Guide to the Schwabacher Company Records JL009
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999 ; revised 2018
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Schwabacher Company records
creator:
Schwabacher Bros. & Company (Seattle, Wash.)
Identifier/Call Number: JL009
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1894-1944
Abstract: The Schwabacher Company records in this collection include records of several of the enterprises in Seattle, the Stockton
Milling Company in Stockton, California, and of Schwabacher Bros. of San Francisco. There were many Schwabacher brothers and
cousins, involved in the many companies bearing their name.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.
Scope and Contents
The records and papers in the collection cover the dates 1894-1944, and consist of miscellaneous reports and letters concerning
the Seattle enterprises (1910 and 1921-1923); accountant's reports and balance sheets for each of the four Seattle companies
represented (1910-1933); minute book and cash book, as well as sundry agreements and correspondence for the Stockton Milling
Company (1894-1920); and checkbooks and a trial balance for Schwabacher Bros. in San Francisco (1906-1944).
The Schwabacher company records in this collection include records of several of the enterprises in Seattle, the Stockton
Milling Company in Stockton, California, and of Schwabacher Bros. of San Francisco. There were many Schwabacher brothers and
cousins, involved in the many companies bearing their name. Following is a list of the companies represented in this collection
and the member of the Schwabacher family apparently most closely connected with each:
Missing Title
- Schwabacher Bros. of San Francisco: investment brokers - Louis A. Schwabacher
- Schwabacher Hardware Company, Seattle - Leo S. Schwabacher
- Schwabacher Bros. & Co. Inc., Seattle - Abraham Schwabacher
- Schwabacher Realty Company, Seattle -
- Gatzert-Schwabacher Land Company, Seattle - Frank or Sigmund Schwabacher
- Stockton Milling Company-Stockton, California - Sigmund Schwabacher, president
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series:
Series 1: Schwabacher Bros. of San Francisco, 1906-1944
Series 2: Seattle Enterprises, 1909-1933
Series 3: Stockton Milling Company, 1894-1920
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Schwabacher Company records (JL009), Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Provenance
Gift of Sam I. Schwabacher, 1956.
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Related Materials
James Schwabacher Collection, ARS-0024, the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Business enterprises -- California.
Business records.
Schwabacher Bros. & Company (Seattle, Wash.)
Series 1: Schwabacher Bros. of San Francisco
1906-1944
Series 2: Seattle Enterprises
1909-1933
General Business
1909-1923
box 1, folder 4
Miscellaneous letters and reports
1910 and 1921-1923
box 1, folder 5
Land assessment book
1909-1911
box 1, folder 6
Maps and newspaper clippings
1914-1922
box 1, folder 7
Tax evaluations
1910-1921
Schwabacher Realty Company
1913-1927
box 1, folder 8
Reports and accounts (balance sheets, report on audit)
1913-1927
Schwabacher Bros. & Company
1910-1927
box 2, folder 1
Accountant's reports
1910
box 2, folder 2
Reports and accounts (balance sheets)
1912-1927
Schwabacher Hardware Company
1910-1928
box 2, folder 3
Accountant's reports
1910
box 2, folder 4
Reports and accounts (balance sheets)
1912-1920
Box 2, Folder 5
Reports and accounts (balance sheets)
1921-1928
Gatzert-Schwabacher Land Company
1910-1933
box 2, folder 7
Reports and accounts (balance sheets, report on audit)
1914-1921
Box 2, Folder 8
Reports and accounts (balance sheets, report on audit)
1914-1933
Series 3: Stockton Milling Company
1894-1920
box 3, folder 3
Crown Flour Mills Company
1910-1916
Scope and Contents
Includes Agreement with Stockton Milling Company Correspondence, 1910.
box 3, folder 4
Alsop Process Company -vs- Stockton Milling Co.
1908
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and charts.
box 3, folder 6
Promissory notes and invoices
1894-1915