Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Correspondence between R.R. McCormick and Warren Curtis, Jr., 1912
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
When Robert R. McCormick was elected president of the Tribune Company in 1911, he convinced its directors that the fast-growing circulation of the Chicago Tribune made necessary an assured supply of newsprint at the best possible price, and received $1,000,000 to build a paper mill. He and Warren Curtis, Jr., a paper mill engineer, chose a site for the mill at Thorold, Ontario, where in June 1912 work commenced on the construction of the Ontario Paper Company. This venture was the first of...
Dates:
1912
Correspondence between R.R. McCormick and Warren Curtis, Jr., 1913
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
When Robert R. McCormick was elected president of the Tribune Company in 1911, he convinced its directors that the fast-growing circulation of the Chicago Tribune made necessary an assured supply of newsprint at the best possible price, and received $1,000,000 to build a paper mill. He and Warren Curtis, Jr., a paper mill engineer, chose a site for the mill at Thorold, Ontario, where in June 1912 work commenced on the construction of the Ontario Paper Company. This venture was the first of...
Dates:
1913
Correspondence between R.R. McCormick and Franklin A. Dean, Jr., 1912-04 - 1913-12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
When Robert R. McCormick was elected president of the Tribune Company in 1911, he convinced its directors that the fast-growing circulation of the Chicago Tribune made necessary an assured supply of newsprint at the best possible price, and received $1,000,000 to build a paper mill. He and Warren Curtis, Jr., a paper mill engineer, chose a site for the mill at Thorold, Ontario, where in June 1912 work commenced on the construction of the Ontario Paper Company. This venture was the first of...
Dates:
1912-04 - 1913-12