Papers 1927-1989.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k17x25 (person)

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x45pvz (person)

Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, born Dean Gooderham Acheso, in Middletown, Connecticut, on April 11, 1893. After being educated at Yale University (1912-1915) and Harvard Law School (1915-18) he became private secretary to the Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis from 1919 to 1921. A supporter of the Democratic Party, Acheson worked for a law firm in Washington, D.C., before President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him Under Secretary of the Treasury in 1933. During World War II (1941),...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6776605 (person)

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rs2ptc (person)

William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. The son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman, he served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956, as well as a core member of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men". While attendi...

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d902z1 (corporateBody)

Bankers Trust Company (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj6c5f (corporateBody)

Young, Owen D., 1874-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp557d (person)

Owen D. Young was born on October 27, 1874 in VanHornesville, New York, educated at St. Lawrence University and Boston University. His travels took him all over the United States and Eruope. He died July 11, 1962 in St. Augustine and is buried in VanHornesville, New York. From the description of Owen D. Young Collection, 1874-1962. (St. Lawrence University). WorldCat record id: 39776049 Lawyer. Young (1874-1962) graduated from St. Lawrence University...

Reed, Philip D. (Philip Dunham) 1899-1989.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6740cv4 (person)

Philip Dunham Reed (1899-1989) received an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin in electrical engineering and a law degree from Fordam University. He went to work in the law department of the General Electric Company in 1927 and was appointed assistant to president Gerard Swope ten years later. In 1939 he became chairman of the board. He held this position for eighteen years until his retirement. During World War II Reed served as a "dollar-a-year man" a...

United Nations

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t76681 (corporateBody)

In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

National Foreign Trade Council

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gr1q9v (corporateBody)

The Captain Robert Dollar Memorial Award has been given annually since 1938 at the NFTC's annual convention to the individual "who, in the judgement of a committee to be named by the council, shall have made during the preceding calendar year the most outstanding contribution towards the advancement of the foreign trade of our country." From the description of Captin Robert Dollar Memorial Award records, 1938-1983 (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 164035517 ...

U.S. Financial, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m9n79 (corporateBody)

General Electric Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j42m45 (corporateBody)

Founded 1892. Corporate interests include: Broadcasting; Electric Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Motors; Telecommunications; Electromedical Industry. From the description of Technical records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865339 Founded 1892. From the description of General Electric Company in Camden, N.J., collection, 1878-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979711 Schenectady, NY. From the description of Electr...

RFE/RL

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc497h (corporateBody)

American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. From the description of RFE / RL corporate records, 1949-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385004 From the description of RFE / RL broadcast records, 1951-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384983 ...

United States. Advisory Commission on Information

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f27xx (corporateBody)

Eurofund, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62c5cgz (corporateBody)

National Dairy Association.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c8bc1 (corporateBody)

Augusta National Golf Club

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6353rms (corporateBody)

International Executive Service Corps

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t204q1 (corporateBody)

Guthrie, Robert R., 1890-1968

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6283vxs (person)

Hoffman, Paul G. (Paul Gray), 1891-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f872kq (person)

Businessman and government official. From the description of Papers, 1928-1972. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70944301 ...

Business Advisory Council for the Dept. of Commerce (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67x2t00 (corporateBody)

Federal reserve bank of New York

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx65gd (corporateBody)

Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dz39hs (person)

Donald Marr Nelson (1888-1959), executive vice-president of Sears-Roebuck; director of priorities of the United States Office of Production Management (1941-1942), chairman of the War Production Board (1942-1944), and president of the Society of Independent Motion Producers (1945-1947). From the description of Papers of Donald M. Nelson 1909-1956, (bulk ) 1930-1950. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 301351953 ...

International Chamber of Commerce.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6421q0t (corporateBody)

American Express Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gx8763 (corporateBody)

Swope, Gerard, 1872-1957

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z31pm (person)

Electrical engineer. From the description of Reminiscences of Gerard Swope : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735130 ...

Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63776wz (person)

Industrialist and statesman. From the description of Clippings relating to Edward R. Stettinius, 1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068013 Industrialist, Secretary of State, delegate to the United Nations. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : to Darryl F. Zanuck, Beverly Hills, California, 1944 November 11 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647836060 From the description of Financial records of Edward R. Stettinius [...

Clay, Lucius D. (Lucius Dubignon), 1897-1978

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx1bqq (person)

Lucius DuBignon Clay (1897-1978) was born in Marietta, Georgia, the son of U.S. Senator Alexander Stephen and Sarah (Francis) Clay. After graduating from West Point in 1918, he commissioned in the Army Corps of Engineers. From 1937 to 1938, he was chief engineer under General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines. During his tenure with the War Department General Staff, he made brigadier general in March 1942 and major general nine months later. From 1944 to 1945, he served as deputy director for...

Committee for economic development

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6032mrx (corporateBody)

Case, Everett Needham

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq1mpx (person)

President of Colgate University from 1942-1962. From the description of [Papers.]. (Colgate University). WorldCat record id: 23122856 ...

Council on foreign relations

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h8c81 (corporateBody)

Business Council (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tj3gb6 (corporateBody)

Nielsen, A. C. (Arthur Charles), 1897-1980

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63f6qtz (person)

United States Information Agency

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mm03bb (corporateBody)

Cowles, John, 1898-1983

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m912s1 (person)

Kraftco Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg3585 (corporateBody)

United States. Mission for Economic Affairs in London.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6092khf (corporateBody)

Macleish, Archibald

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z899r8 (person)

Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

International telephone and telegraph corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s5fkf (corporateBody)

United States. War Production Board

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v3cv8 (corporateBody)

The War Resources Board was established August 9, 1939, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a civilian advisory group to collaborate with the Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board in formulating economic mobilization policies. It was abolished November 24, 1939. The Advisory Commission to the World War I Council of National Defense was revived, May 29, 1940. Three of its functional divisions (Industrial Production, Industrial Materials, and Labor), responsible for the stockpiling and delivery o...