Manuscripts
Ledger showing work on Pica Tract, San Bernardino, Calif
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Map of the San Jacinto Lake tract
Manuscripts
Printed map of the Consolidated Reservoir and Power Company's subdivision of the San Jacino Lake Tract, a subdivision of Map No.1 of the San Jacinto Reservoir. Surveyed by Strong and Dickinson, Los Angeles.
mssHM 74315
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Ledger book of First Presbyterian Church (San Jose, Calif.)
Manuscripts
This is the ledger book of the money raised by the church for the building built in 1863. It was kept by the church treasurer, James C. Cobb. Also recorded are the general finances related to the running of the church
mssHM 63806
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Kern County Land Company ledgers
Manuscripts
HM 80953 (a): Balance Sheet ledger, 1897-1899; HM 80953 (b): The Californian vol. XXX no. 22, 1895. 4 copies; HM 80953 (c): General Trial Balance, No. 2, Kern Co. Land Co. and Kern Co. Canal & Water Co., 1900-1902; HM 80953 (d): J.B. Haggin, K.I. Water Rate Ledger. Water supplied various persons through different canals by J.B.H. Stock, 1890; HM 80953 (e): Kern River Mills Cash, 1881-1882; HM 80953 (f): Kern River Mills Journal, 1881-1882; HM 80953 (g): Ledger, 1857-1878; HM 80953 (h): Pump Station Accounts, 1900-1902; HM 80953 (i): Quarterly Inventory of Farming Implements, Machinery, Office, House & Camp Eq.'p.'g, Livestock, Lumber, etc., Belonging to the Kern County Land Co., 1895-1897; and HM 80953 (j): Water Co. Cash Book, 1894. In addition to these ledgers, there were some miscellaneous items that accompanied the volumes and are housed in one box; they include: California. Supreme Court. Eila, Countess Festetics de Tolna, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. Rodolph, Count Festetics de Tolna, Defendant and Appellant, Transcript on Appeal (1901), two copies of The Cost of Making a Settler's Home, In the Famous Kern Delta [1894], two copies of Settler's Experience in Kern County California (1894), a printed map of Peru (1912), Location, Resources, Attractions and Development of The Kern Delta ... Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893), prospectuses for Kern Valley, California and Moraga Rancho. Lastly, there are approximately 45 Luz Electrica de Jalapa stock certificates (in Spanish) (1893).
mssHM 80953
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Joseph Thorndike ledgers
Manuscripts
The collection is made up of five ledgers, which include: 1. Business ledger from Illinois, 1877 to 1897, documenting various business ventures of Thorndike in Illinois, including railroad investments and shipping goods to the American south; 2. Agricultural ledger from Illinois, Minnesota and California, 1882 to 1941, documenting Thorndike's farming ventures in three states; 3. Pasadena Farmer's Club logbook, 1898 to 1905, containing the minutes of the club's meetings (Thorndike was secretary); 4. Sunny Hope Ranch log, 1900 to 1912, documenting Thorndike's daily work on his ranch in Pasadena, with details about his agricultural products, produce, crops, and the Mexican and Asian workers on his ranch, as well as his work as horticultural inspector; and 5. Sunny Hope Ranch log, 1912 to 1921, a continuation of the previous logbook. Most of the ledgers have loose items inside their front and back covers including documents and newspaper clippings.
mssHM 83854-83858
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Origin and early development of irrigation and water rights in the east San Bernardino Valley : offprint
Manuscripts
Article was Bulletin No. 4 for the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, Redlands, California. On the cover page, "Irrigation and" in the title is handwritten changing the published title.
mssHM 84206
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Map of the Goldsworthy & Chronis' Subdivision (of the) Clement Tract, on Pine and San Pedro Streets, 517 feet North of Washington
Visual Materials
Old shelf number: eph J5-1(1). This tract is now under the 10 Freeway east of San Pedro Street. This copy printed on brown paper. For other copies, see RB ephMPCALIFT0117 and ephMPCALIFT0118. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-1(1).
ephMPCALIFT0116