Scope and Contents
The collection contains corporate and administrative records interspersed throughout the collection, including articles of incorporation, by-laws, financial statements, ledgers of stockholder's and Board of Director's meeting minutes, resolutions, and correspondence.
The collection also contains tax and liquidation records, capital surplus files, correspondence notebooks, including notebooks of Harry T. Nicolai correspondence.
There are also files on the Oregon-Washington Plywood company, and the Chicago Plywood company.
Dates
- 1922-1957
Creator
- Nicolai, Harry T. (Person)
- Nicolai Investment Co. (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 Nicolai family of Portland, Oregon established an Investment company that was incorporated in 1922 by Harry T. Nicolai, Charles E. McCulloch, and Marvin K. Holland. The family also ran a sawmill business and a door and sash manufacturing company, among other business ventures.
Louis Nicolai (1838 - ), of Saxony, Germany, and his family emigrated to America when he was fifteen years old. They travelled to Oregon in 1868. Family members and especially the brothers that helped run the companies were Adolph, Theodore, William, Harry T., and Arthur F.
Extent
3.25 linear feet (2 containers, 1 volume) : 2 record storage boxes, and 1 volume box.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Nicolai family of Portland, Oregon established an investment company, incorporated in 1922 by Harry T. Nicolai, Charles E. McCulloch, and Marvin K. Holland, and also operated a sawmill business and a door and sash manufacturing company, among other business ventures. The collection (1922-1957) contains corporate and administrative records including articles of incorporation, by-laws, financial statements, minutes, correspondence, tax and liquidation records, and files regarding the Oregon-Washington, and Chicago Plywood companies.
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
- Business enterprises -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Business records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Bylaws (administrative records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Chicago Plywood Company
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Holland, Marvin K.
- McCulloch, Charles E., 1882-1961
- Nicolai family
- Nicolai, Harry T.
- Oregon-Washington Plywood Company
- Plywood industry -- Illinois -- Chicago Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Plywood industry -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sawmills -- Oregon -- Garibaldi Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tax records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Nicolai Investment 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
