Guide to the Albert E. Sederquist Papers, 1920-1959

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California State Library
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Sacramento, California 94237-0001
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California State Library. All rights reserved.

Guide to the Albert E. Sederquist Papers, 1920-1959



California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

  • California History Room
  • California State Library
  • Library and Courts Building II
  • 900 N. Street, Room 200
  • P.O. Box 942837
  • Sacramento, California 94237-0001
  • Phone: (916) 654-0176
  • Fax: (916) 654-8777
  • Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
  • URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
Processed by:
The California State Library staff
Encoded by:
Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1999 California State Library. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Albert E. Sederquist Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1920-1959
Box Number: 487-489
Creator: Sederquist, Albert E.
Repository: California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Unrestricted.

Conditions of Use

Please credit California State Library.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State 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], Albert E. Sederquist Papers, California State Library.

Access Points

Automobiles--Social aspects--California
Highland Park (Calif.)--History
Sederquist, Albert E.

Contents

Diaries and notebooks, auto record books, records for Highland Park property, photographs.

Biography

Albert Sederquist was born in Iowa on November 6, 1889. He first came to Los Angeles about 1907, working at various jobs in California and the midwest until joining the U.S. Army in 1918. He served as an army engineer during World War I in Europe. In 1920, he returned to California and, in 1923, worked for the Carmichael Traffic Company becoming a claims adjuster and freight demurrage expert. He died in Los Angeles on May 9, 1959.

Material Transferred from the Collection

  • Postcards transferred to postcard file.

Box Box 487

Box 

Personal memo books (diaries) 1920, 1922-27, 1929, 1931, 1934-36, 1938-40, 1942-44, 1946-56, 1959.

Box Box 488

General log & record books 1944-54, 1954-59.

Box Box 489

Auto records, records of demurrage, record book for Highland Park property, and photographs.