1906 - Louis Gerlinger Sr.,
H.L. Pittock, F.W. Leadbetter acquired Cone Lumber (Dallas, OR),
renamed Willamette Valley Lumber; 1967
- renamed Willamette Industries; 2002
- acquired by Weyerhaeuser in hostile takeover.
1913 - Ivar Kreuger formed Svenska Tändsticks
Aktiebolaget, STAB (Swedish Match Company); lent over $300
million dollars to governments in Europe, Latin America, and
Asia in exchange for national match monopolies; became world's
largest match manufacturer; built small, family-owned match
business into a $600 million global match empire; owned
manufacturing operations in 36 countries, had monopolies in 16
countries, controlled 40% of the world's match production;
relied on international capital markets to finance acquisitions
and monopoly deals; 1929 - Kreuger company stocks
and bonds were most widely held securities in United States and
world; 1932 - Krueger died in Paris (suicide?);
forensic auditors discovered giant pyramid scheme; Kreuger
accounts hid fictitious assets in maze of over 400 subsidiary
companies; Swedish Match's deficits exceeded Sweden's national
debt.
1927
- Owen Cheatham founded Georgia Pacific.
November
13, 2005
- Koch Industries acquired Georgia Pacific for $13.2 billion $48
per share, a 39% premium).
(J. Alsford), Patrick Beaver
(1982).
The Alsford Tradition: A Century of Quality Timber, 1882-1982.
(London, UK: Melland, 100 p. [2nd ed.]). J. Alsford
Limited--History; Lumber trade--Great Britain--History.
(C. F. Anderson & Son Limited), Augustus Muir
(1963).
Andersons of Islington: The History of C. F. Anderson & Son
Limited, 1863-1963. (London, UK: Neame, 52 p.). C. F.
Anderson & Son Limited; Lumber trade -- United Kingdom --
History.
(Anderson-Tully Company), Charles A. Heavrin;
introduction by James E. Fickle; preface by Charles W. Crawford
(1981).
Boxes, Baskets, and Boards: A History of Anderson-Tully Company.
(Memphis, TN: Memphis State University Press, 178 p.).
Anderson-Tully Company -- History.
(Borregaard), Trond Bergh og Even Lange
(1989). Foredlet Virke: Historien om Borregaard 1889-1989.
(Oslo, Norway: Ad Notam, 312 p.). Borregaard (Firm)--History;
Wood-pulp industry--Norway--History.
(Bryant & May), Patrick Beaver (1985).
The Match Makers. (London, UK: H. Melland, 128 p.).
Bryant & May; Match industry--Great Britain--History.
(BSW Timber Plc), Nigel Watson (1998).
The Roots of BSW Timber Plc: 150 Years in the Timber Industry.
(Leyburn, UK: St Matthew's Press, 84 p.). BSW Timber plc --
History; Lumber trade -- Great Britain -- History; Timber --
Great Britain -- History.
(Caspar Lumber Company), Ted Wurm (1986).
Mallets on the Mendocino Coast: Caspar Lumber Company, Railroads
and Steamships. (Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 134
p.). Caspar Lumber Company--History; Lumber
trade--California--History; Railroads--California--History;
Steamboat lines--California--History.
(Churchill and Sim), Augustus Muir (1963).
Churchill and Sim, 1813-1963. A Short History. (London,
UK: Neame, 84 P.). Churchill and Sim; Lumber trade -- United
Kingdom -- History.
(Churchill Forest Industries), Walter C.
Newman (1976).
What Happened When Dr. Kasser Came to Northern Manitoba.
(Winnipeg, MB: Newman Pub. Co., 201 p.). Kasser, Alexander,
1904- ; Churchill Forest Industries (Manitoba) Ltd.--History;
Businesspeople--Canada--Biography; Manitoba--Politics and
government.
(City Saw Mills), John Lees Carvel (1949).
One Hundred Years in Timber: The History of the City Saw Mills,
1849-1949. (Glasgow, Scotland: Brownlee and Co.,
Ltd., City Saw Mills, 168 p.). City Saw Millls -- history.
Story
of Brownlee & Company Limited, City Saw Mills; James Brownlee
founded sawmill in 1849 on Craighall Turnpike Road in the Port
Dundas district of Glasgow; called premises The City Saw Mills;
James Brownlee and his three brothers’ visit to America and his
experience with the Mississippi Timber Industry; establishment
of his own sawmill in New Orleans, subsequent return to England
in 1845 due to ravages of sickness; brothers (Robert, John,
William) stayed behind, Robert took over business with brother
John as partner.
(Diamond Match Company), Kent Stephens (1981).
Matches, Flumes, and Rails: The Diamond Match Co. in the High
Sierra. (Corona del Mar, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 176 p.
[2nd ed.]). Diamond Match Company--History; Match
industry--United States--History; Lumber trade--United
States--History.
Ohio Columbus
Barber
(Diamond Match) (http://s3.amazonaws.com/findagrave/photos/2001/95/5200529_986589571.jpg)
(Donaldson James Group), Nigel Watson (2001).
In Their Fathers' Footsteps: The Story of the James Donaldson
Group. (Leyburn, UK: St Matthew's Pres, 85 p.). Lumber
trade -- Scotland -- Tayside -- History; Timber -- Scotland --
Tayside -- History.
(Empire Lumber Company), Charles E. Twining
(1975).
Downriver: Orrin H. Ingram and the Empire Lumber Company.
(Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 309 p.).
Ingram, Orrin H., 1830-1918; Empire Lumber Company;
Wisconsin--History.
(Flavelle Cedar, Ltd.), W. Guy Flavelle
(1966).
Cedar Saga and the Man Who Made It Possible. (Port
Moody, BC: Weldwood of Canada, 130 p.). Flavelle, Aird; Flavelle
Cedar, ltd., Port Moody, B.C. ; Lumber trade -- British Columbia
-- Port Moody; Cedar.
(Forest Products Laboratory), Howard F. Weiss,
(1921).
The Forest Products Laboratory: A Decennial Record, 1910-1920.
(Madison, WI: Democrat printing company 196 p.). Chairman.
Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.); Wood -- Testing.
(Forest Products Laboratory), John W.
Koning,Jr. (2011).
Forest Products Laboratory 1910-2010: Celebrating a Century of
Accomplishments. (Madison, WI: University of
Wisconsin Press, 536 p.). Forest Products Laboratory Staff
Memner (1961-1986). Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.); Wood --
Testing. Breadth of interdisciplinary research problem-solving,
accomplishments pertinent to sustainable forest management, wood
products industry (at federal facility on campus od University
of Wisconsin-Madiuson) - lumberjack production, recycled paper,
alcohol from wood; transformed old industries, created new ones
(lumber production, corrugated containers, recycled paper,
production of alcohol from wood, commercial cultivation of
shiitake mushrooms, hundreds of other businesses).
(Georgia-Pacific), John R. Ross (1978).
Maverick, The Story of Georgia-Pacific. (Portland, OR:
Georgia-Pacific, 318 p.). Georgia-Pacific Corporation--History.
Owen Cheatham
- Georgia Pacific (http://www.gp.com/aboutus/history/images/pres_cheatham.gif)
(Georgia-Pacific), Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.
(1994).
Heritage: The Making of an American Family. (New York,
NY: Mastermedia, 520 p.). Pamplin family; Pamplin, Robert B.,
1911- ; Pamplin, Robert B., 1941- ; Georgia-Pacific
Corporation--History; United States--Biography.
(Georgian Bay Lumber Company), James T. Angus
(1990). A Deo Victoria: The Story of the Georgian Bay Lumber
Company 1871-1942. (Thunder Bay, ON: Severn Publications,
320 p.). Dodge, A. G. P. (Anson Green Phelps), 1834-1918;
Georgian Bay Lumber Company -- History; Lumbering -- Ontario --
Georgian Bay Region -- History; Lumber trade -- Ontario --
Georgian Bay Region -- History; Lumbermen -- Ontario -- Georgian
Bay Region -- Biography; Businessmen -- Ontario -- Georgian Bay
Region -- Biography.
(Hillcrest Lumber Company), Ian MacInnes
(2003). Carlton Stone's Hillcrest: A History of Vancouver
Island's Hillcrest Lumber Company. (Duncan, BC: I. MacInnes,
132 p.). Hillcrest Lumber Company--History; Hillcrest Lumber
Company--Histoire.
(Hood Industries Inc.), Carroll Brinson
(1987). More Than a Good Businessman: The Story of Warren A.
Hood. (Jackson, MI: Oakdale Press, 149 p.). Hood, Warren
Alton, 1916- ; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
Largest producer of Southern yellow pine
lumber east of Mississippi River; 1970 - merged with Masonite Corporation.
(Hull-Oakes Lumber Co.), George B. Wisner
(1998). Hull-Oakes Lumber Company’s Steam-Powered Sawmill: A
Case study in Industrial Archaeology. (Corvallis, OR: Dept.
of Anthropology, Oregon State University, 172 p.). Hull-Oakes
Lumber Co.; Sawmills --Oregon --Benton County --History;
Steam-engines --Oregon --Benton County; Industrial archaeology
--Oregon --Benton County.
(International Industries Inc.), Ruel E.
Foster and Robert B. Conner (1992).
Buck: A Life Sketch of James H. Harless. (Morgantown,
WV: West Virginia University Press, 166 p.). Harless, James H.,
1919- ; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
(James Jones & Sons), Nigel Watson (2005).
Timber and Much More ... : A Family History of James Jones &
Sons. (Leyburn, North Yorkshire, UK: St Matthew’s Press, 108
p.). James Jones & Sons; Timber -- Great Britain -- History.
(Walter Kellogg Lumber Company), Walter W.
Kellogg (1969).
The Kellogg Story; 50 Years in Southern Hardwoods.
(Monroe, LA: Walter W. Kellogg, 179 p.). Kellogg (L. D.) Lumber
Company; Walter Kellogg Lumber Company.
(Knapp, Stout & Co.), Jan M. Long; Ellwyn
Hendrickson (2001).
The Footprints of a Wisconsin Lumber Executive: The Life of
William Wilson, His Family, and the Company He Founded.
(Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 512). Knapp, Stout & Co.; Wilson,
William; Lumber trade -- Wisconsin -- History.
(Kneeland-Bigelow Company), Herman Lunden
Miller (1995).
Lumbering in Early Twentieth Century Michigan: The
Kneeland-Bigelow Company Experience. (Lewiston, MI:
Walnut Hill Press, 80 p.). Kneeland-Bigelow Company --History;
Lumber trade --Michigan --History --20th century; Lumbering
--Michigan --History --20th century; Lumbering --Machinery
--Michigan --History --20th century; Logging --Michigan
--History --20th century.
(R. F. Learned & Son Lumber Co.), John Hebron
Moore (1967).
Andrew Brown and Cypress Lumbering in the Old Southwest.
(Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 180 p.).
Brown, Andrew, 1793-1871; Learned (R.F.) & Son Lumber Co.;
Lumber trade -- Mississippi River Valley.
(Lutcher-Moore Lumber Company), John Lees
Carvel (1949). Timber! The History of the
Lutcher-Moore Lumber Company. (Glasgow, Scotland:
Brownlee and Co., Ltd., City Saw Mills, 168 p.). Lutcher-Moore
Lumber Company Founded by James Brownlee.
(MacMillan Bloedel - origins to 1919), Donald
MacKay (1982).
Empire of Wood: The MacMillan Bloedel Story. (Seattle,
WA: University of Washington Press, 361 p.). MacMillan Bloedel
Limited--History; Lumber trade--British Columbia--History.
H. R. Macmillan
(http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9781550171297_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG)
(MacMillan Bloedel), Ken Drushka (1995).
HR: A Biography of H.R. MacMillan. (Madeira Park, BC:
Harbour Pub., 416 p.). MacMillan, H. R. (Harvey Reginald),
1885-1976; Foresters--British Columbia--Biography;
Businesspeople--British Columbia--Biography.
(McGoldrick Lumber Company), Jim McGoldrick
(2004).
The McGoldrick Lumber Company Story, 1900-1952.
(Spokane, WA: Tornado Creek Publications, 288 p.). McGoldrick,
J. P. (James Patrick), 1859-1939; McGoldrick Lumber Company
--History; Lumber trade --Washington (State) --Spokane
--History; Businessmen --Washington (State) --Spokane
--Biography; Spokane (Wash.) --History. Important contributor to Inland Northwest lumber industry.
(N.Z. Forest Products Ltd.), Brian Healy
(1982). A Hundred Million Trees: The Story of N.Z. Forest
Products Ltd. (Auckland, NZ: Hodder and Stoughton, 219 p.).
N.Z. Forest Products Ltd.--History; Forest products
industry--New Zealand--History.
(Noranda Forest), Adam Zimmerman (1997).
Who's in Charge Here, Anyway?: Reflections from a Life in
Business. (Toronto, ON: Stoddart, 210 p.). Zimmerman, A.
H. (Adam Hartley), 1927- ; Noranda (Firm)--History; Noranda
Forest--History; Executives--Canada--Biography; Lumber
trade--Canada--History.
(Ogden Lumber Company), Leonard J. Arrington
(1975).
David Eccles: Pioneer Western Industrialist. (Logan, UT:
Utah State University Press, 294 p.). Eccles, David, 1849 or
50-1912; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Frontier and
pioneer life--West (U.S.).
David
Eccles
- Ogden Lumber
(http://www.ogden4arts.org/ images/david.jpg)
(Pacific Lumber Company), Hugh Wilkerson and
John van der Zee (1971).
Life in the Peace Zone; An American Company Town. (New
York, NY: Macmillan, 158 p.). Pacific Lumber Company; Scotia,
Calif.
(Pacific Lumber), David Harris (1995).
The Last Stand: The War Between Wall Street and Main Street over
California's Ancient Redwoods. (New York, NY: Times
Books, 373 p.). Pacific Lumber Company; Earth First!
(Organization) Consolidation and merger of corporations--United
States; Redwood industry--California--Humboldt County;
Environmentalists--California--Humboldt County; Scotia (Calif.).
(Pike Lumber Company), Ann Allen (1997).
From Ties to Technology: A History of Pike Lumber Company,
1853-1996. (Akron, IN: Pike Lumber Co., 139 p.). Pike Lumber
Company--History; Lumber trade--United States--History.
(Pope & Talbot), Edwin T. Coman, Jr., and
Helen M. Gibbs (1968).
Time, Tide, and Timber; A Century of Pope & Talbot. (New
York, NY: Greenwood Press, 480 p. [orig. pub. 1949). Pope &
Talbot, Inc.
Andrew Jackson
Pope
- Pope & Talbot (http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2003/312/8073061_1068418820.jpg)
(Pope & Talbot), Harry H. Stein (2003). Old
Growth, New Directions: 150 Years of Pope & Talbot.
(Seattle, WA: Documentary Book Publishers, 173 p.). Pope &
Talbot Lumber Co. History; Lumber trade United States History;
Lumber trade Northwest, Pacific History.
(Port Blakely Mill Company), Ross
Yockey, L. Beth Yockey (2007).
Responsible to the Earth: The Remarkable History of the Port
Blakely Companies. (Seattle, WA Abecedary Press, 460
p.). Authors. Port Blakely Mill Company --History; Lumber trade
--Washington State --History. From humble start at Puget Sound to
largest mill in world, survived two World Wars, became leader
in environmental responsibility.
(Potlatch Lumber Company), Keith C. Petersen
(1987).
Company Town: Potlatch, Idaho, and the Potlatch Lumber Company.
(Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 284 p.).
Potlatch Corporation -- History.; Lumber trade -- Idaho --
History; Company towns -- Idaho -- History; Potlatch (Idaho) --
Economic conditions.
(Red River Lumber Company), Robert M. Hanft
(1980). Red River: Paul Bunyan’s Own Lumber Company and Its
Railroads. (Chico, CA: Center for Business and Economic
Research, California State University, Chico, 304 p.). Professor
of Business Administration (California State University, Chico).
Red River Lumber Company; Logging railroads--California; Logging
railroads--Minnesota.
(Seaboard Lumber Sales Company), E.G. Perrault
(1985).
Wood & Water: The Story of Seaboard Lumber and Shipping.
(Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 320 p.). Seaboard Lumber
Sales Company -- History; Seaboard Shipping Company -- History;
Lumber trade -- British Columbia -- History; Merchant marine --
British Columbia -- History; Lumber trade -- Canada -- History;
Merchant marine -- Canada -- History.
(Daniel Shaw Lumber Company), A. R. Reynolds
(1957). The Daniel Shaw Lumber Company; A Case Study of the
Wisconsin Lumbering Frontier. (New York, NY: New York
University Press, 177 p.). Shaw (Daniel) Lumber Company, Eau
Claire, Wis.
(Simpson Investment Company), Robert Spector
(1990).
Family Trees: Simpson’s Centennial Story. (Seattle,
WA: Documentary Media, 252 p.). Simpson Investment Company;
forest Products -- Pacific Northwest -- history.
Centennial
history of one of largest family-owned forest products companies
in world, founded in 1890 as Simpson Resource Company by Sol
Simpson; introduced use of horses in forests, one of first to
offer loggers company health plan, introduced technology into
forestry in form of "Walking Dudley," mechanized log-hauling
machine.
(Simpson-Reed), Elwood R. Maunder, with
Charles Buchwalter (1977). Four Generations of Management:
The Simpson-Reed Story: An Interview with William G. Reed.
(Santa Cruz, CA: Forest History Society, 186 p.). Simpson Reed &
Co.--History; Lumber trade--Northwest, Pacific--History;
Industries--Washington (State)--history.
(Soper-Wheeler Company), Michael J. Gillis
(2003).
Soper-Wheeler Company: A Century of Growing Trees.
(Seattle, WA: Documentary Media, 256 p.). Soper-Wheeler Company;
forest Products -- California -- history. Oldest privately owned
timber company in California; two families came west at end of
19th century, formed successful timber business in California’s
Sierra Nevada; company’s 100-year evolution, its place in forest
products industry.
(Stenersen Mahoghany Corporation), Jamie
Robert Vollmer (1982).
Ninety-Nine Year Lease on Cloud Nine: An Oral Biography of James
Stone Stenersen. (Stuart, FL: American Memoirs, 239 p.).
Stenersen, James Stone, 1904- ; Stenersen Mahoghany Corporation;
Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Lumber trade--United
States--History--20th century; Construction industry--United
States--20th century.
(Stimson Lumber origins to 1850's and Thomas
Douglas (T.D.) Stimson), John R. Ross and Margaret Byrd Adams;
illustrated by Edwin Hooley (1983).
The Builder's Spirit: The History of Stimson Lumber Company.
(Portland, OR: J. Ross, 186 p.). Stimson Lumber
Company--History; Lumber trade--West (U.S.)--History.
(Stora Enso North America), Carol D. Miller
(2007).
Niagara Falling: Globalization in a Small Town. (Lanham,
MD: Lexington Books, 134 p.). Professor in the Department of
Sociology and Archeology (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse).
Stora Enso North America; Business enterprises,
Foreign--Wisconsin--Niagara; Industries--Social
aspects--Wisconsin--Niagara; Globalization--Social
aspects--Wisconsin--Niagara; Community life--Wisconsin--Niagara;
Niagara (Wis.)--Social conditions--21st century; Niagara
(Wis.)--Economic conditions--21st century. "Globalization in reverse" - what
happens to small community, Niagara, WI, when forced into global
economy, when foreign-based companies operate in community in
United States; how local government, civic engagement,
education, environment are affected.
(Swedish Match Company), Hakan Lindgren;
[translation by Michael Callow] (1979). Corporate Growth: The
Swedish Match Industry in Its Global Setting. (Stockholm:
LiberForlag, 447 p.). Kreuger, Ivar, 1880-1932; Svenska
tändsticks AB; Match industry -- History -- 20th century. The
Swedish Match Company, 1917-1939.
(Weyerhaeuser), Ralph W. Hidy, Frank Ernest
Hill and Allan Nevins (1963).
Timber and Men; The Weyerhaeuser Story. (New York, NY:
Macmillan, 704 p.). Weyerhaeuser Company.
Frederick
Weyerhauser
(http://www.historylink.org/
db_images/pri060.JPG)
(Weyerhaeuser), Charles E. Twining (1985).
Phil Weyerhaeuser, Lumberman. (Seattle, WA: University
of Washington Press, 401 p.). Weyerhaeuser, John Philip,
1899-1956; Weyerhaeuser Company--History; Businessmen--United
States--Biography; Forest products industry--United
States--History.
--- (1997).
F.K. Weyerhaeuser: A Biography. (St. Paul, MN: Minnesota
Historical Society, 332 p.). Weyerhaeuser, Frederick King;
Weyerhaeuser Company--History; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography; Forest products industry--United
States--History.
(Weyerhaeuser), Joni Sensel (2000).
Traditions Through the Trees: Weyerhaeuser's First 100 Years.
(Seattle, WA: Documentary Book Publishers Corporation, 228 p.).
Weyerhaeuser Company--History. Dynamic
growth from initial 900,000-acre purchase of Washington State
timberland through evolution into international leader in
growth of trees, creation of forest products.
(Willamette Industries) Catherine A. Baldwin
(1982).
Making the Most of the Best: Willamette Industries' Seventy-Five
Years. (Portland, OR: Willamette Industries, 172 p.).
Willamette Industries (Firm); Lumber trade -- Oregon; Paper
mills -- Oregon -- History.
(Willamette Industries), Catherine Baldwin
Dunn (1994). Making the Most of the Best: A History of
Willamette Industries, Inc. (Portland, OR: Willamette
Industries, 205 p. [2nd ed.]). Willamette Industries (Firm);
Lumber trade -- Oregon; Paper mills -- Oregon -- History.
Lenore K. Bradley (1989).
Robert Alexander Long: A Lumberman of the Gilded Age.
(Durham, NC: Forest History Society, 233 p.). Long, Robert
Alexander, 1850-1934; Lumbermen--United States--Biography;
Industrialists--United States--Biography; Lumber trade--United
States--History; Longview (Wash.)--History.
Sing C. Chew (1992).
Logs for Capital: The Timber Industry and Capitalist Enterprise
in the Nineteenth Century. (Westport, CT: Greenwood
Press, 191 p.). Lumber trade--History--19th century;
Capitalism--History--19th century; International business
enterprises--History--19th century.
Robert E. Ficken (1979).
Lumber and Politics: The Career of Mark E. Reed.
(Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 264 p.). Reed,
Mark E. (Mark Edward), 1866-1933; Businessmen--United
States--Biography; Lumber trade--Washington (State)--History;
Washington (State)--Politics and government.
--- (1987).
The Forested Land: A History of Lumbering in Western Washington.
(Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 324 p.). Lumber
trade--Washington (State), Western--History;
Lumbermen--Washington (State), Western--History; Forests and
forestry--Washington (State), Western--History.
Robert F. Fries (1951).
Empire in Pine: The Story of Lumbering in Wisconsin, 1830-1900.
(Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 285 p.).
Lumbering--Wisconsin; Lumber trade--Wisconsin.
Anita S. Goodstein (1962). Biography of a
Businessman: Henry W. Sage, 1814-1897. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University Press, 279 p.). Sage, Henry Williams, 1814-1897.
Raymond Goodwin (2010).
Sawdusted: Notes from a Post-Boom Mill. (Madison, WI:
Terrace Books 180 p.). Manager of Human Resources (Central
Michigan University). Goodwin, Raymond, 1959-; Sawmill workers
--Michigan --Biography. Memories of rundown, nonunion mill
(worked there for 20 months as two-time college dropout);
personalities of fellow millworkers; lumbering industry century after
its heyday; moments of vulnerability, generosity, pride in
craftsmanship.
Gordon Hak (2000).
Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber
Industry, 1858-1913. (Toronto, ON: University of Toronto
Press, 239 p.). Department of History (Malaspina
University-College). Lumber trade--British Columbia--History.
Nollie Hickman (1962).
Mississippi Harvest; Lumbering in the Longleaf Pine
Belt,1840-1915. (University, MS: University of
Mississippi, 306 p.). Taught at Perkinston Junior College (now
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College) and Northeast
Louisiana State College (now University of Louisiana at Monroe).
Lumber trade --Mississippi; Lumbering --Mississippi; Longleaf
pine. State's people, agriculture, industry, government,
politics, economy, culture through lens of felling of great
forests of longleaf pine in southern state (lumbering
became big industry); arduous transportation of logs to mills;
how naval stores trade flourished through production of
turpentine, pitch, rosin, expansion of exports; impact of Civil War on southern
lumbering; tragedy of denuded lands, renewal of resources
through reforestation.
Richard W. Judd with research assistance by Patricia A. Judd
(1989).
Aroostook: A Century of Logging in Northern Maine. (Orono,
ME: University of Maine Press, 351 p.). Adelaide & Alan Bird
Professor of History (University of Maine). Lumber trade --Maine
--Aroostook County --History; Forest products industry --Maine
--Aroostook County --History; Logging --Maine --Aroostook County
--History; Aroostook County (Me.) --Economic conditions.
Charles L. Keller (2001).
The Lady in the Ore Bucket: A History of Settlement and Industry
in the Tri-Canyon Area of the Wasatch Mountains. (Salt
Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 426 p.). Lumber
trade--Utah--Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--History; Mineral
industries--Utah--Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--History;
Water-power--Utah--Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--History.
Agnes M. Larson; Foreword by Bradley J. Gills (2007).
The White Pine Industry in Minnesota: A History.
(Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 432 p. [orig.
pub. 1949]). Professor of History (St. Olaf College); Adjunct
Professor of History (Grand Valley State University). White pine
industry --Minnesota --History; Lumbering --Minnesota --History;
Lumber trade --Minnesota --History.
1839-1932 - estimated 67.5 billion board feet of timber came out
of Minnesota forests; timber industry completely logged out
entire state with few exceptions; one of greatest social,
economic influences of development of Great Lakes states.
Arthur R. M. Lower (1973). Great Britain's
Woodyard; British America and the Timber Trade, 1763-1867.
(Montreal, QU: McGill-Queen's University Press, 271 p.). Lumber
trade--Great Britain--History; Lumber trade--Canada--History.
M. Patricia Marchak (1983).
Green Gold: The Forest Industry in British Columbia.
(Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 454 p.).
Lumber trade--British Columbia; Forest products
industry--British Columbia; Lumbermen--British Columbia; Forest
products industry--British Columbia--Employees; Lumber
trade--British Columbia--Employees.
--- (1995).
Logging the Globe. (Montral, QU: McGill-Queen's
University Press, 404 p.). Logging--Economic aspects;
Logging--Environmental aspects; Forests and forestry--Economic
aspects; Forests and forestry--Environmental aspects.
Archer H. Mayor (1988).
Southern Timberman: The Legacy of William Buchanan.
(Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 263 p.). Buchanan,
William, 1849-1923; Businesspeople--Southern States--Biography;
Lumber trade--Southern States--History; Family
corporations--Southern States--History; Company towns--Southern
States--History.
Jack. McEnany (2009).
Brush Cat: On Trees, the Wood Economy, and the Most Dangerous
Job in America. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 224
p.). Lumber trade --New England; Logging --New England; Loggers
--New England. Wood economy; year in life of men who
log New England's vast forests
for timber used in hundreds more ways than most of us realize;
loggers, ardent,
effective conservationists, wood pirates,
pragmatic environmentalists; inconsistent, wrong-headed government forest
management; worldwide demand for wood, wood chips, effect
of climate change on forest, money that keeps it all moving.
Robert B. Outland III (2004).
Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American
South. (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University
Press, 352 p.). Naval stores industry--Southern States--History;
Naval stores industry--Southern States--Employees.
Products
derived from resin or oleoresin of pine trees; mid-17th-mid-20th
centuries -important sector of Southern economy; straddled
agriculture, industry; North Carolina leading source of tar,
pitch, turpentine, rosin; 1950s - gone.
