Anderson Lumber Company records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains supply catalogs and ordering information for suppliers of Anderson Lumber Company between 1942 and 1946. Additionally, the collection contains several items from the War Production Board issued in 1942 and 1943, including information on restrictions of building supplies and war time residential construction manuals.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-1946
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Anderson Lumber Company records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Biographical Note
Anderson Lumber Company was founded in 1890 by Anthon Anderson. Anderson was a first generation immigrant from Norway, and was a prominent citizen of Logan, serving as the city's eleventh mayor. During the first century of the company's history, Anderson Lumber expanded from a single yard in Logan to multiple yards in Utah and Idaho and purchased supplies from companies across the United States.
During the Second World War, Anderson Lumber was involved in wartime construction projects including building pre-fabricated homes for workers at the Dragerton, Utah Defense Plant Company. Despite restrictions on construction supplies during the war, Anderson Lumber was able to increase business and used much of the profits gained during this period to establish insurance plans and pensions for company employees.
Source: Anderson Lumber Co. at 90 Years. Logan, UT., 1980.
Extent
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
Abstract
Contains supply catalogs and ordering information for suppliers of Anderson Lumber Company between 1942 and 1946, and several items from the War Production Board issued in 1942 and 1943.
Arrangement
Arranged into one box and three folders.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was discovered by Virginia Parker in a binder containing material mixed with the catalog collection (Book Coll 58).
Processing Information
Processed in March of 2010.
- Title
- Guide to the Anderson Lumber Company records 1942-1946
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Jaclyn Beazer/Kara Parker
- Date
- ©2011
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu