Records, 1884-1931 (inclusive).

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Records, 1884-1931 (inclusive).

Cash book (1884-1888) and miscellaneous cost data (1900-1903) of a shoe manufacturing firm in Whitman, Mass. There are papers of Charles H. Jones, President, relating to the United Shoe Machinery Corp. royalty case (1908-1913), to New England railroad mergers (1905-1908 and 1929-1931), and to the tariff on hides and shoes (1905-1909, 1921-1922, and 1930-1931). There are also a merchandise record (1884-1885) of C.H. Jones Company, Boston and South Abington, Mass.; and papers of the Boylston Shoe Machinery Association (1913-1916), which was formed to oppose the United Shoe Machinery Corp.

6 linear ft. (10 v., 2 cases)

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Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Company.

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Boylston Manufacturing Company.

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United Shoe Machinery Corporation

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This collection contains the transcripts and records of the 1949-1952 Sherman Act antitrust proceedings against the United Shoe Machinery Corporation in Massachusetts' federal court. United Shoe Machinery was created in 1899 by a merger of Goodyear Machinery Company, Consolidated Hand Lasting Machine Company, and McKay Shoe Machinery Company. It quickly became an international corporation and achieved nearly complete market domination in the United States. Un...

Jones, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1848-1913

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Charles H. Jones was the founder of the Florida Times Union newspaper, originally known as the Florida Times. He is best known as the ghost writer for Bryan's 1892 Democratic Presidential platform, but turned down the nomination as Vice-President with the statement that he was not a politician, but just a country editor. From the description of Charles H. Jones Papers, 1876-1913. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 49930244 Charles Henry Jones (1849-191...

Boylston Shoe Machinery Association.

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C.H. Jones and Company.

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Rogers, H. (Hartley), 1926-

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