Baron and Lionel Jacobs collection, 1868-1903 (bulk 1874-1889)

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Baron and Lionel Jacobs collection, 1868-1903 (bulk 1874-1889)

MS 498


Collection Summary

Creator: Jacobs, Lionel, 1841-1922
Creator: Jacobs, Barron, 1843-1936
Collection Name:Baron and Lionel Jacobs collection,
Inclusive Dates: 1868-1903
Bulk Dates: 1874-1889
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract:The collection includes cancelled checks, drafts, invoices, receipts, weigh bills, stationery letterheads (business), letters and miscellaneous items pertaining to the mercantile and banking businesses of Barron Jacobs (1846-1936) and his brother, Lionel Jacobs (1840-1922) in Tucson and Southern Arizona.
Collection Number:MS 498
Language: Materials are in English.
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

Lionel M. Jacobs (1840-1922) and Barron M. Jacobs (1846-1936) were brothers, merchants, and bankers. Their father, Mark I. Jacobs (1816-1894) was an established merchant in San Francisco who sent them to Tucson, Arizona in 1867 to open a new branch of their retail store. Initally called the M.I. Jacobs and Co., the name was changed to the L.M. Jacobs and Co. following their father's retirement in 1875. Following their arrival to Tucson, the brothers found success in their exchange business; gold coin from San Francisco was exchanged for paper money in Tucson. By 1879 they established the Pima County Bank, the first bank in Tucson. The brothers gave up the mercantile part of the business in 1880 to concentrate on banking. They later became associated with the Cochise County Bank of Tombstone (known before 1882 as the Agency Pima County Bank) and the Arizona National Bank (first called the Santa Cruz Valley Bank).

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes cancelled checks, drafts, invoices, receipts, weigh bills, stationery letterheads (business), letters and miscellaneous items pertaining to the mercantile and banking businesses of Barron and Lionel Jacobs in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Banking records consist of cancelled checks, notes, drafts, deposit slips, memorandum checks, and certificates of deposits from the M. I. Jacobs & Company, the L. M. Jacobs & Company Bankers, the Pima County Bank branches in Tucson and Tombstone, Cochise County Bank, and the Arizona National Bank. Mercantile records include invoices, receipts, letters, licenses, and other miscellaneous items. Additional records include bank correspondence, newspapers and records detailing business with mining companies. Cancelled checks, notes, drafts and deposit slips. Cancelled checks, drafts, memorandum checks, certificates of deposits. Cancelled checks. First National Bank Tucson, Bank of Tucson, Santa Cruz Valley Bank Tucson, and Arizona National Bank. Invoices, receipts. Letters, licenses, and receipts. Invoices and receipts.

Restrictions

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from theowner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Related Material

See also Jacobs family papers (AZ 196). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Materials concerning the Jacobs family are also located at the Arizona Historical Society, Tucson.

Access Terms

Corporate Name(s)
Arizona National Bank
Cochise County Bank (Ariz.)
L.M. Jacobs & Company Bankers
M.I. Jacobs & Company
Pima County Bank

Geographic Name(s)
Tombstone (Ariz.)
Tucson (Ariz.)

Subject(s)
Bankers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History
Banks and banking -- Arizona -- History
Merchants -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History
Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History

Genre Form(s)
Manuscripts (documents)

Administrative Information

Provenance

Acquired by the Arizona Historical Foundation. Former collection number MSS 81. Transferred to the University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections in April 2012.

Credit Line

Baron and Lionel Jacobs collection (MS 498). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Processing History

Processed by Arizona Historical Foundation staff.

Container List

boxfolder
11 M. I. Jacobs & Company and L. M. Jacobs & Company Bankers, 1874-1880
Scope and Contents
Cancelled checks, notes, drafts and deposit slips.
12 Agency Pima County Bank Tombstone and Pima County Bank Tucson, 1879-1882
Scope and Contents
Cancelled checks, drafts, memorandum checks, certificates of deposits.
13 Cochise County Bank, Tombstone, 1882-1889
Scope and Contents
Cancelled checks.
14 Bank cancelled checks and certificates of deposits, 1882-1903
Scope and Contents
First National Bank Tucson, Bank of Tucson, Santa Cruz Valley Bank Tucson, and Arizona National Bank.
15 Sightdrafts, 1868-1880
16 Receipts, invoices, and notes, 1874-1884
boxfolder
21 Business Firms (Mercantile), 1876-1880
Scope and Contents
Invoices, receipts.
22 Business Firms (Sundry), 1868-1880
Scope and Contents
Letters, licenses, and receipts.
23 Mining Companies, 1879-1889
24 Stage Stations and Livery Stables, 1875-1880
Scope and Contents
Invoices and receipts.
25 Bank Correspondence, 1879-1889
26 Newspaper Invoices, 1871-1887
27 Business letterheads, blank checks, drafts, and miscellaneous items, 1880-1890
28 Weigh Bills, 1870-1878