Content Description
This collection consists of one photograph album depciting the commercial logging and lumber operations of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company in Mosby Creek and Springfield, Oregon in the mid-twentieth century. The album contains 85 8"x10" black and white photographs with indexed identifying captions.
Photo #1 is absent.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1950s
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 Booth-Kelly Lumber Company was incorporated in 1896 by Robert and Henry Booth and George and Tom Kelly. The company owned and operated a sawmill in Springfield, Oregon with numerous logging operations on Lane County land holdings during the early twentieth century.
Extent
1.5 linear feet (1 container) : 1 12x15" flat box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of one photograph album depicting the commercial logging and lumbering operations of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company in Mosby Creek and Springfield, Oregon in the mid-twentieth century. The album contains 85 8"x10" black and white photographs with indexed identifying captions.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Fairlook Antiques at the Portland Book Fair, 2019.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alexa Goff, 2019.
Subject
- Booth-Kelly Lumber Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Booth-Kelly Lumber Mill photograph album
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Alexa Goff
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository