Papers concerning investments, 1890-1954.

Standard Oil Company

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The Standard Oil Company was established by John D. Rockefeller in 1868 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first Standard Oil Company in Minnesota was established in 1886....

United States Steel Corporation

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American Steel & Wire Co., descendant from Washburn & Moen, acquired by U.S. Steel in 1901 and became its American Steel & Wire Division; employed 4000 workers during 1940s; facilities expansion at South Works plant in 1957-1958; ceased operations in Worcester in 1977. From the description of United States Steel Corporation photograph collection, 1940-1970 (bulk 1957-1958). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965884 On June 30, 1960, U.S. Steel Corporat...

Warner Bros. Pictures España

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United States. Securities and Exchange Commission

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Anaconda Copper Mining Company

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The Anaconda claim was located in 1875. In 1881 Marcus Daly discovered the copper vein that began copper mining in Butte, Montana. The Anaconda Copper Mining Company was organized on June 18, 1895 in Butte and it dominated the early industrial history of Montana. In 1903 nearly three-quarters of the wage earners in the state were either directly or indirectly working for the company. In 1917 there was a general miners' strike, and much worker/owner tension stirred up by the war, the I.W.W., and ...

Citizens Gas & Electric Company (Lorain, Ohio).

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Empire State, Inc.

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Construction on the Empire State Building was begun in March 1930 and was completed in May 1931. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon for their clients, Alfred E. Smith and Empire State, Inc. From the description of Empire State Building archive, circa 1930-1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86132335 ...

Phillips petroleum company

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In 1979, the Phillips Petroleum Company released a nine-part series on science called, "The Search for Solutions." It included Adaptation, Contect, Evidence, Investigation, Modeling, Patterns, Prediction, Theory, Trial and Error, as series topics. The series was accompanied by a book of the same title, written by Horace Freeland Judson. From the description of "The search for solutions" film records, 1979-1985. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 47245037 In 1976, P...

Rubber Securities Company.

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United States Sugar Corporation

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Chile Copper Company.

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B.F. Goodrich Company

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Akron, OH. From the description of Trade catalogs, ca.1915. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122579155 The B.F. Goodrich Company began in 1870. Originally called Goodrich, Tew and Company, the organization was founded by Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, Harvey W. Tew, Henry S. Sanderson, Robert Newland, and David N. Marvin. Their partnership was intended to make rubber and because of their choice of location in Akron, Goodrich, Tew and Company (GTC) be...

Federal Steel Sydicate.

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Chicago Utilities Company.

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General motors corporation

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Vavoline Oil Company.

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Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954

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P. S. du Pont was president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. from 1915 to 1919 and chairman of the board from 1919 to 1940. He was also president of General Motors (1920-1923) and chairman (1920-1929), as well as a member of many other major corporate boards. He was also an avid collector of documents on the early history of the Du Pont family and company. From the description of The P. S. du Pont Office Collection, 1749-1939. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 16...

Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950

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John Raskob was born in Lockport, N.Y. on March 19, 1879. He was educated in the area's public schools and after holding a number of positions as a stenographer and secretary went to work for The Johnson Company of Lorain, Ohio, in August 1900. The Johnson Company had been recently purchased by Pierre S. du Pont. Two years later he became Pierre S. du Pont's private secretary, and when du Pont became treasurer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on March 4, 1904, Raskob became his ...

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...

Dallas, Fort Worth and Southern Railway Syndicate.

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Bethlehem Steel Company

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United States Rubber Company

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Rubber products manufacturing firm formed in 1892 through the consolidation of various companies, including the Boston Rubber Company and L. Candee and Company, New Haven, Conn. From the description of Records of Boston office, 1876-1900 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269580845 ...