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Forestry and Forestry Products

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Patrick Lumber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1760
Abstract

The Patrick Lumber Company was founded in 1915 by Charles C. Patrick, who had previously been the sales manager for Bridal Veil Lumbering Company. Records include correspondence; lumber freight contracts; documents relating to lumber treating standards; financial records of the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company; advertisements; and lists of lumber prices and potential customers.

Dates: 1909-1951

Pelletier family histories

 Collection
Identifier: Coll841
Abstract

Biographies, memoir, obituaries, and photographs relating to the lives of Felix Albert Pelletier (1915-1981) and Bertha Hickman Pelletier (1913-1993), who were husband and wife. Felix Albert Pelletier was born in Canada and worked in the logging and lumber industries in Yamhill County and Albany, Oregon. Bertha Hickman Pelletier was born in Yamhill County, Oregon.

Dates: 1913-2018; Majority of material found within 1981-2018

Penn Timber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1725
Abstract

Records include a journal, canceled check book, and account book.

Dates: 1912-1933

Portland Manufacturing Company

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 837
Abstract

Typescript carbon copy of a history, written by Thomas J. Autzen, of the Portland Manufacturing Company, a veneer and plywood business. The document discusses the company's history, operations, and growth, as well as many of its employees. Autzen (1888-1958) took over the company after the death of his father, Peter Autzen, in 1918, and led the business for much of his life.

Dates: 1953 January 29