Pacific Northwest Hardwood Association records
Scope and Contents
The collection (1933) contains meeting minutes, expenses and dues, clippings and articles regarding the association and the code, and a listing of the lumber companies that were members of the association.
Dates
- 1933
Creator
- Pacific Northwest Hardwood Association (Portland, Or.) (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
The Pacific Northwest Hardwood Association, of Portland, Oregon, was formed to encourage compliance with the lumber code of the National Recovery Act of 1933. The association made sure member lumber companies abided by the code which set maximum hours of labor, and a minimum wage.
The organization did not incorporate. Officers were J. A. Irwin, B. B. Ostlind, F. C. Goodyear, A. R. DeBurgh, and M. L. Mead.
Extent
0.025 linear feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Pacific Northwest Hardwood Association, of Portland, Oregon, was formed to encourage compliance with the lumber code of the National Recovery Act of 1933. The collection (1933) contains meeting minutes, expenses and dues, clippings and articles regarding the association and the code, and a listing of the lumber companies that were members of the association.
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.
- Clippings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Forest products industry -- Northwest, Pacific Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forests and forestry -- Economic aspects -- Northwest, Pacific Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumber trade -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumber trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Membership lists Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pacific Northwest Hardwood Association (Portland, Or.)
- Timber -- Oregon. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
- United States. National Recovery Administration
- Title
- Guide to the Pacific Northwest Hardwood Association 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
