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Box 1

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

Two page manuscript document titled "Plano de la PenĂ­nsula Occidental de Zapata", 1920s

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: 1920s

Agreement between Demostene L. Casa and the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. Notarized by Hattie Stein of Charleston, West Virginia, 1924 September 12

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: 1924 September 12

Sale contract for 100,000 railway ties; includes specifications and instructions sheet, 1925 January 23

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: 1925 January 23

Letter written by M. J. Putnam to Alfonzo Benyno of Trinidad, Cuba, introducing Francis Keith Holmested, and also telling Benyno that Holmested will be coming to make payment to him, 1925 June 18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: 1925 June 18

Letter written by M. J. Putnam to Carlos Costillo of Trinidad, Cuba, introducing Francis Keith Holmested, secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation, 1925 June 18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: 1925 June 18

Letter written by M. J. Putnam to L. R. Layne of Havana, Cuba, introducing Francis Keith Holmested who, along with other associates, has purchased all of their timber holdings near Trinidad, Cuba, 1925 June 18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: 1925 June 18

Letter written by M. J. Putnam to W. R. Harrison of Trinidad, Cuba. Putnam tells Harrison that all of the holdings of the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation have been sold to F. K. Holmested, Brown Lewis, and A. M. Belcher, of Charleston, West Virginia and introduces Holmested to Harrison, 1925 June 18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: 1925 June 18

One-page manuscript document, written and signed by Demostene L. Casa and witnessed by Brown Lewis, 1925 August 29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: 1925 August 29

Letter written by A. M. Belcher to Keith Brown from the Ritz Hotel in Havana, Cuba. Belcher lets his partner know that he has been busy researching the "lumber situation" in Cuba, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: undated

Letter written by Brown Lewis to Francis Keith Holmested, telling Holmested what he needs to do on his arrival in Cuba, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content From the Collection:

The collection houses 12 letters and documents, a map, and one photograph, all dating from the 1920s. The letters and documents record business transactions related to the Cuban-American Land and Lumber Corporation. One of the documents includes a land survey with a description in Spanish of the topography of the western side of the Zapata peninsula in Cuba. The map depicts the Cuba Railroad, and the photograph shows men working with concrete forms with palm trees in the background.

Dates: undated