Atterbury family papers, 1834-1990.

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Atterbury family papers, 1834-1990.

The collection consists primarily of the personal papers of the younger W. W. Atterbury as preserved by his family, along with a few items from his father and uncle.

4.25 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6907455

Hagley Museum & Library

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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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Atterbury family.

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William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) was a career officer on the Pennsylvania Railroad and its president from 1925 to 1935. He was also director-general of transportation for the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. His father, John G. Atterbury, was first a lawyer and then a Presbyterian clergyman in New York City and Detroit. His uncle and namesake, William Wallace Atterbury (1823-1911) was also a Presbyterian clergyman in Indiana. From the description of Atterbury fam...

Beneš, Edvard, 1884-1948

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Oceanic Steam Navigation Company

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Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929

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Marshal of France, taught at the Ecole de Guerre, strategist at the battles of the Marne and Ypres during World War I and commander of the Alllied Armies in 1918. From the description of Letter, 1923. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416593 Marshall of France, and commander of the Allied forces at the end of World War I. From the description of Notes, 1919 Oct. 14-Nov. 19, to the Paris Peace Conference. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 13917422 Fr...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Baldwin Locomotive Works

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Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

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Women's Aid of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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Broad Street Station (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Atterbury, William Wallace, 1823-1911

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Yale University.

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White star line

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Dauphin Consolidated Water Supply Company.

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Atterbury, William Wallace, 1866-1935

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William Wallace Atterbury was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was a brigadier general in the United States (U.S.) Army in World War I (WWI) and was assigned to direct transportation activities in France. From the description of The W.W. Atterbury papers, 1917-1920. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 50632886 ...

Lee, Ivy L. (Ivy Ledbetter), 1877-1934

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A member of the Princeton Class of 1898, Lee first worked as a journalist in New York and held a press job with the Democratic National Committee. Post-1904, he was an adviser on public relations to leading industrialists, such as John D. Rockefeller and the Guggenheims. In 1916, he opened Ivy Lee and Associates, a public relations firm that took on many prominent clients, including various investment houses, industrial organizations, and philanthropic institutions. Lee was the author of a numbe...

American Relief Administration.

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Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)

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International Mercantile Marine Company.

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Pennroad Corporation

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Hutchinson Presbyterian Church (New Albany, Ind.)

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Compagnie internationale des wagons-lits et des grands express européens

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Hooker, Elon Huntington, 1869-1938

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Hotchkiss School

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Olympic (Steamship)

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Du Pont, Francis Victor, 1894-1962

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Atterbury, George R. (George Rosengarten), 1912-2007

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Red Star Line.

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Boudinot family.

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Association Against the Prohibition Amendment

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Atterbury, John G. (John Guest), 1811-1887

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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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...