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Newton County Lumber Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: F-0009

Scope and Contents

Most of the collection consists of routine correspondence for both John B. McGee, chief clerk at Deweyville mill and Cecil Smith, manager of the Deweyville mill for the year 1940, as well as others. There are also pamphlets, applications, inventories, lists and miscellaneous business records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940-1944

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Biographical or Historical Information

Peavy-Moore Lumber Company became Newton County Lumber Company beginning May 3, 1943, in Deweyville, Texas. The main office for the Lumber Company was in Shreveport, Louisiana. Unfortunately the boiler and fuel house of the Planing Mill burned on August 22, 1943, the sawmill and power house burned August 6, 1944.

Extent

20.00 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Method of Acquisition

Gift

Title
Guide to the Newton County Lumber Company Records
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository

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