Description
Great Southern Lumber Company. Collection, 1924-1938. 129 items, 2 printed vols. Location: UU:163, OS:G. Lumber company chartered in Pennsylvania in 1902, and owners of land, a sawmill, and other timber-related industries in Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana. William H. Sullivan was vice-president of the company (1905-1929) and mayor of Bogalusa. Collection contains photographs of buildings, machinery, and operations of the Great Southern Lumber Company and its subsidiary, the Bogalusa Paper Company; post cards; publications; and paper specimens. Reforestation efforts of the company; tung oil groves at Isabel, Louisiana; and the Bogue Chitto stock farm are also depicted in photographs. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3225.
Manuscript Topic
Business
Politics
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1924