Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Berton & Co. Records,
Date (inclusive): 1904-1934
Collection Number: BANC MSS 70/7 c
Creator:
Berton (G. A.) & Co., San Francisco
Extent:
Number of containers: 17 cartons, 7 boxes and 8 volumes
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Letterpress copy books, incoming letters and orders, and ledgers, for an insurance firm.
With these: correspondence, legal papers and accounts of Jules Nicolas Fricot and of his estate; papers of his son, Desire
Fricot, relating to mining property in Calaveras and Nevada Counties, and to his real estate in San Francisco (6 boxes); and
correspondence and manuscripts of Berton's son, Francis Jules (1 box and 2 v.).
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Berton & Co. records, BANC MSS 70/7 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
These records of an insurance company, purchased from Holmes Books on July 22, 1969, include letterpress copy books, incoming
letters and orders and ledgers.
Also included among these records are correspondence, accounts and legal papers of Jules Nicolas Fricot, father-in-law of
G. A. Berton; papers of his son, Désiré Jules Fricot, relating mainly to mining property in Calaveras and Nevada Counties
and to real estate in San Francisco (6 boxes); and correspondence and manuscripts of writings of Berton's son, Francis Jules
(1 box and 2 v.).