Empire Lumber Company
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ingram Family and Empire Lumber Company Papers, 1874-1953 (bulk 1906-1934)
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 350
Summary
Personal papers of the family of Orrin H. Ingram, a prominent lumberman and businessman in the Chippewa Valley, and his son Erskine B. Ingram, at the turn of the 20th Century. Also includes business records of the Empire Lumber Company, established in 1881.
Dates:
1874-1953, bulk 1906-1934
Orrin H. Ingram Papers, 1857-1904
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss R
Summary
Business papers of Ingram, a leading Wisconsin lumberman, relating to operations in the Chippewa Valley, with headquarters at Eau Claire, and the sale of manufactured lumber through subsidiary wholesale companies located along the Mississippi River. Correspondence emphasizes the selling end of the business, consisting of letters of report from branch managers, agents, and salesmen, and between members of the company and pertains to business plans, policies, and practices. A group of letters,...
Dates:
1857-1904
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- Business Records 1
- Businessmen -- Wisconsin -- Eau Claire 1
- Chippewa River 1
- Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin 1
- Depression--1893--United States 1
- Eau Claire (Wis.) 1
- Eau Claire (Wis.)–History 1
- Logging Industry 1
- Lumber 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Lumber trade--Wisconsin 1
- Lumbering--Wisconsin 1
- Manuscript collection 1
- Mining 1
- New Richmond (Wis.) -- History 1
- Personal Papers 1
- Philanthropists--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 1
- Records (Documents) 1
- Slavery--Unite States 1
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