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Lumber trade -- Maine

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Redmond, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue

 Series
Abstract 2325 Andrew Redmond, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue, spring 1993, Madison, Maine and St. Georges de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Series of eight interviews. Redmond, a French-Irish timber jobber, entrepreneur, and Maine State Senator, talks about life on both sides of the Maine - Quebec border; people: Barry Rodrigue, Kenoci Rodrigue, Yvon Labbe, Liliane Labbe, Angela Hebert, Sylvester Redmond, and others. The interviews are in both English and French. Text: 257 pp. transcript. Recording: C...
Dates: 1989-1993

Diamond Match Company, Berst-Forster-Dixfield Division, Timber Unit Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0050
Abstract

Records of the Timber Unit of the Diamond Match Company's Berst-Forster-Dixfield Division.

Dates: 1938-1955; Majority of material found within 1944-1952

Moses Giddings Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0201
Abstract

This small collection contains both business and personal papers of Moses Giddings of Bangor, Maine.

Dates: 1846-1938; Majority of material found within 1848-1908

Amos A. Graffte Lumber Contracts

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1760-sc
Scope and Contents

Lumber contracts between Amos A. Graffte and Great Northern Paper Company, also includes one building contract between Graffte and Moose River Plantation.

Dates: 1899-1915

L. B. & Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0283
Scope and Contents

Weekly report book of lumber shipped to Portland, Maine, Belfast, Philadelphia, and other cities.

Dates: 1874-1881

Lawrence Robinson, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives

 Series
Abstract 1069 Lawrence Robinson, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, fall 1976, Bangor, Maine. 4 pp. Tape: 2 hrs. No cat. or trans. Robinson talks about the Sherman Lumber Company, Sherman, Maine. He identifies a series of 93 photographs, mostly of lumbering in Sherman area, 1910 - 1940 and Lombard log haulers at work, donated to the Archives by his daughter, Frances Robinson Mitchell, Orono. Text: no catalog or transcript. Recording: mfc_na1069_t1082_01, mfc_na1069_t1082_02. [T 1082]....
Dates: 1971 - 1999

Lumber Shipments Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1059-sc
Abstract

A ledger recording lumber shipments. Entries record lumber sold by Eastern Mfg. Co., Wm. Engel & Co., and Sterns Lumber Co. There are no entries for Sargent Lbr Co. Entries include date, raft, kind of lumber, by whom sold, purchaser, vessel, and remarks.

Dates: November 13, 1912-January 11, 1913

Martinon Lumber Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0329
Abstract

The collection contains business records of the Martinon Lumber Company from 1916 to 1926.

Dates: 1916-1926

Frances Robinson Mitchell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0350
Scope and Contents

This collection contains both materials reflecting the life, interests, and activities of Frances Robinson Mitchell and materials which document the Robinson family's work in the lumbering and timberlands business in northern Maine. Included are correspondence, business records, photographs, newspaper clippings, deeds, leases, reports, tax documents, and plans.

Dates: 1893-2005; Majority of material found within 1944-1995

Pope, Harris & Company Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0414
Scope and Contents

Two letter books contain correspondence relating to a lumber and logging business in East Machias, Maine.

Dates: 1877-1900

Josiah W. Seaver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1368
Scope and Contents The collection contains documents dating from 1838-1845 concerning Josiah Seaver's timberlands, especially 1785 acres of spruce and pine timberland in the Dead River area that was sold to Seaver in 1839. Documents include correspondence, deeds and legal agreements, assessments on land owners, and receipts and bills of sale for logging operations. The collection also includes correspondence dated 1899-1900 of Robert Harding, one of Seaver's descendants. The letters are from Morris H. Beall,...
Dates: 1839-1845

Shawmut Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0461
Scope and Contents

A ledger of a lumber company in Maine listing trial balances beginning Dec. 1, 1913.

Dates: December 1, 1913-July 1, 1924

Sherman Lumber Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0463
Abstract

Records related to operations of the Sherman Lumber Company, founded in 1894 and located in Sherman Station, Maine. The records are arranged according to the following functions: administrative and organizational, financial, production, sales, and labor.

Dates: 1875-1955; Majority of material found within 1901-1932

Thomas Mclean, Sr., interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives

 Series
Abstract

NA0743 Thomas Mclean, Sr., interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, December 18 and 28, 1972, Orrington, Maine. McLean, Sr., 82, talks about his forty years in the lumber and pulp woods working for the Great Northern Paper Company. Text: 10 pp. brief catalog. Recording: mfc_na0743_t0560_01, mfc_na0743_t0560_02, mfc_na0743_t0561_01, mfc_na0743_t0561_02, mfc_na0743_t0562_01. [T 0560 - T 0562]. 3 hours

Dates: 1971 - 1999

William Hudson, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives

 Series
Abstract

0681 William Hudson, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, July 30, 1971, Machias, Maine. Hudson talks about woods work. Text: 70 pp. transcript. Recording: mfc_na0681_t0391_01, mfc_na0681_t0391_02 [T 0390 - T 0391]. 2 hours

Dates: 1971 - 1999