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West Yellow Pine Lumber Company Records, 1855-1916, 1855-1916, bulk 1900-1916

 

Summary

Creator:
West Yellow Pine Lumber Company
Abstract:
The West Yellow Pine Company records include correspondence, letterpress books, time books, invoices, account records, lumber orders, lumber reports, and railway waybills. The collection also includes the records of the Madison Southern Railway, owned by the West Yellow Pine Company.
Extent:
54.75 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], West Yellow Pine Lumber Company Records, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

The MSS 1-25 accession of the West Yellow Pine Lumber Company Records includes correspondence, letterpress books, time books, invoices and other financial records, lumber reports, railway waybills, and records of the Madison Southern Railway. The majority of the collection covers the 1900-1916 period. The MSS 1987-001 accession consists of letterpress books, record books, and several law firm record books. Some of these latter materials date from 1855.

Biographical / historical:

John W. West, of Valdosta, Georgia, with his brothers Eugene E. West and Abram Hunter West, owned the West Yellow Pine Lumber Company, in addition to various merchandising, lumbering, and turpentine manufacturing enterprises in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas. Based at Olympia, in Lowndes County, Georgia, the West Yellow Pine Lumber Company consisted of a lumber mill and a store (possibly a company store). These records indicate that they also incorporated a railway, the Madison Southern Railway.

Acquisition information:
The MSS 1-25 accession of The West Yellow Pine Lumber Company Records was given to the Florida State University Libraries by the Madison County (Florida) Historical Society in 1972. According to a letter from the late Tallahassee author Clifton Paisley to N. Orwin Rush, former Director of FSU Libraries (October 11, 1972), these materials were also known as the Colin P. Kelly, Sr. lumber records, since Mr. Kelly was an owner of the West Yellow Pine Lumber Company. Mr. Kelly's daughter, Mrs. Emma K. Howerton, who lived in Madison, originally gave the records to the Madison Historical Society. The MSS 1987-1 accession was given to the Florida State University Libraries and its donor is unknown.
Processing information:

Special Collections Department staff processed the MSS 1-25 accession in 1982 and the MSS 1987-1 in April 1987.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean of Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], West Yellow Pine Lumber Company Records, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA