Dam Brothers Papers 1910-1939

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Dam Brothers Papers 1910-1939

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Correspondence, notes, clippings, maps, and printed matter, 1910-1928, of the Dam Brothers investment brokerage, a partnership of Everett and Milton Dam of Seattle; and correspondence, 1928-1929, of Oscar Dam, Assistant Collector of United States Customs at Seattle, with Everett and Milton and British investors in a large hydroelectric dam, an associated industrial complex, and an irrigation project all to be located at Priest Rapids on the Columbia River in Grant County. Also correspondence and descriptive materials concerning the Pasco Reclamation Company, 1925-1928, and the Washington Hume Concrete Pipe Company, 1925-1928; as well as personal correspondence for Everett Dam, 1920-19

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Dam family

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Washington Hume Concrete Pipe Company.

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Dam, Milton Emory, 1886-1969

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Mundy, Roy

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Dam, Everett Stephen, 1885-

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Dam Brothers

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Oscar Windom Dam (b. 1883), Everett Stephen Dam (b. 1885) and Milton Emery Dam (b. 1886) were the sons of Alton S. Dam, an early developer of large scale irrigation in the Yakima Valley. After attending the University of Washington, the oldest brother, Oscar, became a Federal Service employee with the United States Customs Service in Seattle, while the two younger brothers formed a Seattle brokerage firm, which they named Dam Brothers. Although these occupations provided their livel...

Pasco Reclamation Company.

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Dam, Oscar Windom, 1883-

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