Lumber Company Collections

Not all collections held by the library included in this list.

A

American Tung Oil Institute Records, 1939-1971
Correspondence, research notes, reports, newsletters, and journal articles, 32 cu.ft.

B

Batson Family Deeds, 1841-1908 (M 139)
Photocopies of deeds for land now in Stone County, Mississippi, 10 items.

C

Civilian Conservation Corps, District "G" Historical Materials, 1934-1936
Printed publications about the C.C.C. District "G", 2 items.

Cleveland (L.R.) Papers, 1950-1960
Research materials, including study of wood-feeding roach Cryptocercus, 4 items.

Crosby Family Letters and Miscellaneous Ledgers, 1849-1916
Family correspondence, ledger, financial reports of the Native and Ten Mile lumber companies of Mississippi, .20 cu.ft.

G

Goodyear Yellow Pine Company Photographs, 1918-1920 (M 134)
Taken by New Orleans photographer John N. Teunisson, 45 items.

H

Hoffman (Dr. Gilbert) Papers, 1870-1992 (M 272)
Research collection for his book Dummy Lines Through the Longleaf, a history of sawmill operations and logging railroads in southwest Mississippi, 3.6 cu.ft.

Homochitto Lumber Company Photograph
An 8.5" x 13.5" black and white aerial photograph of the Homochitto Lumber Company in Bude, Mississippi (Franklin County), 1 item.

Howe (Tony) Railroad Map Collection
The bulk of the collection consists of thirty-eight logging railroad maps drawn by Mr. Tony Howe. The maps portray railroad operations, timber holdings and other aspects of lumber companies that proliferated in South Mississippi during the latter years of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.

M

Major-Sowers Saw Mill Photographs, 1923-1929 (M 292)
Photographs of Major-Sowers saw mills at Tallahala and Epley, Mississippi, 26 items.

N

Newman (J.J.) Lumber Company Records, 1895-1943 (M 286)
Ledgers of this important Hattiesburg, Mississippi lumber company, 13 vols.

T

Tatum Family Collection, 1991
Biographical sketch of W.S.F. Tatum, 1 item.

U

United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection, 1925-1990 (M 318)
Photographs, slides, maps, and manuscripts produced by Station scientists and staff, 9 cu.ft.

W

Weston Lumber Company Photographs, 1920-1024 (M 293)
2 items.