Papers, 1902-1914 (bulk 1904-1912)

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Papers, 1902-1914 (bulk 1904-1912)

The collection contains records of William Engel's timberlands business and of the firm of Lowell & Engel. It combines materials received in two different accessions at Fogler Library. The records are mainly from the logging and lumbering operations carried on by Lowell & Engel in the years after William Engel's death in 1909. The major part of the collection contains bills and receipts to Engel's companies. Those from 1902-1908 are primarily bills for insurance, taxes, etc., on Engel's many land holdings. The bills and receipts from 1909 on are from the logging and lumbering side of the business and focus on supplies and equipment needed for the various logging camps. The remainder of the papers contains information about the company's logging operations, including permits and agreements, 1904-1908; stumpage and survey reports, 1902-1911; and tallies of lumber surveyed and rafted, 1910-1911. A small amount of sales information is included in the collection, as well as accounts of Lowell & Engel payroll, 1911-1912, and payroll vouchers, 1913-1914. A folder of obituaries and Bangor city directory listings for William Engel is included at the end of the collection for the convenience of the user.

5 boxes (3.3 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7678217

Raymond H. Fogler Library

Related Entities

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Engel, William, 1850-1909.

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William Engel was born in Germany in 1850 and came to Bangor, Maine, at age sixteen. Engel invested in timberlands, foreseeing the economic opportunity that the Maine woods would later provide. By 1887, he had formed the firm of Stratton, Gilman & Engel, with I.F. Stratton and Frank Gilman as partners. Gradually the demands of this increasingly successful business led to Engel's devoting full time to his logging and land interests. Mr. Stratton died in 1891 and Mr. Gilman in 1893; Engel then...

Lowell & Engel Company.

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Lowell, Waldo P.

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