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Summary Information
Connor Lumber and Land Company Records
1872-1982
- Connor Lumber and Land Company (Laona, Wis.)
Mss 815; AD 964; CC 097-CC 100; EA 071; VBB 243; VBC 260-VBC 261;
VFA 041; VHB 475-VHB 476
65.0 cubic feet (51 archives boxes, 3 record center cartons, 9 flat
boxes, and 134 oversize volumes), 6 reels of film and 6 video recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records, 1872-1982, of a lumber and lumber products business in northeastern
Wisconsin and in the upper peninsula of Michigan, founded by Robert Connor and continued by
his descendants, and of related companies and subsidiaries. Included are the records of the
Connor Lumber and Land Company, Connor Forest Industries, and the R. Connor Company; and
business and personal correspondence of family members and company executives William D.
Connor Sr.; William D. Connor Jr.; Gordon R. Connor; and Richard M. Connor. Prominent
correspondents include Robert M. La Follette Jr., Irvine L. Lenroot, Joshua Johns, Melvin
Laird Sr., Dean Witter, Lew Sarett, and the Land O'Lakes Association. Documented are land
and legal matters concerning the Forest Crop Act of 1927; depression-era business
activities, reflected in the 77-B bankruptcy files of the R. Connor Company; an organizing
struggle in the late 1930s between the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (AFL)
and the International Woodworkers of America (CIO); a 1938 strike; and the 1940 National
Labor Relations Board election. Material on the Connor family, as well as the related Brown,
Roddis, Laird, Modrall, Rhyner, and Witter families, is included.
English
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