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DVD

Parchment paper : the end of an era

Call Number

  • H DVD 977.417 P225 (CEN)

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Edition

Full screen version.

Performers

Narrator, Joe Chadderdon.

Publication Information

Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo Community Access, 1999.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded note sheet ; 21 x 22 cm.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Known as the "Paper City," Parchment was the company town that Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company founder Jacob Kindleberger founded for his employees. During KVP's nearly 80 years in operation, the company made paper and printed numerous products out of parchment paper -- kitchen parchment, paper packaging, paper plates and cups, garbage paper and wax-lined maps for aviators in the war. While the mill changed ownership over the years, the core employees remained the same through KVP-Sutherland, Brown Co., James River Corp. and finally Crown Vantage Paper Co. The mill shut down in 2000 because of changes in the way paper was produced. This video provides a history of the company over the years.

Notes

Copyright date from closing credits: 1996.

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