David Clark Everest Papers, 1891-1957

Summary Information

Title: David Clark Everest Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1891-1957

Creator:
  • Everest, D. C. (David Clark), 1883-1955
Call Number: Mss 279

Quantity: 127.2 c.f. (320 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of D. C. Everest, a Wausau, Wisconsin paper, lumber, and insurance company executive, civic leader, and philanthropist. Included are office files pertaining to all aspects of his business, professional, civic, philanthropic, political, and social concerns; his speeches and articles; correspondence, reports, minutes, and news releases received by Everest as a consultant to the United States Office of Production Management in the 1940s; and invoices for his personal finances for 1929-1934 and 1949-1950. Information is present on the Marathon Corporation which he joined in 1909 and served as president from 1938 to 1950; on several other companies of which he was a director or officer; on the Western Paper Manufacturers' Association, concerned in part with counteracting the development of trade unions; and on other industry related organizations such as the American Paper and Pulp Association, the American Forestry Association, the Institute of Paper Chemistry, and Trees for Tomorrow. Reports on the Marathon Corporation as a case study of industrial peace by the National Planning Association in 1950 are present. Also included is Everest family genealogical data, records of the 1920s construction and furnishings costs of the Everest home in Wausau, documentation from Everest's local and national participation in the Republican Presidential campaigns of 1928 and 1936, and records of his civic involvement with groups such as the Boy Scouts, the Red Cross, and the YMCA.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00279
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