Pickering Lumber Company: Archival Processing Project

<p>Founded by W.R. Pickering in 1894, the Pickering Lumber Company had lumber operations in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and California. The company practiced cut-and-run policy that dictated the relocation of lumber operations when the company exhausted its timber holdings. The Pickering Lumber Company operated in Texas and Western Louisiana from 1898 to roughly 1930 when timber holdings were exhausted and financial difficulties brought on by the Great Depression required the withdrawal of the company from its mill at Haslam. This thesis narrates the story of the Pickering Lumber Company and explains the procedures undertaken to process the Pickering Lumber Company Collection at the East Texas Research Center.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts - History

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Pitts, Joyce Madeline

Contributors dc:contributor

• M. Scott Sosebee
• Perky Beisel
• Court Carney

• Forestry
• Lumber Industry
• Lumber Trade
• Railroads
• Sawmills
• Lumber Camps
• Lumbering
• Business and Finance
• Public History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/55

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1061