Guide to the Spreckels Financial Records, 1880-1944
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Guide to the Spreckels Financial Records, 1880-1944
Collection number: BANC MSS C-G 190
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Processed by:
- Barb Hoddy
- Date Completed:
- May 1994
- Encoded by:
- Eva Garcelon
© 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Spreckels Financial Records, 1880-1944
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-G 190
Collector:
Spreckels, John Diedrich, b. 1853
Extent:
Number of containers: 59 volumes
Linear feet: ca. 15
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Spreckels financial records primarily concern the financial activities and investments of Adolph and John Spreckels. The bulk
of the collection spans the years from 1880 to 1925, documenting the financial transactions of several joint ventures statewide.
Includes ledgers, journals, cash books and other materials relating to the Coronado Beach Co., Hotel Del Coronado, California
Sugar Refinery, and other Spreckles ventures. Includes papers on the yacht Venetia, which served in the U.S. Navy in World
War I. With these are 2 albums of newsclippings from 1934 to 1944.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of he Manuscripts Division. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library 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 reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Spreckels financial records, BANC MSS C-G 190, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The John D. Spreckels Financial Records were given to The Bancroft Library by Jack E. Speckman and Frank G. Belcher, President,
Spreckels Realization Company, in 1955.
Scope and Content
Spreckels Financial Records primarily concern the financial activities and investments of Adolph B. Spreckels and John D.
Spreckels, sons of Claus Spreckels, founder of the California Sugar Refinery. The bulk of the collection spans the years from
1880 to 1925, and consists of the ledgers and journals, documenting the financial transactions of several joint ventures statewide.
Also included are 2 albums of newsclippings from 1934 to 1944.
SERIES 1: AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING CO.
volume v. 1
Trial Balances of general Ledger
Apr. 1889 -Dec. 1896
volume v. 2
Trial Balances of ledger/journal; index
1898 -1901
volume v. 3
Stock Ledger
Jan. 1880 -Aug. 1885
volume v. 4
Stock Ledger
Sept. 1885 -Dec. 1887
volume v. 5
Stock Journal
Jan. 1880 -Aug. 1885
volume v. 6
Stock Journal
Sept. 1885 -Dec. 1887
volume v. 7
Record Book
Dec. 1899 -Feb. 1903
SERIES 2: CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINING CO. (CSR)
SERIES 3: J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO.
volume v. 11
Trial Balances with ledger (vol. 2)
July 1889 -Sept. 1897
volume v. 12
Trial Balances with private ledger (vol. 3)
Oct. 1897 -Sept. 1909
volume v. 13
Trial Balances with private ledger
Sept. 1909 -Aug. 1918
volume v. 14
Private Ledger
1895 -1904
volume v. 15
Private Ledger
1904 -1916
volume v. 16
Trial balances with general ledger
Oct. 1909 -1920
volume v. 17
Captain's Account - S.Y. Venetia
Jan. 1921 -Jan. 1925
SERIES 4: J. D. & A. B. SPRECKELS SECURITIES & CO.
volume v. 18
Private Ledger (vol. 1)
1912 -1913
SERIES 5: HOTEL DEL CORONADO
volume v. 19
Ledger (vol. 1)
Jan. -Mar. 1888
volume v. 20
Ledger [unnumbered vol.]
Mar. 1888 -Dec. 1890
volume v. 21
Ledger (vol. 2)
Jan. 1891 -Dec. 1893
volume v. 22
Ledger (vol. 3)
Jan. 1894 -Dec. 1895
volume v. 23
Ledger (vol. 4)
Jan. 1896 -Dec. 1897
volume v. 24
Ledger (vol. 5)
Jan. 1898 -Sept. 1900
volume v. 25
Ledger (vol. 6)
Oct. 1900 -Oct. 1902
volume v. 26
Ledger (vol. 7)
Oct. 1902 -Oct. 1903
volume v. 27
Journal (vol. 1)
Mar. 1888 -Dec. 1890
volume v. 28
Journal (vol. 2)
Oct. 1888 -Dec. 1889
volume v. 29
Journal (vol. 3)
Dec. 1895 -Oct. 1899
volume v. 30
Journal (vol. 4)
Nov. 1899 -Sept. 1901
volume v. 31
Journal (vol. 5)
Oct. 1901 -July 1904
SERIES 6: CORONADO BEACH CO.
volume v. 32
Ledger (vol. 1)
Apr. 1886 -Sept. 1888
volume v. 33
Ledger (vol. 2)
Oct. 1888 -Dec. 1889
volume v. 34
Ledger (vol. 3)
Jan. 1890 -Dec. 1890
volume v. 35
Ledger (vol. 4)
Jan. 1891 -Dec. 1891
volume v. 42
Ledger (vol. 11)
1898 -1899
volume v. 43
Ledger (vol. 12)
1890 -1901
volume v. 44
Ledger (vol. 13)
1902 -1903
volume v. 45
Ledger (vol. 14)
1904 -1905
volume v. 46
Journal (vol. 1)
Oct. 1888 -Sept. 1889
volume v. 47
Journal (vol. 2)
Oct. 1889 -Dec. 1890
volume v. 48
Journal (vol. 3)
Jan. 1891 -June 1893
volume v. 49
Journal (vol. 4)
July 1893 -May 1896
volume v. 50
Journal (vol. 5)
June 1896 -Mar. 1899
volume v. 51
Journal (vol. 6)
Apr. 1899 -Aug. 1901
volume v. 52
Journal (vol. 7)
Sept. 1901 -Dec. 1905
SERIES 7: OCEANIC STEAMSHIP CO., 1912 -1917
volume v. 53
Journal of earnings/expenses (vol. 2)
1912 -1917
SERIES 8: MISSION BEACH SYNDICATE, 1914 -1920
volume v. 54
Journal
June 1914 -Dec. 1920
SERIES 9: J.D. SPRECKELS/A.D. SPRECKELS/J.D. SPRECKELS, JR. VENETIA, 1902 -1920
volume v. 55
Accounts Current (vol. 14)
Oct. 1902 -Dec. 1906
volume v. 56
Accounts Current (vol. 18)
Jan. 1907 -July 1911
volume v. 57
Accounts Current (vol. 20)
July 1914 -Dec. 1920
volume v. 58
Newsclippings
Dec. 1934 -Oct. 1937
volume v. 59
Newsclippings
July 1943 -Jan. 1944
