Pacific Improvement Company records, 1901-1966
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Contains business records of the Pacific Improvement Company and its subsidiaries. Includes business and legal documents, correspondence, reports, minutes, deeds, annual reports, maps, and blurprints. Contains materials related to the Monterey Peninsula and its development. Business areas covered include land development, coal and iron mining, railroads, and hotels.
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Extent | 78 linear feet |
| Place | California |
| Publication date | 1901 - 1966 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Pacific Improvement Company |
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Subjects
| Subject | Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888 |
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| Subject | Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900 |
| Subject | Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Brown), 1886-1969 |
| Subject | Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905 |
| Subject | Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893 |
| Subject | Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949 |
| Subject | Carbon Hill Coal Company. |
| Subject | Crocker-Hoffman Land and Water Company. |
| Subject | Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.) |
| Subject | Oakland Water Front Company. |
| Subject | Pacific Improvement Company. |
| Subject | San Pedro Harbor, Dock and Land Association. |
| Subject | Coal mines and mining |
| Subject | Railroad engineering |
| Subject | Railroads > Design and construction |
| Subject | Real estate development > United States |
| Subject | Real estate development > California |
| Subject | Iron mines and mining |
| Subject | Hotel management > California |
| Subject | Holding companies > California |
| Subject | Monterey Peninsula (Calif.) |
| Genre | Annual reports. |
| Genre | Blueprints. |
| Genre | Deeds. |
| Genre | Maps. |
| Genre | Minutes. |
| Genre | Reports. |
Bibliographic information
| Acquisition | Gift of Crocker Estate to Jackson Library in 1970. Transferred to Department of Special Collections in 1979. |
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| Biographical/Historical | Pacific Improvement Company was a large holding company in California, formed by C. P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker. The Company played a role in the development of land and railroads in various parts of the United States, but particularly in California and Texas. The Company was incorporated November 4, 1878 and completed liquidation of its assets in 1967. |
| Note | Unpublished guide available in Reading Room and online. |
| Location |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/sb310xk6384 |
| Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305. |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
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- Copyright
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