Records, 1868–1918, 2 vols. Shortly after the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia, Hutchinson [Hayward M.], Kohl [William], & Co., shipping merchants and wholesale fur dealers, was established to facilitate the transfer of equipment and holdings from the Russians to the Americans. This company negotiated with the Imperial Russian government concerning, most importantly, the fur and seal trade but also about the leasing of certain islands, the purchase of stock, boats, buildings, and even furs. Hutchinson, Kohl, & Co. soon became known as the Alaska Commercial Company. The two volumes contain minutes of the company's board of trustees meetings, beginning on 19 October 1868. Vol. 1, handwritten, 260+ pp., to 6 January 1904; vol. 2, mostly typed, ca. 140 pp., to 1918. They also include copies of the company's articles and bylaws. Other members of the company were August Wasserman, Louis Sloss, Louis Gerstle, and Leopold Boscowitch. The materials are also available on microfilm, 1 reel. (Ms 28). Finding aid available: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8833vb0/
California biography collection (1827-2001)
80.0 boxes (40.0 Linear feet). Consists of ephemeral items relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in California. Contains mostly newspaper obituaries, but also includes: handwritten biographical documents, invitations, wedding announcements, family reunion newsletters, genealogy forms, family trees, memorials, political speeches, campaign material, correspondence, and newspaper and magazine clippings. This collection contains a folder for Nicholas Pashin, a journalist and Russian literature and language lecturer at Stanford University. See finding aid: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8199s2xk/entire_text/
Edward Huff
Correspondence, 1880–1908, 2 vols., ca, 400 letters. American businessman. Huff worked in Nicolaefsk on the Amoor River in Siberia, managing a hardware store and perhaps engaging in export/import trade. The letters, to his wife in San Francisco, describe the countryside, the winters, his social life or lack thereof, and his business. He also attempts to placate his wife for his absence. He earned ca. $2,500 per year but his wife complained about their separation. Also included: a list of vodka prices, and ca. 25 letters in Russian to various business people from Huff's company with his signature. Many of the letters are extremely faded. (Ms 3090)
Eugene Sullivan
Papers, 1852–98, 1 folder. San Francisco businessman. Includes a bill of sale, 31 March 1866, involving the American-Russian Commercial Company. (Ms 2100)
Joseph L. Folsom (1817-1855)
Business papers, 1834–70, ca. 2.5 in. Army officer. Contains some material relating to Russians in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1860s. (Ms 758)
Joseph Mora Moss (1809-1880)
President of the American-Russian Commercial Company. 2 letters to him, 31 December 1849 and 30 April 1864. 1, from the governor of the Russian colony in New Archangel, Sitka, notes the mild winter and lack of ice. (Ms 1520)
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1808-1890)
Commandante of San Francisco. Passport issued to an unidentified American for a visit to the Russian settlement of Fort Ross, 29 August 1838, in Spanish. (In the Faxon Dean Atherton Papers) (Vault Ms 5)
William Burling
Business receipts, 1866–68, 1 folder. Includes material pertaining to Russians on the west coast of America. (Ms 261)
William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885)
Papers, 1841–85, 1 folder. Senator, 1851–55. Includes material pertaining to Russians in the Pacific Northwest. (Ms 897)
