Collection is open for research.
Gift of Bill Lawrence, September 1979 (Lib. Acc. 14923); gift of the George Lawrence Company, January 1985 (Lib. Acc. 17085); 1942 company catalog, gift of Geri Ellen Howard, August 1990 (Lib. Acc. 20003); addition, gift of Bill Lawrence, May 2014 (Lib. Acc. 28227).
The George Lawrence Company was a saddlery, harness, and leather goods firm established in 1857 and incorporated in 1893.
Contains material previously designated Mss 1781-1 and Mss 1781-2.
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George Lawrence Company records, Mss 1781, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Other materials at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library related to George Lawrence and the George Lawrence Company include architectural plans of the George Lawrence Building, Accession 23765, and George Lawrence's 1901 certificate of membership in the Oregon Historical Society, Accession 18661.
Related George Lawrence Company records are cataloged as Bx 200 in Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Or.
Records of the George Lawrence Company include correspondence, contracts, invoices, vouchers, cash books, journals, ledgers, catalogs, publications, and ephemera. Features the work of the George Lawrence Company during World War I. An addition to the collection, designated Accession 28227, represents two document cases of materials dating from 1855 to 2002, with most dating from 1887 to 1936. The addition consists of correspondence, ephemera, catalogs, clippings, and financial records.
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