Brookings, Oregon collection
Scope and Contents
Collection includes typescript "General Scheme for Development," 1933, by W. J. Ward, regarding a plan to develop the area around Chetco Cove and Brookings; typescript history of the area and the Brookings Timber and Land Company, 7 pages, circa 1940, with description.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1933-1940
Creator
- Ward, William J. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Historical note
Brookings, Oregon, had its origins in Native American villages and, in the 1850s, gold mining. In 1900, the land was acquired by William Ward in the name of the Brookings Box and Lumber Company of St. Louis, Missouri (later merged with the California and Oregon Lumber Company).
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes typescript "General Scheme for Development," 1933, by W. J. Ward, regarding a plan to develop the area around Chetco Cove and Brookings; typescript history of the area and the Brookings Timber and Land Company, circa 1940, with description.
Subject
- Ward, William J. (Person)
- Brookings Box and Lumber Company (St. Louis, Mo.) (Organization)
- Brookings Lumber Company (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Brookings, Oregon collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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Portland OR 97205 United States
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