Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives
William Bonifas Lumber Company records
MSS-136
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives
- Creator
- William Bonifas Lumber Co. (Garden, Mich.).
- Title
- William Bonifas Lumber Company records
- ID
- MSS-136
- Date [inclusive]
- 1910-1936
- Extent
- 2.0 Cubic feet
- Language
Preferred Citation note
[Identification of item], in the William Bonifas Lumber Company records, MSS-136, Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives, Northern Michigan University.
Biographical note
William Bonifas immigrated to the United States from Luxembourg. In 1910, he purchased several thousand acres of timberland north of Watersmeet, Michigan, and founded the company town of Bonifas. The town housed 200 people in twenty-five buildings, and the William Bonifas Lumber Company employed 350 people in several logging camps from approximately 1916 to 1932.
Scope and Contents note
This collection features four ledgers from the William Bonifas Lumber Company. Each ledger contains information about lumber lands with land descriptions, jobbers, and various accounts. Although the writing is at times difficult to read, this collection can be useful to someone researching local and/or Upper Peninsula lumbering. The ledgers date from 1910 to 1936.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives 6/11/2010
Harden Learning Resources Center 1261401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette, Michigan, 49855
906-227-1225
archives@nmu.edu
Revision Description
6/11/2010
Conditions Governing Access note
No restrictions. Open for research.
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Forest products industry--Michigan--Marquette County--History.
- Lumber trade--Michigan--Upper Peninsula.
- Lumbering--Michigan--Upper Peninsula.
Bibliography
Karamanski, Theodore J., Deep woods frontier: a history of logging in northern Michigan, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1989.
Karamanski, Theodore J., Deep woods frontier: a history of logging in northern Michigan, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1989.
Collection Inventory
2 ledgers |
Box 3-4-4 |
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William Bonifas Lumber Company, ledger 1910-1936 |
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William Bonifas Lumber Company, ledger 1916-1919 |
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2 ledgersScope and Contents note |
Box 3-4-5 |
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William Bonifas Lumber Company, ledger 1918-1927 |
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William Bonifas Lumber Company, ledger 1916-1932 |
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