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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 273 Collections and/or Records:

Hiram Terwilliger account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 933
Abstract

Bound account book with an Oregon Seed Store stamp on the front, with entries from June 11, 1869, to December 31, 1869, and one entry from March 1873. The Oregon Seed Store was operated by Hiram Terwilliger in Portland for a year and a half beginning in 1869.

Dates: 1869-1873

The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company eecords

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 47
Abstract

Records of a company that operated steamboats on the Columbia River, carrying passengers and freight between Portland, Oregon, and The Dalles, Oregon.

Dates: 1890 May-1919 June

Tide Water Mill Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1723
Abstract

Records include business correspondence and minute books with articles of incorporation, balance sheets and certificate of dissolution.

Dates: 1912-1949

Fred Trow account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 789
Abstract

Account book for Fred Trow's general store in Rainier, Oregon.

Dates: 1907-1921

Ukase Investment Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1810
Abstract

Ukase Investment Company was incorporated in 1910 with William Kanan Smith as president. Records include correspondence; homestead certificate; property lists; agreements; deeds; promissory notes; and mortgages.

Dates: 1856-1946

Nicholas Ungar papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 932
Abstract

Scrapbooks, correspondence, and ephemera of Nicholas Ungar (1884-1975). Ungar was a Hungarian American who operated a women's fur clothing store in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1914-1944; Majority of material found within 1931-1937

Collection on the United States Spruce Production Corporation

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2108
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript reports, articles, and correspondence by Clarke Beach, Gordon G. Macnab, etc., 1942-1946, regarding the liquidation of the United States Spruce Production Corporation after the end of World War I.

Dates: 1942-1946

Henry Brooks Van Duzer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1787
Abstract Henry Brooks Van Duzer was born in New York in 1874 and came to Oregon in 1898. He was the president of Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company and the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and served on the Oregon State Highway Commission from 1923 to 1931. Collection includes personal, family, and business correspondence; scrapbooks and memorabilia regarding Duzer's activities with the U.S. Fir Production Board, the Chamber of Commerce, the Democratic Party, and the highway commission; and minutes, financial...
Dates: 1847-1960; Majority of material found within 1905-1951

Nicholas Versteeg papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1053
Abstract

Materials related to Nicholas Versteeg and Versteeg Brick Works, his business in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes an account book, 1869-1872, for Versteeg Brick Works; Versteeg's will and estate papers; and family documents, including war ration books, 1942-1945.

Dates: 1869-1945

William Wadhams letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2663
Abstract

William Wadhams (1831-1905) was a pioneer grocer and founder of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, Sellwood Presbyterian Church, and the Portland YMCA. Collection includes correspondence regarding Reverend W. H. Landon and his move to Portland to become pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, William Wadhams' business, Wadhams and Kerr Brothers, and church work.

Dates: 1866-1902