This collection contains personnel and marketing records, and documentation of the labor strike at the Scripto Pen Company. The early personnel records include employee names, start dates, previous employment, and wage rates. Volumes of marketing publications and advertisements illustrate trade and commercial print advertisements Scripto Pen Company used for their writing instruments and disposable lighters. National and local newspaper clippings included in the collection relate to the labor union strike of 1964-1965 and document the effect of the Civil Rights Movement on labor negotiations and unions at Scripto Pen Company. The collection also includes a log of incident reports during the labor union strike. This log documents incidents recorded by Scripto employees of picket line activity and any threats or acts of violence reported or witnessed by employees coming or leaving for their shifts. Included in the reports are times and dates of incidents, and names of employees involved or witnesses. There are records of the Scripto plant's physical relocation, which includes documentation of the environmental impact of industrial waste produced at the plant. In addition, there are bound volumes of stock certificates and individual stock certificates.