Hammermill Paper Company Collection
2013-10-19T12:31:26-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMzg4XC8yMDEzMTAxOTEyMzY0NzAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Rick Hart, director of the John M. Lilley Library at Pennsylvania State University, Erie, The Behrend College, talked about The Hammermill Paper Company Collection. He spoke about the Behrend brothers, Ernst, Otto and Bernard, who along with their father Moritz formed the Hammermill Paper Company, which became one of the region’s largest employers. In 1984 Hammermill was purchased by International Paper Company which ran the Erie plant until it’s closing in 2002.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2013 LCV Cities Tour” in Erie, Pennsylvania, from September 16-20 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2013 LCV Cities Tour” in Erie, Pennsylvania, from September 16-20 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Rick Hart, director of the John M. Lilley Library at Pennsylvania State University, Erie, The Behrend College, talked about The Hammermill P… read more
Rick Hart, director of the John M. Lilley Library at Pennsylvania State University, Erie, The Behrend College, talked about The Hammermill Paper Company Collection. He spoke about the Behrend brothers, Ernst, Otto and Bernard, who along with their father Moritz formed the Hammermill Paper Company, which became one of the region’s largest employers. In 1984 Hammermill was purchased by International Paper Company which ran the Erie plant until it’s closing in 2002.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2013 LCV Cities Tour” in Erie, Pennsylvania, from September 16-20 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close
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