Henry Carter Adams papers

Colorado and Southern Railway

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Incorporated in 1898 under the laws of the state of Colorado, the company operated a line from Denver, Colorado to Texline, Texas. It was controlled by the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company, owners of a majority of its capital stock. From the description of Corporate records, 1918-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313866008 Incorporated in 1898 to take over through foreclosure Union Pacific Denver and Gulf Railway and Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway...

Seligman, Edwin R. A. (Edwin Robert Anderson), 1861-1939

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Columbia A.B. 1879; A.M. 1884; L.L.B. 1884; Ph.D. 1885; L.L.D. 1904. Seligman served on the Columbia University faculty 1885-1931; the Tax Committee of New York City 1914-1916 and of New York State 1929-1931; the League of Nations committee on economics and finance 1922-1923; financial advisor to Cuba in 1931; editor of the Political Science Quarterly and the Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, among many other roles. From the guide to the Edwin Robert Anderson Seligma...

Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943

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Albert Bushnell Hart (1854-1943), American historian, writer, and editor, taught history and government at Harvard University and Radcliffe College from 1883 to 1926. Hart was born on July 1, 1854 in Clarksville, Pennsylvania to physician Albert Gaillard Hart and Mary Crosby Hornell Hart. He had a brother, Hastings Hornell Hart, and two sisters, Helen Marcia Hart and Jeannette M. Hart. The family moved to Ohio in 1860, eventually settling in Cleveland, where Hart graduated from West High Sc...

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

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Social reformer; founder of Hull House settlement, Chicago. From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Louis J. Keller, Chicago, 1912 May 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496308 From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Paul M. Angle, Springfield, Ill., 1932 June 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496294 Founder of Hull House in Chicago. From the description of Cor...

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

Taussig, Frank William, 1859-1940

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Taussig graduated from Harvard in 1879, and taught economics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Frank William Taussig, 1890-1946 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973196 ...

University of Michigan. Department of Economics

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Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943

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Epithet: American economist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000366 Richard T. Ely received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his doctorate in economics from the University of Heidelberg. He held the professorship of economics at Johns Hopkins University from 1881 to 1892, and was subsequently professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ely took an active part in t...

Adams, Henry C.

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James, Edmund J. (Edmund Janes), 1855-1925

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College president, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). From the description of Diaries, 1894-1924. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28420312 From the description of Personal letter books, 1904-1906. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28418301 ...

Manufacturers Railway Company.

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Chicago and Alton Railroad Company

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Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917

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Author and journalist. From the description of F.B. Sanborn correspondence and essays, 1852-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84163242 Massachusetts journalist. From the description of Song / words by Mr. F.B. Sanborn, music a part of Brignal Banks. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 62350218 American journalist and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1889 March 21, Concord, Mass., to E.D. Walker, New York. (Boston Athenaeum). W...

Commons, John R. (John Rogers), 1862-1945

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In academic circles, John R. Commons is most remembered for his histories of the labor movement and as founder of what is commonly called the "Wisconsin School" of labor history. As an economist and student of government he was responsible for the design of reforms during the Progressive era and after, which drastically changed the role of government and paved the way for the New Deal. From the description of John Rogers Commons papers, 1859-1967, bulk 1887-1945. [microform]. (Unknow...

Hopkins, Albert J. (Albert Jarvis), 1846-1922

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Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916

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American educator who served as the president of the University of Michigan. From the description of Letter, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367566221 President of the University of Michigan, minister to China and Turkey. From the description of James Burrill Angell papers, 1845-1916. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419061 Editor of Providence Journal, 1860-1866. From the description of Letter, [ca.1860-1866], Providence,...

Clements, William L. (William Lawrence), 1861-1934

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Bay City, Michigan, industrialist, Republican member of the the University of Michigan Board of Regents, 1909-1933, and founder of the William L. Clements Library. From the description of William Lawrence Clements papers, 1920-1933. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420263 Henry John Temple was born in Westminster, London, England, on October 20, 1784, the eldest son of Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802), and Mary Mee (1754-1805). He attended Har...

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927

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Biography Benjamin ide Wheeler, Greek scholar, philologist and president of the University of California, was born July 15, 1854 at Randolph, Massachusetts. He attended Thornton Academy and Colby Academy prior to entering Brown University. Upon his graduation in 1875, he taught in Providence High School for two years, then became a tutor at Brown from 1879 to 1881. He continued his studies in Germany, at Leipzig, Heidelberg, Jena and Berlin f...

Bullock, Charles Jesse, 1869-1941

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Bullock taught economics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles J. Bullock, 1885-1935 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972994 ...

Trunk Line Association.

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San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company

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Anderson, William J.

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Jeffery, Edward Turner, 1843-1927

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Rogers, Henry Wade, 1853-1926

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Professor of law at University of Michigan and President of Northwestern University. From the description of Henry Wade Rogers papers, 1873-1920. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422829 Henry Wade Rogers was born in 1853 in Holland Patent, near Utica, New York. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1874, and from the law school in 1877. He practiced law in Minneapolis, and then New Jersey, until 1882, when he returned to the University o...

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...

Wilcox, Walter Francis, 1861-

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Hadley, Arthur Twining, 1856-1930

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President of Yale University. From the description of Letter to William C. Welling, 1917 September 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50997891 James Hadley: philologist; B.A., Yale, 1842; spent two years at the Yale Divinity School, 1844-1845; appointed tutor in Yale College in 1845, promoted to asst. prof. of Greek in 1848, in 1851 succeeded Theodore Dwight Woolsey, holding the chair of Greek until retirement. Arthur Twining Hadley wa...

Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938

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Ordained minister who founded and ran the Chicago Commons social settlement, founded the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy (incorporated into the University of Chicago in 1920), and who was a professor of social economics at the Chicago Theological Seminary. From the description of Graham Taylor papers, 1820-1975, (bulk 1866-1940). (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 57180658 ...

Fetter, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1863-1949

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Economist, educator, author. From the description of Papers, 1875-1988. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 56668324 Career: born, Peru, Indiana, March 8, 1863; bookseller, Peru, Indiana, 1883-1890; A.B., Indiana University, 1891; Ph.M., Cornell, 1892; postgraduate, Sorbonne, Ecole de droit, Paris, 1892-1893; Ph.D., Halle, 1894; LLD, Colgate, 1910-1911, Occidental, 1930, Indiana, 1934, Princeton, 1945; professor, Indiana, 1895-1898, Leland Stanford, Jr., 1898-1900, Cor...

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 ...

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

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Epithet: President of Columbia University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000180 Butler was a philosopher, diplomat, and educator; president of Columbia University from 1901-1942. From the description of Nicholas Murray Butler letter, 1942 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777002021 President of Columbia University. From the description of Letters to F.W. Wile and...

Townsend, Charles E. (Charles Elroy), 1856-1924

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Republican congressman from Michigan, 1903-1911, and U.S. Senator, 1911-1922. From the description of Charles Elroy Townsend papers, 1905-1922. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422290 ...

Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway

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Johnson, Emory R. (Emory Richard), 1864-1950

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Educator and author of works on transportation and economics; Ph.D. and Sc.D. (hon.) U. of Pennsylvania, (1893, 1913); faculty, U. of Pennsylvania, (1896-1941); Dean, Wharton School, (1919-1933). From the description of Scrapbook, 1905-1934. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122584920 ...

New Orleans, Natchez & Northwestern Railroad Company of Louisiana

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Western Railway Weighing Association and Inspection Bureau.

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Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901

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Historian; one of the founders of the American Historical Association (1884); resident of Baltimore, Md. From the description of Papers, 1891-1913; (bulk 1891-1902). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105170 Historian; one of the founders of the American Historical Association (1884). Resident of Baltimore, Md. From the description of Papers, 1888-1901. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32305539 Biographical Note: Herbert Baxte...

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company

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Ward, Lester Frank, 1841-1913

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Sociologist. From the description of Lester Frank Ward papers, 1883-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980247 Lester Frank Ward (1841-1913) served as a geologist and paleontologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from 1882 to 1905. In addition to his USGS career, Ward served as Honorary Curator of the Department of Fossil Plants in the United States National Museum (USNM) during the same span of years. In 1905, Ward accepted a faculty appointment at Brown...

Erie Railroad

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Adams, Theodore Wright, 1896-

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Friday, David, 1876-

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Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937

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Boston lecturer and writer on social and historical topics; Editor of the New England Magazine (1889-1901). From the description of Edwin Doak Mead letter to Mrs. Leland and Christmas card [manuscript], 1911 Dec 19 and n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 299067309 Epithet: of Boston, Mass., USA; founder of the World Peace Federation British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x0002fa ...

Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad Company.

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Small, Albion W., 1854-1926

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Albion Woodbury Small (1854-1926) was educated at Colby College, then Colby University, (B.A., 1876), Newton Theological Institution, the Universities of Berlin and Leipzig, and Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., 1889). He taught history and political economy at Colby from 1881 to 1888, becoming president of that institution in 1889. From 1892 to 1925, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago, the first department of its kind, and was also Dean of the G...

Knight, George W. (George Wells), 1858-1932

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Civil War soldier. Enlisted in Co. D., 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment on Sept. 1, 1864. Transferred to the 17th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment on Feb. 16, 1865. From the description of The George W. Knight papers, 1864-1865. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 24094825 ...

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad

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Stearns, Justus S. (Justus Smith), 1845-1933

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Lawton, Charles De Witt, 1835-1909.

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Bemis, Edward Webster, 1860-1930

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Sharfman, I. Leo (Isaiah Leo), 1886-1969

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Professor of economics at University of Michigan, referee with National Railroad Adjustment Board, member and chairman of various emergency and arbitration boards under Railroad Labor Act. From the description of Isaiah Leo Sharfman papers, 1914-1962. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423341 Isaiah Leo Sharfman was born in Polonnoe, Ukraine, Russia, February 19, 1886. He came to the United States in 1894 and became a citizen by virtue of his father...

Smith, J. Allen (James Allen), 1860-1926

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James Allen Smith (1860-1926) was a professor of political science at the University of Washington from 1892-1924 and served as a graduate school dean from 1911 to 1920. Prior to his work at University of Washington, he was a professor of economics and sociology at Marietta College, from 1895 to 1897. From the description of James Allen Smith scrapbooks, 1891-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 465475155 ...

Ripley, William Zebina, 1867-1941

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Ripley taught economics and political economy at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Z. Ripley, 1895-1940 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973162 ...

Effinger, John R. (John Robert), 1869-1933

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Professor of French and dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at University of Michigan. From the description of John Robert Effinger correspondence, 1908-1922. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423480 ...

Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to W. Reid, 1871 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269584399 Biographical Note: Daniel Coit Gilman was an educator and first president of The Johns Hopkins University. From the description of Daniel Coit Gilman papers, 1773-1925. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48134620 Daniel Coit Gilman: president of the University of California, 1872-1875; president of Johns Hop...

Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902

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Historian, President of Cornell University, 1885-1892. From the description of Charles Kendall Adams papers, 1882-1892. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935288 ...

Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947

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Albert Shaw (1857-1947) was an editor, journalist and scholar who spent most of his career as the editor and publisher of the Review of Reviews, a digest of progressive thought and political analysis. Shaw's principal interests were the improvement of municipal government, the relationship of business and organized labor, agricultural reform, international affairs, and contemporary politics and economics, topics which he wrote and spoke on frequently. From the guide to the Albert Sha...

Durand, Edward Dana, 1871-1960

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Edward Dana Durand was born in 1871, in Romeo, Michigan, and at the age of 11, his family moved to Huron, South Dakota. He attended Oberlin College and later Cornell University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1896. In 1898, he moved to California to become assistant professor of political economy and finance at Stanford. From 1900 to 1903, he served as Secretary of the U.S. Industrial Commission, an instructor in economics at Harvard University, and for a brief period, a census expert on streets...

Stephens, E. W.

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Raymond, J. Everett.

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Southern Pacific Company

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What started as a boycott by the American Railway Union against Pullman's Palace Car Co. in 1894 escalated to a strike covering the area from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. On the premise of interfering with the mails the federal government intervened and crushed the strike. From the description of Journal of incidents in San Francisco resulting from the American Railway Union strike, 1894 June 27-Aug. 31. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record ...

Chicago Warehouse & Terminal Company.

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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company

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The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company was a railroad that served the southeastern part of the United States. From the description of Employee Pass, 1899 March 4. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49251564 Chartered in 1850 and also known as the L & N Railroad and Old Reliable. It was a small regional railroad until after the Civil War when it underwent expansion into a major Midwestern and Southern area railroad stretching from Louisville, to ...

Adams family.

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Vaughan, Victor C. (Victor Clarence), 1851-1929

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Dean of the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Medical School of University of Michigan. From the description of Victor C. Vaughan papers, 1876-1879 and 1904. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422068 ...

Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931

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Educator, author, and naturalist. From the description of Papers of David Starr Jordan, 1861-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068098 Zoologist David Starr Jordan was elected president of Indiana University in 1885. He left IU in 1891 to become Stanford University's first president. Jordan died in 1931. From the description of David Starr Jordan papers, 1874-1929, bulk 1895-1929. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 61225195 American ichthyolog...

Houston, East and West Texas Railway

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Adams, Elizabeth Sylvia Ann (Douglass), 1821-1905.

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Newcomb, H. T. (Harry Turner), 1867-1944

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Wilcox, Delos F. (Delos Franklin), 1873-1928

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Franchise and public utility expert. From the description of Papers, 1907-1928. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248522 Delos F. Wilcox (1873-1928) was a franchise and public utility expert. He was born on a farm near Ida, Michigan and was educated at both the University of Michigan, where John Dewey's work influenced him, and at Columbia University. He served as secretary of various civic organizations in Cleveland, Grand Rapids and Detroi...

New York Central Railroad Company

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, but it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s-1890s, the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland. In the early twentieth century it built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that were key to New York Central's repair, maintenance, and stora...

Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911

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Stephen B. Elkins was a territorial legislator in New Mexico and later U. S. Senator from West Virginia. From the description of Stephen B. Elkins papers, 1869-1910. (New Mexico State University). WorldCat record id: 501085916 U.S. Senator and Sec. of War. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Elkins, West Virginia, to Harper & Brothers, 1891 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613971 U.S. senator from West Virginia, U.S. represent...

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company

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In 1912, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway announced its decision to operate on hydroelectric power. Hydroelectric power or electrification was a highly cost-efficient power source and companies throughout the U.S. converted their steam-powered engines to it. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway began its electrification project on the 113-mile stretch between Three Forks and Deer Lodge, Montana. The General Electric Company submitted a proposal to design the locomotives, as wel...

Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946

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American journalist. From the description of Letter : to the Cosmos Club, 1910 Mar. 31. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122545959 American journalist and author who also wrote under the name David Grayson. From the description of [Notebooks] [microform]. 1880-1946. WorldCat record id: 36820111 American author and journalist. He is also known by the pseudonym David Grayson. Fr...

Illinois Central Railroad Company

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Labadie, Jo, 1850-1933

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Detroit anarchist printer, early labor leader, editor, writer on social and economic reform, and donor of the nucleus of the Labadie Collection. From the description of Jo Labadie papers, 1880-1931. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68796432 From the description of Papers, 1880-1931. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34369754 Joseph Labadie (1850-1933) was an American labor organizer, anarchist, social activist, printer, publisher, essayist, ...

Stanley, Augustus Owsley, 1867-1958

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Legislator, Governor. A.O. Stanley was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky in 1867. He was elected to Congress from the Second Congressional District of Kentucky in 1902, and was re-elected for five successive terms. In 1915 he was elected governor of Kentucky, resigning in May, 1919, after being elected to the United States Senate. He was defeated for re-election to the Senate in 1924. In 1930 Herbert Hoover named him to the International Joint Commission, a post he held unti...

Adams, Thomas Hammond, 1901-

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United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...

Fisher, Irving, 1867-1947

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Irving Fisher (1867-1947) was an economist and professor of political economy at Yale University from 1898 to 1935. He specialized in monetary economics and in the application of mathematical techniques to the solution of economic problems. From the description of Irving Fisher papers, 1932-1938. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122314185 From the guide to the Irving Fisher papers, 1932-1938, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company.

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Illinois Tunnel Company

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Organized in 1894 from the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and several other railroad companies; headquartered in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records, 1891-1972. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410983 Formed in 1894; combined with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. From the description of Records, 1899-1950. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414535 ...

Gore, Mr. (Thomas Pryor), 1870-1949.

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Canadian Northern Express Company (Toronto, Ont.)

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Salter, William Mackintire, 1853-1931

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Leader of Chicago Ethical Society; Unitarian minister; author. From the description of Papers, 1883-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155489159 ...

Detroit United Railway

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Incorporated 1900. From the description of Annual report, 1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971844 ...

Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919

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Professor of German at University of Michigan and Columbia University. From the description of Calvin Thomas papers, 1838-1940. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418988 Calvin Thomas was born at Lapeer, Michigan on October 28, 1854. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1874 with a specialization in Greek and Latin. He taught high school in Grand Rapids for three years, then in 1877, he went to Leipzig for a brief period of study. In 1878, he came bac...

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

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The Atlantic Coast Line was based in Wilmington, N.C., and possessed rail that ran through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida. The Atlantic Coast Line later formed part of the CSX Transportation System. From the description of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company records, 1900s-1950s [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 31908801 The Central of Georgia Railway, formed from its predecessor, The Central Railroad and Bank...

Shibley, George H. (George Henry), 1861-

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Elizabeth Adams

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Pullman Company

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York County, Pa., plant, which produced automobiles, also known as Pullman Motor Car Company. From the description of Records, 1903-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974944 Manufacturer of railroad sleeping and passenger cars founded by George M. Pullman; incorporated in 1867 as Pullman's Palace Car Company; name changed to Pullman Company in 1899; Pullman Incorporated formed 1927 with Pullman Company and Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corp., becoming its principal sub...

Smith, Henry C. (Henry Cassorte), 1856-1911

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Gray, John H. (John Henry), 1859-1946

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Hutchins, Harry B. (Harry Burns), 1847-1930

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Professor of law and president of the University of Michigan. From the description of Harry Burns Hutchins papers, 1879-1930. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423004 Harry Burns Hutchins was born in Lisbon, N.H., in 1847 and received his preparatory education in the east. However, from the time he entered the University of Michigan as an undergraduate, his life and work were closely tied to Michigan. He was the first student to receive a degree fr...

Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900

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Professor of English Literature at University of Michigan. Editor of The Christian Union. From the description of Postcard, 1899, December 10, to "Dear Sir". (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384204 Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan. From the description of Moses Coit Tyler papers, 1864-1897 and 1920-1921. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419205 American author. From the description of A...

Lathrop, Julia Clifford, 1858-1932

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Social worker and reformer, Julia Clifford Lathrop was the first head of the United States Children's Bureau. From the description of Letter, 1926. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007298 ...

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company

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Organized 1876 as St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company; later renamed St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company; in 1980 taken over by the Burlington Northern system; known as Frisco Lines; operated in Comanche County, Okla. From the description of Frisco Railroad collection, 1900-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972334 ...

Thomas Adams

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Northern Express Company (St. Paul, Minn.)

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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

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Lagonda Western Railway Company.

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Union Pacific Oregon Shortline Railroad.

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Union Pacific railroad company

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Served Oklahoma and other Western states. From the description of Union Pacific collection, 1930-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972329 The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such...

Dixon, Frank Haigh, 1869-1944

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Houston & Texas Central Railway Company

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Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad Company of Illinois.

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Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937

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American educator and historian. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Baltimore, to Paul L. Ford, 1887 Jan. 30-1887 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269544451 Historian and librarian. From the description of Papers of J. Franklin Jameson, 1604-1994 (bulk 1900-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82730569 J. Franklin Jameson was a prominent American historian in the early 20th century. From the guide to the J. Franklin...

Cooley, Thomas McIntyre, 1824-1898

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Professor of Law and American History at the University of Michigan; Michigan Supreme Court Justice; and chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. From the description of Thomas McIntyre Cooley papers, 1850-1898. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421366 From the description of Thomas McIntyre Cooley papers, 1850-1898. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82799037 Lawyer, Michigan and Ohio; justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1864-1885; law ...

Hollander, Jacob H. (Jacob Harry), 1871-1940

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Economist. From the description of Letter of Jacob Harry Hollander, 1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450975 Jacob Harry Hollander (1871-1940) was an economist active in social welfare and economic reform issues and a professor of economics at The Johns Hopkins University. He was a specialist in labor relations and the financial systems of Latin America. In 1900 he was named special commissioner to revise the laws on taxation in Puerto Rico, and President McKinley appoi...

Hanshue, J. J.

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Bertha Wright Adams

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Cooley, Charles Horton, 1864-1929

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Professor of sociology at University of Michigan. From the description of Charles Horton Cooley papers, 1872-1930. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418308 Private in Co. E, 2nd New Jersey Cavalry. From the description of Diary, 1865 Jan. 1-June 18. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 30839126 Charles Horton Cooley was born August 17, 1864 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was the son of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Thoma...

Pickard, J. L. (Josiah Little), 1824-1914

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Josiah L. Pickard served as the sixth president of the State University of Iowa, from 1878 to 1887. A leading educator and administrator, Pickard assumed the presidency after heading the public school system in Chicago. He also was a devoted student of history, serving as president of the State Historical Society of Iowa for nearly 20 years. Pickard, a native of Maine, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1844 and served as principal of Platteville (Wisconsin) Academy until 1860. That year, he was ...

Beakes, Samuel W. (Samuel Willard), 1861-1927

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Mayo-Smith, Richmond, 1854-1901

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Statistician and economist. Taught at Columbia University, 1877-1901. From the description of Papers, 1875-1897. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248434 Richmond Mayo-Smith, 1854-1901, was a professor of political economy at Columbia University, and author of Emigration and Immigration, 1890; Statistics and Sociology, 1895; and Statistics and Economics, 1899. From the guide to the Mayo-Smith, Richmond. Papers, 1875-1897, (Special Collections...

Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway.

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Bartlett, Hamilton H.

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Sedgwick, W. T. (William Thompson), 1855-1921

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Biologist; taught chemistry, biology, public health at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1883-1921; biologist for Massachusetts Board of Health, 1888-1896; curator, Lowell Institute in Boston, 1897-1921; trustee and director of several health-related institutions; advisor to state and federal government. From the description of William Thompson Sedgwick papers, 1864-1922 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166869 Biologist; taught chemistry, biol...

Towne, Charles A. (Charles Arnette), 1858-1928

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Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company

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Kansas City Southern Railway.

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Lewis, David J. (David John), 1869-1952

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Lawyer, member of U.S. Tariff Commission, and U.S. Representative from Maryland. From the description of Papers, 1905-1949. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19932360 ...

Wells, David Ames, 1828-1898

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Economist, author, and public official. From the description of Papers of David Ames Wells, 1795-1898 (bulk 1860-1886) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067851 American economist. From the description of Papers of David Ames Wells [manuscript], 1851-1887. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812256 Biographical Note 1828, June 17 Born, Sp...

Texas & Pacific Railway

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Hawes, Harry Bartow, 1869-1947

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Fuertes, E. A.

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Canadian Express Company (Montrèal, Quèbec)

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Paxson, Frederic L. (Frederic Logan), 1877-1948

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Pulitzer Prize winning American historian. He was also a President of the Organization of American Historians. He had degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. From 1932 to 1947 he taught at the University of California in the Dept. of History. From the description of Frederic Logan Paxson papers, 46-39 B.C.-1948 A.D. (bulk circa 1910-1948) (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26872562 ...

Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918

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Editor and American ambassador to Great Britain; of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1889-1917. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20077806 Walter H. Page was editor of The Atlantic Monthly, 1895-98. Prior, he was with the Forum. Robert Johnson worked at the Century magazine. From the description of TLS, 1896 July 1, Boston, Mass. to Robert Underwood Johnson / Walter H. Page. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 37228165 ...

Allison, William B. (William Boyd), 1829-1908

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Iowa legislator; United States House of Representatives, 1863-1871; United States Senate, 1873-1908. From the description of Letter : Dubuque, Iowa, to W[illiam] W[orth] Belknap, Washington, D.C., 1873 Oct. 22. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496685 U.S. Senator and Representative from Iowa. From the description of Papers of William B. Allison, 1862-1916. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 148787411 William ...

Hull, Charles Henry, 1864-1936

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Professor of American History, Cornell University. Hull died in 1936. From the description of Charles Henry Hull papers, 1850-1945. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63543501 ...

Louisiana & Pacific Railway Company.

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Evans, Elizabeth Edson Gibson, 1832-1911

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D'Ooge, Martin Luther, 1839-1915

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D'ooge was a professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. From the description of Papers, 1911. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30535663 Professor of Greek at the University of Michigan. From the description of Martin Luther D'Ooge papers, 1862-1915 (scattered dates). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 84010423 From the description of Papers, 1862-1915 (scattered dates). (University of Michigan...

Adams, Bertha H. Wright.

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Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont and graduated in 1879 from The University of Vermont. After graduation Dewey taught high school and published in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. In 1884 Dewey resumed his studies and earned a Ph. D. from John Hopkins University. Although he taught and remained primarily at Columbia University, he also taught or lectured at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of California, Imp...

Iowa Central Railway Company.

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Clark, John Bates, 1847-1938

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Professor of Economics, Columbia University, 1895-1923, and Director of the Division of Economics and History, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1911-1923. When John Bates Clark turned eighty years old in 1927, the occasion was marked with extraordinary aplomb. Eighty guests from Clark's professional and personal life were invited to a celebratory dinner, including such notables as Nicholas Murray Butler, Irving Fisher, Franklin H. Giddings, Jacob H. Hollander,...

Hawley, Willis C. (Willis Chatman), 1864-1941

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Martin, H. B.

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Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909

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Fourth president of The Ohio State University (1895-99). Previously served as president of the University of Nebraska for 4 years. In 1899, he became librarian at Columbia University. From the description of Papers, 1884-1899. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23852658 President of Ohio State University. From the description of James Hulme Canfield letters, 1897-1898. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74898544 James C...

Adams, Ephraim Douglass, 1865-1930

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American historian; director of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1919-1925. From the description of Ephraim Douglass Adams papers, 1908-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866975 Ephraim Adams was professor of American history at Stanford University, 1902-1930, and head of the Department of History, 1908-1922. From the description of Ephraim Douglass Adams papers, 1730-1931 (inclusive), 1900-1931 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7021...

Houston and Shreveport Railroad Company.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Fairchild, Fred Rogers, 1877-1966

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Fred Rogers Fairchild was born in Crete, Nebraska on August 5, 1877. He graduated from Doane College in 1898 and received a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1904, where he taught political economy and economics until his retirement in 1945. Fairchild was an expert in international finance and taxation and served as a consultant to business and to state, federal, and foreign governments. He also authored several textbooks on economics. Fairchild died in Bridgeport, Connecticut on April 13, 1966. ...

International & Great Northern Railroad.

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Toledo, St. Louis, and Western Railroad Company

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Formed in 1900 from the reorganized Toledo, St. Louis, and Kansas City Railroad Company; ran from Toledo, Ohio, to East Saint Louis, Ill.; consolidated with New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company in 1923. From the description of Records, 1900-1923. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28411344 ...

Michigan. Board of State Tax Commissioners

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In 1900, Governor Hazen Pingree appointed University of Michigan engineering professor Mortimer E. Cooley to be "Appraiser of Railroads." The purpose of the appraisal was to shift the basis of taxation from a specific to an ad valorem or estimated value basis. The work commenced in September of 1900 and was completed in the spring of 1901. Cooley was to be in charge of the physical property of railroads, and his colleague at the university, Henry Carter Adams, was to be in charge of...

Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929

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Thorstein Veblen was born in 1857 in Cato, Wisconsin. He received an A.B. from Carleton College (1880), and a Ph.D. from Yale University (1884). Veblen was a fellow at Cornell University (1891-1892), and at the University of Chicago (1892-1893). Veblen remained at the University of Chicago as a reader in political economy (1893-1894). He became associate professor at the University (1894-1896), instructor (1896-1900), and assistant professor (1900-1906). From 1906 to 190...

Burton, Marion Le Roy, 1874-1925

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President of University of Michigan, 1920-1925. From the description of Marion LeRoy Burton papers, 1895-1925. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80711269 From the description of Marion LeRoy Burton papers, 1901-1925. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422205 M. L. Burton was president of the University of Minnesota from 1917 to 1920. From the description of M.L. Burton papers, 1917-1920. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). Wo...

St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company

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Cooley, Lyman Edgar, 1850-1917

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Chicago, Illinois engineer, editor of T̲h̲e̲ ̲A̲m̲e̲r̲i̲c̲a̲n̲ ̲E̲n̲g̲i̲n̲e̲e̲r̲, member of the International Deep Waterways Commission. From the description of Lyman Edgar Cooley papers, 1865-1917. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418322 Lyman Edgar Cooley was one of Chicago's best-known consulting hydraulic engineers. After graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he taught engineering subjects at Northwestern University (1874-1877). He...

Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949

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Author and newspaper editor at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, University of Michigan regent and Republican governor of Michigan, 1911-1912. From the description of Chase Salmon Osborn papers, 1889-1949. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423228 Chase S. Osborn was born in Huntington County, Indiana on January 22, 1860, the son of George A. and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn. He married Lillian G. Jones on May 7, 1881. Osborn was a newspaperman and author before becoming ...

Jruks, J. W.

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Ono, Yeijiro

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Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856-1929

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Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company.

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Guthe, Karl Eugen, 1866-1915

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Laughlin, J. Laurence (James Laurence), 1850-1933

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Economist; professor and head of the Dept. of Political Economy at the University of Chicago and editor of the Journal of Political Economy. From the description of Papers of J. Laurence Laughlin, 1902-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131188 Political economist. Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Chicago, 1892-1916. Founder, Journal of Political Economy. From the description of Papers, 1885-1914 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Lib...

Hill, Robert Thomas, 1858-1941

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Significant figure in the development of American geology during the late 19th and early 20th century. From the description of Robert T. Hill letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1892 Mar 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420487387 Geologist and professor. Born in 1859 in Nashville, Tennessee. Moved to Comanche, Texas in 1875. Attended Cornell University. Worked as a geologist for the United States Geographical Survey under the direction of John Wesley Powel...

Van Hise, Charles Richard, 1857-1918

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Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Company.

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Western Express Company (Toronto, Ont.)

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Adams, Henry C. (Henry Carter), 1851-1921

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University of Michigan Professor of Political Economy. From the description of Letters, to Joseph A. Labadie, 1895-1909. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34368214 University of Michigan professor, economist, and Interstate Commerce Commission statistician. From the description of Henry Carter Adams papers, 1864-1924. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423612 1887-1921 Professor of Political Economy and Finance, Univ...

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company

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Great Northern Express Company.

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Louisiana Western Railroad Company.

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Tunell, George G. (George Gerard)

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Tunell earned his Harvard SB in 1922 and his PhD in 1930. From the description of Report for Geology 20b on the oxidation of disseminated copper ore in monzonite porphyry. July 19, 1924. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075544 ...

Adams, Ephraim, 1818-1907

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Congregational minister, founder and trustee of Iowa College. Dr. Adams was a member of the Iowa Band of Congregational missionaries who came to Iowa in 1843. He served as a pastor in Mt. Pleasant, Davenport, Decorah and Eldora. He was instrumental in the founding of Iowa College in Davenport. The college subsequently moved to Grinnell. Adams was a long time member of the college's board of trustees. Ephraim and his wife Elisabeth were married in 1845. From the description of Papers,...

Cooley, Mortimer E. (Mortimer Elwyn), 1855-1944

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Dean of the College of Engineering of the University of Michigan. From the description of Mortimer E. Cooley papers, 1873-1944. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418437 From the description of Mortimer E. Cooley papers, 1873-1944. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82298333 Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan. From the description of Mortimer Elwyn Cooley papers, 1943-1944. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record i...

Giddings, Franklin Henry, 1855-1931

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Professor of Sociology and the History of Civilization at Columbia University from 1894 until 1931. From the description of Franklin Henry Giddings papers, 1890-1931. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 472459781 ...

Manny, Frank A. (Frank Addison), 1868-1954

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Progressive educator at Grand Rapids, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, and Boxford, Massachusetts. From the description of Frank Addison Manny papers, 1890-1955. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80634577 From the description of Frank Addison Manny papers, 1890-1955. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419568 Frank Addison Manny was a progressive educator who believed in applying "an attitude of inquiry" to the classroom. Manny explo...

Dewey, Davis Rich, 1858-1942

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Conant, Charles A. (Charles Arthur), 1861-1915

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Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company

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In 1898, Congress passed the Erdman Act, which provided for the mediation and arbitration of disputes in the railroad industry which involved the operating brotherhoods, telegraphers and switchmen. Within a year after its adoption the switchmen, represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, invoked the law, which failed when its principles were repudiated by the leading railroad companies involved. The Act provided that when a controversy which could not be solved...

Smith, John M. C. (John McMunn C.), 1853-1923

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White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918

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The second International Peace Conference was held at the Hague in 1907. From the description of Hague Peace Conference documents, 1907. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64052217 Ambassador to Russia; first president of Cornell University. From the description of Andrew Dickson White papers, 1901-1902. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155410378 Andrew Dickson White was born at Homer, New York, November 7, 1832. ...

Hathaway, F. R.

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Clark, Frederick Converse.

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Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941

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Louis Brandeis (b. November 13, 1856, Louisville, Kentucky – d. October 5, 1941, Washington D.C.) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1916 until 1939. Brandeis was the Court’s 67th justice and its first Jewish-American justice. He was the son of immigrants from Bohemia, who came to Kentucky from Prague, then part of the Austrian Empire. He received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1877, and before becoming a judge, served as a lawyer at Warren & B...

Theodore Adams

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Peabody, Charles, 1867-1939

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Williams, John Sharp, 1854-1932

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John Sharp Williams of Mississippi was a congressman 1893-1907 and a senator 1911-1923. At the time of the writing of this letter he was chairman of the Senate Committee on the Library. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1917. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191100814 Born in Memphis, Tenn., but raised in Yazoo City, Miss., John Sharp Williams practiced law and dabbled in cotton planting before being elected in 1893 as a Democrat to ...

Lehigh Valley Railroad.

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Ashley, H.W.

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Brown, W. C. (William Carlos), 1853-1924

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Chicago Demurrage Bureau.

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Dawson, William Mercer Owens, 1853-1916

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Rosenthal, Lessing, 1868-1949

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Butterfield, Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech), 1868-1935

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Agronomist and college administrator. From the description of Papers of Kenyon L. Butterfield, 1890-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77979990 President of both the Massachusetts Agricultural College and Michigan Agricultural College, writer, lecturer, editor, and member, organizer, and chairman of many commissions and councils such as the Rural Life Movement. From the description of Kenyon L. Butterfield papers, 1889-1945. (University of Massachusetts Amherst...

Gifford, Walter S. (Walter Sherman), 1885-1966

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