Pacific Coast Steamship Companies Collection, 1866-1951 and undated, bulk 1920-1935 and undated

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Summary

Creators:
Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
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.
Extent:
157 linear feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English .

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift to The Claremont Colleges, 1940.
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
  • 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
Physical location:
Please consult repository.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607‑3977
specialcollections@claremont.edu
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