Businesses and Corporations
Found in 275 Collections and/or Records:
Willamette Iron and Steel Company records
Collection includes business documents and plans, circa 1902-1944. Willamette Iron Works began operating in Portland, Oregon, in 1865, and was known for producing the "Willamette Donkey" for logging operations. During World War II, it became a shipbuilding contractor for the United States government. It changed names several times and was variously known as Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Willamette Iron and Steel Corporation, Willamette Iron and Steel Company, and Wisco.
Willamette Iron and Steel Works records
Manuscript specifications for a marine-fire-box boiler, a type of steam engine, August 1889, prepared for J. B. Montgomery.
Willamette Pulp and Paper Company records
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.
Don S. Willner papers
Unprocessed papers, circa 1947-1980, of Don Willner, a Portland, Oregon, attorney.
Andrew and Herbert Winfree papers
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.
Charles Wolf papers
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.
Wolf & Son records
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.
Wolff & Trimble account book
Account book of Wolff & Trimble attorneys-at-law, Portland, Oregon, occasionally describing cases taken.
Wonder Stores Company records
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.
James McIntosh Wood papers
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.