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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Lumber Industry and Trade

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Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Extent:
4.58 Cubic feet (consisting of 10 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Technical reports
Business cards
Business letters
Manufacturers' catalogs
Advertisements
Business ephemera
Advertising cards
Receipts
Invoices
Printed material
Sales letters
Commercial catalogs
Trade cards
Technical manuals
Publications
Legal documents
Trade catalogs
Printed ephemera
Trade literature
Sales catalogs
Manuals
Printed materials
Catalogues
Advertising mail
Print advertising
Catalogs
Correspondence
Ephemera
Reports
Advertising
Business records
Sales records
Illustrations
Letterheads
Advertising fliers
Date:
1790-1965
bulk 1840-1945
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Scope and Contents:
Materials in this category document the commercial lumber trade of both raw and finished material by producers, dealers, and wholesalers. The application of lumber in residential and commercial building is well-represented, as well as other uses such as infrastructure use in railroad ties, telephones, and marine building. Documents include receipts and invoices, correspondence, a lumber account book, advertisements, association documents, business cards, caricature, images, import/ export documents, legal documents, patents, preservation, price lists, product samples, publications, shipping and receiving documents, and trade literature. No extensive runs or complete records exist for any single company or brand, and there is no detailed information for any single subtopic though some publications may provide general and historical overviews of a person, company, or facet of industry.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into three subseries. Series 1: Business Records and Marketing Material, 1790-1930 Series 2: Genre, 1848-1952 Series 3: Subject, 1876-1965 Business Records and Marketing Material Genre Subject
Partial List of Company Names:
Alcott, C.W. & Son Lumber Dealers, New York Allen, Gillingham & Company, Lumber Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Allen & Knight Lumber Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Allston American Hard Wood Manufacturing Association American Hoist and Derrick Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota American Lumber & Manufacturing Company American Tie & Timber Company Incorporated American Vulcanizing Wood & Lumber Company American Wood Carbolizing Company , New York Anderson & Ailing Archibald Lumber & Tie Company Arlington Lumber Company , Condon, Oregon Armsby, Morse & Company , Lumber Dealers, Millbury, MA Arnold, Folsom & Company , Commission Lumber Dealers, Albany, New York Atlantic Lumber Company, Buffalo, NY Atwater, W.H. Atwood & Company, J.B. Auger & Son, Quebec Ayers, Dr. A.B., Backus & Brother, Lumber Manufacturers & Whole Dealers, Detroit, MI Barlett Brothers Mfg. Company, Roby's Corner, NH Barnes, Lawrence Lumber Company , Burlington, Vermont Baxter, G.S. & Company, Lumber Manufacturers and Shipping, Jacksonville, Florida Baxter, George S. Bearden, R.B., St. Louis, MO Beecher & Sillimand, Albann, NH Bell brothers Timber Dealers, NY Bender, Wendell Bennet & Company , Wholesale Lumber Bennet, Ray H. Lumber Company, North Tonawanda, NY Bennet & Dimon, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Lumber, Niles Valley, PA Bigler & Son's Saw Mills, Timber and Lumber Dealers, New York, NY Bingham, Herbert S., Wholesale Lumber, Scranton, PA Binkley & Nielson Timber Company, Niagara Falls, NY Birch, S.M., Wholesale Lumber Merchant Blakeslee, Charles L. Lumber Mfg. Co., Albany, NY C.L. Blakeslee & Son Mfg. Co., Albany, New York Blakeslee Lumber Co., Albany, NY Bliss, J.A., Mfg. & Dealer in Lumber, Tonawanda, NY Boyd, Herbert A., Huntington, West Va. Brown, Bowman & Bledsoe, Lumber, Baltimore, MD Buell, Guy I., Spring Hope, NC Burgoyne, C.R., Pensacola, Florida Burton, B.P., Wholesale Lumber Commission Merchant, Philadelphia, PA Butler, J.H. & Brother Inc., Yonkers, NY Cameron & Hawn, General Lumber Dealers, Albany, New York Carolina Lumber Mfg. Co., Greenville, SC Carr Lumber Company, Pisgah Forest, NC Cate, L.G., Manufacturer of Lumber, Jacksonville, Florida Chicago Car Lumber Co., Manufacturers and Wholesalers of Lumber, Chicago, IL Chicago House Wrecking Co. (Harris Brothers Co.), Chicago, IL Clark & Smith Saw Mill, Boston, MA Clifford, S.L., Lumber Manufacturers, North Haverhill, N.H. Clark & Sumner, Wholesale Lumber Merchants, Albany, New York Consolidated Lumber Co., Savannah, Georgia Converse, A. Place Lumber Company, Manufacturers, Wholesale, and Retail Dealers in Lumber, Dover, NH Coolbaugh, C.C. & Son Co., Philadelphia, PA Cornplanter Lumber Company, The, Buffalo, New York Crane, W.B. and Co., Hardwood Lumber, Timber, and ties, Chicago, IL Crane, Dr. H.A., Lumber & Timber Dealer Curtis Moldings and Trim, Clinton, Iowa Cutter, H. & Co., Mahogany & Fancy Wood Dealers Cutting, Frank A., Hemlock Bark Dealer, Boston, MA Cypress Lumber Co., The, Boston, MA Dalton & Kibber, Dealers in All Kinds of Lumber, Albany, NY Dart & Brothers, Rough and Dressed Lumber, Buffalo, NY Deacon, H.R., Wholesale and Retail Lumber Yard, Philadelphia, PA Deep River Lumber Corporation, Norfolk, VA Deering, Rufus & Co., Lumber Dealers, Portland, Oregon Deimel, H.A. Lumber Dealer, Herkimer, NY Demeritt & Burnham, Wood and Lumber Dealers Dexter & Noble, Manufacturers of Lumber, Elk Rapids, MI Dickinson Bros., Ridgway, Pa Dodd, C.H., DeRidder, LA Dodge & Bliss Company, Manufacturers and Dealers in Lumber, Jersey City, NJ Douglass, John & Sons, Wholesale Lumber Merchants, Albany, NY Douglass, Saxe & Co., Wholesale Lumber Commission, Albany, NY Downer & Kellogg, Dr., Dealers in Rough and Dressed Lumber, Utica, NY Duker, Otto & Co., Steam Planning Mills & Lumber Yards Dunham, Greene & Co., Commission Lumber Merchants, Albany, NY Eagle Square Manufacturing Co., South Shaftsbury, Vermont Earle, T. & O.K., Building and Finishing Lumber, Worchester, MA Easton, C.P., Wholesale dealer in Lumber, Albany, NY Eccleston Lumber Co. Manufacturers, New York, NY Elias, G. & Bros., Timber and Lumber, Buffalo, NY Eschenbach, John N., Lumber Company, Wilkes-Barre, PA Este, Charles, Lumber Merchant, Philadelphia, PA Etter, Siple & Carmany's, Steam Saw Mills, Dauphin, PA Fee, Frank F., Dermott, Arkansas Fogg, Ezra D., Lumber Commission Merchant, Providence, RI Forest Lumber Co., Pittsburgh ~ Philadelphia, PA Gage, Dr. C. & J.C., Manufacturers and Dealers in Wood and Lumber, Fisherville, NH Ganahl, John J. Lumber Co., St. Louis, MO Garret and Edward Green, New York Garrison, S.B., Steam Mill and Lumber Yard, Camden, NJ Gaskill, J.W. & Sons, Lumber commission Merchants, Philadelphia, PA Gibsons' Albany Steam Planning and Saw Mills, Albany, New York Gratwick, William H. & Co., Wholesale Lumber Merchants, Albany, NY Grayson & Cain, All Kinds Hardwood Lumber, Washington, DC Green, Charles S., Manufacturers of Hemlock and Hard Wood Lumber, Roaring Branch, PA Grieme, H.C. Co., Lumber Brick and Building Material, Amsterdam, NY Griffin Lumber Company, Wholesale Lumber and Retail, Sandy Hill, NY Hallam Lumber Company, Wholesale Georgia Long Leaf Pine, Macon, Georgia Hamm, C.H. & Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of Long and Short Lumber, Boston, MA Hanna, C.W. & Co., Dover, Kentucky Harbert, Russell & Co., Lumber Merchants, Philadelphia, PA Harriman, Abel H. and Co., Manufacturers of Hogshead Shooks, Bridgton, Maine Harrisburg Car Company's Saw Mill and Lumber Yards, Harrisburg, PA Harrington, F.C., Dealer in Lumber, Philadelphia, PA Harrod & Fernald, Boston, MA Hartmann-Sanders Co., Chicago & New York Hartough, P.C. & Co., Timber Dealers, New York, NY Hawley, F.B., Albany, New York Hawley, F.B., Albany, New York Hawley, H.Q. & Co., Dr., Albany, New York Headlam, Wm. & Sons, Albany, New York Heinemann, B. Lumber Co., Wausau, Wisconsin Henry & Carter, Commission Lumber Merchants, Albany, NY Higbie, Douglas & co., Commission Lumber Dealers, Albany, NY Hiram Hill, Hard wood Lumber Dealer, Providence, RI Hines, Edward Lumber Co., Chicago, IL Hoagland, George A., Wholesale Lumber Dealers, Omaha, NE Houtz, D.K. & Co., Wholesale and Retail Lumber Merchants, Philadelphia, PA Hughes Bros. & Co., Pine Lumber & Shingles, Lapeen, MI Hunsicker, Henry A., Lumber Merchant, Philadelphia, PA Hunter, Dexter, Lumber Merchant, Albany, NY Hunter, Gilbert & Son, Lumber Merchants, Albany, NY Hutton & Bourbonnais Co., Manufacturers of Lumber, Hickory, NC Hutton, William, Dr., Lumber Dealer, Rondent, NY Insuliter, The, Minneapolis, Minnesota International Lumber and Development, Philadelphia, PA Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co., Moorehead, Mississippi Kramer, H. & Bro., Lumber, Shingles, Flooring, Maria Stein, Ohio Jones, R.T. Lumber Co., North Tonawanda, NY Jackson, J.C. & Co., Lumber and Timber, Lockport, NY Janney, Samuel S., Lumber Merchant, Philadelphia, PA Johnson & Sons, Lumber Commission Merchants, Baltimore, MD Jones, R.T. Lumber Co., North Tonawanda, NY Joslin, John H., Eastern and Western Lumber, Providence, RI Lesh & Matthews, Warsaw, Indiana Levering, W.A. Lumber Commission Merchant, Philadelphia, PA Lieberman, Loveman & O'Brien, Manufacturers of Rough and Dressed Lumber, Nashville, Tennessee Lloyd, William m. & Co., Lumber dealers, Philadelphia, PA Long Bell Lumber Co., Kansas City, MO Loud's, H.M. Sons Co., North Tonawanda, NY Loyal Lovejoy & Co., Lumber Dealers, Boston, MA Lumber-Trade-Journal, New Orleans, LA Lumbermen's Rail and Equipment Bureau, Chicago, IL Luther, T.C., Forest Products and Wholesalers Lyons Lumber Company, Lyons, Iowa Marquette-Bailey lumber Company, Lumber Manufacturers, Lock Haven, PA Maule & Brothers, Dr., Lumber Merchants, Philadelphia, PA Maule & Donohue, Dr., Lumber Dealers, Philadelphia, PA McClave Brothers, Lumber Dealers, New York, NY McClave, E.W. & Co., Dealers in Yellow Pine, New York, NY McCullough & bro., Dealers in Lumber, Coal and Lime, Hills Landing McKee, W.I. Lumber Co., Manufacturers and Wholesalers, Quincy, IL McLean, John S., New York, NY Mead, Dunham & Co., Commission Lumber Merchants, Albany, NY Menzies, William Timber Dealer, New York Menzies, Viele & MAther, New York Merchants Mutual Building Material Assn., New York Millard Lumber Co., New York Millard's, W. Sons Wholesale Lumber Dealers, New Hamburgh, NY Millener, J.H. & Co., Manufacturer & Dealer of Building Timber, Tonawanda, NY Modoc Lumber Co., Chiloqin, Oregon Montgomery & Co. Lumber Manufacuters, Grand Rapids, MI Moore, David Com. Lumber Merchants & Co., Newburgh, NY Moore & McClung Retail and Wholesale Dealers, Newburgh, NY Moore, R.H. & Zimmerman Lumber Dealers, Albany, NY Morse and Company Wholesale and Manufacturers, Bangor, Maine Morse, Wm. B. & Co., Pine and Hemlock Lumber, Rochester, NY Morton, Black & Bro., Coal and Lumber Merchants, Chester Dock, PA Mueller, Charles of Lumber, Lath, Davenport, Iowa Munson, J.L. Lumber Dealer, Chapinville, NY New England Baled Shavings Co., Albany, NY Niedermeyer-Martin Lumber Co., Portland, Oregon Northwestern Compo-Board Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Park & Nelson Wholesale and Manufacturing, Redwing, Minn. Patterson, J.E. & Co. Lumber dealers, Pittston, PA Pease Co., The, Cincinnati, Ohio Peckham, Wolf & Co., Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers, Schenectady, NY Potter, James A. Retail Dealer, Providence, RI Rathbun, Joshua & Co., Albany, NY Reeves, Ward S. Lumber Dealer, Astoria, LA City Remsdells & Co., Lumber Dealers, Savannah, NY Riley, Thomas R., Dr., Lumber dealer, Washington, D.C. Ruggles White Pine Co., Inc., Boston, MA Salisbury & Co., Commision Wholesale Merchants, Albany, New York Scott, Alexander & Son, Lumber Dealer, Concordville, PA Shepard, Dave & Co. Whalesale Lumber Dealers, Burlington, Vermont Shryock, Thom Wholesale Lumber, Baltimore, MD Simons & Griswold Lumber retail & Wholesale Dealers, Albany, NY Skillings, D.N. & Co., Lumber Dealers, Boston, MA Skillings, Whitney Bros. & Barnes, Boston, MA & Albany, NY Slocum, H.W., Lumber Retail Dealer, Providence, RI Slocum, J.L. , Lumber Dealers, Providence, RI Snoqualmie Falls, Lumber Co., Snoqualmie Falls, Washington Southern Cyress, Jacksonville, Fla. Steam Saw Mills, Winsted, Wisconsin Stetson & Pope Timber Dealers, Boston, MA Stetson & Post Lumber Co., Seattle, WA Streight, A.D. Wholesale Dealer and Manufacturers of Lumber, Indianapolis, Ind. Sullivan, C.F. Pacific Coast Lumber, Buffalo, NY Sumner & Hascy , Commission Lumber Merchant, Albany, NY Taylor & Mendenhall Taylor, William Lumber Dealers, Troy, NY Taylor & Crate Lumber Dealers, Buffalo, NY Titcomb, F.W. Wholesale Manufacturer, Houlton, Maine Thomas & Hyatt Commission Lumber Merchants, Albany, NY Thompson, Benj. & Co., Wholesale Dealers, Charlestown Thomson, L. & Co., Wholesale Lumber Dealers, Albany, NY Timber Engineering Company Timber Structure Inc. Towner, B.A. & Son, Wholesale Lumber Dealers, Albany, NY Upson Company Towner, J.O. & Co., Wholesale Lumber Dealers, Albany, NY Trask & Clark Wholesale Dealers, Woonsocket Tucker & Kelly , Wholesale Lumber Dealers, Albany, NY Turck, William Wholesale & Retail Lumber Co. Uhler, Peter Timber Manufacturer, Easton, PA United States Gypsum Company United States Plywood Co. Vandemark, S. & Sons Vanderbilt & Hopkins, Dealers and Manufacturers of Lumber Vanderbeek & Sons Vandenburg, H.L. & Co. Valley Tie & Timber Co. Veneer Assn. Virginia Tie & Lumber Co., Virginia Vose, Rodney, Lumber Merchant & Forwarder Ward, J.C. & Son West Coast Lumberman's Assn., Seattle, Washington Weyerhaeuser Forest Products White, John T. & Son, Philadelphia, PA White, Loveland, & Co. Whitney, Baxter D. & Son, Inc., Wichendon, MA White Pine Whitney, C.D. Jr. & Co., Wholesale Lumber Dealers, Albany, NY Williams, C.P. & Co., Wholesale Lumber Dealers, Albany, NY Williams, J.J. & F.H., Lumber Merchants, Philadelphia, PA Williams, R.D. & J.J. , Lumber Merchants, Philadelphia, PA Williamsport & Philade Lumber Co., Philadelphia, PA Williamstown and Redfield, Railroad & Forest Co. Wisconsin Valley Lumbermen's Association Wood, Joshua Lumber Co., New York Wood Preserving Co., New York Yellow Pine Commission Lumber De3alers, Brooklyn, NY Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association, St. Louis, MO Young, A., & P.B. Wholesalers and Retail Dealers, Hiram, Maine Young, B.E. & Co. Lumber Dealers, Annandale, NJ Youngs & Corley Lumber Dealers & Box Makers, New York Zellerbach Corp.
Forms Part Of:
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. Series 1: Business Ephemera Series 2: Other Collection Divisions Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Provenance:
Lumber Trade and Industry is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Sales promotion  Search this
Patents  Search this
Wood  Search this
Periodicals  Search this
Sawmills  Search this
Lumber trade -- 19th century  Search this
Logging  Search this
Manufacturing  Search this
Consumer goods -- Catalogs  Search this
Genre/Form:
Technical reports
Business cards
Business letters
Manufacturers' catalogs
Advertisements
Business ephemera
Advertising cards
Receipts
Invoices
Printed material
Sales letters
Commercial catalogs
Trade cards
Technical manuals -- 20th century
Publications
Legal documents
Trade catalogs
Printed ephemera
Trade literature
Sales catalogs
Manuals
Printed materials
Catalogues
Advertising mail
Print advertising
Catalogs
Correspondence
Publications -- Business
Ephemera
Reports
Advertising
Business records
Sales records
Illustrations
Letterheads
Advertising fliers
Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Lumber Trade and Industry, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Lumber
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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