Records, 1902-1932.

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Records, 1902-1932.

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The minute books of the Harwood Coal Co. document stockholders' and directors' meetings. Annual reports describe company operations: maintenance, repairs, accidents, labor relations and strikes. Special payrolls record the wages of foremen and inspectors, while private payrolls record wages of engineering and office staff. The retroactive payroll documents back wages that were due to employees as a result of the award of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission (1902). The Workmen's compensation insurance voucher report records payments to the doctors and the hospitals that provided miners with medical care, while the compensation payrolls document pensions that were paid to miners' widows and orphaned children. There are also records of the subsidiary Harwood Store Co. (1907-1936).

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Cranberry Creek Coal Company.

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Harwood Coal Company.

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The Harwood Coal Co. was incorporated on February 2, 1907, as the successor to Calvin Pardee and Co. The company operated anthracite coal mines near Hazleton, Pa. On May 25, 1907, the company's stock was acquired by Harwood Electric Power Co. Two years later, control passed to The Harwood Electric Co. Under a May 1, 1917, contract the Harwood Coal Co. became a joint concern with the Cranberry Creek Coal Co. (a subsidiary of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.), with Cranberry Creek managing its opera...

Pardee, Calvin, 1841-1923

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Calvin Pardee (1841-1923) was the son of anthracite coal entrepreneur, Ariovistus ("Ario") Pardee, Jr. Calvin graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1860 and was a member of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. After graduating, he went to work for the Glendon Iron Company (Easton, PA), of which his father was primary owner. He joined the Union Army during the Civil War and served with two regiments of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. Calvin spent the next 22 years working in his father's busines...

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

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