Clark & Henery Construction Company Collection, 1895-1916

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Summary

Title:
Clark & Henery Construction Company Collection,
Dates:
1895-1916
Creators:
V. Covert Martin
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Clark & Henery Construction Co. Collection, Mss105, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Background

Scope and content:

The Clark & Henery Account Books (1895-1911) and Scrapbooks (1911-1916) illustrate the history of street paving in Northern California and Oregon during the years immediately preceding World War I. They record city decisions and politics regarding paving, financing of paving, types of paving, steps in the paving process, and public attitudes towards road and street paving.

Biographical / historical:

Clark and Henery Bridge and Wharf Builders and General Construction was based in Stockton, California from the 1890's through 1911. By 1911-12 they had branched into many areas of Northern California, doing road paving in Lodi, Marysville, Chico, and Oroville and many towns in Oregon. In 1914-15 they were involved in a dredger scandal in Oakland and there were other controversies over their contracts and work.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Physical description:
2.25 linear ft.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: October 1998.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Clark & Henery Construction Co. Collection, Mss105, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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