Papers 1900-1973.

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Papers 1900-1973.

Papers relating to the logging industry in Maine and the Great Northern Paper Company. Included are items concerned with harvesting, stumpage, and logging operations, as well as correspondence with Great Northern's President, Garret Schenck.

24 Boxes (29 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8204370

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Schenck, Garret

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Landowner, of Penns Neck, Mercer County, N.J. From the description of Deed, 1737 Nov. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70966205 ...

Gilbert, Fred Alliston.

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Fred A. Gilbert began in the logging business with his father in the 1880's. In the 1890's, he went into partnership with McNulty and Stetson. In 1900, he became Vice President of Great Northern Paper Company and chief of the Spruce Wood Division until 1928. From the description of Papers 1900-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701441 ...

Great Northern Paper Company

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Great Northern Paper Company began with construction of a mill in Millinocket, Maine, in 1899, followed by the acquisition of an existing mill at Madison, Maine, and the construction of a third mill in East Millinocket in 1906. The company's timberland holdings reached over 2 million acres in the 1940s; in addition it owned dams and hydroelectric stations including Dolby and Ripogenus dams, farms, a hotel, and several vessels. In 1970 the company merged with Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co. to become G...