[7][8] The company's failings have been described by historical scholars, including Constance McLaughlin Green, as a matter of a lack of technical expertise in management.

The result was that these men were primarily interested in marketing the stocks and bonds, and not one was concerned with the manufacture of paper.”[10] Initially the company board sought papermaker and former congressman William Whiting II to serve as its chief executive.

[7] The American Writing Paper Company would endure multiple labor strikes and two bankruptcies before being entirely liquidated under the name "Holyoke Shares", beginning with reorganization as an investment company under that name in 1963, dissolving by the end of 1970.

[11][12] Today it is best known for its "Eagle A" brand which has since been sold to multiple successors,[2] until it was discontinued in 2007 by the Neenah Paper Company.

[3][4] The mills and properties which the company assumed included but were not limited to-[5][13]