Judge Leon Ford III


Archival Collection: Forestry


Box 1: Forestry:

FOLDER

1. American Lumberman Table of Contents Index - 6 items

2. American Lumbermen A-H - 24 items

3. American Lumbermen I-Z - 23 items

4. American Lumbermen List of Logging Railroads and Sawmill Electric Lighting Plants of MS and LA 1906,1910 and 1907 Kentwood and Eastern Railroad Schedule - 6 items

5. Crossett Story: Beginning of Forestry in Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana. Locomotive Quarterly Vol. IV No. 2. Letter to Forest from Ethel Boagni. - 4 items

6. Some Historical and Geographical Notes on the Cypress Lumbering Industry in Louisiana by Ervin Mancil - 1 item

7. American Lumberman (xerox copies of 1908 issues) from Clark Forrest - 99 items

8. American Lumberman notes from 1906-1907 issues - 263 items

Box 2: Forestry:

FOLDER

1. Forests and People, Second Quarter, 1961 - 1 item

2. Forests and People, Golden Anniversary, Louisiana Forestry, 1963 (2 copies) - 2 items

3. Forests and People, Fourth Quarter, 1969 - 1 item

4. Forests and People, First Quarter, 1971 (2 copies) - 2 items

5. Forests and People, Second Quarter, 1971 (2 copies) - 2 items

6. Forests and People, First Quarter, 1973 - 1 item

7. North American Forest History: A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States and Canada by Richard Davis, Oral History Interview of Marc Fleishel by Elwood Maunder, Louisiana Forest Resources and Industries by R.K. Winters, B.B. Ward, Jr., and I.F. Eldredge, Lower Mississippi Valley Comprehensive Study Environmental Phase Forestry Aspects by Roy Odom (January 15, 1973), letter from Harold Steen to Clark Forrest, letter from Ronald Fahl to Ford, letter from Crown Zellerbach Manager of Environmental Services and Association Affairs Jeff Hughes to Clark Forrest, letter from Clark Forrest to Jeff Hughes, The Louisiana Forest Industry Its Economic Importance and Growth by Floyd L. Corty and Alden Main, January 1974, (only 3 pages), letter from Peter Main to Clark Forrest. - 10 items

8. " Early Development and Operation of Great Southern Lumber Company" by Michael Curtis dated May 4, 1971 - 22 items

9. Frank B. Coyne v. Genese Lumber Co., No. 980 - 21 items

10. Leatham & Smith v. J.B. Nalty et. als. - 1 item

11. Amos, Kent, & Brick Co. v. St. Helens Parish and Documents concerning property value income - 11 items

12. Bassfield Lumber Co. Research, conveyance Record No. 15, Walthall County, Miss, Trust Deed Record, Land No. 4, Walthall County, Miss. Trust Deed Record #7, Map of K&E to Hunter - 15 items

13. Real Estate Sales: hall to Woolver 1889, Woolver to Sanford 1889, Brumfield to Bridewell 1890, Stafford & Woolver to Bridewell & Co. 1890, Fairman to Bridewell & Co. 1890, Woolver to Bridewell & Co. 1891, Bridewell, McConnell and Osborne to Isabella 1892, Leo O. Bridwell buys interest 1892, Minnie Oswell buys interest 1892, Woolver to Osborne 1894, Osborne to Hudgeus 1896, E.U. Preston to Brenniler 1892. - 11 items

14. Natalbany Lumber Co. v. LA Tax commission - 10 items

15. Frank B. Tomas Info. - 1 item

16. The South Rapides Chronicle Vol.5, No. 2 article on the Louisiana Saw Mill - 1 item

17. Miscellaneous Logging Articles - 5 items

18. Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and Zona - 4 items

19. "Comfortable and Happy? Louisiana and Mississippi Lumber Workers, 1900-1950" by James Fickle, Opdenweyer Alcus Lumber Co., George Thomas, Steamboats of Livingston Parish, "Crunching Lumber numbers for Livingston Parish." - 7 items

Box 3: Forestry

FOLDER

1. Genesee Lumber Company Official Correspondence - 45 items

2. Legal Documents- Day Lumber and Brick Company/ American Lumber Company - 9 items

3. Handwritten Index- MOB Records- LA Lumber Companies - 44 items

4. Banner Lumber Co. Of Kentwood, LA Stock Certificates ( Blank) - 3 items

5. "A History of the Great Southern Lumber Co., 1902-1908 - 48 items

6. Transcript, Ford Interview with Amos Kent, 2/ 7/ 81, Natalbany Lumber Co. - 36 items

7. Livingston Parish Timber Articles - 9 items

8. Personal Interviews primarily regarding logging and railroad content - 50 items

9. History of Timber Industry Articles - 12 items

10. Clemons Sawmill Auction Material - 2 items

Box 4 : Forestry

1. American Lumberman’s List of Steam Logging Roads, 1906 - 222 items

2. Edward Hines Lumber Company and Timber Investment Publications - 9 items

3. Booklet, History of the Industrial Lumber Company - 44 items

4. Louisiana Timber Industry - History and Reports - 73 items

5. Timber Industry-Local-Notes and Articles - 157 items

6. Kent Family Deeds, late 1890s-early 1900s - 6 items

7. Amos Kent Lumber Company, Deed #933, 1896 - 4 items

8. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed # 929, 1900 - 3 items

9. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #932, 1901- 2 items

10. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #934, 1904 - 4 items

11. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed # 936, 1904 - 2 items

12. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #937, 1904 - 2 items

13. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #938, 1904 - 4 items

14. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #939, 1904 - 3 items

15. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #940, 1902 - 2 items

16. Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company Deed #942, 1903 - 2 items

Box 5: Forestry

1 Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company History - 105 items

2. Natalbany Lumber Company Records, 1926-1928 (Correspondence) - 45 items

3 . Natalbany Lumber Company + KG and SW - 27 items

4. Natalbany Lumber Company Deed #263-386, 1906 - 2 items

5. Natalbany Lumber Compnay Deed #1016, 1916 - 3 items

6. Natalbany Lumber Company Deed #1099, 1918 - 3 items

7. Natalbany Lumber Company Deed #1115, 1917 - 4 items

8. Easterling Lumber Company Deed #119, 1902 - 1item

9. Legal Documents, Leatham and Smith Lumber Company vs. J.B. Nalty et al., 1901 - 16 items

10. Legal Documents, Leatham and Smith Lumber Company vs. J.B. Nalty et al., 1901- 17 items

11. Legal Documents, Leatham and Smith Lumber Company vs. J.B. Nalty et al., 1901 - 18 items

12. Agriculture Misc. - 39 Items

13. Bird Notes - 33 Items

Box 6 - Forestry

1. Soil Regions Map and Book, history of La. History Commission Book, Hammond Lumber papers - 8 items

2. Timber, Equipment Information and Lumber Company Notes - 7 items

3. Handwritten notes

4. Five legal documents for the American Lumber Company vs. Day Lumber and Brick Company

5. 30 Handwritten notes

6. Entries from Hoffman's Shay list dated January, 22, 1999

7. Handwritten notes from Clark Forrest regarding the Banner Lumber Company, Ltd. of Tangipahoa Parish, dated November 24, 1999

8. Legal document regarding the Stimson Veneer and Lumber Co. Inc. - 23 June, 1923

9. Lumber sold to the American Lumber Co. by Day Lumber & Brick Co. from April 6, 1912 to August 6, 1912

10. 29 court documents pertaining to American Lumber Company and Day Lumber & Brick Company, November 12, 1912 - July 31, 1918

11. Supporting documents, letters, and telegrams pertaining to American Lumber Company and Day Lumber & Brick Company, 83 items

12. Correspondence to and from Genessee Lumber Company, 1906, 58 items

13. Page 8 from Northwestern Lumberman, 30 April, 1892

Box 7 - Forestry

1. Envelope to Mr. John B. Allen from C. W. Witbeck: List of lumber companies in Mississippi and Louisiana; List of Louisiana lumber and log companies

2. McCarroll Lumber Company File, Dispute of land in Tangipahoa Parish

3. Natalbany Lumber Company, Information from Larry Swofford, 152 items

4. K. G. & S. W., Information from Larry Swofford, 162 items