Summary Information

Title: Oshkosh Brewing Company
Inclusive Dates: 1894-1971 (bulk 1950-1971)

Creator:

• Oshkosh Brewing Company

Call Number: Oshkosh Mss CA; PH 3845

Quantity: 40.0 cubic feet (39 archives boxes, 30 flat boxes, and 7 records center cartons) and 2 photographs and 7 pieces of ephemera (1 folder)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Records, mainly 1950-1971, of Oshkosh Brewing Company, 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. Also includes a few product labels.

Language: English

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

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