Gillette Rubber Company (Eau Claire, Wis.)--History
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
George Storrs and Raymond Gillette Papers, 1917-1930
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 308
Summary
Letters from Eau Claire native George Dwight “Dite” Storrs to his mother, Mrs. R. B. Gillette, written while he was stationed in Europe during World War I. Other correspondence includes letters from Storrs’s stepfather, Raymond Gillette, founder of the Gillette Safety Tire Co., a brief biography of Raymond Gillette, an unidentified photograph of nurses with servicemen, a certificate issued to Jeannette Isabella Gillette for services rendered to the Great War, a bill for “Hard Earned...
Dates:
1917-1930, bulk 1917-1919
Jack Zais Uniroyal Collection, 1898-2013
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 358
Summary
Collection contains John (Jack) Zais’ research material regarding Uniroyal. John (Jack) Zais was employed at the Eau Claire Tire Plant for over 25 years. He was heavily involved in the union during his time as an employee, which allowed him a large breadth of inside information. These experiences, mixed with his love for history, helped him begin research on the Eau Claire Tire Plant Publications. Also contains artifacts of Union buttons and miscellaneous badges, stickers, pins, keychains,...
Dates:
1898-2013
Uniroyal Collection, 1919-2017
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 255
Summary
The plant that ultimately became the Uniroyal plant was founded in 1916 by R.B. Gillette as the Gillette Safety Tire Company. 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. Collection contains newspaper articles, photographs, employee agreements and by-laws, some employee records, and a small collection of correspondence, photographs, and other writings by Sanford...
Dates:
1919-2017