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Guide to the Elk River Mill and Lumber Company Records, [1884-1933]
BANC MSS C-G 192
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Collection Title: Elk River Mill and Lumber Company Records,
Date (inclusive): [1884-1933]
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-G 192
Collector: Elk River Mill and Lumber Company
Extent:
Number of containers: 74 volumes
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: Records for one of the early sawmill operations in Humboldt County. Included are cash books, journals, ledgers, timebooks,
letter books, invoices, receipts, cargo records, inventories, price lists, etc.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Elk River Mill and Lumber Company Records, BANC MSS C-G 192, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Gift of Mr. Winfield Wrigley. Courtesy of Professor Emanuel Fritz. June, 1956.
The Elk River Mill and Lumber Company was founded sometime in the 1860's by Noah Falk. The company remained under the control
of the Falk Family, a prominent one in Eureka, until at least 1915. Sometime after this ownership passed to J. R. Hanify &
Co. of San Francisco. The company operated continuously until the depression when it shut down until either 1937 or 1938 when
it again opened for about a year at the end of which time the cutting rights of the timber were sold. The land itself is still
owned by the Elk River Mill and Lumber Company. It was one of the oldest mills, but is only considered to have been of moderate
size. According to Prof. Fritz the great value of the collection of records given to Bancroft lies in their completeness and
the fact that they go back to such an early date. The company operated its own railroad and some of its locomotives are preserved
as historic relics in the General Grant Museum in Eureka. The company records were given to BL by Winfield Wrigley a former
manager of the mill.
(All above information provided by Prof. Emanuel Fritz)