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Pacific Lumber Company records, [ca. 1864-1938]
BANC MSS C-G 95LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Pacific Lumber Company records, [ca. 1864-1938]

Creator/Contributor:

Pacific Lumber Company, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Save the Redwoods League

Creator/Contributor:

California Redwood Association

Abstract:

Fragmentary records documenting operations of the company in Nevada Co. and later in Humboldt Co.
Early financial records of the company and its predecessors including accounts, receipt books, day books, ledgers, journals, etc., 1864- 1870; budget reports, financial statements, CPA reports, etc., ca. 1918-1924; incomplete letterpress copy book, 1868-1870; correspondence, 1919-1932, primarily with banks, re loans, credit contraction etc.; correspondence, 1925- 1932, with Save-the-Redwoods League and various state agencies and related papers, pertaining primarily to negotiations for purchase of land; miscellaneous reports and publications including California Redwood Association material on the NRA Lumber Code Authority.

Date:

1864 (issued)

Subject:

Lumber -- California
Lumbering -- California
Lumber Code Authority
Forest conservation
Nevada County (Calif.)
Humboldt County (Calif.)

Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Printed items transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
Inventory.

Type:

Account books.
Diaries.
Letterpress copybooks.

Physical Description:

5 cartons and 5 oversize folders.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-G 95LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.

Related Item:

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections