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Flax industry -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oregon Flax Fiber Company papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 872
Abstract

Correspondence, financial and personnel records of the Oregon Flax Fiber Company of Turner, Oregon.

Dates: 1916-1920

Edward G. Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2337
Abstract

Collection consists of manuscript correspondence to Edward G. Robinson and his wife, Frances Robinson, 1918-1929, from friends and business associates in Oregon and Tennessee, mostly regarding the flax industry in Oregon and the United States. Also included are miscellaneous documents regarding the flax industry. Robinson owned an electric company in Aurora, Oregon. He traveled to Europe to study flax culture and linen manufacture.

Dates: 1918-1929