Inventory of the Milton Lockwood Papers, 1916 – 1951
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: Milton K. Lockwood was a forest engineer. Lockwood participated in a two month timber and engineering investigation in the Mexican states of Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, and Chiapas from December 1926 to January 1927. The Ralph R. Langley Company sponsored the trip in order for Lockwood to estimate the quantity, quality and value of hardwood timber tracts on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
The collection includes materials chiefly related to Milton Lockwood's timber and engineering investigation in the Mexican states of Vera Cruz, Oaxaza, and Chiapas. Materials include a photograph album and 234 loose black-and-white photographs and postcards documenting the expedition to Mexico; log book that Lockwood titled "Investigation Timber on Isthmus of Tehuantepec in States of Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico, December 1926"; reports, correspondence, and maps related to the Lockwood Expedition, Ralph R. Langley Company timber in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and Tidal Oil Company properties in Oxaca and Vera Cruz; mixed correspondence; and other materials.
Title: Milton Lockwood Papers, 1916 - 1951(bulk 1926-1927)
Creator: Lockwood, Milton
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 2892
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 0.5 linear feet (1 archival box)
Biographical Note
Milton K. Lockwood was a forest engineer. Lockwood participated in a two month timber and engineering investigation in the Mexican states of Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, and Chiapas from December 1926 to January 1927. The Ralph R. Langley Company sponsored the trip in order for Lockwood to estimate the quantity, quality and value of hardwood timber tracts on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Collection Overview
The collection includes materials chiefly related to Milton Lockwood's timber and engineering investigation in the Mexican states of Vera Cruz, Oaxaza, and Chiapas. Materials include a photograph album and 234 loose black-and-white photographs and postcards documenting the expedition to Mexico; log book that Lockwood titled "Investigation Timber on Isthmus of Tehuantepec in States of Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico, December 1926"; reports, correspondence, and maps related to the Lockwood Expedition, 1926-1927, Ralph R. Langley Company timber in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and Tidal Oil Company properties in Oxaca and Vera Cruz; mixed correspondence; and other materials.
Collection Arrangement
- Expedition to Mexico, 1916-1951
Subject Headings
- Chiapas (Mexico) -- Description and travel
- Forests and forestry -- Mexico -- Photographs
- Lockwood, Milton
- Logging -- Mexico -- Photographs
- Lumber trade -- Mexico
- Mexico -- Photographs
- Oaxaca (Mexico : State) -- Description and travel
- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of (Mexico) -- Description and travel
- Timber -- Valuation -- Mexico
- Timber -- Valuation -- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of (Mexico)
- Veracruz-Llave (Mexico : State) -- Description and travel
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Expedition to Mexico, 1916-1951.
- Notebook N-2892/1
Log Book: "Investigation Timber on Isthmus of Tehuantepec in States of Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico, December 1926" - Image P-2892/1-234
Photographs and Postcards: Mexico, circa 1926-1927- Includes 234 undated black-and-white photographs and postcards depicting individuals, activities, and landscapes during the expedition to Mexico.
- Photo Album PA-2892/1
Photograph Album, circa 1926-1927- Includes black-and-white photographs depicting individuals, activities, and landscapes during the expedition to Mexico.
- Folder 1
Correspondence, Identification Paper, and Other Materials, 1919-1951 - Folder 2
Reports, 1926-1927 and undated- Includes reports to conditions in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and Tidal Oil Company properties in Oxaca and Vera Cruz.
- Folder 3
Maps: Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico - Folder 4
Newspaper Clippings, 1916 and 1940
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Milton Lockwood Papers, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Processing Information
Processed by Amanda Ross, June 2009
Encoded by Amanda Ross, June 2009
Funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission supported the encoding of this finding aid. Support for digitization and outreach provided by the Alvin J. Huss Endowment.
