Scope and Contents
The collection (1911) contains articles of incorporation, stock records, by-laws, and meeting minutes.
Dates
- 1911
Creator
- Sherwood Placer Mining Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Sherwood Placer Mining Company, of Portland, Oregon was a general mining and milling firm that owned, operated, rented all types of ore and bullion mining and milling operations, and also water rights. The firm was incorporated by H. L. Sherwood, C. L. Knerr, Herbert L. Gill, G. W. Huffman, H. P. Seppenfield, and Wayne B. Gill.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 container) : 1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sherwood Placer Mining Company, of Portland, Oregon was a general mining and milling firm that owned, operated, and rented ore and bullion mining and milling operations, and also water rights. The collection (1911) contains articles of incorporation, stock records, by-laws, and meeting minutes.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff in the 1970s; and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Articles of incorporation Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Bylaws (administrative records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Gold mines and mining -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines and mineral resources -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mining corporations -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Placer mining -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sherwood Placer Mining Company
- Water rights -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Sherwood Placer Mining Co. Records
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
