Guide to the Uniroyal Collection, 1919-1992

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Overview of the Collection

Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire P.O. Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702 – 4004
(715) 836-2739
https://library.uwec.edu/archives/

Reference Code: USGZE UHC255

Accession Number: 93-98, 96-61, 06-110, 10-32, 15-039

Collection Number: University Historical Collection 255

Creators: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. McIntyre Library. Special Collections & Archives

Title: Uniroyal Collection

Dates: 1919-1992

Quantity: 1 linear foot (1 record carton and 1 oversize folder)

Location of Collection: A10/1g, Drawer 26

Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Summary: Newspaper articles, photographs, and other materials related to the Gillette, U.S. Tire and Rubber, and Uniroyal plants in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Historical Note

The plant that ultimately became the Uniroyal plant was founded in 1916 by R.B. Gillette as the Gillette Safety Tire Co. In 1940, The United States Rubber Company, later Uniroyal, Inc. purchased Gillette. The plant closed in 1991, following the purchase of Uniroyal Goodrich by Michelin et Cie. For a more detailed history of the Uniroyal plant in Eau Claire, see the finding aid for Eau Claire Mss CB.

Content Description

The collection consists largely of articles from local newspapers regarding the closing of the plant in 1991. Other materials include photographs of employees and the plant, fragments of employee records and wage information, and a small collection of correspondence, photographs, and other writings by Sanford Kruger, Factory Manager in the late 1960s and 1970s.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information:
Donated to Special Collections & Archives, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire prior to March 2006.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions:
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

Preferred Citation:
Uniroyal Collection, 1919-1992. UHC 255. Special Collections & Archives. McIntyre Library. University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.

Processing Note: Reprocessed by Colleen McFarland in May 2006. Additional material added by Danielle Schroeder in March 2015.

Arrangement: Flat arrangement; alphabetical order.

OCLC #: 71832920

Subjects

Personal Names:
Kruger, Sanford
Vatne, Leo W.

Corporate Names: Uniroyal, inc. Eau Claire plant

Subject Terms:
Rubber industry and trade--Wisconsin--Eau Claire
Tire industry--Wisconsin--Eau Claire

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