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James Suydam Polhemus papers
Polhemus, James S. (James Suydam), 1852-1930
Alsea Packing Company
Ax 300
0.5 linear feet
1 container
1 manuscript box
1864-1924
James Suydam Polhemus (1852-1930) became an engineer and worked for the U. S. Army Engineers in Texas, in the Great Lakes region, in California, and later settled in Oregon in the 1880s, where he engineered the jetties at Yaquina and Coos Bay harbors. The collection (1864-1924) contains family and business correspondence, and a letterpress copy book consisting of the outgoing correspondence of the Alsea Packing Company.
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Polhemus, James S. (James Suydam), 1852-1930
Alsea Packing Company
Polhemus family
Civil engineers--Oregon--Correspondence
Salmon canning industry--Oregon
Oregon
Correspondence
James Suydam Polhemus (1852-1930) was born in Astoria, New York, and educated at Lehigh University.
He became an engineer and worked for the U. S. Army Engineers in Texas, in the Great Lakes region, and in California. He settled in Oregon in the 1880s, and engineered the jetties at Yaquina and Coos Bay harbors.
The collection (1864-1924) contains family and business correspondence, and a letterpress copy book consisting of the outgoing correspondence of the Alsea Packing Company.
The Alsea Packing Company canned salmon, and the correspondence is from 1887-1890.
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