Collection # M 0861 OMB 0103 BV 3530

INLAND CONTAINER CORPORATION PAPERS, 1921–2001

Collection Information

Historical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Contents

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Emily Castle December 2005

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department William Henry Smith Memorial Library

Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street

Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:

Manuscript Materials: 10 manuscript boxes, 1 OMB box, 1 bound volume Visual Materials: 2 boxes of photographs, 1 box of color photographs, 6 negatives Printed Materials: 5 books

COLLECTION DATES:

1921–2001

PROVENANCE: Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc., c/o James Foxworthy, Indianapolis, IN, March 2004

RESTRICTIONS: None

COPYRIGHT:

REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE FORMATS:

RELATED HOLDINGS:

William H. Bass Photo Company (P0130); Krannert Memorial Library dedication program (Pamphlet Collection: Z733.K72 K72 1977)

ACCESSION NUMBER:

2004.0161

NOTES: “Krannert on Profit” (Box 1, Folder 24) and “Insight”, September 1975 (BV 3530) originally donated to Inland by Joseph M. Gauthier.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Herman C. Krannert started in the corrugated packaging operation in 1914 when he was hired by Sefton Manufacturing Company a Chicago-based firm, to make ventilated corrugated boxes for the shipment of baby chicks. These boxes met the growing need for lightweight and inexpensive containers to replace traditional wooden crates and barrels. In 1918 he was transferred to Anderson, Indiana, where he was plant manager of the Anderson Box Company.

In the beginning, Anderson Box Company purchased all of the “Chick Pullmans” from Sefton. They bought in large quantities and resold in smaller lots. In this way Anderson developed its own trade name and prestige with the farmers and hatcherymen in states surrounding Indiana. Krannert’s superior skill, motivation, and innovations at Anderson were rewarded with the company president’s invitation to become a director. There was one restriction: Krannert would be required to vote as the president voted. Feeling this directive was unprofessional and unethical, he resigned his position in 1924.

He moved to Indianapolis and in 1925 organized his own company, the Inland Box Company. In 1930 the company’s name changed to Inland Container Corporation and opened its second box plant in Middletown, Ohio. The third box plant, in Evansville, Indiana, was added in 1937. From the beginning of Inland, Anderson Box Company’s volume gave it a substantial backlog. It was doubly advantageous because Anderson’s shipment demands came in the off-peak months of December through March, while Inland’s volume was low. In this way there developed the close coordination between Anderson’s and Inland’s business to utilize to the best advantage the manufacturing and shipping facilities provided.

Thanks to Krannert’s hard work and shrewd business sense, the company thrived and expanded. It survived the Great Depression of the 1930s due to the demand for corrugated boxes for domestic commerce. By 1939, the company had acquired its fourth box plant and initiated vertical integration. During World War II, the United States government began buying large quantities of Inland’s moisture-resistant “V-Board” boxes. The growth accelerated in the mid-1940s as the number of sites, the range of products, and the base of customers expanded.

In 1945 Inland planned a mill venture to produce Kraft containerboard from pine trees in the south at Macon, Georgia. Kraft linerboard is one of the components used in making all types of containers. This gave Inland an assured source of supply for a portion of its requirements. Inland’s program of expansion has moved rapidly since 1946 in both mills and box plants.

During the 1960s the thrust of Inland’s planning was directed to growth through the development of new products, more efficient packaging systems, geographic expansion, and acquisitions. By the early 1970s, Inland Container was America’s second-largest

manufacturer of corrugated shipping containers, with a complex of 25 plants grossing $200 million in annual sales.

In 1973 Time, Inc. acquired Temple-Industries Inc., merging it with Eastex Pulp and Paper Company to form Temple-Eastex Inc. In 1978, Inland became part of Time, Inc. and in 1983 the companies were spun off as Temple-Inland Inc.

Today, Temple-Inland is the third largest manufacturer of corrugated packaging in North America. Inland is an international manufacturer of containerboard, bleached paperboard and a wide variety of packaging products, operating or managing 47 converting facilities and eight paper mills in the United States and Latin America. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Temple-Inland Inc., headquartered in Diboll, Texas.

Sources:

Materials in collection.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection contains the papers of the Inland Container Corporation. The papers have been separated into four series: Operating Papers, Financial Papers, Marketing & Advertisements, and Photographs. There are also a number of artifacts in the collection which will be added to the first series when they are cataloged.

Series 1: Operating Papers consists of items ranging from booklets about the history of Inland and various anniversaries, to employee announcements. There are organizational charts, procedure manuals, papers regarding openings and closings of plants, papers regarding Herman C. Krannert’s gifts to various communities, correspondence, news clippings about Inland, and the company newsletter Insight from 1973 to 2001. The series also includes numerous artifacts, and three published books: Krannert on Management, Mahrt… the man and the mills, Henry C. Goodrich: a life of business and the business of life, Monograph of Paperboard Industries Association Industrial Fellowships Nos. 1-10.

Series 2: Financial Papers series is made up primarily of annual reports, from 1960 to 2002. It also includes stock ledgers and receipts, and papers regarding the merger with Time Inc. in 1978.

Series 3: Marketing & Advertisements consists of brochures and advertisements used by Inland, mostly from the mid-1960s and 1970s. There are also promotional materials and new product brochures.

Series 4: Photographs series contains photographs taken at various company functions and plants throughout the years. There are black and white photographs of Board meetings, items getting shipped off to the war, insides of factories, and various employees. There are also color photographs of employee events and buildings, along with a few negatives.

SERIES CONTENTS

Series 1: Operating Papers

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Inland Company History, 1953–73 Box 1, Folder 1

This is Inland, Semi-final draft, 1954 Box 1, Folder 2

Founders Dinner acceptance letters, 1950 Box 1, Folder 3

Silver Anniversary Booklet, 1950 Box 1, Folder 4

30th Anniversary clippings, Oct. 1955 Box 1, Folder 5

Indenture papers between Inland and Nordyke & Mormon Company, 1925

Box 1, Folder 6

Manufacturing Program and ‘Empty’ boxes, 1926 Box 1, Folder 7

First 100% Kraft Shipment, May 1926 Box 1, Folder 8

Titles and correspondence, re: purchase of new land, 1926–27

Box 1, Folder 9

Fibre Containers, No. 11, 1930–31 Box 1, Folder 10

Advantages of corrugated containers in the packing of beer: Wood vs. Fiberboard, 1933

Box 1, Folder 11

Box stamp from Indianapolis, 1937 Box 1, Folder 12

Inland News, Aug. 1940 Box 1, Folder 13

“Fibre shipping containers go to war,” Fibre Containers, Dec. 1942

Box 1, Folder 14

Inspection tour of Macon Kraft Company, 1949 Box 1, Folder 15

Inspection trip, Nov. 1955 Box 1, Folder 16

Papers, re: acquisition of Ashtabula Company, 1952 Box 1, Folder 17

Inland sites drawings, mid-1950s Box 1, Folder 18

Technical Services and Marketing, 1956 Box 1, Folder 19

Sales and Exchange, 1956–67 Box 1, Folder 20

History of Normandy Farm, New Augusta, IN, Address by E.A. Gannon, 1960

Box 1, Folder 21

“Captain Inland,” Logo, 1960s Box 1, Folder 22

Recruitment program booklets, 1962–65 Box 1, Folder 23

Krannert on Profit: The Founders’ Day Address by Herman C. Krannert, 1968

Box 1, Folder 24

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Brochures, 1965

Box 1, Folder 25

H. Krannert etching, n.d. Box 1, Folder 26

Krannert on Management, 1966 General Collection: HD31.K68 1966

Krannert on Management, 1987 General Collection: HD31.K68 1987

Employee announcements, mid-1960s Box 1, Folder 27

James O. Harris biographical sketch, 1965 Box 2, Folder 1

Hourly Employees Retirement Plan, Booklet, Jan. 1966

Box 2, Folder 2

Presentation to Ralston Purina Company, July 1959 OMB 0103: Box 1, Folder 1

Address by President P.F. Holton at “The Indianapolis Story for Investors, 9 Nov. 1966

Box 2, Folder 3

Mahrt… the man and the mills, 1967 General Collection: TS1096.M4 1967

Henry C. Goodrich: a life of business and the business of life, 1999

General Collection: CT275.G66 J32 1999

Invitations, itineraries, and correspondence, re: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1968–70

Box 2, Folder 4

Krannert Graduate School Bulletins, 1969 Box 2, Folder 5

Company Stationary, n.d. Box 2, Folder 6

Certificates of Award, 1937–39 OMB 0103: Box 1, Folder 2

Monograph of Paperboard Industries Association Industrial Fellowships Nos. 1-10, Speech, Apr. 1927

General Collection: HD9839.P3 W35 1927

Fibre Box, papers and handbook, 1971–74 Box 2, Folder 7

Marketing in Action: Box-A-Rama 1974, Booklet, 1974

Box 2, Folder 8

Marketing and promotional booklets, 1974–75 Box 2, Folder 9

Sales Organization charts and directories, 1974–78 Box 2, Folder 10

Sales Organization charts, n.d. Box 2, Folder 11

Recycling Questions and Answers, Brochure, 1975 Box 2, Folder 12

Baskets delivered to the White House, 1978 Box 2, Folder 13

Itinerary of Indianapolis plant closing, 1981–82 Box 2, Folder 14

Volunteerism, 1985 Box 2, Folder 15

A Community bids good-bye to the Krannert Charitable Trust, Booklet, 19 Apr. 1988

Box 2, Folder 16

“Inland Container plans to leave downtown for suburb office park,” Indianapolis Star, 10 May 1988

Box 2, Folder 17

Headquarters Open House, Nov. 1989 Box 2, Folder 18

Papermaker of the Year, Benj. Lancashire, 1992 Box 2, Folder 19

Women’s Fund of Central Indiana, 1999 Box 2, Folder 20

Leaver’s Official Feetage Estimator, 1921 Box 3, Folder 1

Procedural manuals, 1924 Box 3, Folder 2

Monthly Roll Stock consumption and production, 1926–66

Box 3, Folder 3

Consumption by grade and plant, 1940–78 Box 3, Folder 4

Box type specifications, 1941–66 (1 of 2) Box 3, Folder 5

Box type specifications, 1941–66 (2 of 2) Box 3, Folder 6

Mill shipments, 1942–67 Box 3, Folder 7

Industry and Inland production and tons consumed, 1966

Box 3, Folder 8

Company manual, 1966–67 Box 3, Folder 9

Correspondence and address lists, 1968–70 Box 4, Folder 1

Company policy on business ethics, 1970 Box 4, Folder 2

Inland News, Aug.–Sept. 1940 Box 4, Folder 3

Clippings, 1954–55 Box 4, Folder 4

Clippings, re: groundbreaking in Rome, Georgia, May 1955

Box 4, Folder 5

Clippings, 1956–57 Box 4, Folder 6

Clippings, 1957–61 OMB 0103: Box 1, Folder 3

News clippings and releases, 1958–62 (1 of 2) Box 4, Folder 7

News clippings and releases, 1958–62 (1 of 2) Box 4, Folder 8

Press releases, re: earnings, 1960–75 Box 4, Folder 9

News clippings, re: Herman C. Krannert, 1964–74 Box 4, Folder 10

Correspondence and clippings, re: Newark, Delaware plant, 1969–74

Box 4, Folder 11

Correspondence and clippings, re: Ashtabula plant, 1971–74

Box 4, Folder 12

News releases, re: recycling mill, Oct. 1973 Box 4, Folder 13

News release and clippings, re: groundbreaking in Tennessee, Oct. 1973

Box 4, Folder 14

Clippings and correspondence, re: Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant, 1976–83

Box 4, Folder 15

Insight, company newsletter, Oct. 1973–82 BV 3530

Insight, company newsletter, 1983–84 OMB 0103: Box 1, Folder 4

Insight, company newsletter, 1985–86 Box 5, Folder 1

Insight, company newsletter, 1987-88 Box 5, Folder 2

Insight, company newsletter, 1989–92 Box 5, Folder 3

Insight, company newsletter, 1993–96 Box 5, Folder 4

Insight, company newsletter, 1997–98 Box 5, Folder 5

Insight, company newsletter, 1999–2001 Box 5, Folder 6

Anderson Box Company catalogs, 1934–42 Box 5, Folder 7

Anderson Box Company catalogs, 1944–54 Box 6, Folder 1

Anderson Box Company catalogs, 1955–63 Box 6, Folder 2

Anderson Box Company catalogs, 1964–71 Box 6, Folder 3

Johnson Box Company specification manual, 1936 Box 6, Folder 4

Ontario Mill, papers and correspondence, 1984 Box 6, Folder 5

Ontario Mills, groundbreaking, 1984 Box 6, Folder 6

Rexford Tapes brochure, 1993 Box 6, Folder 7

Series 2: Financial Papers

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Annual Reports, 1960–65 Box 6, Folder 8

Annual Reports, 1966–71 Box 7, Folder 1

Annual Reports, 1972–77 Box 7, Folder 2

Annual Reports, 1978–84 Box 7, Folder 3

Annual Reports, 1985–89 Box 7, Folder 4

Annual Reports, 1990–93 Box 7, Folder 5

Annual Reports, 1994–97 Box 7, Folder 6

Annual Reports, 1998–2002 Box 8, Folder 1

Common stock original issue ledger, 1925 Box 8, Folder 2

Original issue of stock receipts, 1929–30 Box 8, Folder 3

Stock ledger, 1930–54 Box 8, Folder 4

Earnings reports to shareholders, 1960–75 Box 8, Folder 5

Dividend Notices, 1960–76 Box 8, Folder 6

Inland’s first ticker tape from N.Y.S.E., 12 Dec. 1972 Box 8, Folder 7

Transmittal forms to surrender shares of stock, 1978 Box 8, Folder 8

SEC, Amendment No. 1 to From S-14, re: merger with Time Inc., 24 Aug. 1978

Box 8, Folder 9

Papers, re: Time-Inland merger, 1978 Box 9, Folder 1

News Clippings, re: Time-Inland merger, 1978 Box 9, Folder 2

Papers and stock from merger with Time Inc., 1978 Box 9, Folder 3

Series 3: Marketing and Advertisements

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Ads, reprints, and mailing pieces, 1960–63 Box 9, Folder 4

Assorted marketing and promotional materials, 1960s Box 9, Folder 5

Famous Products brochure, 1963 Box 9, Folder 6

Brochures, mid-1960s Box 9, Folder 7

Advertisements, mid-1960s Box 9, Folder 8

Product Advancements, Nomar and Rigi-Wet, mid-1960s

Box 9, Folder 9

Ads, reprints, and mailing pieces, mid-1960s Box 10, Folder 1

Product advertisements, 1962–70 Box 10, Folder 2

Total Packaging Value brochure, 1965 Box 10, Folder 3

A Packaging Handbook for Users of Corrugated Fibre Boxes, 1968

Box 10, Folder 4

Fibre Box Handbook, 1971 Box 10, Folder 5

Fruit & Produce Packaging Company, Advertisements and handbooks, 1970s

Box 10, Folder 6

Fruit & Produce Packaging Company, Spec sheets, 1970s

Box 10, Folder 7

Miscellaneous brochures, 1976, 1990 OMB 0103: Box 1, Folder 5

Inland Container Testing and Quality Control Procedures brochure, 1977

Box 10, Folder 8

Inland Packaging Achievements, Flyers, 1977–80 Box 10, Folder 9

Promotional Materials, 1981 Box 10, Folder 10

Advertisements and brochures, ca. 1992 Box 10, Folder 11

Insight brochures, 1998 Box 10, Folder 12

Series 4: Photographs

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Henry J. Duchang, ca. 1950 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 1

Telephone Operators, 1950s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 2

Testing, 1950s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 3

Taping and sticking, 1950s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 4

Printer/slotter and cut & die, ca. 1950s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 5

Display of customers, 25th Anniversary, 1950 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 6

Inland Fire Brigade, Plant #1, 1951 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 7

Women’s Bowling Team, 7 May 1953 Visual Collections: 4x5 Acetate negatives

Christmas, 1954 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 8

Safety shoe accident, July 1954 Visual Collections: 4x5 Acetate negatives

Safety Award, June 1955 Visual Collections: 4x5 Acetate negatives

Macon Plant, 1955 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 9

Service Anniversaries, 1955–59 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 10

Roll Stock, promo photos, 1959 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 11

Inland Salutes Louisville, 5–6 June 1959 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 12

Office people at plant #27, 1960 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 13

Dropping Box Demonstration, 1960 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 14

Inland customers, 1950s–1960s Visual Collections: 8x10 Acetate negatives

Fruit and vegetable boxes, 1960s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 15

Corporate Headquarters and miscellaneous officers, 1960s

Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 16

Middletown Plant employees, 1963 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 17

Process machines, 1963 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 18

South Haven Factory, July 1963 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 19

Lafayette Laboratories meeting of executives, 1965 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 20

Retiring employees, 1965 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 21

Retiring employees, 1970 Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 1

James O. Harris, 1965 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 22

Research Laboratories in Lafayette, mid-1960s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 23

George B. Elliott, 1966 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 24

Board Meeting, late 1960s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 25

H.C. Krannert, P.F. Holton, G.B. Elliott, 1968 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 26

Henry C. Goodrich, et. al., 1968 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 27

Mill & Timberlands trip, Oct. 1968 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 28

C.W Neirkirk, Anniversary Luncheon, Dec. 1968 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 29

Goodrich et. al. with Governor Buford, 1969 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 30

Executive dinner, 1969 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 31

Sales meeting in Rome, Georgia, 1970 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 32

Georgia Kraft Company Development Forest, sign, 1970

Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 33

Kraft Mill, 1970 Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 2

Signing of purchase of corrugated container division, 1973

Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 34

A.B. Harris Retirement Party, 1974 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 35

Norb Schaefer, July 1975 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 36

5 & 10 Year Service Anniversary, 1975 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 37

Walter Trennpohl at 50th Anniversary, 1975 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 38

Henry C. Goodrich, 1976 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 39

Indianapolis, Plant #1, 1940–57 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 40

Middletown, Plant #2, 1940s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 41

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Plant #4, 1962 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 42

Evansville, Indiana, Plant #5, 1960s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 1, Folder 43

Miscellaneous plants, 1960s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 1

Miscellaneous plants, 1970s Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 3

Inspection trip, 1949 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 2

Sheets of corrugated, n.d. Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 3

Miscellaneous employees, 1960s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 4

Miscellaneous employees, 1970s Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 4

Employee events, 1989–98 Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 5

Speeches given at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, n.d. Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 5

Founders Dinner, Columbia Club, 2 Nov. 1950 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 6

Herman C. Krannert, n.d. Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 7

Herman C. Krannert 80th birthday luncheon, 1967 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 8

Krannert Station, Georgia, May 1954 Visual Collections: 4x5 Acetate negatives

Ellmora Decker Krannert, n.d. Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 9

Opening of Krannert Pavilion at Indiana University Hospital, n.d.

Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 10

Rome, Georgia mill dedication, 1945 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 11

Boxes for plane parts, 1943 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 12

Rations, wartime related, 1940s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 13

Boxes in the field, wartime related, 1940s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 14

Miscellaneous factory workers, wartime related, 1940s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 15

Display booth, 1940s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 16

Miscellaneous, 1930s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 17

Anderson Box Company truck, 1960s Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 6

Anderson Box Company convention booths, n.d. Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 18

Rand-Whitney Packaging, 1990s Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 7

Rome plant, grounds, 1952 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 19

Board Meeting, Dinner, 1960s Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 20

Inland Bi-Plane, Apr. 1996 Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 8

“Gold Building” on Market Street, 1975 Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 9

Dedication of Inland headquarters, 1989 Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 10

Inland Headquarters, 1989 Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 11

Inland Headquarters, 1989 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 21

New corporate headquarters, n.d. Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 22

Construction of new wing at corporate, Be. 1996 Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 12

Annual Report photographs, 1990s Visual Collections: Color Photographs Box 1, Folder 13

Sales Managers meetings, 1939, 1955 Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 23

Management Services, n.d. Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 24

Service Award dinners, n.d. Visual Collections: Photographs Box 2, Folder 25

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