The Hawley Pulp and Paper Company was incorporated in Oregon in 1908 and was succeeded by a company incorporated in Delaware in 1926. It was formally dissolved in 1948. Records include minute books of both the original Oregon company and the later Delaware company, as well as miscellaneous business papers.

St. Helens Pulp and Paper Company was founded in 1925 by Willard P. Hawley and Willard P. Hawley, Jr., of the Hawley Pulp and Paper Company in Oregon City, Oregon. Max Oberdorfer was the founding manager. Collection includes correspondence, 1925-1928, between Oberdorfer and the Hawleys regarding plans to build a new paper mill in St. Helens, Oregon.