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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 286 Collections and/or Records:

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

Standard Insurance Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2455
Abstract

Standard Insurance Company records, 1865-1946, include salary records, a cash book, stock portfolio records, agent accounts, and trial balance books. Also included are brochures, calendars, and abstract of title for a parcel of land in Southwest Portland. Standard Insurance was originally founded in Portland as the Oregon Life Insurance Company by a German immigrant, Leo Samuel (1847-1916), in 1906.

Dates: 1865-1946

John C. Standish collection on Halsey, Oregon, businesses

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1686
Abstract

Business records of blacksmiths working in Halsey, Oregon, including Cunningham & Legate, Legate & Worth, Worth & Standish, Standish Bros.

Dates: 1875-1907

Star Sand Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1839
Abstract

The Star Sand Company was incorporated in 1890. Collection consists of Star Sand Company account books, circa 1890-1950, with client lists.

Dates: circa 1890-1950

Justus Steinberger papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll686
Abstract

Papers of Justus Steinberger (1825-1870), particularly from his time in the 1850s working for Adams & Co. and then for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Steinberger was an agent for Adams & Co. in Portland, Oregon; he later became an officer in the U.S. Army.

Dates: 1852-1867; Majority of material found within 1852-1859

Sumpter Valley Railway records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2872
Abstract

Collection includes time sheets, financial records and reports of delays, conductors, train repairs, etc.

Dates: 1906-1929

Charles Swigert papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1761
Abstract

Charles Swigert was president of Pacific Bridge Co., president of Electric Steel Foundry Co., and chairman of the board of Willamette Iron and Steel Co. Papers include correspondence between Charles Swigert and Celia Swigert, as well as other correspondents; business papers of the City and Suburban Railroad Co., the Willamette-Ersted Co., Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co., and others.

Dates: 1901-1935