The earliest predecessor of Champion International Corporation was founded in 1893 as Champion Coated Paper Company in Ohio. The firm underwent a number of business and name changes before emerging as Champion International Corporation in 1972. The company bought St. Regis Corporation in 1984 and was itself bought by International Paper in 2000.
This collection includes three Champion International Corporation scrapbooks from 1986-1988 made up of articles gathered by a clipping service from a variety of Montana newspapers as well as a few in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The topics include Champion, Burlington Northern Railway, forest, timber, logging, fire districts, EPA, water resources, water use, power, taxes, politics and wilderness, the last being particularly dominant in 1988. In addition to the articles, there are a few brief memos from Bob Kelly to other Champion employees. The three scrapbooks, one for each year, are organized chronologically within each.
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[Name of document or photograph number], Champion International Corporation Scrapbooks, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Chain of ownership is unknown.
The scrapbooks may have been donated by Bob Kelly, manager of Public Relations for Champion International Corporation. The date of donation is unknown.
The Archives & Special Collections also holds OH 119, five oral history interviews with Champion International Corporation employees.
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