Corporation executive, real estate investor, civil engineer of Corning, N.Y., and of Hoquiam, Raymond, and Grays Harbor, Washington.
Heermans, promoted the Northern Pacific Railway right of way to Hoquiam, Washington in 1898. Owned Corning, N.Y. Water Works, ca. 1895-1925 and officer of various land and utility companies in Washington.
Correspondence, certificates, financial records, legal documents, minutes, maps, blueprints, lot lists, journals, ledgers, court papers. Companies and topics referred to include Heermans, Congdon and Company, East Hoquiam Company, Harbor Land Company, North Shore Electic Company, Raymond Home Building Company, Willapa Harbor Sand and Gravel Company, Hoquiam Water Company, Menlo Land Company, Gray's Harbor Company, State Lumber and Box Company, Gray's Harbor Tugboat Company, Raymond Land and Improvement Company, Gray's Harbor and Northern Gray's Harbor Company, Heermans and Lawrence, Hoquiam Water Company, Journal of Commerce, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Raymond Review, Raymond Trust Company.
An index to correspondents is included in the inventory to the collection.
Open to all users.
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Donated by Jerome T. Heermans, 6/27/1948.