Bodcaw Lumber Company Records

Collection

Identifier: MC 1388

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Scope and Content Note

The records consist of minute books and stock ledgers.

Dates

1889-1941

Creator

Bodcaw Lumber Company (Texarkana, Ark.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

The Bodcaw Lumber Company was incorporated in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas, in January 1889 in order to engage in purchasing, manufacturing, and selling lumber. In 1891, the company had moved its business to Stamps, Lafayette County, Arkansas. By 1917, the Arkansas-based company was dissolved and its assets transferred to Good Pine, Louisiana, where the newly incorporated Bodcaw Lumber Company of Louisiana, Inc., carried on until the company ceased operations in 1951.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by format; minute books are arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

The Bodcaw Lumber Company Records were donated to the Special Collections Division by International Paper Company, Pineville, Louisiana, on August 6, 1998.