Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Creator: Lampson Lumber Company Extent: 2.5 inches (ca. 40 items, including 3 vols.) Description: The company was incorporated in 1902 and closed in 1971. The collection contains minutes (1 v., 1865-1903) of lumber dealers' meetings; photographs, notebooks, licenses, contracts, and other miscellaneous items. The Lampson firm was an outgrowth of the W.A. Beckley Company, located on the site of the Benedict Arnold House. The company supplied building materials to Yale University as it was expanding in the early 20th century. Research Topics: Lumber and construction business in New Haven; Benedict Arnold House