Collection Summary
Collection Title:
Union Lumber Company Records, 1854-1960
Collection Number:
BANC MSS 68/21 c
Creator:
Union Lumber Company
Extent:
Number of Containers: 1 box, 16 cartons, 1 oversize folder, 547 volumes
Linear feet: 157.4
Repository:
The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract:
The collection contains correspondence, office files, and financial records. The bulk of the collection is composed of stock and financial records, 1854-1952, including such items as lists of stockholders, financial statements, invoices, various ledgers, and payroll sheets. Another substantial portion of the collection is correspondence, found in series 1 through 5, with the greatest concentration of letters in the Union Lumber's daily files of outgoing correspondence, 1928-1936, including correspondence of company officers Charles Russell Johnson, Otis W. Johnson and Otis R. Johnson. Of note in the series Strike files, 1943-1947, are a set of strike posters and other publicity materials. Includes records of the Glen Blair Lumber Company, Mendocino Lumber Company, Pacific States Lumber Company, Acme Lumber Company, Fort Bragg Electric Company, Fort Bragg Redwood Company, Atlas Tank Manufacture, National Steamship Company, and statements of the Coos Bay Lumber Company. Also included are files of the California Redwood Association, 1933-1849, and correspondence of E.C. (Edwards C. Williams), founder of the Mendocino Lumber Company.
Languages Represented:
English
