Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- California Banking miscellany
- Dates:
- 1849-1936
- Abstract:
- Contains checks, drafts, bills of exchange, banking correspondence and other banking documents concerning transactions in various banks in California. Locations include Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Northern California and San Francisco.
- Extent:
- Number of containers: 1 box Linear feet: .4
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], California Banking Miscellany, BANC MSS C-G 16, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains checks, drafts, bills of exchange, banking correspondence and other banking documents concerning transactions in various banks in California. Locations include Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Northern California and San Francisco.
Collection is arranged alphabetically by city then banking institution.
- Acquisition information:
- The California Banking Miscellany was given or purchased by The Bancroft Library from various persons.
- Processing information:
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Alison E. Bridger in December 2004; additions in January 2007.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged to the folder level.
- Accruals:
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Future additions may be made in the future but are not expected.
- 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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Banks and banking--California
Checks - Names:
- First National Bank of Los Angeles
Bank of California
Burgoyne & Co., San Francisco
Rideout, Smith & Co., Bankers
Godeffroy, Sillem & Co., San Francisco
Carothers, Anderson & Co
Nevada National Bank
Bank of La Porte
First National Bank of Pasadena, Calif
Bodie Bank
Decker & Jewett
Bank of Commerce of San Francisco
Bank of San Jose
London & San Francisco Bank
D.O. Mills & Co. (Sacramento, Calif.)
Wawona Hotel
London, Paris and American Bank, Ltd
Anglo California National Bank of San Francisco
Honeyman, Robert B
Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne)
Eisner, Milton Daniel, 1886-1959
Bidwell, Daniel, 1814?-
Winchester, J
Richardson, Benjamin
Cowan, Robert Ernest, 1862-1942 - Places:
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Commerce
San Francisco (Calif.)--Commerce
California--Commerce
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2007
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid generated by Finding Aid author(s) via EAD XPress; markup validated by The Bancroft Library staff using OAC validation tools; Date of source: January 2007
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted toresearch and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], California Banking Miscellany, BANC MSS C-G 16, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481