Archival Collection: Forestry
Box 1: Forestry:
FOLDER
1. American Lumberman Table of Contents Index – 6 items
2. American Lumbermen A-H – 24 items
3. American Lumbermen I-Z – 23 items
4. American Lumbermen List of Logging Railroads and Sawmill
Electric Lighting Plants of MS and LA 1906,1910 and 1907 Kentwood
and Eastern Railroad Schedule – 6 items
5.
Crossett Story: Beginning of Forestry in Southern Arkansas and
Northern Louisiana.
Locomotive Quarterly Vol. IV No. 2. Letter to Forest from
Ethel Boagni. – 4 items
6.
Some Historical and Geographical Notes on the Cypress Lumbering
Industry in Louisiana by Ervin Mancil – 1 item
7. American Lumberman (xerox copies of 1908 issues) from Clark
Forrest – 99 items
8. American Lumberman notes from 1906-1907 issues – 263
items
Box 2: Forestry:
FOLDER
1. Forests and People, Second Quarter, 1961 – 1 item
2. Forests and People, Golden Anniversary, Louisiana Forestry,
1963 (2 copies) – 2 items
3. Forests and People, Fourth Quarter, 1969 – 1 item
4. Forests and People, First Quarter, 1971 (2 copies) – 2
items
5. Forests and People, Second Quarter, 1971 (2 copies) – 2
items
6. Forests and People, First Quarter, 1973 – 1 item
7. North American Forest History: A Guide to Archives and
Manuscripts in the United States and Canada by Richard Davis, Oral
History Interview of Marc Fleishel by Elwood Maunder, Louisiana
Forest Resources and Industries by R.K. Winters, B.B. Ward, Jr.,
and I.F. Eldredge, Lower Mississippi Valley Comprehensive Study
Environmental Phase Forestry Aspects by Roy Odom (January 15,
1973), letter from Harold Steen to Clark Forrest, letter from
Ronald Fahl to Ford, letter from Crown Zellerbach Manager of
Environmental Services and Association Affairs Jeff Hughes to Clark
Forrest, letter from Clark Forrest to Jeff Hughes, The Louisiana
Forest Industry Its Economic Importance and Growth by Floyd L.
Corty and Alden Main, January 1974, (only 3 pages), letter from
Peter Main to Clark Forrest. – 10 items
8. ” Early Development and Operation of Great Southern Lumber
Company” by Michael Curtis dated May 4, 1971 – 22 items
9.
Frank B. Coyne v. Genese Lumber Co., No. 980 – 21
items
10.
Leatham & Smith v. J.B. Nalty et. als. – 1 item
11.
Amos, Kent, & Brick Co. v. St. Helens Parish and
Documents concerning property value income – 11 items
12. Bassfield Lumber Co. Research, conveyance Record No. 15,
Walthall County, Miss, Trust Deed Record, Land No. 4, Walthall
County, Miss. Trust Deed Record #7, Map of K&E to Hunter – 15
items
13. Real Estate Sales: hall to Woolver 1889, Woolver to Sanford
1889, Brumfield to Bridewell 1890, Stafford & Woolver to
Bridewell & Co. 1890, Fairman to Bridewell & Co. 1890,
Woolver to Bridewell & Co. 1891, Bridewell, McConnell and
Osborne to Isabella 1892, Leo O. Bridwell buys interest 1892,
Minnie Oswell buys interest 1892, Woolver to Osborne 1894, Osborne
to Hudgeus 1896, E.U. Preston to Brenniler 1892. – 11 items
14.
Natalbany Lumber Co. v. LA Tax commission – 10 items
15. Frank B. Tomas Info. – 1 item
16.
The South Rapides Chronicle Vol.5, No. 2 article on the
Louisiana Saw Mill – 1 item
17. Miscellaneous Logging Articles – 5 items
18. Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and Zona – 4 items
19. “Comfortable and Happy? Louisiana and Mississippi Lumber
Workers, 1900-1950” by James Fickle, Opdenweyer Alcus Lumber Co.,
George Thomas, Steamboats of Livingston Parish, “Crunching Lumber
numbers for Livingston Parish.” – 7 items
Box 3: Forestry
FOLDER
1. Genesee Lumber Company Official Correspondence – 45 items
2. Legal Documents- Day Lumber and Brick Company/ American
Lumber Company – 9 items
3. Handwritten Index- MOB Records- LA Lumber Companies – 44
items
4. Banner Lumber Co. Of Kentwood, LA Stock Certificates ( Blank)
– 3 items
5. “A History of the Great Southern Lumber Co., 1902-1908 – 48
items
6. Transcript, Ford Interview with Amos Kent, 2/ 7/ 81,
Natalbany Lumber Co. – 36 items
7. Livingston Parish Timber Articles – 9 items
8. Personal Interviews primarily regarding logging and railroad
content – 50 items
9. History of Timber Industry Articles – 12 items
10. Clemons Sawmill Auction Material – 2 items
Box 4 : Forestry
1. American Lumberman’s List of Steam Logging Roads, 1906
– 222 items
2. Edward Hines Lumber Company and Timber Investment
Publications – 9 items
3. Booklet, History of the Industrial Lumber Company – 44
items
4. Louisiana Timber Industry – History and Reports – 73
items
5. Timber Industry-Local-Notes and Articles – 157 items
6. Kent Family Deeds, late 1890s-early 1900s – 6 items
7. Amos Kent Lumber Company, Deed #933, 1896 – 4 items
8. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed # 929, 1900 – 3
items
9. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #932, 1901- 2
items
10. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #934, 1904
– 4 items
11. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed # 936, 1904
– 2 items
12. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #937, 1904
– 2 items
13. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #938, 1904
– 4 items
14. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #939, 1904
– 3 items
15. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #940, 1902
– 2 items
16. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #942, 1903
– 2 items
Box 5: Forestry
1 Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company History – 105 items
2. Natalbany Lumber Company Records, 1926-1928 (Correspondence)
– 45 items
3 . Natalbany Lumber Company + KG and SW – 27 items
4. Natalbany Lumber Company Deed #263-386, 1906 – 2 items
5. Natalbany Lumber Compnay Deed #1016, 1916 – 3 items
6. Natalbany Lumber Company Deed #1099, 1918 – 3 items
7. Natalbany Lumber Company Deed #1115, 1917 – 4 items
8. Easterling Lumber Company Deed #119, 1902 – 1item
9. Legal Documents, Leatham and Smith Lumber Company vs. J.B.
Nalty et al., 1901 – 16 items
10. Legal Documents, Leatham and Smith Lumber Company vs. J.B.
Nalty et al., 1901- 17 items
11. Legal Documents, Leatham and Smith Lumber Company vs. J.B.
Nalty et al., 1901 – 18 items
12. Agriculture Misc. – 39 Items
13. Bird Notes – 33 Items
Box 6 – Forestry
1. Soil Regions Map and Book, history of La. History Commission
Book, Hammond Lumber papers – 8 items
2. Timber, Equipment Information and Lumber Company Notes – 7
items
3. Handwritten notes
4. Five legal documents for the American Lumber Company vs. Day
Lumber and Brick Company
5. 30 Handwritten notes
6. Entries from Hoffman’s Shay list dated January, 22, 1999
7. Handwritten notes from Clark Forrest regarding the Banner
Lumber Company, Ltd. of Tangipahoa Parish, dated November 24,
1999
8. Legal document regarding the Stimson Veneer and Lumber Co.
Inc. – 23 June, 1923
9. Lumber sold to the American Lumber Co. by Day Lumber &
Brick Co. from April 6, 1912 to August 6, 1912
10. 29 court documents pertaining to American Lumber Company and
Day Lumber & Brick Company, November 12, 1912 – July 31,
1918
11. Supporting documents, letters, and telegrams pertaining to
American Lumber Company and Day Lumber & Brick Company, 83
items
12. Correspondence to and from Genessee Lumber Company, 1906, 58
items
13. Page 8 from
Northwestern Lumberman, 30 April, 1892
Box 7 – Forestry
1. Envelope to Mr. John B. Allen from C. W. Witbeck: List of
lumber companies in Mississippi and Louisiana; List of Louisiana
lumber and log companies
2. McCarroll Lumber Company File, Dispute of land in Tangipahoa
Parish
3. Natalbany Lumber Company, Information from Larry Swofford,
152 items
4. K. G. & S. W., Information from Larry Swofford, 162
items