Investment analysis files ("D-H"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

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Investment analysis files ("D-H"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

The records contain some information on the workings of the Trust Dept., but are more useful for the information they contain on the individual companies in which the department invested.

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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

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General Cigar Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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First National Bank (Scranton, Pa.).

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Everett Improvement Company.

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Harper & Brothers.

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Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept.

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Federated Department Stores

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Garrett, Miller & Company.

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General Electric Company

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Equitable Office Building Corporation.

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General Motors Acceptance Corporation.

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Deep Rock Oil Corporation.

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Detroit City Gas Company.

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G.C. Murphy Company.

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Federal Water Services Corporation.

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Discount & Credit Corporation.

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Glenn L. Martin Company

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Dun & Bradstreet, inc.

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Houdaille-Hershey Corporation.

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Gulf Stream Bath & Tennis Company, Inc.

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Frozen Food Lockers, Inc.

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Electric Storage Battery Company

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Elizabeth City Cotton Mills.

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Eastern Air Lines, inc.

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General Motors Securities Company.

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Delaware Electric Power Company.

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Fifth Avenue & 28th Street Realty Company, Inc. (New York, N.Y.).

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Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company

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Dow chemical company

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Beutel was the head of the Texas Division in the 1940s for Dow Chemical Company. (This information is from the donor form.) From the description of Plat of Mount Pleasant [Mich.] property, Dow Chemical Company, showing well location, 1918. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 256867304 Dow Chemical Company was founded by Herbert H. Dow in 1897. Headquartered in Midland, Michigan, the company was initially founded upon a method invented by Dow for extracting bromi...

H.M. Byllesby and Company.

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H. C. Wainwright & Co.

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Hammermill Paper Company

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Florsheim Shoe Company.

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Hadley Falls Trust Company (Holyoke, Mass.).

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General Public Utilities Company.

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Greyhound Corporation

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Gulf States Utilities Company

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Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank, Philadelphia.

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Equitable Security Trust Company (Wilmington, Del.).

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Gulf Oil Corporation

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The Gulf Oil Corporation was founded in 1901 when oil was discovered in Spindletop, Texas. The company invested millions of dollars into the development of gasoline in the early Twentieth Century. By the early 1930s it had grown into a major United States corporation. The corporation continued to grow into the 1960s. During that time Gulf Oil became an investor into Robert E. Simon's planned community in Reston, Virginia. As one of his principal investors, Gulf Oil stepped in to save the project...

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...

Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company

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Delaware

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Delaware River Port Authority

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Detroit Trust Company

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When John F. Dodge died in January 1920, his will provided for the establishment of a trust managed by the Detroit Trust Company in Detroit, Michigan. In 1919, just the year before, John Dodge, his brother Horace Dodge, James Couzens, and the other minority shareholders in the Ford Motor Company (FMC) were approached about selling their FMC stock. Before the Dodge brothers would sell their shares, they wanted to know what the Federal income taxes would be on the proceeds. The Commissioner of the...

Food Fair Stores, Inc.

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Delmarva Brewing Company.

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Forty Wall Street Building, Inc. (New York, N.Y.).

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General Railway Signal Company

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GM Shares, Inc.

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Guaranty Trust Company of New York

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Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia

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Gardner-Denver Company

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Diamond T Motor Car Company.

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Humble Oil and Refining Company (Incorporated in Tex.)

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Deere & Co.

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Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company.

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Household Finance Corporation

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Hartford Electric Light Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn8wpv (corporateBody)

Electric Hose & Rubber Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n06z3x (corporateBody)

Dutch Village, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m679mx (corporateBody)

Goodyear tire and rubber company

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Goodyear put pneumatic tires on 1917 Packard trucks for the first interstate trucking run between its Akron tire factory and Boston to prove that air-filled tires could make long-haul trucking possible. From the description of Wingfoot Express press kit, [ca. 1984-1987]. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41001463 ...

Holland Furnace Company

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Holland Furnace Company was founded in Holland, Michigan by John P. Kolla in 1906. The company went out of business in 1966. From the description of Records, 1920-1926. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30767697 ...

First Federal Savings & Loan Association (Burlington, N.C.).

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Forty Exchange Place Corporation (New York, N.Y.).

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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...

Eaton Manufacturing Company

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East Liberty Properties Corporation.

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