Summary Information

Title: Oshkosh Brewing Company
Inclusive Dates: 1894-1971

Creator:

• Oshkosh Brewing Company

Call Number: Oshkosh Mss CA; PH 3845

Quantity: 40.0 c.f. (39 archives boxes, 30 flat boxes, 7 record center cartons) and 7 pieces of ephemera

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Polk Library, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division

Archival Locations:

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records, mainly 1950-1971, of a brewery incorporated in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1894 which operated until 1971. Included are minutes and other records dealing with the company's establishment and its predecessor companies, the oldest of which dated to 1864; executive correspondence of members of the Schwalm, Kuenzl, and Glatz families who controlled the company for three generations and of David V. Uihlein who purchased a majority share in 1961; advertising and promotional material; and financial records, floor plans of the brewery, product labels, and union contracts. Also present are records from the Oshkosh Colytic Egg and Storage Company operated by the brewery. Information is included on the soft drink and malt syrup production of the Prohibition era; responses to competition experienced during its final years; and relations with the Brewers Association of America, the U.S. Brewers Association, the Wisconsin State Brewers Association, and Associated Industries of Oshkosh.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-osh00ca

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