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Lumbering -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Abilene and Southern Railway Company Defendant records

 Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025041801818]
Identifier: Bx 153
Abstract

In 1922, the West Coast Lumberman's Association sued the Abilene and Southern Railway Co. regarding "unjust and unreasonable" lumber rates. The collection (1922-1924) contains testimonies, briefs, exhibits, lumber company statistics and research, and correspondence used in the case.

Dates: 1922-1924

Booth-Kelly Lumber Mill photograph album

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025041814068]
Identifier: PH 381
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.

Dates: circa 1950s

Junior F. Daggett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 029
Abstract

Junior F. Daggett (1891-1960) was a lumberman in Prineville, Oregon. Papers include correspondence, legislative documents, and subject files relating to Daggett's work in the lumber industry spanning multiple organizations.

Dates: 1936-1960; Majority of material found within 1936-1955

Forest Grove Door and Lumber Company minute book

 Collection — Multiple collection box [B 026] 1: [Barcode: 35025042751988]
Identifier: B 026
Abstract

Forest Grove Door and Lumber Co was the sucessor to J.L. Smith and Son and manufactured lumber, sash, moulding, and furniture. The Forest Grove Door and Lumber Co. collection contains a minute book of the board of directors and loose correspondence.

Dates: 1892-1894

Dugald W. L. MacGregor correspondence

 Collection — Multiple collection box [35025041944725]: [Barcode: 35025041944725]
Identifier: A 072
Abstract

MacGregor was manager of the Buenos Aires office of Balfour, Williamson in 1905. The correspondence in this letterpress book concerns commercial affairs, particularly trade in Pacific Northwest lumber.

Dates: 1904-1905

T. Metcalf letter to Albert A. Durham

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1852 Aug 14] 1: [Barcode: i49071579]
Identifier: CA 1852 Aug 14
Abstract

T. Metcalf was the superintendent of public works for the town of Oswego. The collection consists of a copy of a single letter from T. Metcalf to Albert A. Durham concerning a business trip to Hawaii.

Dates: 1852 August 14

T. Metcalf letter to Albert A. Durham

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1854 Mar 29] 1: [Barcode: i49071622]
Identifier: CA 1854 Mar 29
Abstract

T. Metcalf was the superintendant of public works for the town of Oswego. The collection consists of a copy of a single letter from T. Metcalf to Albert A. Durham concerning a business trip to Hawaii.

Dates: 1854 March 29

T. Metcalf memorandum of agreement

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1852 Feb 19] 1: [Barcode: i4907152x]
Identifier: CA 1852 Feb 19
Abstract

T. Metcalf was the superintendent of public works for the town of Oswego. The collection consists of a lumber contract brokered by Metcalf between the Hawaiian Government and Albert A. Durham of Oswego, Oregon.

Dates: 1852 February 19

Shevlin-Hixson logging operation photograph album

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025042871307]
Identifier: PH 203_044
Abstract

The collection consists of one album of Shevlin-Hixson logging operations in Bend, including men and women mill workers, mill, kitchen and dining hall, and logging and milling equipment.

Dates: circa 1930s

Stadden Photographic Studio photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: PH 010
Abstract

John Hawthorne Stadden (1873-1961) was an itinerant Northwest photographer from 1907-1909 and opened Stadden Photographic Studio in Marshfield (Coos Bay) in 1909. The collection consists of images of the Coos Bay area of the Oregon coast, c. 1910-1920.

Dates: 1910-1920

Samuel J. Steckel diary

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: ALMA429377]
Identifier: A 117
Abstract

Samuel J Steckel was the owner of Steckels Sawmill located on the West Evans Creek, in Jackson County, Oregon. His diary describes in detail his day to day activities including the status of the mill, his family life and the weather.

Dates: 1882-1883

George Browne Van Waters papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 215
Abstract

George Browne Van Waters (1856-1934) was a Protestant Episcopal clergyman who served in Pennsylvania before traveling to Oregon where he became the Oregon Diocese from 1891-1924, and founded St. David's and Grace Memorial Church in Portland, Oregon. The collection contains correspondence, parish records, sermons, a timber account book, family legal and financial papers, and penal reform documents by Miriam Van Waters.

Dates: 1879-1939