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Directory of Corporate Archives
in the United States and
Canada
Complete Entries Arranged Alphabetically
by Name of Corporation,
S-T
Safeway Inc.
5918 Stoneridge Mall Road
Pleasanton, CA 94588-3229
www.safeway.com
Contact:
Telephone: 925-467-3000
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Food industry
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Description:
Salt River Project
P.O. Box 52025
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2025
Contact: Karen Smith, Manager; Catherine May
Telephone: 602-236-6626
Fax: 602-236-2159
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Utilities
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Access to major databases restricted by competing
obligations, so a focused research project is highly preferred. For-profit
consultants pay a nominal charge. Query by letter stating purpose and
affiliation.
Holdings: 1850-present; bulk dates, 1905-present
Total Volume: 1,200 linear feet
Description: Company records of major policies, projects and decisions;
records which document major contracts, transactions and legal actions; records
which document how SRP was organized and developed, and its relations with
customers, shareholders, employees and other agencies and companies. Also a
large research file on regional water and power history, Native Americans,
agriculture and Interior Department policies.
Sandia National Laboratories
4911 Butterfield Trl, NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Contact: Mary L. Compton
Telephone: 505-845-9268
Fax: 505-844-9778
E-Mail: mscompt@somnet.sandia.gov
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Sara Lee Corporation*
Three First National Plaza
Chicago, IL 60602
www.saralee.com
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court
Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703-631-0500
Fax: 703-631-1124
E-Mail:
saralee@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Manufacturer, marketer and distributor of consumer
products
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by Sara Lee Corporation.
Holdings: 1890s-present
Total Volume: 432 linear feet
Description: The Sara Lee Corporation Archives documents the evolution of the
Corporation from Nathan Cummings’ acquisition of the C.D. Kenny Company in
1939 to its current position as a leading international manufacturer and
marketer of consumer products. The corporate collection consists of executive
papers, including speeches, biographical material and photographs, as well as
acquisition files and correspondence. The archive retains historical product
packaging, photographs, histories and biographical material of more than 70
subsidiary companies and the Sara Lee Foundation.
Updated August 18, 2003
Sarnoff Corporation
CN5300
Princeton, NJ 08543-5300
Contact: Alexander B. Magoun
Telephone: 609-734-2636
Fax: 609-734-2339
E-Mail: amagoun@sarnoff.com
Type of Business: Electronic, biomedical, and information technology
R&D
Hours of Service: Weekdays, by appointment
Conditions of Access: With permission, depending upon the material
Holdings: 1930s-80s
Total Volume: 1,100 linear feet
Description: Holding include the David Sarnoff Library, the RCA Labs
research archives, and the RCA Public Affairs collections for RCA Labs and David
Sarnoff. Highlights include: David Sarnoff's papers; RCA press
releases, photos, and negatives of technological developments; the papers of
notable RCA scientist/engineers; lab notebooks and technical reports;
unpublished histories of RCA and RCA Labs; annual reports of RCA and RCA Labs;
and series of various RCA publications.
SBC Communications Inc. (renamed AT&T Inc.)
See: AT&T Inc.
Schering Plough Corporation
Galloping Hill Road
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
Contact: Carol Isselian, Senior Records Analyst
Telephone: 201-298-4530
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Pharmaceuticals
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Scotiabank Group
44 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 1H1
Canada
Contact: Jane E. Nokes, Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 416-866-6207
Fax: 416-933-3363
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking and Financial Services
Hours of Service: 8:45am - 4:45pm, appointment preferred
Conditions of Access: Appointment preferred
Holdings: 1820-present
Total Volume: 1,200 meters
Description: Records of the Scotiabank Group and related institutions,
including: Scotia McLeod, Scotialife, Montreal Trust, Credit Foncler, The Bank
of Ottawa, The Metropolitan Bank of Toronto, The Bank of New Brunswick, and the
Union Bank of Prince Edward Island. Photograph collection, architectural plans
collection, humismatic collection, artifacts collection, and fine art
collection.
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
375 Park Avenue, Suite 3509
New York, NY 10152-0192
Contact: Carla Caccamise Ash, Curator of Collections; Barry M. Winiker,
Assistant to the Curator
Telephone: 212-572-7379 (Ash); 212-572-7364 (Winiker)
Fax: 212-572-7510
E-Mail: carla_caccamise_ash@seagram.com (Ash); barry_winiker@seagram.com
(Winiker)
Type of Business: Beverages
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Closed to outside research.
Holdings: Yet to be fully determined; varies with company.
Total Volume: Yet to be fully determined; varies with company.
Description: Seagram: Papers, photographs and publicity relating to
the Seagram Building (by Mies van der Rohe), Papers, letters, invoices and
photographs about commission, including the Seagram County Court House Archives,
and past art projects, such as exhibitions on the Seagram Plaza and in the
Seagram Gallery. Correspondence and contracts with lenders, engineers, etc.
Tropicana Dole Beverages: Have recently begun to organize historic
photographs, promotional material and papers relating the development of the
company.
Updated August 8, 2006
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Historical Archives
3333 Beverly Road, CC-745
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
www.searsarchives.com
Telephone:847-286-9555
Fax: 847-286-3501
e-mail: archive@searshc.com
Hours of Service vary
Conditions of Access: yet to be determined
Updated July 10, 2006
SEMATECH
See: International SEMATECH
Shearman
& Sterling*
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
www.shearman.com
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703.631.0500
Fax: 703.631.1124
E-Mail:
shearman@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Legal services
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by Shearman and Sterling.
Holdings: c. 1940-1998
Total Volume: 25 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of a historical library collection,
corporate slides, historical and biographical information of founders, corporate
historical information, architectural files, oral histories, and news clippings.
Shell Oil Company Archives*
One Shell Plaza
Houston, TX 77001
www.shellus.com
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court
Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703-631-0500
Fax: 703-631-1124
E-Mail:
shell@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Oil, gas and petrochemical
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by Shell Oil Company.
Holdings: ca. 1920s - present
Total Volume: 276 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of corporate records as well as records
of subsidiary companies. The archive is rich in marketing and advertising
material including original posters, direct mailers, promotional items, products
and service station accessories.
Annual reports, executive speeches, numerous employee and industry
publications, as well as BOD meeting files are retained. Photographs of
production and refinery facilities as well as educational films and videos are
retained.
Updated August 18, 2003
The Sherwin-Williams Company
101 Prospect Street, NW
Cleveland, OH 44115-1075
Contact: Kathleen Carnall, Archivist
Telephone: 216-566-3082
Fax: 216-566-3312
E-Mail:
Type of Business: General manufacturing
Hours of Service: By appointment only
Conditions of Access: Limited to telephone requests only (or mail)
Holdings: 1866-present; bulk dates, 1880-1930
Total Volume: 3,000 + items
Description: General papers detailing the history of the company and its
officers, advertisements, decorating guides and color selectors, photographs,
cans and bottles of paints and sundries, formulas, signs, books and periodicals
published by the company, and other papers and artifacts of the company and its
subsidiaries.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
224 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60604
Contact: Patricia N. Gorman, Records Manager
Telephone: 312-360-4383
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. (doing
business as AT&T East)
See: AT&T Inc.
Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. (doing business as
AT&T Southwest)
See: AT&T Inc.
The Sporting News
1212 North Lindbergh Boulevard
P.O. Box 56
St. Louis, MO 63166
Contact: Steven P. Gietschier, Director of Historical Records;
James R. Meier, Librarian
Telephone: 314-993-7787
Fax: 314-993-7723
E-Mail: tsnspg@aol.com
Type of Business: Magazine and book publishing, online services
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Limited; permission required from the director of
historical records
Holdings: 1859-present; bulk dates, 1886-present
Total Volume: 600 cubic feet
Description: Complete runs of published guides and registers to the four
major sports; microfilm of The Sporting News and The Sporting Goods
Dealer; Charles Martin Conlon collection of glass plate negatives;
correspondence between J. G. Taylor Spink and Ty Cobb; papers of Ban Johnson,
American League president; sports artifacts; books and pamphlets; access to
clipping files and photographic files.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
900 North Tucker Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63101
Contact: Gerald Brown, Library Director
Telephone: 314-622-7148
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Newspaper and magazine publishing, broadcasting
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: In-house use only, unless research arranged with
library director. $25.00 per hour research fee applied.
Holdings: 1928-present
Total Volume: Several million items
Description: Newspaper clippings, by subject or biographical. Publications
and periodicals, 1904 World's Fair memorabilia, photograph collection and
Post-Dispatch authors collection.
The St. Paul Companies
385 Washington Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
Contact: Richard W. Arpi, Archivist
Telephone: 612-221-7640
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Insurance and financial products
Hours of Service: Tues. and Thurs. 2:00pm-7:30pm, or by appointment.
Conditions of Access: Restricted to employees/retirees of The St. Paul
Companies or subsidiaries. Outside requests for information subject to approval
of corporate communications department. (Contact Karen Himle, 612-228-8553.)
Holdings: 1853-present
Total Volume: 480 cubic feet
Description: Annual reports, financial records, company newspapers (St.
Paul News and St. Paul Letter) and other publications, photographs,
board minutes (1853-1968), biographical files on employees and board members
(past and present), insurance policies (samples 1860s-1900 bulk), insurance
signs, firemarks, artifacts relating to St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
Company, Mercury Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Insurance
Company, Western Life Insurance Company (1950s-1960s), and other predecessor and
subsidiary companies of the St. Paul Companies (1968-present).
State Farm Insurance Company
One State Farm Plaza
Bloomington, IL 61701
Contact: Dan Barringer, Company History Unit
Telephone: 309-766-6007
Fax: 309-766-6169
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Insurance and insurance-related services
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:15pm
Conditions of Access: Outside requests are subject to approval
Holdings: 1922-present
Total Volume:
Description: Responsible for historical records, photographs, artifacts, and
advertising material.
Subaru of America, Inc.*
Subaru
Plaza
P.O.
Box 6000
Cherry
Hill, NJ 08034-6000
www.subaru.com
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703.631.0500
Fax: 703.631.1124
E-Mail:
subaru@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Automotive retailer
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by Subaru of America, Inc.
Holdings: 1968-present
Total Volume: 150 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of print advertisements,
photographs, videos, annual reports, newsletters, memorabilia, and awards.
Select administrative, financial, and subsidiary files are also included.
Updated August 18, 2003
Sun Life of Canada
705 Progress Avenue, Unit 53
Scarborough, ON M1H 2X1
Canada
Contact: Robert Sparrow, Archivist
Telephone: 416-438-1099
Fax: 416-438-6260
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Assurance and financial services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-4:30pm; by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Pre-approval by archivist required
Holdings: 1865-present
Total Volume: Approximately 1,900 linear feet
Description: Records of historical value generated by Sun Life international
operations and subsidiaries. Materials consists of administrative and
operational records, company publications (1896-present), photographs,
audio/visual and artifacts.
SuperValu, Inc.
Corporate Office
11840 Valley View Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3691
Contact: Maria Murad, Manager, Internal Communications
Telephone: 612-828-4240, 612-828-4450
Fax: 612-828-8955
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Food wholesaler/retail
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: Request through communications department
Holdings: 1896-present
Total Volume:
Description: Photos, brochures for employees and retail customers, divisional
acquisitions and histories, oral histories of founders' sons and old-time
employees, annual reports (1951-present), employee magazines (1940s-present),
letters, bills, order lists, memoranda, acquisitions and legal notices,
accounting records, advertising, artifacts, private label products, coffee tins,
spice tins, packaging, etc., financial information (1920s-present), old film
footage transferred to VHS video.
Syntex Corporation
3401 Hillview Avenue (SS-320)
P.O. Box 10850
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Contact: Richard L. Lechnar, Manager, Record Systems
Telephone: 415-855-5403
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Pharmaceuticals
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Limited to recognized historians, researchers and
post-secondary students with prior approval.
Holdings: 1949-present; bulk dates 1963-present
Total Volume: 25 cubic feet
Description: Corporate history including materials on original development
and manufacture of steroidal hormone compounds used in oral contraceptives. More
recent holdings emphasize (on a worldwide basis) development, production and
sales of non-steriodal anti-inflammatory and dermatological agents as well as
animal health care and medical diagnostic products.
Tacoma Public Utilities
P.O. Box 11007
Tacoma, WA 98411
Contact: Barbara Werelius, Records Manager/Archivist
Telephone: 206-502-8764
Fax: 206-502-8791
E-Mail: 74757.2165@compuserve.com
Type of Business: Utilities
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Public disclosure laws apply
Holdings: 1852-present; bulk dates, 1893-present
Total Volume: 500 cubic feet
Description: Collection includes photographs, documents and some artifacts
relating to the development of hydropower within the Pacific Northwest. Also
includes some local history and Pacific Northwest history. Some documents re:
Local Native American tribes and culture. Area ecology and natural resources
also included. Wildlife management issues.
Talegen Corporation Archives*
1011 Western Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Contact: David Lipkin, Legal Department; Debbie Waller, Director,
Archival Services, The History Factory, 14140 Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA
20151-1649
Telephone: 703-631-0500
Fax: 703-631-1124
E-Mail: historyfact.com
Type of Business: Insurance holding company
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by the legal department and The History Factory.
Holdings: 1821-1992
Total Volume: 126 linear feet
Description: Holdings consist of board of director minute books,
incorporation papers and legal files of more than 100 insurance companies.
Target Corporation*
1000 Nicollet Avenue, TPS-0887
Minneapolis, MN 55403
www.target.com
Contact:
Tony
Jahn, Corporate Archivist/Historian (tony.jahn@target.com)
Telephone:
612-696-3018
Fax:
(612)696-7585
E-Mail:
Target.Archives@Target.com
Type of Business:
Retail
Hours of Service:
M-F: 8:00am -
5:00pm cst
Conditions of Access:
Restricted. Outside requests for access and information subject to
approval by Target Corporation.
Holdings:
1860s-present
Total Volume:
2,000 cubic feet
Description:
Representative
photographs, business records, audio/video/virtual media, books and
publications, press clippings, annual reports, awards, house organs,
memorabilia, merchandise samples, advertising, posters, correspondence, original
art and other materials documenting the history of Target and its former
operating companies categorized by Real Estate, Department Stores, Low & Mid
Margin Stores and Specialty Store concerns.
Updated August 29, 2005
TBS, Inc.
1 CNN Center, 9S
P.O. Box 105366
Atlanta, GA 30348
Contact:
Telephone: 404-847-1781
Fax: 404-827-2559
E-Mail: eltz@aol.com
Type of Business: Broadcasting
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
TD Bank Financial Group
Archives Department
110 Yonge Street
Suite 1704
Toronto, ON M5C 1T4
Contact: td.archives@td.com
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Type of Business: Banking and financial services
Hours of Service: MWF 9:00am - 5:00 pm
Conditions of Access: Appointment
Holdings: 1816-present
Total Volume: 1200 metres
Description: Holdings include: textual records
including minutes, annual reports, correspondence files,
in-house and promotional publications, photographs,
documentary art, audio-visual materials, architectural
plans and artifact collection.
Updated March 10, 2008
Texaco, Inc.
Archives
2000 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10650
Contact: Craig St. Clair, Corporate Historian
Telephone: 914-253-4058
Fax: 9140253-6115
E-Mail: stclacg@texaco.com
Type of Business: Energy
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Limited public access
Holdings: 1902-present
Total Volume: 1,500 linear feet
Description: The Texaco Archives provides a record of Texaco's growth and
development from the company's beginnings in Southeast Texas to today's
multinational enterprise. Included in the collection are corporate and executive
records, product specifications and research documentation, an extensive
advertising collection in print, film and video, an artifact collection that
ranges from early drilling machinery to vintage gasoline pumps, plus
approximately 250,000 photographs.
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
1301 West Seventh Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Contact: Carol Williams, Archivist
Telephone: 817-332-7064
Fax: 817-332-5446
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade association
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access:
Holdings: 1877-present; bulk dates, 1930s-present
Total Volume:
Description: A 25,000 item photograph collection, minutes from TSCRA yearly
conventions (1877-present), all volumes of The Cattleman magazine, small
library on Texas and cattle industry history, museum tracing history of the
cattle industry and the role of TSCRA in that history.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
4321 North Ballard
Appleton, WI 54919 - 001
Contact: Janice Krahn
Telephone: 920-628-2311, Voice Mail: 920-628-4700
Fax: 920-628-5147
e-mail: janice.krahn@thrivent.com
Type of Business: Financial, insurance and insurance-related services
Hours: M- F 8.00am - 4.00 pm
Conditions of Access: Outside requests subject to approval of corporate
archivist and management
Holdings: 1902 - present (includes Aid Association for Lutherans, Lutheran
Brotherhood and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans)
Total Volume:
Description: Collection includes administrative, financial,
advertising, marketing, public relations, publications, photographs, audiovisual
materials, promotional materials;
Updated July 2, 2005
Texas Utilities
1601 Bryan St.
Dallas, TX 75201
Contact: Ann Midgett
Telephone: 214-812-5966
Fax: 214-812-5459
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Utilities, electric
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Thompson, J. Walter
See "J. Walter Thompson"
TIAA-CREF
Historical Archives
730 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10017-3206
Contact: Carolyn Kopp, Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 800-842-2733, ex 2588
Fax: 212-916-5858
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Annuities and insurance for educators
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for access subject
to approval by external affairs senior management
Holdings: 1911-present; bulk dates, 1940s-present
Total Volume: 800 cubic feet
Description: Holdings document development of TIAA (f. 1918) and CREF (f.
1952) and their role in higher education. Records include corporate
publications; office files; oral histories; photographs; and audio and video
recordings.
Tiffany & Company
15 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Contact: Annamarie V. Sandecki, Archivist
Telephone: 212-755-8000
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Jeweler, silver manufacturer, luxury goods retailer
Hours of Service: By appointment only
Conditions of Access: Free upon application by letter to scholars,
authors and museum professionals. All others charged an access fee of $250.
Holdings: 1837-present; bulk dates, 1860s-present
Total Volume: 2,000 cubic feet
Description: Material pertaining to the history of Tiffany & Co. (founded
in 1837) including its retail operations and silver and jewelry manufacturing
facilities. Extensive documentation on the design, manufacture and sale of
silver including blueprints, design resources and work records (1840-present).
Collection of jewelry sketches and gemstone records (1840-present), information
on commemorative medals; press clipping books; World's Fair records (1853-1940);
catalogs and publications (1845-present); and some retail records including
store photographs, employee records, and limited correspondence files. Archives
also contain the Permanent Collection of Jewelry and Silver.
Time, Inc.
Room 26-52D
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020
Contact: Bill Hooper
Telephone: 212-522-1063
Fax: 212-522-2403
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Publishing and communications
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Written applications will be
considered on their merit.
Holdings: 1922-present
Total Volume:
Description: Holdings include photographs, slides, motion picture film, oral
history, volumes of publications, annual reports, house organs, press clippings
,books, promotion materials, minutes, correspondence, volumes of Time, Inc.
history, memorabilia.
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
Toyota USA Archives and Research Center
19001 South Western Avenue, Mail Drop A404
Torrance, CA 90509-2991
Contact: Dennis Preisler PhD., Archive Supervisor
Telephone: 310-618-4053
Fax:
E-Mail: dennis_preisler@toyota.com
Type of Business: Motor Vehicle sales
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00-5:30
Conditions of Access: Limited external access.
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Description: Toyota Motor Sales USA, established in 1957, is the U.S.
marketing arm of Toyota Motor Corporation. The Archives, a new unit of TMS, is
currently under development. The Archives will document the 40-year history of
Toyota in the United States, and the Research Center will house a collection of
relevant published information sources. Toyota company records include
photographs, publications, product literature, advertising, executive papers,
films, videotapes, and memorabilia.
Updated May 26, 2006
Tribune Company
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact: John McCutcheon
Telephone: 312-222-3424
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Communications and broadcasting
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: The archives are not open to the public, but an
effort is made to answer specific questions from researchers.
Holdings: 1847-present; bulk dates, 1920s-1950s
Total Volume: 780 shelf feet and 15 four-drawer file cabinets
Description: The collection deals primarily with the career of Robert R.
McCormick and the history of the Chicago Tribune, of which he was publisher for
40 years. There are lesser amounts of materials on McCormick's grandfather,
Joseph Medill; on Medill's other heirs - the Patersons, and on their Tribune
Company subsidiaries, mainly the Canadian paper mills.
Page updated March 10 2008
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