Elizabeth Royon collection, 1950-2001.

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Elizabeth Royon collection, 1950-2001.

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Materials reflecting Royon's personal and professional life documenting her interest in shorthorn cattle, business activities, and responsibilities with Cyrus Eaton. Includes some of her personal correspondence and profiles done by others as well as information on her activities in Hudson, Ohio, such as Hudson Library & Historical Society and Hudson Heritage Association. Includes typewritten ms. with handwritten notes by Grace Goulder Izant of her book John D. Rockefeller--The Cleveland years (1972); materials relating to the purchase by Hudson Library & Historical Society of property owned by the Van Epps family (1979); speeches given by Royon on the woman's role in railroading; shorthorn cattle; business careers for women; and Pugwash conferences; articles pertaining to E. Royon written by others, regarding the Pugwash conferences, shorthorn cattle, her role as assistant to Cyrus Eaton, and railroads, particularly the C & O Railroad and the Chessie System; personal profiles of Royon published in various newspapers such as Cleveland Press, Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Washington Post, Baltimore Sunday Sun, and others; articles written by Royon in the Shorthorn World and others; materials relating to Smith College and reunions and committees; and minor personal documents.

1.5 linear ft.

Hudson Library & Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7107894

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Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was born in Richford, New York to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. In 1853, he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio where he studied bookkeeping. With partner Maurice B. Clark, Rockefeller built an oil refinery in 1863 and bought out his partner two years later. In 1864, he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman, with whom he had four children. Two years later, Rockefeller joined his brother William to establish Rockefeller, Andrews, & Flagler, wh...

Smith College.

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Izant, Grace Goulder, -1984

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Van Epps family.

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Hudson Library & Historical Society. Board of Trustees

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Hudson Heritage Association

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Chessie System, inc.

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Chessie System Inc. was a railroad system headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1971 out of the Baltimore and Ohio railway and the C and O railway. In 1980, it merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries Inc., headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Renamed the CSX Corporation, it was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad website. From the description of Chessie System Rai...

Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979

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Prominent Canadian-American capitalist and financier. He was an outspoken critic of other businessmen, supporter of labor, promoter of better U.S.-Soviet relations, and organizer of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. From the description of Papers, 1901-1978. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17974952 Epithet: initiator Pugwash International Conference of Nuclear Scientists British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : ...

Royon, Elizabeth J., 1914-2001

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Personal assistant to industrialist Cyrus Eaton and manager of his business interests such as Acadia Farms and Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad; resident of Hudson, Ohio; deeply interested in the historic preservation of properties and was involved with Hudson Heritage Association and served as president of the Board of Trustees of Hudson Library & Historical Society; also known as Betty Royon. From the description of Elizabeth Royon collection, 1950-2001. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company

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On 31 August 1868 the Covington and Ohio Railroad Company and the Virginia Central Railroad Company merged to form the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company. In 1870 the Blue Ridge Railroad was added to the company. After defaulting, the company was reorganized in 1878 as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. The road ran from Ft. Monroe, Va. to Chicago, Ill. Today, after many mergers, the company is part of CSX Transporation. From the description of Records, 1836-1943. (Unknown). ...