Contains primarily minutes and material received by members of Boards of Directors for the Chronicle Publishing Company, Ortega Investment Company, and West Tacoma Newsprint Company. Includes the records for the Municipal Properties Company, a small amount of material related to M. H. De Young's involvement with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and the De Young Memorial Museum and family genealogy.

Number of containers: 9 boxes, 5 cartons, 1 oversize box, 4 card file boxes, 15 volumes, 3 oversize folders Linear feet: 12.1

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Collection is open for research.