The Company was founded in 1898 and was based in Appleton, Wisconsin with large land holdings (75,000 acres) in Dickey Country, ND. The collection consists of personal family papers of George Baldwin (1830-1907), its founder; his son, George B. Baldwin (1876-1949); and Charles F. Baldwin (1879-1947), as well as other family members. The extensive business records, beginning in 1853, cover Mr. Baldwin's early legal and land interests, the Baldwin Land Company, his estate and the Baldwin Corporation.