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Esperanza Timber Company records : Chiapas, Mexico, 1901-1937.
BANC MSS 2002/201 mLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Esperanza Timber Company records: Chiapas, Mexico, 1901-1937

Creator/Contributor:

Esperanza Timber Co, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Dorenberg, Maximilian.

Creator/Contributor:

Encanto Rubber Plantation Co

Abstract:

Consists of legal documents, rent and tax receipts and correspondence of the Encanto Rubber Plantation Co. and the Esperanza Timber Co. Also includes history of the Esperanza Timber Co. and photographs.

Date:

1901 (issued)

Subject:

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Rubber -- Mexico -- Chiapas
Coffee -- Mexico -- Chiapas
Timber -- Mexico -- Chiapas
Taxation -- Mexico -- History -- Sources
Chiapas (Mexico) -- History -- Sources

Note:

Black and white photographs of Encanto Rubber Plantation Co. and Esperanza Timber Co.
The Esperanza Timber Co., an American owned plantation in Chiapas, Mexico, run by a German, Mazimilian Doranberg, harvested rubber and timber and grew coffee. Around 1910 the company purchased the Encanto Rubber Plantation.
In Spanish, with some English and German.

Type:

Photographs.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)

Language:

Spanish
English
German

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2002/201 mLOCAL

Origin:

Mexico