J.J. White Paper Company records
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, orders, and bills (sampled), of a firm which produced waterproof paper for use in building, packing of perishable products, and bleaching. The firm was founded ca. 1919 and located in Canton, Mass. In 1963 it was sold to Phoenix Building Products of Philadelphia.
The collection contains three cartons of J.J. White Company correspondence. The letters date mostly from 1940 and contain the secretarial signature "/C" in the lower left hand corner. This likely indicates that they were typed and perhaps composed by Mary Cardarelli, although none of the letters were sent in her name.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1929-1945
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
14 linear feet (9 cartons, 1 box)Biographical / Historical
The J.J. White Paper Company manufactured specialty paper products in Canton, Massachusetts, from 1929 until 1963. Mary Cardarelli (b. 1911), who started as a secretary at J.J. White in 1929, assumed control of the business for White's estate in 1939, along with sales manager, Robert J. Kincade. In 1940, Cardarelli and Kincade purchased the business and operated it until it was sold in 1963 to Phoenix Building Products, also co-owned by a woman business manager, Mary A. Reynolds.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The J.J. White Company records were received by Baker Library Special Collections as a donation from the Dr. Charles V. Reynolds, Jr. in 1978.
- Author
- Baker Library Special Collections Staff
- Date
- September 2017
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00326
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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