Henry Villard business papers, 1862-1928 (inclusive), 1870-1900 (bulk)

Gould, Jay, 1836-1892

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Jay Gould (1826-1892) was an American financier and railroad entrepreneur. Jason Gould was born May 27, 1836 in Roxbury, New York to Mary (Moore) and John Burr Gould. As a young man, Gould helped prepare maps of several counties in New York, Ohio and Michigan. In 1856, he wrote History of Delaware County, and Border Wars of New York, a work which explored the local history of the region. Around 1857, Gould opened a tannery in northern Pennsylvania. He soon began speculating in small railways....

Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Soldier, businessman, civic leader and historian. Descendant of two presidents and the son of a noted diplomat, Adams served with distinction as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he became a nationally recognized authority on the railroad industry, chairing the Massachusetts Railroad Commission from 1869 to 1879, and ultimately taking on the presidency of the Union Pacifc Railroad for six stormy years, 1884-1890. From 1890 to 1915, Adams was content to be a man of a...

John H. Austin and Company.

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Koehler, Richard

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Finley Anderson

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Oregon Improvement Company

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Mining and transportation company of Washington state, 1888-1896. Henry Villard founded the Oregon Improvement Company in 1880 as a central component in his attempt to dominate the economy of the Pacific Northwest by linking rail, river, and ocean transport. The OIC owned coal mines in western Washington, four small railroads, and a steamship company. They suffered financial problems from the start, and competition for the San Francisco coal market was stiff. They tried ...

Chas. A. Tenney

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Northern Transcontinental Survey

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Deutsche Bank, 1870-1945

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Anderson, Adna

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Wisconsin Central Railroad Company (1954-1960)

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Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902

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Attorney, teacher, legal scholar. LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1856; LL.D., 1894; Royall Prof. 1874-1883; Weld Prof. 1883-1902. Law practice in Boston, 1856-1874. Chairman, Committe on Indian Legislation, 1887-1892. Consultant on Dakota Constitution of 1889. Author of Preliminary Treatise on the Law of Evidence at Common Law (1898), John Marshall (1901), A Western Journey with Emerson (1884). From the description of Papers of James Bradley Thayer, 1787-1902 (inclusive), 1850-1902 (bulk)...

Lee, Higginson & Co.

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Henderson, J. C.

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Union Depot and Railroad Company.

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Stern, Jacob S. H.

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Oterendorp, K. Van

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Schmidt, Frederick C.

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Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway Company.

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In 1888, the company was chartered by the province of Manitoba, Canada, to build and develop branch lines in the province. It bought out the stock of the Red River Valley Railway and took over five dormant charters, while also constructing a total of 301 miles of line, including terminal and hotel properties in Winnipeg. It also operated three other lines throughout the southern province. Its capital stock was acquired by NP in 1891, although it continued to operate under its own name. In 1901, ...

Endicott, William

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Wisconsin Central Railroad Company (1871-1899)

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Spofford, Charles A.

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Jacob S. H. Stern

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Tappan, Lewis N.

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Gibson Electric Co.

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American Liquid Fuel Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65782gx (corporateBody)

Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company

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Inc. 1870; sold under foreclosure 1886; succeeded by Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company. From the description of Papers 1877-1883. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 50588977 ...

Oregon and California Railroad.

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Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad Company

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Incorporated in 1889 under the laws of the state of Illinois, the terminal company purposed to acquire and lease facilities to other roads and to transact local business. The company was acquired by the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company in 1897. From the description of Corporate records, 1890-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313865952 ...

T. Lewis

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Oregon and Transcontinental Company

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Incorporated in 1881 under the state laws of Oregon, the company promoted construction of branch lines recommended, surveyed, located, and operated by NP, and also secured harmony of action between NP and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. From the description of Corporate records, 1881-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313866907 ...

Oregon Central Railroad Company.

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Mitchell, John H. (John Hipple), 1835-1905

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John Hipple Mitchell (1835-1905) was a senator from Oregon. From the description of John H. Mitchell telegram to James Lotan [manuscript], 1890 May 8. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 708374022 From the description of John H. Mitchell letter to Thomas Guinean [manuscript], 1891 May 8. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 708362955 From the description of John H. Mitchell correspondence and speeches [manus...

Pacific Coast Steamship Company

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Biographical / Historical Notes The Pacific Coast Steamship Company (PCSC) was founded in September 1882 under the name Pacific Steamship Company. This passenger and freight company was based in San Francisco. They shipped a variety of cargo such as vegetables, grain, lumber, coal and iron, and boasted modern, luxurious facilities for their passengers. In the early 1890s, the name Pacific Coast Steamship Company gained permanent resonance, un...

McKim, Mead & White

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At the time of this project the address of McKim, Mead & White was given as 160 Fifth Ave. (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Prospect Park, entrance shelters at Plaza entrance, [Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [detail drawing of dome in section and plan] / McKim, Mead & White, architects. Aug.24, 1895. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78960919 Architectural company. From the description of Photographs, [ca. ...

Edison Phonograph Company

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Ben Holladay

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Anderson, Finley

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W. G. Chamberlain

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Richard Koehler

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Philadelphia Centennial Exposition

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Kansas Pacific Railway Company

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William Lawson

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Duhem Bros.

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Edison Light Company

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Colby, Charles L., 1956-

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Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon.

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Incorporated in 1882 under the state laws of Oregon, the company acquired land and terminal facilities at Portland, East Portland, and Albina, Oregon. NP was one of the lessees of the properties from 1883 onward. The company's name was changed to the Portland Terminal Railroad Comapny in September 1965. From the description of Corporate records, 1881-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313866796 On December 7, 1940, the clerks and warehousemen at Ward's Portlan...

Oregonian Railroad Company.

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I. G. Davidson

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Edison Electric Light and Manufacturing Co.

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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

J. Alden Gaylord

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Gaylord, J. Alden

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Bretherton, Charles E.

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Dolph, Joseph N. (Joseph Norton), 1835-1897

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Joseph N. Dolph served as a Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1883-1895. From the description of Joseph N. Dolph papers, 1885-1894. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 55887114 ...

Arnold, Marcus

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Hilgard, Eugene W. (Eugene Woldemar), 1833-1916

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Eugene Woldemar Hilgard was born in Bavaria in 1833. He was raised in America and educated in the U.S., Switzerland, and Germany. Hilgard spent his professional life in the South and later in Calif. In his work and publications, he made contributions of great significance by furthering the application of scientific knowledge to the field of agriculture. As director of the Mississippi geological survey, and in his work elsewhere, he established himself as one of the first to recognize the relatio...

Lawson, William, 1774-1850

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Colby, Charles L., 1956-

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Oakes, Thomas Fletcher, 1843-1919.

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SMITH, S. T.

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Pumpelly, Raphael, 1837-1923

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Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923), American geologist and explorer, studied at the Royal School of Mines in Freiberg. He accepted a post in 1861 as a geologist for the Japanese government, and served two years in that position before traveling on through China, Mongolia, and Russia. He returned to the U.S. to study iron and copper deposits in Michigan and the Lake Superior district and from 1884-89 served as head of the New England division of the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1903 and 1904 he led exped...

D. W. Webb

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William Endicott, Jr.

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Oregon Railway and Navigation Company

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Incorporated in 1879, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company carried agricultural and mining freight on two mail lines; Portland to Huntington, Oregon and Pendleton, Oregon to Winona, Washington. By 1890 it owned over 642 miles of track, but in 1896 it was sold to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. From the description of Timetables, 1881-1903. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 48757673 ...

Oregon Transportation Company.

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Carr, Robert E.

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Elijah Smith

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Rodewald, Fred

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Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio – died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey), American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrial...

Northwest Trading Company.

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Sprague, Duncan and Hutchinson.

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Oregon Steamship Company.

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Gibson Electric Company.

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Villard, Henry, 1835-1900

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Henry Villard was a journalist, railway promoter, and financier. Born in Bavaria, he came to the United States in 1853. He worked as a journalist for a variety of newspapers and was a Civil War correspondent for the New York Herald and New York Tribune . In 1873 Villard became a representative for a group of German bondholders of the Oregon and California Railroad, and his career as a railroad promoter in the Northwest was launched. He was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1881-1884. V...

Dolph, Joseph N. (Joseph Norton), 1835-1897

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Joseph N. Dolph served as a Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1883-1895. From the description of Joseph N. Dolph papers, 1885-1894. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 55887114 ...

Frederick C. Schmidt

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Thomas Fletcher Oakes

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Sprague Duncan & Hutchinson Electric Motor Co.

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Carr, Robert E.

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Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921

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F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921), a photographer who traveled extensively in the West, was best known for his early photographs of Yellowstone National Park. In the 1870s and 1880s, Haynes operated studios in Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota, and St. Paul, Minnesota. As the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad, he maintained the "Haynes Palace Studio," a special railroad car equipped as a mobile photography studio. In 1891, when tourist travel to Alaska was on the rise, Hayne...

Northern Pacific Railroad Company

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These documents are duplicate copies from the papers of George A. Brackett, now part of the Northern Pacific Railroad collection at the Minnesota Historical Society. From the description of Papers. 1864-1914. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 18832082 Isaac "Ike" Gravelle was born in Canada in October 1871. He came to the United States in 1886. He was sent to the Montana State Prison in May 1891 on a conviction for horse stealing. After his release in 1893 he worked...

Charles E. Bretherton

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Siemens & Halske

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Thomas R. Tannatt

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Frederick Rodewald

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Deutsche Bank.

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Marcus, Arnold

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.

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Alfred Bishop Mason

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N. N. Bennett

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J. G. Crawford

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Edison Cement Company

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Villard, Fanny Garrison, 1844-1928

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Fanny Garrison Villard, daughter of the abolitionist William LLoyd Garrison, was a social reformer and champion of woman's suffrage and international peace. She married the journalist Henry Villard in 1866. After her husband's death in 1900 she devoted herself to such organizations as the NAACP, Diet Kitchen Association, and Women's Peace Society. From the description of Fanny Garrison Villard correspondence and papers, 1857-1928. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367604 ...

Villard Richmond Properties Electric Light Co.

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Werner von Siemens

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Kansas Pacific Railroad

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North American Company.

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Edison Electric Light Company

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Parent company of all Edison electric light enterprises. Established in 1878. From the description of Edison Electric Light Company records, 1879-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984047 Edison Company was a major producer of motion pictures during early years of the film industry. From the description of Scripts, 1909-1916. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 86152578 ...

Raphael Pumpelly

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Tannatt, Thomas R.

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Smith, Sylvester Thomas

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Edison Electric Light and Power Company of St. Paul.

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Edison Iron Ore Company

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Edison General Electric Company

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Oregon Transportation Development Company

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Thomson Houston Electric Co.

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Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890

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Billings was a San Francisco lawyer; partners with Archibald Peachy and H.W. Halleck, of the firm Halleck, Peachy and Billings, which specialized in cases involving land titles. From the description of Frederick Billings legal journal and miscellaneous papers, 1850-1869. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86128672 Frederick Billings went to California in 1849 and began a law practice in San Francisco. He became a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad in...

Mitchell, John H. (John Hipple), 1835-1905

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John Hipple Mitchell (1835-1905) was a senator from Oregon. From the description of John H. Mitchell telegram to James Lotan [manuscript], 1890 May 8. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 708374022 From the description of John H. Mitchell letter to Thomas Guinean [manuscript], 1891 May 8. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 708362955 From the description of John H. Mitchell correspondence and speeches [manus...

Smith, Elijah

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Sprague, Frank J. (Frank Julian), 1857-1934

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Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934) was an inventor and engineer known as the "father of electric traction" for his creation of the first city-wide electric streetcar system and the development of the multiple-unit system for electric railroads. From the description of Frank J. Sprague papers, 1874-1939. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122363989 From the guide to the Frank J. Sprague papers, 1874-1939, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Divisi...