Archives Organization File, pt. 5. Additional Company Documents.

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....

Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.

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Industrialist and inventor of the compressed air brake George Westinghouse incorporated the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company in 1891. With its giant factory located in East Pittsburgh, Pa., the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company soon became the Edison General Electric Company's main rival in the contest to provide electricity to the United States. While Edison General Electric pioneered the generation and distribution of direct current (DC) electricity, Westinghou...

Procter & Gamble Company.

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Sears, Roebuck and Company

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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, and reincorporated by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, the...

Esso Standard Oil Company

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International Business Machines Corporation

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International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in New York State on June 16, 1911 under the name Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. In 1922, Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. purchased all of the shares of Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen Gesellschaft. In 1924 the official name of the company was changed to International Business Machines Corporation. In 1933, IBM CEO Thomas Watson ordered the merger of IBM subsidiaries in Germany (Optima, Degemag, Holgemag, Dehomag) under the name De...

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

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Prudential Insurance Company of America

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Burndy Engineering Company.

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General Electric Company. River Works (Lynn, Mass.)

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Merged with Thomson-Houston Electric Company in 1892; manufacturer of lamps, motors, turbines, generators, transformers, meters, and electrical appliances. From the description of Records, 1892-1950?. (Lynn Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70942469 ...

Potomac Electric Power Company

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, inc.

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The Cornwall Pumped-Storage Project proposed to pump water from the Hudson River up to a reservoir located behind Storm King Mountain, which could then be released to generate electricity when needed. From the description of Cornwall Pumped-Storage Project records, 1966-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155520794 ...

Weston Electrical Company.

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Aluminum Company of America

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Alcoa sponsored various television venues in the 1950's and early 1960's including, The Alcoa hour, Alcoa premiere, Aloca presents, and Alcoa theater. From the description of Collection of television scripts sponsored by Alcoa, 1959-1963. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40161076 The Aluminum Company of America was founded in Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1888 by a group of entrepreneurs, including Capt. Alfred E. Hunt, Charles Martin Hall, Arthur Vining Dav...

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

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Shell Oil Company

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New York Stock Exchange

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Andrew Mott Cahoone was a Brooklyn resident, stock broker, member of the New York Stock Exchange, and a member of its Governing Committee from 1870 to 1912. From the guide to the The New York Stock Exchange Governing Committee resolutions, 1912, (Brooklyn Historical Society) ...

Canadian National

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General Petroleum Corporation.

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General Electric Company. Philadelphia Works (Phildelphia, PA)

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Clyde Porcelain Steel Company.

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Quaker Oats Company

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Ecusta Paper Company.

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Bethlehem Steel Corporation

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The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, formed in Pennsylvania during the 1840's moved to a West Seneca, N.Y. site in 1899. Steelmaking began in 1903 and by 1909 the City of Lackawanna had been established around the steel plant. Purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1922, the facility expanded until employment reached over 20,000 in the mid - 1950's. Decline in the 1970's led to the closing of the Lackawanna Plant in 1983. From the description of Bethlehem Steel Corporation photographs, 194...

Corry-Jamestown Manufacturing Company.

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Maytag Corporation

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Chrysler corporation

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On Jan. 4, 1980, the Chrysler Corp. permanently closed its Hamtramck Assembly Plant, commonly called "Dodge Main", marking the end of nearly 70 years of continuous manufacturing operations at the facility. John Frances and Horace Elgin Dodge were pioneers in the automobile industry, beginning with a machine shop to supply auto plants with parts, working with both Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford, and eventually building a new plant on a 30 acre site in Hamtramck in 1910. Wanting to build their own ...

Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

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...

Celanese Corporation

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American Type Founders Company

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General Electric Company

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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...

Continental Can Company

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Public Service Corporation of New Jersey

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Texas Company

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Detroit Edison Company

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In 1955, an association of twenty regional power and industrial companies led by the Detroit Edison Company created a non-profit research-and-development company, the Atomic Power Development Association (APDA), to develop the initial proposal for a fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Michigan. Later in 1955, the APDA chartered the Power Reactor Development Company (PRDC) to design, construct, and operate the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant, Unit I after federal approval of the APDA's proposal. Plan...

Timken company

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Cone Mills Corporation

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Cone Mills Corporation (and predecessor Proximity Manufacturing Company and its other subsidiary and affiliated companies) manufactured denim and other textiles chiefly in North Carolina and South Carolina. Moses Herman Cone (1857-1908), Ceasar Cone (1859-1917), and other Cone family members began investing in the textile industry in the late nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth century were world leaders in textile manufacturing. The collection consists of the records of Cone Mills ...

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...

Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation

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Union Carbide Corporation

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Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company

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Daystrom, inc.

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Chatham Manufacturing Company.

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General Electric Company. Erie Works (Erie, PA).

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Upjohn company

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Kalamazoo, MI. From the description of Collection, ca.1895-1936. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122616395 ...

Garlock Packing Company.

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Bradford Dyeing Association.

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Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

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Directed by Roy Stryker and his successors (1943 - 1963), the project depicts the operations of the oil industry throughout the world and its effect on life in the twentieth century. From the description of Picture Library, 1943-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191916439 Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was an oil company and holding company during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was originally formed in 1882 as a refining and...

Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd.

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Rath Packing Company

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George John Rath (b. 1821) was a merchant based in Dubuque, Iowa. He eventually expanded into a pork packing operation, and in 1891, his son E.R. Rath and cousin, John W. Rath, opened the Rath Packing Company in Waterloo, Iowa. The company focused on hogs, beef, and lamb, and thrived throughout the early 20th century. By 1941, Rath had grown into the nation's single largest facilities with branches in 12 states. During the post-war period, the company faced labor trouble...

Armstrong Cork Company

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Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation

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The Corporation produced Wyandotte soda ash, alkalies, cleaning and industrial chemicals, bicarbonate of soda, and calcium carbonate from coal, salt, and limestone. In 1908, the Corporation began ts own shipping squadron. The Corporation owned plants in Alpena (Mich.) and California. Originally the company name was Michigan Alkali Company. From the description of Collection, 1944,1961. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 41462441 ...

New England Electric System

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New Jersey Bell Telephone Company

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This was a board appointed by the Governor of New Jersey under Public Laws of 1946, Chapter 38 of the State of New Jersey, which applied to public utilities. The Board was composed of Professor Emmanuel Stein as the public representative, Hart T. Sweeney as the company representative, and Alexander Eltman as the union representative. Negotiations for a renewal of the contract which expired in May were begun in March. Five basic issues were presented to the panel, a general wage increase, reducti...

Joanna Western.

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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.

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New York Times Company.

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The National Desk, also referred to as the National News Desk or the Telegraph Desk, is the department responsible for the development and presentation of The New York Times' reporting on the United States. At the time of these records' creation, it was one of three main news desks at The Times, along with the Metropolitan Desk and the Foreign Desk. Staff members include the national-news editor who headed the department, news editors in New York City, and editors and correspondents in the vario...

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...

International Harvester company

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Standard Oil Company of California

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On March 27, 1964, at approximately 5:36 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, the "Good Friday" Earthquake (also known as the Great Alaska Earthquake) shook all of Southcentral Alaska. The quake's epicenter was 80 miles east of Anchorage in Prince William Sound. The quake's magnitude was originally recorded between 8.4 and 8.6 on the Richter scale, but later upgraded to 9.2. The earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America. It was the second largest earthquake ever recorded, ...

General Electric Company. Pittsfield Works (Pittsfield, Mass.)

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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 ...

Guaranty Trust Company of New York

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Champion Spark Plug (Company)

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Libby-Owens Company.

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William Filene's Sons Co.

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W. Filene & Co., established 1851 in Boston, Mass., by William Filene; tailors, drapers, and millinery goods; in 1891 reorganized as William Filene's Sons Co.; name later changed to Filene's; currently owned by May Department Stores Company; branches throughout New England with major branch opening in Worcester, Mass., 1928. From the description of Filene's Department Store collection, 1928-1965 (bulk 1928). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965894 ...

American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation

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H.J. Heinz Company

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Henry John Heinz, a pioneer in the food processing industry, established Heinz, Noble & Co. in 1869 with partner L. Clarence Noble to make and sell processed foods. Horseradish was the company's first product of a quickly expanding line. Financial difficulties forced company bankruptcy in 1875. The following year Heinz established a new company, the F & J Heinz Co. with his brother John and cousin Frederick. In 1888, Henry Heinz gains financial control of F & J Heinz and changed its ...

Curtiss-Wright Corporation

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On June 26, 1929, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company merged with the Wright Aeronautical Corporation to form the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. After this merger, the former Wright organization took over all of the engine and propeller manufacturing, while Curtiss concentrated on airplanes. This merger was completed by organizing two major divisions under their original names, but under the direction of a corporate headquarters located in New York City. However, the election of fo...

Erlanger Mills

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Consolidated Gas, Electric Light, and Power Company of Baltimore

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Union Electric Company of Missouri

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Lukens Steel Company

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Lukens Steel Company was operated as a sole proprietor steel production business under Rebecca Lukens in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, from 1825 to 1840. It incorporated in 1890 to grow to become one of the major plate steel producing corporations in the 20th century. From the description of Lukens Steel Company collection, 1898-1989. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 243699141 The Lukens Steel Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on January 17, ...

Inland Steel Company

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Steel Company founded in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois; Inland Steel operated a fleet of bulk freighters for ore transport on the Great Lakes. From the description of Records 1978-1981. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 588915836 Wheelwright, located in eastern Kentucky's Floyd County, is a town created by the coal industry. Initially developed as a coal camp by Elk Horn Coal Corporation, Wheelwright began to take shape in 1911. It was incorporat...

Imperial Oil Limited

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Glass Container Manufacturers Institute

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New York Shipping Association

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Armco Steel Corporation

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Laurens Glass Company.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, originally named Louisa Railroad in Louisa County, Virginia, was founded in 1836 and reached the foot of the Appalachian Mountains at what is now Clifton Forge by 1850. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad web page. From the description of George Washington's railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Lines correspondence, 1935. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 213416394 ...

Commonwealth Edison Company

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Predecessor companies to Commonwealth Edison. In 1967 Commonwealth Edison acquired the Central Illinois Electric and Gas Company whose own predecessors date back to 1861 and the Rockford Gas Light and Coke Company. From the description of Collection, 1861-1967. (Northern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 14638840 ...

Brockway Glass Company

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General motors corporation

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Globe Ticket Company.

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Pittsburgh plate glass company

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The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (PPG) was founded in 1883 in Creighton, Pennsylvania, by Captain John Baptiste Ford and John Pitcairn. The plant quickly became known for its glass products using the plate process and developed methods for creating thinner, and more versatile, high quality glass. The company made glass for the automobile industry and, during World War II, focused production on military projects, such as glass for airplanes and developing synthetic resins. In addition to glass,...

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

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Continental Oil Company

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The Marland Oil Company was incorporated in 1920 and renamed the Continental Oil Company on June 26, 1929. It was renamed Conoco, Inc., on July 1, 1979. From the description of Revaluation of assets and change of capital structure, 1933. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86134307 Wilbur Cross was an editor for Conoco Oil Company's publishing and advertising department and oversaw the writing of "Conoco: The First One Hundred Years: Building on t...

New York Telephone Company

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The New York Telephone Company originated in 1878 in Albany, New York. The company expanded to other regions of the state and by the turn of the century Oswego County became part of this interstate communication network. By the early 1900's AT&T became a majority stock holder in the company and made New York Telephone part of its vast communication empire. From the description of New York Telephone Company Line Service Association papers, 1914-1932. (SUNY Oswego). WorldCat record...

American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.

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Air Reduction Company

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Sharon Optical.

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Penn Central Transportation Company

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The Penn Central Transportation Company was formed in 1968 with the merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (1846-1968) and the New York Central Railroad Company (1853-1968). The companies also absorbed the smaller New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. All three companies were the result of the consolidation of many smaller, regional rail lines throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The new corporation was short lived, declaring bankruptcy in June 1970. The United States go...

Republic steel corporation

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Formed in April 1930 from several smaller iron and steel companies, including Republic Iron and Steel, Central Alloy Corporation, Bourne-Fuller Company and Donner Steel Company. Corrigan McKinney Steel Company, Truscon Steel Company, and Gulf States Steel were acquired 1935-1937, and the company headquarters was moved from Youngstown to Cleveland, Ohio. The company included basic steel operations in Ohio, Buffalo, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., Gadsden, Ala., and elsewhere, as well as rolling mills, speci...

Crane Packing Co.

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Aero Supply Mfg. Co.

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Dan River Mills, Inc

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Dictaphone Corp.

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General Mills, inc.

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Minneapolis, MN. From the description of Pamphlet and handbill, ca.1930. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122364952 In 1893 the Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis opened a Buffalo office from which to distribute its flour throughout the East. A Buffalo flour mill followed in 1904, and in 1928 General Mills was organized with Washburn-Crosby as its nucleus. Washburn-Crosby was dissolved in 1937. General Mills Buffalo operations include a cereal...

Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company

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Founded 1849. Public utilities company. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company was founded in 1848 and became Chicago's first gas company in 1850. Under the presidency of C.K.G. Billings, Jr. (1895 to 1910), Peoples merged with twelve other companies to become a major power in public utilities in the Chicago area. In 1913, Samuel Insull became chairman of the Board for Peoples and later served as the company's president from 1919 to 1932. During this time Insull was involved with universal militar...

A. Kimball Company.

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Lever Brothers Company

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General foods corporation

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Ingersoll-Rand Company

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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...

Johnson & Johnson.

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Roosevelt Hospital (New York, N.Y.)

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Western Union Telegraph Company

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...

American Thread Company

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In 1898 the English Sewing Company of England purchased the Willimantic Linen Company and other New England mills to form the American Thread Company. It was known locally as "ATCO" or "the THREAD." The Willimantic mill was closed when the company moved to the American southeast (North Carolina) in 1985. From the description of American Thread Company records, 1953-1977. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 46486347 In 1898, the English Sewing Compan...

Bloomer Brothers.

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