Records in this collection pertain primarily to the corporate history, operations, business transactions, labor concerns, and organizational structure of the American Writing Paper Company Records include board of directors' minutes, by-laws, blueprints, land transactions, merger agreements, and printed material, with the bulk of the collection comprised of labor files (1920-1966) including contracts, correspondence, grievances, and negotiations. The principle strengths of the collection are in areas of labor relations and collective bargaining. Absent in this collection are labor records from the first twenty years of American Writing Paper Company during which several strikes occurred.

This collection is organized into four series:

• Series 1. Organization and Administration (1899-1937)
• Series 2. Executive (1900-1941, 1951)
• Series 3. Labor (1936-1960)
• Series 4. Publication and Photos (1919-1938)