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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 282 Collections and/or Records:

Seufert Bros. cannery plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3070
Abstract

Collection includes 28 plans, elevations and sections on 6 sheets of a cannery for the Seufert Brothers in The Dalles, Oregon. The Seufert Bros. Company was founded in 1884 in The Dalles by brothers Francis A. and Theodore J. Seufert, whose business dominated the fish canning and packing business on the Columbia River for many years.

Dates: circa 1844-1954

Shaver Transportation Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2021
Abstract

Records include minutes, 1893-1930; bills of sale of enrolled vessels, 1893-1933; history of the Shaver Transportation Company, 1893-1959; plan of proposed boat mooring; history of Shaver Forwarding Co. and Tidewater-Shaver Barge Lines, 1932-1943.

Dates: 1893-1959

Sibson, Quackenbush, and Company ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 744
Abstract

Ledger of a wheat company, with letter from Oregon Historical Society librarian Dorothy Hirsch regarding research on the identification of the ledger.

Dates: 1885-1887

Silver Falls Timber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1718
Abstract

Miscellaneous records of the Silver Falls Timber Company.

Dates: circa 1850-1980

Smith and Watson Iron Works factory plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3071
Abstract

Collection includes 11 plans, elevations and sections on 8 sheets of a factory for Smith and Watson Iron Works at SW Front Ave. (now SW Naito Parkway) and SW Harrison St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1908

Smith family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2530
Abstract Basil Burton Smith, Percy Barrett Smith, and Dexter R. Smith were inventors, designers, and owners of the Pacific School of Engineering, Smith Aeroplane Co., Rankin School of Flying, and Smith Auto Electric Elevator Co. of Portland, Oregon. Collection includes articles of incorporation, correspondence, course outlines, and other documents for the Pacific School of Engineering, 1930; stock offers and lesson materials for the Rankin School of Flying, 1927-1928; articles of incorporation and...
Dates: 1863-1939

Southern Pacific Gold Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2765
Abstract

Southern Pacific Gold Company was headquartered in Spokane, Washington, with gold interests in Grants Pass, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence between L. T. Matthews and R. E. Pinney regarding payroll and conditions of mines and labor in Grants Pass.

Dates: 1906

Spencer, Dey & Hampson account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2788
Abstract

Spencer, Dey & Hampson was a Portland, Oregon, law firm. Its partners were Omar C. Spencer, Ben C. Dey, and Alfred A. Hampson. Collection consists of a manuscript account book containing fees, rent and partners' dividends. Also includes Hampson's and Dey's individual records of their own work and fees.

Dates: 1906-1914

Sperry Flour Mills account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1698
Abstract

Account book for Sperry Flour Mills, 1920-1922.

Dates: 1920-1922

St. Helens Pulp and Paper Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2786
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1925-1928