Scope and Contents

The collection consists of business records, financial records, correspondence, oversize ledger sheets and miscellaneous material.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of Voorhies’s business records, mainly the records of the Lafayette Lumber Company. The company at various times manufactured wooden fixtures and furniture for local consumption, constructed residences and commercial buildings for clients, and bought and sold real estate. One section of the records includes correspondence (incoming and outgoing) with former employees serving in the military during World War II. There is a small section of Voorhies’s personal papers,...