Silas H. Palmer business papers, 1906-1948.

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Silas H. Palmer business papers, 1906-1948.

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Correspondence, billheads, invoices, bids, estimates, reports, contracts, receipts, financial accounts, and receipts of Palmer, relating to his construction jobs throughout Calif., both in partnership, primarily as part of Palmer & McBryde and of S.H. Palmer & J.P. Holland, Inc., and alone, mostly under the name S.H. Palmer Co., Ltd. Projects include several Calif. highways, particularly the Santa Monica Highway (1932-1934); dams, including the Spring Valley and the Calaveras Dams; stadiums, including Kezar Stadium, then known as Golden Gate Park Stadium, Stanford University Stadium, and the stadium at the University of California, Berkeley. Several railroad companies and power companies are also represented as clients. Also includes industrial accident reports and insurance contracts (1914-1934) and invoices for materials and equipment obtained at Livermore Yard.

25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8341362

California historical society

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S.H. Palmer Co., Ltd.

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Palmer & McBryde.

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S.H. Palmer & J.P. Holland, Inc.

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Palmer, Silas H.

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Silas H. Palmer was a successful construction engineer, builder, and financier; he was a partner in the firm that helped to build the Stanford Stadium in 1921. He endowed a professorship in civil engineering at Stanford University. From the description of Statement on sighting of an unidentified flying object in 1896, recorded in 1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 465013766 Palmer was a general contractor, of San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Silas ...