Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Kennedy (Mrs. F.C.) Account Book,
Date (inclusive): 1878-1881;
1891-1892
Collection number: Mss232
Creator:
Extent: 0.25 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Kennedy (Mrs. F.C.) Account Book, Mss232,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library
Access Points
personal name
Kennedy, Mrs. F.C.
personal name
Workings, Gus
personal name
Ferguson, T.
subject
Hotels -California -Truckee
subject
Ranches -California -Stockton
subject
Truckee (Calif.) -Economic conditions
subject
Stockton (Calif.) -History -Sources
subject
Truckee (Calif.) -History -Sources
subject
Agriculture -California -Stockton
Biography
Mrs. F.C. Kennedy was the proprietress of a boarding house in Truckee,
Calif. (1878-1881). She may have later operated a ranch near Stockton, Calif.
(c1891-1892), although evidence on two receipts (1915) found in the account
book suggest that Gus Workings may have operated the Stockton farm. In both
situations this slender account book holds daily records of individuals and
expenses involved in the two commercial activities.
Scope and Content
In its Truckee boarding house section [pp. 1-106] the Kennedy Account
Book records date, name of roomer [there were 32 altogether], length of rental
period and fee (1878-1881). In the Stockton ranch section [pp. 114-116] the
account book records date, name of employee [T. Ferguson and Gus Workings],
type of work done and hours spent. There is an alphabetical index to names in
the Truckee portion of the account book. Two receipts found in the account
book, both dating from 1915, name a "J.A. Workings" in the transactions they
record.