Collection is open for research.
Gift of Merle A. Mosar, January 1986 (Lib. Acc. 17530).
The Willamette Pulp and Paper Company was founded in 1889, establishing a mill at Willamette Falls in West Linn, Oregon. In 1914, the company merged with a neighboring paper maker, Crown-Columbia Paper Company, becoming the Crown-Willamette Pulp and Paper Company. This firm merged with the San Francisco, California-based Crown Zellerbach Corporation in 1937.
Sources: "Paper Making in West Linn," by George Kramer, West Linn Historical Society,
Willamette Pulp and Paper Company records, Coll 1004, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The collection consists of the records of the Willamette Pulp and Paper Company of West Linn, Oregon. These include a letterpress copybook of outgoing correspondence, January-March 1895; a ledger recording the amount of wood cut at the firm's mill, 1891-1903; a financial ledger, 1890-1894; contracts with businesses and individuals, 1891-1906; notices of wage changes, 1907; and financial records such as receipts and invoices, 1904-1909.
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