 1923.
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Guest brochures, 1895-1917

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Menus for employees and guests, 1912-1931

Includes:

Menus from S. S. Spokane, S. S. Harvard, New Washington Hotel, S. S. Admiral Peoples, S. S. Ruth Alexander and S. S. Emma Alexander.
Box-folder 1:7

S.T. Johnson, 1902-1938

Includes:

Personal and Company correspondence regarding his employment.
Biography (unknown origin)
Railway passes, San Diego Chamber of Commerce membership card, Western Union card.
Box-folder 1:8

Miscellanea, 1913-1938

Includes:

Event programs and invitations
Ocean Wireless News
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