Oregon Historical Society, Davies
Family Research Library
Mss 1336
Western
Wood Products Association
Western Wood Products Association
Records
1909-1970
60 linear ft.
40 document cases; 28 record cartons; 3 boxes
Oversize A—11x14; 6 boxes Oversize B-1—16x20
Records primarily document the
activities and history of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association (WCLA), a
lumber industry trade association which was incorporated in 1911 and was
succeeded in 1964 by the Western Wood Products Association. The WCLA's
territory extended throughout the Douglas fir region of western Oregon and
Washington and also included northern California. The records (1909-1970)
include accounting information, biographical and historical materials,
correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists, newsletters, press releases,
promotional materials, scrapbooks, and statistical information.
The collection is in
English
Historical Note
The West Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association was incorporated in
1911 in Centralia, Wash., with the merger of the Pacific Coast Lumber
Manufacturers Association, the Southwest Washington Lumber Manufacturers
Association, and the Oregon and Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association.
The new trade association, headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., represented the
Douglas fir industry, then centered in western Washington. By 1916 the
organization had become the West Coast Lumbermen's Assocation (WCLA), and its
offices moved to Seattle, Wash.
By the 1920s, the WCLA had become an important representative for
manufacturers of Douglas fir, West Coast hemlock, Western red cedar, and Sitka
spruce wood products. In 1928, Colonel William B. Greeley, former chief of the
U.S. Forest Service, became the Secretary-Manager of the organization. His
reforms brought loggers, wood preservation plants, mill-work plants and other
related branches of the industry together into a stronger association. During
the 1920s and 1930s, the center of lumber production gradually shifted from
Washington to Oregon, and in 1946 the WCLA transferred its headquarters to
Portland, Or.
The WCLA was incorporated under the laws of Washington as a stock
corporation, with member companies each holding one share. Membership in the
association was entirely voluntary. For decades the association was supported
by dues assessed on logs and/or lumber produced by member companies. In 1949,
the WCLA dues structure was changed to one based solely on lumber
production.
The WCLA provided many services to its member companies, one of the
most important being the rationalization of the largely chaotic West Coast
lumber industry during the 1910s and 1920s. As the industry evolved, the
association's activities became more sophisticated, and by the 1950s the WCLA
supported its members in many ways. The Traffic Department negotiated with
railroad, trucking and shipping lines for favorable freight rates. The
Statistical Department produced regular reports about conditions within the
West Coast lumber industry. The Accounting Service assisted member companies
with accounting, cost analysis, and taxation problems. The Promotion Department
produced literature and advertising publications, newspaper and radio spots,
motion pictures, and a membership directory to market the products of the West
Coast lumber industry. The Technical Service Department, staffed by engineers,
conducted research to develop new and improved uses for West Coast lumber
products and produced publications such as the
Douglas Fir Use Book. The Public Relations
Department produced stories and news releases about the positive impact of the
lumber industry on the economy of the Pacific Northwest and attempted to
counter negative publicity. James Stevens, Public Relations Counsel of the WCLA
and author of stories about the legend of Paul Bunyan, produced hundreds of
issues of
Out of the Woods, a newspaper column about
conditions within the industry. The Educational Program Department, which was
closely related to Public Relations, provided literature, slides, filmstrips
and motion pictures to schools.
The WCLA worked closely with the National Lumber Manufacturers
Association (NLMA) and other regional and national organizations to advance the
interests of the lumber industry. The West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau
(WCLIB), a separate but closely allied organization to the WCLA, established
standard lumber grading rules, maintained uniform grades, trained and
supervisied mill graders, licensed mills to use official grade stamps, and
issued Certificates of Inspection when requested. The WCLIB concentrated on
rail and truck shipments in the domestic and export markets. Another closely
allied organization, the Industrial Forestry Association (IFA), promoted forest
conservation practices through educational and public relations activities and
served as the certifying agency of the tree farm program in the Douglas fir
region of western Oregon and western Washington.
By the early 1960s, business leaders determined that a stronger
regional association was needed in the face of growing national and
international competition in the lumber industry. In 1964, the West Coast
Lumbermen's Association merged with the Western Pine Association (WPA), a trade
association which represented lumber interests east of the Cascade Mountains in
Oregon, Washington and California. A new organization, the Western Wood
Products Association (WWPA), was formed from this union, and in 1969 the WCLA
was dissolved as a corporation.
Records documenting the activities and history of the West Coast
Lumbermen's Association (WCLA) include accounting information, biographical and
historical materials, correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists,
newsletters, press releases, promotional materials, scrapbooks, and statistical
information. The collection includes biographical information about several
principal members of the association, including Colonel William B. Greeley,
Arthur W. Priaulx, Harold V. Simpson, and James Stevens. Board of Trustees and
committee meeting minutes provide a comprehensive overview of the activities
and inner workings of the organization. The
Barometer, a weekly report prepared by the
Statistical Department, provides information on lumber production, orders,
shipments, gross stocks, unfilled orders, and operating mills.
The records include many examples of promotional materials, from
pamphlets and booklets to color magazine advertisements for houses constructed
of West Coast lumber. Many of the promotional items were produced from the
1940s through the early 1960s during the post-World War II housing boom.
Promotional materials also include the membership directory,
Where to Buy West Coast Lumber, which
lists names and addresses of all member mills, managers and sales managers,
facilities, species cut, and items and specialties manufactured.
The collection includes information about the West Coast lumber
industry during the Great Depression, particularly meeting minutes concerning
the WCLA's adoption and enforcement of lumber codes imposed by the National
Recovery Administration (NRA) in 1933. The records also document the Pacific
Northwest lumber industry's contributions during World War II and the
Association's public relations efforts on behalf of the "Keep Oregon Green" and
"Keep Washington Green" programs for preventing forest fires, a movement which
began in the early 1940s. The collection contains materials, including annual
reports, meeting minutes, and statistics, from other related organizations,
such as the Industrial Forestry Association (IFA), the West Coast Lumber
Inspection Bureau (WCLIB), and the Western Pine Association (WPA).
The collection is arranged into two subgroups:
- Subgroup 1: West Coast Lumbermen's Association Records,
1909-1970
- Subgroup 2: Western Wood Products Assocation Records
Subgroup 2 currently includes a small quantity of unprocessed
records and audio recordings. This sub-group will be processed as more
materials from the Western Wood Products Association are deposited in the
future.
Subgroup 1 is arranged into three series:
- Series A: Governance and Membership Records, 1911-1970
- Series B: Departments and Functions, 1909-1967
- Series C: Branches and Associated Organizations, 1911-1965
The collection is open to the public. Several folders in the
Accounting/Finance Subseries contain personal employee information and are
restricted until 2060.
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Western Wood Products Association Records, Mss 1336, Oregon Historical
Society Research Library
Gift of the Western Wood Products Association, 1971, 1975 and 1997
(Accession nos. 11791, 13278 and 23494).
Additional records from the Western Wood Products Association will be
added to the collection in the future.
Some documents and newspaper clippings have been photocopied for
preservation purposes. Photographs have been photocopied and the originals
transferred to Organized Lot 208.
Photographs have been separated into the Western Wood Products
Association Photographs Collection, Organized Lot 208, at the Oregon Historical
Society Research Library. A guide to this collection will be completed in the
future.
Motion picture films have been separated into the Western Wood
Products Association Collection in the Oregon Historical Society Research
Library Moving Image Collection. A guide to this collection will be completed
in the future.
Lucia, Ellis.
Head Rig: Story of the West Coast Lumber
Industry. Portland, Or.: Overland West Press, 1965.
The Timberman Magazine Photographs
Collection (Org. Lot 351), Oregon Historical Society Research Library. This
monthly magazine (Research Library Serials Collection) covered all aspects of
the timber industry, including logging operations, forestry practices,
transportation, lumber production, and wood product manufacture.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Greeley,
William Buckhout, 1879-1955
Priaulx,
Arthur W.
Simpson,
Harold V.
Stevens,
James, 1892-1971
Industrial
Forestry Association (U.S.)
National
Lumber Manufacturers Association
West Coast
Bureau of Lumber Grades and Inspection
West Coast
Lumbermen's Association
Western
Pine Association
Douglas fir --Pacific
states
Forests and forestry
--Pacific states
Forest products --Pacific
states
Lumber --Pacific
states
Lumber trade
Sitka spruce --Pacific
states
Timber --Pacific
states
Trade
associations
Tree farms --Pacific
states
Western hemlock --Pacific
states
Western redcedar --Pacific
states
Wood products
Business
records
Scrapbooks
Oregon
Portland
Seattle
Washington (State)
Business, Industry, and Labor
Forestry and Forest Products
Logging
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Subgroup 1
West Coast Lumbermen's Association
Records
1909-1970
60 linear ft.
(40 document cases; 28 record cartons; 3 boxes
Oversize A—11x14; 6 boxes Oversize B-1—16x20)
The records provide a comprehensive overview of the activities,
functions, history and membership of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association
(WCLA). The sub-group also contains information that documents some of the
history of its predecessors. Series A contains governance and membership
records, and Series B contains records from departments within the
organization. Some records of several branches and associated organizations are
included in Series C. The records include accounting information, biographical
and historical materials, correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists,
newsletters, press releases, promotional materials, scrapbooks, and statistical
information.
Series A
Governance and Membership
Records
1911-1970
The series is arranged into 12 subseries based on the activities
that occurred at the administrative and membership levels of the West Coast
Lumbermen's Association.
Records within each subseries are arranged by subject if
necessary, and then alphabetically and chronologically by folder.
Subseries 1
Biographies and
Histories
circa 1913-1970
The subseries includes an address about the history and
functions of the organization,
The West Coast Lumbermen's Association:
Its Purpose, History and Activities. It also contains information about
several principal members of the WCLA and their activities within the
organization and the Pacific Northwest lumber industry. From 1911 to 1916, the
WCLA was known as the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association.
1/1
Biographical Sketches—information about
significant members of the Pacific Northwest lumber industry
1946-1948
1955-1956
1964-1965
1/2
Brown, Ralph D., Assistant
Secretary-Manager—correspondence related to his retirement from the
WCLA
1953
1/3
Gerlinger, George T., member, WCLA
Board of Directors—memorials and press releases
1945
1948-1949
1955
1/4
Greeley, William B.,
Secretary-Manager and Vice President—articles, biographical information and
press releases
1945-1946
1949-1950
1954-1955
1960
1/5
Simpson, Harold V., Executive
Vice President—biographical information
1945
1955
1961-1963
1/6
Stevens, James, Public Relations
Counsel—articles, biographical information and correspondence
1937
circa 1939
1940-1942
1945
1948
1950-1953
1957-1958
1965
1/7-8
Historical
Material
circa 1913
1930-1932
1934
1944-1948
1950-1954
1958-1961
Folder 1/7 contains an address,
The West Coast Lumbermen's Association:
Its Purpose, History and Activities, given by Arthur K. Roberts,
Education Director, in 1949. The folder also contains an early history of the
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association and the West Coast Lumber
Manufacturers Association, as well as correspondence and articles about the
history of the WCLA.
1/9
Historical Reference
Information
1928-1930
1932
1935-1937
circa 1940
1944-1945
1949
1963
Information about the development of the WCLA's programs and
descriptions of some of the services offered by the organization.
1/10
Cargo mills that have gone
out of business—correspondence
1953-1954
1/11
Logging and Sawmilling
History
1948
1950
1954
1970
Articles and information about developments in the lumber
industry, particularly technological advances.
2/1-3
Lumber
History—general
1917
1926
circa 1928
1940
1942
1945
1948
circa 1950
1951-1955
1957
1959
1969
Articles, addresses and reports which describe developments
and activities within the lumber industry of North America and other regions of
the world.
Subseries 2
Office
Administration
1938-1964
Information about the daily operations of the central office
of the WCLA and background information about the WCLA and West Coast Lumber
Inspection Bureau (WCLIB).
2/4
Office Procedures
1948
1950-1955
1957-1962
2/5
Staff
Meetings—minutes
1938
2/6-8
WCLA and WCLIB Background
Information
1941
1953
1957-1964
By-laws, correspondence, membership information, membership
lists, reports, and a booklet,
Where to Buy West Coast
Lumber.
Subseries 3
Membership Directories and
Meeting Programs
1919-1964
2/9
3/1
Membership Directories and
Lists
1919-1922
1924-1930
1933
1935-1938
1942-1948
3/2
Annual
Directories
1962-1964
3/3-5
Meeting Programs
1922-1925
1936
1939-1964
Subseries 4
Annual Membership
Meetings
1924-1968
Annual membership meetings were held in various cities of the
Pacific Northwest to report on the lumber industry's development and to
determine and revise the WCLA's policies.
3/6
Annual Meetings—articles and
minutes
1924-1925
1928
1930
Annual
Meetings—minutes
41
1929-1945
42
1946-1960
1964-1965
1968
Boxes 41 and 42 contain minutes that have been bound into
volumes.
3/7-8
Annual Meetings—addresses,
minutes and press releases
1936-1949
3/9
Annual Meetings—address,
circulars and minutes
1950-1952
4/1
Annual Meeting—addresses and
minutes
1953
4/2
Annual Meeting—circulars,
correspondence and minutes
1955
4/3
Annual Meetings—brochures,
correspondence and press releases
1956-1957
4/4
Annual
Meeting—correspondence
1959
4/5
Annual
Meeting—correspondence, proxies and resolution
1960
4/6-8
Annual
Meetings—correspondence and minutes
1961-1962
4/9-10
5/1
Annual
Meeting—correspondence, minutes, press releases and reports
1963
5/2
Annual
Meetings—correspondence
1962-1963
5/3
Annual
Meeting—minutes
1964
5/4
Annual
Meetings—correspondence
1962-1964
5/5
Annual
Meeting—minutes
1965
Subseries 5
Membership
Meetings
1913-1933
1957-1960
Membership meetings were held in various cities of the Pacific
Northwest and appear to have been conducted more regularly during the early
years of the WCLA.
41
Minutes
1913-1918
1928-1933
Box 41 contains minutes that have been bound into
volumes.
5/6
Meeting, Seattle,
Wash.—address by Major David T. Mason
1920
5/7
Minutes
1922-1924
5/8
Meeting, Aberdeen,
Wash.—minutes
1924
5/9-10
Meetings, Tacoma,
Wash.—minutes
1924-1925
6/1
Meeting, Seattle,
Wash.—minutes
1925
6/2
Meeting, Portland,
Or.—minutes
1925
6/3
Meeting, Hoquiam,
Wash.—minutes
1925
6/4-5
Meeting, Tacoma,
Wash.—minutes
1925
6/6
Meeting, Portland,
Or.—minutes
1926
6/7
Meetings, Portland,
Or.—minutes
1957
1960
Subseries 6
Annual Reports
1911-1956
Annual reports were produced for the membership of the WCLA
and other interested parties. From 1911 to 1916, the WCLA was known as the West
Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association.
Annual Reports
6/8-9
1911-1913
1915-1929
1946
42
1926-1938
43
1939-1956
Reports in Boxes 42 and 43 have been bound into volumes.
Subseries 7
Board of
Trustees/Directors
1911-1969
Includes meeting minutes, information about board elections,
and lists of members. The subseries also contains minutes about the dissolution
of the WCLA and its merger with the Western Pine Association to form the
Western Wood Products Association.
6/10
7/1-4
Board of Trustees
Elections
1958-1964
7/5-7
Board of Trustees/Directors,
District Trustees, Committees, and Officers—member lists and
correspondence
1926-1927
1929-1930
1932-1966
7/8-9
Board of Trustees and
Committee Assignments—member lists and correspondence
1963
8/1
District Meetings—lists of
companies and individuals
1963-1964
8/2
Board of
Directors/Trustees—index of minutes
1951-1960
8/3
Meeting Schedule and
Agenda
1963
41
Board of Trustees, West Coast
Lumber Manufacturers' Association—minutes
1911-1916
The WCLA was known as the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers
Association from 1911 to 1916. The Articles of Incorporation are included at
the beginning of the 1911 minutes. Minutes in Box 41 have been bound into
volumes.
Board of
Trustees/Directors—minutes
41
1916-1925
1927-1945
42
1946-1960
1964-1968
8/4-5
Board of Trustees—NRA Lumber
Code minutes
1933-1936
8/6
Board of
Trustees/Directors—minutes
1928
1957
1959-1962
8/7
Board of
Trustees/Directors—correspondence and minutes
1960
8/8
9/1
Board of
Trustees—correspondence and minutes
1961
9/2-3
Board of Trustees—minutes,
agendas, correspondence and reports
1962
9/4-6
Board of
Trustees—minutes
1962-1964
10/1
Board of
Trustees—correspondence and meeting agendas
1963
10/2
Board of Trustees—materials
for meeting
1963
10/3
Board of
Trustees—minutes
1964-1966
10/4
Board of
Trustees—correspondence and reports
1964-1966
10/5
Dissolution of
WCLA—circulars, minutes and member lists
1964-1969
10/6
WCLA Merger—industry
organizations
1961-1964
Subseries 8
Accounting/Finance
1929-1970
Folders 11/5-7 contain personal employee information and are
restricted until 2060.
10/7
Annual Budget
1929
10/8-10
11/1-3
Annual Report of
Finances
1948
1959-1963
72/1-4
Cash Disbursements
Ledgers
1964-1966
circa 1970
72/5-6
73/1
Cash Receipts and Charges
Ledger
1964-1966
11/4
Employees' Retirement
Plan
1958
1961
11/5-6
Employees' Retirement
Plan
1955-1957
Folders include personal information. Access restricted
until 2060.
11/7
Employees' Retirement
Plan—applications
1956-1960
Folder includes personal information. Access restricted
until 2060.
12/1-2
Employees' Retirement
Plan
1956-1957
12/3-5
Employees' Retirement
Plan—trust agreement
1956
73/2-3
General Accounts
Journal
1932-1939
69/1-5
70/1-4
71/1-4
General Accounts
Ledgers
1950-1971
13/1-5
Office Furniture and
Equipment Depreciation Ledger
circa 1945
1949-1964
1968
1970
13/6
Report of Audit
1930
73/4-6
Trustee Account
Ledger
1956-1967
Subseries 9
Circulars, Newsletters, News
Releases and Reports
1920-1964
Includes the
News Letter,
Progress Report, and
Vice President Reportswhich were
produced by the WCLA's central office and served as a primary method of
communication to the membership and other interested parties. The materials
contained in boxes 43-59 have been bound into volumes.
Circulars—numbered
43
1920-1923
44
1923-1928
45
1929-1931
46
1931-1935
47
1935-1937
48
1937-1939
49
1940-1941
50
1941-1943
51
1943-1944
52
1944-1947
53
1947-1950
54
1951-1955
55
1956-1961
56
1962-1963
13/7
1959-1964
13/8-9
14/1-2
Circulars—unnumbered
1963-1964
59
Circulars for West Coast
Forest Products Bureau—numbered
1921-1925
WCLA
News Letter
14/3
1930-1932
1934-1935
56
1929-1932
WCLA News
Releases
14/4
1963
55
1958-1961
56
1929-1931
1962
57
1932-1942
58
1943-1952
59
1953-1957
14/5
WCLA and WWPA News
Releases
1964
14/6
WCLA
Progress Report
1963
Vice President Reports
53
1948-1950
54
1951-1955
55
1956-1961
56
1962
14/6
1963
Subseries 10
Government and Industry
Relations
1915-1965
1915-1936
Contains correspondence, meeting minutes and reports that
address issues concerning the lumber industry, particularly lumber standards
and government regulations. An industry newsletter concerning the NRA Lumber
Code, the
West Coast Lumber Code Bulletin,
is included.
15/1-2
Central Committee on Lumber
Standards—meeting reports
1922-1923
15/3
Central Committee and
Consulting Committees on Lumber Standards—joint meeting report
1922
15/4
Central Committee on Lumber
Standards and Chairman of Consulting Committee—joint meeting report
1923
15/5
Central Committee on Lumber
Standards—proposed American lumber standards
1923
15/6-7
Consulting Committee on
Lumber Standards—meeting reports
1923
15/8
Consulting Committee on
Lumber Standards—recommendations
1923
15/9
Federal Housing
Administration (FHA)— insurance and loan information and amendments to the
National Housing Act
1954-1958
15/10
Federal Trade
Commission—correspondence
1915-1916
1919-1920
15/11
General Standardization
Conference on Lumber—minutes
1923
16/1
WCLA Grades—clippings,
meeting information, press releases, and reports
1956
1962-1965
16/2
WCLA
Grade Standardization Report,
Nos. 1-23
1962-1963
16/3
Lumber Industry Merchandising
Council—minutes
1963
16/4
Lumber Manufacturers
Standardization Committee—meeting report
1923
16/5
National Lumber Manufacturers
Association Lumber Standards—meeting reports
1922
16/6
NRA Lumber Code—article and
report
1934-1935
1959
68
NRA Lumber Code—
West Coast Lumber Code
Bulletin
1933-1935
The bulletins in Box 68 have been bound into a volume.
16/7
Oregon Unemployment
Compensation Commission—minutes
1936
16/8
U.S. Forest Products
Laboratory—report on grade specifications for yard lumber
1923
16/9
U.S. Forest Products
Laboratory—report on development of specifications for yard lumber
circa 1925
16/10
U.S. Forest Products
Laboratory—grading rules and working stresses for structural
timbers
circa 1925
16/11
West Coast Car Material: Its
Manufacture and Use—industry meeting report
1930
16/12
West Coast Forest Products
Bureau, Trustees and Finance Committee—minutes
1922
16/13
WCLA Import-Export Committee,
Pacific Lumber Exporters Association and Pacific Coast European
Conference—minutes
1962-1963
Subseries 11
Member Relations
1911-1928
1943-1964
Includes stock certificates, membership literature, and
materials about forestry and general taxation issues facing the Pacific
Northwest lumber industry.
Capital Stock Certificates
[in bound volumes]
74
1911-1928
75
1952-1958
76
1958-1960
16/14
Membership Drives
1944
1947
1950
16/15
Member Solicitation
Literature
1950
1952
16/16
17/1
Forestry and General
Taxation—articles, circulars, correspondence, pamphlets, reports, and a
booklet,
A Study of Forest Taxation in the
Pacific Northwest
1943-1945
1952-1955
1959-1961
1964
Subseries 12
Committees
1928-1964
The majority of the subseries consists of meeting minutes and
correspondence.
17/2
Activities Survey Special
Committee—correspondence
1960
17/3-7
Advertising and Promotion
Committee—addresses, article, circulars, correspondence, minutes, and radio
spots
1960-1964
17/8-9
Special Advertising
Committees—minutes
1945-1949
17/10
Carloading and Packaging
Committee—minutes
1963
17/11
Cedar and Hemlock
Committees—minutes
1930-1932
1935-1939
17/12
Clearing, Mobilization, War
and National Defense Committees—minutes
1940-1944
1951
17/13
Douglas Fir Advisory
Committee to Office of Price Administration, Stone Advisory Committee (OPA),
Price List Committee, Atlantic Coast Subcommittee, and Trade Practice
Committee—minutes
1939-1943
18/1
Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce,
and Western Red Cedar Advisory Committees to Office of Price
Administration—minutes
1943-1944
18/2
Dues Structure
Committee—minutes
1963
18/3-4
Executive Committee—minutes,
circulars and correspondence
1963-1964
18/5-6
Joint Committee on Forest
Conservation, WCLA and Pacific Northwest Loggers
Association—minutes
1934-1945
1952
18/7
General Maritime and Cargo
Committees—minutes and report
1930-1931
1936-1942
1944-1945
1948-1949
1951-1952
1963
18/8
Grades and Inspection and
Grading Rules Committees—minutes
1932-1933
1935-1940
18/9
Grading Rules, Contact, Sales
Managers, Grades and Manufacture, and Grades and Inspection Advisory
Committees—minutes
1928-1932
1937
1939-1940
19/1
Import-Export
Committee—minutes
1950
1962
19/2
Industrial Facts Committee,
Information Department overview, Manufacturers-Wholesalers Joint Committee and
Logging Committee—minutes
1929-1931
1935
19/3
Insurance
Committee—activities and minutes
1963
19/4
Legislative Committee, Oregon
Unemployment Compensation Commission and Economics
Committee—minutes
1936-1939
1947
19/5-9
Liaison Committee, WCLA and
WPA—correspondence, minutes and report
1959-1964
19/10
Atlantic Coast Price List
Subcommittee, Joint List Committee, Trade Practice Committee Subcommittee,
California List Committee, and Rail "C" List Committee—minutes
1930
1932
1939
19/11-14
Lumber Costs and Reports
Committee—minutes
1933-1935
1937-1940
1942
1944
1948-1951
1959
1961
1964
20/1
Manufacture Committee,
Millwork Committee, Moulding Committee, National Lumber Manufacturers Credit
Corporation, Sitka Spruce Division, and Contact Committee—minutes
1929-1931
1934
1937-1938
20/2
Joint Committee of
Manufacturers and Retailers—correspondence and minutes
1945
1948
1959
20/3-5
NRA Lumber Code, Committee on
Control of Lumber Production—minutes
1933-1935
20/6
NRA Lumber Code Committees
and NRA Industry Meetings—minutes
1933-1934
Folder 20/6 contains minutes from the following committees
and industry meetings: District Meetings, Special Committee on Differentials,
Inter-species Correlating Committee, Spruce Manufacturers, Battery Separator
Manufacturers, Douglas Fir Subdivision of Pole and Piling Division, Lumber Code
Agencies Joint Meetings, and General Meeting of the West Coast Lumber
Industry.
20/7-8
NRA Lumber Code, Joint
Committee on Labor—minutes
1933-1934
20/9
21/1
NRA Lumber Code, Minimum
Prices and Trade Practices Committee—minutes
1933-1934
21/2
NRA Lumber Code, Trade
Complaints Committee—minutes
1934
21/3
Nominating
Committee—minutes
1964
21/4
Open Car Loading Rules
Committee—minutes
1942
1945-1947
1952
21/5
Price List, Trade Practice
and Firm Price List Committees—minutes
1929-1931
1935
1937-1940
21/6-7
Public Relations Committee
and Research and Technical Committee—minutes
1941-1949
21/8
Railroad, Car Builders and
Lumber Industry (WCLA special meeting)—minutes
1930
21/9
WCLA Reorganization
Committee—minutes
1945-1946
21/10
22/1-4
Standing
Committees—correspondence and member lists
1955-1962
22/5
Tariffs and Reciprocal Trade
Negotiations, Governmental Relations, Dues and Budget, and Deliquent Accounts
Committees—minutes
1935-1942
1945-1946
1948-1949
22/6
Technical
Committee—correspondence
1964
22/7-8
23/1-4
Trade Promotion/Extension
Committee—minutes
1929-1930
1935-1951
1964
23/5
Trade Promotion Coordinating
Committee—minutes
1949
23/6
Traffic
Committee—minutes
1963-1964
23/7
Treasurer's
Committee—minutes
1964
23/8
Wood Siding Committee and
Research and Technical Committee—minutes
1951
Series B
Departments and
Functions
1909-1967
The series is arranged into seven subseries based on the
activities and departmental organization of the West Coast Lumbermen's
Association.
Records within each subseries are arranged by subject if
necessary, and then alphabetically and chronologically by folder.
Subseries 1
Accounting Service
1950
1958
23/9-10
WCLA
Uniform Accounting
System
1950
1958
Subseries 2
Educational Program
Department
1941-1964
The subseries contains descriptions of educational activities
and samples of literature and other promotional materials developed by the WCLA
for students.
23/11
Educational
Activities
1945
1949
1960
Includes correspondence and descriptions of the WCLA's
educational activities, including the distribution of filmstrips, motion
pictures, literature, and involvement in conservation and outdoor education
workshops.
23/12-13
Educational
Literature
1941-1942
1944-1946
1949
1951-1955
1957-1958
1960-1962
Includes samples of educational literature, brochures and
promotional materials. Folder 23/13 contains teaching handbooks for students
and
A Manual of Junior Forestry for
Washington and Oregon.
24/1
Education—promotion for
visual aids
1944
1946
1948-1949
1950
1952-1953
1955
1958
1964
24/2
Sawdust Trails: A Student's Digest of
Logging and Lumber Manufacturing in the Douglas Fir Region
1944
1946-1949
The folder contains publication information about
Sawdust Trails and samples of
other promotional booklets developed for students.
Subseries 3
Lumber Promotion
Department
1926-1964
24/3
Trade
Promotion—advertisements and correspondence
1929
1942-1947
1949-1950
1953
1956
1958
24/4-18
Advertisements—numbered
1960-1964
24/19
Advertising and Historical
Information
1935
1940
1963
Includes a description of the Western Homes Foundation, an
organization established by the WCLA and other trade assocations to promote the
construction of homes for the mass market. Also includes a flyer and background
information about storage facilities for boats and boat trailers.
25/1
Cedar, Western Red—contract,
marketing study and promotional materials
1951-1955
25/2
Commercial Buildings,
Churches and Other Structures—promotional booklets
1959-1962
25/3
Trade
Promotion—correspondence
1937-1940
25/4
Do-It-Yourself
Plans
1961-1964
25/5
Douglas Fir—promotional
materials
1937
circa 1940
1950
25/6
Farm Books and
Pamphlets
1928
1940-1942
1944
1951
circa 1955
1956
25/7
WCLA Grades—circulars, a
grade guide, press releases and reports
1944-1949
1955-1960
25/8
WCLA Grades in Home
Construction—pamphlets
1945
1960-1961
25/9
Hemlock, West
Coast—correspondence
1937
1939
25/10
Hemlock, West
Coast—promotional materials
1943
1951
1956
1963
77
Home
Construction—advertisements
1931-1932
1934
1936-1941
A scrapbook containing samples of advertisements from the
WCLA's promotional campaigns during the Great Depression.
25/11
Home Construction—promotional
materials
1929
1942
1945
1948
circa 1955
1961
26/1-2
Membership Directories—
Where to Buy West Coast
Lumber
1942
1945-1951
1956-1964
26/3-8
Promotional
Materials—advertisements, booklets and flyers produced by the WCLA to promote
various types of West Coast lumber
1926-1929
circa 1931
1933
1936
1939-1942
1944-1947
1949-1956
1958-1964
26/9
Sample
Advertisements
1948-1949
1957
27/1
School Buildings—wood
construction
1949-1950
1952
1955
1958
1961-1963
27/2
Sitka
Spruce—correspondence
1939-1940
27/3
Sitka Spruce—promotional
materials
1940
circa 1950
27/4
Sitka Spruce Statistical
Reports and
Barometer—correspondence
1935
1937-1940
Subseries 4
Public Relations
Department
1919-1965
Among the topics covered are conservation; forest fires,
forestry, forest resources, and foreign trade missions.
27/5
Companies with "Longest Life
Span"—correspondence
1949
1951
27/6
Conservation—forestry and
general
1944-1945
1948-1953
1955
1957
1963-1964
27/7
Crow's Lumber Digest—special
WCLA issues
1957-1960
1963
27/8
A Decade of Progress in Douglas Fir,
Forestry—publication
1943
27/9
Forest Fires
1943
1945
1949
1951-1952
1957
27/10
Forest Practice
Handbook—publication
1937
27/11
Forest Resources of the Douglas Fir
Region—publication
1946
27/12
Forestry—publicity
1946-1947
1950
27/13
Forestry
History—publicity
1944
1946
1948-1952
1954-1955
1964
27/14
Forestry
Research—publicity
1948
1951
1954
27/15
Forest Resources—publicity
and reports
1940
1942-1944
1946
1951-1952
1965
28/1
Head Rig—borrowed reference
correspondence
1951
1964-1966
28/2-4
Head Rig—letter and phone
responses to book
1964-1966
28/5-7
Head Rig—mailing
lists
circa 1965
1965-1966
28/8
Kendall, Paul E., Advertising
Manager—correspondence
1946
1950-1951
28/9
More
Timber—publication
1947
28/10
Motion Picture Lecture Script
for Film No. 06879—
Green Harvest
circa 1955
Issues of
Out of the Woodsby James
Stevens, Public Relations Counsel
59
1943-circa 1945
60
circa 1945-1957
The materials contained in Boxes 59 and 60 have been bound
into volumes.
28/11
Priaulx, Arthur W., Public
Relations Director—correspondence
1943-1945
1949
1951
28/12
Public Relations
Literature
1919
1930
1937
1943-1946
circa 1950
1953
28/13
Roberts, A. K., Visual
Education Director—correspondence
1944-1946
1949
Scrapbooks—newspaper
clippings
74
1945
76
1937
1941-1943
1949
29/1-3
Simpson, Harold V., Executive
Vice President—addresses, articles, correspondence, news clippings, and press
releases
1942
1945-1952
1961-1962
29/4-9
30/1-6
Stevens, James, Public
Relations Counsel—correspondence
1942-1957
30/7
Stevens, James, Public
Relations Counsel—correspondence and issues of
Out of the Woods
1945-1950
31/1-2
Stevens, James, Public
Relations Counsel—partial manuscript,
The Lumber Business, and
issues of
Out of the Woods
1946
circa 1953
1954-1957
31/3
Summary report of foreign
trade missions—"Principal Export Markets for Western Lumber"
circa 1965
31/4
Trade Missions to Australia
and Japan
1965
31/5
Trade Mission to
Europe
1963
31/6
Trade Mission to
Japan
1965
31/7
Tree Farms, Montesano, Wash.,
Tenth Anniversary Celebration—correspondence
1928
1947-1949
1951
Commemorated the establishment of the first tree farm in the
state of Washington in 1941.
Subseries 5
Statistical
Department
1916-1967
The subseries contains lumber industry and related reports
produced by the WCLA and other trade associations for their members, the press
and other interested parties. The materials contained in Boxes 60-68 and 77
have been bound into volumes.
Barometer issues—WCLA,
Southern Pine Association, Western Pine Manufacturers Association, and National
Lumber Manufacturers Association
60
1916-1917
61
1918-1927
62
1928-1932
63
1933-1935
Barometer and
Industrial Facts issues—WCLA
and National Lumber Manufacturers Association
63
1936-1939
64
1940-1947
65
1948-1956
66
1957-1960
66
WCLA
Industrial Facts
issues
1961-1963
31/8
Barometer
Distribution
1939-1940
31/9
Barometer—distribution policy
and revision
1939
1941
66
Analysis of Douglas Fir Costs
and Sales Returns
1918-1931
32/1
Analysis of Douglas Fir and
West Coast Hemlock Logs
1917-1918
1933-1934
32/2
Analysis of Invoices—blank
forms
1940
67
Average Price
Received
1935-1945
67
Average Realization on Lumber
Shipments
1946-1954
67
Cost and Realization
Reports
1934-1945
77
Davis Sales Service—volume
and average, actual sales direct and wholesale of various lumber
companies
1926-1927
67
Employment
Statistics
1933-1954
68
Export Waterborne
Shipments—WCLA and Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau
1949-1954
Injury Frequency
Information—monthly reports
67
1957-1960
68
1954-1957
60
Log Analysis of Lumber Orders
Accepted
1933-1935
32/3
Lumber Industry—statistical
surveys of lumber production and other statistical information
1927
1935
1938
1944
1946-1948
circa 1955
1963
66
Reports of Costs and Sales
Returns for NRA Period
1933-1934
60
Weekly Sales
Bulletins
1923-1926
67
Sawmill Operations of the
Douglas Fir Region—monthly and quarterly reports
1948-1954
32/4
Statistical
Literature
1929
1935
1938
32/5
Statistical and
Merchandising Service Plan and Estimated Shipping Weights
1927
1929-1930
1939-1940
32/6-14
WCLA and WWPA
Statistical Year
Book
1948
1951-1962
1964-1965
1967
33/1-2
West Coast Lumber
Facts—publication
1937
1941
Subseries 6
Technical Service
Department
1922-1966
Contains lumber grading rules information and construction
specifications.
33/3-4
WCLA, WCLIB and WWPA Grading
Rules and Grade Use Guides
1922
1926
1929
1934
1940
1944
1956
1960
1962
1965-1966
33/5
Heavy
Construction
1937
1939-1945
1956-1957
1964
33/6
Highway Structures and
Bridges
1941
1945
1948
1952
1954-1955
33/7
Lumber Technical and
Seasoning Data
1942
33/8
May, T. K., Director,
Technical Service Department—lumber standards and specifications
1930
1945
1952-1955
1959
1961-1963
33/9
Paint Literature
1939
circa 1950
33/10
Research Bulletins—lumber
seasoning and chemical treatments
1927
1942-1946
1955
33/11
Structural Glued Laminated
Lumber—specifications
1945
1951-1952
1955
1958-1959
1960
1963
34/1
Timber Structures
1943
circa 1945
1947
Subseries 7
Traffic Department
1909-1965
Contains materials concerning the transport of lumber via rail
and ship, including differential price lists and rate books. Also includes
information about traffic problems, such as freight car shortages, as well as
Canadian import issues.
34/2
Atlantic Coast Differentials for
Douglas Fir and West Coast Hemlock
1935
34/3
Articles, correspondence,
newsletters and petition before Interstate Commerce Commission
1921
1931
1945-1949
1961
34/4
Differential Price
Lists
1909
1911
1917
1919
1922
1926-1927
1939-1940
34/5
Foreign Trade
1919
1923
1935
1938-1939
1945-1948
1953-1954
34/6
Freight Car
Shortage
1946-1948
1950-1952
1955
1960
1963-1965
34/7-9
Imports, Canadian Forest
Products—exhibits, press releases, statements and statistics
1962-1964
35/1
Loading Rules, Rate Maps and
Rate Tables
1943
1946-1949
1951-1952
1954
1956-1961
35/2
News Releases,
Progress Reportsand
Vice President
Reports
1947
1949
1951-1953
1955-1965
35/3
"A Quarter Century Record for
WCLA Traffic Department"—report
1963
35/4-5
Rate Book
1926-1929
35/6
Water Rates
1936
1946-1948
1950
1952-1953
1956-1957
1961-1963
1965
Series C
Branches and Associated
Organizations
1911-1965
The series is arranged into three subseries based on the various
branches and associated organizations of the West Coast Lumbermen's
Association. Subseries 1 and 2 contain some records of the West Coast Lumber
Inspection Bureau and the Western Pine Association. Subseries 3 contains some
records of other organizations.
Records within each subseries are arranged by subject if
necessary, and then alphabetically and chronologically by folder.
Subseries 1
West Coast Lumber Inspection
Bureau (WCLIB) Records
circa 1945-1964
35/7-15
Annual Reports
1954-1955
1957-1963
36/1
Applications and
Agreements—blank forms
circa 1945-1955
36/2
Clear Grades
Subcommittee—minutes
1963
36/3
District Meetings—lists of
companies, individuals and reservation information
1964
36/4-5
Executive
Committee—minutes
1962-1964
36/6
Grading Rules
Committee—minutes
1963
36/7
Joint Negotiating
Committee—minutes
1963
36/8-9
Office of Price
Stabilization—California, Oregon and Washington State service charge
increase
1952
36/10
Office of Price
Stabilization—application for service charge increase in Oregon and Washington
State
1952
Subseries 2
Western Pine Associaton (WPA)
Records
1931-1965
76
Account Journals
1931-1955
1965-1966
36/11-12
37/1
Activities
Reports
1936
1938-1963
37/2-3
Annual Members'
Meeting—minutes
1961
1963
37/4-8
Board of
Directors—correspondence and minutes
1960-1963
37/9-12
WPA and WWPA Financial
Statements
1933-1935
1963-1965
37/13
WPA-WCLIB
Meeting—minutes
1962
Subseries 3
Records from Various
Organizations
1911-1963
37/14
Forest Conservation Committee
of Pacific Northwest Forest Industries—historical background and plan of
organization
1949
37/15
Forest Conservation Committee
of Pacific Northwest Forest Industries/Joint Committee on Forest
Conservation—minutes
1946-1950
38/1-2
Forest Conservation Committee
of Pacific Northwest Forest Industries—minutes
1934
1950-1952
38/3-4
Forest Industries Information
Committee—correspondence, information booklets and paper and pulp industry
statistics by state
1943-1945
38/5
Forest Industries Information
Committee—listings of officers, mills, and members of U.S. Congress by
state
circa 1944
38/6
Industrial Forestry
Association (IFA)—annual forest products statistics for Oregon and Washington
State
1951-1954
1956-1957
1959-1962
68
Lumber Code Authority
Bulletin—NRA Code
1933-1935
The bulletins contained in Box 68 have been bound into
volumes.
38/7
National Lumber Manufacturers
Association (NLMA) and Industry Representatives—trade association
histories
1959
1963
38/8
National Lumber Manufacturers
Association (NLMA) Special Committee on Grade Simplification and
Standardization—minutes
1960
38/9
Pacific Lumber Inspection
Bureau and F.O.B. Mill—standard schedules of pricing, dimensions, and grading
rules
1912
1917
1922
1925-1926
1929
1951
39/1
West Coast Dry Kiln
Club—minutes
1941-1947
39/2
West Coast Lumber Trade
Extension Bureau—annual reports
1926-1927
39/3
West Coast Lumber Trade
Extension Bureau—membership directories
1928
39/4
West Coast Lumber Trade
Extension Bureau—minutes
1926-1929
39/5-6
76
West Coast Woods—promotional
literature and reports
1946-1950
1953
39/7
40/1-2
Western Homes
Foundation—press releases and printing mats for home designs
1938-1939
40/3
Western Timber
Structures—minutes
1937
68
Willamette Valley Lumbermen's
Association—
Barometer
1940-1948
The periodicals contained in Box 68 have been bound into
volumes.
40/4
The Lumber Estimatorand
The Official Box Estimator and The
Lumber Estimator
1911
40/5
Lumber Calculator, Southern
Yellow Pine Grading Rules and
Perpetual Piece Price
List
1926
1929
1937
40/6
Pocket Manual on Forest Laws and
Practice for the Douglas Fir Regionand
The Lumberman's
Actuary
1944-1947