Lumber trade--Wisconsin--Eau Claire
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Daniel Shaw Lumber Company Records, 1861-1911
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CT - Eau Claire Micro 16
Summary
Records, 1861-1911, of a lumber company headquartered at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which owned thousands of acres of timber in Wisconsin's Chippewa River Valley and operated its own farms, flour mills, tow boats, and general stores in the area. The records consist of letterpress books, seventeen of which contain company correspondence and two of which contain General Manager Eugene Shaw's personal correspondence. Also included are miscellaneous loose records consisting of timber “scale” books...
Dates:
1861-1911
James D. R. Steven Papers, 1897-1921
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AO
Summary
Correspondence of James Steven, an Eau Claire, Wisconsin, businessman involved in lumbering and retail selling. Letterbooks detail Steven's lumbering enterprises, land and lumber transactions, and deeds of sales. In May 1890, Steven began work in the office of Davis and Starr Lumber Company. In 1907, Steven organized the Steven and Jarvis Lumber Company, with Arthur Jarvis, to deal in wholesale lumber. Steven was also involved with the Eau Claire Book and Stationery Company, and became...
Dates:
1897-1921
John H. Kaiser Lumber Company Records, 1905-1957
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss L
Summary
Records of an Eau Claire, Wisconsin lumber company consisting of business correspondence; miscellaneous legal business papers; biographical material; and minutes, proxies, and announcements of board of directors' meetings. There are income tax returns of the John H. Kaiser Lumber Company, of W. A. Kaiser, and of the Eau Claire Box and Crating Company. Also included are journals, ledgers, cash books, and records of stock issues.
Dates:
1905-1957