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Bellingham Bay Improvement Company Records
 
 Notes on Arrangement
 
The records of the Bellingham Bay Improvement Company, and its predecessor, affiliate and successor companies are organized in accordance with the following series and sub-series arrangement:

Series I: Bellingham Bay Coal Company and Bellingham Bay Water Company 1866-1894

Series II: Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad Company 1858-1912 (1883 – 1912)
1. Corporate and Administrative
2. Financial
3. Property
4. Field and Survey

Series III: Bellingham Bay Improvement Company 1855-1943 (1883-1939)
1. Corporate and Administrative
2. Correspondence
3. Financial
4. Property
5. Project Files
6. Tideland Fill Project
7. BBIC Electric Light Department

Series IV: Bellingham Bay Lumber Company 1904 - 1917
1. Corporate and Administrative
2. Correspondence
3. Financial
4. Sale of Lumber Mill
5. Bay City Sash and Door Factory
6. Whatcom County Lumber Manufacturers’ Retail Association

Series V: Bellingham Securities Syndicate, Inc. 1889-1986 (1912-1948)
1. Corporate and Administrative
2. Correspondence
3. Financial
4. Property
5. Legal Papers

Series VI: Bellingham Publicity Company 1904-1907

Series VII: Maps c.1856 – 1912