Businesses and Corporations

Papers of C. C. Patrick (1879-1960), a lumber businessman from Oregon. Papers primarily relate to his work in the lumber industry, including his firm, the Patrick Lumber Company; other materials include political papers and personal papers. Patrick worked at the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company and the Douglas Fir Sales Company before founding the Patrick Lumber Company in 1915.

Twenty-five ledgers containing sales records of the Patrick Lumber Company, covering the period 1915-1959. The Patrick Lumber Company is a firm based in Portland, Oregon; it was founded in 1915 by C. C. Patrick (1879-1960).

Four black and white photographs of the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company in Portland, Oregon, including a panorama and an aerial view, and photos of employees and equipment.

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

Records of an iron manufacturing company of Portland, Oregon. Includes minutes of board meetings, a small amount of correspondence, proxy slips, stock certificates, and articles of incorporation.

Account book for a drugstore run by Dr. Orlando Pleasant Shields Plummer and Fabian Byerley in Portland, Oregon.

Unprocessed collection of records of the Plummer Drug Company, primarily prescription forms.

Papers of an Oregon businessman, consisting primarily of the records of the Alsea Packing Company, of which he was part owner. Also includes blueprint of Polhemus's house in northwest Portland, Oregon.

Unprocessed papers of William Pollman, who was born in Quincy, Illinois, in 1867 and came to Oregon in 1889. He was a businessman in Baker County, Oregon, and ran a successful meat business with J.A. Geddes.

The Portland Center Company was a commercial real estate firm in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes articles of incorporation, minutes, stockholder lists and other administrative documents, including records of the leasing of the Broadway Building to Nordstrom, Inc. in 1950.