Title: Gilbert Paper Company Records
Inclusive Dates: 1887-1990 (bulk 1897-1937)

Creator:

• Gilbert Paper (Firm)

Call Number: Oshkosh Mss DO

Quantity: 10.2 cubic feet (9 records center cartons and 3 flat boxes) and 0.6 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 flat box)

Repository:

Housed at the Oshkosh Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of Gilbert Paper Company, containing primarily business and personal chronological files which the Gilberts collected and maintained in alphabetical order. Files primarily consist of correspondence focusing on business transactions conducted during Albert C. Gilbert's presidency and Theodore M. Gilbert's service as treasurer. Additional records kept by William Gilbert Sr. and his sons include subject files, company records, financial records, meeting minutes, and Albert's service on Lawrence and Ripon Colleges' board of trustees. Subject files include the company's articles of incorporation and by-laws, employee records, and company advertisements. Personal files include William Gilbert Sr.'s will and estate records.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-osh00do

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Gilbert Paper Company was established by William Gilbert Sr. in Menasha, Wisconsin, on April 27, 1887 to manufacture high quality paper. As the company's first president, William Gilbert Sr. was assisted by his four sons, William M., Albert C., Theodore M., and George. William M., second president circa 1900-1920, was followed by Albert, who served as the company's president circa 1920-1940. Theodore served as treasurer during the early twentieth century. In 1960 the Gilbert Paper Company became a Division of the Mead Corporation; in 2011 Fox River Paper Company bought Gilbert Paper, and in 2012 Gilbert Paper Company ceased production.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Paper Discovery Center via Kathleen Lhost, Executive Director, Appleton, Wisconsin, March 17, 2015. Accession Number: M2015-065

Oshkosh Mss DO	Series: Chronological Files
Box   11 Volume   1	1897-1898 Note: Letterbook
Box   1 Folder   1-29	1907-1919
Box   2 Folder   1-26	1919-1925
Box   3 Folder   1-5	1925-1931
Box   3 Folder   6-27	1926-1928
Box   4 Folder   1-23	1929-1931
Box   5 Folder   1-23	1931-1934
Box   6 Folder   1-28	1934-1936
Box   7 Folder   1-12	1937
	Series: Subject Files	⇧
Box   9 Volume   1	Advertising scrapbook
Box   7 Folder   13-17	Accident reports, 1918-1926
Box   7 Folder   18-20	Articles of incorporation and by-laws, 1890-1920, 1950-1960
	Board of Trustees
Box   8 Folder   24	Lawrence College Board of Trustees, 1931-1933
Box   8 Folder   25	Ripon College, 1933
Box   7 Folder   21-25	Business and personal files, circa 1960s-1990s
Box   8 Folder   1	Company history, 1957-1987
Box   8 Folder   2	Company reports, 1908
Box   8 Folder   3-4	Company records, 1949, 1964-1969
	Employee records
Box   8 Folder   5	Reports, 1929-1935
Box   8 Folder   6	Job tests, 1956
Box   8 Folder   7	Position analysis, 1951, 1956-1957
Box   8 Folder   8-19	Financial records, 1922-1978
Box   8 Folder   20-21	Gilbert will and estate records, circa 1890s-1955
Box   8 Folder   22	Labor condition of mill, 1916-1926
	Meeting minutes
Box   11 Volume   2	1924-1928
Box   8 Folder   23	1927 July-1929 October
Box   10 Folder   1-20	Newsletter: The Gilcrafter, 1939-1960
Box   12 Volume   1-3	Rag room reports, 1918-1921
	Series: Photographs	⇧
Box   13 Folder   1	Gilberts and aerial views of the company, circa 1900-1953
Box   13 Folder   2-3	No. 2 paper machine installation, 1959
Box   14 Volume   1	Photo album, 1960-1963