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Lumber industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

American Land and Timber Company records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3075
Abstract

The collection contains articles of incorporation, May 1911; minutes of the Board of Directors; an account ledger, 1911-1929; two cashbooks, 1911-1929; a tract book describing the land owned, its location, and the amount and quality of timber; and two maps of the area. Also included are stock certificates, 1919-1920.

Dates: 1911-1929

Clyde Iron Works records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2365
Abstract

The collection contains records of Clyde Iron Company (1889), Northwestern Supply Company (1899), Northwestern Manufacturing Company (1899), Clyde Iron Works, Cleveland Duluth Company, Inc. (1920), Willamette Clyde Company (Oregon, 1923), Cleveland Duluth Holding Company of Minnesota (1926) and Clyde Iron Works Sales Company (renamed Clyde Sales Company) the sole distributor for Clyde Iron Works. There are no records of the Clyde Equipment Company.

Dates: 1889-1970

John Fritzen papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S3002
Abstract

The collection contains handwritten notes on logging and the lumber business, a small amount of correspondence, manuscripts and biographical materials.

Dates: 1932-1977

Walter Joss Green papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3170
Abstract

The collection contains letters from Mitchell and McClure Lumber to Walter Green including a contract as the captain of  the tug Ada Barrett for the 1898 sailing season and two letters of reference; other letters concerning Green's work in the harbor; a memorial card for Walter Joss who is presumably Green's maternal grandfather; and citizenship papers.

Dates: 1858-1904; Majority of material found in 1858, 1888-1904

Heimbach Family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4583
Abstract

The collection consists of three photographs and one business ledger. The photographs are a portrait of William P. Heimbach, one image of Duluth and Superior lumbermen at an outing at Namekan Lake Sept 5-7, 1919, the Virginia & Rainy Lake Co., and employees of the Endion Lumber Co, about 1920. The one volume ledger is from the Heimbach Lumber Company cover March through July, 1883.

Dates: 1883-circa 1920; Majority of material found in 1883, 1919-1920?

Emery A. Houghton photographs

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3796
Abstract

The collection consists of 36 photographs, 28 of them in an album. Subjects of the photographs include: views of Duluth, Central High School, view of West End, Duluth Imperial Mill Co., snow scenes, logging camp and lumbering scenes, buildings, Whaleback ships, Incline Railroad at 6th Avenue West, grain elevators, Park Point bathers chute, train wreck and lake vessels.

Dates: circa 1895-1906

Lumber Company records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4578
Abstract

The collection contains receipts, letters, insurance documents, daily statements and miscellaneous items removed from the newspaper clippings files about logging to establish a small collection of items related to logging companies.

Dates: 1871-1937

Mattson, Charles G. and Grace W. family papers

 Collection
Identifier: S6069
Abstract

The collection consists of photographs of a logger's homestead (1910-1911). The photographs are divided into subjects: women and children, recreation, equipment (log hauler), workers, and camp.

Dates: 1910-1911

McAlpine Logging Company journals

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3076
Abstract

The collection contains account journals, cashbooks, and employee ledgers from the McAlpine Logging Company and the Lutsen Lumber Company.

Dates: 1905-1910

Merrill & Ring papers

 Collection
Identifier: S4575
Abstract

The collection consists of photocopied documents for the Minnesota Historical Society collections. Included are briefs and other documents related to court cases and company resources, genealogical materials, and letters.

Dates: 1897-1920; Majority of material found in 1897, 1898, 1908, 1920, undated

Raymond T. Murphy reminiscence

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2211
Abstract

Consists of a photocopy of a typed reminiscence by Raymond T. Murphy, which includes stories of his family's life and their experiences in northern Minnesota lumber camps in the early part of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1969; Majority of material found in December 18, 1969

William F. Roleff photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S2240
Abstract

The collection consists of photographs of logging camps and scenes in northeastern Minnesota.

Dates: 1912-1916

Scott-Graff Lumber Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2258
Abstract

The collection contains corporate and financial records and minutes; job site and construction records; publicity records; and oversized photos and blueprints.

Dates: 1880-1967

N.B. Shank Company logging camp photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4483
Abstract

The collection consists of photographs of the N. B. Shank Company logging camp.

Dates: 1913-1919

Lawrence J. Sommer logging camps research files

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4481
Abstract

The collection consists of Lawrence Sommer's research files on logging camps.

Dates: 1989

Split Rock Lumber Company records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3631
Abstract

The collection contains the company’s sixth annual financial statement, for the year 1906. The statement includes a message to stockholders.

Dates: 1906

Felix Tarnowski lumber receipts

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3726
Abstract

The collection consists of nine pages of receipts for materials bought for Mr. Tarnowski’s business and are dated between 1909 and 1919.

Dates: 1909-1919

Timber contract bill scrapbook

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4403
Abstract

The collection consists of newsclippings from Ely, Duluth, Grand Rapids, Cook, Aitkin, Deer River papers and the Carlton County Vidette.

Dates: 1948-1949

W. T. Bailey Lumber Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3010
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, contracts, land deeds and abstracts, legal and financial records, income and property tax records, and financial ledgers.

Dates: 1889-1964; Majority of material found in 1930-1964