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Series I. Small size banking and mining ephemera

Description: This series contains mainly check stubs, billheads, and stock and bond certificates. Of note are check stubs for the Goldfield Deep Mines company, largely issued by the banking company John S. Cook & Co. The checks are an incomplete run numbering from 1 to 920, dated 1920 to 1921.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1850-1941, bulk 1870-1921
Call number: priBrockm
Creator: Brockmeyer, Neal H(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Neal H. and Mary Jane Brockmeyer, December 2010.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Series II. Large size banking and mining ephemera

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This series contains mainly stock and bond certificates from California, Nevada, New York, and other states and countries.

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Nevada: Goldfield Deep Mines

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The Neal H. Brockmeyer collection consists of approximately 1,030 billheads, check stubs, stock and bond certificates, and other financial documents. Materials date from approximately 1850 to 1941 and relate primarily to the banking and mining industries in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii. The collection has 20 oversize items comprised mainly of stock and bond certifications. Smaller sized items number over 1,010 and are comprised mainly of check stubs, billheads, and stock and bond certificates. Imagery and text on the materials pertain to the history of business and economics in Western Americana. Many of the items are decorated with engraved imagery of miners, patriotic symbols (presidents, eagles, shields), classical and allegorical motifs (Lady Liberty, Greco-Roman figures), and of views (buildings, rural areas, naval ships). A majority of the items are engravings, but some are printed lithographs. Some of the recurrent printers and lithographers of the items in the collection include: A.L. Bancroft & Co.; Edward Bosqui & Co.; Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.; Britton & Rey; B.F. Butler's Lithograph Co.; A. Carlisle & Co.; Ezra A. Cook & Co.; H.S. Crocker & Co.; Hall & O'Donald Lithograph Co.; Geo. B. Hitchcock & Co.; A. Hoen & Co.; Krebs Lithographing Co.; LeCount Bros. & Mansur's Stationery Establishment; Major & Knapp Engraving Manufacturing and Lithographic Co.; Schmidt Label & Lithograph Co.; Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co.; Union Lithograph Co.; and Western Lithograph Co.

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Nevada: Goldfield Deep Mines

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Nevada: Goldfield Deep Mines

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Series I. Small size banking and mining ephemera

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