Papers, series II, 1894-1949.

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Papers, series II, 1894-1949.

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Consists of correspondence, biographical materials, diaries, personal mementoes, speech texts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and the diaries of his second wife, Faith Alice Fraser Scott, and her sister, Grace Fraser Waugh. The collection is useful for understanding Scott's personal and business life, including his activities at Warner and Swasey and his work as an administrator at the War Dept. during World War I. Included among the correspondents are Samuel Mather, Theodore Burton, Newton D. Baker, Francis F. Prentiss, and Ambrose Swasey.

3.00 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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