The collection pertains primarily to the period 1892-1920, during part of which time the company was the largest hardwood company in Pennsylvania, operating mills at Keatting Summit, Galeton, and Austin, Pennsylvania and Danby, Vermont. The correspondence files provide a wealth of information regarding all aspects of the lumbering industry. Founded by William L. Sykes and William Caflisch, the company was controlled by members of the Sykes family until its dissolution in 1972.

Included among the company's correspondence after 1940 is a great deal of material relating to the leasing of gas and oil rights, correspondence concerning Sykes family holdings in the Embreeville Timber Company (Tennessee), and other family interests. Though almost exclusively the records of the Emporium Lumber Company, the collection does contain references to the Emporium Forestry Company, which was chartered in 1912 to allow operations in New York State. The Emporium Forestry Company dissolved in 1950 and its assets were transferred to the Emporium Lumber Company.

• Journal, 1949-1959. (1 volume) {#244m.1}
• Ledgers, 1903-1950. (11 volumes) {#244m.2}
• Account Books, 1883-1971. (9 volumes) {#244m.3}
• Bank Book, Keating Summit, 1901-1906. (1 volume) {#244m.4}
• Cash Book, Galeton, 1923. (1 volume) {#244m.5}
• Check Record Books, 1914-1950. (2 loose volume) {#244m.6}
• Check Stubs, 1913-1961. (3 volumes) {#244m.7}
• General Accounts, 1889-1891, 1897-1955, 1958, 1959, 1962, undated. (4 cartons, 1 folder) {#244m.8}
• Insurance Register, 1950. (1 folder) {#244m.9}
• Insurance Schedule, undated. (1 folder) {#244m.10}
• Lumber Shipment Book, 1916-1923. (1 loose volume) {#244m.11}
• Mortgage Payment Book, Rutland, Vermont, 1906-1926. (1 loose volume) {#244m.12}
• Promissory Notes, 1891-1911, 1930. (1 folder) {#244m.13}
• Rent Book, 1942-1950. (1 volume) {#244m.14}
• Taxes, 1903-1964. (29 folders) {#244m.15}
• Time Books, 1914, 1918. (2 volumes) {#244m.16}
  

• Incorporation Papers and Histories, 1892, undated. (1 folder) {#244m.17}
• Deeds and Agreements, 1892-1968, undated. (29 folders) {#244m.18}
• Briefs, Vermont Lands, undated. (1 folder) {#244m.19}
• Board of Directors Meetings, 1904, 1911-1913, 1916. (1 folder) {#244m.20}
• Stockholders Meetings, 1909, 1913-1940, undated. (6 folders) {#244m.21}
• Foreman's Meetings, 1911-1917. (1 folder) {#244m.22}
• Boiler Inspections, 1911-1920. (3 folders) {#244m.23}

• Sykes & Caflisch Company, 1883, 1897-1899. (2 folders) {#244m.24}
• Buffalo, New York, Sales and Branch Office, 1897-1913. (10 cartons, 20 folders) {#244m.25}
• Keating Summit, Pennsylvania, Main Office, 1897-1914. (5 cartons) {#244m.26}
• Galeton, Pennsylvania, Main Office, 1899-1917. (8 cartons) {#244m.27}
• Faust, New York, Main Office, 1911, 1912. (1 carton) {#244m.28}
• Conifer, New York, Main Office, 1913-1949. (8 cartons) {#244m.29}
• Utica, New York, General Office, 1921-1923. (1 carton) {#244m.30}
• Cranberry Lake, New York, Main Office, 1950-1970, undated. (2 cartons, 12 folder) {#244m.31}

• Maps and Blueprints, 1903-1961. (1 carton, 1 box, 1 roll) {#244m.32}

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