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John S. Owen Company Records, 1875 -1955

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Summary Information

Title: John S. Owen Company Records Inclusive
Dates: 1875-1955
Creator: John S. Owen Company
Call Number: Eau Claire Mss E
Quantity: 204.3 c.f. (94 archives boxes, 565 volumes, and 2 drawers of maps)
Repository:
Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr.
Abstract:
Business records covering not only lumbering and logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin by the Owen Lumber Company, but also related enterprises in lumber, real estate, railroads, and cotton in the Pacific Northwest, South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Subsidiary or related companies included the Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, California & Oregon Lumber Company, Del Norte Company, Three States Lumber Company, Gilbert Lumber Company, Owen Box and Crating Company, Pierre Lumber Company, Owen Falls Mining Company, the Blytheville, Burdette and Mississippi River Railroad Company, and the Drummond and Southwestern Railway Company. Letterpress copy books, 1875-1951, and incoming correspondence, 1920-1951, relate primarily to the Wisconsin operations of the Rust Owen Lumber Company, the John S. Owen Lumber Company, and some of the related Owen firms. The correspondence files are supplemented by series of incorporation papers, minutes, ledgers, journals, cash books, payroll balances, operating statements, stock books, land inventories, and contracts. Many of the series of minutes and financial records are fragmentary, particularly for the companies operating outside of Wisconsin.
Language: English

Biography/History

The John S. Owen Lumber Company papers include the records of many related companies, which were controlled by John S. Owen or by his relatives and associates. The interests of these companies included logging and lumbering enterprises through Wisconsin and South Dakota to Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, California, & Oregon. They survived wars, panics, and depressions from 1893 and 1907 through 1939. These interests also included real estate companies, railroads, overseas shipping, and a cotton plantation with gin and cotton warehouses.

John S. Owen, born May 1, 1849 at Clarkston, Michigan, was the son of State Senator John G. Owen. He married Cora Mathilda Rust in 1872, and in 1873 he left his father's wholesale grocery and lumber business to engage in his own business of lumbering and logging in Wisconsin.

In 1882, with Aloney J. Rust and Ralph E. Rust, he organized the Rust Owen Lumber Company, which operated until 1938, and which was not dissolved until 1942. In 1893, he organized the John S. Owen lumber Company, of which he was president until his death on June 21, 1931.

Though he retained the office of president of John S. Owen Lumber Company until his death, Owen previously turned over to his son, A. R. Owen, much of the managerial responsibility of the business. Records show too, that the other sons, John G., Ralph W., and Frank G., were actively associated in the financial affairs and operations of the various companies. Rust, Gilchrist, and Drummond family names appear among the major stockholders and company officers.

Scope and Content Note

The records are organized in six groups: Unbound Correspondence, Miscellaneous Unbound Papers, Letterbooks, Indexes to Correspondence, Financial Records, and Minute Books.

Much of the correspondence-received and other records that must have once existed were not with the collection when it was received by the State Historical Society. In the Rust Owen subject file for 1939 is a letter from A. R. Owen, dated January 13, which discusses arrangements to dispose of papers for which there would be no future use. Correspondence in the collection consists of unbound correspondence and two hundred and eighty-three letterpress copy books.

Three files of the John S. Owen Lumber Company are indexed in volumes 284 through 288 of this collection. File “A” of this group consists of executive correspondence; file “G” is general correspondence; and file “T” is correspondence relating to Three States Lumber Company. Other correspondence includes that of Rust Owen Lumber Company, Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, California & Oregon Lumber Company, Del Norte Company Ltd., Three States Lumber Company, Gilbert Lumber Company, and Owen Box and Crating Company.

In the contents list below, the term “Corporation Records” is used to describe such miscellaneous papers as articles of incorporation, or those affecting financial arrangements, policy, administration, and litigation, with a few closely related letters. The term does not include records of ordinary operations of the various related companies. Other descriptive terms used in the container list are those commonly employed for business records.

Income tax litigation records, particularly in the files of Three States Trust, show the changes in accounting procedures necessitated by the enactment of the Federal Income Tax Laws after 1913.

Administrative/Restriction

Information Acquisition Information

Presented by Mr. Ralph Owen, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, July 23, 1964.

Processing Information

Processed by Frank DeLoughery, July 1964.

Search Terms

Subject Terms

  • Blytheville, Burdette and Mississippi River Railroad Company
    o California and Oregon Lumber Company
    o Del Norte Company (Calif.)
  • Drummond and Southwestern Railway Company
    o Gilbert Lumber Company
    o John S. Owen Lumber Company
    o Owen Box and Crating Company
    o Owen Falls Mining Company
    o Owen-Oregon Lumber Company
    o Pierre Lumber Company
    o Rust-Owen Company
    o Three States Lumber Company
    o Lumbering—United States
    o Lumbering—Wisconsin
    o Railroad companies
    o Real estate business
    o Arkansas—Commerce
    o Louisiana—Commerce
    o Missouri—Commerce
    o South Dakota—Commerce
    o Wisconsin—Commerce
    o Owen, John S., 1849-1931

Contents List

Series: Unbound Correspondence

File A

1927-1928

Box 1

B-I

Box 2

J-N

Box 3

O-Z

1929-1930

Box 4

B-J

Box 5

J-Z

1941-1943

Box 6

B-H

Box 7

K-O

Box 8

O-V

Box 9

1944-1946, B-V

Box 10

1947-1951, B-V

File G

1929-1930

Box 11

B-L

Box 12

L-O

Box 13

O-S

Box 14

S-W

1931-1932

Box 15

B-G

Box 16

J-L

Box 17

M-O

Box 18

O-W

1941-1943

Box 19

B-M

Box 20

O-W

1944-1946

Box 21

G-O

Box 22

O-W

1947-1951

Box 23

A-N

Box 24

O-W

File M

1920-1922

Box 25

A-F

Box 26

G-M

Box 27

N-Z

Box 28

1941-1943, B-Y

1947-1951

Box 29

A-K

Box 30

L-Y

File T

1941-1943

Box 31

A-R

Box 32

Sm-St

Box 33

T-Z

Box 34

1944-1946, T-U; and 1947-1951, A-U

Box 35

File on Western Timber Proposition, 1923, February 1December 29

Box 36

File of J.S.O. Lumber Co, Land Correspondence, 1937- 1949, A-Z; and File of M & H Land Company, 1942- 1944, A -W

Rust-Owen Lumber Co.

Subject File

Box 37

1927-1931, A-Z

1930-1938

Box 38

A-M

Box 39

N-W

Alphabetical File

1933-1938

Box 40

A-L

Box 41

M-W

Box 42

1939-1945, A-Z

California & Oregon Lumber Company

Box 43

1916, A-Z

Box 44

1917, A-M

Box 45

1918, N-Z; and 1919, A-Z

Box 46

1920, A-Z; and 1921, A-Z

Del Norte Company, Ltd.

Box 47

1902, April-1904, January

Box 48

1904, February-1911, March

Box 49

1911, May-1915, May

Box 50

1917, January-1918, December

Box 51

1919, January-1920, December

Box 52

1921, January-1924 December

Box 53

1925, January-1928, December

Box 54

1929, January-1921, November; and 1932, August 27

Owen-Oregon Lumber Company

Box 55

Letters of A. R. Owen, 1923, January-1924, December, A-Z

General letters

1924-1925

Box 55

A to Owen, A. R.

Box 56

Owen, A. R. to Owen, J. H.

Box 57

Owen, John S. to Z

1926, January-1927, September

Box 58

A to O

Box 59

O to Z

1927, October-1931, September

Box 60

A to N

Box 61

O to Owen, James H.

Box 62

Owen to W

Series: Miscellaneous Unbound Papers

John S. Owen Lumber Company

Corporation Records

Box 63

John S. Owen Lumber Company Articles of Agreement, 1912, May 27; and California & Oregon and Owen- Oregon Lumber Company records, 1905-1924

Box 64

John S. Owen Lumber Company, 1924-1950

Land and Corporation Records, John S. Owen Lumber Company

Box 65

1892-1927

Box 66

1928-1955

Box 67

1922-1926

Box 68

Railroad Leases and Rentals, John S. Owen Lumber Company, 1917-1933

Box 69

Railroad Contracts, John S. Owen Lumber Company, 1892-1937

Rust Owen Lumber Company

Box 70

Corporation Records, 1882-1942; and Balance Sheets, 1939-1943

Box 71

Income Tax Records, 1913-1944

Box 72

Annual Statements, 1919-1933, 1935-1937; and Income Tax Audits, 1920-1940

Box 73

Closing Papers, 1908-1916

Box 74

Closing Papers, 1917-1919; and Contracts, 1888-1912

Box 75

Railroad Contracts, 1880-1937; and Minor Employee Affidavits, 1913-1931

Box 76

Employee Applications, 1915-1938

Box 77

Customer Credit Reports, 1918-1933

Box 78

Land Patents, Surveys, and Related Records, 18731930

Box 79

Property Deeds of Lands Sold by Rust Owen Lumber Company, 1892-1942

Box 80

Property Deeds of Lands Purchased by Rust Owen Lumber Company, 1890-1935

Del Norte Company, Ltd.

Land and Corporation Records

Box 81

1874-1929

Box 82

1929-1931

Box 83

Timber Cruise Reports, Stock Assessments, Tax Records and Miscellaneous Company Records, 1902- 1941

Pierre Lumber Company

Box 84

Corporation Records, 1891-1942

Rust Land and Lumber Company

Box 85

Corporation Records, 1912-1951

Three States Lumber Company

Box 86

Corporation Records, 1912-1955

Box 87

Land Sales and Cotton Contracts, 1931-1937

Box 88

Income Tax Working Papers and Related Records, 1919-1932

Box 89

Income Tax Returns and Financial Records, 1913-1933, 1935-1938

Box 90

State Income Tax Returns, Amended Federal Returns and Related Correspondence, 1919-1932

Box 91

Land Records, Burdette Plantation, 1917-1941

Three States Trust

Box 92

Trust Records and Litigation, 1921-1939

Box 93

Income Tax Returns and Related Papers, 1935-1941

Box 94-95

Land Inventory Maps

Series: Letterbooks

John S. Owen

Volume 1

1875, July 31-1877, February 4

Volume 2

1876, February 4-1880. January 26

Volume 3

1880, January 26-1881, December 1

Volume 4

1881, December 17-1882, August 26

John S. Owen Lumber Company

Correspondence by John S. Owen or from his Office

Volume 5

1892, December 2-1893, February 14

Volume 6

1893, February 14-April 28

Volume 7

1893, April 28-1893, August 2

Volume 8

1893, August 2-1893, October 27

Volume 9

1893, October 27-1894, January 11

Volume 10

1894, January 11-1894, March 23

Volume 11

1894, March 23-1894, June 7

Volume 12

1894, June 7-1894, August 25

Volume 13

1894, August 25-1894, November 3

Volume 14

1894, November 3-1895, January 16

Volume 15

1895, January 16-1895, March 15

Volume 16

1895, March 15-1895, May 21

Volume 17

1895, May 22-1895, August 20

Volume 18

1895, August 20-1895, November 14

Volume 19

1895, November 15-1896, February 7

Volume 20

1896, February 7-1896, May 4

Volume 21

1896, May 4-1896, July 25

Volume 22

1896, July 25-1896, October 24

Volume 23

1896, October 24-1897, January 18

Volume 24

1897, January 18-1897, April 12

Volume 25

1897, April 12-1897, July 7

Volume 26

1897, July 7-1897, October 8

Volume 27

1897, October 9-1897, December 29

Volume 28

1897, December 29-1898, May 27

Volume 29

1898, March 27-1898, August 25

Volume 30

1898, August 25-1899, January 5

Volume 31

1899, January 5-1899, June 30

Volume 32

1899, June 30-1899, November 14

Volume 33

1899, November 15-1900, April 3

Volume 34

1900, April 3-1900, October 12

Volume 35

1900, October 12-1901, February 7

Volume 36

1901, February 8-1901, April 30

Volume 37

1901, April 29-1901, August 31

Volume 38

1901, August 31-1902, January 4

Volume 39

1902, Jan, 4-1902, April 26

Volume 40

1902, April 26-1902, September 24

Volume 41

1902, September 24-1903, February 16

Volume 42

1903, February 16-1903, July 20

Volume 43

1903, July 20-1903, December 17

Volume 44

1903, December 17-1904, April 6

Volume 45

1904, April 6-1904, August 2

Volume 46

1904, August 2-1904, December 10

Volume 47

1904, December 10-1905, March 25

Volume 48

1905, March 25-1905, July 19

Volume 49

1905, July 19-1905, October 23

Volume 50

1905, October 24-1906, February 14

Volume 51

1906, February 15-1906, June 4

Volume 52

1906, June 4-1906, September 24

Volume 53

1906, September 24-1907, January 9

Volume 54

1907, January 11-1907, May 17

Volume 55

1907, May 18-1907, October 5

Volume 56

1907, October 5-1908, January 25

Volume 57

1908, January 25-1908, June 17

Volume 58

1908, June 17-1908, November 24

Volume 59

1908, November 24-1909, April 10

Volume 60

1909, April 10-1909, October 11

Volume 61

1909, October 11-1910, February 26

Volume 62

1910, February 26-1910, July 23

Volume 63

1910, July 22-1910, December 13

Volume 64

1910, December 14-1911, May 9

Volume 65

1911, May 9-1911, October 2

Volume 66

1911, October 3-1912, March 5

Volume 67

1912, March 5-1912, August 26

Volume 68

1912, August 26-1913, January 20

Volume 69

1913, January 20-1913, July 18

Volume 70

1913, July 18-1913, December 2

Volume 71

1913, December 2-1914, March 25

Volume 72

1914, March 25-1914, July 30

Volume 73

1914, July 30-1914, November 19

Volume 74

1914, November 20-1915, March 9

Volume 75

1915, March 9-1915, June 30

Volume 76

1915, June 30-1915, November 13

Volume 77

1915, November 13-1916, May 3

Volume 78

1916, May 3-1916, December 16

Volume 79

1916, December 18-1917, May 31

Volume 80

1917, June 1-1917, November 12

Volume 81

1917, November 12-1918, June 8

Volume 82

1918, June 8-1918, December 18

Volume 83

1918, December 18-1919, May 27

Volume 84

1919, May 27-1919, September 22

Volume 85

1919, September 22-1919, December 29

Volume 86

1919, December 30-1920, April 16

Volume 87

1920, April 16-1920, August 18

Volume 88

1920, August 18-1921, December 10

Volume 89

1920, December 10-1921, April 7

Volume 90

1921, April 7-1921, August 24

Volume 91

1921, August 24-1922, February 13

Volume 92

1922, February 13-1922, May 25

Volume 93

1922, May 25-1922, September 12

Volume 94

1922, September 12-1923, January 16

Volume 95

1923, January 17-1923, May 29

Volume 96

1923, May 29-1923, September 28

Volume 97

1923, September 29-1924, January 23

Volume 98

1924, January 24-1924, May 14

Volume 99

1924, May 15-1924, November 25

Volume 100

1924, November 26-1925, March 13

Volume 101

1925, March 13-1925, September 7

Volume 102

1925, September 9-1926, February 26

Volume 103

1926, February 27-1926, July 7

Volume 104

1926, July 8-1926, November 1

Volume 105

1926, November 1-1927, March 3

Volume 106

1927, March 4-1927, July 30

Volume 107

1927, August 1-1927, December 3

Volume 108

1927, December 5-1928, March 24

Volume 109

1928, March 26-1928, July 13

Volume 110

1928, July 14-1928, December 20

Volume 111

1928, December 21-1929, July 7

Volume 112

1929, July 10-1930, March 31

Volume 113

1930, April 1-1931, March 20

Volume 114

1931, March 21-1932, May 16

Volume 115

1932, May 18-1933, July 24

Volume 116

1933, July 24-1934, July 17

Volume 117

1934, July 19-1935, October 12

Volume 118

1935, October 14-1937, December 6

Volume 119

1937, December 8-1941, April 7

Volume 120

1941, April 9-1944, October 12

Volume 121

1944, October 13-1951, May 7

General Correspondence

Volume 122

1893, October 26-1894, August 28

Volume 123

1894, August 28-1895, November 28

Volume 124

1895, November 26-1897, January 14

Volume 125

1897, January 14-1897, November 24

Volume 126

1897, November 26-1898, May 7

Volume 127

1898, May 7-1898, September 29

Volume 128

1898, October 21-1899, February 10

Volume 129

1899, February 10-1899, October 6

Volume 130

1899, October 6-1900, June 19

Volume 131

1900, June 19-1901, April 30

Volume 132

1901, May 1-1902, February 3

Volume 133

1902, February 3-1902, December 1

Volume 134

1902, December 1-1903, September 14

Volume 135

1903, September 15-1904, July 25

Volume 136

1904, July 26-1905, August 10

Volume 137

1905, August 11-1906, May 5

Volume 138

1906, May 5-1907, January 29

Volume 139

1907, January 30-1907, September 21

Volume 140

1907, September 23-1908, July 1

Volume 141

1908, July 3-1919, March 25

Volume 142

1909, March 25-1909, December 14

Volume 143

1909, December 14-1910, June 24

Volume 144

1910, June 24-1911, February 22

Volume 145

1911, February 22-1911, October 31

Volume 146

1911, October 30-1912, May 22

Volume 147

1912, May 22-1913, January 13

Volume 148

1913, January 16-1913, September 29

Volume 149

1913, September 30-1914, May 25

Volume 150

1914, May 25-1915, May 13

Volume 151

1915, February 13-1915, October 28

Volume 152

1915, October 28-1916, June 7

Volume 153

1916, June 8-1917, February 7

Volume 154

1917, February 8-1917, October 15

Volume 155

1917, October 15-1918, May 7

Volume 156

1918, May 7-1919, March 24

Volume 157

1919, March 24-1930, January 20

Volume 158

1920, January 20-1920, November 26

Volume 159

1920, November 27-1921, November 3

Volume 160

1921, November 3-1922, August 17

Volume 161

1922, August 8-1923, April 18

Volume 162

1923, April 19-1924, January 16

Volume 163

1924, January 17-1924, November 19

Volume 164

1924, November 20-1925, October 1

Volume 165

1925, October 2-1926, October 5

Volume 166

1926, October 5-1928, January 7

Volume 167

1928, January 9-1929, June 14

Volume 168

1929, June 14-1930, September 15

Volume 169

1930, September 16-1932, January 7

Volume 170

1932, January 8-1933, November 2

Volume 171

1933, November 3-1935, February 12

Volume 172

1935, February 13-1939, January 16

Land Correspondence

Volume 173

1901, September 7-1952, April 11

Volume 174

1908, October 2-1909, May 17

Volume 175

1916, May 27-1933, October 21

Volume 176

1932, May 24-1933, March 4

Volume 177

1933, October 23-1934, May 16

Letters from Company Office to John S. Owen

Volume 178

1893, December 8-1898, May 11

Volume 179

1898, May 16-1907, February 16

Volume 180

1907, February 20-1910, July 9

Volume 181

1910, July 11-1914, September 22

Volume 182

1914, September 24-1921, February 28

Rust Owen Lumber Company

General Correspondence

Volume 183

1900, March 11-1900, December 26

Volume 184

1900, December 26-1901, August 9

Volume 185

1901, August 9-1902, March 31

Volume 186

1903, March 23-1904, February 13

Volume 187

1904, February 14-1904, December 23

Volume 188

1904, December 23-1905, October 5

Volume 189

1905, October 5-1906, July 20

Volume 190

1909, July 26-1910, March 2

Volume 191

1910, March 23-1910, September 19

Volume 192

1910, September 19-1911, April 25

Volume 193

1912, January 8-1912, October 4

Volume 194

1912, October 4-1913, May 20

Volume 195

1913, May 20-1913, October 3

Volume 196

1913, October 3-1914, March 16

Volume 197

1914, March 16-1914, August 21

Volume 198

1914, August 22-1915, February 15

Volume 199

1915, February 15-1915, October 1

Volume 200

1915, October 2-1916, April 5

Volume 201

1916, April 5-1917, October 12

Volume 202

1917, October 13-1917, March 2

Volume 203

1917, March 2-1918, May 16

Volume 204

1918, March 8-1918, September 21

Volume 205

1918, September 23-1919, April 19

Volume 206

1919, October 18-1920, April 1

Volume 207

1920, April 1-1920, November 15

Volume 208

1920, November 9-1921, June 21

Volume 209

1921, June 21-1922, January 25

Volume 210

1922, January 26-1922, October 9

Volume 211

1922, October 10-1923, May 17

Volume 212

1923, May 17-1924, February 22

Volume 213

1924, November 8-1926, April 14

Volume 214

1925, August 24-1926, April 14

Volume 215

1926, April 4-1927, January 18

Volume 216

1927, January 17-1927, November 27

Volume 217

1927, November 4-1928, September 20

Volume 218

1928, September 20-1929, August 29

Volume 219

1929, August 30-1930, November 25

Volume 220

1930, November 25-1931, November 12

Volume 221

1931, November 13-1933, July 13

Volume 222

1933, July-1934, October 29

Volume 223

1934, October 30-1936, April 18

Land Correspondence

Volume 224

1904, August 31-1945, June 9

Volume 225

1932, January 4-1939, March 20

Company Store Correspondence

Volume 226

1928, November 22-1936, October 20

Volume 227

1936, October 26-1939, January 1

Accidents Reports and Correspondence

Volume 228

1930, July 22-1938, September 27

General Office Correspondence

Volume 229

1916, December 8-1919, October 17

Volume 230

1917, August 30-1919, March 7

Volume 231

1924, February 18-1925, February 4

Volume 232

1935, April 12-1940, November 13

A. R. Owen Personal Letters

Volume 233

1907, January 12-1912, March 6

Volume 234

1912, March 7-1914, April 30

A. R. Owen Business Letters

Volume 235

1909, June 4-1913, November 5

Volume 236

1913, November 7-1923, January 9

Volume 237

1928, June 14-1933, November 22

Volume 238

1935, June 25-1937, July 8

Volume 239

1937, July 10-1939, December 19

Letters of Company President A. R. Owen

Volume 240

1916, May 8-1919, June 3

Volume 241

1919, June 3-1922, March 15

Volume 242

1922, March 21-1924, June 4

Volume 243

1924, June 6-1926, August 6

Volume 244

1926, August 13-1927, December 28

Volume 245

1927, December 31-1929, March 6

E. A. Owen Personal Correspondence

Volume 246

1908, January 15-1912, July 24

California & Oregon Lumber Company

Volume 247

1916, June 17-1921, April 23

Volume 248

1917, January 30-1919, June 19

Volume 249

1919, June 19-1924, May 5

California & Oregon Lumber Company and Del Norte Company, Ltd.

Volume 250

1913, May 22-1934, October 28

Volume 251

1934, October 9-1936, July 28

Volume 252

1936, July 29-1940, May 15

Del Norte Company, Ltd.

Volume 253

1902, April 26-1904, December 28

Volume 254

1904, December 28-1911, February 3

Volume 255

1911, February 3-1915, April 26

Volume 256

1915, April 27-1917, December 28

Volume 257

1917, December 28-1919, August 22

Volume 258

1919, August 26-1923, March 23

Volume 259

1923, March 26-1925, April 20

Volume 260

1926, April 20-1929, February 28

Volume 261

1929, March 2-1939, November 9

Gilbert Lumber Company

Volume 262

1900, October 15-1905, June 23

Owen Box and Crating Company

General Letterbooks

Volume 263

1924, November 28-1933, May 15

Volume 264

1933, May 16-1933, October 6

Volume 265

1933, October 7-1934, January 9

Volume 266

1934, January 11-1934, July 18

Volume 267

1934, July 19-1935, May 10

Letterbooks of E. W. Kidd

Volume 268

1929, April 23-1929, December 28

Volume 269

1933, May 9-1936, January 16

Volume 270

1936, April 16-1937, March 29

Volume 271

1937, March 10-1939, January 4

Three States Lumber Company

Volume 272

1921, June 30-1925, December 3

Volume 273

1935, October 25-1937, March 24

Volume 274

1937, March 25-1938, October 29

Volume 275

1938, November 14-1940, May 11

Owen-Oregon Lumber Company

Volume 276

1924, March 21-1924, November 28

Volume 277

1924, December 1-1925, June 25

Volume 278

1924, January 4-1935, January 21

Volume 279

1925, January 7-1926, January 22

Volume 280

1926, January 23-1926, November 4

Volume 281

1926, November 5-1927, November 3

Volume 282

1927, November 4-1929, April 1

Volume 283

1929, April 2-1931, November 4

Series: Index to Correspondence Files A, G, and T, John S. Owen Lumber Company

Volume 284

1919-1925

Volume 285

1925-1929

Volume 286

1929-1937

Volume 287

1937-1940

Volume 288

1947-1950

Series: Financial Records

John S. Owen Lumber Company

Journals, Eau Claire Office

Volume 289

1882, October 2-1887, March 30

Volume 290

1889, October 23-1889, February 28

Volume 291

1893, February 28-1895, August 28

Volume 292

1895, August 31-1898, March 29

Volume 293

1898, March 30-1908, July 15

Volume 294

1908, July 2-1913, December 31; and 1920, January 12-1928, December 31

Volume 295

1912, September 25-1919, December 31

Volume 296

1929, January 2-1943, December 31

Journals, Owen, Wisconsin Office

Volume 297

1883, December 1-1895, December 31

Volume 298

1896, January 3-1898, December 31

Volume 299

1898, December 31-1901, July 31

Volume 300

1901, August 1-1903, October 31

Volume 301

1903, November 1-1905, November 31

Volume 302

1905, November 1-1907, December 18

Volume 303

1907, December 20-1909, July 31

Volume 304

1909, August 2-1911, February 28

Volume 305

1911, February 28-1912, July 12

Volume 306

1912, July 15-1913, December 31

Volume 307

1914, January 2-1915, June 30

Volume 308

1915, July-1916, November 19

Volume 309

1916, December 1-1919, February 28

Volume 310

1919, March 1-1921, June 30

Volume 311

1921, July 1-1923, December 31

Volume 312

1924, January 2-1926, June 30

Volume 313

1926, July 1-1929, April 30

Volume 314

1929, May 1-1933, September 3

Volume 315

1933, October 1-1936, May 1

Volume 316

1936, May 1-1939, July 31

Volume 317

1939, August 1-1946, June 26

Ledgers, Eau Claire Office

Volume 318

1882-1888

Volume 319

1889-1894

Volume 320

1895-1908

Volume 321

1909-1913; and 1920-1928

Volume 322

1913-1919

Volume 323

1929-1943

Ledgers, Owen, Wisconsin Office

Volume 324

1893-1895

Volume 325

1896-1898

Volume 326

1899-1903

Volume 327

1903-1905

Volume 328

1905-1908

Volume 329

1908-1910

Volume 330

1910-1911

Volume 331

1912-1914

Volume 332

1914-1915

Volume 333

1916-1918

Volume 334

1918-1919

Volume 335

1920-1921

Volume 336

1922-1923

Volume 337

1924-1926

Volume 338

1926-1928

Volume 339

1928-1929

Volume 340

1930-1931

Volume 341

1932-1934

Cash Books

Volume 342

1893, December 1-1897, May 31

Volume 343

1897, June 1-1901, July 31

Volume 344

1901, August 1-1904, June 30

Volume 345

1904, July 1-1907, January 17

Volume 346

1907, January 18-1909, December 23

Volume 347

1909, December 24-1912, December 24

Volume 348

1912, December 26-1916, March 29

Volume 349

1916, April 1-1919, May 31

Volume 350

1919, June 2-1922, July 31

Volume 351

1922, August 1-1925, March 2

Volume 352

1925, March 2-1928, June 30

Volume 353

1928, July 2-1932, June 30

Volume 354

1932, July 1-1933, September 30

Volume 355

1933, October 2-1934, September 30

Volume 356

1934, October 1-1935, November 30

Volume 357

1935, December 2-1937, March 31

Volume 358

1937, April 1-1938, September 30

Volume 359

1938, October 1-1940, June 30

Volume 360

1940, July 1-1941, June 29

Volume 361

Cash Receipts, 1947, December 31-1952, November 20

Payroll Balances

Volume 362

1917, June-1920, February

Volume 363

1920, March-1922, November

Volume 364

1922, December-1925, May

Volume 365

1925, June-1928, April

Volume 366

1928, May-1937, December

Volume 367

1934, January-1936, December

Operating Statements

Volume 368

1908, January-1912, December

Volume 369

1913, January-1916, May

Volume 370

1916, July-1919, November

Volume 371

1919, December-1923, June

Volume 372

1923, July-1927, April

Miscellaneous Records

Volume 373

Insurance Register, 1913, January 3-1945, September 12

Volume 374

Notes Register, 1904, October 25-1941, December 31

Volume 375

Appraisal of the John S. Owen Lumber Company by the Lloyd Thomas Company, 1923, February 9

Volume 376

Freight Shipments Records, 1913, January 1-1922, December 30

Volume 377

Land Contracts, 1893-1925

Volume 378

Land Sales Record, 1891-1930

Volume 379

Village Lot Sales, 1907-1948

Volume 380

Village Lot Contracts, 1905, August 5-1947, February 17; and Liberty Bond Sales, 1917, June 12-1918, May 1

Volume 381

Internal Voucher Record, 1935, May 1-December 31

Volume 382

Miscellaneous Sales, 1918, July 1-1924, October 27

Volume 383

Log Transportation, 1927-1931

Volume 384

Day Book, 1887, April 1-1889, October

John S. Owen Company

Journals

Volume 385

1910, January 1-1920, September 30

Volume 386

1920, October 1-1937, February 1

Ledgers

Volume 387

1910-1920

Volume 388

1920-1938

Volume 389

1938-1948

Volume 390

Statements and Land Records, 1928, February; 19291940, July 30

Volume 391

Land and Tax Record, John S. Owen Company and Related Companies, 1902-1946

Rust Owen Lumber Company

Journals, General

Volume 392

1884, March 19-1885, May 30

Volume 393

1885, June 1-1886, June 30

Journals, Eau Claire Office

Volume 394

1884, December 27-1886, June 7

Volume 395

1886, June 8-1887, October 12

Volume 396

1887, October 13-1889, January 30

Volume 397

1889, January 31-1890, July 30

Volume 398

1890, August 1-1892, April 30

Volume 399

1892, May 1-1894, May 25

Volume 400

1894, May 26-1896, April 6

Volume 401

1896, April 8-1898, December 31

Volume 402

1899, January 3-1902, December 30

Volume 403

1902, December 30-1908, November 30

Volume 404

1908, December 22-1910, December 31

Journals, Drummond Office

Volume 405

1883, January 1-1886, April 30

Volume 406

1886, May 1-1890, February 19

Volume 407

1890, February 21-1890, April 30

Volume 408

1890, May 1-1892, April 30

Volume 409

1892, April 30-1894, April 30

Volume 410

1894, May 1-1896, September 30

Volume 411

1896, October 1-1899, December 29

Volume 412

1899, December 29-1900, December 31

Journals, Pierre Lumber Company

Volume 413

1884, December 8-1886, June 30

Volume 414

1886, December 1-1887, June 28

Volume 415

1886, July 28-1889, April 30

Volume 416

1887, July 1-1891, April 30

Volume 417

1893, January 1-1895, August 1

Volume 418

1896, July 1-1898, December 14

Volume 419

1898, December 20-1901, November

Ledgers, Eau Claire Office

Volume 420

1882-1885

Volume 421

1885-1889

Volume 422

1889-1892

Volume 423

1892-1895

Volume 424

1895-1898

Volume 425

1899-1900

Volume 426

1905-1906

Ledgers, Drummond Office

Volume 427

1883-1886

Volume 428

1886-1890

Volume 429

1890-1892

Volume 430

1892-1896

Volume 431

1897-1901

Volume 432

1902-1905

Volume 433

1906-1909

Volume 434

1910-1916

Volume 435

1917-1920

Volume 436

1921-1927

Volume 437

1928-1942

Individual Ledgers

Volume 439

1920-1923

Volume 438

Index, 1920-1923

Volume 440

1924-1926

Volume 441

1927-1930

Volume 443

1931-1939

Volume 442

Index, 1931-1939

Customers Ledgers

Volume 444

1909-1912

Volume 445

1913-1916

Volume 447

1917-1918

Volume 446

Index, 1917-1918

Volume 449

1919-1923

Volume 448

Index, 1919-1923

Volume 450

1924-1928

Volume 452

1929-1938

Volume 451

Index, 1929-1938

Ledgers, Pierre Lumber Company

Volume 453

1889-1891

Volume 454

1891-1895

Volume 455

1891-1893

Volume 456

1893-1895

Volume 457

1893-1896; and 1898, January to April

Volume 458

1892-1902

Volume 459

1900-1902

Payroll Ledgers

Volume 460

1884

Volume 461

1884-1886

Volume 462

1930, July-1939, November

Cash Books

Volume 463

1886, May 1-1889, April 30

Volume 464

1889, May 1-1892, July 29

Volume 465

1893, March 1-1896, December 31

Volume 466

1897, January 2-1900, December 31

Volume 467

1901, January 2-1904, October 31

Volume 468

1904, November 1-1908, August 13

Volume 469

1908, August 28-1909, September 30

Volume 470

1909, October 1-1911, July, 31

Volume 471

1911, July 31-1912, December 31

Volume 472

1913, January 1-1914, April 30

Volume 473

1914, April 30-1915, July 27

Volume 474

1915, July 27-1916, August 19

Volume 475

1916, August 21-1917, August 21

Volume 476

1917, August 21-1918, September 30

Volume 477

1918, September 2-1919, September 30

Volume 478

1919, September 30-1920, September 30

Volume 479

1920, October 1-1921, October 21

Volume 480

1921, October 31-1922, October 31

Volume 481

1922, October 31-1923, October 31

Volume 482

1923, October 31-1924, November 17

Volume 483

1924, November 17-1925, October 31

Volume 484

1925, November 2-1927, January 31

Volume 485

1927, February 1-1928, May 22

Volume 486

1928, May 23-1929, August 31

Volume 487

1929, August 31-1930, December 30

Volume 488

1930, December 31-1932, October 12

Volume 489

1932, October 13-1935, February 28

Volume 490

1935, March 1-1937, December 31

Volume 491

1938, January 3-1944, January 7

Cash Books, Pierre

Volume 492

1897, December 17-1901, February 21

Volume 493

1901, February 21-1906, April 30

Volume 494

1906, May 2-1910, December

Statements of Cash Receipts Sent to Eau Claire

Volume 495

1883, June 1-1884, July 11

Volume 496

1884, July 12-1886, April 30

Miscellaneous Records

Volume 497

Bills Payable and Receivable, 1883, July 1-1935. April 24

Volume 498

Daybook, 1897, November 10-1899, October 28

Volume 499

Lumber Accounts, 1932, January 30-1936, January 1

Volume 500

Lumber Invoices, 1932, December 31-1939, September 13

Volume 501

Price Quotations, 1934, January 9-1936, July 30

Monthly Statements of Accounts

Volume 502

1923, March-1926, March

Volume 503

1929, November-1933, September

Volume 504

1933, July-1937, September

Volume 505

Inventory and Annual Statements, 1906, January 11925, January 1

Volume 506

Land Inventory Book (plat maps and notes), 1875-circa 1906

Volume 507

Townsite List, Drummond, 1924, June 30-1938, June 25

Volume 509

Land Contracts, 1914-1938

Volume 508

Index, 1914-1938

Owen Box and Crating Company

Journals

Volume 510

1906, November 21-1911, December 11

Volume 511

1912, January 3-1920, June 30

Volume 512

1920, July 1-1933, March 27

Volume 513

1933, April 4-1935, August 31

Ledgers

Volume 514

1906-1911

Volume 516

1912-1921

Volume 515

Index, 1912-1921

Volume 517

1916-1945

Miscellaneous Records

Volume 518

Payrolls, 1937, January 1-1942, December 2

Volume 519

Trial Balances, 1927, October-1935, December

Volume 520

Invoices, 1929, October 11-1935, June 18

Volume 521

Operating Statements, 1909, December-1919, December

Del Norte Company, Ltd.

Stock Books

Volume 522

1891, October-1919, June 6

Volume 523

Stock Book No. 1, 1902, July 2-1927, May 17

Volume 524

Stock Book No. 2, 1902, July 2-1929, December 23

Three States Lumber Company

Journals

Volume 525

1898, September 19-1899, November 22

Volume 526

1899, November 22-1901, October 15

Volume 527

1901, October 16-1904, April 30

Volume 528

1904, May 2-1908, December 31

Volume 529

1907, January 2-1908, December 31

Volume 530

1909, January 8-1912, December 31

Volume 531

1912, December 31-1916, November 30

Volume 532

1916, December 1-1920, December 31

Volume 533

1921, January 5-1923, January 1

Volume 534

1923, January 5-1935, May 20

Volume 535

1935, May 21-1941, December 31

Volume 536

1942, January 26-1955, December 28

Ledgers

Volume 537

1898-1901

Volume 538

1901-1906

Volume 539

1907-1919

Volume 540

1907-1922

Volume 541

1908-1917

Volume 542

1923-1925

Volume 543

1949-1955

Cash Books

Volume 544

1924, April 12-1928. December 31

Volume 545

1929, January 1-1931, December 31

Volume 546

1932, January 2-1935, April 30

Miscellaneous Records

Volume 547

Cash Receipts, 1935, May 16-1951, December 31

Volume 548

Cash Disbursements, 1935, June 4-1951, December 31

Volume 549

Cash Receipts and Disbursements, 1952, January 31955, February 3

Volume 550

Trial Balances, 1930, January-1935, April

Volume 551

Trust Deed Record, 1923-1934

Land Sales Record

Volume 552

1922-1933

Volume 553

1926-1941

Cotton Records

Volume 554

1950

Volume 555

1951

Volume 556

1952

Volume 557

1953

Volume 558

1954

Blytheville, Burdette, and Mississippi River Railroad Company

Volume 559

Ledger, General, 1906-1924

Volume 560

Monthly Statements, 1906-1917

Volume 561

Stock Certificate Book, 1908-1922

Unidentified

Volume 565

Ledger, 1883, June 1-December 1

Series: Minute Books

Volume 562

Drummond and Southwestern Railway Company, Articles of Organization and Minute Book, 1891, August 3-1912, May 29

Volume 563

Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, Minute Book, 1924, April 18-1928, May 10; and Owen Falls Mining Company, Minute Book, 1905, February 1-1906, December 25

Volume 564

Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, Minute Book, 1929, February 15-1932, February 15