Elk River Mill and Lumber Company Records, [1884-1933]

Summary

Creators:

Elk River Mill and Lumber Company

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.

Extent:

Number of containers: 74 volumes

Language:

English

Background

Acquisition information:

Gift of Mr. Winfield Wrigley. Courtesy of Professor Emanuel Fritz. June, 1956.

Physical location:

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Related resources

Other descriptive data:

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)

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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