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Nicolai Investment Co. records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Bx 029

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

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.

Related Materials

Other collections relating to the Nicolai Investment Co. at Special Collections and University Archives include: Nicolai Bros. Company records, Bx 028.

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

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

Contact:
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-1299 USA