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Guide to the William H. Talbot Family Albums Collection, 1869-1930
ECS01.02
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Title: William H. Talbot Family Albums
Collection
Date (inclusive): 1869-1930
Collection Number: ECS01.02
Creator:
William H. Talbot Family
Extent:
2 boxes
Selected online items available
Repository:
Sourisseau Academy for State and
Local History,
San Jose State University
San Jose, California 95192
Abstract: The William H. Talbot Family Albums Collection chronicles
approximately sixty years of Talbot family and business history. The collection
primarily consists of three extensive family photograph albums and a small number of
ephemeral materials related to Pope & Talbot, Inc. and the Talbot
family.
Language:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Sourisseau Academy. Neither the original
photographs nor the digital images held by the Sourisseau Academy may be
reproduced, published, or used on the Internet without the expressed, written
permission of the Executive Secretary. Permission for publication is given on
behalf of the Sourisseau Academy 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 researcher. The credit line, "Courtesy of the Edith C. Smith
Trust Collection, Sourisseau Academy for State and Local History" must accompany
any such use.
[Identification of item], William H. Talbot Family Albums Collection, ECS01.02,
Edith C. Smith Photograph Collection, Sourisseau Academy for State and Local
History, San Jose State University, San Jose, California.
The William H. Talbot Family Albums Collection was donated to the Sourisseau Academy
by the Edith Corinne Smith Trust in 2006.
Andrew Jackson Pope and Frederic Talbot arrived in California 1849 from East Machias,
Maine, and started a business together to move lumber through the San Francisco Bay
area. In early 1852, A.J. Pope and William C. Talbot, along with Charles Foster and
Josiah P. Keller, formed the Puget Mill Co., a lumber mill, in the area later known
as Port Gamble, Washington. In 1862, Pope and Talbot formed another company, Pope
& Talbot, that managed the sales of materials from the lumber mill as well as
owned and operated a fleet of vessels used to ship the lumber from the mills. By
1881, Pope & Talbot owned four sawmills, nineteen cargo and lumber ships, and
thousands of acres of timberlands in Oregon, Maine, California, and Washington.
William H. and Frederick C. Talbot took over running the businesses after the deaths
of A.J. Pope in 1878 and of their father, William C. Talbot, in 1881. In 1889, five
other companies were formed by Pope & Talbot to deal with the many aspects of
the business of the mill, such as lumber, shipping, and trading: Puget Lumber Co.,
Puget Shipping Co., Puget Trading Co., Puget Mercantile Co., and Puget Commercial
Co. In 1925, W.H. Talbot and George A. Pope, Sr., sold the Puget Mill companies to
the Charles R. McCormick Lumber Company although in 1938 the property reverted back
to Pope & Talbot when the McCormick company defaulted on its loan. William H.'s
sons, William C. II and Frederick C. (known as F.C. Talbot) eventually played major
roles in the company. George A. Pope became a major stockholder in the company,
served as president from 1933 to 1940, and was a senior member at the time of his
death in 1942.
The Pope and Talbot families maintained residences in both Washington and California,
primarily in the Port Ludlow, Port Gamble, and San Francisco areas.
The following terms may be used to index this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Burlingame
(Calif.)
Lumber
Lumber industry
Pope & Talbot,
Inc.
Pope, George A.
(1864-1942)
Talbot, William H.
(1860-1930)
Talbot, Frederick C.
(1862-1919)
The William H. Talbot Family Albums Collection, circa 1869-1930, chronicles
approximately 60 years of Talbot family and business history. The collection
includes three extensive family photograph albums; a limited selection of Pope &
Talbot, Inc. business-related materials such as company newsletters; various Pope
and Talbot family ephemeral items; and the book Time, Tide and Timber: A Century of
Pope & Talbot (1949).
Arrangement of the William H. Talbot Family Albums Collection
The papers are arranged into two series:
- Photograph Albums
- Ephemera