Guide to the Joseph Mora Moss Papers, 1849-1867, and Dr. J. Mora Moss, III Papers, 1863-1915
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Guide to the Joseph Mora Moss Papers, 1849-1867, and Dr. J. Mora Moss, III Papers, 1863-1915
California State Library
Sacramento, California
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Title: Joseph Mora Moss Papers, and Dr. J. Mora Moss, III Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1849-1867,
Date (inclusive): 1863-1915
Box Number: 1148-1155
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California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
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[Identification of item], Joseph Mora Moss Papers, and Dr. J. Mora Moss, III Papers,
California State Library.
Moss, Joseph Mora, 1809-1880.
Moss, Joseph Mora, d. 1921
Businessmen--California--San Francisco.
Physicians--California--San Francisco.
California State Telegraph Company.
San Francisco Gas Company.
Market Street Railway Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Sitka Ice Company.
Business and personal papers of Joseph Mora Moss. The collection includes receipt, record
and ledger books, photographs as well as papers of Dr. Joseph Mora Moss, III.
Joseph Moravia Moss was born in Philadelphia, PA on March 1, 1809, the son of Samuel and
Eleanor Titterway Mercer Moss. He arrived in California about 1850. He was a partner in
the banking firm of Pioche and Bayerque until 1859. J. Mora Moss was the first
vice-president and the third president of the San Francisco Gas Co. (later to become
P.G.& E.) and a trustee of the Sacramento Valley Railroad Co. in the early 1860s. In the
late 1860s, his business interests expanded to include the California State Telegraph
Co., Market Street Railroad and the Sitka Ice Industry. He was a Regent for the
University of California and one of the directors of the School for the Deaf and Blind.
In 1867, he married his housekeeper, Julia Wood. On November 21, 1880, he died at his
estate, Mosswood, in Oakland.
Dr. Joseph Mora Moss, III was a San Francisco physician who served as Chief Medical
Officer of the 12th District (California, Nevada and Arizona) of the Federal Board for
Vocational Education. In 1919 he was promoted to Chief Associate Medical Officer of the
Federal Board for Vocational Education in Washington, DC. He attained the rank of Major
in the U.S. Army. His interest in art led him to become a lecturer on the subject. He
died in Washington, DC on April 23, 1921.
- Borie, A. E.
- Davison, E. F.
- Haven, Howard
- Ingersoll, E.
- Meader, C. J.
- Moss, Charlotte
- Moss, John
- Moss, Maria
- Moss, Theodore
- Robinson, L. L.
- Schuchardt and Gebhard
- Babcock, H. S.
- Bacon, H. D.
- Bacon, Jacob
- Barrett, William G.
- Barry, Miss.
- Beale, Thomas
- Beggs, W. W.
- Billings, F.
- Booker, William L.
- Butler, James
- Caduc, P.
- Campbell, George
- Campbell, William
- Campion, C. M.
- Carpentier, Horace W.
- Chiffern, E.
- Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888.
- Coe, L. W.
- Cogswell, H. D.
- Cohen, Alfred A. (Alfred Andrew), 1829-1887.
- Coleman
- Cornwall, R. B.
- Cowell, Henry.
- Crane, H. F.
- Crane, W. W., Jr.
- Dana, L. L., Mrs.
- Dana, N. I. J.
- Dwinelle, John W.
- Eastland, J.
- Edwards, John.
- Ellwanger & Barry
- Enfs, F.
- Fitz, Charles.
- Fitzgerald, Oscar Penn, 1829-1911.
- Fluit, James P.
- Foulkes, Dupery.
- Friedlander, J.
- Fumhjelm, J.
- Garboes, John R.
- Gaven, D.
- Greenhood, O.
- Greenway, John.
- Greer, Erskin.
- Griffin, M. A.
- Hagart, Henry S.
- Hancock, Henry.
- Harl, W.
- Hartman, Isaac.
- Haven, C. D.
- Hawkins, Joseph.
- Higgins, C. S.
- Horn, B. C.
- Huddart, R. L.
- Hunter, William.
- Inge, S. W.
- Johnson, George C.
- Kelly, J.
- Laboude, J. C.
- Lambert, John.
- Latham, William B., Jr.
- Lulop, B.
- McCoy, W. W.
- MacCrellish, F.
- McLane, C. E.
- McPherson, J. M.
- McQuaid, J. A.
- Mace, F.
- Macomber, George A.
- Magic, James.
- Mallon, T. C.
- Matson, Nath.
- Meeker, David.
- Mellus, Francis.
- Mickle, Edward.
- Miel, F. G.
- Miller, E. I.
- Miller and Houghton Co.
- Mohun, Peter F.
- Moore, H. H.
- Moriarty, Mary.
- Morrill, H., Mrs.
- Moss, Delia F.
- Moss, Emily N.
- Moss, Henry N.
- Moss, James.
- Moss, Lucy B.
- Moss, Maria.
- Moss, Nellie M.
- Murphy, William S.
- Myers, J. R.
- Nicholson, J. E.
- Nixon, David W.
- O'Donoughue, William K.
- Ogden, R. L.
- Oldmixon, George Scott.
- Oldmixon, Corina.
- Palmer, J. C.
- Pauloff, N.
- Peck, J. A.
- Pettigrew, William J.
- Phillips, Barnet, 1828-1905.
- Phillips, Maria.
- Pillsbury, E. S. (Evans Searle), b. 1839.
- Pringle, Jas. Reid.
- Purdon, James.
- Ralston, William Chapman, 1826-1875.
- Robinson, Lester Ludyah.
- Robinson, Mary C.
- Rogers, J. S.
- Runyon, W. S.
- Schmidt, Frederick C.
- Shafter, J. M. M.
- Sharp, Sol A.
- Shearer, Arthur, Sr.
- Silver, J. J.
- Smiley, Thomas J.
- Tappan and Starbuck.
- Stout, C. H.
- Strawbridge, George.
- Telfair, Moody.
- Thompson, J. D.
- Tohle, M.
- Tompkins, Edward.
- Van Bruit, R.
- Vinzent, Charles.
- Wadsworth, William Romeo, b. 1807.
- Waller and Moore
- Warburton, Joseph.
- Weissenburger and Scholoesser
- West, John H.
- Whitehead, J.
- Wilkinson, Warring.
- Wohler, Herman.
- Wood, Julia Theresa.
Material Transferred from the Collection
- Account book #295
Record book of imported commodities including newspaper clippings of current prices ca. the 1850s. - Certificates: In Textural file: Schools
Foley, John. (Sacramento Public Schools, Primary Dept. diploma promoting John Foley to Intermediate Dept., April 27, 1866).
Box Box 1148
Correspondence: B-I
Box Box 1149
Correspondence: J-M
Box Box 1150
Correspondence: N-W
Box Box 1151
California State Telegraph Company
Market Street Railway
San Francisco Gas Company
Sitka Ice Industry
Box Box 1152
Dr. Joseph Mora Moss III materials
Unidentified and miscellaneous materials
Box Box 1153
Checkstubs, notebook and receipt book
Box Box 1154
Letter copy book, record book and ledger book
Box Box 1155
Unidentified photographs