Gennett Lumber Company Records, 1832-1954; (bulk 1920-1945).

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Gennett Lumber Company Records, 1832-1954; (bulk 1920-1945).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19562337

Correspondence, contracts, legal documents, and other records of the Gennett Lumber Co., mostly for 1920-1945. Includes a microfilm copy of the autobiography of Andrew Gennett IV, chiefly concerned with personal experiences and family history. Subjects include Civil War reminiscences, life at Nashville and at Tulane and Vanderbilt universities shortly after the war, the lumber business after 1890, economic conditions in the U.S. after 1900, forest conservation, U.S. politics and foreign relations during the World War I period, and travel in Europe after the war.

19 Lin. ft.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6965752

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Gennett family.

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Vanderbilt University.

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Gennett, Andrew IV.

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Gennett Lumber Co. (Asheville, N.C.)

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Lumber company founded in 1902 by Andrew and Nat Gennett, headquartered in Georgia and South Carolina, later in Asheville, N.C. From the description of Gennett Lumber Company Records, 1832-1954; (bulk 1920-1945). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562337 ...

Tulane University.

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