Claus Spreckels: Robber Baron and Sugar King Documents

In the fall of 1881, the San Francisco Chronicle, an early adopter of the so-called “yellow press” style of journalism,…

In the fall of 1881, the San Francisco Chronicle, an early adopter of the so-called “yellow press” style of journalism,…

For several years, Claus Spreckels was the dominant economic and political force in Hawaii, more influential than King Kalakaua. While…

Claus Spreckels was often characterized as a rational man driven by his desire to accumulate wealth. The document, however, paints…

Claus Spreckels’ decision to erect the world’s largest sugar refinery in Philadelphia and to fight the Sugar Trust face-to-face is…

Public interest in the rich and the super-rich was often a product of the notion that one could succeed in…

Claus Spreckels was the father of the American beet sugar industry. In the early 1890s, beet sugar production had surpassed…

Spreckels’ Van Ness mansion was one of the most expensive private California homes of its time. Its architecture was similar…

Beginning in the mid-1860s, travelling was a permanent part of Claus Spreckels’ entrepreneurial activities. During the last three decades of…

The Temple of Music was Claus Spreckels’ most expensive gift to his adopted hometown of San Francisco. It was a…

An obituary reports the death of a person and gives an account of his or her life. In this case,…

Family tree of the Spreckels family.