Halls Mills Lumber Company Records
Scope and Contents
Business and financial records of a sawmill located near Whiting, Maine, along with information about the history of the mill, area homesteads, and the logging industry in Washington County, Maine.
Dates
- 1855-1975
- Majority of material found within 1917-1940
Creator
- Halls Mills Lumber Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Conditions Governing Use
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Historical Note
Shortly after settling property near Whiting, Maine, in 1811, John Raymond erected a sawmill. A small settlement formed near the mill that was known as Connecticut Mills, named for Raymond's home state. The mill was owned by several people over time, including Peter Hall who owned the property from 1829 until his death in 1867. The community was renamed Halls Mills in 1907, and members of Hall's family, Austin and George B. Hall, operated the facility until 1938. The mill was torn down around 1952.
Extent
2 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Business records of a sawmill located near Whiting, Maine, along with information about the history of the mill, area homesteads, and the logging industry in Washington County, Maine
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Karen Forslund Falb in 2002 with additional donation in 2017.
- Account books Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Daybooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hall family
- Hall, Austin
- Hall, George B.
- Halls Mills (Me.) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Ledgers (Account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Logging -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumbering -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minutes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Sawmills -- Maine -- Halls Mills Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Whiting (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Halls Mills Lumber Company Records
- Status
- Box And Folder List Available
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
