Gilman Paper Company Collection
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The Gilman Paper Company collection is an archive of original photographic prints and negatives, and it was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
. The collection was formed over the course of two decades (roughly 1977-1997) by Howard Gilman
(1924-1998), chairman of the Gilman Paper Company
.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
. The collection was formed over the course of two decades (roughly 1977-1997) by Howard Gilman
Howard Gilman
Howard Gilman was descendant of Isaac Gilman, who had founded the Gilman Paper Company in 1884.-Biography:...
(1924-1998), chairman of the Gilman Paper Company
Gilman Paper Company
The Gilman Paper Company was a paper producer that was started in the 1880's by Isaac Gilman in Gilman, Vermont. In the 1940's his son Charles Gilman built an additional mill in St. Mary's, Georgia. The company was capable of producing 2.6 million pounds of paper per day, employed 1,100 workers...
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