De Young family business papers, 1877-1991.

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De Young family business papers, 1877-1991.

Contains primarily minutes and material received by members of Boards of Directors for the Chronicle Publishing Company, Ortega Investment Company, and West Tacoma Newsprint Company. Includes the records for the Municipal Properties Company, a small amount of material related to M. H. De Young's involvement with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and the De Young Memorial Museum, and family genealogy. Includes the American flag carried by Admiral Richard E. Byrd on his May 9, 1926 flight to the North Pole, which he presented to the San Francisco Chronicle (volume 16).

9 boxes, 5 cartons, 1 oversize box, 4 card file boxes, 3 oversize folders, 16 volumes (12.1 linear ft.)Copies of Minutes of Ortega Investment Company, 1916-1988 and Board of Directors of the Chronicle Publishing Company (1906-1991) : 2 microfilm reels : negative (BNEG Boxes 3145-3146) and positive (BANC FILM 2784).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8177060

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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Panama-Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco, Cal. in 1915, where Illinois had a visitors' building. From the description of Register of visitors, Feb. 1915-Dec. 1915. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49393876 History of the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Officials from the Exposition printed postcards for the ...

De Young family.

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Online Archive of California

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M.H. de Young Memorial Museum

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Art museum; San Francisco, California. Founded 1896. Originally named the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. From the description of M.H. De Young Memorial Museum records, 1894-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122850 ...

De Young, M. H. (Michael Harry), 1849-1925

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West Tacoma Newsprint Company.

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...

Municipal Properties Company.

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Chronicle Publishing Company.

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Ortega Investment Company.

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