Allison Lumber Company Collection Evan F. Allison (1865 - 1937). In the management of his lands he led the way in Alabama to profitable forest conservation through selective tree cutting and reforestation. He restored species of wildlife indigenous to the area and taught methods for their conservation. - Alabama Hall of Fame, 1961. Although born to a family of limited resources, Evan Allison, with Steve Smith, and a third partner, R.C. Derby (also of Sumter County), established the Allison Lumber Company at Bellamy, AL in 1899. Bellamy was founded as a sawmill town. It was home to Sumter County’s first hospital which was established by the Allison Lumber Company. In 1903, the lumber company built a small frame structure near the site of the hospital to be used as a school (and a church on Sundays). Allison Lumber hired and paid the teachers. Over many decades, Mr. Allison guided the company to a position of leadership in the pine and hardwood industries. He was widely respected and solicited to run for Governor, but he declined. He gained control of wide timber interests and took an active part in the economic development of the state. This collection provides excellent documentation about how a successful business was run in the rural South during the nineteen twenties; banking; job applications; correspondence with the most influential people in the state; World War I restrictions on businesses; the fight to establish wildlife conservation; social customs including the hosting of the elaborate annual hunt – a combination of politics and recreation. Collection Span: Bulk of materials from 1917 - 1927 (History and 2 postcards from the 1960s.) (Cancelled checks from 1898 - 1938.) Size: 2 cu. ft. Location: Archives Box 1 Folder 1: Financial Matters 4th quarter 1917 – 4th quarter 1918 Item 1: Letter to Mr. Allison from First National Bank, Meridian MS crediting acct. $141.81 10/27/17. Item 2: Ledger paper from Friedman & Hasson Cotton. 10/27/17. Item 3: Letter from First National Bank to Mr. E.F. Allison re: sale one bale cotton. 11/1/17. 3a: Attached ledger paper from Friedman & Hasson Cotton. 11/1/17. Item 4: Postcard from First National Bank crediting $580.30. 11/10/17 Item 5: Envelope with 2 cancelled notes attached payable to S.T. Jones: one for $1,487.50 and one for $3,541.67. 11/20/17. Item 6: Letter from First National Bank to Mr. E.F. Allison re: renewal $7,000.00 note.. 11/24/17. 6a: Attached cancelled promise to pay note for $7,000. Item 7: Copy of letter from First National Bank to Mr. E. F. Allison. 11/24/17. Item 8: Letter from Asst. cashier to Mr. E. F. Allison re: renewal of note. 12/7/17. 8a: Attached copy of letter. 8b: Attached cancelled note for $6,500.00. Item 9: Postcard to Mr. E. F. Allison from First National Bank. 12/14/17. Item 10: Quarterly statement from First National Bank, Meridian MS. Jan – Mar/no year given Item 11: Quarterly statement from First National Bank Mar- Jun/ no year given. Item 12: Quarterly statement from First National Bank Sep – Dec/ no year given. Item 13: Correspondence from Mr. Allison to First National Bank re: check for $108.00 1/10/18. Item 14: Correspondence from Mr. Allison to First National Bank requesting bank statement. 1/10/18. Item 15: Postcard from First National Bank to Mr. E. F. Allison crediting $108. 1/12/18. Item 16: Letter from Mr. Allison to First National Bank re: check for $16,000. 1/15/18. Item 17: Letter from Asst. Cashier to Mr. E.F. Allison re: deposit and cancelled note. 1/16/18. 17a: Attached cancelled note for $7,000. 17b: Attached copy of letter. Item 18: Correspondence to First National Bank from Mr. Allison re: check for $1,200. 2/14/18. Item 19: Letter from First National Bank to Allison Lbr. Co. re: W.R. Christopher & Co.3/9/18. 19a: Attached note to First National Bank from Mr. Allison re: W.R. Christopher & Co. 3/11/18. Item 20: Letter to First National Bank from Mr. Allison re: Anniston Hide & Tallow Co. 3/20/18. Item 21: Letter to First National Bank from Mr. Allison requesting statement of account. 3/20/18. Item 22: Letter to Mr. E. F. Allison from Lew Carter, Asst. Cashier, re: account. 3/21/18. Item 23: Letter and draft for $6,500 to Mr. E.F. Allison from The First National Bank of Meridian from A. D. Simpson, Vice-President & Cashier of bank. March 22, 1918. Item 24: Copy of letter from Vice-President of 1st National Bank, Meridian MS to Mr. E. F. Allison. March 22, 1918. Item 25: Correspondence to First National Bank from Mr. Allison re: check from Foust-Yarnell Stock Yards for $1957.15. 4/1/18. Item 26: Postcard to Mr. E.F. Allison from First National Bank crediting $1957.15 4/2/18. Item 27: Letter to Allison Lumber Co. from A.D. Simpson re: the Third Liberty Loan Issue 4/17/18. 27a: Attached response from Mr. Allison. 4/19/18. Item 28: “Dear Sir” letter from A.D. Simpson re: regarding two trade letters on the basic subjects of business. n.d. 28a: Attached letter to Mr. E. F. Allison from A.D. Simpson re: Third Liberty Loan. 4/22/18. 28b: Attached letter from Mr. Allison to Mr. A.D. Simpson re: Third Liberty Loan. 4/27/18. Item 29: Letter to Mr. E.F. Allison re: Sumter County and Third Liberty Loan Act. 4/27/18. Item 30: Correspondence to First National Bank from Mr. Allison re: the account of W.R. Christopher. 4/30/18. Item 31: Letter to Mr. E.F. Allison re: request for statement of account of W.R. Christopher. 5/1/18. 31a: Attached bank statement for W. R. Christopher from First National Bank. Item 32: Letter to Mr. E.F. Allison from A.D. Simpson re: note for$ 40,000. 5/9/18. Item 33: Letter to Mr. E.F. Allison from A.D. Simpson re: Big Sandy Lumber Co. account. 6/6/18. 33a: Attached reply from Mr. Allison. 6/12/18. Item 34: Letter to Allison Lumber Co from Lew Carter re: $12,000 credit to Charles H. McAllister. 8/20/18. 34a: Attached reply from Mr. Allison. 8/22/18. Item 35: Letter to Mr. E.F. Allison from A.D. Simpson re: $85,000 note for the Forest Creek Lbr & Mfg. Co. 8/28/18. 35a: Attached reply correspondence to Mr. Simpson from Mr. Allison. 8/29/18. Item 36: Correspondence from Mr. Allison to First National Bank re: deposit $10.00. 9/10/18. Item 37: Letter from A.D. Simpson to Mr. E.F. Allison re: notes for $1,275 & $3,541.67. 10/2/18. 37a: Attached note for $3,541.67. 37b: Attached note for $1,275.00. Item 38: Letter from Mr. Allison to First National Bank re: Foster Creek Lumber & Mfg. 10/9/18. Item 39: Letter from A.D. Simpson to Mr. E.F. Allison re: Foster Creek Lumber & Mfg. 10/11/18. Item 40: Letter from A.D. Simpson to Mr. E.F. Allison re; rec’d ck for $8,500. 10/17/18. 40a: Attached letter from A.D. Simpson to Mr. E.F. Allison re: Foster Creek Lumber debt. 10/11/18. 40b: Attached letter from A.D. Simpson to Mr. E.F. Allison re; farm lands for returning soldiers. 10/18/18. Item 41: Letter from Mr. Allison to A.D. Simpson, First National Bank.10/22/18. Item 42: Letter from Mr. Allison to First National Bank re: Baker case. 10/25/18 42a: Attached letter from E. J. Young to Mr. Allison. 10/22/18. Item 43: Correspondence from Mr. Allison to First National Bank re: deposit $2,308.76. 10/25/18 Item 44: Correspondence from Mr. Allison to First National Bank re: deposit $500. 10/26/18 Item 45: Postcard to Mr. E.F. Allison from First National Bank crediting $500. 10/28/18. Item 46: Letter from A.D. Simpson to Mr. E.F. Allison. 10/30/18. Folder 2: Annual Hunt at Buck Horn Lodge, Bellamy, Ala. November 22, 1923 Item 1: Business card from E. C. Melvin, President, Selma National Bank Item 2: Letter from Carl Hill to Mr. Allison regretting he cannot attend the hunt. n.d. Item 3: Letter from Dr. J. D. S. Davis to Mr. Allison accepting invitation to the hunt. n.d. Item 4: Letter from Champ Pickens to Mr. Allison unable to attend hunt. n.d. Item 5: Letter from Max Rogers to Mr. Allison regretting unable to attend. Tuesday. n.d. Item 6: R.A. Allison Jr.’s List for 1923 Hunt. n.d. Item 7: Miss Dorothy Helen Allison’s List for 1923 Hunt. Item 8: Letter from Hugh Morrow, Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co., to Mr. Allison asking for invitations for the President of the United States Cast Iron Pipe Co in Philadelphia; the Vice- President and Director of Purchases of the American Radiator Co.in Buffalo, N.Y. ; Governor Brandon and Hon. L. A. Boyd; Mr. Pevear, President of the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co.; and Mr. W. M. Mitchell, General Superintendent of Transportation of the Southern Railway Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio. 10/11/23. Item 8a: Attached reply from Mr. Allison to Mr. Hugh Morrow. 10/15/23. Item 9: Letter from John A. Rogers, President, State Highway Commission, to Hon.