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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 273 Collections and/or Records:

Willamette Pulp and Paper Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1004
Abstract

Records of the Willamette Pulp and Paper Company of West Linn, Oregon, including outgoing correspondence, a ledger recording the amount of wood cut, contracts, and financial records. The company was founded in 1889, and later merged with the Crown-Columbia Paper Company and then with the Crown Zellerbach Corporation.

Dates: 1890-1909

Don S. Willner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1835
Abstract

Unprocessed papers, circa 1947-1980, of Don Willner, a Portland, Oregon, attorney.

Dates: circa 1947-1980

Andrew and Herbert Winfree papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2433
Abstract

Collection consists of papers and records relating to: the Fechheimer Estate Co., 1912-1931; the Broadway-Washington-Park Corp., 1931-1961; the Bridal Veil Power and Light Company, 1937-1947; the Bridal Veil Lumber and Box Company, 1940-1960; Oregon City Woolen Mills, 1954, and the Oregon City Manufacturing Company, 1954-1962. Also included are personal property taxes and papers relating to the estate of Hulda S. Ford.

Dates: 1873-1964

Charles Wolf papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2183
Abstract

Charles Wolf, an inventor, created the first commercial portable chainsaw, the Wolf Electric Drive Link Saw, patented in 1920. Papers consist of a stock certificate book for the Link Saw Company, 1921; typescript testimonial letters from construction contractors in Portland, Oregon, 1921, regarding the efficiency of the Wolf Electric Drive Link Saw; and a brochure for the saw, circa 1919-1920.

Dates: circa 1919-1921

Wolf & Son records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1619
Abstract

Collection includes quitclaim and warranty deeds, mortgages and articles of incorporation for Silverton Mining Co.; miscellaneous financial records, patents for hop drier and business correspondence, 1898-1910; ledgers, 1894-1921.

Dates: circa 1891-1925

Wolff & Trimble account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 799
Abstract

Account book of Wolff & Trimble attorneys-at-law, Portland, Oregon, occasionally describing cases taken.

Dates: 1867-1873

Wonder Stores Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2113
Abstract

Legal and financial records of the Wonder Stores Company, 1915-1921, including receipts, stock certificates, correspondence, tax returns, and insurance. Also included is a record book, 1 volume, 1915-1921, with minutes, articles of incorporation and lists of stockholders.

Dates: 1915-1921

James McIntosh Wood papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2656
Abstract

Papers include a diary, October 1878-January 1879, regarding James McIntosh Wood's trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a representative of an American coffee company; and manuscript correspondence, 1888-1927, regarding personal and family matters.

Dates: 1878-1927

Lazarus Wright papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2111
Abstract

Manuscript bill of sale from Lazarus Wright to James H. Bean for a third of the machinery of the Myrtle Creek Flouring Mill in Myrtle Creek, Oregon, 1860.

Dates: 1860

Theodore Wygant papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2082
Abstract

Bond of Enrollment, Theodore Wygant, for the steamer Yakima, Portland, Oregon, June 13, 1865; and business licenses for Wygant to operate with the Lower Willamette Steamboat Company, Oregon City, Oregon, and the Upper Willamette Steamboat Company, Oregon City, Oregon, January 31, 1863.

Dates: 1863-1865