Guide to the Western United States business records, 1860-1920 JL005
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999; revised 2023
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Western United States business records
Identifier/Call Number: JL005
Physical Description:
6.8 Linear Feet
(9 flat boxes and 3 manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1860-1920
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
These records are a miscellaneous collection of ledgers, journals, cash books, letter books, stock books, certificates, and
daybooks, as well as a folder of deeds to mining and other property in Carson and Virginia cities, Nevada, by Mrs. Margaret
A. Ormsby, grandmother of the donor, Mr. Willard O. Wayman. (The entire collection is dated 1860-1920)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Western United States business records, JL005, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Custodial History
Donors unknown except for the Wayman-Ormsby Papers, which were a gift of Willard O. Wayman, 1940 to Jackson Library. Transferred
from Jackson Library, circa 1979.
Publication Rights
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual and born-digital
materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Business enterprises
Business records
Ledgers.
Deeds.
Box 1
C.E. Paxton, sundry ledger
1911-1912
Box 2
C.E. Paxton, cash ledger
1907-1909
Box 3
C.E. Paxton, cash ledger
1909-1911
Box 4
C.E. Paxton, ledger
1907-1910
Box 5, volume a
Atlantic Portland Cement Co., journal
1906-1910
Box 5, volume b
Atlantic Portland Cement Co., cash
1906-1908
Box 6
Atlantic Portland Cement Co., journal
1906-1907
Box 7
Atlantic Portland Cement Co., journal
1908
Box 8, volume a
Atlantic Portland Cement Co., stock certificates (samples)
Box 8, volume b
Atlantic Portland Cement Co., transfer journal
1906-
Box 8, volume c
Atlantic Portland Cement Co., letter book
1908-1909
Box 9, volume a
Atlantic Portland Cement Co., letter book
1909-1910
Box 9, volume b
Pavilion Skating Rink Co., minute book
1906-1916
Box 9, volume c
Pacific Sulphur and Chemical Co., stock book
1920's
Box 9, volume d
Wine Grape [Co.], cash book
Box 9, volume e
Northwestern Portland Cement Co., record
1906-1907
Box 9, volume f
M.K. Blake Estate Co., record
1907
Box 10, volume a
Outstanding Coin book
1907-1908
Box 10, volume c
Wayman and Ormsby deeds
1860-1877
General note
List of Wayman-Ormsby deeds included in the folder of papers, container 11.
Scope and Contents
(Papers belonging to Mrs. Margaret A. Ormsby, a citizen of Virginia City, Nevada; the widow of Major W.M. Ormsby who was killed
in a fight with Chief Winnemuca in 1860. Papers consist largely of deeds to mining and other property in Carson and Virginia
Cities, Nevada).
Box 11, volume a
Unidentified daybook
1909
Box 11, volume b
Unidentified daybook
1911
