Fred H. Brice California real estate papers
Scope and Contents
Collection of papers relating to the career of California real estate agent Fred H. Brice, 1923-1978. Includes 105 file folders documenting property transactions in Alameda County and Contra Costa County; 120 remittance receipts from real estate and insurance firm Mason-McDuffie Co.; an accounting ledger recording expenses and income; and a record book with tipped-in paperwork, including contracts and correspondence with buyers and sellers.
Dates
- 1923-1978
Creator
- Brice, Fred H. (Author)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Fred H. Brice California Real Estate Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Marc Selvaggio, Bookseller on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2016.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: I. Property Transactions, 1949-1978. II. Remittance Receipts, 1940-1949. III. Other Papers, 1923-1949.
Extent
3.36 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Collection of papers relating to the career of California real estate agent Fred H. Brice, 1923-1978. Includes 105 file folders documenting property transactions in Alameda County and Contra Costa County; 120 remittance receipts from real estate and insurance firm Mason-McDuffie Co.; an accounting ledger recording expenses and income; and a record book with tipped-in paperwork, including contracts and correspondence with buyers and sellers.
Biographical / Historical
Fred H. Brice was a licensed real estate agent in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, circa 1923-1978. Brice was also a licensed California broker, handling transactions within the state. For most of his career, he was an agent for real estate and insurance firm Mason-McDuffie Co., which operated out of Berkeley.
Processing Information
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- Alameda County (Calif.)
- California -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Contra Costa County (Calif.)
- Mason-McDuffie Co.
- Real estate agents -- California -- 20th century
- Real estate business -- California
- Real property -- California -- Alameda County
- Real property -- California -- Contra Costa County
- San Francisco (Calif.)
Source
- Marc Selvaggio, Bookseller (Bookseller)
- Title
- Guide to the Fred H. Brice California Real Estate Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- August 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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