Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Sources: The Continental Paper Bag Company press, 1905 H. Schedler Photo Engraving, New York Kiesling Bros. Press, New York"

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

"The Company operates a fully integrated pulp and paper facility with three tissue machines and two paper machines in Lincoln, Maine.”"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"The new Maine Coated Paper Company. was organized in 1913 with six single coating machines. It was to purchase paper in rolls from the Oxford Paper…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… to that, many years prior, between Oxford Paper Company and the Maine Coated Paper Co. Boise Cascade Corp."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… startup of these four paper machines, the Oxford Paper Company secured what was then considered one of the most valuable contracts in the paper…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… in the sale of portions of the Albermarle Paper Company, a portion of Ethyl holdings. Ethyl continued to be run by the Gottwald Family."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… cash books, letterbooks and grants; loose papers, correspondence, accounts, claims and other papers; petitions for grants; deeds, bills and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… Society Description The Lincoln paper mill was called the Eastern Manufacturing Company in the 1920s."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866 Map of lots on Maquoit & Merriconeeg, ca. 1719Maine Historical Society Coll."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… Falls Realty Company, and, finally, Oxford Paper Company (which was to become a family business, run by his son, Hugh J. Chisholm, Jr."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Rumford Falls Sulphite Company; the Continental Paper Bag Company; and finally, the Oxford Paper Company."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"Leane and Elliott E. “Bud” Burns, The Oxford Paper Company, 1958; A History of Rumford, Maine 1774-1972 by John J. Leane and 1972-2000 by Elliott E."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… of the International Paper Company and the Oxford Paper Company were constantly sprayed with water to reduce the possibility of fires."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"Leane (1858) and Rumford Historical Society and Elliot E. “Bud” Burns (1972) Paper Times, August, 1976 “The Man”"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Across the river were the Rumford Falls Paper Company, Rumford Falls Power Company, and the Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… Company will have to put in a coffer but the Paper Company ought to be out of the way the proper operation it seems to me."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… realized the economic possibilities of the Oxford Paper Company bringing jobs to the area, he purchased a large tract of land that became known as…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… boom due to the construction of the Oxford Paper Company across the Androscoggin River in Rumford."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Early Government In 1805, riders brought official papers from Boston to Paris proclaiming the founding of Oxford County, and Paris Hill as the county…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… 1915, became known as the Katahdin Pulp and Paper Company, part of Eastern Manufacturing Company of Brewer referred to as Eastern Corporation."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… the library that had been donated by Eastern Fine Paper Company in 1947. This move proved to be an invaluable step in the preservation of Lincoln’s…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"He successfully raised a company of citizens from the Sutton area who also were interested in this enterprise."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… contributing to the community, and enjoying the company of their peers. In the early 1920s Ridlonville played host to a chapter of the Ku Klux…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"When he was in seventh grade, Albert had a paper route delivering the Bangor Daily News. He had fifty customers, and woke up at 5:00 AM and delivered…"