CONWED CORPORATION:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Conwed Corporation, creator. | |
| Title: | Conwed Corporation records. | |
| Dates: | 1921-2012. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Records of a St. Paul-based manufacturer of commercial ceiling and interior products, building construction and remodeling products, insulation and padding materials, wooden office furniture, and other products. Includes records of predecessor Wood Conversion Company. | |
| Quantity: | 39.35 cubic feet (33 boxes, including 55 volumes, and 2 oversize folders containing 21 items), 7 master audio files: WAV (244 MB), 7 user audio files: MP3 (47.6 MB), 19 master film reels: 16mm., 2 master video files: MOV (27.1 GB), and 19 user video files: MP4 (18 GB). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Wood Conversion Company was incorporated in 1921 in Delaware by eleven stockholding companies, including the Weyerhaeuser firms. The headquarters was located in Cloquet, Minnesota. The headquarters later moved to Saint Paul, although the company's plant operations remained in Cloquet. On August 1, 1967, an amended certificate of incorporation filed in Delaware changed the name of the corporation to Conwed Corporation. In 1985 the stock of Conwed Corporation was sold to Cardiff Equities Corporation, a subsidiary of the Leucadia Corporation of New York.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The collection includes historical information; annual and other reports; financial statements, auditor's reports, and quarterly reports; news releases and news bulletins; product information files; and photographs, films, and video and audio recordings. Volumes include journals, time books, payroll records, advertising samples and posters, and technical, sales, and service manuals.
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following sections:
| Historical Information | ||
| Reports | ||
| News Releases | ||
| Product Information Files | ||
| Miscellany | ||
| Technical Materials | ||
| Accounting Records | ||
| Advertising Materials | ||
| A-V Materials |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Access to records less than 25 years old requires written permission. News releases, clippings, photographs, and commonly available publications are excluded from this restriction. Researchers wishing to see restricted materials must apply in writing for that permission. Please consult the reference staff for more information.
The video recordings in copyright in this collection are not available online, but can be accessed upon request for use in the Gale Family Library reading room. Please consult reference staff for more information.
Use Restrictions:
Quotation or publication, beyond the fair use provisions of the copyright law, from records less than 25 years old requires written permission. News releases, clippings, photographs, and commonly available publications are excluded from this restriction. For further information concerning copyright status and/or permission to publish, please consult the reference staff.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Conwed Corporation Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 13,595; 14,415; 14,450; 16,002; 16,042; 17,023
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the audiovisual material are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original audiocasettes, audio reels, and videocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into mov and wav files.
Processing Information:
Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, December 1985
Additions by: Dennis E. Meissner, September 1990; David B. Peterson, June 2009; Monica Ralston, August 2012; David B. Peterson, September 2015
Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, October 27, 2021.
Digital audiovisual material transferred from the master film, audiocassettes, audio reels, and videocassettes, by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (October 2021).
Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 990017350890104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.7B | 1 | Certificate of amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Conwed Corporation, May 27, 2010. | |||||||||||
| Corporate history, undated, 1970-1976. | |||||||||||||
| Historical information compiled by G. R. Harding, circa 1970. | |||||||||||||
| Historical Information compiled by J. B. Lockhart, 1921-1981. | |||||||||||||
| Manuscript (in several sections) on company history. | |||||||||||||
| E. W. Davis, Wood Conversion Co. 25 Year Club, 1951. | |||||||||||||
| Don Valsvik, Early History of Conwed's Entrance in the Office Interiors Business, 1981. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous historical information (mostly printed), 1947, 1980-1984. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous historical sketches, undated and 1923-1972. | |||||||||||||
| Transcript of oral history interview with Henry E. Walter, October 19, 1989. 56 pages. | |||||||||||||
| Interviewed by Chuck Twining. | |||||||||||||
| Wood Conversion Company: Twenty-five Year Report of Mill Operations (1921-1946), undated. | |||||||||||||
REPORTS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.7B | 1 | Internal annual reports (divisions and departments), 1925-1959. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Annual reports to stockholders, 1953-1984. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Fiber Products, Inc. annual reports, 1953-1954, and notice to Wood Conversion Company stockholders regarding its merger into the company, 1955. | |||||||||||||
| Data extracted from annual financial reports, 1922-1932. | |||||||||||||
| Financial statements, November 1948-November 1970. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.8F | 2 | Consolidated income statements, 1956-1960. | |||||||||||
| Quarterly reports, 1961-1984. | |||||||||||||
NEWS RELEASES
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.8F | 2 | General news releases, November 1971-March 1979. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Internal news bulletin, January 1978-December 1984. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising news releases, December 1973, February 1974-August1976. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.9B | 3 | Advertising news releases, September 1976-April 1978. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Distribution-Fabricator Brochure 27: Tufflex, Nu-Wood, 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Installation data for electrically heated homes. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Field laboratory for heating studies. | |||||||||||||
| Bulletins (by individual), 1961-1964. | |||||||||||||
| Monthly reports: Advertising, building products, industrial products, 1960-1964. | |||||||||||||
| "The Big W" (Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., special edition), 1923. | |||||||||||||
| Contact Magazine log of articles, 1951-1985. | |||||||||||||
| Other companies' forms and printed matter, 1949-1983. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
PRODUCT INFORMATION FILES
Files contain advertising and technical literature, as well as some correspondence and memoranda.
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.9B | 3 | Plastics, 1972-1979. 8 folders. | |||||||||||
| Building products review, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Construction products group. | |||||||||||||
| Construction ventures, 1974. | |||||||||||||
| Developing business, 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Developing business group, 1973-1974. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| DCAB: Cabinetry program, 1972-1973. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| DRET: Retail, 1972-1973. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.10F | 4 | Industrial group, 1973-1974. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| IFAB: Fabricating division, 1972-1973. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| IAUT: Automotive products, 1971. | |||||||||||||
| INTEST Division (International Acoustical Testing Laboratory, Inc.), 1973-1976. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| ONI (Oriented Net Ltd.), 1975-1976. | |||||||||||||
| SBF-RPM, 1977. | |||||||||||||
| Environmental fibers: | |||||||||||||
| Bonded fibers, 1972-1978. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Building products, 1974. | |||||||||||||
| Construction ventures, 1973-1975. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Environmental F/V/SFB, 1974-1977. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| IPSS. Oil Sorbent Program, 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Sorbents/Fibers, 1978-1980. | |||||||||||||
| Office interiors: | |||||||||||||
| DSC. Space Control Division, 1972-1973. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.11B | 5 | Contract Furniture Group, 1974-1976. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Space Division: Office furniture, 1975. | |||||||||||||
| Office interiors, 1977-1980. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Building products, 1972, 1975. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.12F | 6 | Ceiling products, 1978-1979. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Commercial, 1976-1977. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Commercial products, 1972, 1974, 1975. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Product brochures, undated. | |||||||||||||
MISCELLANY
| +141 | Balsam-Wool hall-vent poultry house: how to assemble, May 1944. | ||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.13B | 7 | Volumes 3-6. Time Books, June 1921-November 1923. | |||||||||||
| Volumes 10-15. Monthly payroll record books, June 1927-December 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 16. Development Department list of books and periodicals, 1938-circa 1962. | |||||||||||||
| +141 | Nu-Wood decorator file, undated. | ||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.13B | 7 | Volume 17. Scrapbook, 1962-1963. | |||||||||||
| Articles about the company and about Cloquet. | |||||||||||||
| Conwed sale to Cardiff Equities Corporation, 1984-1986. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Conwed 25 year club, 1951, 1985, 2012. | |||||||||||||
| Corporate philosophy, 1981. | |||||||||||||
| Corporate sale, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.D.4.8F | 19 | Sales trips and conferences, 1972-1973, 1981-1982. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
TECHNICAL MATERIALS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.13.14F | 8 | Volumes 18-21. Technical manuals regarding building products (4, 48, 85, 164), circa 1940s-1960s. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.1B | 9 | Volume 22. Technical products sales manual (2). | |||||||||||
| Volumes 23-25. Industrial products sales manuals (4, 26, 30). | |||||||||||||
| Volumes 26-27. Technical Sales Service. Building products manuals: Sound control. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 28. Proven products: Points for electrically heated and air conditioned homes (4). | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.2F | 10 | Volumes 29-30. Proven products: Points for electrically heated and air conditioned homes (8, 121). | |||||||||||
| Volume 31. Building products sales manual (43), 1970. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 32. Building products literature, 1973-1974. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 33. Building products technical manual. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.3B | 11 | Volume 34.Building products salesman's price book (Wood Conversion Co.). | |||||||||||
| Volumes 35-36. Sound control manuals, 1970. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 37. "Lo-Tone" lighting systems: Lighting components manual. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.4F | 12 | Volume 38. Lighting systems (miscellaneous), 1960s. | |||||||||||
| Volume 39. Balsam-Wool and Tufflex market analysis (Volume 1), 1951-1955. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 40. Balsam-Wool and Nu-Wood: Miscellaneous mimeographed materials and advertising samples, 1935. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 41. Bricover Plastonics merchandising manual. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.5B | 13 | Product technical data. Volume 42. | |||||||||||
| Volume 43. Contract furniture creative specialty printing, 1974-1975. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 44. Ventilation components. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 45. Construction group, 1973-1974. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.6F | 14 | Volume 46. Construction group: Direct media, 1970s. | |||||||||||
| Industrial group: Direct media (ads). Volume 47. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 48. Industrial group: Literature, 1973. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 49. Developing business group: Direct media, 1973-1975. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.7B | 15 | Volume 50. Developing business group: Literature, 1973-1975. | |||||||||||
| Volume 54. Balsam-Wool Blanket advertising book. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising literature: | |||||||||||||
| Balsam-Wool. | |||||||||||||
| Balsam-Wool, Nu-Wood, and Tufflex. | |||||||||||||
| Nu-Wood. | |||||||||||||
| Lo-Tone and Nu-Wood. | |||||||||||||
| Conwed. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous products. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
ACCOUNTING RECORDS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.C.10.7 | 16 | Volumes 1-2. General journals (A,B), February 1921-March 1935. | |||||||||||
| Volume 7. Payroll book (A), November 1923-April 1928. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.C.10.8 | 17 | Volumes 8-9. Payroll books (B,C), May 1928-October 1931. | |||||||||||
ADVERTISING MATERIALS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.D.4.7B | 18 | Balsam-Wool advertisement from Better Homes and Gardens, June 1934. | |||||||||||
| Volumes 51-52. Balsam-Wool blanket advertising posters, 1929-1930. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 53. Balsam-Wool and Nu-Wood advertising samples, 1929-1930. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 55. Advertising sample book, 1950s-1965. | |||||||||||||
| New product marketing procedures, 1965-1969. | |||||||||||||
| [0.5 cubic feet empty, oversize] | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.D.4.8F | 19 | Miscellaneous advertising literature. | |||||||||||
| Unbound sheets, scrapbook pages, and publications. | |||||||||||||
| +141 | Items used in advertising display: | ||||||||||||
| Balsam-Wool blanket insulation with reflective liners, March 1956. | |||||||||||||
| The "Coffee Corner": Nu-Wood ceiling tile, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Nu-Wood deluxe ceiling tile and acoustical ceiling tile, undated. 2 items. | |||||||||||||
| Wood Conversion calendars, 1963, 1964, and 1965. 3 items. | |||||||||||||
A-V MATERIALS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.8F | 20 | Photographs: | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous photographs, undated, 1922-1960, 1992. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs used in advertising and displays: CBP1241-CBP1249, CBP1251-CBP1258. 19 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Negatives found loose in files. | |||||||||||||
| Company personnel. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Recreational. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising. | |||||||||||||
| Bricover photos: CBP1216A-CBP1239. 23 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Nu-Wood installation. | |||||||||||||
| Halls and corridors. | |||||||||||||
| Funeral homes and banks. | |||||||||||||
| Nu-wood clips. | |||||||||||||
| Churches. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Nu-Wood. | |||||||||||||
| Tuffwood. | |||||||||||||
| Theaters and auditoriums. | |||||||||||||
| Sheathing, Nu-Wood. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Schools. | |||||||||||||
| Restaurants, taverns, bowling alleys. | |||||||||||||
| Carpenter aprons: Balsam-Wool. | |||||||||||||
| Balsam-Wool Quietele. | |||||||||||||
| Panel-Tex. | |||||||||||||
| Libraries. | |||||||||||||
| Nu-Wood. | |||||||||||||
| Historical. | |||||||||||||
| DCAB1, DCAB5-DCAB8. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| DRET18, 40, 41, 42. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||
| Sierra Pacific Power Company. | |||||||||||||
| R3-R9, R11-R12. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Balsam-Wool: | |||||||||||||
| Historical photos. | |||||||||||||
| Builders blanket panel construction. | |||||||||||||
| Product photos. | |||||||||||||
| Product close-up. | |||||||||||||
| Lettuce Pak color photo. | |||||||||||||
| Negatives and photographs. 55 envelopes. | |||||||||||||
| Matted negatives. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.9B | 21 | Matted negatives. | |||||||||||
| Photographs found loose in Box 8. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous negatives. 132 envelopes. | |||||||||||||
| Including a few prints. | |||||||||||||
| CBP. Building products: | |||||||||||||
| Historical photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Nu-Wood photos used in advertisements. 23 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Wood Conversion plant, Cloquet. | |||||||||||||
| G1-G9, 1953. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Negatives for historical corporate displays, 1963. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| NV24: Emergency blanket. | |||||||||||||
| B. Concrete insulation... Wold-Chamberlain Field. | |||||||||||||
| Coded advertising photographfiles: | |||||||||||||
| M521-M524, M526, M528, M529. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| R100-R105, R108-109, R111, R115. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Z207A, Z210A, Z211A. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Nu-Wood shingle backer. | |||||||||||||
| Thermo-Pad siding underliner. | |||||||||||||
| Farm buildings. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.10F | 22 | Miscellaneous attic rooms. | |||||||||||
| Balsam-Wool sill sealer. | |||||||||||||
| Lumber dealers and lumber yards. | |||||||||||||
| Loose photographs and negatives from Box 9. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Coded photographfiles: | |||||||||||||
| Wood Conversion plant, 1953. | |||||||||||||
| G10-G40, G44-G48. 36 folders. | |||||||||||||
| G49-G139 (Conwed Research Center, Roseville), 1963. 47 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Test house garage laboratory. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| B. Concrete insulation. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| B1, B1A-B1F. | |||||||||||||
| Pulping operations, Cloquet, 1940s. | |||||||||||||
| Plant operations: Balsam-Wool and Nu-Wood. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Plant operations, General. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified photos. | |||||||||||||
| Historical photos of plant operations, Cloquet: GA602-GA604, DE602, GE601-GE616, GH-GK. 30 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Company personnel and advertising: ID101-ID66. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Advertisements: BP210. | |||||||||||||
| Product photos: Nu-Wood. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs from Box 10. | |||||||||||||
| Movie stills: M500-M520, 1951, 1953. 21 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Personnel no longer with the company. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs appear to depict employees and activities. | |||||||||||||
| Manufacturing/Marketing special awards group, 1976. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Nu-Wood offices, stores, rooms, and similar files, 12-15. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.11B | 23 | Nu-Wood, 16-19. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Experimental and test chambers. | |||||||||||||
| Balsam-Wool, 18. | |||||||||||||
| Installation. | |||||||||||||
| Balsam-Wool, 2. | |||||||||||||
| Panel-Tex and Sta-Lite tile rooms. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 3-8. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising photos for Balsam-Wool, Tufflex, Nu-Wood, homes and buildings. 24 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 19-20, 23-44. | |||||||||||||
| Coded photographfiles: | |||||||||||||
| BNF634-BN1600: Home interiors. 11 folders. | |||||||||||||
| BOA500-BOA639: Exteriors. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| BP500-BP803: Details. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| BQB602: Details, interiors, exteriors. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| BR600-F105: Potato warehouses, homes, buildings, interiors, exteriors, details. 36 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 29A-41B: Transparencies of homes: Rooms and decorative details. 31 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Transparencies: Various subjects. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Transparencies: Miscellaneous. 5 envelopes. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.12F | 24 | Transparencies: Matted. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Transparencies: Unmatted. | |||||||||||||
| Transparencies: Historical subjects. | |||||||||||||
| Cloquet. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous meetings. | |||||||||||||
| Logging operations. | |||||||||||||
| Colored transparency. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified. | |||||||||||||
| Red Wing photos. | |||||||||||||
| Photo information sheets, release forms. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Loading pulpwood cars, 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Plank. | |||||||||||||
| Balsam-Wool. | |||||||||||||
| Pneumatic process, K-20 Fiber. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Houses: General appliances. | |||||||||||||
| GE/Balsam-Wool tests. | |||||||||||||
| Cell-U-Form/Cell-U-Mat. | |||||||||||||
| Farms. | |||||||||||||
| Finished poultry houses. | |||||||||||||
| Competitive. | |||||||||||||
| Central Lumber Company. | |||||||||||||
| Bulk testing. | |||||||||||||
| Fiber. | |||||||||||||
| Military housing. | |||||||||||||
| K-25 Movie. | |||||||||||||
| Porches. | |||||||||||||
| Motels. | |||||||||||||
| Housing projects: FHA. | |||||||||||||
| Combination/miscellaneous conventions. | |||||||||||||
| "Keep Minnesota Green" conservation program. | |||||||||||||
| War photos. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||
| BP28-BP120: Interiors and exteriors of homes, structures, detail work. 36 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.13B | 25 | BP122-BP206. 37 folders. | |||||||||||
| BP222-BP225: Test house. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| DCF19-DCF68: Office furnishings. 40 folders. | |||||||||||||
| CF84-CF122: Office furnishings. 21 folders. | |||||||||||||
| CF1055-CF1061: Building interiors. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 1138-1155 (Series 7000): Office partitions. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| NV16-NV35: Partitions. 14 folders. | |||||||||||||
| DB1-DB6: Office furnishings/partitions. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| DCF2-DCF17: Office dictation furnishings. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| DCS1-DCS46: Office furnishings. 37 folders. | |||||||||||||
| BP226-BP386: House interiors and exteriors, test house, miscellaneous. 73 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.14.14F | 26 | "Enduring Beauty" photographs. | |||||||||||
| Ceilings. | |||||||||||||
| Kordite photos and slides. | |||||||||||||
| Wood Conversion Co. machinery. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous prints and negatives. 4 envelopes. | |||||||||||||
| Coded photographfiles: | |||||||||||||
| 1033-1192 (Code letters BPH, CPH, BP, CBP): Interiors and details. 142 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.15.1B | 27 | Coded photographfiles: Interior and exterior details: | |||||||||||
| 763-906. 90 folders. | |||||||||||||
| BP907-BP931. 21 folders. | |||||||||||||
| HBP1000-HBP1024. 34 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 939-999. 45 folders. | |||||||||||||
| HCP, HBP1001-HBP1033. 17 folders. | |||||||||||||
| BP497-BP586. 44 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.15.2F | 28 | BP389-BP749. 161 folders. | |||||||||||
| CPH, CCP, CP1153-1185, 1148-1153. 20 folders. | |||||||||||||
| CCP, CP1190-1276. 59 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.15.3B | 29 | CP1277-CP1365: Technical photos. 24 folders. | |||||||||||
| 87, 5-888: Plastics. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| IPL, PL915-PL971: Plastics. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Subject files: | |||||||||||||
| Extra research/development laboratory views. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous photos. | |||||||||||||
| Test farm barn: Nu-Wood and Balsam-Wool. | |||||||||||||
| Temperature test: Thermocouples. | |||||||||||||
| Refrigeration insulation. | |||||||||||||
| Pre-fab homes. | |||||||||||||
| Postwar houses. | |||||||||||||
| Poultry houses. | |||||||||||||
| Potato warehouse. | |||||||||||||
| MNL20: Miscellany, interiors, exteriors, details. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous photos found loose in files. | |||||||||||||
| CF79B: Photographs from Minnesota Historical Society used in bank display. | |||||||||||||
| Postcard photos of Cloquet Wood Conversion plant; Snapshots of plant activities. | |||||||||||||
| Albums: | |||||||||||||
| A. Riverside (N.J.) plant construction, 1956-1958. | |||||||||||||
| B-D. Cloquet plant expansion, 1946-1951. 3 volumes | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 151.K.15.4F | 30 | E-F. Cloquet plant expansion, 1951-1955. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| G. Miscellaneous plant expansion photos. | |||||||||||||
| H. Wood Conversion Co. Advertising photos. | |||||||||||||
| I. Show book: Industrial displays, 1960s. | |||||||||||||
| J. "BP" display photos, June 1970. | |||||||||||||
| K. Shows and exhibits, 1960s. | |||||||||||||
| L. Photographs of Wood Conversion plant, Cloquet. | |||||||||||||
| M. Wood Conversion Co. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified. | |||||||||||||
| Nu-Wood Interior Finish (book), undated. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.C.11.1 | 33 | Oversize photographs: | |||||||||||
| Enlargements of plant photographs: Interior and exterior views. 26 items. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified, but may be Wood Conversion plant, Cloquet. | |||||||||||||
| William Carson. | |||||||||||||
| First president, Wood Conversion Co. | |||||||||||||
| Wood Conversion Co. general sales meeting, 1957. | |||||||||||||
| Shelf Q-10-B (Room B105.7) | Motion pictures: | ||||||||||||
| Cell U-Form, 1950s. 1 master film reel (9 minutes, 52 seconds): silent, color; 16mm. original reversal positive and reversal positive print and 1 user video file: MP4 (721 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Footage of constructions sites such as the Children's Hospital of St. Paul. | |||||||||||||
 Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Chuck Woods, 1950s. 1 master film reel (27 minutes, 22 seconds): sound, black and white; 16mm. positive print and 1 user video file: MP4 (2 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Chuck Woods talks about his best strategies to sell and offer a great buying experience of insulation and lumber materials. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Tale of the tile toters, 1950s. 1 master film reel (9 minutes, 16 seconds): sound, black and white; 16mm. positive print and 1 user video file: MP4 (676 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Presented by the Wood Conversion Company, a film about how easy the Nu-wood tile system is to handle and work with. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Make room [for tomorrow], 1952. 1 master film reel (19 minutes, 51 seconds): sound, color; 16mm. positive print and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.4 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Presented by the Wood Conversion Company, a film about remodelling and finding a way to make more space in the house. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Happy house, 1954. 1 master film reel (23 minutes, 43 seconds): sound, color; 16mm. reversal positive print and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.7 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Describes the Operation Home Improvement program along with the home buyer's journey of growing into a house by means of improvements and add-ons. | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Title Wood Conversion Co. 16mm Kodachrome - John Sutherland Productions Inc. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Better homes in jig time: the story of component construction, 1960. 1 master film reel (30 minutes, 1 second): sound, color; 16mm. reversal positive print and 1 user video file: MP4 (2.1 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Blue film, 1970s. 1 master film reel (18 minutes, 30 seconds): sound, color; 16mm. reversal positive answer print and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.3 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Advertising and informational film about house features and performances with a focus on ceiling systems, single source responsibility, and interior systems contractor. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Gold film, 1970s. 1 master film reel (11 minutes, 40 seconds): sound, color; 16mm. reversal positive answer print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (855 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Advertisement for Conwed on why and how they produce the best ceiling tile system in the world. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Rock Face and the impaction ceiling system, 1970s. 1 master film reel (3 minutes, 10 seconds): silent, color; 16mm. reversal positive print and 1 user video file: MP4 (225 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Advertising and informational film about a durable impact resistant ceiling tile system. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Two copies. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Sky class conference in the clouds, 1972. 1 master film reel (1 minute, 35 seconds): sound ; 16mm. dupe neg track and 1 user video file: MP4 (37.6 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Advertising and informational film about Conwed commercial acoustic ceiling products for the home and businesses. | |||||||||||||
| Sound only. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Conwed sorbent materials, 1977. 1 master film reel (7 minutes, 49 seconds): sound, color; 16mm. reversal positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (594.8 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Film about Conwed sorbent materials controlling spills and leakage with biodrgradable natural fiber technology. | |||||||||||||
| Note: two copies. | |||||||||||||
| Container note: WG Walson Roseville. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Sky class conference in the clouds [work print], 1972. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16mm. reversal work print. | |||||||||||||
| Work print of film. | |||||||||||||
| Sky class conference in the clouds [sound], 1972. 1 film reel: sound ; 16mm. full coat magnetic track. | |||||||||||||
| Sound-only production element. | |||||||||||||
| Conwed sorbent materials, work print, 1977. 1 film reel: silent, color; 16mm. original reversal positive, work print. | |||||||||||||
| Film element. | |||||||||||||
| Container note: ECO Conwed Sorbent, 11/23/73 - Eco Orig -GFS, original Santa Barbra, Cali, revision sorbent. | |||||||||||||
| Conwed sorbent materials, A&B rolls, 1977. 1 film reel : silent, color; 16mm. reversal positive, A&B rolls. | |||||||||||||
| Film element. | |||||||||||||
| Container note for the AA rolls: 12-10-73 ECO Roll #1980, Bromm El Prod. . | |||||||||||||
| Container note for the AB rolls: Rusten Film Assoc. - GFS #15094, Roll #2426 Eco Orig 10/5/71, prod. #705. | |||||||||||||
| Shelf Q-9-B (Room B105.7) | Bricover brick and stone, undated. 1 master film reel (11 minutes, 33 seconds): mag sound, color; Super 8mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (887 MB). | ||||||||||||
| Note: Conwed Building Prod. Div. 4-23002. Fairchild Series 70-10. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Canterbury beam ceiling system, undated. 1 master film reel (6 minutes, 19 seconds): mag sound, color; Super 8mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (483 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Note: Fairchild Series 70-10. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Conwed Corporation, 1977. 1 master film reel (7 minutes, 35 seconds): mag sound, color; Super 8mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (582 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| The Conwed story, undated. 1 master film reel (17 minutes, 23 seconds): mag sound, color; Super 8mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.3 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| How to install a Conwed suspended ceiling, undated. 1 master film reel (9 minutes, 28 seconds): mag sound, color; Super 8mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (726 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Note: Fairchild Series 70-10. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Sorbent [1], 1971. 1 master film reel (12 minutes, 49 seconds): mag sound, color; Super 8mm. positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (985.5 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Note: Before 1/74 revision. Produced by Rusten Film Presentations. | |||||||||||||
| Related materials: Sorbent [1] is related to Sorbent [2]. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Sorbent [2], 1971. 1 master film reel (13 minutes, 40 seconds): mag sound, color; Super 8mm. positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (1 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Note: 8/17/74, to KTS, Division ENO, W.G. Wolston. Conwed Sound "Sorbent" movie (revised). Adv Dept file copy. | |||||||||||||
| Related materials: Sorbent [2] is related to Sorbent [1]. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Sorbent film , 1977. 1 master film reel (7 minutes, 44 seconds): mag sound, color; Super 8mm. positive print, and 1 user video file: MP4 (591.3 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Related material: Sorbent Super 8mm film is related to Conwed sorbent materials 16mm film. | |||||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||||
| Internet | Audio recordings: | ||||||||||||
| Conwed Farmpanel, 60 second radio spots, 1970s. 1 master audio file (55 seconds): WAV (4.7 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (1 MB). | |||||||||||||
 Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| Conwed vinyl acrylic ceiling, 60 second radio spot, 1970s. 1 master audio file (1 minute, 3 seconds): WAV (5.4 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (1 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| Advertisement compilation, 1970s. 1 master audio file (5 minutes, 16 seconds): WAV (26.6 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (5.3 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Note: compilation of 6 radio spots. | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Conwed stoneface vinyl, sculptured look without/anncr. tag. | |||||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| The Conwed story, 1970s. 1 master audio file (17 minutes, 1 seconds): WAV (85.9 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (17.9 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Note: Possibly related to Conwed Story slide trays 7-30-1976. | |||||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| The sculptured look, 60 second radio spot, approximately 1972. 1 master audio file (1 minute, 1 second): WAV (26.6 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (954 KB). | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Produced by Clarke Livingston. | |||||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| Conwed sorbent materials, narration track, 1977. 1 master audio file (4 minutes, 23 seconds): WAV (22.1 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (4.8 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Toby's Tunes Conwed - Sorbent Master Narration full track, 15 speed, Mono. | |||||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| Conwed sorbent materials, SFX and music track, 1977. 1 master audio file (18 minutes, 40 seconds): WAV (94.2 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (16.7 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Toby's Tunes Conwed - Sorbent SFX and music full track, 15 speed, Mono. | |||||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| Internet | Video recordings: | ||||||||||||
| The fires of 1918, 1981. 1 master video file (56 minutes, 47 seconds): MOV (12.9 GB). | |||||||||||||
| In copyright. | |||||||||||||
| A retelling of the great fires that destroyed Cloquet and Moose Lake Minnesota by survivors and family of survivors. | |||||||||||||
| Written and narrated by Glenn Maxham, a production of WDSE-TV Duluth, copyright 1981, made possible by a grant from the Conwed Foundation. | |||||||||||||
| Related material: A complete copy is separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society Sound and Visual collection. | |||||||||||||
| Off the record with Harry Newby featuring Henry Walter, September 22, 1989. 1 master video file (1 hour, 2 minutes): MOV (14.2 GB). | |||||||||||||
| In copyright. | |||||||||||||
| A history of the Conwed Corporation as told by Henry E. Walter. Henry was the former president of Conwed. Copyright notice: A community access TV production (CAT-7 1989). | |||||||||||||
| Shelf Q-9-B (Room B105.7) | Ladysmith Master, undated. 1 videotape reel: 1/2 in. | ||||||||||||
| Film strips: | |||||||||||||
| Film strips, undated. | |||||||||||||
| File Box containing 41 small filmstrips in tins. Most contain labels. | |||||||||||||
| Slides: The Story of Conwed, July 30, 1976. 2 slide carousels. | |||||||||||||
| +141 | Architectural Plans: | ||||||||||||
| Garage laboratory, Wood Conversion Company test home project, Fairmeadows addition, Stillwater. | |||||||||||||
| West cross section, September 22, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Proposed mechanical layout, September 22, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Floor plan, July 25, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Wall section detail, September 25, 1959. | |||||||||||||
| Perspective view of removable cabinets, November 2, 1959. | |||||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Advertising.
- Architecture--Designs and plans.
- Building materials industry -- Minnesota.
- Business enterprises -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Forest products industry -- Minnesota.
- Lumber trade -- Minnesota.
- Manufactures -- Minnesota -- Cloquet.
- Marketing.
- Weyerhaeuser records.
- Persons:
- Walter, Henry E., 1907-1999, creator.
- Organizations:
- Wood Conversion Company, creator.
- Document Types:
- Motion pictures (visual works).
- Photographs.
- Sound recordings.
- Video recordings (physical artifacts).
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