Collection is open for research.
Gift of Douglas Hood, December 1989 (Lib. Acc. 20407).
The records are arranged chronologically.
The Consolidated Convoy Company was established in 1930 as a subsidiary of Consolidated Truck Lines, later known as Consolidated Freightways. Originally headquartered in Portland, Oregon, its specialty was the shipment of automobiles by truck. In 1941, the company became an independent organization, and its name was changed to the Convoy Company. The company closed down for the duration of World War II because new automobiles were not produced. Operations resumed after the war with large government contracts, and the company established terminals throughout the West. The Convoy Company was sold during the early 1990s and ceased to exist as an independent business.
Convoy Company records, Mss 2940, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Records of Consolidated Freightways, Mss 6050, are also held by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The Convoy Company records (1952-1985) consist of employee lists and directories, information booklets, promotional materials, company calendars, and a small quantity of correspondence. The collection includes a special 50th anniversary issue of the company's journal, The Convoyer, as well as an October 1956 issue; and a book, "Consolidated Freightways, Inc.: The First Fifty Years, 1929-1979."
The Oregon Historical Society Research Library also holds an unprocessed collection of Convoy Company photographs, designated Org. Lot 772, that were received with the records in this collection.
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Includes special 1980 anniversary issue, "Convoy 50: Convoy Company...1930 to 1980"