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><titleproper
>Guide to the California business records, 

<date
>1918-1932</date></titleproper><author
>Processed by PW; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt
><publisher
>Department of Special Collections</publisher><address
><addressline
>Green Library</addressline><addressline
>Stanford University Libraries</addressline><addressline
>Stanford, CA 94305-6004 </addressline><addressline
>Phone: (650) 725-1022</addressline><addressline
>Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu</addressline><addressline
>URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/</addressline></address><date
>&#169; 1999</date><p
>The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.</p></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc
><creation
>Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: 

<date
>1973.</date></creation><langusage
>Finding aid is written in 

<language
>English.</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><frontmatter
><titlepage
><titleproper
>Guide to the California business records, 

<date
>1918-1932</date></titleproper><num
>Collection number: JL023</num><publisher
>Department of Special Collections and University Archives

<lb
/>Stanford University Libraries 

<lb
/>Stanford, California</publisher><list
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><head
>Contact Information</head><item
>Department of Special Collections</item><item
>Green Library</item><item
>Stanford University Libraries</item><item
>Stanford, CA 94305-6004 </item><item
>Phone: (650) 725-1022</item><item
>Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu</item><item
>URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/</item></list><list
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>PW</item></defitem><defitem
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>Date Completed:</label><item
>1973</item></defitem><defitem
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>Encoded by:</label><item
>Steven Mandeville-Gamble</item></defitem></list><p
>&#169; 1999 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.</p></titlepage></frontmatter><archdesc
level="collection"
langmaterial="en"
><did
><head
>Descriptive Summary</head><unittitle
label="Title"
>California business records, 

<unitdate
type="inclusive"
>1918-1932</unitdate></unittitle><unitid
label="Collection number"
>Special Collections JL023</unitid><origination
label="Creator"
></origination><physdesc
label="Extent"
>
<extent
>1 linear ft.</extent></physdesc><repository
label="Repository"
>
<corpname
>Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.</corpname></repository></did><admininfo
><head
>Administrative Information</head><accessrestrict
><head
>Access Restrictions</head><p
>None.</p></accessrestrict><userestrict
><head
>Publication Rights</head><p
>Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.</p></userestrict><custodhist
><head
>Provenance</head><p
>Received by the Jackson Library of Business from various sources. Transferred to Special Collections in 1979.</p></custodhist><prefercite
><head
>Preferred Citation:</head><p
>[Identification of item] California business records, JL023, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.</p></prefercite></admininfo><scopecontent
><head
>Scope and Content</head><p
>Collection includes papers regarding W.L. Comyn and Co. (1927), which deal with determination of the company's financial situation; the California Bank history chart, which lists California banks, the dates of organization, and whether they were liquidated or taken over by a larger institution; H.N. Stronck Co. instructional booklets on examination of banking institutions; and minutes of the Capitol Issues Committee (1918).</p></scopecontent><dsc
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><container
label="Box "
type="box"
>1</container><container
label="Folder "
type="folder"
>1</container><unittitle
>W.L. Comyn Company, Inc.</unittitle></did><scopecontent
><p
>Contains business reports and correspondence re: the re-organization and reformation of the W.L. Comyn Company, 1927-1928.</p></scopecontent></c01><c01
><did
><container
label="Box "
type="box"
>1</container><container
label="Folder "
type="folder"
>2</container><unittitle
>History of mergers, absorptions, and purchases of prominent banks</unittitle><physdesc
>8 p. table</physdesc></did><scopecontent
><p
>Contains long list of banks which were consolidated into Farmers &amp; Merchants, Security 1st National Bank, Bank of America, Citizen's National Bank, California Bank, and Union Bank and Trust Co.</p></scopecontent></c01><c01
><did
><container
label="Box "
type="box"
>1</container><container
label="Folder "
type="folder"
>3</container><unittitle
>Unmarked black, looseleaf notebook from H.N. Stronck Co.</unittitle><physdesc
>8 p. table</physdesc></did><scopecontent
><p
>Contains two publications entitled: 

<emph
render="italic"
>Bank Administration, Earning Power Examinations of Banks </emph>and 

<emph
render="italic"
>Illustrations of the Method of Attack Employed in Conducting "Earning Power Examinations" in Smaller Banks </emph>with an index.</p></scopecontent></c01><c01
><did
><container
label="Box "
type="box"
>1</container><container
label="Folder "
type="folder"
>4</container><unittitle
>Bank of Kalamazoo, Earning Power Examination, 

<unitdate
>1930 Sept. 25</unitdate></unittitle><physdesc
>black, looseleaf notebook</physdesc></did><scopecontent
><p
>Contains report of examination by H.N. Stronck Co., consultants to banks, bankers, and their commercial clients, Chicago.</p></scopecontent></c01><c01
><did
><container
label="Box "
type="box"
>1</container><container
label="Folder "
type="folder"
>5</container><unittitle
>Regular meetings of Capital Issues Committee, 

<unitdate
>1918 May 20 - 1918 Aug. 22</unitdate></unittitle><physdesc
>blue, looseleaf notebook</physdesc></did><bioghist
><p
>Committee met in Washington, D.C. daily. Members to Commitee include: Charles Hamlin, Frederick Delano, John Skelton Williams, Frederick Goff, Henry Flower, John Drum, James Brown.</p></bioghist></c01><c01
><did
><container
label="Box "
type="box"
>1</container><container
label="Folder "
type="folder"
>6</container><unittitle
>Regular meetings of Capital Issues Committee, 

<unitdate
>1918 Aug. 23 - 1918 Dec. 28</unitdate>Nos. 69-142 included.</unittitle></did><bioghist
><p
>Committee met in Washington, D.C. daily. Members to Commitee include: Charles Hamlin, Frederick Delano, John Skelton Williams, Frederick Goff, Henry Flower, John Drum, James Brown.</p></bioghist></c01><c01
><did
><container
label="Box "
type="box"
>1</container><container
label="Folder "
type="folder"
>7</container><unittitle
>Everet, Hosmer, Barney - Adams, W.</unittitle></did><scopecontent
><p
>Contains prints and text discussing members and genealogy of the Massachusetts families named in the title.</p></scopecontent></c01><c01
><did
><container
label="Box "
type="box"
>1</container><container
label="Folder "
type="folder"
>8</container><unittitle
>White Front, 

<unitdate
>1932 Mar. 2 - 1932 Nov. 15</unitdate></unittitle><physdesc
>Large, blue ledger. "White Front" written faintly on cover. No other identifying marks or words.</physdesc></did><scopecontent
><p
>Contains entries of figures and tabulations.</p></scopecontent></c01></dsc></archdesc></ead>
