[PW] Re: Smith VanValkenburg & Company archives/papers

[Winters, Murl]

Another possible avenue is to check with the State Library of New York.
The list of State Administrative Officials, 2005, lists Ms. Janet M.
Welch, State Librarian & Assistant Commissioner for Libraries, State
Library, 10C34 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230 Ph:
(518)474-5930; Fax (518) 486.6880; E-mail: jwelch2 at mail.nysed.gov. The
Reference Desk telephone: (518) 474-5355; the Contact Us page:
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/refserv.htm . One of the staff should be able
to quickly tell you if records of the company are in any of their
archives.
Murl Winters
Assistant Library Director
Evangel University
Springfield, MO 65802

-----Original Message-----
From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org
[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Dennis Lien
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:44 AM
To: list at project-wombat.org
Subject: [PW] Re: Smith VanValkenburg & Company archives/papers

Negative evidence only: couldn't find anything in the RLIN
(RLG) database either, under any of the name variations.

We no longer subscribe to the ARCHIVES USA database, but if
someone on the list does, perhaps they could check that...

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien at umn.edu




At 05:50 PM 5/27/2006, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I apologize for duplication. I have already posted this question to
>both Business discussion lists, but have not received a reply.
>
>I have a patron whom is seeking the location of company papers &
>archives of the Smith VanValkenburg & Company (also referred to as
>Smith & VanValkenburg & Company, or with a comma following Smith, or
>with a space between: Van Valkenburg).  They were in the lumbering &
>logging industry between about 1867-1900, and were headquartered in
>New York state.  The company had major operations in the midwest,
>including East Tawas, Michigan.  As a service learning project, the
>student is working with East Tawas and county local history groups to
>develop an exhibit on this company and its role in the community.
>
>We have exhausted all  local & regional resources, WorldCat, all
>available History databases including full-text, and used numerous
>search engines.
>
>Your assistance is appreciated.
>
>thank you,
>
>Mike
>
>   Mike Strahan
>   Reference/Instruction Coordinator, and Library Distance Education
>Services Librarian
>   Olson Library
>Northern Michigan U.
>   mstrahan at nmu.edu  phone:2463  FAX: 1333
>
>_______________________________________________
>Project Wombat
>list at project-wombat.org
>http://www.project-wombat.org/

_______________________________________________
Project Wombat
list at project-wombat.org
http://www.project-wombat.org/