Correspondence related to the Panama-California Exposition from
San Diego Public Library, Special Collections

Most of these letters are in reference to construction of the Fine Arts Building and its St. Francis Chapel, known here as the Chapel.

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1913/09/06   Letter from Brown & DeCew to Panama-California Exposition re bid for Fine Arts Building=$91,330.00
1913/11/08   Letter from Brown & DeCew to Park Board re bid for suspended ceiling in Fine Arts Building
1913/11/25   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to John Forward, Jr. re fire plugs and telephones in Fine Arts Building
1913/12/17   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Board of Park Commissioners re extra work for Brown & DeCew in Fine Arts Building
1913/12/19   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Board of Park Commissioners re telegram from Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson re changes in plans for chapel, stairs, ceiling of Fine Arts Building; Caldwell; Belcher
1913/12/29   Letter from CSOF? to Carleton M. Winslow re finish hardware contract with Sargent and Co. for Fine Arts Building; tiling of other rooms like the chapel
1914/01/02   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Commissioners re funds for Fine Arts Building
1914/01/08   Letter from Brown & DeCew to Carleton M. Winslow re estimated cost for work on Transformer Room, retaining walls, etc in Fine Arts Building
1914/01/10   Letter from Secretary JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Carleton M. Winslow re hardware and bell for Fine Arts Building; Goodhue, Sargent & Co.; Western Metal Supply Co.
1914/01/30   Letter from Bertram G. Goodhue to J.B. Pendleton re bell for Fine Arts Building
1914/02/12   Letter from Secretary JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Bertram G. Goodhue re approval of bell for Fine Arts Building
1914/02/17   Letter from Secretary JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to R.E. Noble & Co. re claims for future bills (for Fine Arts Building?)
1914/02/27   Letter from Brown & DeCew to Carleton M. Winslow re charge for changes in tiling of East Gateway of Fine Arts Building
1914/03/06   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Board re sewer line for Fine Arts Building
1914/03/07   Letter from J.B. Pendleton to Brown & DeCew re sewer line and permit for Fine Arts Building
1914/03/07   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Commissioners re Brown & DeCew work tiling, ceiling, fountain for Fine Arts Building; Goodhue prepared new drawing for ceiling
1914/03/13   Letter from Bertram G. Goodhue to Carleton M. Winslow re Brown & DeCew, concrete, cement, granolithic floors for Fine Arts Building Fine Arts Building
1914/03/14   Letter from Secretary to Carleton M. Winslow re approval of Brown & DeCew tile work on East Gateway, concrete, cement, granolithic floors for Fine Arts Building
1914/03/14   Letter from JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Brown & DeCew re action taken by board; copy of letter to Winslow
1914/03/17   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Brown & DeCew re bids and estimates for Fine Arts Building accepted
1914/03/18   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Commissioners re Brown & DeCew work on flooring for Fine Arts Building
1914/04/03   Letter from Bertram G. Goodhue to John Forward hand-written on “The California Limited” re misstated cost of Goodhue’s commission (for Fine Arts Building?)
1914/04/04   Letter from Bertram G. Goodhue to John Forward re funds for Fine Arts Building
1914/04/06   Letter from John F. Forward, Jr to Bertram G. Goodhue re architect’s fee for Fine Arts Building
1914/04/16   Letter from Bertram G. Goodhue to John Forward re compensation for abandoned plans for Fine Arts Building
1914/04/17 –after   Letter from to Brown & DeCew re “bid accepted” for west staircase ceiling of Fine Arts Building
1914/05/13   Notarized letter from Piccirilli Brothers to Board of Park Commissioners re payment for their work
1914/05/27   from Carleton M. Winslow to Board of Park Commissioners re budget and items for St Francis Chapel; bell from Benoliel in Gibraltar; Goodhue
1914/05/29   Letter from Secretary JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Carleton M. Winslow re approval of $8,000 additional to furnish chapel, ceilings, stairs of Fine Arts Building
1914/06/19   Letter from Secretary JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Bertram G. Goodhue re electric reflectors for main exhibit hall, ceilings, stairs of Fine Arts Building
1914/07/18   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Bertram G. Goodhue re billing Park Commission; J.B. Pendleton; Brown and DeCew; cost of California Quadrangle?
1914/07/21   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to J.B. Pendleton re shipping the bell for Fine Arts Building above St. Francis Chapel.
1914/07/27   Letter from Bertram G. Goodhue to Frank J. Belcher, Jr. re clarification of commissions due.
1914/08/01   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Pioneer Truck Co. re shipping the bell for Fine Arts Building above St. Francis Chapel.
1914/08/28   Letter from L.C. Martinez to Carleton M. Winslow re the bell for Fine Arts Building above St. Francis Chapel.
1914/08/27   Letter from S.E. Benoliel & Co, Gibraltar, to Carleton M. Winslow re bell for Fine Arts Building above St. Francis Chapel.
1914/09/11   Letter from Tice & Lynch to Carleton M. Winslow re bell for Fine Arts Building above St. Francis Chapel.
1914/9/31 & 1914/10/01   Letters from contractor Winter & Nicholson and from Carleton M. Winslow re construction of aviary.
1914/10/06   Letter from Johns-Manville Co. to Park Board Commissioner (J.B. Pendleton) re invoice for fixtures furnished items (for St Francis Chapel, Fine Arts Building?)
1914/10/08   Receipt from Penfold for keys to Fine Arts Building; Pendleton
1914/10/22   Letter from JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Tice & Lynch re bell to go above St Francis Chapel, Fine Arts Building
1914/10/22   Letter from JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Johns-Manville Co. re bill from Goodhue (for St Francis Chapel, Fine Arts Building?)
1914/10/22   Letter from JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Edward F Caldwell & Co. re invoice (for St Francis Chapel, Fine Arts Building?)
1914/10/22   Letter from JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Piccirilli Brothers re payment of claim (for St Francis Chapel, Fine Arts Building?)
1914/10/22   Letter from JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Bertram G. Goodhue re payment of claim for bell for St Francis Chapel, Fine Arts Building
1914/11/11   Letter from Bertram G. Goodhue to J.B. Pendleton re items for St Francis Chapel, Fine Arts Building
1914/12/17   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Commissioners re items for Fine Arts Building chapel
1914/12/22   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Commissioners re report on extra furnishings for the chapel in Fine Arts Building.
1915/01/02   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Commissioners re expenses and work on Fine Arts Building.
1915/02/02   Telegram from Edward F.Caldwell & Co. to Carleton M. Winslow “telegraph our expense when Panama-California Exposition will settle account”
1915/02/02   Letter from Edward F.Caldwell & Co. to Carleton M. Winslow “telegraph our expense when Panama-California Exposition will settle account”
1915/02/02   Telegram from Carleton M. Winslow to Edward F.Caldwell & Co ” will undoubtedly be settled by end of month”
1915/02/27   Letter from National Metalizing Co. to Bertram G. Goodhue re non-payment of claim for work done “many months ago” (for St Francis Chapel, Fine Arts Building?)
1915/03/04   Letter from Bertram G. Goodhue to Carleton M. Winslow re non-payment of claim for work done by National Metalizing Co.
1915/03/11   Letter from JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Mack, Jenny and Tyler re explanation of bills
1915/03/11   Letter from JBP (J.B. Pendleton) to Carleton M. Winslow re explanation of delay in payment to National Metalizing Co. for a fountain in the Fine Arts Building; Goodhue
1915/01/16   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to J.B. Pendleton re balance due for work on Fine Arts Building?
1915/04/30   Letter from W.S. Budworth & Son to J.B. Pendleton re invoices (for work on Fine Arts Building?)
1915/07/23   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Porter, Smith, and Cummings re stripping and furring in the Comfort Station
1915/07/30   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Commissioners re Porter, Smith, and Cummings payment for the Public Comfort Station
1915, August   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Commissioners re Porter, Smith, and Cummings payment for the Public Comfort Station; OK by J. Morley
1915/08/18   Notice of completion of project from Carleton M. Winslow re Porter, Smith, and Cummings completion of Public Comfort Station
1915/July-September   Letter from Carleton M. Winslow to Park Commissioners re comfort station near Quince St
1916/08/30   Letter from Supt of Parks to Carleton M. Winslow re move to Los Angeles.