Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau records, 1901-1946

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Summary

Title:
Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau records
Dates:
1901-1946
Extent:
9.75 Linear Feet (16 flat boxes and 2 manuscript boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau records (JL020). Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

The records of the Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau contains only records associated with business transactions including: receipted vouchers, payrolls, register of vouchers, cashbooks, time books, journals, and ledgers. Most of these are pasted into ledger books, which are old (dates range 1901-1946) and, in some cases, in poor condition.

Biographical / historical:

The Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau also called the Pacific Car Service Bureau seems to have been a sort of collection agency for the different west coast railroad companies. The P.C.D.B. would be responsible for collectiong the fee that came due when a freight car was held beyond the reasonable time for loading or unloading of transported materials.

Custodial history:

Gift of the Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau to the Jackson Library of Business, 1973. Transferred to Special Collections in 1979.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Michael Olson.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-19 10:41:05 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau records (JL020). Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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