Louisiana Central Lumber Company, Clarks, Louisiana, Records, 1901-1956 (C3660)

72 linear feet; 268 volumes on 156 rolls of microfilm

MICROFILM

INTRODUCTION

Records of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company and associated companies. The papers include correspondence, 1901-1945, financial records, company reports, maps, photographs, and other materials related to the southern lumber industry.

DONOR INFORMATION

The records were donated to the University of Missouri by the Louisiana Central Lumber Company on 27 November 1961 (Accession No. 3497).

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND HISTORY

The Louisiana Central Lumber Company with sawmills in Clarks and Standard, Louisiana, was one component of a group of lumber companies headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The main company, which acted as the sales agent for the lumber produced by the subsidiary lumber mills, was the Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange Company, which was later renamed Exchange Sawmills Sales Company. The parent lumber company was the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company with mills in Grandin and West Eminence, Missouri. Another Missouri mill was the Ozark Land and Lumber Company in Winona, Missouri.

The Missouri lumber group expanded its operations into Louisiana by buying up lumber mills and timber or by constructing its own mills. The Louisiana Central Lumber Company was established in Clarks in 1902 with the Standard mill following in 1906. The Standard mill closed in 1933, the Clarks mill in 1953.

Associated with Louisiana Central Lumber Company were other Louisiana subsidiaries: the Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company with mills in Fisher and Victoria; the Forest Lumber Company with a mill in Oakdale organized in 1913; the Louisiana Sawmill Company in Glenmora organized in 1918, closed 1929; and the White-Grandin Lumber Company in Slagle, near Leesville, also organized in 1918, closed 1931.

Each lumber company had several basic divisions: the land office which oversaw the purchase and sale of land and timber rights; the lumber camps and tree cutting operations; the railroad division which transported the timber from the lumber camps to the sawmill; the saw- mill which processed the lumber; and the hotels, hospitals, stores, churches, schools, houses, and other activities associated with company towns.

The lumber mills had subsidiary railroad companies to transport lumber from the mills to the lumber yards. The Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad Company was a subsidiary of Louisiana Central Lumber Company; and the Victoria, Fisher, and Western Railroad Company serviced the Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company.

The major stockholder and officer of this group of lumber companies was John Barber White (1847-1923), of Kansas City. In 1919 J.B. White's health began to fail and his son, Raymond, became active in the lumber business eventually taking his father's place as chief officer of the lumber companies.

C.E. Slagle was general manager of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company in Clarks and Standard from 1902 until his retirement in 1927. He was succeeded by C.C. Sheppard, who had been manager of other saw mills in the system in Missouri and the Louisiana Sawmill Company in Glenmora. Upon Sheppard's death in 1949, Mayo M. Iles became the third and last general manager of LCLC. J.W. Clarkson was the land superintendent in charge of all land transactions.

Lumber production at LCLC reached its highest levels during World War I and in the 1920s. The industry was hard hit during the economic depression of the 1930s, and following the end of government controls after World War II, production continued to decline.

By the 1950s virtually all of the company's land holdings had been sold and most of the lumber operations ceased. The sawmill in Clarks closed in 1953, ending 51 years of operation.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The records of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company are an exceptionally complete collection of business records that document the history of one of the largest lumber concerns in Louisiana and provide insight into the workers' lives.

The bulk of the collection deals with the Louisiana Central Lumber Company, although the collection includes correspondence with and assorted financial records of other sawmills in J.B. White's lumber organization such as the Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Co., the Forest Lumber Co., the Louisiana Sawmill Co., and the White­-Grandin Lumber Co.

The records furnish a comprehensive picture of the company's land and timber transactions, sawmill and lumber operations; financial organization; interaction with other lumber companies and lumber operators' organizations in the region; relations with company employees and labor unions; social relations with employees; and interaction with local, state, and federal government agencies.

The collection should prove valuable not only to those interested in business and industrial history, but also to those studying work and organized labor, social and community history, the environment, race relations, and southern history.

Although founded in the early twentieth century, Louisiana Central Lumber Company had much in common with nineteenth century industrial practices and theory. It was a paternalistic company, attempting to extend maximum control over its labor force both in the workplace and in the private lives of its employees, most of whom lived in company housing in company towns and camps.

The company was strongly opposed to labor unions and actively worked to prevent the organization of its workforce into labor unions. The collection provides significant information on the formation and repression of southern labor unions, particularly the Industrial Workers of the World and the Brotherhood of Timber Workers.

As the company prospered, it reflected national business trends and events; railroad strikes, fluctuations of the domestic lumber market, the depression of the 1930s, World Wars I and II, and the growing intrusion of federal and state government in company activities are all illustrated in the collection.

The collection also documents the general resource utilization and environmental practices (and lack of ecological awareness) of Southern lumbermen during the early part of the twentieth century.

Black workers formed a large portion of the workforce in the southern lumber industry. The collection documents racial aspects of company labor practices, the labor union movement, and social relations in the segregated company towns.

The collection is arranged into six series: Correspondence, Financial Records, Reports, Photographs and Maps, Economic and Lumber Industry, and Volumes. A series list follows.

Series List

ICorrespondence, 1901-1945f. 1-2948
II.Financial Records, 1904-1953f. 2949-3139
A.Annual Statements, 1916-1953f. 2949-3005
B.Audit Reports, 1908-1945f. 3006-3027
C.Voucher Letters, 1914f. 3028-3068
D.Miscellaneous Records, 1904-1953f. 3069-3139
III.Reportsf. 3140-3477
A.Employee Reportsf. 3140-3183
     1.Wage Schedules, 1915-1920, 1951f. 3140-3150
     2.Employee Accident Reports, 1915-1928f. 3151-3183
B. Plant Inspection Reports, 1903-1934f. 3184-3212
C.Appraisal Reports, 1921, 1936-1951f. 3213-3230
D.Inventories, 1922-1942f. 3231-3263
E.Lumber Reports, 1908-1939f. 3264-3275
F.Oil and Gas Reports, 1935-1939f. 3276-3279
G.Salesmen's Reports, 1916-1937f. 3280-3288
H.Forest Fire Reports, 1927-1939f. 3289-3309
I.Land Records/Reports, 1906-1939f. 3310-3411
J.Insurance Policies, 1924-1950f. 3412-3471
IV.Photographs and Mapsf. 3471-3477a
V.Economic and Lumber Industry, 1905-1939f. 3478-3836
VI.Volumes (All volumes have been microfilmed)v. 1-268
A.Letter books, 1902-1915v. 1-124
B.Newspapers, 1913-1914v. 125
C.General Journals, 1902-1928v. 126-133
D.Cash Journals, 1916-1956v. 134-141
E.Voucher Records, 1906-1953v. 142-175
F.Purchase Journals, 1925-1952v. 176-181
G.Customer's Journals, 1935-1953v. 182-187
H.General Ledgers, 1902-1953v. 188-243
I.Petty Journals, 1909-1913v. 244-245
J.Assorted Journals and Ledgers, 1920-1953v. 246-253
K.Railroad Journals, 1914-1948v. 254-258
L.Land and Lumber Records, 1902-1940v. 259-263
M.Smalley Tie and Timber Co., Records, 1916-1927v. 264
N.Louisiana Sawmill Co., Records, 1925-1929v. 265-267
O.Letter Register, 1908v. 268

Because the Correspondence series is so extensive, no attempt has been made to index or describe every significant company event. What follows is a general summary of the kinds of topics that appear throughout the correspondence section. Specific noteworthy events are later highlighted. The correspondence, arranged chronologically, dates from 1901 through 1945.

The correspondence series contains letters concerning the sale and purchase of land and timber rights, deeds, descriptions of land, maps, land prices, negotiations with landowners to purchase land, and correspondence with lawyers concerning legal title to land. Letters from men and women inquiring about job openings in the sawmill, on the railroad, in the town as doctors, barbers, store and hotel managers, and in the office are also in the collection.

There is material on the construction of new sawmills at Clarks (1902-1903), Standard (1906­-1907), and Oakdale and Glenmora (1918-1919), and the rebuilding of mills after fires; description of construction, specifications for buildings and materials needed, machinery and equipment for mills and railroads, construction of railroads, correspondence with locomotive and machinery makers, problems installing machinery and getting mills into operation, breakdowns in equipment, financial problems and difficulties in meeting loans and making payments for machinery. There are also letters about repairing, replacing, and upgrading machinery already in operation, and making buildings and machinery fire and accident safe.

Railroad and freight rates; shipping costs; problems with railroad car shortages; the Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad Company; the Louisiana Railroad Commission concerning railroad rules and regulations, shipping rates and routes, depots, etc.; and the Interstate Commerce Commission are covered in the correspondence.

Taxes and tax assessments, local parish and state tax assessment and tax policies, war profits taxes during World War I as well as banking transactions and financial arrangements, company dividends and stock offerings, lists of stockholders can be found in the series.

Lumber industry organizations such as the Southern Lumbermen's Association, Southern Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Southern Lumber Operators' Association, Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association, and Texas and Louisiana Saw Mill Association concerning freight rates, control of competition, maintaining uniform grades of lumber, uniform terms of sale, the labor situation and prevention of unionization, shortage of railroad cars, uniform wages and hours, and other forms of cooperation among lumbermen, especially during World War I are a part of the series.

Union activities are covered as well. During 1911 and 1912 the Brotherhood of Timber Workers (BTW), led by Arthur Lee Emmerson, was active in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The labor union sent representatives to lumber camps and mills to organize locals and sign up members. The BTW organized both black and white workers and the position of blacks in the union was often an issue. In 1912 the BTW became associated with the Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies.

In this collection, most of the information about the union is contained in documents representing the operators, who were strongly opposed to having their industry unionized. To combat the labor union, mill owners and managers formed the Southern Lumber Operators' Association, which coordinated efforts to suppress the union. Undercover detectives were sent to the lumber camps and towns to identify union sympathizers, who were later fired and blacklisted. The SLOA regularly reported to its members on union strength and sympathy among workers in lumber mills throughout the region and on the degree of support the union received from merchants and town people. Worker interest in labor unions, especially the IWW, continued throughout the 1910s and the company persisted in trying to weed out union sympathizers.

Lumber grades and quality, costs of shipping and railroad rates, shipping and filling orders on time, correspondence with salesmen about dissatisfied customers appear as subjects in the correspondence.

Clarks, Standard, Slagle, Glenmora, and the numerous lumber camps were essentially company towns, under the direct control of the company. The company played a leading role in establishing churches and schools, operating stores, garages, and barbershops, running hotels and boarding houses, building and renting houses, and supplying medical care. At various times the company tried to control drinking and gambling and other leisure activities of its workers. Such town activities are described in this series.

Workmen's compensation is a subject in the correspondence. Lumber mills were dangerous places and workers were frequently injured on the job. The company was reluctant to admit fault and to pay compensation to workers and their families for injuries or deaths. In 1915 the state of Louisiana mandated workmen's compensation and the regular reporting of accidents by the company doctor to an insurance company for payment to the injured worker or his family.

The correspondence is a source of letterhead stationary containing drawings of lumber mills, lumber, trees, forests, and logs; railroads; machinery, stores, hotels, wagons, and loading of goods.

The Financial Records series includes annual statements for the Louisiana Central Lumber Company and other subsidiaries dating from 1916 to 1953. The statements include records of log and lumber sales, land and timber accounts, cost of manufacturing, lumber shipments, profit and loss statements, inventory of houses, and financial records of the company store and ice plant. Statements for some years are missing.

There are also audit reports for the years 1908 to 1945 and voucher letters for 1914. Voucher letters authorized payment of bills and other disbursements and often contained correspondence and a description of the charges; includes records of company stores, ice plant, and railroads.

The miscellaneous records in this series contains financial records of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company, Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad Company, Forest Lumber Company, White-Grandin Lumber Company, Slagle Naval Stores Company, and the Exchange Sawmills Sales Company. The records are organized chronologically and include sawmill, payroll, investment, and insurance records; tax notices and receipts; balance sheets; store, lighting, foundry, ice plant, and hotel accounts; manufacturing and industrial plant reports; and bank balances.

The Reports series includes reports on employees, plant inspections, inventories, lumber, oil and gas, and forest fires, as well as salesmen's reports, land records, and insurance policies.

Economic and Lumber Industry series has reports, bulletins, newsletters, statistical compilations, promotional literature, periodicals, and other materials concerning the U.S. lumber industry, the southern lumber market, and general U.S. and world economic and trade conditions. The series is arranged alphabetically by topic, name of organization, or title of publication, and chronologically thereunder. The bulk of the material dates from World War I through the 1920s.

The financial records of the Louisiana Central company, found in the Volumes series, are exceptionally complete and comprise one of the most valuable sections of the records. The general ledgers document all financial transactions from 1902 to 1953. Voucher records exist for 49 of the 51 years that Louisiana Central was in existence. Along with the cash and purchase ledgers, customer's journals, and assorted financial papers, most of the company's financial history is documented. The series also includes some financial documents of Louisiana Central's associate companies. The volumes are on microfilm.

FOLDER LIST

Correspondence Series

f. 1-181901-1902
f. 3Legality and validity of coupon system at company store at Clarks.
f. 8Transfer of assets of Forest Lumber Company to Louisiana Central Lumber Company.
f. 9Establishment of company store at Clarks and its policies on credit and ordering.
f. 10Drowning death of L.L. Hunter, secretary of Missouri Lumber and Mining Company, in Ohio River near Cairo, Illinois, on 20 May 1902; prices of construction of company houses in Clarks.
f. 12Workers refusing to work; threat of strikes and labor agitation.
f. 17Chart of lumber shipment rates.
f. 19-651902-1903
f. 19Discussion with Tremont Lumber Company about division of land in Jackson Parish in order to reduce competition; lumber prices.
f. 21Purchase of equipment, machinery, and engines for construction of double band saw mill and kilns.
f. 22Detailed specifications on mill equipment.
f. 22, 23Labor problems, opposition of whites to hiring of black workers, threat of violence.
f. 31Details about bids on saw mill.
f. 40Hiring Mexican laborers at Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company at Fisher, Louisiana.
f. 41-42Layout of town and mill at Clarks.
f. 47Establishment of school in Clarks.
f. 65Announcement of meeting to discuss uniform wage scale.
f. 66-1051903
f. 66Employee hospital and medical care.
f. 76, 80Plans for company store.
f. 83Death benefits and problems of widow following death of her husband at the mill.
f. 85Missouri Lumber and Mining Company mill at Grandin, Missouri, shut down following strike and attempt by workers to organize labor union; contracting for Mexican labor in Beaumont, Texas.
f. 89Electrical specifications for saw mill.
f. 90, 92Installation of electricity in saw mill.
f. 100-101Giving company land for schools and churches in Clarks.
f. 100-102Complaints from other saw mills about LCLC hiring away their workers by offering higher wages.
f. 106-1241903-1904
f. 106Discussion of necessity of teaching high school courses at Clarks school.
f. 107Organized labor at mills in Texas.
f. 107-108Sawyer injured in accident at mill, discussion of injury, recovery time, and liability of company to pay medical costs and lost wages.
f. 111Arrangements with other lumber companies concerning the height of cutting stumps.
f. 114Suggestion to cut wages because of decline in lumber industry and ready supply of workers; grading lumber and material used in railroad cars.
f. 122Labor trouble at mill in Clarks caused by opposition of whites to hiring of black laborers.
f. 125-1931904-1905
f. 125Discussion of huge investment in construction of mill at Clarks and need to cut operating expenses and increase capital stock.
f. 125-126Problem of over-production and surplus of lumber, other lumber companies cutting prices, meeting of lumber operators to discuss regulation of prices and competition.
f. 130Establishment of school in Clarks and problems with school board.
f. 136Plans for school building.
f. 137Reducing wages and number of operating hours to deal with problem of oversupply of lumber.
f. 138-139Southern Lumber Manufacturers' Association, figures on output of lumber and reducing output in southern states.
f. 139Circular from National Association of Manufacturers concerning the defeat of eight-hour bill and other labor bills in U.S. Congress.
f. 147-148Memos to mill foremen and edgermen about cutting and trimming boards to maintain standard quality of lumber; also in following folders letters about grades and quality of lumber.
f. 155List of wage scale at LCLC saw mill.
f. 170Railroad rates for shipment of lumber.
f. 173Attempt to organize labor union at LCLC.
f. 178Organization of labor unions and reduction of workday to ten hours a day.
f. 184Beginning of process to incorporate Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad Company, a subsidiary of LCLC.
f. 194-2311905-1906
f. 194Daily rains for two weeks.
f. 199Proposed purchase of Urania Lumber Company.
f. 200Outbreak of yellow fever.
f. 220, 221Correspondence from C.E. Slagle to J.W. Clarkson about ways to run railroad, timber, and logging operations more efficiently and economically. Continues in following folders.
f. 225Proposed contract with Stubbs and Russell Attorneys to act as company lawyers.
f. 226Detailed explanation of ordering and pricing policies of LCLC and necessity of mills not to sell below prices set by the lumber exchange.
f. 231List of officers of Yellow Pine Manufactures Association for 1906.
f. 232-2441906
f. 232Plans for meeting of Louisiana directors of Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association.
f. 233Proposed state law to provide for expropriation of property for logging roads, sawmills, and other plants for developing timber resources of the state.
f. 237J.W. Clarkson complaining about poor quality of workers and problems they cause.
f. 243, 245, 251Earthquake in San Francisco and impact on lumber industry and insurance companies.
f. 243Question of taxation of Missouri corporation if property located and taxes paid in another state.
f. 244Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company institutes ten-hour work day.
f. 245-3081906-1907
f. 245, 247, 249Outbreak of small pox in Monroe, Louisiana.
f. 246Drop in orders and prices, surplus stock.
f. 250-252Discussion of kind of housing to build for black workers.
f. 265Purchase of Standard Lumber Company.
f. 266Organization of Southern Lumber Operators' Association in response to labor troubles and organization of labor union in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
f. 269Membership list and constitution of Southern Lumber Operators' Association.
f. 271, 274Reports on mills in Wisconsin and Minnesota that were inspected with possibility of purchase by LCLC.
f. 271Purchase of equipment for new mill in Standard, Louisiana, discussion of design of mill, materials used in construction of buildings, cost, fire prevention measures, etc. Correspondence concerning construction of mill continues into 1907.
f. 279Possible attempts to unionize loggers and teamsters in logging camp.
f. 286Specifications for boilers and mill equipment at Standard.
f. 298Shortage of railroad cars in the South. Discussion continues in following folders.
f. 304-305Arranging financing for final payment for purchase of Standard Lumber Company.
f. 309-3881907
f. 309Statement of corporate relationship between Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company and the Victoria, Fisher and Western Railroad Company, also concerning the Hepburn Act.
f. 310Politics of tax assessment and preventing increase in taxes on lumber companies.
f. 310, 313Serious shortage of railroad cars on Iron Mountain Railway.
f. 311, 313Plan to deduct parish road taxes from employees' pay; plan rejected.
f. 314Government investigation of lumber trust by Gifford Pinchot, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
f. 316Samples of metallic roof paints.
f. 323, 325Description of sanitarium for treatment of drug and alcohol addictions; loaning money to an employee for treatment at sanitarium.
f. 326, 329Report and profit analysis of company store in Clarks; selling goods in logging camps.
f. 326, 336-338Continuing shortage of railroad cars, especially box cars.
f. 327,329-331,335, 340Correspondence with employee, his wife, and doctors at sanitarium about treatment for alcoholism.
f. 328Report on timber lands near Acapulco, Mexico.
f. 338Legal issues about sale of school lands.
f. 341Dynamite explosion that destroyed two houses in camp on July 4th.
f. 348Labor shortage and need to pay higher wages; cotton picking paying better wages than saw mill work.
f. 349, 351Railroad accident, one man killed.
f. 353Estimates on cost of building forty miles of railroad, wages of construction crew.
f. 356More about railroad accident.
f. 359Insurance inspection report on Clarks mill.
f. 360, 363Specifications for ice plant at Clarks.
f. 367Copy of 1904 contract between LCLC and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company.
f. 369, 372Meeting of local businessmen to discuss poor service on Iron Mountain Railway.
f. 371-373, 375Discussion of solutions to problem of lumber shrinking during drying process.
f. 376Continuing shortage of railroad cars.
f. 377-388Nationwide financial problems; bank closures; shortage of currency and inability to get loans; inability to pay workers or pay bills; discussion of reducing work week to three or four days; discussion of reducing wages for skilled or unskilled workers; instead of cash payments for labor, giving company checks that can only be used at company store or for rent on company houses; discussion of closing mills; depression in lumber industry with low prices, overstock of lumber, and slow movement of railroad cars.
f. 379Opening railroad depot and telegraph at Standard.
f. 381-382Complaints about inequality of tax assessment increases.
f. 388Continuing troubles with Iron Mountain Railway about adequate number of railroad cars.
f. 389-4061907-1908
f. 389-394Continued discussion about hour and wage reductions; predictions of continued hard economic times in 1908; closing Clarks plant from mid-December to beginning of January.
f. 397Communication with governor about taxation.
f. 398Report on financial status and problems during 1907 in plants at Clarks and Standard; chart showing running time of saw mills in January 1908.
f. 399-400Information about sizes, grades, types, etc. of hardwoods; putting hardwood mill in operation.
f. 404Formation of Texas and Louisiana Saw Mill Association; unequal tax assessment of long and short leaf pine.
f. 407-4661908
f. 407More discussion about hardwood mill and putting it into operation; expenses and losses, six-month lumber sales ending February 29, 1908.
f. 408-411, 413, 418Fire in mill at Clarks, dry kilns and 6,000,000 feet of lumber destroyed, $100,000 loss; rebuilding kilns; insurance settlements.
f. 417Chart of railroad shipping rates for lumber in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado.
f. 418Forest Service bulletin on shortleaf pine.
f. 419-421Fire at Clarks and insurance settlements.
f. 422, 427-429Fire and insurance settlements.
f. 422, 424Low prices for lumber and financial losses for manufacturers.
f. 423Hardwood mills at Fisher, Clarks, and Standard; list of members of Texas and Louisianans Saw Mill Assn.
f. 428Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs request for support for establishment of chair of forestry at a Louisiana university; circular about benefits of forests.
f. 431-432Distribution of stock of LCLC and whether corporation can hold stock in another corporation or railroad; probe by Interstate Commerce Commission concerning trusts.
f. 432Celebration by blacks of Emancipation Day on June 19 at Clarks.
f. 433-434Plan to whitewash houses in Negro and Italian section of Clarks.
f. 437-446Accident at Clarks mill with extensive damage to mill and machinery; replacing machinery and repairing mill buildings.
f. 439Weighing lumber.
f. 443Chart of cost of production from 16 mills by Texas and Louisiana Saw Mill Association.
f. 455Merchandise bought for sale at company store at Standard.
f. 460Instructions for new accounting system at Clarks.
f. 461Reasons company will not pay workers time and a half for working on Sundays; chart of wages paid to saw mill workers in the Northwest.
f. 463Altercation between black and white workers; child labor laws.
f. 464, 466Tax assessments on timber land, changes in the rates and categories of timber land.
f. 465-466Problems with drying kilns at Clarks mill.
f. 467-4851908-1909
f. 467Bookkeeping system for payroll records.
f. 468-470, 473-476Tax assessments on timber land.
f. 468Price list and description of bookkeeping supplies; contract for dust collecting system.
f. 469Railroad accident between engine and cow.
f. 470-480Construction, efficient operation, and other problems with drying kilns.
f. 474Agreement on reduction of parish taxes.
f. 479Discussion of shutting down mills around Christmas and New Years because of slow sales.
f. 482Grading and maintaining standards of lumber.
f. 484Details about costs and methods of making molding.
f. 485Chart comparing construction costs in major U.S. cities, 1907-1908.
f. 486-5521909
f. 486Using hardwood mill to saw yellow pine.
f. 487Tariff revision and lumber industry.
f. 488Wages in Clarks and Standard mills.
f. 493Conditions at company store at Standard.
f. 494Report about turpentine and rosin production.
f. 496List of land recently purchased by LCLC.
f. 497Issuance of corporation stock in LCLC, list of LCLC stockholders.
f. 498Information from detective company describing investigative work it will do on internal conditions in mills, employee loyalty, etc.
f. 509Decrease in production, reducing operations.
f. 512Damage caused by heavy rains and flooding at Standard.
f. 515Chart of railroad cars of lumber shipped from LCLC and Missouri Lumber and Mining Company mills.
f. 517List of stockholders of Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad Company.
f. 518-519Increase in tax assessment in Winn Parish.
f. 527Mills running on short time.
f. 530Construction costs in large U.S. cities, 1906-1909; Henry Hardtner, president of Urania Lumber Company, elected as state representative.
f. 537Agreement for telephone at Iron Mountain Railway depot in Clarks.
f. 538Hiring special agents at Clarks; problems with detective.
f. 539Plans for theater building in Clarks; employee accused of using morphine.
f. 540-541Appropriation of land for railroad right-of-way.
f. 540-543Plans for showing motion pictures in Clarks.
f. 541Lumber price list.
f. 544Exchange of land between LCLC and Urania Lumber Company and sale of land to Forest Lumber Company; competition between LCLC and ULC.
f. 545Railroad cars of lumber shipped during October 1909.
f. 549Proposed deed of transfer of property from Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company to Victoria, Fisher and Western Railroad Company.
f. 551, 554, 557, 558Camp for students of Forest School of Yale University held at Clarks.
f. 553-5611909-1910
f. 553Conservation of forests, selling cut-over land to government for reforestation.
f. 554-555Extension of Oauchita Railroad.
f. 558Books for public library at Clarks; horses, mules, and cattle at Standard; account of upkeep and of labor and equipment associated with animals.
f. 559Claims made against railroad companies over shipment of lumber; reduction in operation of Standard mill, complaints that Standard mill does not receive as much business as Clarks mill, fewer hours and wages for workers, fewer railroad cars.
f. 560Financial statement of White Hotel in Clarks.
f. 561Plans to shut down Clarks and Standard plants for one day per week.
f. 562-5991910
f. 562Resignation, later withdrawn, of superintendent at Standard over criticism of operation of mill.
f. 564-567Corporation tax law.
f. 565-568Uniform auditing and accounting system in all Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange Company mills.
f. 566Map of irrigation project of U.S. Reclamation Service in western U.S.
f. 573Blue prints of ice and cold storage plant.
f. 577American Lumberman article about yellow pine and low prices.
f. 579Accounting and bookkeeping system for mills at Standard and Clarks; railroad rates for commodities in Louisiana.
f. 580-581Costs and sketch of house for superintendent at Standard.
f. 581Taxation of timber land.
f. 588Construction in major U.S. cities, 1909-1910.
f. 592Implementation of new accounting system.
f. 593Celebration of Emancipation Day, June 19, by blacks.
f. 593-594Allowing time off with pay to company officers in case of illness or death in family, two­-week vacations.
f. 594Analysis of timber land accounts, amount of timber and its value, cost of timber and lands, stumpage cut and credited.
f. 598Building railroad line twenty-five miles northwest of Clarks to connect with Tremont and Gulf Railroad.
f. 600-6371910-1911
f. 600List of stockholders of Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad Company.
f. 609-610Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association inspector's report on grades of lumber from Clarks and Standard mills.
f. 611By-laws and membership of Southwestern Short Line Railroad Association.
f. 621-622Shut down of Clarks and Standard mills.
f. 626List of stockholders and financial statement of Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad.
f. 627-628Arrangements for housing and water supply for Yale University, Forest School camp.
f. 635-638LCLC paying off loans made by G.W. Grandin.
f. 638-7191911
f. 638Mills closing down for five days.
f. 638Inspection report by Louisiana State Board of Health concerning sanitation and health conditions in Clarks, hookworm disease, how to build a sanitary privy, poor condition of housing for blacks; inventory of supplies for past three years.
f. 642List of LCLC stockholders.
f. 643Statement of trade conditions in yellow pine industry; financial statement of Hotel White in Clarks.
f. 644Financial statement of Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad.
f. 645Report on attempts to form union; Yellow Pine Graders and Inspectors Organization; statement of principles and goals of union.
f. 647Financial statement of stores in Clarks, Standard, Fisher, and Victoria; hospital and medical care at Clarks, Standard, and log camps.
f. 652-653Young boys getting drunk in Clarks, Boy Scouts, other incidents about people in Clarks.
f. 653Sawyers wanting increased wages.
f. 655-656Establishment of high school in Clarks.
f. 655-657Information about organization of union, Brotherhood of Timber Workers (BTW), by Arthur Lee Emmerson; report about formation of International Timber Workers Association and demand for eight-hour day; reports from Southern Lumber Operators Association (SLOA) on union activities and ways to combat formation of unions; reports on union activities and organizers.
f. 656-662, 664, 665, 673Henry Hardtner and problem with thefts of oak for staves.
f. 657, 659Meeting of SLOA concerning union organization and combating union.
f. 659Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company (LLLLC) forcing employees to sign anti-union cards promising not to join union.
f. 660-661, 664, 671Building lodge halls for blacks.
f. 664Report on union activities of Emmerson and other BTW organizers.
f. 665Building railroad depot at Standard.
f. 666Operating plants four days a week as way to control unionization.
f. 667Union activity at LLLLC in Fisher; amount of land and timber owned by Tremont Lumber Company.
f. 668Resolutions of BTW; "An Address to All Workers in the Lumber Industry" by BTW; financial accounting of water and electricity usage at Clarks, 1905-1911.
f. 669Shipment of lumber from Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange Company (MLLEC) mills.
f. 669Report of meeting of SLOA on combating union activity; reports from two detectives from Pinkerton's National Detective Agency sent to Clarks and Standard to investigate union activity.
f. 670-675Daily reports from Pinkerton detectives.
f. 671Financial statement of operating and construction expenses of Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad.
f. 671, 680Amount of lumber shipped from mills.
f. 676Handbill, A.L. Emmerson, President of BTW, scheduled to speak at Clarks and Standard.
f. 683Comparison of average lumber prices, 1904-1908; report on union activities in Clarks and Standard.
f. 686-691Reports from SLOA on union organizing activity in Louisiana and Texas; resolutions for dealing with union; union activity in Fisher at LLLLC mill; resolutions of workers against union.
f. 690Fire in planing mill at MLMC.
f. 693SLOA membership list; list of union locals; reports of union organization at Clarks.
f. 695-696Reports of union activity at Standard; non-union resolution at Standard.
f. 699-700, 702Reports of union activity.
f. 702-704Daily reports from detective investigating union activity at Clarks.
f. 705Annual statement and list of subscribers of Manufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters.
f. 709Mills closed because of union problems now resuming operations; reports of BTW loss of support and strength.
f. 711Report from union, decision to return to work and continue union organization efforts despite non­-union promises made to operators.
f. 714, 718Specifications and reports on locomotives LCLC may purchase.
f. 717Train schedule of Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad.
f. 718Reports on files kept by SLOA on sawmill workers and their union affiliation.
f. 719Report on declining strength of BTW.
f. 720-7341911-1912
f. 720Report about projected coal strike in 1912.
f. 721Appeal of BTW for support of black workers.
f. 723Financial statement of Hotel White, Clarks.
f. 724-725LCLC donating money to band association in Clarks.
f. 727-729Whether dentist should set up practice in Clarks.
f. 728Accounting procedures for traffic department.
f. 729Statement of non-productive labor costs, salaries of managers and foremen, LCLC.
f. 733Specifications and reports on locomotive Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad may purchase.
f. 734, 740Robberies at store at Clarks.
f. 734Blueprints of ice and cold storage plants.
f. 735-8281912
f. 735, 741Report from Louisiana State Board of Health on water supply in Clarks.
f. 736-739Information and specifications for ice making plant.
f. 738Price lists for lumber at MLLEC mills.
f. 744Report on locomotive being built for LCLC; robbery at store at Standard.
f. 745Financial statement about hospital fund at Clarks.
f. 750Robberies at store at Clarks.
f. 751, 754, 757Problem with drinking water at Standard and proposed solution of building plant to distill water.
f. 754-757Reports that lumber union is growing in strength and will begin organizing efforts again; BTW holding convention in Alexandria with speakers from Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Bill Haywood and Covington Hall; BTW votes to affiliate with IWW; list of delegates (local and colored lodges) to BTW convention.
f. 758-759, 762Plans to build water distillation plant at Standard.
f. 761Description of system for heating buildings in Clarks with steam heat, including map of Clarks; problem of excessive drinking and gambling at Clarks log camp.
f. 762Suggestions from SLOA on ways to combat union; reports from SLOA on BTW and IWW activity.
f. 767-768Reports about mill operations at Standard and Clarks, analysis of cost and efficiency of men and operations of plants.
f. 773-776Reports by SLOA on clash between BTW union sympathizers and workers and company operatives at Galloway Lumber Company at Grabow, Louisiana; four men were killed and forty were injured; A.L. Emmerson, president of BTW, and eight other men were arrested, jailed, and indicted for murder and conspiracy.
f. 776-777Railroad car shortage.
f. 778Inspection report on grades of lumber at Standard and Clarks mills.
f. 787Wage scale established by the National Industrial Union of Forest and Lumber Workers, IWW, in the Pacific Northwest.
f. 792List of locals and assessments paid to BTW.
f. 801Financial account of ice plant construction.
f. 803-817SLOA reports and newspaper accounts of trial and acquittal in Lake Charles of A.L. Emmerson and eight other BTW members for the deaths at Grabow.
f. 805Discussion of instituting semi-monthly pay day.
f. 806Audit of financial records of store at Clarks.
f. 813Circular about selling national forest timber.
f. 815Efficiency reports on Clarks and Standard plants; number of men doing specific jobs.
f. 816-818Raise in wages for some workers.
f. 820List of job categories and wages at Clarks.
f. 821Brotherhood of Timber Workers circular about strike at Merryville with appeal for funds and provisions.
f. 829-8431912-1913
f. 829Blacklist of employees at American Lumber Company with union sympathies.
f. 830Brotherhood of Timber Workers circular about strike at Merryville opposing use of blacklist.
f. 830, 834-837Report on inspection of boarding houses in Clarks and Standard, condition in black boarding houses described as poor.
f. 834Detective's report on BTW convention in Alexandria.
f. 838Wage scale established by National Industrial Union of Forest and Lumber Workers.
f. 839List of jobs and wage scale at Standards.
f. 841Chart of average wages in Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana.
f. 844-9971913
f. 844List of employees at Luddington lumber mill with union (BTW) affiliation and sympathies.
f. 846Building a lodge hall for Negroes at Clarks; list of employees at American Lumber Company in Merryville and their union sympathies; chart of costs per logs sawed in 1912.
f. 849Report on sanitation of some buildings in Clarks.
f. 851Monthly payroll statistics at Clarks and Standard.
f. 851-856, 861Robbery of company safe in Standard and reports of investigations by detectives.
f. 958Annual report, Caldwell Parish public schools. 1911-1912.
f. 874Specifications and descriptions of saw mill and power machinery for use at new mill in Oakdale, Louisiana.
f. 872-907Throughout April and May, plans for opening of the new mill at Oakdale, including hiring of employees, buying machinery, and building company offices.
f. 885Inspection report of Standard plant concerning living conditions and housing.
f. 892Circular for dry kilns.
f. 912Reprint of magazine article on labor unions and syndicalism, and the IWW; strike in silk mills in Paterson, New Jersey.
f. 926Building a church at Oakdale.
f. 928Reports of difficult times for unions.
f. 932List of subscribers to union newspaper The Lumberjack.
f. 940Fire in little mill at Clarks with much loss of property.
f. 941Floor plan of general store.
f. 943Prospect of union organization activity in Oakdale.
f. 945-947Discussion of whether to rebuild little mill at Clarks.
f. 953, 965Lumber, furniture, and fixtures for post office building in Clarks.
f. 954Financial report on Forest Lumber Company in Oakdale.
f. 955Copy of deed of land for State Agricultural High School between Olla and Standard.
f. 961Specifications for saw mill machinery; discussion of building hotel or boarding house at Oakdale.
f. 965Cost of erecting post office building in Clarks.
f. 973Floor plan of boarding house in Oakdale.
f. 976Floor plans of fuel plant in Clarks.
f. 977Photograph of first car of lumber shipped from Forest Lumber Company in Oakdale.
f. 988Hiring a black teacher for Clarks.
f. 990Evaluation of operation of new mill at Oakdale.
f. 995-997, 1002Problems of Methodist preacher at Standard camps.
f. 997Medical facilities at Oakdale.
f. 998-10181913-1914
f. 998Purchase of Victrola and records, list of records ordered.
f. 1000-1009Reports of detectives on union activity in Oakdale.
f. 1002Statement of operating costs of Oakdale mill.
f. 1004List of labor charges for Standard mill and railroad company.
f. 1006Missouri Supreme Court revoked charters and levied fines on lumber companies, including Missouri Land and Lumber Company, that violated anti-trust laws.
f. 1011-1015Mrs. Powell, reporter from Kansas City Star, in Clarks to do story on lumber mill and town.
f. 1016Schedules of movies to be shown at Clarks.
f. 1018Requiring leases on company houses in Clarks.
f. 1019-11591914
f. 1019Reports of union activities in Oakdale; lease agreement for making turpentine from pine timber.
f. 1021Discussion of turpentining.
f. 1024List of stockholders of LCLC.
f. 1027Payment of $2025 to parents of man killed at sawmill in Clarks; discussion of eight-hour day and why it is not necessary in sawmills.
f. 1033Hiring blacks and having a mixed labor force to discourage labor organizing, more worker solidarity with a white labor force, recollection that strike at Clarks was successful because most workers were white.
f. 1034, 1036Contract for turpentining.
f. 1038Drawings of house floor plans.
f. 1043Building church for blacks at Oakdale.
f. 1052, 1054, 1056Making improvements to park in Clarks.
f. 1060Uniform marking of railroad cars.
f. 1065Workers compensation act in Louisiana.
f. 1067List of voters at Clarks.
f. 1068Extending water service to the black quarters in Clarks; earnings of camp stores.
f. 1069Proposed standards for grading yellow pine timber.
f. 1083, 1084, 1086Men in company housing at Standard and Clarks.
f. 1089, 1091Building lodge hall for blacks in Clarks.
f. 1092List of employees living in company houses in Clarks.
f. 1096LCLC and other lumber companies forced to cancel membership in Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association because of anti-trust decision of Missouri Supreme Court.
f. 1105Speech by Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma about lumber trusts.
f. 1112War in Europe disrupting export lumber trade.
f. 1116Cutting wages and hours because of war and poor market conditions.
f. 1117Evaluation of skidding operations at Standard.
f. 1119Physicians' salaries, fees paid by employees, and medical services provided for mill employees.
f. 1124-1126Establishing school for blacks at Clarks.
f. 1128Lumber mills in Louisiana shutting down, curtailing operations, working with reduced hours and wages because of war and poor market conditions.
f. 1130Curtailment in production, reduction to four days per week at Oakdale; paying employees twice a month instead of monthly.
f. 1131Assessments for black school at Clarks.
f. 1132-1136Fire at Standard which killed two men and completely destroyed the mill; plans to rebuild mill.
f. 1138, 1141Reports from Internal Revenue Service about taxes due from 1911.
f. 1142Report and list of wage reductions and positions abolished at Oakdale.
f. 1142, 1144Reports of blacks drinking, gambling, and buying bootleg liquor; maintaining "moral uplift of the community" and "motor cars are going to ruin some of our employees".
f. 1148Further reductions in operating expenses at Clarks.
f. 1148-1152, 1154Reduction in rent at black boarding house in Standard; having single blacks who live in the country move to town so company can have better control over their labor; having married blacks move from country into company houses in town.
f. 1152, 1154Using cash registers at company stores.
f. 1152Flier about dry kilns.
f. 1153List of employees not living in company houses.
f. 1160-11781914-1915
f. 1160List of mules and other livestock at Standard.
f. 1163Making further reductions at mill at Standard; list of employees not living in company houses.
f. 1164Dissolution of Southern Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association and formation of new association.
f. 1165, 1167, 1173 Details of Louisiana workers compensation law which goes into effect January 1915; workers compensation rates and liability insurance.
f. 1177List of employees including race and marital status.
f. 1178Itinerary for lumber salesmen's visit to exchange mills in Louisiana.
f. 1179-13501915
f. 1179Monthly earnings for one year; summary of lumber business for 1914, market conditions, low prices, and poor sales.
f. 1182Rules governing hospital department and medical care for employees.
f. 1186Diagrams and description of sanitary privies recommended by Louisiana State Board of Health; subscription contract with Southern Pine Association.
f. 1190Payments to stockholders for 1914.
f. 1193Operating expenses of company stores of Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company for 1914.
f. 1196Sales of Missouri Land and Lumber Exchange Company for 1914.
f. 1204Financial statement of hospital operations in Clarks for 1914.
f. 1206Statement of school fund, salaries, supplies, and how money was spent in Clarks.
f. 1211Fire in store at Oakdale.
f. 1227New mill at Standard begins operations.
f. 1228Discussion of further reductions in wages, hours, and operation of mills.
f. 1233Deducting 254 per month from wages for workmen's compensation fund.
f. 1234-123510% reduction in time for all mills in Missouri Land and Lumber Exchange.
f. 1236Discussion of forming organization to promote sales of pine.
f. 1238Reductions in work force at Oakdale.
f. 1244Anonymous letter protesting hiring of blacks in planing mill at Clarks.
f. 1247Fire at camp store and robbery at store in Clarks.
f. 1248Reports of railroad accidents to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
f. 1272Arrangements with dealership and garage in Shreveport to sell automobiles in Clarks.
f. 1273, 1282Catching and trial of suspects in store robbery in Clarks.
f. 1274"Lumbermen's Safety First, First Aid Manual," a YMCA publication.
f. 1290Job descriptions of railroad employees.
f. 1298, 1300Arrest of log scaler at Clarks in order to test legality of log scale act passed by legislature.
f. 1317, 1322Suit for negligence brought by LCLC employee against doctor in Clarks.
f. 1334Tentative agreement for incorporation of railroad company by Forest Lumber Company and Bowman­-Hicks Lumber Company.
f. 1336Question of legality and liability in accident involving worker under age 14.
f. 1339, 1342Report on profits and renewal of contract of two-year turpentine project.
f. 1348Lease for turpentining of pine timber.
f. 1348, 1349Problems with drinking and gambling in Clarks over Christmas holidays. Note: Since fall 1915, improved market conditions and increased sales and production.
f. 1351-14871916
f. 1352Contract with Ford Motor Company for car agency in Clarks.
f. 1354Figures on amount paid for liability insurance premiums and amount paid out.
f. 1355Problems with drinking and gambling in Clarks over Christmas holidays.
f. 1358$22 per share paid to LCLC stockholders for 1915.
f. 1360, 1361LCLC buying out privately owned store in Clarks.
f. 1361Summary statement of profits and losses for Forest Lumber Company for 1915.
f. 1362, 1363Discussion of quality, strength, and density of long leaf pine lumber.
f. 1366Report on operations and profits of store in Clarks.
f. 1369, 1371Profits from hardwood plant at Fisher.
f. 1370Discussion of arrangements and profitability of turpentining.
f. 1372Attempts to reduce drinking and dancing in Clarks.
f. 1378Turpentining at Forest Lumber Company in Oakdale.
f. 1383Statement showing sales by salesmen of Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange for 1915.
f. 1388Extension of water main into black section of Clarks. Note: Throughout the spring of 1916 there was much discussion of high production, low demand, falling prices, and the possibility of curtailing production.
f. 1395Architect's description of additions to Slagle's house in Clarks.
f. 1396Slagle's opinions about Workmen's Compensation Act.
f. 1397Assessment of financial situation at Forest Lumber Company in Oakdale.
f. 1409Statement of school fund, 1915-1916.
f. 1410Problem of children loafing around town late at night.
f. 1426Analysis of store accounts at Oakdale.
f. 1432-1434Proposed railroad strike by American Railways and Train Service Brotherhood.
f. 1433Parish fair in Standard, LaSalle Parish.
f. 1436Specifications and sketches of domestic science cottage to be built at Standard/Clarks high school.
f. 1436, 1440Giving preference to those employees living in town in company houses and using company store in Clarks.
f. 1437List of employees living in the country.
f. 1453Severe railroad car shortage in fall 1916.
f. 1456Salaries of teachers at Clarks.
f. 1460Negro prostitutes at lumber camps.
f. 1461, 1464, 1465Detective investigation and reports about cutting of belts in the mill.
f. 1462-1464, 1468Investigations, timber estimates, financial reports, and negotiations to buy Mississippi Lumber Company. Correspondence continues from October 1916 through February 1917 about the proposed timber and land purchase in Mississippi. The Long Lumber Company eventually purchased the land in July 1917.
f. 1472Completion of railroad line between Clarks and Standard.
f. 1472-1476Discussion of pay increases; lists of job categories, wages, and raises.
f. 1474Statement and chart showing liability insurance premiums and amount of payrolls.
f. 1475J.B. White expense account for September to November.
f. 1488-15641917
f. 1488Local taxes paid for 1916; competition between farmers and lumber companies for labor.
f. 1491Industrial tractors using electric storage batteries.
f. 1492-1494Appointment by President Woodrow Wilson of J.B. White to the Federal Shipping Board.
f. 1496, 1497About federal taxes.
f. 1498Chart comparing the timber sales of different lumber companies.
f. 1508Purpose, organization, and plans of the IWW.
f. 1512Labor shortage and need to raise wages because of the war and migration of blacks to northern cities; overproduction and shortage of railroad cars causing surplus inventory; remodeling and enlarging store building in Clarks.
f. 1513-1515, 1521Increasing wages 10% and high cost of living.
f. 1518Railroad car shortage.
f. 1520-1521Extension of Oakdale and Gulf Railway from Oakdale to Mamou.
f. 1526Report of gambling and dice games and "knocking these Negroes up" in Standard.
f. 1526, 1527Workers registering for the draft in World War I.
f. 1530Reports of labor unrest and migration of black labor to the North.
f. 1532Improving the streets in and around Clarks.
f. 1533Extension of town limits of Oakdale.
f. 1534Labor shortage and wage increases.
f. 1538, 1540, 1548Difficulty in filling orders for government contracts for lumber for building ships.
f. 1539LCLC indicted by U.S. government for accepting rebates; resignation of J.B. White from Federal Shipping Board.
f. 1541-1544Discussions with Ford Motor Company about setting up a garage and service station in Clarks.
f. 1546Detective report on I.W.W. organizing activity and strategy in the South.
f. 1552, 1556-1560Suit against Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad over hauling coal and rebates; discussion of verdict and appeal of railroad suit.
f. 1562Discussion of the purchase of Brewer and Edenborn lands southeast of Clarks known as Catahoula lands.
f. 1565-15801917-1918
f. 1565-1569Purchase of Catahoula and Gould lands.
f. 1567Suit about extension of town limits of Oakdale; labor organizing in the Northwest and 8-hour day.
f. 1569Chart of production and costs at Clarks and Standard mills for 1917.
f. 1572Government seizure, control, and operation of railroads for duration of World War I.
f. 1574Forest Lumber Company operating mill 20 hours a day.
f. 1576Railroad pass over Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad.
f. 1577, 1580Chart of federal taxes, excess profits and income taxes for Forest Lumber Company for 1917.
f. 1580Discussion of labor shortage and training new sources of labor, including women.
f. 1581-16521918
f. 1581Reports of increased labor organization activity.
f. 1584Statement of sales operations for 1917; summary of operations of Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange.
f. 1585-1590Negotiations for buying Gould lands; description of Gould lands bought by LCLC.
f. 1585Blue prints and description of portable cottage.
f. 1591Formation of new company to buy Gould lands from Forest Lumber Company; plans of Southern Lumber Operators' Association to begin systematic campaign of welfare work to offset union activity.
f. 1593, 1603Proposals and legal papers concerning formation of a new company, Louisiana Sawmill Company at Glenmora.
f. 1597Inventory of equipment and report on condition of mill of Louisiana Sawmill Company at Glenmora.
f. 1599-1601Purchase of Edenborn, Gould, and Pardee land and timber.
f. 1603Report from lawyers about increasing stock.
f. 1604Slagle urges company to buy Edenborn lands.
f. 1606-1607Option to purchase Edenborn lands not renewed.
f. 1610Sale of Gould lands; stock subscriptions for Louisiana Sawmill Company; government fixing prices for lumber.
f. 1611Report of principal assets of Louisiana Sawmill Company.
f. 1612Report from the ICC on examination of accounts of Oakdale and Gulf Railway.
f. 1613List of stockholders of Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company.
f. 1613-1617Income taxes, excess profits tax, and legality of paying dividends to avoid taxes.
f. 1614-1616Sale of Gould lands and Louisiana Sawmill Company.
f. 1624Report of IWW trial of Bill Haywood in Chicago.
f. 1626Formation of Louisiana Sawmill Company, Inc. by joining assets of Louisiana Sawmill Company, Ltd. and Forest Lumber Company.
f. 1630Shortage of labor and housing in Clarks.
f. 1634Formation of International Union of Timberworkers affiliated with American Federation of Labor; purchase of Gould lands and formation of Louisiana Sawmill Company.
f. 1636, 1637Influenza epidemic at Glenmora and Clarks.
f. 1637Brochures about Wayne gasoline pumps and storage tanks.
f. 1640-1642, 1644, 1645Capital Issues Board initial refusal to approve increase of stock of Louisiana Sawmill Company and eventual approval.
f. 1649Discussion of exchange of land and timber with Pickering Lumber Company.
f. 1653-16701918-1919
f. 1653-1655Formation of White-Grandin Lumber Company at Slagle, Louisiana, near Leesville; closing of Missouri Lumber and Mining Company in West Eminence, Missouri, and selling equipment to White-Grandin Lumber Company; construction of new sawmill at Slagle.
f. 1657Financial arrangements between Forest Lumber Company and Louisiana Sawmill Company.
f. 1659Closing the Gould land deal.
f. 1663Use of the name "Slagle" for Slagle Naval Stores Company.
f. 1668Capital needed to establish White-Grandin Lumber Company; discussion of welfare work, movies, gymnasium, library, and YMCA at new mill town of Slagle, Louisiana.
f. 1669Federal taxes for LCLC for 1918.
f. 1671-17511919
f. 1671Taxes paid in various parishes by LCLC.
f. 1676Legal papers for sale of land by Louisiana Sawmill Company to White-Grandin Lumber Company.
f. 1681Timber trade between White-Grandin and Gulf Lumber Company.
f. 1685Opening of White-Grandin Lumber Company store at Slagle.
f. 1687, 1688Detective reports on union activity and job and wage satisfaction in Clarks and Standard.
f. 1691, 1692, 1695J.B. White's illness caused by stroke and high blood pressure.
f. 1696Raymond White, son of J.B. White, to begin work at St. Louis office of Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange.
f. 1704, 1705, 1708Attempts to bring back to the South black laborers who migrated to the North.
f. 1712-1729Detective reports about making of staves from stolen timber in Sikes, Chester, Clarks, Kelly, and Standard.
f. 1716Eight-hour day and wage increase.
f. 1728Agreement on timber trade and turpentining between Louisiana Sawmill Company and Gulf Lumber Company.
f. 1731, 1741Explanations of Gould land deal and division of land among various lumber companies, total purchase price of over $9 million.
f. 1732Organization of unions led by blacks.
f. 1733Fear of union organization work at White-Grandin Lumber Company near Leesville.
f. 1735, 1737Copy of photograph of delegates to conference of International Union of Timber Workers in Mississippi.
f. 1738Petition to Slagle to find band leader and instructor for Clarks Brass Band.
f. 1740Detective report about International Union of Timber Workers in Leesville; report on construction of mill of White-Grandin Lumber Company in Slagle; blacks forming a race league or Producers and Consumer Alliance near DeRidder.
f. 1741Detective report on organization of race league or union in DeRidder.
f. 1742-1745, 1751Discussion of oil leases, oil drilling, and the oil business.
f. 1745Financial statement for White-Grandin Lumber Company.
f. 1749Louisiana Supreme Court decision reducing tax assessment on lands owned by Forest Lumber Company
f. 1750-1756Oil business and drilling on Louisiana Central land.
f. 1751Business climate in Germany; taxes for Louisiana Central for 1919.
f. 1752-17651919-1920
f. 1757-1760Sawmill at Glenmora burns down, discussions regarding rebuilding.
f. 1762International Union of Timberworkers activities in Florida; lumber prices.
f. 17631919 net profit for Louisiana Sawmill Company
f. 1765Louisiana Central profit and loss statement for 1919.
f. 1766-18831920
f. 1766Forest Lumber Company statistics, 1919, and listing of lands.
f. 1768Louisiana Central paying Missouri tax; rebuilding Louisiana Sawmill Company mill at Glenmora.
f. 1772Use of black labor at White-Grandin mill at Slagle, La.
f. 1774Assessment of the lumber market by the Southern Pine Association.
f. 1775Timber theft in Slagle
f. 1778, 1780Influenza epidemic at White-Grandin mill in Slagle
f. 1788List of stockholders of Louisiana Sawmill Company.
f. 1801Statement of assets and liabilities, Louisiana Sawmill Company; selling of cut-over lands.
f. 1809-1815Proposed severance timber tax by state of Louisiana.
f. 1820Report on annual convention of International Union of Timberworkers.
f. 1842Lumber market conditions.
f. 1852Plans for YMCA facilities at Clarks, Standard, and Leesville.
f. 1857Blacks and labor radicalism.
f. 1873Listing of southern labor union locals and their conditions.
f. 1875Union activities in southern lumber mills.
f. 1878General assessment of lumber market and condition of Louisiana Central.
f. 1883First aid instruction in the Louisiana Central mill.
f. 1884-20511920-1922
f. 1894Wage scale for mill, railroad, and timber workers.
f. 1906, 1907Wage reductions in southern mills contemplated.
f. 1935Pinkerton Agency report on the Socialist Party in the South.
f. 1941-1944Louisiana Constitutional Convention.
f. 1952-1961Company informer reports on worker's attitudes.
f. 1989Proposal by Louisiana Lumber Company to introduce dairy farming on cut-over lands in Louisiana.
f. 2015National legislation concerning forestry.
f. 2044, 2046, 2051Lobbying efforts for the lumber industry in Louisiana.
f. 2052-21621922-1923
f. 2105Southern Lumber Operators' list of radical labor organizations and political parties; list of acreage held by Louisiana Central and Forest Oil and Gas Company.
f. 2136, 2140Wage scale for mill workers.
f. 2138Reports on activities of the IWW.
f. 2142, 2144Assessment of economic conditions and timber stands in Mexico.
f. 2148Trustee's report on the Clarks Colored School; report on IWW activities in the northwest U.S.
f. 2162Southern Lumber Operators' Association discussion concerning black labor and the Negro Advocate.
f. 2163-23111923-1925
f. 2172, 2185Discussion of Louisiana Central investing in timberlands in the western U.S. and reports on tracts of timber in that region.
f. 2189Report on the Youth Worker's League of the Communist Party of the U.S.
f. 2208List of stockholders in Louisiana Central.
f. 2227Reports on lumber companies and timber tracts in the western U.S.
f. 2242Fire destroys the sawmill at Oakdale
f. 2282Table showing number of railroad cars of lumber shipped and distribution by states of Exchange Sawmill companies, 1903-1924.
f. 2311Forest Lumber Company purchases the Modoc Pine Company of Oregon.
f. 2312-25641926-1928
f. 2402Copy of an official order for the Executive Committee of the Communist International regarding the communist struggle and labor unions in the U.S.
f. 2408Report on labor union activities in Chicago and Philadelphia.
f. 2424List of all Louisiana Central associate companies.
f. 2451Plans to close down the Oakdale and Gulf Railway Company.
f. 2452, 2457Flood conditions in the southern Mississippi valley.
f. 2459-2462Sawmill at Clarks, destroyed by fire.
f. 2507Increase of freight rates for shipping lumber to southern ports.
f. 2564Louisiana Sawmill Company sells 39,000 acres in Rapides and Vernon Parishes.
f. 2564-27881928-1933
f. 2566Forest fire reports on fires in Caldwell Parish, lands of Louisiana Central.
f. 2608U.S. Forest Service plans to purchase 275,000 acres in Louisiana for a national forest.
f. 2664Reports on timber tracts in Escambia County, Alabama, which Louisiana Central was considering purchasing.
f. 2669-2681Sales reports on slumping business environment.
f. 2712Discussion of oil and mineral rights on Louisiana Central lands.
f. 2758Reports on possible oil bearing formations on Louisiana Central lands.
f. 2788Values of timber lands set by the Louisiana Tax Commission.
f. 2789-29481933-1945
f. 2790Table of total sales and freight charges, 1927-1932.
f. 2834Taxes paid by Louisiana Central for 1934.
f. 2839Louisiana Central interested in selling land to U.S. government for Civilian Conservation Corps use.
f. 2843Map of national forests and other lands proposed for federal purchase in Louisiana.
f. 2872Forest fires in Caldwell, Winn, and Jackson Parishes.
f. 2917, 2919Major oil company interested in exploration of Louisiana Central cut-over lands.
f. 2936Oil drilling prospects in northern Louisiana.
f. 2942, 2944Report by geologist on the possibilities of oil and gas production on Forest Lumber Company lands.

Financial Records Series

f. 2949-3005Annual Statements
f. 2949LCLC, 1916
f. 2950LCLC, 1917
f. 2951LCLC, 1919
f. 2952LCLC, 1920
f. 2953LCLC, 1922
f. 2954LCLC, 1923
f. 2955LCLC, 1924
f. 2956LCLC, 1926
f. 2957LCLC, 1928
f. 2958LCLC, 1929
f. 2959LCLC, 1930
f. 2960LCLC, 1931
f. 2961LCLC, 1932
f. 2962LCLC, 1933
f. 2963LCLC, 1934
f. 2964LCLC, 1935
f. 2965LCLC, 1936
f. 2966LCLC, 1937
f. 2967LCLC, 1938
f. 2968LCLC, 1939
f. 2969LCLC, 1940
f. 2970LCLC, 1941
f. 2971LCLC, 1942
f. 2972LCLC, 1943
f. 2973LCLC, 1944
f. 2974LCLC, 1945
f. 2975LCLC, 1946
f. 2976LCLC, 1947
f. 2977LCLC, 1948
f. 2978LCLC, 1949
f. 2979LCLC, 1950
f. 2980LCLC, 1951
f. 2981LCLC, 1952
f. 2982LCLC, 1953
f. 2983Forest Lumber Company, 1924.
f. 2984Louisiana Central Minerals Company, 1952.
f. 2985-2987Louisiana Central Oil and Gas Company, 1940-1953
f. 2988-3000Louisiana Sawmill Company, 1918-1933
f. 3001-3005Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad Company, 1915-1945.
f. 3006-3027Audit Reports, 1910-1945
f. 3028-3068Journal Voucher Letters, 1914.
f. 3069-3139BMiscellaneous Records
f. 3069-31391904-1953, n.d.
f. 3139A-3139bSlagle Lumber Company, Lima, Ohio, financial records, 1927-1929. (Note: C.E. Slagle was president of this company although it was not part of the LCLC group.)

Reports Series

f. 3140-3183Employee Records
f. 3140-3150Wage schedules listing job title and weekly wages, 1915-1920, 1951.
f. 3151-3183Reports of accidents to employees under the workmen's compensation law; includes description of accident and injury, length of recovery, time lost, and salary; 1915-1928.
f. 3184-3212Plant Inspection Reports. Reports of the LCLC mills in Clarks and Standard; plants inspected by insurance company for fire purposes, includes description of plant, fire fighting equipment, fire hazards, and condition of machinery; 1903-1934.
f. 3213-3230Appraisal Reports. Reports of mill and town property owned by LCLC in Clarks; includes itemized lists of property and value of buildings, machinery, and equipment, plat plans, and diagrams of mill and buildings.
f. 3213-3221Appraisal Reports, 1921
f. 3222-3222gFire Loss Report, 1927
f. 3223-3223gAppraisal Report, 1928
f. 3224-3230Appraisal Reports, 1936-1951
f. 3231-3263Inventories. Include description, quantity, and value of goods in the lumber, supply, market, grocery, hardware, dry goods, drug store, garage, machine shop, woods teams (horses and mules), carpenter, and feed departments of LCLC in Clarks; 1922, 1938-1942
f. 3264-3275ALumber Reports. Concerning lumber production and grades based upon inspections conducted by professional lumber graders to maintain uniform quality; 1908-1939, n.d.
f. 3276-3279Oil and Gas Reports. Geophysical and drilling reports for southern Louisiana; 1935-1939.
f. 3280-3288Salesmen's Reports. "Instructions to Salesmen" circulars sent by the Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange Company and Exchange Sawmills Sales Company, companies which sold lumber produced by the mills in Louisiana; also lumber price lists and promotional literature.
f. 3280-3280bMissouri Lumber and Land Exchange Company, 1912, 1915-1920, 1923.
f. 3281-3288Exchange Sawmills Sales Company, 1915-1916, 1921-1937.
f. 3289-3309Forest Fire Reports. Include location, time, area burned, cause, and damage resulting from fires, 1927-1939.
f. 3310-3411Land Records. Include descriptions of land holdings, land and timber deeds, maps, abstracts of titles, correspondence, field reports, and timber estimates.
f. 3310-3375aLouisiana Central Lumber Company, land records and maps, 1906-1939, n.d.
f. 3376-3378Abstract #557, tract #592, n.d.
f. 3379-3383Abstract #558, tract #593, n.d.
f. 3384-3388Abstract #561, n.d.
f. 3389-3396Abstract #562, n.d.
f. 3397-3403Forest Lumber Company, 1914-1939, n.d.
f. 3404-3409Louisiana Sawmill Company, 1920-1939, n.d.
f. 3410Louisiana Central Oil and Gas Company, 1932-1933
f. 3411White-Grandin Lumber Company, 1927-1928, n.d.
f. 3412-3471Insurance Policies. Policies for the Louisiana Central Lumber Company at Clarks and Standard include automobile, equipment, machinery, kiln, barn, plant, store, house and furniture, locomotive and railroad equipment, lumber, workmen's compensation and employer's liability, and business interruption insurance policies; 1924-1939, 1950, n.d.

Photographs and Maps Series

f. 3472 Photographs of tractors and locomotives; portable saw mill; R.B. White, n.d.; delegates to the fourth district convention of the International Union of Timber Workers in Meridian, Mississippi, 1919; Urania Petroleum Company, Well No. 6, O. Robicaux Driller, 1925; men sitting on a porch, 1908.
f. 3473-3475Photographs of lumber operations at the Oregon-American Lumber Company, Vernonia, Oregon; included are photos of the cutting of trees, exterior views of the mill buildings and ponds, and interior views of the saw mill and its equipment being operated by employees.
f. 3476-3477Exterior views of lumber camps and company housing in Oregon.
f. 3477aMaps of timber lands in Louisiana and Mississippi. Maps are oversized, descriptions on separation sheet in folder.

Economic and Lumber Industry Series

f. 3478-3480American Exchange National Bank of New York; newsletter reviewing U.S. and international trade conditions, 1917-1926.
f. 3481-3510Babson's Reports; reviews U.S. and world economic and trade conditions, 1913-1924.
f. 3511-3512Basing Points; focuses on conditions of the U.S. lumber industry, 1923-1927.
f. 3513-3518Brookmire's; newsletter outlining general economic conditions and commerce in the U.S., 1917-1927.
f. 3519-3520Brookmire's Yellow Pine Bulletin; reports on the production of yellow pine and market conditions, 1920-1921.
f. 3521-3525Business and Lumber Trade Conditions; concentrates on the U.S. lumber industry, 1912-1917.
f. 3526Fire Prevention; instructional pamphlets, and advertising material concerning fire prevention in sawmills, c.1906-1927.
f. 3527-3528The Forestry News Digest; newsletter published by The American Tree Association, addresses issues and trends in forestry and the lumber industry, 1933, 1936-1939.
f. 3529Guaranty Trust Company of New York; bulletins on international trade conditions, 1919-1920.
f. 3530Hardwood Manufacturer's Institute; production and order statistics of southern U.S. hardwood mills, 1927.
f. 3531Health and Safety; pamphlets and newsletters, many published by the U.S. government, concerning the work environment in industry, 1911-1920.
f. 3532Henry Clews and Company; bulletin concerning U.S. and international trade conditions, 1920.
f. 3533-3535Insurance; promotional material, reports, and financial statements of insurance companies, 1913-1926.
f. 3536-3540Labor; pamphlets, bulletins, reports, circulars and broadsides, and other material pertaining to labor unions; includes minutes of the 1911, 1912, and 1919 conventions of the International Brotherhood of Timberworkers, pamphlets published by the Industrial Workers of the World, anti-union literature, and material concerning black workers, 1911-1924.
f. 3541Louisiana Forestry Association; bulletins, minutes, and annual meeting materials, 1919-1925.
f. 3542-3544Louisiana; financial material including annual reports of Louisiana banks and promotional literature for bond issues within the state, 1916-1927, 1932-1933.
f. 3545-3546Louisiana; pamphlets, circulars, and promotional literature concerning conservation in the state, legislative and political issues, and promotion of Louisiana cities, 1910, 1921-1927, 1936-1937.
f. 3547-3551Louisiana; state government reports and bulletins concerning natural resources, public health, and other topics, 1910-1929, 1936.
f. 3552Lumber Law Review; reports and comments on court decisions effecting the lumber and wood products industries, 1913-1914.
f. 3553-3554Lumbermen's Exchange-Alexandria, Louisiana District; the organization promoted the southern lumber industry; includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, bulletins, and financial statements of the organization, 1915-1921.
f. 3555-3566Lumbermen's Exchange; sales figures for lumber products of mills in the Alexandria, Louisiana district, 1915.
f. 3567-3582Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance; bulletins published by an organization which provided insurance to lumber companies; concerns fire prevention in sawmills, 1907-1927.
f. 3583-3589Machinery and Equipment; advertising material for a wide variety of lumber industry manufacturing equipment and supplies, c.1920.
f. 3590Manufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters; insurance agency; includes lists of subscribers and annual financial statements, 1913-1925.
f. 3591-3592Miscellaneous Banking and Investments; pamphlets and reports concerning banks and bond issues, 1921, 1925-1927.
f. 3593-3597Miscellaneous Business; bulletins, newsletters, and articles regarding national and southern trade and commerce, 1913-1934.
f. 3598-3612Miscellaneous Lumber; articles, periodicals, speeches, price lists, and promotional materials related to the lumber industry, 1912-1935.
f. 3613-3614National City Bank of New York; bulletin on economic conditions, governmental finance, and U.S. securities, 1920-1921, 1927.
f. 3615-3635National Lumber Manufacturers' Association; bulletins, national surveys, production reports, issues of The National Lumberman, and minutes of meetings, 1905-1928, 1933.
f. 3636-3637National Lumber Manufacturer's Association Inter-Insurance Exchange; bulletins include details of sawmill fires, fire prevention techniques, and lists of subscribers, 1915-1927.
f. 3638North Carolina Pine Association; reports of shipments and production, 1920,1927-1928.
f. 3639-3640Oil and Gas; articles and prospectuses concerning oil drilling in Louisiana, 1919, 1938.
f. 3641-3650Railroads; pamphlets, bulletins, articles, and reports of the U.S. Railroad Labor Board, U.S. Railroad Administration and other government agencies, Chamber of Commerce of the U.S., Railroad Commission of Louisiana, and regional railroad associations, concerning federal railroad legislation and operating regulations, and other issues affecting the industry, 1909-1924, 1932.
f. 3651-3655Railroads; advertising material for railroad equipment, c.1920.
f. 3656-3657Red Cross; bulletins, newsletters, and instructional materials regarding the activities of the Gulf Division of the American Red Cross during World War I, 1918.
f. 3658Southern Lumber Operators' Association; minutes of meetings, membership lists and constitution, 1906, 1911, 1914, 1920-1923.
f. 3659-3773aSouthern Pine Association; minutes of meetings, production figures and sales reports of member companies, bulletins and newsletters, and promotional literature, 1912-1936.
f. 3774-3787U.S. Government; primarily reports of the Forest Service, but also other departments, pertaining to forestry and the southern U.S. lumber industry, 1908-1939.
f. 3788West Coast Lumber Manufacturer's Association; based in Seattle, Washington, order and shipment statistics, 1916-1920, 1924, 1927-1929.
f. 3789Western Pine Manufacturer's Association; based in Portland, Oregon, order and shipment statistics, 1920, 1924, 1927-1929.
f. 3790-3809Whaley-Eaton, newsletter concerning U.S. trade and economic conditions, 1920-1929.
f. 3810World War I; pamphlets, bulletins, and memoranda pertaining to war production, war bonds, and employment of veterans, 1916-1920.
f. 3811-3835Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association; a southern U.S. regional organization, includes proceedings of annual meetings, bulletins and newsletters, and production and shipment statistics of member companies, 1906-1914.
f. 3836YMCA and Charities; promotional and descriptive literature of charitable organizations, 1918-1919, 1923-1927.

Volumes Series
MICROFILM

v. 1-124Letter press books containing copies of outgoing correspondence of LCLC, 1902-1915; C.E. Slagle, general manager of LCLC, 1902-1915; J.W. Clarkson, land superintendent of LCLC, 1905-1915; and Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad Company, 1905-1915.
v. 1-72Letterbooks, LCLC General Correspondence
v. 11902 March 26-April 26
v. 21902 April 26-August 29
v. 31902 August 30-November 15
v. 41902 November 17-1903 March 5
v. 51903 March 5-June 9
v. 61903 June 3-September 30
v. 71903 September 30-1904 April 1
v. 81904 July 28-November 11
v. 91904 November 11-1905 April 3
v. 101905 April 3-July 14
v. 111905 July 14-November 4
v. 121905 November 4-1906 January 30
v. 131905 October 11-1906 February 3
v. 141906 January 31-April 17
v. 151906 April 18-July 17
v. 161906 July 18-October 12
v. 171906 October 13-1907 January 28
v. 181907 January 28-April 4
v. 191907 April 4-May 30
v. 201907 May 22-July 16
v. 211907 July 16-September 14
v. 221907 September 16-November 25
v. 231907 November 26-1908 February 22
v. 241908 February 22-June 8
v. 251908 June 8-August 6
v. 261908 August 6-September 30
v. 271908 September 30-November 2
v. 281908 November 2-December 15
v. 291908 December 15-1909 February 16
v. 301909 April 6-May 27
v. 311909 May 28-July 5
v. 321909 July 5-August 10
v. 331909 August 10-September 20
v. 341909 September 20-November 10
v. 351909 November 10-December 27
v. 361909 December 27-1910 February 11
v. 371910 February 12-April 12
v. 381910 April 12-May 5
v. 391910 July 25-September 6
v. 401910 September 6-October 17
v. 411910 October 17-November 21
v. 421910 November 21-1911 January 10
v. 431911 January 11-February 25
v. 441911 February 25-April 13
v. 451911 April 13-May 25
v. 461911 May 26-July 19
v. 471911 July 19-September 4
v. 481911 September 4-October 19
v. 491911 October 19-November 28
v. 501911 November 28-1912 February 21
v. 511912 January 16-February 27
v. 521912 February 28-April 8
v. 531912 April 8-May 24
v. 541912 May 26-July 8
v. 551912 July 8-August 17
v. 561912 August 20-September 30
v. 571912 September 30-November 6
v. 581912 November 8-December 19
v. 591912 December 20-1913 February 6
v. 601913 March 28-May 10
v. 611913 May 10-July 11
v. 621913 July 12-September 13
v. 631913 September 13-November 6
v. 641913 November 6-1914 January 8
v. 651914 January 8-March 14
v. 661914 March 14-May 20
v. 671914 May 20-August 4
v. 681914 August 5-October 21
v. 691914 October 22-1915 January 15
v. 701915 January 18-April 22
v. 711915 April 22-July 19
v. 721915 July 19-September 3
v. 73-113Letterbooks, C.E. Slagle Correspondence
v. 731902 May 2-August 28
v. 741902 August 30-November 27
v. 751902 December 9-1903 March 13
v. 761903 March 13-May 18
v. 771903 May 18-August 17
v. 781903 August 18-December 4
v. 791903 December 4-1904 April 20
v. 801904 April 20-October 17
v. 811904 October 17-1905 March 4
v. 821905 March 4-July 8
v. 831905 July 10-November 14
v. 841905 November 14-1906 January 22
v. 851906 January 25-April 9
v. 861906 April 10-July 28
v. 871906 July 28-October 29
v. 881906 October 30-1907 January 21
v. 891907 January 21-April 5
v. 901907 April 6-May 21
v. 911907 May 22-July 9
v. 921907 July 9-August 19
v. 931907 August 19-October 11
v. 941907 October 12-December 27
v. 951907 December 27-1908 March 30
v. 961908 March 30-August 20
v. 971908 August 20-October 30
v. 981909 February 22-June 5
v. 991909 June 6-September 21
v. 1001909 September 22-December 15
v. 1011909 December 15-1910 March 21
v. 1021910 March 26-May 22
v. 1031910 May 23-September 17
v. 1041910 September 19-1911 January 13
v. 1051911 January 11-May 8
v. 1061911 May 8-September 11
v. 1071911 September 11-1912 February 11
v. 1081912 February 14-July 11
v. 1091912 July 29-December 13
v. 1101912 December 13-1913 July 17
v. 1111913 July 16-1914 March 21
v. 1121914 March 21-November 5
v. 1131914 November 6-1915April 1
v. 114-116Letterbooks, J.W. Clarkson Correspondence
v. 1141905 October 10-1911 December 14
v. 1151911 December 22-1914 March 18
v. 1161914 March 24-1915 September 20
v. 117-124Letterbooks, Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad Company
v. 1171905 August 21-1909 September 25
v. 1181909 September 24-1910 October 16
v. 1191910 October 14-1911 September 7
v. 1201911 September 7-1912 June 28
v. 1211912 June 29-1913 December 13
v. 1221913 December 19-1915 September 14
v. 1231912 January 3-1914 August 5
v. 1241914 August 26-1916 April 1
v. 125Newspapers, 1913-1914. Labor Union newspapers; The Lumberjack, renamed The Voice Of The People, was published by the National Industrial Union of Forest and Lumber Workers.
  • The Lumber Jack, January-July 1913
  • The Voice of the People, July 1913-April 1914
  • The Industrial Worker, July 1923
  • The Marine Worker, February 1924
  • National Negro Voice, 1924
  • v. 126-133General Journals. The principal accounting record of original entry listing in chronological order all financial transactions. The General Journals include the date, description of the transaction, reference to the General Ledger page (folio) number, and amount debited and credited; 1902-1928.
    v. 1261902 February-April
    v. 1271910 April 1902-1904 September
    v. 1281904 October 1904-1906 December
    v. 1291908 September 1908-1911 December
    v. 1301917 May 1917-1919 May
    v. 1311919 June 1919-1921 December
    v. 1321925 March 1925-1927 December
    v. 1331928 January-June
    v. 134-141Cash Journals. The record of original entry for transactions involving cash received or cash disbursed. The Cash Journal records in chronological order the date, description of transaction with separate sheets for debits and credits, and folio number; 1913-1916, 1926-1956.
    v. 1341913 September-1916 December
    v. 1351926 July-1929 December
    v. 1361930 January-1934 January
    v. 1371934 January-1937 December
    v. 1381938 January-1941 December
    v. 1391942 January-1945 December
    v. 1401946 January-1950 April
    v. 1411950 May-1956 March
    v. 142-175Voucher Records. Often called a register, records vouchers which disburse funds in response to invoices received from creditors. The Voucher Records list in chronological order the voucher number, amount of check, bank, purpose of transaction, and account involved. The vouchers are cross-referenced by folio number to the account in the General Ledger; 1904-1953.
    v. 1421904 January-1906 May
    v. 1431906 June-1907 December
    v. 1441908
    v. 1451910
    v. 1461911
    v. 1471912
    v. 1481912-1913
    v. 1491914
    v. 1501915 January-1916 January
    v. 1511916
    v. 1521916 December-1917 November
    v. 1531917 December-1919 March
    v. 1541919 March-1920 April
    v. 1551920 April-1921 May
    v. 1561921 June-1922 July
    v. 1571922 August-1923 August
    v. 1581923 September-1924 August
    v. 1591924 September-1925 September
    v. 1601926 November-1927 December
    v. 1611928
    v. 1621929
    v. 1631930-1931 May
    v. 1641933-1934 September
    v. 1651934 October-1936 June
    v. 1661936 July-1937 December
    v. 1671938-1939 September
    v. 1681939 October-1941 April
    v. 1691941 May-1942 December
    v. 1701942 December-1944 September
    v. 1711944 October-1946 June
    v. 1721946 July-1947 October
    v. 1731947 October-1948 December
    v. 1741949-1950 November
    v. 1751950 December-1953April
    v. 176-181Purchase Journals. Record merchandise purchased on account. Listed in alphabetical order by the name of the account or company, the Purchase Journals include invoice number and date, transaction description, amount of invoice and deductions, and date and number of voucher paid.
    v. 1761925
    v. 1771927
    v. 1781940
    v. 1791950
    v. 1801951
    v. 1811952
    v. 182-187Customer's Journals. Document the financial transactions with customers of the lumber company. Record chronologically the amount received for credit, date, account number, car number, lumber discount, freight, and claims allowed; 1935­-1953.
    v. 1821935 March-1937
    v. 1831938 January-1940 November
    v. 1841940 December-1944
    v. 1851944 May-1948 August
    v. 1861948 September-1952 November
    v. 1871952 December-1953 December
    v. 188-243General Ledgers. The principal record of final entry of all transactions which classify by account those records from the other journals which were listed chronologically. The General Ledger lists by account, company, or personal name the date, amount, and reference number to the General Journal and/or Voucher Record; 1902-1953.
    v. 1881902
    v. 188a1902-1903
    v. 1891903
    v. 1901904
    v. 1911905 index
    v. 1921905
    v. 1931906 index
    v. 1941906
    v. 1951907 index
    v. 1961907
    v. 1971908 index
    v. 1981908
    v. 1991909
    v. 2001910
    v. 2011911
    v. 2021912
    v. 2031913
    v. 2041914
    v. 2051915
    v. 2061916
    v. 2071917
    v. 2081918
    v. 2091919
    v. 2101920
    v. 2111921
    v. 2121922
    v. 2131923
    v. 2141924
    v. 2151925
    v. 2161926
    v. 2171927
    v. 2181928
    v. 2191929
    v. 2201930
    v. 2211931
    v. 2221932
    v. 2231933
    v. 2241934
    v. 2251935
    v. 2261936
    v. 2271937
    v. 2281938
    v. 2291939
    v. 2301940
    v. 2311941
    v. 2321942
    v. 2331943
    v. 2341944
    v. 2351945
    v. 2361946
    v. 2371947
    v. 2381948
    v. 2391949
    v. 2401950
    v. 2411951
    v. 2421952
    v. 2431953
    v. 244-245Petty Journal. Records the expenses of the company stores, hotels, supplies, machine shops, coupons, etc., 1909-1913. This journal was discontinued in 1914.
    v. 2441909-1912
    v. 2451913-1914
    v. 246-253Assorted Journals and Ledgers.
    v. 246Account Journal, LCLC, Standard; lists the debits and credits by name of employee or local account such as lodges, garages, churches, library, etc., 1920-1934.
    v. 247Cash Journal, LCLC, Standard; lists debits and credits by date, includes transaction description, amount, account, sundry, store sales, and lumber sales, 1927, 1933.
    v. 248Account Journal, LCLC, Clarks; organized chronologically, lists the credits and disbursements of accounts such as names, church, lodge, payroll, etc., 1927-1953.
    v. 249Ledger; lists by date and name items such as payroll distribution, general accounts, and expenses, 1950-1951.
    v. 250Ledger; lists by date and name items such as payroll distribution, general accounts, and expenses, 1952-1953.
    v. 251Ledger; lists date and amount by account, 1922-1923.
    v. 252Lumber Ledger; lists by account, includes date, logs, feet, price, rebate, and stumpage, 1925-1928.
    v. 253Cash Book; lists chronologically transactions and amount, 1930-1944.
    v. 254-258Railroad Accounts
    v. 254Cash Book; lists date, account, amount of accounts mainly with railroad companies concerning freight and train expenses, 1916-1927.
    v. 255Voucher Records, Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad; lists date, voucher number, check number, amount, payee, description, account, credits and debits, 1909-1920.
    v. 256Accounts for customers, Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad; 1914.
    v. 257Journal, Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad; lists year, freight bill, point of origin, destination, consignee, commodity, miles, weight, and charges, 1917-1923.
    v. 258Account Journal; lists railway operating expenses, freight revenue, locomotive repair, maintenance of track and equipment, etc, 1941-1948.
    v. 259-263Land and Lumber Journals
    v. 259Land Records, LCLC; lists by location, parish, township, and range; includes description of land, kind of deed, grantor, date, estimate pine, and estimator, 1902-1903.
    v. 260Lumber Claim Records, LCLC; lists customer, mill, feet, date shipped, nature of claim, amount allowed at Clarks or Standard, date allowed, 1926-1940.
    v. 261Timber Estimates, made for Tremont Lumber Co. and LCLC; 1911.
    v. 262Timber Estimates, made for the W.R. Pickering Lumber Co., 1918.
    v. 263Timber Estimates, made for the Gulf Lumber Co., 1918.
    v. 264Smalley Tie and Timber Co. Voucher and purchase records, lists date, from whom purchased, check number, and amount, 1916-1927.
    v. 265-267Louisiana Sawmill Co., Glenmora. Voucher record; lists date, voucher drawn in favor of, credit (bank), amount, sundries, and debit accounts, 1925-1929.
    v. 2651925-1927
    v. 2661927-1928
    v. 2671928-1929
    v. 268Letter Register; lists number, date, name, place, subject, and disposition of correspondence, 1908.

    INDEX TERMS

    These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

    • Advertising--Lumber and lumbering
    • Advertising--Machinery
    • Age and employment
    • Alcoholics
    • Alcoholics--Rehabilitation
    • American Federation of Labor
    • American Forestry Association
    • American Red Cross
    • Automobiles--Maintenance and repairs
    • Automobiles--Service stations
    • Black Laborers
    • Blacks--Cartoons and caricatures
    • Blacks--Fraternal organizations
    • Bookkeeping
    • Brotherhood of Timber Workers
    • Children--Employment
    • Children--Labor & laboring classes
    • Communism--United States
    • Crime
    • Criminal investigation
    • Debs, Eugene V.
    • Discrimination in employment
    • Discrimination in public accommodations
    • Drug abuse
    • Drug and alcohol abuse--Treatment
    • Elderly--Housing
    • Elderly--Louisiana, Clarks
    • Emerson, Arthur Lee
    • English language--Jargon
    • Exchange Sawmills Sales Company, Kansas City, Missouri
    • Family life--Louisiana, Clarks
    • Forest fires--Louisiana
    • Forest Lumber Company, Kansas City, MO
    • Forest Lumber Company, Oakdale, LA
    • Forests & forestry
    • Fraternal Organizations
    • Fraternal Organizations--Louisiana, Clarks
    • Gambling
    • Grandin, George Wilbert
    • Gypsies
    • Hall, Covington
    • Hardwood Manufacturers' Association
    • Hardwood Manufacturers Institute
    • Haywood, William D.
    • Hookworm disease
    • Hours of labor
    • Household appliances, Electric
    • Hunting--Louisiana, 1900s
    • Industrial health & safety
    • Industrial management
    • Industrial Workers of the World
    • Influenza
    • Insurance policies
    • International Union of Timber Workers
    • Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921)
    • Labor & laboring classes
    • Labor & laboring classes--Accidents
    • Labor & laboring classes--Alcohol use
    • Labor & laboring classes--Housing
    • Labor & laboring classes--Immigrants
    • Labor & laboring classes--Italian Americans
    • Labor & laboring classes--Jargon
    • Labor & laboring classes--Medical care
    • Labor & laboring classes--Mexican Americans
    • Labor unions
    • Land records--Louisiana
    • League of Nations
    • Leisure--Louisiana, Clarks
    • Letterhead, Stationery
    • Locomotives
    • Long, Huey P. (1893-1935)
    • Louisiana Central Lumber Company, Clarks, LA
    • Louisiana Central Lumber Company, Clarks, LA--Housing
    • Louisiana Central Lumber Company, Standard, LA
    • Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company, Fisher, LA
    • Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1903-1904
    • Louisiana Sawmill Company, Glenmora, LA
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Barber shop
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Boarding houses
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Churches
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Fires & fire prevention
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Hotels, motels, etc.
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Housing
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Leisure
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Libraries
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Maps--1912
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Medical Care
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Public health
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Schools
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Segregation
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Social life & customs
    • Louisiana, Clarks--Stores
    • Louisiana, Glenmora
    • Louisiana, Glenmora--Fires
    • Louisiana, Oakdale--Churches
    • Louisiana, Oakdale--Fires & fire prevention
    • Louisiana, Oakdale--Hotels, motels,etc.
    • Louisiana, Oakdale--Housing
    • Louisiana, Oakdale--Medical care
    • Louisiana, Oakdale--Stores
    • Louisiana, Standard--Boarding houses
    • Louisiana, Standard--Churches
    • Louisiana, Standard--Fires
    • Louisiana, Standard--Hospitals
    • Louisiana, Standard--Hotels, motels, etc.
    • Louisiana, Standard--Housing
    • Louisiana, Standard--Public health
    • Louisiana, Standard--Schools
    • Louisiana, Standard--Stores
    • Louisiana--Race relations
    • Lumber & lumbering
    • Lumber & lumbering--Accounting
    • Lumber & lumbering--Insurance
    • Lumber & lumbering--Jargon
    • Lumber & lumbering--Law & legislation
    • Lumber & lumbering--Louisiana
    • Lumber & lumbering--Machinery
    • Lumber & lumbering--Marketing
    • Lumber & lumbering--Mexico
    • Lumber & lumbering--Oregon
    • Lumber & lumbering--Periodicals
    • Lumber & lumbering--Railroads
    • Lumber & lumbering--Tariffs
    • Lumberjack, National Industrial Union of Forest & Lumber Workers
    • Lumbermen's Exchange
    • Machinery
    • Malaria
    • Marine Worker, The
    • Missouri Mining & Lumber Company, Grandin, MO
    • Missouri Pacific Railway Company
    • Missouri Tie & Timber Company, Grandin, MO
    • Motion pictures, 1900s
    • Motion pictures, 1910s
    • Mules
    • Narcotic addicts, Rehabilitation
    • National Association of Manufacturers
    • National Industrial Uinion of Forest & Lumber Workers
    • National Lumber Manufacturers Association
    • National Negro Voice
    • Negro Advocate
    • North Western Mill Men's Skilled Labor Association
    • O'Hare, Kate Richards (1877-1948)
    • Orphanages
    • Ozark Land & Lumber Company, Winona, MO
    • Panama International Exposition, New Orleans, LA, 1917
    • Petroleum, Louisiana
    • Pinkerton's National Detective Agency
    • Postal service, Louisiana, Clarks
    • Privies
    • Profit sharing
    • Prohibition
    • Prostitution
    • Quachita and Northwestern Railroad Company
    • Race discrimination
    • Race relations
    • Railroads, Cars
    • Refrigeration & refrigerating machinery
    • Republican Party, Louisiana, 1900s
    • Safes
    • San Francisco, CA, Earthquake & Fire, 1906
    • Sawmills, Fire and fire prevention
    • Segregation
    • Sheppard, Charles Clinton
    • Slagle, Clarence E.
    • Smalley Tie & Timber Company, LA
    • Smallpox
    • Socialism
    • Southern Lumber Manufacturers' Association
    • Southern Lumber Operators' Association
    • Southern Pine Association
    • St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad & Southern Railway
    • Standard Lumber Company, Standard LA
    • Strikes & lockouts
    • Telephone
    • The American Tree Association
    • The Industrial Worker
    • Trusts, Industrial
    • U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
    • U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
    • U.S. Economic conditions
    • U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
    • Victoria, Fisher & Western Railroad Company, Fisher, LA
    • Voice of the People
    • Wages--Lumber and lumbering
    • White, John Barber
    • White, Raymond B.
    • White-Grandin Lumber Co., Slagle, Louisiana
    • William J. Burns National Detective Agency
    • Women, Employment
    • Workers' compensation
    • Workers' compensation, Law and legislation
    • World War, 1914-1918
    • Yellow fever
    • Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association
    • Young Men's Christian Association