Summary Information Title: Arthur Temple, Jr. Business Papers Collection Number: 2004:014a Creator: Arthur Temple, Jr. Collection Dates: 1943-2006 Extent: 397 cubic feet (395 boxes, 9 artifacts, 2 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders) Language: English Collection Abstract: Arthur Temple, Jr. was a prominent East Texas businessman in the forest products industry. This collection consists of Temple’s business records documenting his career with Temple-Inland and its earlier incarnations, his service on numerous corporate boards, and his community service in the Diboll, Lufkin, and East Texas region. Repository: The History Center 102 N. Temple Diboll, TX, 75941 936-829-3543 http://www.thehistorycenteronline.com/ Author/Processing Information: Processed by Patsy Colbert, Emily E. Hyatt, and Louis Landers in July of 2005. Original folder list created in January of 2009. Revision History: Finding aid revised by Matt Gorzalski in November of 2010. An accretion was processed in October and Novemer of 2010 by Matt Gorzalski. An accretion of 1979-1980 files was processed by Matt Gorzalski in April 2012. Biographical/Historical Note: Arthur Temple, Jr. was born on April 8, 1920 to Arthur (1894-1951) and Katherine Sage Temple (1893- 1984) in Texarkana, Arkansas. He was the grandson of East Texas businessman Thomas Lewis Latané Temple, who founded the Southern Pine Lumber Company in 1893 in Diboll, Texas, and the Texas South- Eastern Railroad in 1900. Temple had one sister, Ann Whitney Temple Allen (1917-2007). On April 20, 1939 he married Mary McQuiston (b. 1919) and had two children, Charlotte Ann Temple, born on Arthur Temple, Jr. Business Papers The History Center, Diboll, TX Page 1 of 231 February 7, 1940, and Arthur “Buddy” Temple III, born on February 26, 1942. His second marriage was to Lottie Dean Wimp (1927-2002) on September 4, 1963. After her death in 2002, Temple married a third time to Ann Mayo Shands Temple. He died on April 12, 2006. Temple began his career with the family business upon leaving the University of Texas at the age of 18 to work as a bookkeeper at the Paris, Texas retail lumber yard. He later transferred to the Lufkin yard, becoming manager in 1941, and made it the most profitable retail yard in the family business. In 1948 he became executive vice president and manager of Southern Pine Lumber Company in Diboll. After his father died in 1951, Temple became president and chief executive officer, embarking on a rapid course of plant expansion and modernization. His endeavors resulted in the growth and diversification of Southern Pine Lumber Company into Temple Industries in 1963, which became Temple-Eastex after being purchased by Time, Inc. in 1973. In 1972 he was named Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, a title he held until his retirement in 1983. That same year, Time spun off Temple- Eastex and the Inland Container Corporation forming Temple-Inland, Inc. Among his early progressive ideas were hiring university-trained foresters and engineers, pioneering wood fiber and engineered wood technologies, engaging in mortgage finance and banking, and acquiring company airplanes. He was also concerned with environmental issues relating to forestry, setting high standards for perpetual forests, and was the first major industry leader to support the creation of the Big Thicket National Reserve. His initiatives also transformed the rustic company town of Diboll into a modern city with an elected government and award winning public services, including libraries, schools, and parks. From 1962-2000, he was chairman of the board of the T. L. L. Temple Foundation, awarding more than $250 million to educational, cultural, and health projects throughout East Texas. Temple’s business interests were not limited to one industry, however, and at one time he was the president, vice president, chairman of the board, director, or advisory director of such varied businesses as Sabine Investment Corp., Temple Associates, Texas Gypsum Company, Topaz Oil Company, Lumberman’s Investment Company, Angelina Free Press, Diboll Housing Foundation, Time, Inc., Wheelabrator-Frye, NAVARO, Diboll State Bank, First Bank and Trust, Pineland State Bank, Love Wood Products, and many others. He was also a partial owner of the Dallas Cowboys during the 1980s. Collection Scope and Content: The Arthur Temple, Jr. Papers span the years 1943 to 2006, with the bulk of the material from 1960- 1978. The bulk of the content is characterized as correspondence. Though everything within this correspondence series is not strictly “correspondence” it is apparent from its original order that these were office files containing documents received by Arthur Temple’s office, meant for his notice, or documents that were produced by Arthur Temple’s office to be sent to others. The term correspondence is used to encompass all documents received in his office and filed alphabetically by subject. Though this is a broad term, it appears this is how office personnel classified all documents the office received. Since this arrangement is fairly logical and also a common system in corporate offices, the original arrangement has been maintained as much as logically possible. Most of this correspondence is business related, with an occasional personal file in among the papers, but since so much of Arthur Temple’s personal life revolved around his company, even personal notes to family members and friends detailing local news, family news, gatherings, and hunting trips contain valuable insights into the workings of this family owned company. Other series include Financial Documents, Paid Bills, and Reports spanning roughly the same time period. Arthur Temple, Jr. Business Papers The History Center, Diboll, TX Page 2 of 231 Arrangement: This collection has been arranged and described at the collection level. The correspondence is organized chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year. The records are maintaned in original filing order as kept by Arthur Temple in his office. Due to inconsistencies in original order, some sections – mainly at the beginning, are arranged in a several year span. This inconsistency is only maintained when the archivist deemed that changing original order would be too disruptive to the intellectual control of the materials. Researchers should work closely with staff to ensure that all pertinent sources are consulted. Subject Terms: Topics • Banks and banking -- United States • Banks and banking -- Texas, East • Businessmen -- Texas, East • Lumber trade -- Texas, East • Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Texas, East • Forests and forestry -- Texas, East • Forest products industry -- Texas, East • Radio -- Texas, East • Railroads -- Texas, East • Sawmills -- Texas, East • Particle board industry -- Texas, East • Fiberboard industry -- Texas, East Corporate Names • Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc. • Angelina County Lumber Company • Chappaqua Oil Corporation • Dallas Cowboys (Football team) • Deep East Texas Development Association • Duke University. School of Forestry • Exeter Investment Company • Inland Container Corporation • Great American Reserve Insurance Company • Great Texas Lumber Company • Gulf States Utilities Company • Henley Group, Inc. • Henley Manufacturing Corporation • Inland Container Corporation • Lake Air Development Company • Love Wood Products Company • Lumbermen’s Investment Corporation • Mark Resources Corporation • National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.) • National Lumber Manufacturers Association • National Park Foundation • Republic of Texas Corporation Arthur Temple, Jr. Business Papers The History Center, Diboll, TX Page 3 of 231 • Sabine Investment Company of Texas, Inc. • Scotch Investment Company • Southern Forest Products Association (U.S.) • Southern Pine Lumber Company • Southern Pine Association • Southern Pine Plywood Company • Southwest Forest Industries, Inc. • Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc. • Temple Associates, Inc. • Temple Industries • Temple-Inland Inc. • Temple-Eastex, Inc. • Temple Lumber Company • Temple Cotton Oil Company • Temple Gypsum, Inc. • Temple-White Company, Inc. • Texas Lumber Manufacturers’ Association • Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company • Time, Inc. • T. L. L. Temple Foundation • United States Plywood-Champion Papers Inc. • Wheelabrator-Frye, Inc. • White Weld & Company Personal Names • Temple, Arthur, Jr., 1920-2006 • Temple, Arthur, 1894-1951 • Temple, Buddy, 1942- • Temple, Latané (Thomas Lewis Latané III), 1914-1997 • Denman, Joe C., Jr. • Durham, Jake, 1909-1960 • Thompson, Clyde • Leach, Phillip • Klein, Irving R. • Grum, Clifford J. • Nokes, George • Samford, Gene • Stubblefield, Horace G. • Wilson, Charles, 1933-2010 • Wood, Lowell Genres • Business records • Financial statements • Photographs • Legal documents • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) • Press releases Arthur Temple, Jr. Business Papers The History Center, Diboll, TX Page 4 of 231 Locations • Angelina County (Tex.) • Diboll (Tex.) • Lufkin (Tex.) • Pineland (Tex.) • Texarkana (Ark.) Access and Use Access Restrictions: Portions restricted per 42 U. S. C. 408(a)(8). Acquisition Information: The 1996:009 accession is the earliest accession number associated with this collection, when the T. L. L. Temple Memorial Archives moved some to offsite storage and kept some in the commissary. However, it is unclear which records are associated with that number. The 2004:014 accession reflects the bulk of this collecion and was transferred from the Southern Pine Lumber