Howard Hanlon Collection

The Howard Hanlon digital collection is a collection of selected digitized materials from the Howard Hanlon collection. Howard Hanlon, lumberman, manufacturer, and author, primarily assembled for his book Delta Harvest (1966), a semi-fictional account of the hardwood forests and logging industries of the lower Mississippi River Valley. This digital collection includes correspondence for Hanlon's research for Delta Harvest.

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Building

Unidentified building (sawmill?), undated.
Company Store

Company store at Sondheimer (Louisiana), typical of many company stores, undated.
Five Mule Team

5 mule team logging at W. A. Ransom Lumber Co. near Grenada, Mississippi, undated.
Four Men with Logs

Earl Robb and Frank Turner with load of logs on flat car near Friar's Point, Mississippi destined for sawmill at Leland, Mississippi, undated.
Four Men with Logs

Large cottonwood logs from Friar's Point on flat car at Turner-Farber-Love mill in Leland, Miss. Frank Turner, center and Earl Robb, right.
Logging Train

Logging train of Tendal Lumber Company, Waverly, Louisiana. Hister geared locomotive, undated.
Lumber Company Records

List of lumber companies in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Man in Forest

Red gumties cut from trees 10'' to 12'' DBH (Diameter Breast Height) averaging 45 years of age. In preparation for a dummy railroad, undated.
Ox Train

Ox hauled train of logs, undated.
Spur Track

Spur track for logging of the Panther Burn tract, Sharkey County, Mississippi, undated.
Steamer "Mississippi"

Steamer "Mississippi," undated.
Steam Log Loader

Steam log loader and crew. Panther Burn operation of Turner-Farber-Love, undated.
Two Men and Log

Earl Robb, left; Frank Turner, right, with swell butted log on flat car, undated.
Hanlon and Man

Howard Hanlon with ?, Odessa, New York, 1966.
Log Barge

Barge of logs and pulpwood on river, 1964.
Zack Bragg Interview and Questionaire

Howard Hanlon

Zack Bragg questionaire filled in by Howard Hanlon, together with Carl L. White, Sr. interview.
Plantation Construction Speech

Speech presented by Shirley Taylor (possibly Horace F.?), Buffalo, New York, before "The Uncommon Council" at the University Club, February 18, 1954, concerning the erection and operation of the "Merigold Sawmill" by the Taylor and Crate Company.
Lumber Company Reports

Anderson-Tully Lumber Company.

Reports of Anderson-Tully Lumber Company.
Log Raft

Raft of logs for Carl White's mill at Arkansas City, 1926.
Cypress Brake

Cypress brake near Rayville, Louisiana. Logged sometime prior to 1924. During the fall and winter of 1924 the swamp dried up and fire swept through it. The picture shows what is left in 1925.
Three Men with Two Logs

Two logs at Sondheimer Mill about 1915.
Dr. B. C. Abernathy

Dr. B. C. Abernathy in his office at the Sondheimer Lumber Company (La.) about 1910.
Sunday Excursion

Sunday excursion on the ""Kate Adams"", 1909. Elizabeth Bowen 3rd from bottom and John H. Bowen, 2nd from top.
Six Men by Logs

Circular or ground mill at Bessie, Mississippi about 1906. End of Spur line of Illinois Central out from Lambert, Miss. near Chancy, Miss. Frank Conkling second from right.
National Hardwood Lumber Association Member List

List of Members of the National Hardwood Lumber Association in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.