Add to ORKGIn this 1958 photograph, Roscoe Poteet, mill superintendent, is guest speaker for the monthly meeting of the Sylva Woman's Club. The topic is the Operation of The Sylva Division of The Mead Corporation followed by a tour of the mill. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs that were created for the Sylvan, a monthly 1950's publication of Sylva's Mead Corporation. Mead, which opened in 1928, expanded in 1955 and closed in 1974 due to environmental concerns, produced paper for cardboard boxes. Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company, a recycle-based operation, opened in 1995 in the same location
Ted Fincannon working at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. This photograph is part of a collection...
This photograph of Bob Harris, Lane Whitaker, and Mr. Ellis is part of a collection of photographs t...
This photograph of Mike Strong, Ellis Harris, Walt Hoyle, and T.C. Cogdill is part of a collection o...
Roscoe Poteet, mill superintendent, with Bob Harris (right) at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. T...
This photograph of the Mead plant near downtown Sylva is part of a collection of photographs that we...
This photograph is part of a collection of photographs that were created for the Sylvan, a monthly 1...
Frank Buchanan and "Rosie" Ensley at the Employee entrance to the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. Th...
Among those pictured are Mr. Bennet and C. Mathis keeping the railroad tracks in good working order ...
This photograph of a Highway patrolman speaking to a group at Sylva's Mead Corporation is part of a ...
This photograph of Mead Corporation's new steam plant near downtown Sylva is part of a collection of...
This photograph depicting the plans for Mead Corporation's new steam plant near downtown Sylva is pa...
Master mechanic Crawford Smith and Millwright Alvin Franklin look over a completed emergency repair ...
Vince and Eldon Hooper at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. This photograph is part of a collectio...
Joe Dietz (left), and Bob Lacey at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. This photograph is part of a ...
Herschel Cabe, Marshall Mason, and Bob Harris had to run a temporary electric line to the motor hook...
Ted Fincannon working at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. This photograph is part of a collection...
This photograph of Bob Harris, Lane Whitaker, and Mr. Ellis is part of a collection of photographs t...
This photograph of Mike Strong, Ellis Harris, Walt Hoyle, and T.C. Cogdill is part of a collection o...
Roscoe Poteet, mill superintendent, with Bob Harris (right) at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. T...
This photograph of the Mead plant near downtown Sylva is part of a collection of photographs that we...
This photograph is part of a collection of photographs that were created for the Sylvan, a monthly 1...
Frank Buchanan and "Rosie" Ensley at the Employee entrance to the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. Th...
Among those pictured are Mr. Bennet and C. Mathis keeping the railroad tracks in good working order ...
This photograph of a Highway patrolman speaking to a group at Sylva's Mead Corporation is part of a ...
This photograph of Mead Corporation's new steam plant near downtown Sylva is part of a collection of...
This photograph depicting the plans for Mead Corporation's new steam plant near downtown Sylva is pa...
Master mechanic Crawford Smith and Millwright Alvin Franklin look over a completed emergency repair ...
Vince and Eldon Hooper at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. This photograph is part of a collectio...
Joe Dietz (left), and Bob Lacey at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. This photograph is part of a ...
Herschel Cabe, Marshall Mason, and Bob Harris had to run a temporary electric line to the motor hook...
Ted Fincannon working at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. This photograph is part of a collection...
This photograph of Bob Harris, Lane Whitaker, and Mr. Ellis is part of a collection of photographs t...
This photograph of Mike Strong, Ellis Harris, Walt Hoyle, and T.C. Cogdill is part of a collection o...