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Online Finding Aids Case Brothers, Papers, 1863-1899 Contents List About this collection Folder Contents     1 n.d.; 1863-1866 2 1868-1869 3 1870 4 1871-1872, November 5 1872, December-1873 6 1874, January-June 7 1874, July-December 8 1875, January-June 9 1875, July-November 10 1875, December-1876 11 1882-1899 12 Misc. envelopes About this collection Case Brothers, located in the Highland Park section of Manchester, Conn., was one of five successful papers mills in that town. Started in 1862 by Alfred Willard Case (1840-1925) and Albert Wells Case (1840-1908), the brothers set up a mill for washing cotton waste to make gun cotton. Around 1870, they built paper mills and manufactured paperboard, press papers, insulating boards, album board, shoe board, binder board, card middles, and jacquard cards. Case Brothers won awards at expositions in Paris (1868) and Melbourne (1880), and were acquired by Boise-Cascade in 1967. This collection of papers, for the period 1863 through 1899, contains receipts and correspondence from booksellers and bookbinders; publishers and printers; saw mills, woolen mills, and iron works; machinery manufacturers and dealers; and paper, rag, and twine dealers, as well as other paper makers. American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634 Tel.: 508-755-5221 Fax: 508-753-3311 e-mail the library Contact Us Staff Directory Site Map Site Index Last updated September 2, 2004 This site and all contents © 2005 American Antiquarian Society