http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt1489r59r No online items Guide to the Pacific Coast Steamship Companies Collection Finding aid prepared by Finding created by Russell Michalak; revised by Lisa L. Crane, MLIS, 2014 Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library 800 North Dartmouth Ave Claremont, CA, 91711 Phone: (909) 607-3977 Email: [email protected] URL: http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc/default.html © 2014 Claremont University Consortium. All rights reserved. Guide to the Pacific Coast H.Mss.1043 1 Steamship Companies Collection Descriptive Summary Title: Pacific Coast Steamship Companies Collection Dates: 1866-1951 and undated Bulk Dates: 1920-1935 and undated Collection number: H.Mss.1043 Creator: Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Extent: 157 linear feet Repository: Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont, CA 91711 Abstract: When the Pacific Steamship Company went out of business in 1936, the surviving records of the company were offered to The Claremont Colleges if someone would go to Seattle to sort the papers and select what was to be kept. John H. Kemble, Professor of History, Pomona College, took on this task. In 1940 he went to Seattle and sent to Claremont nearly half a boxcar of ledgers, logs, financial records, and correspondence dealing not only with the Pacific Steamship Company, principal steamship operator in the coastwise trade from 1916 until 1936, but to some extent with its predecessor companies, the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and the Pacific Alaska Navigation Company. This collection contains financial documents, journals, legal documents, and business records of the Alaska Coast Company, Alaska Pacific Steamship Company, American Mail Steamship Company, miscellaneous companies, Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Pacific Alaska Navigation Company, and Pacific Steamship Company from 1866-1951. This collection has had additions through gifts of materials from the grandson of the founder of the Pacific Steamship Company. Please note that our collection does not include any passenger lists or sailing logs. Physical Location: Please consult repository. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English. Access This collection is open for research. Publication Rights All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Pacific Coast Steamship Companies Collection (H.Mss.1043), Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium. Acquisition Information Gift to The Claremont Colleges, 1940. Accruals No additions to the collection is anticipated. Processing Information Arranged and processed by R. C. Thompson. Scope and Contents of the Collection This collection contains financial documents, journals, legal documents, and business records of the Alaska Coast Company, Alaska Pacific Steamship Company, American Mail Steamship Company, Miscellaneous companies, Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Pacific Alaska Navigation Company, and Pacific Steamship Company from 1866-1951. Please note that our collection does not include any passenger lists or sailing logs. Series Arrangement The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries: Series 1: Alaska Coast Company [ACC], 1906-1924 Series 2: Alaska Pacific Steamship Company [APSC], 1905-1928 Series 3: American Mail Steamship Company [AMSC], 1913-1935 Series 4: Miscellaneous Companies, 1916-1938 Subseries 4.1: Aroline Steamship Company [ASC], 1916 Subseries 4.2: Olympic Steamship Company [OSC], 1925-1929 Subseries 4.3: Pacific Lighterage Company [PLC], 1917-1933 Subseries 4.4: Pacific Mail Steamship Company [PMSC], 1920 Subseries 4.5: Pacific Motorship Company [PMC], 1923-1933 Guide to the Pacific Coast H.Mss.1043 2 Steamship Companies Collection Subseries 4.6: Portland California Steamship Company [PCSC], 1931-1938 Subseries 4.7: United States Lines Company [USLC], 1927-1934 Series 5: Pacific Coast Steamship Company [PCSSC], 1866-1918 Series 6: Pacific Alaska Navigation Company [PANC], 1911-1925 Series 7: Pacific Steamship Company [PSSC], 1917-1935 Series 8: General Supplement [GS], 1920-1935 Series 9: Alaska Steamship Company [ASSC], 1929 Series 10: Pacific Steamship Company and Subsidiaries [PSSCAS], 1922 and 1927-1933 Series 11: Pacific Steamship Lines Ltd. [PSSL], 1933-1938 Series 12: Pacific Coast Steamship Companies collection - papers, 1936, 1946-1951 and undated Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Pacific Coast Company. Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Coastwise shipping--Pacific Coast (U.S.)--Archival resources. Pacific Steamship Company--History. Steamboat lines. Series 1: Alaska Coast Company [ACC], 1906-1924 Physical Description: 37 volumes Accounts receivable, 1906-1907 Physical Description: 2 volumes Volume ACC 1 March 26, 1906 to March 18, 1907, p. 1-23 (with PSSC v. 137) Volume ACC 2 March 1907 to October 1907, p. 1-152 Cash book, 1906-1916 Physical Description: 5 volumes Volume ACC 3 March 27, 1906 to September 9, 1907, p. 1-75 Volume ACC 4 September 10, 1907 to March 31, 1909, p. 1-75 Volume ACC 5 March 1, 1908 to November 30, 1910, p. 1-101 Volume ACC 6 May 5, 1910 to December 13, 1910, p. 1-300 Volume ACC 7 January 1912 to March 1916, p. 1-150 Checks, 1909-1919 Physical Description: 3 volumes Volume ACC 8 Journal of issued, June to July 1909, p. 1-99 Volume ACC 9 Journal of issued, January 1912 to August 1916, p. 1-300 Volume ACC 10 Stub book, No. 1001-1500, October 6, 1913 to July 23, 1919 Corporation records, 1906-1907 Physical Description: 3 volumes Volume ACC 11 Papers, March 1906 Volume ACC 12 March 17, 1906 to April 30, 1907, p. 1-300 Volume ACC 13 Stock certificates, no. 1-250, March 24, 1906 to April 17, 1907 Volume ACC 14 Insurance, collections (personal, marine, freight and hull), November 1906 to January 1910 Volume ACC 15 Journal, March 28, 1906 to March 38, 1908, p. 1-299 Guide to the Pacific Coast H.Mss.1043 3 Steamship Companies Collection Series 1: Alaska Coast Company [ACC], 1906-1924 Volume ACC 16 Lease agreement, March 1914 to January 1915 Note Missing, August 1991 Ledger, 1906-1924 Physical Description: 7 volumes Volume ACC 17 April 7, 1906 to March 21, 1907, p. 1-77, according to voucher number Volume ACC 18 June 11, 1906 to January 1, 1912 Volume ACC 19 April 1, 1907 to September 30, 1907, p. 1-372 Volume ACC 20 April 1912 to December 1913 Volume ACC 21 Years 1912-1924 (with PSSC v. 99) Volume ACC 22 Ship voyage, January 1912 to August 1913, p. 1-149 Volume ACC 23 Freight and passenger balances, September 1912 to October 1917, p. 1-448 Volume ACC 24 Mail contracts, July 1910 to July 1914 (with PSSC v.137) Volume ACC 25 Ship charters, 1911, 1912 and 1922 Note Admiral Sampson, March 1, 1911; S.S. Jeanie and Bertha, December 31, 1912; Dock Agreement, April 17, 1922 (with PSSC v. 137) Ship earnings and expenses, 1906-1912 Physical Description: 4 volumes Volume ACC 26 Listing ships and voyage numbers with amounts, January 1908 to July 1909 (with PSSC v. 137) Volume ACC 27 Ticket account book, August 10, 1906 to April 16, 1908, p. 1-127 Volume ACC 28 Manifest of cargo of Steamship Jeannie, Seattle to Alaska, October 12, 1907 to May 14, 1909 Volume ACC 29 Distribution of operating expenses, according to listing of steamers, year 1912 Voucher record, 1907-1914 Physical Description: 8 volumes Volume ACC 30 Audited, March 1907 to January 1908, p. 1-74 Volume ACC 31 January 1908 to September 1908, p. 1-76 Volume ACC 32 Including bill record, October 1908 to June 1909, p. 1-76 Volume ACC 33 July 1909 to February 1910, p. 1-76 (insurance of S.S. Minlucky, p. 76) Volume ACC 34 Including bill record, March 1910 to December 1910, p. 1-75 Volume ACC 35 Including bill record, January 1911 to August 1911, p. 1-75 Volume ACC 36 No. 800-1262, August 1, 1911 to December 1911 Volume ACC 37 Register, January 1912 to July 1914, p. 1-101 Series 2: Alaska Pacific Steamship Company [APSC], 1905-1928 Physical Description: 41 volumes Volume APSC 1 Bank book, National Bank of Commerce, Tacoma, Washington, April 18, 1913 to January 15, 1915 (with PSSC v. 210-216) Volume APSC 2 Corporation papers, March 1905; dissolvement, June 1924 (with PSSC v. 210-216) Bills, 1906 and 1912 Physical Description: 2 volumes Volume APSC 3 Duplicate, April 1906 to December 1906, no. 1284-401 (with PSSC v.137) Volume APSC 4 January 13, 1912 to August 30, 1912 Cash, 1906-1918 Physical Description: 7 volumes Volume APSC 5 Journal, April 20, 1906 to August 5, 1907, p. 1-400 Volume APSC 6 Book, August 1906 to March 1908, p. 1-20 Guide to the Pacific Coast H.Mss.1043 4 Steamship Companies Collection Series 2: Alaska Pacific Steamship Company [APSC], 1905-1928 Volume APSC 7 Book, March 2, 1908 to June 14, 1909 Volume APSC 8 Journal, April 1, 1909 to January 30, 1912, p. 1-150 (with PANC v.14) Volume APSC 9 Receipts, June 1909 to July 1909, p. 1-152 Volume APSC 10 Book, August 1909 to May 1913, p. 1-148 Volume APSC 11 Received, June 1913 to September 1918, p. 1-150 Checks, 1909-1913 Physical Description: 3 volumes Volume APSC 12 Issued, August 1909 to April 1912, p. 1-298 Volume APSC 13 Issued, May 1912 to April 1915, p. 1-298 Volume APSC 14 Stub book, no. 9000-9499, November 24, 1913 Volume APSC 15 Dissolvement papers, June 4, 1924 Note Missing, August 1991. Volume APSC 16 Journal, June 1, 1909 to October 1, 1910, p. 1-500 Ledger, 1906-1928 Physical Description: 8 volumes Volume APSC 17 General, 1906-1916 Volume APSC 18 General, May 17, 1906 to December 30, 1913 Volume APSC 19a, General, October 1906 to June 1918 (with PSSC v.