Louis Family Papers

The Louis Family Papers contains nineteenth- and early twentieth-century business records and personal papers of the Louis family, a prominent and pioneering mercantile family in San Luis Obispo, California. Born in China, Wong On (Ah Louis) migrated to the United States in 1861 and opened a Chinese mercantile store in San Luis Obispo in 1874. Included are the records of Louis' children, of which Howard Louis' records comprise the bulk. The collection is comprised of approximately 20 linear feet of family correspondence, financial and legal records, and business correspondence and financial records. More information available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8348mwz/

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Box-rent receipt, 1888
Local Identifier
167-7-b-28-05-01
Date Created
1888-04-14
Description

The box-rent receipt for Ah Louis in 1888. The rental lasted for a quarter of a year and ended June 30, 1888. The price was 75 cents. The back of the receipt lists the regulations of the rental. Handwritten Chinese script is written across the regulations.

2 items in Collection
Box-rent receipt, July 1888
Local Identifier
167-7-b-28-05-02
Date Created
1888-07-14
Description

A box-rent receipt for Ah Louis (spelled 'Luis' in the document). This rental lasted for a quarter of 1888, from July 14 to September 30. The price was 75 cents. On the back of the receipt are regulations for the rental. Chinese script is written over the regulations.

2 items in Collection
San Luis Water Co. receipt, April 1, 1888
Local Identifier
167-7-b-28-07-01
Date Created
1888-04-01
Description

Receipt for payment by Ah Louis (spelled Luis in the document) to the San Luis Water Co., for March 1 to April 1, 1888. Details of the payment and water services are listed on the receipt, as well as the bill price of fourteen dollars and fifty cents. On the back of the receipt is a line of Chinese script.

2 items in Collection
[Louis family scrapbook, China trip, 1933]
Local Identifier
167-6-d-16-02-01
Date Created
1933 (year uncertain)
Description

Scrapbook with photographs from the Louis' trip to China in 1933. Includes family photographs, photographs on the S.S. President Hoover and photographs of sights and people in Honolulu, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Canton (Guangdong Province).

75 items in Collection
[Howard Louis' Scrapbook, 1927-1933]
Local Identifier
167-6-c-11-01-01
Date Created
1926 to 1933
Description

Scrapbook created by Howard "Toby" Louis, between 1926 and 1932, primarily during his time at San Luis High school and college at U.C. Berkeley. Includes photos of friends and family, including Fred Louis, Ah Louis (Wong On), Helen Louis, Elsie Louis, and the Louis and Watson families. Includes photographs of track and field, football, and other athletic events. Includes photographs of trips to Yosemite, the Ah Louis Store, and local Central Coast trips.

120 items in Collection
Louis Family Scrapbook, China Trip, 1932-1933
Local Identifier
167-6-d-16-01-01
Date Created
1932 to 1933
Description

Scrapbook created by Howard Louis. Includes photographs from the Louis family's trip to China in the early 1930s.

34 items in Collection
Money receipt from Ah Louis to [Tony Luck Jun?]
Local Identifier
167-7-e-29-20-01
Date Created
1891-10-07
Description

Money receipt paid by Ah Louis for [Tony Luck Jun?]. It reads as follows: 'San Luis Obispo, CAl. Office, State of Oct 7 1891; RECEIVED from Ah Louis; gold coin valued at Twenty Dollars; Addressed [Tony Luck Jun?]; 742 Commercial St San Francisco'

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