Henry Villard additional papers, 1876-1905.

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Henry Villard additional papers, 1876-1905.

Primarily scrapbooks relating to the German-born American journalist Henry Villard.

8 volumes and 1 box (2 linear ft.)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6384532

Houghton Library

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North American Co.

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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...

Oregon and Transcont. Co.

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Oregon Transcont. Co.

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Northern Pacific Trans. Co.

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N.P.R.R. Co.

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Portland Board of Trade

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Portland Canning Co.

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Professor Eugene Woldemar Hilgard

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O. W. Holmes

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Fry, James B. (James Barnet), 1827-1894

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James B. Fry, a native of Carrollton, IL, was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in 1847. After serving as instructor and adjutant at West Point, he was appointed chief of staff to Gen. Irwin McDowell and subsequently to Gen. Don Carlos Buell in 1861. He later served as Provost Marshall General of the U.S., 1863-1866, and promoted to Brigadier Gen. in 1864. From the description of Fry, James B. (James Barnet), 1827-1894. Letter. 16 November 1861. (Filson Historical Society, The)...