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Potlatch Forests, Inc. records, 1941-1982

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Potlatch Forests, Inc.
Title
Potlatch Forests, Inc. records
Dates
1941-1982 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG 192, MG192 (collection)
Summary
Correspondence, reports, cost estimates, and blueprints for Potlatch mill, Potlatch, Idaho. Accompanied by Pres-to-Log machine drawings and material specifications (10 v.).
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Content Description

The group of Potlatch papers spans the years 1941 to 1982, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1960-1975. The papers include correspondence, reports, cost estimations and blueprints of the various modernization plans for the mill located in Potlatch, Idaho, as maintained by the Lewiston office of Potlatch Forests, Inc. Also included are a set of ten bound volumes of Pres-to-Log machine drawings and material specifications. In addition to this record group, the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives has several other groups of Potlatch related material.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The material was, for the most part, in labeled folders or three-ring notebooks. All headings were retained during processing. The two accessions which were combined to form this group form the two series divisions.

The Potlatch mill modernization records maintained by the Lewiston Office of Potlatch Forests, Inc. include correspondence, blueprints, cost estimates, and photographs relating to the various remodellings at Potlatch. Major renovations took place in 1961, 1973-1974, and 1978. Some of the material is an overall study of the plans, other folders deal with specific areas or pieces of equipment. There are two oversize volumes of equipment drawings.

The second series contains ten bound volumes entitled Pres-to-Log machine drawings and material specifications, and contains greatly reduced drawings of various parts of the machinery. The final series contains memos and correspondence regarding security and fire protection during World War II.

Acquisition Information

The Potlatch mill modernization papers were donated to the University of Idaho Library by the Potlatch Corporation in May 1986; James McAdoo donated the Pres-to-Log machine drawings in August 1986. These two accessions were combined and processed by Judith Nielsen in May 1990.

More records were donated in 2023 (MA 2023-41) by Idaho Forest Group featuring materials about security and fire protection during World War II.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Fire
  • Memorandums
  • Mills and mill-work--Records--Idaho--Potlatch
  • Wood waste as fuel
  • Woodworking machinery
  • World War, 1939-1945

Titles within the Collection

  • Pres-to-log machine drawings and material specifications

Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody in 2023.
1990

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