Title: Steele Lumber Company Records
Inclusive Dates: 1896-1964

Creator:

• Steele Lumber Company (Lodi, Wis.)

Call Number: M88-204

Quantity: 14.0 c.f. (10 record center cartons and 8 flat boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the W.W. Steele Lumber Company, incorporated circa 1896 by William Washington Steele, documenting the financial and business aspect of the company through general accounting ledgers, inventory lists, mortgages, bonds, information on the Steele estate, and sparse correspondence belonging to W.W. Steele. Also included are records of the Wisconsin-Oregon Timber Company, incorporated 1907 by partners W.W. Steele, W.G. Bissell, and J.C. Neill, documenting timber and land purchases mainly in Oregon state through land title abstracts, contracts, a small amount of correspondence, and other miscellaneous financial materials.

Language: English

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Wallace Jenkens, Lodi, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M88-204

M88-204	Wisconsin-Oregon Timber Company records
Box   1 Folder   1	Articles of incorporation, 1907
Box   1 Folder   2	Financial miscellany, 1911, 1914, 1925, 1929, 1935, 1949
Box   1 Folder   3	Meeting minutes and correspondence, 1939-1940
Box   1 Folder   4	W.F. Groves correspondence, 1943
Box   1 Folder   5	C.L. Thompson correspondence, 1942-1944
Box   1 Folder   6	Timber maps and land descriptions (Lane and Douglas Counties, Oregon)
Box   1 Folder   7	Timber sale agreements, 1935
Box   1 Folder   8	Delinquency sales (Oregon), 1919
Box   1 Folder   9	Quitclaims deeds (Oregon), 1904-1908, 1941
Box   1 Folder   10	Annual report, 1949
Box   1 Folder   11	O.C. Davis v. Wisconsin-Oregon Timber Company, foreclosing tax liens, 1923-1924
Box   1 Folder   12	Stock certificates, 1907-1922
Box   1 Folder   13-15	Land title abstracts (Lane and Douglas Counties, Oregon and South Dakota), 1900-1940
	W.W. Steele papers
Box   1 Folder   16-17	Estate settlement, warranty deeds, 1896-1937, 1936-1941
Box   1 Folder   18	Personal and stock certificates, Lodi Improvement Company, 1903, 1906
Box   1 Folder   19	Correspondence, 1897-1909, 1912-1934
	W.W. Steele Lumber Company records
Box   1 Folder   20	Income and financial miscellany, 1899, 1919, 1921, 1937, 1939
Box   1 Folder   21	Bonds, 1919, 1926, 1930
Box   1 Folder   22	Mortgages and loans, 1908, 1926, 1933-1934
Box   1 Folder   23	Contracts, 1906
Box   1 Folder   24	Truck titles
Box   1 Folder   25	Railway lease
Box   1 Folder   26	Lots sold to the Lodi Canning Company, 1948
Box   1 Folder   27	Waunakee State Bank v. Sebastian Dolderer and W.W. Steele, 1928
Box   1 Folder   28	Starline Barn plans, circa 1954
Box   1 Folder   29-31	Inventory lists, 1908-1921, 1943-1959, 1962, undated
	General accounting journals
Box   2	1896, August - 1899, October Physical Description: 4 volumes
Box   3	1899, October - 1905, September Physical Description: 4 volumes
Box   4	1905, September - 1912, December Physical Description: 4 volumes
Box   5	Physical Description: 4 volumes
Box   6	1922, June - 1934, August Physical Description: 5 volumes
Box   7	1934, August - 1944, December Physical Description: 5 volumes
Box   8	Circa 1941 - circa 1947
Box   8	1945, January - 1950, May Physical Description: 5 volumes
Box   9	1950, May - 1951, June; 1953, January - 1959, September Physical Description: 6 volumes
Box   10	Circa 1953 - circa 1962
Box   10	1959, September - 1964, December Physical Description: 3 volumes
Box   11	1896, May - 1898
Box   12	1899-1900
Box   13	1901-1905
Box   14	1906 - circa 1911
Box   15	Circa 1911 - circa 1918
Box   16	1919-1929
Box   17	Circa 1930 - circa 1941
Box   18	Circa 1947 - circa 1952