Guide to the Grass Valley
Daily Union Records, 1866-1937
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Guide to the Grass Valley
Daily Union Records, 1866-1937
Collection number: BANC MSS 98/69 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Processed by:
- Mary Morganti
- Date Completed:
- December 1997
- Encoded by:
- Michael C. Conkin
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Grass Valley
Daily Union Records
Collection Number: BANC MSS 98/69 c
Creator:
Grass Valley daily union
Extent:
Number of containers: 37 oversize volumes, 7 volumes in 1 box, and 3 boxes
Linear feet: [ca. 16]
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: Consists of business records from 1866 to 1937, relating to subscriptions, circulation statistics, and advertising, as well
as financial operations of the newspaper, including daybooks, ledgers, cash blotters, invoices, cashbooks, and journals. Only
one ledger (relating to subscriptions, 1894-1895) documents the existence of the Grass Valley Weekly union. Includes lists
of subscribers and circulation for numerous small communities in the area. The variety of materials in the advertising and
financial records document hundreds of local businesses, sources for printing and paper supplies, and the role of the press
in the growing community.
Includes one volume of meeting minutes for Woodmen of the World, Hall of Mistletoe Camp #340 (Grass Valley), recording regular
monthly meetings from 1902 to Nov. 1921; only one meeting was held in 1917, and none again until April 1921. Also includes
a roll call of members for 1902 and 1903. Presumably there was some connection between the members of this lodge and the newspaper,
in which they advertised.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Grass Valley
Daily Union Records, 1866-1937, BANC MSS 98/69 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Grass Valley
Daily Union Records were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Serendipity Books (Berkeley, Calif.) on July 25, 1997.
Scope and Content
The Grass Valley
Daily Union Records consist of business records from 1866 to 1937, relating to subscriptions, circulation statistics, and advertising,
as well as the financial operations of the newspaper, including daybooks, ledgers, cash blotters, invoices, cash books, and
journals. Only one ledger (relating to subscriptions) documents the existence of the Grass Valley
Weekly Union.
William S. Byrne and Charles H. Mitchell commenced publication of the
Daily Union in 1866, and although not every year of operation is represented in each series, overall the records document in surprising
detail the social and business life of this small goldrush town in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada. Lists of subscribers
and circulation statements for the numerous small communities in the area present a wealth of information about local history
and demographics. The variety of materials in the advertising and financial records document hundreds of local businesses,
sources for printing and paper supplies, and the role of the press in the growing community.
Also included with the records of the
Union is one volume of meeting minutes for Woodmen of the World, Hall of Mistletoe Camp #340 (Grass Valley), which records monthly
meetings from 1902 to 1921. Presumably there was some connection between the members of this lodge and the newspaper in which
they regularly advertised
v. 1-7
Series 1: Subscriptions, 1893-1899.
Scope and Content Note
Subscription ledgers include name of subscriber, town, and a record of payments, as well as complimentary subscriptions and
exchanges with other newspapers. Only one subscription ledger (v. 7) from March 1894-1895 is from the Grass Valley
Weekly Union.
box Box 1, volume v. 1
Ledger #1
1893 June 10-Dec. 4
box Box 1, volume v. 7
Ledger #1,
Weekly Union
1894 March 17-1895
v. 8-12
Series 2: Circulation, 1908-1937.
Scope and Content Note
Circulation statements ledgers record the number of subscribers in each town, with yearly a summary.
volume v. 8
Ledger
1908 Oct.-1913 Oct.
volume v. 9
Ledger
1913 Nov.-1918 Dec.
volume v. 10
Ledger
1919 March-1925 May
volume v. 11
Ledger
1925 June-1931 July
volume v. 12
Ledger
1931 Aug.-1937 [Sept.]
v. 13-19
Series 3: Advertisement, 1869-1900.
Scope and Content Note
Divided into three sub-series: Payments Received, Accounts Ledgers, and Clippings. Payments Received ledgers record advertisers
by name of person or business, date placed and amount paid, and dates the advertisement was run. There is some overlap in
these volumes as entries at the back were sometimes transferred to the new ledger. Only one account ledger ("1894") is arranged
alphabetically by name of advertiser. Clippings of some advertisements have been pasted into scrapbooks, which may have been
used as samples.
Payments received, 1869-1898.
volume v. 13
Ledger
1869 July 1-1875 April 9
volume v. 14
Ledger
1875 April 1-1882 Feb. 28
volume v. 15
Ledger
1882 March 1-1893 March 1
box Box 1, volume v. 1
Ledger
1894 July 28-1895 March 31
Scope and Content Note
Included at back of Subscription Ledger #1, [as noted on front label]
volume v. 16
Ledger
1895 May 1-1898 Sept. 30
box Box 1, volume v. 17
Ledger, “1894”
1893 March-1894 Oct.
volume v. 18
Scrapbook
1896 Sept. 1-1898 Feb. 27
volume v. 19
Scrapbook
1898 March 1-1900 Jan. 30
v. 20-43
Series 4: Financial Records, 1866-1937.
Scope and Content Note
Divided into six sub-series: Daybooks, Ledgers, Cash Blotters, Invoices, Cashbooks, and Journals. Daybooks constitute a daily
record of credits and debits that were later transferred into Ledgers and posted to an individual account, with monthly summaries.
At the front of each volume is an alphabetical index to the accounts in each ledger, with reference to all relevant page numbers.
Cash Blotters list petty cash transactions by day, including both credits and debits, and along with the expenses represented
in the scrapbooks of Invoices, are later recorded as receipts and disbursements in the Cash Books. Finally, the change to
double-entry book keeping is reflected in the Journals, which record all bills payable and receivable each month, and include
summary and trial balances.
volume v. 20
Ledger
1866 Oct. 22-1869 July 2
volume v. 21
Ledger
1870 April 1-1873 March 3
volume v. 22
Ledger
1873 March 10-1876 April 21
volume v. 23
Ledger
1876 April 24-1879 Dec. 31
volume v. 24
Ledger
1880 Jan. 2-1882 June 15; 1886 Oct. 1-1888 Sept. 25
Scope and Content Note
[starts again at p. 163]
volume v. 25
Ledger
1882 March 6-1886 Sept. 30
volume v. 26
Ledger
1888 Oct. 1-1893 Aug. 21
volume v. 27
Ledger
1866 Oct.-1871 April
volume v. 28
Ledger
1870 April-1882 June
volume v. 29
Ledger
1882 June-1893 March
volume v. 30
Ledger
1896 Jan.-1901 Jan.
volume v. 31
Ledger
1896 Jan.-1902 Nov.
box Box 1, volume v. 32
Notebook
1882 March 1-1886 Oct. 31
volume v. 33
Notebook
1887 April 1-1893 Aug. 21
volume v. 34
Notebook
1899 Sept. 1-1900 April 28
volume v. 35
Scrapbook
1893 June-1895 April
box Box 2, folder 1-5
Loose sections from scrapbooks
1895 April-Dec.
box Box 3, folder 1-2
Loose sections from scrapbooks
1896 Jan.-May
volume v. 36
Scrapbook
1896 June-1897 Oct.
box Box 3, folder 3
Loose sections from scrapbooks
1897 Sept.-Dec.
folder 4
Loose sections from scrapbooks
1897 Dec.-1898 Feb.
Scope and Content Note
[includes some from Aug. 1898]
folder 5-6
Loose sections from scrapbooks
1898 Feb.-May
box Box 4, folder 1-3
Loose sections from scrapbooks
1898 June-Dec.
volume v. 37
Scrapbook
1898 Nov.-1900 Feb.
box Box 4, folder 4
Loose sections from scrapbooks
1900 Feb.-May
volume v. 38
Ledger
1898 Oct. 1-1903 Dec. 31
volume v. 39
Ledger
1904 Jan. 2-1914 June 12
volume v. 40
Ledger
1914 June 12-1925 Nov. 25
volume v. 41
Ledger
1925 Dec. 22-1937 Jan. 31
volume v. 42
Ledger
1904 Jan. 1-1915 Dec. 31
volume v. 43
Ledger
1915 Dec. 31-1932 Dec. 31
v. 44
Series 5: Miscellaneous, 1902-1921.
Scope and Content Note
A minute book from the Woodmen of the World, Hall of Mistletoe Camp #340 (Grass Valley) was found with the newspaper's records.
It records regular monthly meetings from January 1902 to November 1921; only one meeting was held in 1917, and none again
until April 1921. The volume also includes a roll call of members for the years 1902 and 1903.
Woodmen of the World, Hall of Mistletoe Camp #340 (Grass Valley)
box Box 1, volume v. 44
Minutes of meetings
1902 Jan.-1921 Nov. 25
Scope and Content Note
[Includes roll call of members for 1902 and 1903]