Hugh Baker Cox papers 1917-1973

Montgomery Ward

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Montgomery Ward, the world's first general merchandise mail-order business, issued its first single sheet catalog in 1872. By 1887, the Chicago based company had annual sales exceeding $1,000,000 and in 1889 it became a privately held corporation. In 1893, founder Aaron Montgomery Ward sold his controlling interest to partner George R. Thorne, and the company became a public corporation in 1919. In 1931, Sewell L. Avery became chairman and chief executive officer. His te...

Cox, Hugh Baker, 1905-1973

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Hugh Baker Cox (1905-1973) was born in Logan, Iowa and grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Nebraska in 1926 and became a Rhodes Scholar the same year. He then received a bachelor's degree in English from Christ Church at Oxford in 1929 followed by a law degree in 1930 under the Vinerian scholarship. Cox was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1933 and in 1935 he joined the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He was counsel fo...

United States. Dept. of Justice. Antitrust Division.

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