Guide to the Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company Records: Eureka, Calif. ca. [1884-1941]

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Guide to the Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company Records: Eureka, Calif., ca. [1884-1941]

Collection number: MANC MSS C-G 164

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Date Completed:
ca. 1962
Encoded by:
Xiuzhi Zhou
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Collection Summary

Collection Title: Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company Records: Eureka, Calif.,
Date (inclusive): [ca. 1884-1941]
Collection Number: B ANC MSS C-G 164
Origination: Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company, Eureka, Calif.
Extent: Number of containers: 56 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: Include records of the Bucksport and Elk River Railroad Company, Humboldt Northern Railway Company and William Carson Estate Company.
Languages Represented: English

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Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company Records: Eureka, Calif., MANC MSS C-G 164, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Henry Hink, President, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company, May 6, 1956. Courtesy Prof. Emanuel Fritz.

Scope and Content

Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company Records include correspondence and accounts. Also included are records of the Bucksport and Elk River Railroad Company, Humboldt Northern Railway Company and William Carson Estate Company.

Volumes 23-31 housed in 1 carton.
Volumes 32-40 housed in 1 carton.
Volumes 41-51 housed in Carton 1A and 1B.
volume v. 1-22

Journals, ledgers and cashbooks of the Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company. 1886-1941.

Additional Note

(large vols. specify date)
volume v. 23-28

Letterbooks (letterpress copies), San Francisco office. 1904-1917

Scope and Content Note

Include letters relating to Humboldt Northern Railway Comapny.
volume v. 29-30

Invoices, Humboldt Northern Railway Company and Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company. 1903-1917

volume v. 31-34

Miscellaneous letters (letterpress copies), Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company and Humboldt Northern Railway Company. 1903-1917

volume v. 35-39

Records, William Carson Estate Company. 1913-1935

volume v. 40-54

Journal, ledger, cash books and organizational records (minutes, by-laws, etc.), Bucksport and Elk River Railroad Company. 1884-1932

volume v. 55

Log book no. 2, 1877-1898

Additional Note

(with a recapitulation of book no. 1, 1869-1879) -logs run from Elk River...
volume v. 56

[loose papers removed from v. 55 Include log data, 1902-1908; notes, blanks and forms]

Additional Note

3 folders in portfolio.
volume V. 55-56

Materials were turned over to the Bancroft Library, Mar. 1962, by Professor Emanuel Fritz, together with his notes and a paper on log driving on the Elk River. (These last placed with his Papers)