NTDMG135.xml Guide to the Potlatch Lumber Company records Potlatch Lumber Company records Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody in 2024. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 1984
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-02. Finding aid is in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Potlatch Lumber Company records Potlatch Lumber Company MG 135 MG135 111 cubic feet 1901-1979 Correspondence, financial records, contracts and specifications, maps, blueprints, photographs and other records of a sawmill, logging and lumbering company; also included are records ofsubsidiaries and affiliates such as Potlatch Mercantile Company, Potlatch Townsite Department, and the company town of Potlatch; also the Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Company. Special Collections and Archives of the University of Idaho Library. Except otherwise noted, all materials are shelved in the cage area, at ranges 74 and 75. English.

The Potlatch Lumber Company, Potlatch, Idaho, was incorporated in 1903 under the laws of the state of Maine, with Charles Weyerhaeuser named as its first president. For timber the company relied on the holdings of the Northland Pine and the Wisconsin Log and Lumber Companies. Soon it acquired mills and timber of Codd Lumber Company of Colfax, Washington, and Palouse River Lumber Company of Palouse, Washington. The Codd mill did not operate and the Palouse mill served only to cut lumber to build the Potlatch town and plant.

In 1904 the building of the largest white pine mill in the world began. It was steam powered and driven by belts and shafts. W. A. Wilkinson of Minnesota was in charge of the design, plans, and construction. The company believed a company town was a necessary investment and a proper step in labor relations and community improvement. When the mill began operating in the fall of 1906 the company had finished 128 houses, 2 boarding houses, 2 schools, a hotel, 2 churches, a store, bank, post office, and an opera house. Saloons were barred and gambling was not allowed in the bunkhouses. In 1952 the town of Potlatch was incorporated and houses were sold to those who wanted to purchase them; the last property was sold in 1982.

Under the general managership of William Deary the mill began operation on September 11, 1906. Assisting him in the management of the mill were Allison W. Laird, assistant manager, and timber cruiser, William Helmer. According to the Palouse Republic, September 14, 1906, "The first log cut will be white pine and the lumber will be fashioned into a desk for assistant manager A. W. Laird."

In 1910 the company built a mill in Elk River which operated until 1930. They also supported their operations through the creation of other companies. In order to haul logs to the mill and lumber from the mill to an existing railroad at Palouse, the company built a 50 mile long railway, the Washington, Idaho, and Montana, which ran from Palouse to Purdue, Idaho. The Townsite Company and its commercial center, the Potlatch Mercantile Company, as well as Potlatch Brick Company, were located at Potlatch, Idaho. They also operated the Palouse Flour Mill in Palouse, Washington.

In 1930 the Weyerhaeuser conglomerate faced the possibility that, due to heavy taxation of privately owned timber land by the state, all of its North Idaho mills would go bankrupt. So, in 1931, they merged Potlatch Lumber Company, Edward Rutledge Timber Company, and Clearwater Timber Company to form Potlatch Forests, Inc., with headquarters in Lewiston. The mills were modernized, managerial talents pooled, and by the early 1940's the business was making a profit. The Potlatch mill was again modernized in 1962 and a new office building was completed in 1964.

The mill continued to operated until August 14, 1981 when, due to a depressed lumber market, it closed. It was thought that this closure, like several before it, was temporary, but on March 16, 1983, announcement of a permanent closure effective April 1 was announced. Shortly thereafter dismantling of the mill began.

The records of the Potlatch Lumber Company, Potlatch, Idaho, span the years 1901 to 1979, with the bulk of the material dated 1906-1950. Prior to receipt by the library, the Potlatch office manager removed all personnel records and other sensitive items. The remainder includes 41 c.f. of correspondence, alphabetical files containing both employee and company related materials, contracts and agreements for work to be done or equipment purchases, specifications and blueprints for plant machinery, annual and monthly financial reports, and property tax lists and receipts. In addition, there are 128 ledgers and journals, 24 maps of timber holdings, 285 blueprints of buildings and 355 photographs.

Due to the inter-relationship of the Potlatch organization there are also some records for the company mills at Palouse, Washington, and Elk River, Idaho, and the Washington, Idaho, and Montana Railway Company, the Potlatch Brick Company, and the Palouse Flour Mill. Since the town of Potlatch was a company town there are also records for the Townsite Company, the Potlatch Mercantile Company, and the company ranch.

As part of the Weyerhaeuser conglomerate the lumber company received annual reports for the Humbird and Standard Lumber Companies, and various circular letters and reports from the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company.

Other records include material from the Columbia/Appledale Land Company, 1910-1912, and the Northland Pine Company, 1901-1905, companies in which William Deary, the first general manager of the Potlatch Lumber Company, had ,an interest.

The University of Idaho Library also has other material relating to Potlatch Forests, Inc., which complements these records: George Frederick Jewett Papers (MG 43); Potlatch Forests, Inc., (Coeur d'Alene & Bonners Ferry operations) (MG 96); Potlatch Forests, Inc., Camp 6, Bovill (MG 52); and the records of the Washington, Idaho, and Montana Railway Company (MG 139).

In addition, the archives of the Laird Norton Company in Seattle, Washington, contains 16 cubic feet of Potlatch-related material from the years 1903-1955.

The records of the Potlatch Lumber Company were stored in the basement of the office building in Potlatch and had suffered various shifts over time. When they were collected by University of Idaho library staff and removed to the library there was no discernible arrangement to the material; therefore, the series and sub-series designations were created during processing.

The first three series consist of Potlatch Mill records; correspondence arranged alphabetically by year; alphabetical files divided into employee-related and company-related materials, and contracts, agreements, specifications, and blueprints.

The fourth series contains financial reports. The annual reports for 1909-1930 include the Elk River Mill and balance sheets for the Potlatch State Bank and Potlatch Mercantile Co. The monthly financial statements from 1905 to 1915 include Potlatch, Palouse, and Elk River Mills, Palouse Flour Mill, Potlatch Mercantile Co., and Potlatch State Bank.

Material identified as relating to the Land Department or the Logging and Woods Departments form two series; the affiliated companies, e.g., the Mercantile Company, Company Ranch, Townsite Company, etc., were all placed in one series. This is followed by material from Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, part of the parent company, and loose material related to timber and forestry organizations.

The financial ledgers and journals are arranged by department or organization. The forestry maps and building blueprints were collected into one oversize series. The photographs have been separated into three groups: the illustration printing blocks, the mounted photographs, and the oversize photographs.

Where ledgers and journals contained the same information, the journals were removed. Also removed were minor accounting records, such as lath books, invoice record books, order books, transfer binders, and vouchers. In all, the records were reduced by approximately 53.5 c.f.

The finding aid was revised in 2014 to improve retrieval of materials.

The records of the Potlatch Lumber Company were donated to the University of Idaho by the Potlatch Corporation in November, 1983.

Some of the materials in this collection were digitized and added to the Potlatch Lumber Company Photograph Collection.

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

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

"End of an Era: Potlatch Unit Closes." Potlatch Times (Lewiston), March/April 1983, pp. 4-5. Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Hill, and Allen Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story. New York: Macmillan, 1963. Petersen, Keith. "Life in a Company town, Potlatch, Idaho." Latah Legacy, Spring 1981, pp. 1-11. Petersen, Keith. "Farewell to the Potlatch Mill." Latah Legacy, Fall 1983, pp. 16-25.

 Potlatch Lumber Company--Records Washington, Idaho and Montana Railroad Potlatch Mercantile Company Potlatch (Idaho)--History--Sources Lumbering--Idaho--History--Sources Sawmills--Idaho--Potlatch--History--Sources Company towns--Idaho--Potlatch--History--Sources Company stores--Idaho--Potlatch--History--Sources Idaho Forestry and Forest Products Series I. Mill Correspondence and Other Papers 1906-1979 A. Letterbooks 1903-1907 Orders 1 item 1904-1905 1 1 Letterbooks 29 items 1903-1907 1-4 2-30 B. Correspondence 1902-1979 William Deary 74 items 1902-1903 5 31 7 items 1903-1904 5 32 2173 items 1905 5 33-47 A-C 486 items 1906 5 48-50 D-Z 2047 items 1906 6 51-61 821 items 1907-1908 6 62-67 1695 items 1909-1911 7 68-79 601 items 1912-1923 7 80-90 50 items 1924-1940 8 91-94 1897 items 1941-1949 8 95-119 1465 items 1950-1979 9 120-152 C. Other Papers Speeches and Reports 27 items 1917-1961 9 153-167 Circular Letters Sent to Employees 438 items 1944-1957 10 168-181 Railway and Meal Tickets and other papers 19 items 1907-1939 10 182 The Family Tree, Correspondence and typescripts 97 items 1935-1956 10 183-185 The Potlatch Pine Cone 10 items January-October 1955 10 186 Brochures, articles, newspaper clippings 18 items 1942-1963 10 187-188 Laird Park 72 items 1932-1938 10 189-191 Series II. Alphabetical Files 1905-1962 A. Employee Related Material 1910-1959 Accidents and Illness 132 items 1947-1962 10 192-196 Employees Information 11 items 1953-1956 10 197-199 Insurance Plans 107 items 1930-1957 10 200-206 Job Descriptions and Instruction pamphlets 65 items 1940-1958 10 207-209 Labor Force Reports 94 items 1944-1948 10 210-214 Management Meetings 22 items 1955-1958 10 215 Organizational Charts 8 items 1951 10 216 Personnel policies and reports 17 items 1943-1958 11 217-226 Safety and first aid meetings & programs 21 items 1952-1959 11 227-228 Sales Trainee Program 17 items 1953-1958 11 229-230 Security 324 items 1941-1943 11 231-237 Suggestions 31 items 1949-1959 11 238 Training Institute Program and Reports 19 items 1958 11 239 Unions 11 4L 127 items 1933-1936 11 240-248 AFL & IEU 233 items 1937-1940 11 249-257 AFL 159 items 1941-1942 11 258-260 AFL 214 items 1943 12 261-265 AFL & CIO 119 items 1944 12 266-269 CIO 644 items 1945-1956 12 270-288 AFL-CIO 61 items 1957-1959 12 289-291 Wages 12 21 items 1910 12 292-293 5 items 1916-1918 12 294 347 items 1933-1959 13 295-303 B. Company Related Material Airplane Stock Statements 16 items 1918 13 304 Airstrip 2 items 1959 13 305 Arkansas Mills 10 items 1960 13 306 Army-YMCA Fund 22 items 1917 13 307 Automatic Trimmers 1 item 1955 13 308 Automobile License Applications 244 items 1923-1931 13 309 Bond Drives 76 items 1940-1945 13 310-313 Boy Scouts 7 items 1947-1957 13 314 By-Laws, Potlatch Forests, Inc. 1 item undated 13 315 Car Loading 13 items 1955-1958 13 316 Claims 178 items 1952-1962 13 317-319 Company History 5 items 1936-1960 13 320 Corliss Engine 4 items 1947-1959 13 321 Crane 9 items 1955-1956 13 322 Dry Kiln 31 items 1951-1958 13 323 Elk River Mill Production Statements 20 items 1915-1917 13 324 Fast-on-Lumber 1 item undated 13 325 Financial Statements 13 Accounts receivable, Local 6 items 1953-1954 13 326 Balance Sheets 6 items 1915-1916 13 327 Budget reconcilements 11 items 1950 13 328 Budgets 7 items 1950-1959 13 329-335 Costs 12 items 1905-1917; 1951-1960 13 336-338 Fire Program & Survey of Equipment 33 items 1954-1960 14 339-340 Fuel & Power Plant Data 25 items 1952-1961 14 341 Glued Lumber 15 items 1951-1955 14 342 Grade simplification & standardization 1 item 1961 14 343 Harsh Fire 27 items 1919 14 344 Honor Roll: Company & Community 2 items 1946 14 345-346 Inspection reports: Fire & Safety 208 items 1934-1963 14 347-353 Insurance Coverage 219 items 1932-1959 14 354-355 Insurance Inspection Reports 222 items 1941-1963 14 356-365 Jamboree Programs 6 items 1937-1949 14 366 Knot slices used as badges 12 items 1951-1954 14 367 Logs 63 items 1952-1960 14 368-371 Logging Department Horses 95 items 1927-1941 14 372 Lubrication Requirements 7 items 1954-1958 14 373 Lumber Purchased Reports 15 items 1953 14 374 Maintenance & Modernization 59 items 1946-1961 14 375-376 Moulding 4 items 1951 14 377 Noise Survey 1 item 1962 14 378 Office Equipment 124 items 1928-1943 14 379 Paneling 8 items 1954-1956 14 380 Particle Board 2 items 1956 14 381 Patty-o-Panel 5 items 1955-1957 14 382 Planer 9 items 1956-1957 14 383 Plant Operations 2 items 1954, 1957 14 384 Pres-to-Logs 7 items 1952 14 385 Price Lists/Tables of comparative value 45 items 1948-1953 14 386 Production Reports 14 10/4 Match Data 18 items 1951 15 387 Arches, Glued & Laminated 23 items 1946-1948 15 388-389 Briquette Statements 35 items 1938-1940 15 390 Comparative Logging 15 items 1915 15 391 Cup Split Grade & Unstacker Grade 24 items 1957-1959 15 392 Custom Milling 15 items 1947-1948 15 393 Cut-up operations 31 items 1946-1948 15 394 Dry Kiln 114 items 1953-1963 15 395-396 Elk River Mill Cut 21 items 1923-1930 15 397 Glue Dept. 6 items 1948 15 398 Green Chain Scale Check 20 items 1951-1953 15 399 Green Lumber Check 52 items 1957-1962 15 400-401 Knot Seal Dept. 16 items 1947-1948 15 402 Lath & Lumber Shop 5 items 1913-1914 15 403 Lath Inventory 33 items 1946-1948 15 404 Loading Report 24 items 1960-1962 15 405 Log Lengths 4 items 1960-1961 15 406 Log Scale Sawed 2 items 1914-1935 15 407 Lumber Movement 38 items 1946-1948 15 408-410 Monthly Production Reports 36 items 1946-1948 15 411-413 Moulding Dept. 70 items 1946-1957 15 414 Overrun 71 items 1960-1963 15 415-416 Planer production 131 items 1953-1963 15 417-418 Pond Inventory 49 items 1957-1963 15 419 Power plant distribution 55 items 1947-1960 15 420 Pres-to-Logs 223 items 1940-1958 15 421-423 Production Comparisons, 3 units 6 items 1952-1953 16 424 Rafter Dept. 2 items 1947 16 425 Report of Grade from Unstacker 18 items 1957-1958 16 426 Report of Production 2 items 1915, 1925 16 427 Sawmill 154 items 1947-1958 16 428-430 Shipments, Production & Purchases 28 items 1955-1957 16 431 Trim & Edging 41 items 1947-1948 16 432 Progress Reports 7 items May & June 1956 16 433 Quality control 3 items 1959 16 434 Releases & permits to cross company property or graze cattle on company land 26 items 1936-1939 16 435 Robinson Post-American Legion 21 items 1927-1943 16 436 Sales Analysis 56 items Oct. 1959-May 1962 16 437 Sel-Set Information 52 items 1956-1958 16 438 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area 7 items 1961 16 439 Shipping Office 18 items 1951-1956 16 440 Taxation of Mineral Reservation 80 items 1918-1920 16 441 Teletype 1 item 1955 16 442 Tree Farms 13 items 1955-1956 16 443 Series III. Contracts and Specifications 1905-1953 A. Contracts and Agreements Allington & Curtis Manufacturing Co. 27 items 1911 16 444 American Car & Foundry 194 items 1905-1910 16 445-452 American Hoist & Derrick Co. 99 items 1916-1923 16 453-454 American Locomotive Co. 105 items 1905-1910 16 455-456 American Steel & Wire Co. 4 items 1909-1910 16 457 American Steel Co. 1 item 1926 16 458 American Woodworking Machinery Co. 27 items 1905-1909 16 459 Anderson, Axel 23 items 1935 16 460 Armstrong Machinery Co. 2 items 1920 16 461 Bean Brothers Lumber Company 41 items 1939-1940 16 462 Benewah County 7 items 1938 16 463 Bloyed, Robert 2 items 1948 16 464 Bradstreet Company 8 items 1914-1917 16 465 Breckner Trespass 7 items 1948 16 466 Browning Engineering Company 20 items 1907 16 467 Burns (H.J.) Co. 15 items 1909, 1921, 1935 16 468 Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 8 items 1919-1932 16 469 Carnegie Steel Co. 1 item 1906 17 470 Chapin (E.T.) Co. 239 items 1912-1924 17 471-476 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. 52 items 1906-1949 17 477-478 Clark, Arthur B. 6 items 1906 17 479 Clarkia Highway District 9 items 1927 17 480 Clyde Iron Works 21 items 1905-1925 17 481 Colby Engineering Co. 20 items 1917-1919 17 482 Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. 40 items 1910 17 483 Columbia Lamp Division 14 items 1921-1924 17 484 Commercial Boiler Works 2 items 1911 17 485 Commonwealth Toy Corp. 2 items 1917 17 486 Continental Oil Co. 64 items 1912-1924 17 487-488 Continental Telegraph Co. 1 item 1911 17 489 Diamond Boiler Works. 1 item 1905 17 490 Diamond Match Co. 2 items 1908-1910 17 491 Dion & Horstkotte 3 items 1915 17 492 Ditto, Inc. 4 items 1939-1940 17 493 Dwyer, E.C. 1 item 1907 17 494 Edison Lamp Works 21 items 1918-1928 17 495 Eggers Pole and Supply Co. 1 item 1922 17 496 Electric Storage Battery Supply Co. 2 items 1906 17 497 Elk River, City of 42 items 1927-1937 17 498-499 Eslick & Hartnett 9 items 1926 17 500 Fairbanks-Morse 14 items 1924 17 501 Fisher, Clyde 1 item 1924 17 502 Ford Motor Company 7 items 1929-1936 17 503 Garlock Packing Co. 4 items 1921-1922 17 504 General Appraisal Co. 25 items 1910-1929 17 505 General Electric Co. 35 items 1908-1926 17 506 General Motors Corp. 4 items 1936-1940 17 507 General Timber Service 3 items 1932 17 508 Goodyear Lumber Co. 17 items 1911 17 509 Granger & Davidson 2 items 1907 17 510 Grinnel Co. 44 items 1925 17 511 Hadden, Lynn 3 items 1937 17 512 Hallidie Machinery Co. 1 item 1909 17 513 Hayes (P.J.) Sheet Metal Works. 6 items 1920-1935 17 514 Hein, Ernst T. 3 items 1905 17 515 Holley Mason Hardware Co. 5 items 1917 17 516 Holt Manufacturing Co. 11 items 1920 17 517 Illinois Steel Co. 9 items 1910 17 518 Inland Forest Products 1 item 1930 17 519 International Endless Chain Saw Co. 12 items 1911 17 520 Interstate Utilities Co. 8 items 1923-1924 17 521 Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. 95 items 1906-1920 17 522 Johnson, Art 1 item 1936 17 523 Kessler, Otto 1 item 1948 17 524 King & Milbert 1 item 1944-1945 17 525 Kirkpatrick, L.E. 10 items 1927-1928 17 526 Knight Brothers 17 items 1936-1938 17 527 Kutulas, Gust 19 items 1934-1935 17 528 Latah Realty 3 items 1910 17 529 Lima Locomotives 47 items 1906-1922 17 530 Lind Air Products 14 items 1916-1923 17 531 Lomax, M. 3 items 1939-1941 17 532 Lovsted (C.M.) & Co. 84 items 1922-1929 17 533 McDonald, R.C. 2 items 1936 17 534 Mann, William J. 36 items 1936-1945 17 535 Mill Machinery 5 items 1905 17 536 Minneapolis Steel & Machine Co. 16 items 1905-1936 17 537 Morgan Engineering Co. 25 items 1910 17 538 Morrison-Knutsen Co. 12 items 1927-1934 17 539 Moscow Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1 item 1920 17 540 Munro, Donald 6 items 1939 17 541 National Lumber Manufacturers Assoc. 22 items 1930-1931 18 542 Nelson, Ralph S. 10 items 1918-1920 18 543 Norris Safe & Lock Co. 20 items 1910 18 544 North Coast Dry Kiln Co. 15 items 1906-1910 18 545 Northern Pacific Railway Co. 1 item 1906 18 546 Northwest Blower Kiln Co. 70 items 1911-1924 18 547 Pacific Car & Foundry 27 items 1919-1920 18 548 Pacific Fire Extinguisher Co. 1 item 1906 18 549 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. 4 items 1934 18 550 Pawling & Harnischfeger Co. 6 items 1924 18 551 Phillips, L.H. 1 item 1906 18 552 Phoenix Manufacturing Co. 1 item 1910 18 553 Potlatch Highway District 4 items 1937 18 554 Prest-O-Lite Co. 22 items 1918-1928 18 555 Renfro Lumber Company 51 items 1923-1931 18 556 Roberts, M.A. 5 items 1921 18 557 Roberts, Robert 4 items 1906 18 558 Shell Oil Co. 41 items 1918-1931 18 559 Smith, Homer R. 1 item undated 18 560 Sodahl, John 2 items 1939 18 561 Spokane Oxy-Acetylene Co. 5 items 1926-1928 18 562 Standard Oil Co. 81 items 1911-1953 18 563-564 Standard Steel Works 81 items 1913-1928 18 565 Thompson, George P. 5 items 1918-1924 18 566 Union Carbide Sales Co. 14 items 1924-1927 18 567 Union Iron Works 5 items 1912 18 568 U.S. Government 37 items 1918-1936 18 569 U.S. Steel Products Co. 108 items 1913-1920 18 570 Wagner Electric 41 items 1909-1911 18 571 Ward, W.D. 7 items 1938 18 572 Washington Machinery & Supply 5 items 1910 18 573 Wells Fargo 11 items 1911 18 574 Westinghouse Air Brake Co. 29 items 1915-1925 18 575 Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. 5 items 1912 18 576 Witt, John G. 1 item 1909 18 577 Woods (S.A.) Machine Company 54 items 1906-1924 18 578 Woods, W.A. 14 items 1937 18 579 Workmen's Compensation Commission 41 items 1913 18 580 Workmen's Compensation Exchange 39 items 1921-1939 18 581 WIM Railway leases 34 items 1913-1945 18 582 Legal Retainer contracts 14 items 1903-1932 18 583 Logging Contracts, A-M 191 items 1910-1915 18 584-589 Logging Contracts, N-Z 100 items 1910-1915 19 590-593 Logging Contract cancellations 48 items 1915 19 594 Lumber purchase agreements 98 items 1934-1950 19 595-598 B. Specifications and Blueprints 1906-1946 Battery Charging Equipment 9 items 1924 19 599 Boiler House and Equipment 55 items 1923-1931 19 600-604 Box Factory Addition 13 items 1925 19 605 Crane Rail Support 1 item 1924 19 606 Cut up Plant and Dry Shed 5 items 1923 19 607 Draw Bridges 10 items 1924 19 608 Dry Kilns 48 items 1924-1925 19 609 Dry Sorter 6 items 1924 19 610 Electrical Installation 18 items 1906 19 611 Fire Dept. Equipment 33 items 1925-1928 19 612 Gravity Conveyor 6 items 1926 19 613 Jet Condenser Turbine 9 items 1923 19 614 Laboratory Kiln & Scales 9 items 1923 19 615 Loaders 2 items undated 19 616 Locomotives 7 items 1920-1927 19 617 Log haul-up chain 2 items 1918-1925 19 618 Low Pressure Receiver 2 items undated 19 619 Lumber Carrier 7 items 1928 19 620 Monorail 11 items 1923-1924 19 621 Motors & transformers 48 items 1924-1925 19 622 Office heating & plumbing 3 items undated 19 623 Planing Mill 19 items 1923-1929 19 624 Power plant - feed water heater 8 items 1923 19 625 Reduction Gears 9 items 1924 19 626 Rock Garden 34 items 1935-1939 19 627 Sawmill Equipment 11 items 1925 19 628-629 Steam Turbines 136 items 1910-1946 20 630-631 Steel Dipping Tank 11 items 1924 20 632 Steel Rails 24 items 1925 20 633 Switch Board 15 items 1924 20 634 Tractors 40 items 1923-1925 20 635 Truck 2 items 1929 20 636 Unstacker 8 items 1924 20 637 Woods Dept. Equipment 6 items 1925 20 638 Series IV. Financial Reports 1905-1950 A. Annual & Monthly Reports Potlatch Lumber Company Annual Report 67 items 1909-1931 20 639-661 PFI. Annual Statement 15 items 1932-1950 21 662-676 Potlatch Lumber Company. Summary of Annual Report as submitted to stockholders & Board of Directors 2 items 1925, 1928 21 677-678 PFI. Annual Report to Directors 3 items 1933-1936 21 679-681 PFI. Annual Report to Stockholders 8 items 1932-1950 21 682-689 PFI. General Manager's Production Recommendations to Board of Directors, with budget 11 items 1939-1949 21 690-700 PFI. General Manager's monthly reports to Board of Directors 61 items 1940-1944 21 701-705 PFI. General Manager's monthly reports to Board of Directors 37 items 1945-1947 22 706-708 Potlatch Lumber Company. Yard Department. Annual Reports 14 items 1906-1923 22 709-722 Potlatch Lumber Company. Monthly Financial Statements 102 items 1905-1915 22 723-731 Forest Development Company. Annual Report to Board of Directors 1 item 1935 22 732 Humbird Lumber Company. Annual Reports 7 items 1910-1914 22 733-734 Potlatch State Bank. Cashier's Annual Report 1 item 1935 22 735 Standard Lumber Company. Annual Reports 2 items 1915-1916 22 736 Wood Briquettes, Inc. Annual Reports 3 items 1940-1946 22 737 Potlatch Lumber Company. Auditor's Report 19 items 1907-1930 22 738-739 Potlatch Lumber Company. Yard Dept. Auditor's Reports 15 items 1911-1930 22 740 Elk River State Bank. Auditor's Reports 17 items 1911-1931 22 741 Potlatch Investment Co. Auditor's Reports 7 items 1923-1931 22 742 Potlatch State Bank. Auditor's Reports 15 items 1911-1930 22 743 Standard Lumber Company. Auditor's Reports 12 items 1911-1924 22 744 Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway Co. Auditor's Reports 6 items 1911-1917 22 745 B. Property Taxes Benewah County 72 items 1927-1934 23 746-753 Boundary County 75 items 1927-1932 23 754-759 Clearwater County 98 items 1920-1934 23 760-764 Latah County 989 items 1921-1934 23 765-773 Shoshone County 37 items 1927-1932 23 774-779 Whitman County 76 items 1927-1932 23 780-785 Clearwater County Tax List 6 items 1927-1932 24 786-791 Latah County Tax List 7 items 1927-1934 24 792-798 C. Other Financial Material Income Tax Working Papers 214 items 1909-1924 25 799-815 Withholding Tax Information 7 items 1943-1945 25 816 War Tax, 1914; Tobacco Dealers Tax, 1916 4 items 25 817 Office Payroll 70 items 1926-1931 25 818-823 Account with R.E. Irwin 7 items 1924-1930 25 824 Account with Mark L. Seymour 10 items 1909-1925 25 825 Anticipated Revenue & Expenses 2 items 1942-1948 25 826 Bills Receivable 2 items 1914-1929 25 827 Board Accounts 50 items 1906 25 828-830 Capital Investments 1 item 1903-1921 25 831 Census of Manufactures Returns 52 items 1910-1932 25 832 Comparative Costs, Potlatch and other mills 24 items 1909-1930 25 833-836 Expense Book 1 item 1906-1907 25 837 Freight and Demurrage 69 items 1931-1947 25 838 Government Bonds 79 items 1921-1929 25 839 Indemnity Bonds 23 items 1906-1925 25 840 Inventories of supplies 3 items 1908 26 841 Inventories, Electrical Dept. 2 items 1919-1920 26 842 Inventories of Lumber in Transit 20 items 1928-1939 26 843 Stock held in other companies 48 items 1915-1928 26 844 Stockholders, List of 1 item 1916 26 845 New Mill Dept. Accounts 44 items 1906 26 846 Profit & Loss by Species 4 items 1918-1929 26 847 Promissory Notes 51 items 1909-1930 26 848 Sale contracts (livestock, land) 4 items 1905-1912 26 849 Student Loan Contracts 29 items 1936-1942 26 850 Writs of Attachment 182 items 1921-1925 26 851-852 Year ending cash reports 9 items 1940-1942 26 853 General Appraisal Company Reports 11 items 1916-1926 26 854-856 Series V. Land Department 1903-1942 A. Correspondence Letterbooks 3 items 1903-1908 27 857-859 Letters 27 A-I 755 items 1911 27 860-863 J-Z, Intercompany 1162 items 1911 28 864-870 A-Z 1766 items 1913 28 871-879 Intercompany 284 items 1913 29 880-881 956 items 1918 29 882-888 1122 items 1919 29 889-897 A-Z 508 items 1927 29 898-902 Intercompany 136 items 1927 30 903-904 925 items 1928 30 905-914 403 items 1935 30 915-919 352 items 1936 30 920-924 364 items 1937 30 925-929 315 items 1938 30 930-934 299 items 1939 30 935-939 B. Other Material Land Dept. Booklets 2 items 30 940 State Land Deal 30 192 items 1910-1911 31 941-943 2 items 1914 31 944 64 items 1919 31 945 1 item 1920 31 946 20 items 1925 31 947 9 items 1941-1942 31 948 Timber Holdings: Lists & Maps 64 items 1907-1916 31 949-950 Mason & Stevens Report to Potlatch Lumber Company 70 items 1927 31 951-952 Western Forestry Association Report to Potlatch Lumber Company 9 items 1927 31 953 Series VI. Logging and Woods Departments 1906-1919 Camp Financial Records 246 items 1907-1908 31 954-955 W.I. & M. Ry. Co. Invoices 91 items 1907-1908 31 956 James Lusk Benefit Fund 9 items 1907 31 957 Bovill & Elk River Logging Statements 24 items 1914-1918 31 958 Field Book Instructions 1 item undated 31 959 Logging Contractors Time Checks 1 item 1916-1919 32 960 Lumberman's Log Scale Records 26 items 1906-1909 32 961-986 Cruise Books of Frank G. Prain 2 items 1907 32 987-988 Cruise Books of William Helmer 18 items 1906-1913 32 989-1006 Series VII. Affiliated Companies 1901-1963 A. Potlatch Mercantile Company Accounts 20 items 1906 33 1007 Monthly Reports 44 items 1907-1911 33 1008-1012 Balance Sheets and Inventories 14 items 1918-1929 33 1013 Profit & Loss Statements 63 items 1936-1959 33 1014-1018 Accounts Receivable 246 items 1957-1963 33 1019-1032 Yearly Reports 21 items 1907-1923 33 1033-1046 Annual Reports 14 items 1924-1941 34 1047-1060 Auditor's Reports 19 items 1912-1931 34 1061 Summary of Depreciation 1 item 1923 34 1062 Year End Inventories 8 items 1922-1938 34 1063 Budgets and other financial material 8 items 1935-1963 34 1064-1065 Correspondence 65 items 1907-1964 34 1066-1069 Rules for employees 1 item 1907 34 1070 Merle C. Fisher File 22 items 1959-1961 34 1071 Sale of Mercantile Company 9 items 1955-1960 34 1072 B. Potlatch Lumber Company Ranch Livestock and Machinery inventories; operating expenses 352 items 1916-1937 34 1073-1085 Corn-Hog Reduction Contracts 48 items 1934-1935 34 1086 C. Palouse Flour Mill Correspondence 308 items 1909-1918 34 1087-1095 D. Potlatch Brick Company Correspondence 377 items 1910-1911 35 1096-1098 Correspondence 624 items 1911-1917 35 1099-1111 Sales Reports 16 items 1913-1914 35 1112 Trial Balance Sheets 19 items 1913-1914 35 1113 Accounting Book 1 item 1908-1909 35 1114 Potlatch Clay Products. Correspondence re: Boss Dryer 46 items 1925-1927 35 1115 E. Potlatch Townsite Department Correspondence 35 192 items 1906 35 1116-1117 50 items 1907 35 1118 143 items 1908 35 1119 29 items 1909 35 1120 156 items 1933-1939 35 1121 21 items 1940-1943 35 1122 11 items 1951-1956 35 1123 Circular letters to residents 46 items 1930-1949 35 1124-1125 Budgets 21 items 1934-1950 35 1126 Townsite Accounts (including Elk River) 50 items 1932-1941 35 1127 Rents collected 2 items 1906 35 1128 Miscellaneous Accounts 16 items 1906-1950 35 1129 Construction requirements and costs 34 items 1905-1954 35 1130-1132 Building construction, remodeling, inventories and leases 35 Apartments 9 items 1935-1940 35 1133 Bank 4 items 1937-1955 35 1134 Boarding Houses 18 items 1912-1944 35 1135 Churches & Parsonages 16 items 1928-1949 35 1136 Confectionery 3 items 1939-1953 35 1137 Faculty House, 565 Sixth St. 3 items 1932-1939 35 1138 Federal Building 8 items 1940-1950 35 1139 Fire House 2 items 1937 35 1140 Hospital 5 items 1923-1956 35 1141 Hotel 96 items 1912-1957 35 1142-1143 Houses 66 items 1916-1939 35 1144 Implement 1 36 1932 35 1145 Jail 3 items 1936-1937 36 1146 Laundry 2 items 1936, 1945 36 1147 Lodge Hall Rentals 36 items 1932-1955 36 1148 Post Office 28 items 1914-1955 36 1149 Schools 59 items 1934-1954 36 1150 Service Station 1 item 1925 36 1151 Teachers' Dormitory, 545 Oak 10 items 1921-1939 36 1152 Theatre 2 items 1916-1955 36 1153 Carpenter Work, Specifications for 5 items 1924-1933 36 1154 Cemetery 1 item 1914 36 1155 Heating 23 items 1932-1952 36 1156 Improvements, Street, Sewer & Other 50 items 1925-1960 36 1157-1159 Summary of work performed by Townsite Crew 8 items 1935-1942 36 1160 Incorporation & Sale 229 items 1951-1959 36 1161-1165 Safety Inspection Reports 28 items 1936-1938 36 1166 R.B. Ward Paint Co. Contracts 6 items 1906-1928 36 1167 Reservoir, Sewer & Water Works construction 158 items 1906-1952 36 1168-1172 Water Analysis 173 items 1926-1956 36 1173-1174 Water Rates 32 items 1930-1951 36 1175 Water Supply 22 items 1928-1939 36 1176 Law on Contagious Diseases 2 items undated 36 1177 House Rental Records 128 items 1908-1909 36 1178-1179 House Rental Record Books 6 items 1931-1936 36 1180-1185 House Rental Record Books 20 items 1937-1961 37 1186-1205 F. Town of Potlatch Newspaper clippings & typescripts 10 items 1951-1959 38 1206 Public School Wages 5 items 1910 38 1207 Highway District Petitions 26 items 1919-1925 38 1208 Riverside Park 38 items 1941 38 1209 Potlatch Area Boosters 239 items 1953-1962 38 1210-1220 Potlatch Election Returns and Poll Book - Republican Primary 1930 38 1221 G. Washington, Idaho, and Montana Railway Company Engineer's Reports 5 items 1903-1904 38 1222 Original contract, bond, and license 3 items 1905 38 1223 School land Rights of Way 6 items 1905 38 1224 Construction costs of depots and section houses 28 items 1907-1908 38 1225 Financial Material 6 items 1915-1916 38 1226 Correspondence 9 items 1907-1952 38 1227 Correspondence in re: Tank Cars from M.K. Northam 47 items 1910 38 1228 Isaac B. Hibbard Deposition 2 items 1917 38 1229 H. Elk River Townsite Construction Costs 20 items 1912-1928 38 1230 Sale of Houses & Lots 139 items 1933-1941 38 1231 I. Other Lumber Companies Columbia/Appledale Land Company 87 items 1910-1912 38 1232 Northland Pine Co. 38 Deeds from Wisconsin Log and Lumber Co. 67 items 1901-1903 38 1233-1234 Trial Balance Sheets 3 items 1902 38 1235 Purchase Book 1 item 1901-1903 38 1236 Timber holdings book 1 item 1903-1905 38 1237 Letterbooks 4 items 1900-1903 39 1238-1241 Financial Records & Timber Purchases 1 item 1902-1903 39 1242 Check Stub Books 10 items 1901-1905 39 1243-1252 Series VIII. Weyerhaeuser Sales Company 1925-1959 Correspondence 140 items 1943-1959 40 1253-1261 Library Bulletins 7 items 1945-1951 40 1262 Weyerhaeuser Log 3 items 1926 40 1263 Weyerhaeuser News 1 item October 1955 40 1264 Weyerhaeuser News Notes 76 items 1945-1959 40 1265 Service Letter 2 items 1944 40 1266 Washington Office Memos 31 items 1944-1947 40 1267 Operations Committee Meetings 4 items 1943-1946 40 1268 General Manager's Reports 7 items 1943-1949 40 1269-1275 Budget Reports 8 items 1943-1945 40 1276 Budget of Shipments with supporting statistical data 6 items 1945-1950 40 1277-1282 Modern Lumber Merchandising 1 item (not found) 1925 Oversize 1283 Series IX. Forestry Organizations and Forestry Reports 1907-1962 Forest Products Research Society Meetings 2 items 1954, 1956 41 1284 Forester's Council Meeting 2 items April 26, 1958 41 1285 Idaho Forest Practice Committee 9 items 1955-1959 41 1286 Idaho & Montana Erosion Studies 1 item 1955 41 1287 Inland Empire Sawmill Club 2 items 1954, 1957 41 1288 Latah County Forestry and Mining Committee 4 items 1958 41 1289 North Idaho Forestry Association 13 items 1916, 1920, 1954-1959 41 1290 North Idaho - Montana Forest Pest Action Council 1 item 1957 41 1291 Northwest Wood Products Clinic 17 items 1947, 1954-1959 41 1292-1293 State Cooperative Board of Forestry of Idaho 97 items 1925-1927 41 1294-1295 Timber Products Manufacturing Association 4 items 1957-1959 41 1296 Clearwater Timber Protective Association, budgets, reports, correspondence 95 items 1944-1951 41 1297-1299 Potlatch Timber Protective Association, budgets, reports, correspondence, minutes of meetings 576 items 1907-1951 41 1300-1312 White Pine Blister Rust Corp. 42 items 1922-1934 41 1313-1314 Advertisements of PLC in American Lumberman, Retail Lumberman, Lumber World Review, The Timberman 5 items 1913 41 1315 Clearwater Log (PFI Lewiston) 3 items 1962 41 1316 Palouse Cooperative Investigation blueprints 4 items 1914 41 1317 Ground Line Donkey Sawing, time study report 12 items 1921 41 1318 Time and output studies 53 items 1921 41 1319 Geologic Map (Plate 1a), Availability domains for metallic minerals (plate 1 c), Report and Recomendations on Minerals..., by Everett Hougland, 1962 3 items [?] 41 Series X. Ledgers, Journals, etc. 1901-1955 A. Potlatch Lumber Company, Potlatch, Idaho Cash Journals 20 items 1906-1932 unboxed 1320-1339 Journals 4 items 1915-1932 unboxed 1340-1343 Trial Balance Books 4 items 1903-1931 unboxed 1344-1347 Ledgers 13 items 1904-1932 unboxed 1348-1360 Voucher Registers 18 items 1906-1932 unboxed 1361-1378 Sales Registers 17 items 1903-1951 unboxed 1379-1395 Payroll Records 10 items 1905-1936 unboxed 1396-1405 Construction Ledger 1 item 1905-1907 unboxed 1406 Transfer Ledger, Manufacturing Expense, Distribution 1 item 1946-1949 unboxed 1407 Equipment & supply accounts ledger 1 item 1926-1927 unboxed 1408 B. Potlatch Lumber Company, Palouse, Washington Mill Ledger 1 item 1903-1905 unboxed 1409 Bank Journals 2 items 1903-1905 unboxed 1410-1411 Ledgers 3 items 1901-1907 unboxed 1412-1414 Journal 1 item 1905-1906 unboxed 1415 Voucher Registers 2 items 1903-1907 unboxed 1416-1417 Sales Register 1 item 1907-1912 unboxed 1418 Payroll Record 1 item 1907 unboxed 1419 C. Potlatch Lumber Company, Land Dept. Script record from office of McFarland & McFarland, Lewiston, Idaho 1 item 1903-1905 unboxed 1420 State Forester's Land Status Record, Shoshone, Benewah & Nez Perce Counties 1 item 1927 unboxed 1421 Land Inventory 1 item 1927 unboxed 1422 Land Classification and ownership 1 item 1926-1929 unboxed 1423 Bills Payable/Receivable 1 item 1903-1914 unboxed 1424 Ledger 1 item 1909 unboxed 1425 Current Long Scale Record 1 item 1934-1955 unboxed 1426 Land and lot contracts 1923-1935 unboxed 1427 D. Potlatch Brick Company Cash Journal 1 item 1912-1913 unboxed 1428 E. Potlatch Townsite Townsite Accounts 1 item 1907-1908 unboxed 1429 House Record 1 item 1912-1919 unboxed 1430 Townsite Record 9 items 1916-1951 unboxed 1431-1439 Townsite Repairs 1 item 1946 unboxed 1440 F. Elk River Townsite and Mill Elk River Townsite Lots 1 item 1910-1923 unboxed 1441 Elk River Mill Sales Registers 4 items 1911-1931 unboxed 1442-1445 G. Others Northland Pine Co. Ledger 1 item 1901-1903 unboxed 1446 Northland Pine Co. Script Book 1 item 1901 unboxed 1447 Potlatch Timber Protective Association. Voucher Journal 1 item 1911-1926 unboxed 1448 Series XI. Maps and Blueprints 1906-1979 These oversize maps and blueprints are shelved in two boxes along the North wall (cage area), except for items 1453 and 1459, which are in box 43. Maps of company timber holdings 24 items 1952-1979 os 1449 Potlatch townsite maps 2 items undated os 1450 Churches (Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Union) 19 items undated os 1451 Depots (Bovill & Deary) 6 items undated os 1452 Garage 1 item undated 43 1453 Garbage Can 1 item undated os 1454 Gymnasium 9 items undated os 1455 Hose Cart House 6 items undated os 1456 Hospital Heating Plans 3 items undated os 1457 Hotel 17 items undated os 1458 Houses (19 designs) 87 items 1906-1956 43 1459 Houses, Boarding (3 designs) 14 items os 1460 Office building 12 items os 1461 Potlatch Mercantile (includes store and barn) 34 items os 1462 Potlatch Theater 11 items os 1463 Reservoir 7 items os 1464 Schools (2 designs) 15 items os 1465 Service Station 1 item os 1466 Store and Lodge Building 7 items os 1467 Telephone office buildings (Potlatch & WIM) 15 items os 1468 Elk River Post Office & PTPA building, Elk River 3 items os 1469 Unidentified buildings (7 designs) 14 items os 1470 Series XII. Photographs A. Illustration Printing Blocks Map of Elk River, Idaho 1 item 1910 42 1 White Pine King 1 item 1911 42 2 Potlatch (Steamboat) 1 item 42 3 American Legion Cabin, Potlatch, Idaho 1 item 1937 42 4 Pres-to-Logs (Advertisement) 1 item 42 5 Community Christmas Tree, Potlatch 1 item 1937 42 6 Pres-To-Logs (Advertisement) 1 item 42 7 Potlatch Amateur Athletic Club 1 item 1937 42 8 B. Mounted (shelved in photo-file with prefix A135) Panoramic views of the mill 2 items (not found) 190- 42 9-10 Dry sheds & remanufacturing sheds 9 items 1927 44 11-19 Exterior views of buildings 3 items 1949? 44 20-22 Interior view of office 1 item 44 23 Lumber yard 1 item 1928 44 24 Fork-lift truck 1 item 194? 44 25 Lumber yard & pond 6 items 44 26-30 Water storage tank 1 item 44 31 Logging truck 1 item 1948 44 32 Converted garden tractor 2 items 1949 44 33 Landscaping of plant 2 items 1949 44 34-35 Dry shed 1 item 44 36 Community Christmas tree 1 item 1937 44 37 William Deary 1 item 44 38 View of Gymnasium & hotel with Deary memorial 1 item 1921 44 39 Office interiors 20 items 1918 44 40-59 High School auditorium construction 13 items 44 60-61 Exterior of mill 8 items 44 62-64 Individual employees 8 items 44 65-71 W.J. Gamble's winter pictures 15 items 44 72-86 Group of employees 45 87 Honor Roll Memorial 2 items 1943? 45 88-89 Presbyterian Church, Potlatch 1 item 45 90 Laird Park Dedication 6 items 1937 45 91-96 Laird Park, Views 8 items 45 97-104 Company picnics 33 items 1948-1949 45 105-127 Memorial Day celebration 6 items 1950 45 128 Sawmill overhaul 4 items 1942 45 129-130 White Pine King 4 items 1912 45 131-134 Mabel A. Kelley 3 items 1950 45 135 Exterior of Office Building 1 item 45 136 Washington, Idaho & Montana Mail Car 1 item 192? 45 137 Logs & Logging 27 items 45 138-164 Spokesman Review Group visit to Potlatch & Steptoe 7 items 45 165 Proposed Potlatch Runway site 1 item 45 166 Fire truck 1 item 45 167 Cedar Mountain Lookout tower 2 items 1917 45 168 Relief map of Potlatch area? 4 items 45 169 Cyclone Seed Sower 2 items 45 170 Solar eclipse 2 items 1918 45 171 W.I. & M. Locomotives 13 items 45 172-178 Logging & Slash Burning 28 items 1923 46 179-202 Prairie Music Festival Parade 5 items 1952 46 203 Memorial Day Parade 4 items 46 204 Potlatch Elementary School Lunch Program 5 items 46 205-209 Potlatch High School class of 1939 1 46 210 Potlatch High School girls basketball team 2 items 1939, 1942 46 211-212 Potlatch junior high classroom 1 item 1940 46 213 Clearing of land 2 items 1913 46 214 Home workshop 1 item 46 215 Earl and Edward T. Compton 1 item 1941 46 216 Charles A. Weyerhaeuser 1 item 46 217 Horse drawn cart 1 item 46 218 Cabin (William Deary on porch?) 1 item 46 219 Potlatch unit exhibit 2 items 46 220 Group standing by spray plane used in pest control 1 item 46 221 Farms & farming (including Silver Birch Farm, Newport, Wash.) 37 items 46 222-257 Exhibit of Potlatch Lumber Company, Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow 24 items July 28, 1913 46 258 C. Oversize These items are on the Northeast oversize shelves, range 10a, except for one item, which is at pillar 7B (cage area). The New Home of White Pine. 5 color photos of Potlatch mill 1 item Pillar 7B os Potlatch, Idaho (12 photographic prints) 1 item January 17, 1913 os Views of white pine stands 4 items os Laird Bell 1 item os J.L. Norton 1 item os A.W. Laird 1 item os Aerial view of Clearwater Plant, Lewiston, color 2 items os WIM train carrying 1,100,000 feet of logs 1 item os