Scope and Contents
Corporate records include articles of incorporation, by-laws, constitutions, preamble and amendments to constitutions, lists of officers and Board of Directors, and Board of Director's meeting minutes (1919-1936; 1936-1937).
Other minutes include Central Council meetings (1918), and Portland convention (December 6, 1918).
Also included are proceedings of Conventions in Spokane (December 9, 1918) and in Portland (January 6, 1919), and also a report of the 36th Semi-Annual Meeting of the 4L Board of Directors (November, 1936).
There is one folder containing two letters, and one folder of publications. Publications include two regarding the history of the union, one regarding camp sanitation (possibly regarding the Spruce Corporation work camps), a copy of the National Labor Relations act, and minutes of a meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association (November 16, 1918).
Dates
- 1918-1937
Creator
- Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (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 Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (Four L) was a "company union" created by Brice P. Disque, in 1917 (Mickelson).
Other men involved in the formation of the union were Charles T. Early, George Gerlinger, A. C. Dixon, and G. F. Hagenbush.
Brice P. Disque was in charge of the Spruce Production Division of the Bureau of Aircraft Production, and served as as the President of the United States Spruce Production Corporation, 1917-1919.
[Source: Mickelson, Erik. "The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen: The Origins of the World’s Largest Company Union and How it Conducted Business." Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects, Seattle General Strike Project, University of Washington (website). http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/mickelson]
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 container) : 1 legal manuscript box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (Four L) was a "company union" created by Brice P. Disque, in 1917. The collection (1918-1937) contains corporate records including constitutions and by-laws, minutes, convention proceedings, correspondence, and publications.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff in 1983; 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
- Constitutions Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Disque, Brice P., 1879-1960
- Labor Unions Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Logging Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Logging -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Logging -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century 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
- Lumbering -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumbering -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumbermen -- Labor unions -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States Spruce Production Corporation
- West Coast Lumbermen's Association
- Title
- Guide to the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen 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
