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First Accession - Record Group II: General Business Records

This Group is divided into five (5) Series, made up of the correspondence of Sydney Octavius Chase (SOC) and Joshua Coffin Chase (JCC) in developing and improving their own citrus groves, financing their businesses, participating in a wide range of trade association activities, improving distribution, and by branching out experimentally into Tung oil and pineapple growing.


Series 1 - Sydney Octavius Chase Correspondence

Chase properties (inc. Fort Carswell), Chase Investment Co., Mediterranean Fruit Fly infestations, Everglades drainage/canals.
Box Folder
16 5.1 Adamson Grove
5.2 Angas, William Moore
5.3 Bathing Lease (Crystal Lake). 1921
5.4 "Belair"
5.5 "Belair"
5.6 "Belair" (Express Receipts).
5.7 "Belair" (Inventories - to John Stanford). 1903-1907
5.8 "Belair" (Purchase). 1902
5.9 "Belair" (Sale of Loch Arbor Section).
5.10 "Belair" (Sanford, Henry Shelton (Agent) - Receipted Bills).
5.11 "Belair" and "Swamp Chase" (Investments with Randall Chase and J.C. Chase).
5.12 "Benjamin F. Moore" Estate
5.13 B.F. Whitner Place
5.14 Birss, James (Santa Barbara, CA.).
5.15 Brick Road Case
5.16 Caloosahatchee River Steamship Co. (Insurance). 1919
5.17 Canal between St. Johns River (Lake Washington), to Indian River
5.18 Cathrae, W.M.
5.19 Chase & Co. 1882-1913
5.20 Chase & Co. (Account with Randall Chase (Philadelphia, PA.).
5.21 Chase & Co. (Account with S.O. Chase).
5.22 Chase & Co. (Account with S.O. Chase).
5.23 Chase & Co. (Accounting Department).
Box Folder
17 5.24 Chase & Co. (Agreements and Contracts). 1890-1914
5.25 Chase & Co. (Celery).
5.26 Chase & Co. (Charter).
5.27 Chase & Co. (Chase, J.C.).
5.28 Chase & Co. (Chemical Analysis of Orange Wood and Fruit).
5.29 Chase & Co. (Employees).
5.30 Chase & Co. (Export Shipment (First). 1894
5.31 Chase & Co. (Freight Rates - Import Inland).
5.32 Chase & Co. (Insurance).
5.33 Chase & Co. (Investments).
5.34 Chase & Co. (Lettuce). 1910
5.35 Chase & Co. (Licenses, auto and truck).
5.36 Chase & Co. (Loans).
5.37 Chase & Co. (Office Lease 1892 with P.I. Co. and Chase & Co.). 1892
5.38 Chase & Co. (Sanford Office).
5.39 Chase & Co. (Sanford Vegetable Growers - Precooling Proposition).
5.40 Chase & Co. (Spraying for Early Fruit).
5.41 Chase & Co. (Statements). 1889-1913
5.42 Chase & Co. (v. George P. Fish). 1912
5.43 Chase & Co. (Warehouse (McQuaid) Construction).
5.44 Chase and Harney
5.45 Chase and Herndon
Box Folder
18 5.46 Chase and Skinner (Audit Partnership return of Income). 1931-1935
5.47 Chase Investment Co.
5.48 Chase Investment Co. (Agreement with Florida Citrus Exchange).
5.49 Chase Investment Co. (Audit and Financial Reports).
5.50 Chase Investment Co. (Finances).
5.51 Chase Investment Co. (Incorporating the Properties).
5.52 Chase Investment Co. (Insurance).
5.53 Chase Investment Co. (Investments).
5.54 Chase Investment Co. (Mediterranean Fruit Fly Control Losses).
5.55 Chase, S.O. (as Notary).
5.56 Conover, A.R.
5.57 Crescent City Road
5.58 Crescent Groves Co.
5.59 Crescent Groves Co. (Audit and Financial Partnership Return of Income Reports). 1926-1948
Box Folder
19 5.60 Crescent Groves Co. (Clearing of Title, Abstracts, Mortgages, etc.). 1882-1899
5.61 Crescent Groves Co. (Clearing of Title, Abstracts, Mortgages, etc.). 1900-1917
5.62 Crescent Groves Co. (Finances).
5.63 Crescent Groves Co. (Packing House).
5.64 Crescent Groves Co. (Potts, G.M.).
5.65 Crescent Groves Co. (Trust Agreement and Stock Agreement).
5.66 Crescent Groves Co. (Williams, E.H.).
5.67 Everglades Drainage
5.68 Everglades Drainage (Bill Number 479).
5.69 Everglades Drainage (Bond Issue).
5.70 Financial Accounts (Between J.C. Chase and R. Chase and S.O. Chase).
5.71 Financial Accounts (Between J.C. Chase and R. Chase and S.O. Chase).
5.72 Financial Accounts (Between R. Chase and S.O. Chase).
5.73 Financial Accounts (Personal and Business).
5.74 Florida Cross-State Canal
5.75 Florida Fish and Ice Co. (Oglesby, J.M.).
5.76 Florida Fish and Produce Co. (Adams, W.H.).
5.77 Florida Fish and Produce Co. (Adams, W.H.).
5.78 Florida Gardens
5.79 Florida Land and Colonization Co. Ltd.
Box Folder
20 6.1 Fort Caswell (Audit Reports and Financial Statements).
6.2 Fort Caswell (Cable from Fort Caswell to Southport, NC.).
6.3 Fort Caswell (Description of Property).
6.3A Fort Caswell (Description of Property).
6.4 Fort Caswell (Dissolution of Fort Caswell - Carolina Corporation).
6.5 Fort Caswell (History).
6.6 Fort Caswell (Income Tax Return and Annual Franchise Tax Reports).
6.7 Fort Caswell (Miscellaneous).
6.8 Fort Caswell (Publicity).
6.9 Fort Caswell (Purchase).
6.10 Fort Caswell (Repairs' Cost).
Box Folder
21 6.11 Fort Caswell (Sale Preparation).
6.12 Fort Caswell (Sharp, Henry).
6.13 Fort Caswell (L.B. Skinner).
6.14 Fort Caswell (E.B. Ward).
6.15 Foster, Alfred
6.16 General Sales Agency of America
6.17 Higgins and Chase. 1890
6.18 Hurricane. 1926
6.19 Income Report (Joint J.C. and S.O. Chase). 1894
6.20 Insurance Business
6.22 Isleworth (Brogdex).
6.23 Isleworth (Brown and Seccomb).
6.24 Isleworth (Brown, C.E.).
6.25 Isleworth (Chase, Frank W.).
6.26 Isleworth (Chase, J.C.).
Box Folder
22 6.27 Isleworth (Chase, Randall II).
6.28 Isleworth (Coloring of Fruit).
6.29 Isleworth (Crowell, S.M.).
6.30 Isleworth (Department of Agriculture - U.S.).
6.31 Isleworth (Dissolution of Isleworth Grove Co. - Known later as Chase Investment Co.).
6.32 Isleworth (Employees).
6.33 Isleworth (Excess Lands).
6.34 Isleworth (Fertilizing).
6.35 Isleworth (Finances).
6.36 Isleworth (Fruit Shipments).
6.37 Isleworth (Fry, Noah).
6.38 Isleworth (Hoard Contract with S.O. Chase).
6.39 Isleworth (Hutchinson, Corbett).
6.40 Isleworth (Irrigation).
6.41 Isleworth (Lancaster, E.Q.).
6.42 Isleworth (Magnuson, E.).
6.43 Isleworth (Miscellaneous Data).
6.44 Isleworth (Mosley Purchase). 1912
6.45 Isleworth (Mouser, W.H.).
6.46 Isleworth (Nursery).
6.47 Isleworth (Packing House).
6.48 Isleworth (Power and Telephone Lines and Poles).
Box Folder
23 6.49 Isleworth (Pre-Cooling).
6.50 Isleworth (Property).
6.51 Isleworth (Pruning).
6.52 Isleworth (Purchase (Original).
6.53 Isleworth (Purchase of extra acreage including Mosley Land).
6.54 Isleworth (Refrigeration).
6.55 Isleworth (Roads).
6.56 Isleworth (Seedlings - Dynamite).
6.57 Isleworth (Spraying).
6.58 Isleworth (Storage of Fruit).
6.59 Isleworth (Taxes and Income Tax).
6.60 Isleworth (Tree Count).
6.61 Isleworth (Weather Reports and Rainfall).
6.62 Lake George Tract
6.63 Lamont Lumber
6.64 Markham Grove
6.65 Mid-Florida Exploration Co.
6.66 Neamaltha Grove Co.1916-1922
6.67 Neamaltha Grove Co.1923-1925
6.68 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Audit and Partnership of Income Reports).
6.69 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Boat).
6.70 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Finances).
Box Folder
24 6.71 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Grice, R.R.).
6.72 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Packing House).
6.73 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Road).
6.74 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Sale).
6.75 Nocatee Grove Co.
6.76 Nocatee Grove Co. (Expenses).
6.77 Nocatee Grove Co. (John F. Hamilton).
6.77A Nocatee Grove Co. (Magnuson, E.).
6.78 Nocatee Grove Co. (Packing House).
6.79 Nocatee Grove Co. (Purchase and Sale).
6.80 Nooney, J. & Co.
Box Folder
25 7.0 Palmer Lands
7.0A Phelps, Lyman (Rev.)
7.1 Phosphate Lands (Joshua C. Chase, Randall Chase, Heebner and Chase, Sam Heebner).
7.2 Phosphate Lands
7.3 Railroads
7.4 Railroads (Right of Way, Ocoee). 1898
7.5 Real Estate
7.6 Real Estate
7.7 Real Estate (Abstracts, Deeds, etc.).
7.8 Real Estate (Chase Addition, Winter Haven).
7.9 Real Estate (Close Place - Sanford and Celery Avenues).
7.10 Real Estate (Description of Properties owned by S.O. Chase and others).
7.11 Real Estate (Description of Properties owned by S.O. Chase and others).
Box Folder
26 7.11A Real Estate (Description of Properties owned by S.O. Chase and others).
7.12 Real Estate (Donald Houston - Belair Addition (East of RR) and Zellwood Property).
7.13 Real Estate (Huntoon Island).
7.14 Real Estate (Joint with Randall Chase - Davenport Lands).
7.15 Real Estate (Land Transactions - Lake Jessup Area).
7.16 Real Estate (Lots - Rylander Arcade - First St., Commercial and Sanford Avenues).
7.17 Real Estate (Whitaker, C.C.).
7.18 Realty Trust Co. (Sanford, FL.).
7.19 Sanford Building and Loan Association
7.20 Sanford and Everglades Railroad Co.
7.21 Sanford Celery Delta Co.
7.22 Sanford City (Bonds).
7.23 Sanford Commercial Club
7.24 Sanford Country Club and Golf Course
7.25 Sanford Hotel Realty Co.
7.26 Sanford Light and Fuel Co. (Miscellaneous).
7.27 Sanford Light and Fuel Co. (Standard Fuel and Supply Co.).
7.28 Sanford Fuel and Light Co. (Miscellaneous).
7.29 Sanford Light and Fuel Co. (Stock).
7.30 Sanford Mortgage Loan Co.
7.31 Sanford Public Library
Box Folder
27 7.32 Sanford Traction Co.
7.33 Sanford Waterworks
7.34 Sanlanta Investment Co. (Business Correspondence).
7.35 Sanlanta Investment Co. (Sydney O. Chase).
7.36 Sanlanta Investment Co. (Declaration of Trust and Finances).
7.37 Sanlanta Investment Co. (Houses).
7.38 Sanlanta Investment Co. (Investors (B - Hi).
7.39 Sanlanta Investment Co. (Investors (Ho - Q).
7.40 Sanlanta Investment Co. (Investors (P - W).
Box Folder
28 7.41 Sanlanta Investment Co. (Moughton, Elton).
7.42 Seminole County Taxes
7.43 Shell Road Construction. 1889
7.44 Skinner, L.B.
7.45 South Florida Railroad
7.46 South Florida Railroad (Bills of Lading).
7.47 South Florida Railroad (S.O. Chase, Treasurer).
7.48 South Florida Railroad (Land Development).
7.49 South Florida Railroad (Original Deed). Feb. 4, 1880
7.50 Stephens, S.M. and Ellen
7.51 Stockwell, Mrs. H.C., Property
7.52 "Swamp Chase"
7.53 "Swamp Chase"
7.54 Tick Eradication Program
7.55 Timber Contract with DeForest, Anne and Cornell, Thomas
7.56 Tosohatchee Ranch
7.57 Tung Oil
7.58 Tung Oil (Jefferson County Plantation (Lamont, FL.).
Box Folder
29 7.59 Tung Oil ("Jumpie Run" Plantation (Monticello, FL.).
7.60 Upper St. Johns' Drainage District
7.61 Waterways
7.62 Weather
7.63 Weather
7.64 Whitner Grove
7.65 Wiley Avenue Groves
7.66 Wiley Avenue Groves (Financial Reports).
7.67 Wiley Avenue Groves (Stephens, S.M.).
7.68 Windermere Navigable Canal (House Bill Number 38).
7.69 Yothers, W.W.


Series 2 - Joshua Coffin Chase Correspondence

'Coloring' of fruit, pesticides/spraying, shipping, weather/crops.
Box Folder
49 13.1 Accounting Department
Box Folder
93 20.45 Acosta, Tracy
20.46 "Belair"
20.47 "Belair" (Sale of Loch Arbor Section).
20.48 Birss, James (Santa Barbara, CA.).
20.49 Bulb Raising
20.50 Chase & Co.
20.51 Chase & Co. (Account Jointly with J.C. Chase and S.O. Chase).
20.52 Chase & Co. (Chase, Sydney O.). 1890-1892
20.53 Chase & Co. (Chase, Sydney O.). 1893-1914
20.54 Chase & Co. (Employees: T.C. Eubanks, J.M. Templen).
20.55 Chase & Co. (Employees: E.H. Cullum, George A. Sweet, J.F. Truax).
20.56 Chase & Co. (W.R. Harney).
20.57 Chase & Co. (Potato Deal). 1910
20.58 Chase & Co. (Stock).
20.59 Chase & Co. (Traffic Department).
20.60 Chase Investment Co. (Randall Chase).
20.61 Chase Investment Co. (Sydney O. Chase).
20.62 Chase Investment Co. (Finances, SOC).
Box Folder
94 20.63 Chase Investment Co. (Insurance SOC).
20.64 Chase Investment Co. (Investments).
20.65 Cooperative Marketing Agency of California
20.66 Crescent City Road
20.67 Crescent Groves Co. (S.M. Stephens, B.F. Tillinghast).
20.70 Earl Fruit Co. (Los Angeles, CA.).
20.71 Financial Accounts (Between J.C. Chase and Randall Chase).
20.72 Financial Accounts (Between J.C. Chase and S.O. Chase).
20.73 Florida Fish and Produce Co.
20.74 Florida Frost Insurance Co.1886
20.75 Florida Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Protective Association
20.76 Florida State Chamber of Commerce
20.77 Fruit Dispatch Co.
20.78 Florida Syrup Association
20.79 Hillsboro Cypress Co. (Harney Hill Purchase).
20.80 Isleworth (Brogdex).
20.81 Isleworth (Browne, C.E.).
Box Folder
95 20.82 Isleworth (Frank W. Chase).
20.83 Isleworth (Randall Chase II).
20.84 Isleworth (Chase, Sydney O.). 1903-1935
20.85 Isleworth (Sydney O. Chase Jr.).
20.86 Isleworth (Coloring of Fruit).
20.87 Isleworth (Excess Lands).
20.88 Isleworth (Fertilizing).
20.89 Isleworth (Fruit Shipments). 1910-1922
20.90 Isleworth (Fruit Shipments). 1923-1935
20.91 Isleworth (Corbett Hutchinson).
20.92 Isleworth (Insurance).
20.93 Isleworth (Magnuson, E.).
20.94 Isleworth (W.H. Mouser).
20.95 Isleworth (Pre-Cooling).
20.96 Isleworth (Roads).
20.97 Isleworth (Sale suggested by J.C. Chase).
20.98 Isleworth (Seedlings).
20.99 Isleworth (Spraying).
20.100 Isleworth (Taxes and Income Tax Returns).
20.101 Isleworth (Weather Reports and Rainfall).
Box Folder
96 20.102 Mediterranean Fruit Fly Campaign
20.103 Neamaltha Grove Co. (J.W. Hoard, S.M. Stephens).
20.104 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Audit and Partnership of Income Reports).
20.105 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Finances).
20.106 Neamaltha Grove Co. (Sale).
20.107 Nocatee Grove Co.
20.108 Phosphate Lands and Wood Tract
20.109 Real Estate
20.110 Realty Trust Co.
20.111 Sanford Country Club and Golf Course
20.112 Skinner, L.B.
20.113 South Springfield Lots (Jacksonville, FL.).
20.114 E.L. Tappan
20.115 Tosahatchee Ranch
20.116 Tung Oil (Trees, Nuts, Oil).
20.117 University of Florida (Plant Pathology).
20.118 Weather, Temperature and Rainfall
20.119 Wiley Avenue Grove Co.
20.120 Wiley Avenue Grove Co. (Road).
20.121 Windermere Canal


Series 3 - Photographs

Principal grove properties and Tung oil groves in Jefferson County.
Box Folder
32 8.16 Crescent Grove Co.
8.17 Fort Caswell (Manuscripts and Brochures)
8.17A Fort Caswell
8.18 Isleworth
8.18A Isleworth
8.18B Isleworth
Box Folder
33 8.18C Isleworth (Photo Negatives)
8.18D Sanford Packing House
8.18E Isleworth (Quarters). 1937
8.18F Isleworth (Groves). 1933
8.18G Isleworth (Groves). 1932
8.18H Isleworth (Remains of Water Tank). 1934
8.18I Isleworth (Valencia Transplants). 1932
8.18J Isleworth (Clearing Fields). 1935
8.18K Isleworth (Topworking Operations Seedlings Grove). 1924
8.18L Isleworth (Spraying Operation, Young Trees). 1924
8.18M Isleworth (Large Format Photos). 1900-1910?
8.18N Chases at Dade Battlefield Memorial. 1936
8.19 Janet Grove
8.20 Neamaltha Grove Co.
8.21A Nocatee Grove Co.
8.21B Nocatee Grove Co.
8.22A Tosohatchee Ranch
8.22B Tosohatchee Ranch (1917-1918)
8.22C Tosohatchee Ranch and other U.I.D. Negatives
8.23 Tung Oil (Lamont, FL)
8.24 Tung Oil (Monticello, FL)
8.25 Whitner Grove
8.26 Wiley Avenue


Series 4 - Trade Associations

Florida Citrus Exchange, Growers and Shippers League of Florida, other trade associations, frozen citrus juice [industry] development.
Box Folder
44 11.1 American Fruit Growers Inc.
11.2 Growers and Shippers League of Florida. 1923 - 1932
11.3 Growers and Shippers League of Florida. 1933
11.4 Growers and Shippers League of Florida (as Treasurer)
11.5 Chase, Joshua C.
11.6 Chase Jr, Sydney O.
11.7 Organization (Chase, J.C.)
11.8 Organization (Newton, V.B.)
11.9 Organization (Pratt, A.M.)
11.10 Clearing House (Rejection)
Box Folder
45 11.11 Robinson, J. Curtis
Box Folder
107 23.35 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. 1933 - 1934
Box Folder
108 23.36 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. 1932
23.37 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. Apr. 1931 - Dec. 1931
23.38 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. Jan. 1931 - Mar. 1931
23.39 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. 1929 - 1930
23.40 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. 1926 - 1928
23.41 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. Mar. 1925 - Dec. 1925
23.42 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. Jan. 1925 - Feb. 1925
Box Folder
109 23.43 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. 1923 - 1924
23.44 American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. 1921 - 1922
23.44A American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. 1921 - 1922
23.45 Advertising
23.46 Advertising and Percentage of Funds for Different Media
23.47 Audit Reports and Financial Statements
23.48 Averages in New York Market Compiled by Errol M. Zorn
23.49 Balance and Supporting Schedules
23.50 Barnett National Bank
23.51 Boats (Refrigerated)
23.52 Brands
23.53 Browne and Seccomb v. Clearing House
Box Folder
110 23.54 Bruce Box
23.55 By-Laws
23.56 Canners' Contracts
23.57 Canning, Cooperative
23.58 "Chase Against Commander" (article in "Fruit and Produce Guide")
23.59 Chase & Co. (Exchange Contact - Affected by FCE withdrawal from Clearing House)
23.60 Chase, Randall
23.61 Chase Sub-Exchange
23.62 Chase, Sydney O.
23.63 Chase Jr., Sydney O.
23.64 Clark, John D. (Waverly, FL.)
23.65 Commander, C.C.
23.66 Committee on Associations
23.67 Control Committee
23.68 Cooperatives v. Clearing House (Theo. Macklin Article)
23.69 Cost per box and Reductions
Box Folder
111 24.1 Davis, F.W.
24.2 Department of Agriculture of Florida (Nathan Mayo)
24.3 Division, District Managers and Brokers List of
24.4 Dixie Packing Corporation (H.W. Nelson)
24.5 Donations
24.6 Dow, E.D.
24.7 Edwards, L.C.
24.8 Edwards, William
24.9 Eloise Growers Inc.
24.10 Emergency Rate (Growers and Shippers League of Florida). 1930-1931
24.11 Estimates
24.12 Federal Farm Board
24.13 Felix, O.M.
24.14 Field Department
24.15 Financial Department
24.16 Fletcher, Senator Duncan U.
24.17 Florence Citrus Growers Association
24.18 Florida Citrus Clearing House
24.19 Florida Citrus Reimbursement Committee
24.20 Florida Highways Users
24.21 Fruit Shipments
24.22 Grapefruit, Canned
24.23 Grapefruit, New Container and Reduction in Freight Rate
24.24 Greenhut, Eugene (Proposition)
24.25 Growers and Shippers League of Florida
24.26 Growers Loan and Guaranty Co.
Box Folder
112 24.27 Haines City Citrus Growers Association
24.28 Juice Comparison (Florida and California Oranges)
24.29 Juice Contract (Tom Huston Corporation)
24.30 Juice (Frozen Orange) Committee
24.31 Juice Plant (Crescent City)
24.32 Kiplinger Article "Florida" (Material).
24.33 Lake Placid Citrus Growers Association (William Vogt).
24.35 Legal Department
24.36 Legislation
24.37 Legislative Committee
24.38 Logan, J.J. (Tom Huston Contract)
24.39 McQuaid, W.R.
24.40 Mediterranean Fruit Fly
24.41 Meetings, Board and Committees
24.42 Middleton, W.S. (Pomona, FL.)
24.43 Mims Citrus Growers Association
24.44 Miscellaneous Correspondence
24.45 National Cooperative Council
24.46 National Corporation Council (Bulletins)
24.47 New York Auction
Box Folder
113 24.48 Office (Tampa, Relocation Discussion)
24.49 Officers, Directors and Heads of Departments. 1930-1931
24.50 Parker, M.B.
24.51 Pennsylvania Co. (Loan)
24.52 Polk County Citrus Sub-Exchange
24.53 Pratt Archie M. (FL Citrus Growers Clearing House Association)
24.54 Reports
24.55 C.H. Robinson Co.
24.56 Royer & Co. (Elwood H.).
24.57 Sales Departments (E.E. Patterson). 1931 - 1934
24.58 Sales Departments (E.E. Patterson). Jan. 1930 - Feb. 1930
24.59 Sales Departments (E.E. Patterson). Mar. 1930 - Dec. 1930
24.60 Sales Departments (E.E. Patterson). Jul. 1929 - Dec. 1929
Box Folder
114 24.61 Scott, George A.
24.62 Selby, Howard (as Comptroller)
24.63 S.J. Shallow Co.
24.64 Shipments as Indicated by Shipping Register