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P.N. Kuss papers, 1886-1909.
BANC MSS 2002/193 cLOCAL
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Title:
P.N. Kuss papers, 1886-1909Creator/Contributor:
Kuss, P. N., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Keller, Charles Ferdinand, 1846-1937Creator/Contributor:
Fischer, Frank X.Creator/Contributor:
Copp, Henry N. (Henry Norris), 1843-1912Creator/Contributor:
Dillon, Henry Clay, 1846-1912Creator/Contributor:
P.N. Kuss CompanyAbstract:
Consists of documents concerning the Kaweah Colony, and P.N. Kuss Co. The Kaweah Colony documents include correspondence between
Kuss, Charles Keller, Frank X. Fischer, Attorney Henry N. Copp, and Attorney Henry C. Dillon, a partial membership list, land
patents, receipts, and publications. P.N. Kuss Co. documents include company bylaws, meeting minutes, professional recommendations,
paint formulas and laws.
Date:
1886 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPaint industry and trade -- Law and legislation
Paint industry and trade -- California -- San Francisco
Land grants -- California -- Tulare County
Collective settlements -- California -- Tulare County
Peinture (Produit chimique) -- Industrie -- Californie -- San Francisco
Concessions de terres -- Californie -- Tulare (Comté)
Communautés -- Californie -- Tulare (Comté)
Collective settlements
Land grants
Paint industry and trade
Paint industry and trade -- Law and legislation
California -- San Francisco
California -- Tulare County
Kaweah Colony.
P.N. Kuss Company.
Kaweah Colony.
Kuss, P. N
Note:
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC).
P.N. Kuss ran his own painting business in Oakland and San Francisco. P.N. Kuss was also an executive board member of the
Kaweah Colony. The Kaweah Colony was started in 1885 as an experiment in Christian Socialism. 55 members made land claims
near the Kaweah River in 1885. A road and sawmill were built, with several townships and a school, but problems with the land
claims and internal conflict ended the colony in 1892.
Physical Description:
print
1 box and 1 oversize folder (.25 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2002/193 cLOCAL