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Forestry and Forestry Products

 Subject

Subject Source: archiveswest

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Merlo papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1136
Abstract Papers of Harry Merlo (1925-2016), a timber executive from Portland, Oregon. Merlo was the first chief executive of the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation after it was spun off from Georgia-Pacific in 1973. In 1995, he was forced to resign in the wake of lawsuits about the firm's home-siding products and a 56-count federal indictment charging the company with a scheme to defraud customers and with skirting environmental regulations. This collection includes materials relating to business Merlo...
Dates: 1982-1999

Miller Freeman Publications, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2905
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, reports and articles, circa 1922-1953; plans for lumber equipment, circa 1919-1953; and charts, maps, graphs, etc., 1919-1953, regarding the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: circa 1919-1953

Modoc Lumber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1734
Abstract

Miscellaneous records of the Modoc Lumber Company.

Dates: 1948-1960

Stuart Moir papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 652
Abstract

Unprocessed collection including materials relating to forestry, forest management, logging, and sawmills in the Pacific Northwest, as well as certificates and diplomas. Stuart Moir (1892-1961) was chief forester for the Western Pine Association, forest counsel for the Western Forestry & Conservation Association, and consulting forester for Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1921-1960

Nease Timber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2458
Abstract

Records consist of timber cruising logs, 1871-1890 and 1915-1917, for Lake and Malheur counties, Oregon, and for Boise, Elmore and Latch counties, Idaho. Also included is a field plat book for the Boise, Idaho, area.

Dates: 1871-1917

James O'Keane papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1719
Abstract

James O'Keane (born 1871) was a timber assessor, surveyor, realtor, and trustee of Alaska United Copper Exploration in Seattle. Papers include correspondence regarding business; correspondence with Frank L. Huston; correspondence of Victor H. Beckman; correspondence and records of Alaska United Copper Exploration; timber cruise notebooks; and papers of Dole Lumber Co. and Northern Pacific Railways.

Dates: 1885-1960

Oregon Timber Transport Operators records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 392
Abstract

Records of a short-lived organization that was formed in 1951 to address concerns about logging truck safety on the Oregon's highways.

Dates: circa 1951-1957

Oral history interview with John Osborn

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2712
Abstract

Oral history interview with John Osborn, conducted by Clark Hansen in two sessions, on April 8 and April 12, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Osborn discusses connections between the history of the Northern Pacific Railroad land grants, logging practices of companies such as Weyerhaeuser, and heavy metal pollution in the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 1999 April 8-12

Pacific Northwest Loggers Association records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2405
Abstract

Unprocessed collection consisting of annual reports, inventory, and sales analysis statistics for British Columbia, Columbia River, Gray's Harbor and Puget Sound districts, 1934-1962.

Dates: 1934-1962

Panel & Folding Box Co. photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 308
Abstract

Album containing 12 black and white photographs of exterior and interior views of the Panel & Folding Box Co. in Hoquiam, Washington. Subjects include employees at work, sawmill and planing mill scenes, dry kilns, and lumber.

Dates: circa 1910-1919