E. Plummer and Sons Records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of four unidentified volumes. By their dates, it is assumed that they mostly concern the firm of E. Plummer and Sons, incorporated in 1901.
The daybook, 1898-1904, gives an account of amounts of corn, meal, flour, oats, bran, etc., ground for various customers. The cashbook, sales book and time book concern the sawmill and lumberyard. The sales book lists shingles, clapboards, laths and lumber as products, and the weekly time book gives employee names, time worked and rates of pay.
Dates
- 1898-1937
- Majority of material found within 1911-1937
Creator
- E. Plummer and Sons (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the Library.
Biographical Note
The collection contains business records of Edward Plummer and his sons. Edward Plummer was born in Durham, Maine, in 1830. He moved to Lisbon Falls, Maine, as a young man and was involved in several enterprises there. In 1849 he bought a sawmill in Lisbon Falls and operated it until 1862 when he sold it to the Worumbo Mill Company, a woolen manufacturer. He also served on the Board of Directors of Worumbo. In 1861, he purchased land which comprised the water-power on Ten-Mile Falls. He served as agent of the Androscoggin Water Power Company, incorporated in 1867 with capital stock of $50,000. The company owned and operated a sawmill and gristmill which did custom grinding of cornmeal and other products. Plummer was involved in log driving on the Androscoggin River and was active in encouraging the development of railroads in the Lisbon Falls area, especially the extension of the Portland and Buckfield Railroad. He also served as a representative to the Maine Legislature.
Edward Plummer died in 1900. He had two sons, Harry E. (1872-1940) and Walter E. Plummer (died 1944). Harry was superintendent of the Androscoggin Water Power Company, which was succeeded by E. Plummer and Sons Company, incorporated in 1901. This company built a new steam-powered sawmill in Lisbon Falls in 1907. Walter E. Plummer was assistant treasurer and clerk at Worumbo until his retirement in 1942.
Extent
11 ledgers
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of four unidentified volumes. By their dates, it is assumed that they mostly concern the firm of E. Plummer and Sons, incorporated in 1901.
- Cashbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Daybooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Gristmills -- Maine -- Lisbon Falls Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ledgers (Account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Lisbon Falls (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumber-yards -- Maine -- Lisbon Falls Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Plummer, Edward, 1830-1900
- Plummer, Harry E., 1872-1940
- Plummer, Walter E., -1944
- Sales records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Sawmills -- Maine -- Lisbon Falls Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Time books Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the E. Plummer and Sons Records
- Status
- Box And Folder List Available
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in 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
