Register of the Hands Loan Company (Stockton, Calif.) Records, 1922-1938

Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library, University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA 95211

Phone: (209) 946-2404

URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html

Register of the Hands Loan Company (Stockton, Calif.) Records, 1922-1938

Collection number: Mss13

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library

University of the Pacific

Contact Information

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library, University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html

Processed by:: Don Walker
Date Completed:: 5-98
Encoded by:: Don Walker

Descriptive Summary

Title: Hands Loan Company (Stockton, Calif.) Records,

Date (inclusive): 1922-1938

Collection number: Mss13

Creator: Stuart Gibbons

Extent: 0.25 linear ft.

Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

Stockton, CA 95211

Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Hands Loan Company (Stockton, Calif.) Records, Mss13, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Biography

William & Ralph C. Hands were Stockton (Calif.) pawnbrokers (ca.1915-1938). Their correspondence consists primarily of invoices from customers paying debts and requesting return of their property by mail.

Scope and Content

The 75 items in this collection consist of insurance policies, correspondence, receipts and other business and legal papers relating to the Hands Loan Co. pawnshop in Stockton, Calif. (1922-1938).

BOX 1: HANDS LOAN COMPANY RECORDS, 1922-1938

1.1 Lease on 16 Eldorado St. William Hands, March 10, 1922-July 1932

1.2 Hands Loan Co. Loan Records & Correspondence for the years of 1928, 1932, and 1937 and other undated materials.

1.3 R.C. Hands & Co. checks, March 1937-March 1938

1.4 Bank Book for Hands Loan Co, 1935-38.

1.5 Insurance and other invoices

1.6 Fire Insurance Policies, 1935-38. R.C. Hands

1.7 Fire Insurance Policies, 1933-35. William Hands

1.8 Fire Insurance Policies, 1935-37. William Hands

1.9 Life Insurance Policy for R.C. Hands, Nov. 1927-Nov. 1947

1.10 William Hands insurance receipts, 1935-38.

1.11 Tax Records for Hands Loan Insurance Co, 1933-38.

1.12 Personal Correspondence. 1932 & undated material.

1.13 Hands Loan Company loan documents, 1935.

1.14 Railway Express Collect Receipt Book, 1935-1938