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 Descriptive Summary California Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation Records, 1918-1947 Special Collections JL003 California Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation. 6 linear ft. Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. The collection consists of two series. The first series consists of minute books, bylaws, legal papers, correspondence, leases, and account books of the Corporation (1922-1947). The second series includes minute books, bylaws, administrative material, and account books which document the California Bean Growers' Association (1918-1929). The materials document the entire operations of the two organizations. Administrative Information Access

Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] California Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation Records, JL003, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

 Acquisition Information

Transfer from Jackson Library of Business, 1979.

 Historical Note

The California Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation was formed on September 23, 1922, with its principal office and place of business in San Francisco. From paragraph (i) of the Articles of Incorporation, "The primary purpose for the organization of this corporation is to pack, process, clean, store and warehouse the beans delivered to it by the California Bean Growers' Association, a California cooperative marketing association..." All directors were required to be stockholders of the Corporation as well as members of the Association, which was formed in 1918. The Association was dissolved in 1929 and the Corporation in 1947.

Much of the business of the Corporation centered around Pittsburg, a town in Contra Costa County, California, and the operation of warehouses, mill, wharf and fumigator.

 Scope and Content

The collection is listed in two series. The first consists of minute books, by laws, legal papers, correspondence, leases and account books of the California Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation, covering the years of its existence, 1922-1947. The second series consists of minute books, by laws, administrative material and account books, also covering the years of its existence, 1918-1929.

The minute books are perhaps the most valuable source of information to anyone interested in a corporation of this kind. They cover, with few exceptions, the entire period of activity for both organizations, and include additional material of interest, along with the minutes of directors'and stockholders' meetings. The rest of the material seems quite complete and presents a clear picture of the entire operation of the California Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation and Association.

 Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects California Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation. California Bean Growers' Association. Business enterprises--California. Farm produce--Marketing. Pittsburg (Calif.) Genres and Forms of Material Account books. Bylaws. Minutes. Container List Series 1California Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation Subseries 1.1Directors and Stockholders 11Minutes Oct 1922-Feb 1927 12Minutes Feb 1928-Feb 1929 13Minutes May 1929-Jan 1947 14Minutes Feb 1947-Aug 1947 15By laws, articles of incorporation, stock permits 1922-1936 16Stockholders' meeting Feb 15, 1930 27Stock certificates 1922-1946 28Stock ledger and journal 1922-1939 29Consent to sale of assets 1928 210Stock transfers 1928-1946 Correspondence 211Assessment No. 2 1930 Notices Correspondence 212Stockholder reports 1929-1949 213Dissolution procedures 1947-1949 Notices to stockholders Stockholders' consent 214Directors' financial reports, 1928-1947 215Directors' correspondence, reports 1929-1947 Subseries 1.2FINANCIAL AND GENERAL ACCOUNTS 216Taxes: Federal Income 1923-1935 317Taxes: Federal Income 1936-1947 318Taxes: State Corporation Franchise 1928-1945 319Taxes: Federal Capital Stock 1932-1945 320Taxes: Witholding and Social Security 1946-1947 321American Trust Company: loan, 1924-1947 322Bank statements 1928-1934 323Bank statements 1935-1942 324Bank statements 1943-1948 325Accounts and notes receivable, 1927-1930 44General ledger 1922-1947 55General journal 1922-1947 56Cash receipt record 1922-1947 7Disbursement record 1922-1947 Subseries 1.3REAL ESTATE AND LEASES 826Cardinalli and Paladini: lease and claim 1928-Aug 1930 Under name of Sea Food Packing Co. Land at Pittsburg Lease, correspondence, option 827Calif. Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation -vs- Cardinalli and Paladini Sept 1930-1932 Violation of lease and option agreement of June 1930 Summary of case Complaint and answers Release March 1932 828Inquiries regarding property of Calif. Bean Growers' Warehouse Corp. 1929-1936 829Inquiries re: property of Calif. Bean Growers' Warehouse Corp. 1937-1946 830F.E. Booth & Co., Inc. 1930-1941 Lease on property at Pittsburg 831United Iron and Metal Co. 1932-1933 Correspondence re: Pittsburg property 832Pittsburg Canners, Inc. (J.H. Dempsey) 1933-1937 Lease Correspondence 833California Scrap Iron Corporation 1933-1942 Lease Correspondence 834United State of America 1941-1947 Memoranda re: lease on property Public vouchers Resolutions 935United State of America 1942-1947 Correspondence re: leases of Calif. Bean Growers' Warehouse Corporation 936General deeds, leases, contracts 1922-1945 937Maps of property in Pittsburg (warehouse site), Suisun Bay, California Suberies 1.5 BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT 938Pittsburg plant analysis book, 1922-1923 939Building specifications 1922 Pittsburg warehouse, mill, wharf, fumigator 940Cahill Brothers 1922 Bidders' estimates Contract Correspondence Notice of completion of work 941Bodison Manufacturing Company, 1922-1924 Contract-equipment for new plant at Pittsburg 942Building repairs 1930-1941 Invoices, statements Correspondence 943Equipment sales 1928-1931 Correspondence Inquiries 944Equipment sales 1932-1934 John R. Gray & Co. (J.J. Molloy); party to whom equipment consigned Bills of sale Correspondence Series 2 California Bean Growers' Association Subseries 2.1ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 1010Minute book (including membership list 1921, reports, charts) Feb 1921-August 1923 1111Minute book (including sales averages, lists of delinquent members) Sept 1923-Nov 1928 1245Minute book Feb-May 1929 1246By laws, articles of incorporation 1918-1921 1247Original marketing agreement 1918-1919Bean crop agreement 1248Agreements 1919-1923 Lewellyn Bean Co. 1919 Anglo-California Trust Co. 1919 Chatterton & Son 1920 Calif. Bean Growers' Warehouse Corp. 1922 R.B. Spilavo 1923 1249Financial reports 1920-1928 1250Cancelled notes 1922-1924 1251Dissolution 1928-1929 Subseries 2.2General Accounts 1252Membership certificates 1922 13Members' account book 1917-1922 1414General Ledger 1921-1929 15Journal 1924-1928 16Cash receipts 1927-1929 17Cash disbursements 1922-1927