Lumber trade -- Arkansas
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Arkansas Lumber Company Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MC 600
Scope and Content Note
Photographs of the Arkansas Lumber Company of Warren, Arkansas, and its parent company, Rittenhouse and Embree, of Chicago, Illinois. The photographs were taken in October, 1906 (Arkansas Lumber Company) and 1907 (Rittenhouse and Embree) by a photographer for the American Lumberman magazine. They were given to the Bradley County Chamber of Commerce by a descendant of Moses F. Rittenhouse early in 1986. The photographs were apparently mounted in a scrapbook, together...
Dates:
1906-1907
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Arkansas: Then and Now Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 2465
Abstract
Photographic negatives and prints of Arkansas life and industry made from a set of slides created or collected by University of Arkansas Geosciences professor Thomas O. Graff circa 1975, along with a script used in presenting the slides.
Dates:
1940-1975
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Bob and Patty Besom Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 1758
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains Arkansas historical materials collected by Bob and Patty Besom. Series I, The University of Arkansas News Bureau files, contains a variety of material focused on contemporary University activities. Included are printed, typed, or hand-written press releases, communications from faculty, staff and media, newspaper clippings, research material, and drafts of stories.
Series II, Union Saw Mill Material, contains materials pertaining to the Union Saw Mill...
Dates:
circa 1759-2019
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Charles R. Black, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1482
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains Eleven Point Dam materials, J.W. Black Lumber Company materials, correspondence with political leaders, sheet music and joke books for minstrels, Lion's Club materials, and materials pertaining to the University of Arkansas that were collected by Black, a graduate in the class of 1935.
Dates:
1921-1980
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Bodcaw Lumber Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 1388
Scope and Content Note
The records consist of minute books and stock ledgers.
Dates:
1889-1941
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Caddo River Lumber Company Plat
Collection
Identifier: MS C114p
Scope and Content Note
Map (30 " x 44") of "Caddo River Lumber Co./ Forester, Ark. / Scale l"=100', March 12, 1935 / Revised . . . 1939 / . . . 1945 . . . / Lumbermen’s Underwriting Company / . . .Traced from original map / by Kenneth L. Smith, / . .. 1981. "
Two copies: original tracing; blue-line, colored.
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Frost-Trigg Lumber Company Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MC 2688
Content Description
The collection includes a scrapbook album containing photographs related to the Frost-Trigg Lumber Company, as well as a pamphlet titled "1907 Catalogue of Photographs of the Frost-Trigg Lumber Company for Special Album Presented to Mrs. Ben Collins by R. D. Collins" that includes captions for the images included in the scrapbook. Inscribed on the cover is the message "To Mrs. Ben Collins from R.D. Collins"; R.D. Collins was assistant general manager for the Frost-Trigg Lumber Company's...
Dates:
circa 1900-1907
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Lee Wilson and Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 1289
Scope and Content Note
Materials in the collection fall into three basic groups: the Bank of Wilson, Lee Wilson and Company, and Keiser Supply Company. Bank of Wilson records relate to both individual and business accounts. Materials include correspondence and statements, bank statements, cancelled checks and receipts, and cash vouchers. Lee Wilson and Company records pertain to the activities of the company as well as the communities founded by Lee Wilson. They include materials related to labor...
Dates:
1830-1996
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Lumber Industry Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MC 2691
Content Description
The collection contains 122 black-and-white photographic prints, most documenting the American lumber industry in the early 20th century. The bulk of the photographs are unidentified. Photographs with captions are: Image 8, “J. S. Betts Plant” (Ashburn, Georgia); Image 26, “J. S. Betts Plant”; Image 30, “White Boyne” (likely one of the White brothers associated with the Boyne City, Michigan lumber industry); Image 31, “Band saw damaged by a nail in a log. Lincoln, N.H. May 1907. J. E....
Dates:
circa 1900-1915
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Ozark Lumber and Spoke Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 995
Scope and Content Note
Book containing by-laws and minutes of meetings of the Ozark Lumber and Spoke Company, held in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Dates:
1908-1912
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Pomeroy & McGowin, Inc. Materials
Collection
Identifier: MC 2400
Abstract
Materials regarding the history of the Pomeroy & McGowin, Inc. forest management company and its predecessor, the Ozark Badger Lumber Company.
Dates:
circa 1939-1988
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Kenneth L. Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1423
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes photographs, interviews, notes, research materials, organizational records, and other materials documenting the life and work of Kenneth L. Smith, particularly related to his involvement in environmental conservation in Arkansas and to his research and writings on the lumber industry in the Ouachita region of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Series 1 contains materials related to Arkansas environmental organizations, including the Ozark Society, the Arkansas...
Dates:
circa 1850-2021
Found in:
Special Collections Department