John F. Steward papers, 1833-1913

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John F. Steward papers, 1833-1913

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Papers of John F. Steward, a superintendent and supervisor of patents for the Deering Harvester Company and the International Harvester Company, chiefly concerning the history of the agricultural machinery industry. The collection documents the development of the twine binder, the accomplishments of several inventors in the agricultural machinery industry, and the efforts of Steward and others to dispute the importance of Cyrus Hall McCormick as an inventor. Includes patent applications of and correspondence with John F. Appleby, James Deering, William Deering, Elijah Gammon, C. W. Marsh, George Rugg, Cyrenus Wheeler, various agricultural equipment companies, and several pioneering inventors in the field; correspondence with and genealogical research about Obed Hussey; and notes, clippings, and drafts for a book that was posthumously published as "The Reaper: A History of the Efforts of Those Who Justly May be Said to Have Made Bread Cheap." Also included are correspondence and magazine articles pertaining to Steward's 1896 effort to stop a Bureau of Engraving and Printing plan to mint a ten dollar silver certificate with Cyrus McCormick's image; documents relating to competitions among agricultural equipment manufacturers, including the Paris Exposition of 1900 (in French and English) and the 1900 Siamese Royal Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition; correspondence about Steward's historical research and publications; and material relating to the purchase and improvements of Steward's farm in Fox, Kendall County, Illinois.

0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

eng,

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Deering, William M.

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Wheeler, Cyrenus, 1817-

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Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company.

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Appleby, John F.

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Marsh, Charles W., 1834-1918.

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Deering, Charles, 1852-1927

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Industrialist, of Miami, Fla. From the description of Papers, 1900-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70951493 Charles Deering, son of William and Abbey Reed (Barbour) Deering, was born on July 31, 1852, in South Paris, Maine. His father was the founder of Deering, Miliken & Company, and later of Gammon & Deering, manusfacturers of harvesters and the predecessor of the Deering Harvester Company, organized in 1880. This latter company merged with Intern...

Gammon, Elijah.

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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company

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Plano Manufacturing Company.

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Milwaukee Harvester Company.

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International Harvester company

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Rugg, George H.

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Steward, John F. (John Fletcher), 1841-1915

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Deering Harvester Company

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McCormick, Cyrus H. (Cyrus Hall), 1859-1936

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Chicago-based manufacturers and philanthropists. Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr. (1859-1936), was the oldest son of reaping machine inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. After his father's 1884 death, Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr. took over as president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, and continued in that role when the company merged with rival Deering Harvestor Company in 1902 to create the International Harvester Company. He married Harriet Bradley Hammond in 1889 and h...

Hussey, Obed, 1792-1860

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Deering, James

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