Moen family.

This collection contains papers pertaining to Philip Louis Moen (1824-1891) and a diary, letters and one document generated by his son, Philip Washburn Moen (1857-1904). Philip L. Moen was one of the founders of the wire industry in Worcester, Mass. He entered a partnership in 1850 with Ichabod Washburn (1798-1868) and succeeded Washburn in 1868 as president of the Washburn and Moen Co. As head of the largest industry in the city, he was a most influential and active public figure. Philip W. Moen was educated in Worcester, graduated from Yale University and became Treasurer and General Manager of the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Co. In 1899 the plant and business were sold to the American Steel and Wire Co. Moen served as one of the vice-presidents and, for four years, was active in the management of the Worcester plant. He retired from the steel and wire business in 1901 and turned his efforts to his country residence, dairy, and farm in Shrewsbury, Mass. There he pursued extensive landscape gardening, efficient farming methods, and raised a top-quality herd of cattle. Like his father, Moen had always been an important public figure in local politics, as director of numerous public transportation and utility companies, as trustee of several institutions, and as an active member of the Congregational Church. He died at age 47.