Records, 1889-1966.

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Records, 1889-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145410075

This collection contains the financial records of the W. T. Smith Lumber Company including correspondence, accounts, and some printed materials such as the Southern Lumberman. The majority of correspondence and accounts discuss the various types of lumber, finished lumber products and machinery used in the industry.

119 cubic ft. (72 records center cartons and 142 ledgers).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6832780

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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W. T. Smith Lumber Company (Chapman, Ala.)

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W. T. Smith founded his company in the late nineteenth century. In 1905 it was purchased by the McGowin family who retained ownership until 1965, when it was sold to the Union Camp Paper Corporation (New Jersey). At its height, under the leadership of Greeley Sr. and Jr., Floyd, Earl and Julian McGowin, the company had amassed over 200,000 acres of forest and a company town at Chapman, Ala., for its employees. From the description of Records, 1889-1966. (Unkn...

Smith, W. Tyler (William Tyler), 1815-1873

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New York State Senator. From the description of William T. Smith oral histories, 1983. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934994 ...

McGowin family.

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McGowin, Julian F.

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