Description
Relating mainly to his real estate developments in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, Calif., and association with Francis
Marion ("Borax") Smith, Wm. J. Dingee and Horace W. Carpentier. Records for the Piedmont Development Company, Hotel Claremont
Company, Realty Syndicate, Peoples' Water Company and other enterprises, included. Some reflect participation of his nephew,
George Sterling.
Also, ledger, 1881-1883: transactions of Havens & Company, stockbrokers, San Francisco.
With these, correspondence and papers of Mrs. Havens relating to settlement of her husband's estate and her own association
with the Villa Site and Development Company.
Added to the papers; (Box IV): copy of report by Henry A. Lafler on water and water companies in Oakland, 1866-1910; album
prepared by the Business Men's Club of Oakland, 1962, on Havens' tree planting in the hill area and other tree planting data
for Alameda County; file of related maps from Havens' papers.
Background
Frank Colton Havens (1848-1917) a native of Sag Harbor, New York, came to California in 1866, after a year's shipping experience
in China. At first employed by the Savings and Loan Society in San Francisco, he formed a stock brokerage firm about 1880
in partnership with Van Dyke Hubbard. He also organized several insurance and investment firms previous to his organization
of the Realty Syndicate in 1895 in association with F. M. ("Borax") Smith.
Restrictions
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.