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Finding Aid to the John W. Allyne Business Papers, 1853-1927
MS 43
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Collection Title: John W. Allyne business papers
Date (inclusive): 1853-1927
Collection Number: MS 43
Creator:
Allyne, John W.
Physical Description:
Extent: 11 folders
(0.3 Linear feet)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Business papers of Allyne & White, chiefly San Francisco billheads and receipts; stock certificates; correspondence and other
material pertaining to the purchase and ownership of Rancho San Vicente in Santa Cruz County, Calif., by the Stanfords (1855-1869),
along with some of their business correspondence relating to Pacific Oil and Kerosene Works, which was known for several years
as Pacific Oil and Camphene Works; and miscellaneous business papers and a small amount of ephemera of John W. Allyne.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The North Baker Research Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The North
Baker Research 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.
[Identification of item], John W. Allyne Papers. MS 43, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library.
Allyne-Burr Family Papers, 1810-1974, MS 717
Photographs shelved in Photography Collection as follows: Allyne & White, C.C. Burr & Co. on Front St., FN-23555; Boston Rubber
Shoe Co. on 2nd St., Oversize--San Francisco--Streets--1st-30th; and F.G. Lyons Co. on Mission St. between 1st and 2nd Sts.,
Oversize--San Francisco--Streets--Mason, Mission.
Note
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collection Number: 82-325
Brittan & Gray, Washington, D.C.
Folder 10
Brittan, Holbrook & Co.
Folder 1
Brooks & Whitney, San Francisco
Folder 10
Calderwood, A., Sheriff
Folder 10
Dietz, A. C., & Co.
Folder 5
Dutton & Moore
Folder 6
Eells, T. S.
Folder 8
Escamilla, Blas A.
Folder 10
Farwell & Co.
Folder 3
Haste & Kirk
Folder 3
Holmes, Eugenia K.
Folder 11
Miller, E. H.
Folder 10
Morton, R & J
Folder 4
Moss, S. (Folder 10)
Folder 10
Porter, W. H.
Folder 10
Stanford, A. P.
Folder 10
Stanford, Josiah
Folder 10
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893
Folder 10
Stearns, John P.
Folder 10
Sullivan, Kelly & Co.
Folder 1
Swain, R. A., & Co.
Folder 5
Wanzer, James O.
Folder 10
Wheeler, Col. John O., -1899
Folder 10
White, Thomas H.
Folder 9
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Allyne & White.
Pacific Oil and Kerosene Works.
Billheads.
Rancho San Vicente (Santa Cruz County, Calif.)
Receipts (financial records)
Stock certificates.
Gift of Edith and Lucy Allyne, daughters of John W. Allyne, in 1952.
Additions to the papers of the Allyne-Burr family (MS 717) are ongoing.
Processed by California Historical Society staff.
Business papers of Allyne & White, chiefly San Francisco billheads and receipts; stock certificates; correspondence and other
material pertaining to the purchase and ownership of Rancho San Vicente in Santa Cruz County, Calif., by the Stanfords (1855-1869),
along with some of their business correspondence relating to Pacific Oil and Kerosene Works, which was known for several years
as Pacific Oil and Camphene Works; and miscellaneous business papers and a small amount of ephemera of John W. Allyne.
Collection consists primarily of over 250 San Francisco billheads and receipts for goods purchased by the Pacific Oil And
Kerosene Works for their business (1869-1885), miscellaneous business papers and material related to stock certificates.
John W. Allyne, in partnership with William White, purchased the Pacific Oil And Kerosene Works from the Stanford Brothers
in 1869. The business, one of the pioneer firms in San Francisco, was started by Charles, Josiah and A. Philip Stanford in
1859 or 1860, and was known for several years as the Pacific Oil And Camphene Works. Under the ownership of Allyne and White
the firm was located at 121, 123, and 125 California Street, San Francisco (1869-1874); later it was relocated to 112 and
114 Front Street, San Francisco (1874-1885).