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Maine Coated Paper Company blueprint, 1903

Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: 1903 Location: Rumford Media: Ink on paper

Umbagog Paper Mill, Livermore Falls, ca. 1881

Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1881 Location: Livermore Falls Media: Photographic print

622-624 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Consolidated Industries, Inc. Use: Apartments & Stores

626-628 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Consolidated Industries, Inc. Use: Apartments & Stores

Great Northern Paper Company sleeping camp, 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913 Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

Seboomook Farm, Seboomook, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Seboomook Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making

Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"Mills & Paper Industry The Mill Through Time Lincoln Paper & Tissue, 2010 photo courtesy of Roger Stevens X The mill has manufactured…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Mills & Paper Industry Beginnings Text by George King, Lincoln Historical Society Sorting gap, North Lincoln, 1910Lincoln Historical Society…"

My Paper Industry career and setting up a museum
by Sherry Judd

I worked in and around the Paper Industry all my life. Now I run Maine's Paper and Heritage Museum.

Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm

Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.