Advanced Harvesting Systems Records, 1977-1997

Contents List

Container Title
Mss 815
Series: Connor Lumber and Land Company
Subseries: Historical Background
Box   1
Folder   1
Clippings, 1985-1989
Box   1
Folder   2
Centennial publication, 1972
Gordon R. Connor
Box   1
Folder   3
Biographical materials
Box   1
Folder   4
Diary, 1929-1931
Box   1
Folder   5
Speeches, 1956-1981
Mary Roddis Connor
Box   1
Folder   6
Speeches and writings, 1947; 1971-1985
Box   1
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1961; 1971-1973
Box   1
Folder   8
College paper on Connor Lumber, 1985
Subseries: Correspondence
William D. Connor Sr.
Box   1
Folder   9-12
1925
Box   2
Folder   1-8
1925 (continued)
Box   3
Folder   1-18
1926-1937
William D. Connor Jr.
Box   4
Folder   1-10
1919-1922
Box   5
Folder   1-22
1923-1925
Box   6
Folder   1-17
1926-1933
Box   7
Folder   1-18
1933-1936
Box   8
Folder   1-17
1936-1938
Box   9
Folder   1-25
1938-1941
Box   10
Folder   1-3
1941 (continued)
Richard M. Connor
Box   10
Folder   4-26
1925-1941
Box   11
Folder   1-25
1941-1944
Box   12
Folder   1-27
1944-1946
Box   13
Folder   1-21
1946-1948
Box   14
Folder   1-11
1948 (continued)
Box   14
Folder   12-14
Lumber associations, 1933-1934
Gordon R. Connor
Box   14
Folder   15-17
1921-1951; 1972-1973
General Business Correspondence
Box   15
Folder   1-28
1914-1928
Box   16
Folder   1-35
1929-1931
Box   17
Folder   1-47
1931-1933
Box   18
Folder   1-25
1933 (continued)
Box   19
Folder   1-24
1933-1934
Box   20
Folder   1-19
1934-1935
Box   21
Folder   1-34
1935-1942
Box   22
Folder   1-5
1942-1944
L. D. Beard, company manager
Box   22
Folder   6-17
1935-1943
Inter-office correspondence
Box   22
Folder   18-27
1928-1930
Box   23
Folder   1-30
1930-1934, 1938
Subseries: Land Records
Volume   1
Land holdings, undated
Box   57
Volume   2-3
Land records, 1900-1911
Box   57
Volume   4
Land sales, Wabeno
Box   23
Folder   31
Indian Creek lands
Box   23
Folder   32
Land taxes
Box   23
Folder   33
Land trespass, 1930-1932
Box   24
Folder   1
Land releases, 1926-1938
Box   24
Folder   2
U.S. Department of Agriculture proposals
Subseries: Legal Records
Box   24
Folder   3
Legal opinions, 1911-1918
Box   24
Folder   4-9
Kingston Case, 1919-1921
Box   24
Folder   10
Novak case, 1916-1917
Box   24
Folder   11
Szeliwicki case, 1914-1915
Box   30
Folder   12
Fugate and Keller contract, 1934
Box   30
Folder   13
Menasha Woodenware Company contracts, 1926-1935
Box   30
Folder   14
Edward Price and Company contracts, 1934
Box   30
Folder   15
Government bids and contracts, 1934
Box   25
Folder   1
Forest Crop Act, 1929-1935
Box   25
Folder   2
Forest Crop Act, land transactions, 1928-1934
Box   25
Folder   3
Government bids, Civilian Conservation Corps camps, 1933-1934
Box   25
Folder   4
Federal court, 1942-1944
Subseries: Financial Records
Journals
Volume   136-139
General, 1949-1959
Volume   6
By-products, shipping, and general journal, 1941-1943
Volume   5
Daily expense ledger, 1912
Volume   140-143
Timber sales, 1952-1970
Volume   7-10
Wholesale, 1932-1961
Box   51
Volume   11
Wood, 1924-1948
Lumber sales
Sales and shipments
Box   52-54
Volume   12-15
1901-1955
Volume   16-19
1901-1955
Box   55
Volume   20
Shipments, 1946-1949
Production
Flooring mill
Box   55
Volume   21
1924-1927
Note: Pages 160-end.
Box   56
Volume   22
1948-1956
Box   55
Volume   21
Sawmill, 1909-1931
Note: Pages 1-153.
Box   25
Folder   5
Mill expense, 1930-1931
Box   49
Folder   6
Lumber statements, undated
Statements
Box   25
Folder   6
Accounting statements, 1938-1945
Accounts payable
Volume   124-128
1937-1949
Volume   157-161
1949-1957
Note: (Unidentified source.
Box   25
Folder   7
Assets, 1933-1938
Box   25
Folder   8
Audits, 1927-1932
Volume   129-135
Cash, 1937-1960
Box   49
Folder   17
Cash budgets, 1943-1945
Cost and comparative statements
Box   25
Folder   9
1901-1939
Box   25
Folder   10
1917-1940
Box   49
Folder   4
1918-1940
Box   25
Folder   11
1926-1931
Box   49
Folder   5
Inventories, undated
Box   25
Folder   12
Reports and audits, 1932-1933; 1939
Box   26
Folder   1
Reports and audits, 1937; 1940-1942; 1945
Box   49
Folder   1
Reserve balance sheet, 1927
Box   26
Folder   2-3
Statements, 1935; 1938
Box   26
Folder   4
Tax receipts, 1935-1936
Trial balances
Box   49
Folder   7-16
1901-1905; 1936-1946
Volume   115
1904-1905
Box   26
Folder   5
Wakefield, Michigan reports, 1939-1945; 1956-1960
Subseries: Logging records
Box   28
Folder   1-2
Camp costs, 1927-1939
Box   28
Folder   11
Cedar, cutting and prices, undated
Log cutting records
Box   56; 58
Volume   23-26
1903-1924
Volume   27
1930-1937
Box   28
Folder   10
1934-1937
Box   28
Folder   6-8
Lumber loads, 1929-1932
Box   28
Folder   9
Planing mill reports, 1929
Box   28
Folder   12
Sawing orders, 1937-1939
Box   28
Folder   3-5
Scale reports, undated
Timber cruises, circa 1920-1940
Volume   116
Forest County
Volume   117
By township and range
Box   27
Folder   16
By county
Box   27
Folder   13-14
Mixed descriptions
Box   26
Folder   16-26
By township
Box   27
Folder   1-12
By township (continued)
Box   27
Folder   15
Volume table check
Box   26
Folder   6-15
Timber cut, 1914-1935
Subseries: Plant operations and production records
Correspondence
Box   28
Folder   13-14
Suppliers, 1925-1934
Equipment and supplies
Box   29
Folder   1-18
1925-1941
Box   30
Folder   1-25
1925-1935
Box   31
Folder   1-4
1927-1933
Box   31
Folder   5
Depreciation schedules, 1931-1933
Box   31
Folder   6
Equipment inventories, 1928, 1930
Mill records
Box   31
Folder   7
Flooring mill, 1931
Box   31
Folder   8
Sawmill, 1930-1931
Box   31
Folder   9-10
Product inventories, 1932-1939
Products
Box   31
Folder   11-12
Ashes, 1930, 1937-1939
Box   31
Folder   13
Bird's eye maple logs, 1929-1930
Box   31
Folder   14
Blocks, 1935
Box   31
Folder   15
By-products, 1937-1938
Box   31
Folder   16
Cedar excelsior, 1930
Box   31
Folder   17
Cedar logs, 1933
Box   31
Folder   18
Cedar shingle timber, 1927-1930
Box   31
Folder   19
Cedar shingle tow, 1930-1939
Box   31
Folder   20
Chemical wood, 1933
Box   31
Folder   21
Edgings, 1937-1939
Box   31
Folder   22
Flooring clippings, 1938-1939
Box   32
Folder   1-2
Heelstock, 1934-1938
Box   32
Folder   3
Heelstock inventories, 1936
Box   32
Folder   4
Heelstock production process
Box   50
Wood samples
Juvenile furniture
Box   32
Folder   5-6
Manufacture, 1935
Box   32
Folder   7-11
Dimension Department, 1935-1936
Box   32
Folder   12
Pulp chips, 1927-1929
Box   33
Folder   1
Relaying rails, 1929-1933
Box   33
Folder   2-3
Relaying rail and scrap iron, 1939-1943
Box   33
Folder   4-5
Sawdust and wood flour, 1927-1933
Box   33
Folder   6
Scrap iron, 1926-1935
Box   33
Folder   7
Shavings, 1929-1930
Box   33
Folder   8
Shavings, 1938-1939
Box   33
Folder   9
Slabwood, 1937-1939
Box   33
Folder   10
Wood, 1930
Box   33
Folder   11
Wood flour, 1931-1934
Railroads
Box   33
Folder   12
Chicago and Northwestern Company, 1932-1936
Box   33
Folder   13-16
Correspondence, 1937-1943
Box   33
Folder   17
Financial records, 1926-1930
Laona and Northern Railroad
Box   33
Folder   18
Accounts, 1932
Volume   123
Day book, 1903-1910
Box   33
Folder   20
Rate docket, 1936-1942
Box   33
Folder   19
Shipping records, 1945
Box   33
Folder   21
Statements, 1925
Box   33
Folder   22
Rate reduction, 1933-1934
Box   33
Folder   23
Soo Line, 1937-1945
Subseries: Labor records
Box   34
Folder   1
Berg case, 1929
Box   34
Folder   2
Clippings, 1937-1940
Box   34
Folder   3
Company housing, 1925-1932
Box   34
Folder   4
Company meetings, 1938
Box   34
Folder   5
Connor Labor Protective Association, 1930-1939
Box   34
Folder   7-10
Correspondence, 1937-1942
Box   34
Folder   11
Employee notices, 1928-1938
Box   34
Folder   12
Employee statements, 1941
Box   34
Folder   13
Fair Labor Standards Act, 1941
Box   34
Folder   14-18
Grievances, 1937-1942
Box   34
Folder   19
Health, 1929-1932
Box   34
Folder   20
Informational file, undated
Box   34
Folder   21
Injuries, 1928-1931
Box   34
Folder   22
Legal notices, 1937-1938
Box   34
Folder   23
Mayville case, 1936-1938
Box   34
Folder   24
Miller case, 1927-1930
National Labor Relations Board
Box   35
Folder   1
Collective bargaining case, 1937-1938
Box   35
Folder   2
Hearing notes, 1937
Box   35
Folder   3-6
National War Labor Board, 1942-1943
Unemployment compensation
Box   35
Folder   7
Cases, 1937-1940
Box   35
Folder   8
Cases, Joas, 1937
Box   35
Folder   9
Correspondence, 1935-1942
Reports
Box   35
Folder   10
1935-1936
Box   36
Folder   1-4
1936-1942
Box   36
Folder   5
Unemployment insurance
Box   36
Folder   6
Unemployment payroll audit, 1934-1937
Union matters
Box   36
Folder   7-8
Agreements, 1937-1942
Box   36
Folder   9
Meeting minutes, 1938-1941
Box   36
Folder   10
Negotiation notes, 1941
Box   36
Folder   11
AFL, 1938
Box   36
Folder   12
CIO, I.W.W. literature, 1937-1938
Wages
Box   36
Folder   13
Cost comparisons, 1931-1933
Box   37
Folder   1
Deferred wages plan, 1931-1933
Box   37
Folder   2
Wage schedules, 1921-1938
Box   37
Folder   3
Wage surveys, 1932-1933; 1938
Box   37
Folder   4
Employee lists, 1937-1941
Box   37
Folder   5-6
Leave of absences, 1941-1943
Box   37
Folder   7
Fire fighting records, 1928-1931
Box   37
Folder   8
Wages, 1937
Series: R. Connor Company
Subseries: Correspondence
Marshfield office
Box   37
Folder   9-15
1915-1916; 1927-1928
Box   38
Folder   1-24
1928-1933
Box   39
Folder   1-22
1933-1934
Stratford office
Box   39
Folder   23
1934
Subseries: Legal files
Bond documents
Box   39
Folder   24
Agreement, 1933
Box   40
Folder   1
Extension agreement, 1932
Box   40
Folder   2
Repayment, 1934-1939
Box   40
Folder   3
Bondholders, 1939
Box   40
Folder   4-5
Court orders, 1936-1942
Box   40
Folder   6
Creditors agreement, 1932
Box   40
Folder   7
Purchase contract, 1939-1943
Box   40
Folder   8
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Loan, 1939-1942
Box   40
Folder   9-10
Reorganization plans, 1935-1942
Box   40
Folder   11
Subordinated account agreement, 1936
Subseries: Financial records
General records
Box   40
Folder   12
Accounts, 1922-1934
Volume   28-32
Lumber sales, 1918-1937
Payroll
Box   59
Volume   33
1932-1936
Volume   34
1935-1939
Auburndale
Box   60
Volume   35
Payroll ledger, 1923-1934
Connorville
Volume   36
Payroll ledger, 1928-1937
Marshfield
Box   40
Folder   13
Annual statements, 1933
Accounts
Box   40
Folder   14-17
1915-1916
Box   40
Folder   18-20
1924
Box   41
Folder   1-3
1924-1925
Box   41
Folder   4
1930
Box   41
Folder   5-6
1933
Box   61
Volume   37
Freight claims, 1903-1933
Volume   38-57
Journals, 1899-1948
Volume   58
Land record, 1902-1908
Stratford
Volume   59-65
Journals, 1900-1910
Volume   66-88
Journals, cash book, and monthly accounts general accounts ledger, 1918-1929
Volume   89-93
Expense ledgers, 1910-1926
Volume   94-97
General ledgers, 1910-1927
Volume   98
Land records, 1890-1930
Wakefield
Volume   99-100
Journals, 1926-1931
Payroll ledgers
Volume   101
1927-1928
Volume   102
1948-1958
Series: Subsidiary and Related Companies
Biever Motor Company
Correspondence
Box   41
Folder   7-20
1917-1922
Box   42
Folder   1-20
1922-1928
Financial records
Box   42
Folder   21-22
General, 1923-1928
Box   42
Folder   23
Economy Chevrolet Company, 1925
Box   42
Folder   24
Northern Chevrolet Company, 1925-1927
Box   43
Folder   1
Wabeno Motor Company, 1926-1932
Box   43
Folder   2
Huber lease, 1923-1927
Box   43
Folder   3-5
Reports, Wisconsin car sales, 1926-1928
Brown Brothers Lumber Company
Box   43
Folder   6
Board of Directors, 1934-1941
Correspondence
Box   43
Folder   7-8
General, 1933-1942
Box   43
Folder   9
Charles Alexander, 1937-1940
H.H. Martin
Box   43
Folder   10-11
1936-1937
Box   44
Folder   1
1938-1940
Estate matters
Box   44
Folder   2
General, 1939-1943
Box   44
Folder   3
Spencer Brown, 1942-1943
Box   44
Folder   4
James Coleman, 1942-1943
Box   44
Folder   5-6
Paul Grubb, 1941-1944
Box   44
Folder   7-8
Financial records , 1933-1942
Box   44
Folder   9
Guardianship case, 1939
Box   44
Folder   10
Insurance, 1935-1939
Box   45
Folder   1
Inventories, 1936-1938
Box   45
Folder   2
Legal papers, 1935-1943
Box   45
Folder   3
Real estate, 1936-1941
Box   45
Folder   4
Reports, 1931-1941
Box   45
Folder   5
Reports, logging industry, 1935-1940
Box   45
Folder   6
Tax materials, 1937-1940
Box   45
Folder   7
Miscellaneous materials
Canadian Puget Sound Lumber and Timber Company
Box   45
Folder   8
Board of Directors files, 1941-1945
Box   45
Folder   9
Correspondence, 1945-1946
Box   45
Folder   10
Financial statements, 1943-1945
Box   45
Folder   11
Logging operations and timber reports, 1938-1945
Box   45
Folder   12
Partnership records, 1942-1945
Box   45
Folder   13
Report, Richard M. Connor, 1937
Box   46
Folder   1
Reports and company memos, 1945-1946
Box   46
Folder   2
Shareholders, undated
Box   46
Folder   3
Taxes, 1938-1944
Connor Brothers Inc.
Box   46
Folder   3a
Journal, 1937-1947
Box   46
Folder   3b
Ledger, 1937-1945
Connor Builders Supply Company
Box   46
Folder   4
Correspondence, 1924-1935
Box   46
Folder   5
Financial statements, 1928-1938
Volume   103-104
Journals, 1925-1949
Connor Farms
Box   57
Folder   1
Ledger, 1932-1936 [MISSING, 8/93]
Box   57
Folder   2
Milk production, 1951-1957 [MISSING, 8/93]
Connor Retail Yard
Box   62
Volume   118-119
Ledgers, 1915-1934
Retail journal
Volume   120
Amherst, 1930-1937
Volume   121
Scandinavia, 1930-1939
Volume   122
Lumber inquiries, undated
Forest Company
Box   46
Folder   6
Forest Co. News, 1928-1933
Forest County State Bank
Box   46
Folder   7-8
1920-1924
Box   47
Folder   1-3
1923-1924; 1928
Laona Public Service Utility
Box   47
Folder   4
Annual reports, 1929-1935
Box   47
Folder   5-8
Correspondence, 1925-1937
Box   47
Folder   9
Financial records, 1932-1936
Box   48
Folder   1
Reports on electric service, 1927-1931
Laona State Bank
Box   48
Folder   2-9
Correspondence, 1920-1928
Box   48
Folder   10
Financial statements, 1928
Laona Store
Financial statements
Box   48
Folder   11
Credit, undated
Box   48
Folder   12
Monthly sales, 1929-1939
Box   48
Folder   13
Statements, 1928-1931
Box   48
Folder   14
Weekly reports, 1928-1929
Journals
Volume   105-114
Customer, 1910-1923
Volume   144-149
Purchase, 1933-1937; 1939-1940; 1943-1946
Marathon County Railroad
Volume   162-164
Ledgers, 1903-1928 [MISSING, 8/93]
Volume   165-167
Journals, 1903-1928 [MISSING, 8/93]
The Outdoor Club
Box   48
Folder   15
1928
Security Insurance Agency
Box   63
Volume   150
Ledger, 1929-1930
Box   63
Volume   151-156
Journals, 1929-1935
Box   48
Folder   16
Monthly reports, 1936-1937
Series: Town of Laona
Box   48
Folder   17
Correspondence, 1932-1933
Box   48
Folder   18
Financial records
Box   48
Folder   19
Proposed organization of the town of Independence, 1923-1929
Box   48
Folder   20
Public school, 1927-1933
Box   48
Folder   21
Relief work, 1930
Box   48
Folder   22
Statistics, 1920-1931
Box   48
Folder   23
Taxes, 1930-1931
Box   48
Folder   24
Tax appeals case, 1929-1932
Series: Films and Video recordings
CC 098
“Connor family and travel footage”
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available online.

Physical Description: 16 mm film, silent, black & white; color 
EA 071
“Connor family”
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available online.

Physical Description: 8 mm film, silent, black & white 
VBB 243
Access copy combined CC 098 and EA 071
Physical Description: U-matic 
VBC 260
Edited from CC 098 and EA 071
Physical Description: U-matic 
AD 964
“Connor lumbering operations,” roll 2
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available online.

Physical Description: 16 mm film, silent, color 
Note: Last segment on CC 097 is black and white version of AD 964.
CC 097
“Connor lumbering operations,” roll 1 and 2
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available online.

Physical Description: 16 mm film, silent, black & white 
VBC 261
User copy for CC 097
Physical Description: U-matic 
Note: Also includes additional color footage at the end of video (around 10 minutes).
VFA 041
Connor Country : Master copy
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available online.

Physical Description: Betacam 
VHB 475
Access copy
Physical Description: VHS from 16 mm film, sound, color 
CC 099
Mixed magnetic track
Physical Description: 16 mm film 
Access Restrictions: No access provided to this reel.
CC 100
Internegative
Physical Description: 16 mm film 
Access Restrictions: No access provided to this reel.
VHB 476
“Bent's Camp, Sand cut, Bond Falls and Agate Falls, 1927”
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available online.

Physical Description: VHS from film