Great Northern Paper Company Records

Collection

Identifier: SpC MS 0210

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence, subject files, publications, contracts for material and labor, maps and plans, photographs and production records.

Dates

Creation: 1889-1992

Creator

Great Northern Paper Company (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

See Special Collections librarian for assistance.

Some materials are kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.

Selected digital access is available in the Selected Digital Content series [and/or] directly through Digital Commons (https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/)

Conditions Governing Use

Rights assessment remains the responsibility of the researcher. No known restrictions on publication. For information about the process and fees for obtaining higher resolution scans or another file format, contact Special Collections.

Historical Note

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 Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. In 1989 it was taken over by Georgia-Pacific Corp.; shortly afterward Bowater Corp. of South Carolina purchased Great Northern's mills and timberland from Georgia-Pacific. In 1999, Inexcon bought Bowater's Maine holdings. Great Northern filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2002. Its mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket were purchased by Brascan Corp. in 2003 and the company was renamed Katahdin Paper Co

Extent

60 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, subject files, publications, contracts for material and labor, maps and plans, photographs and production records.

Arrangement

Records organized into five series: I. Executive and administrative records. II. Financial records. III. Production and sales records. IV. Department reports. V. John E. McLeod papers Series I organized into six sub-series: 1. General and special files. 2. Records of Madison mill. 3. Contracts for materials, supplies and services. 4. Labor. 5. Publications. 6. Photographs