Records, 1870-1919 (inclusive).

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Records, 1870-1919 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269600635

Principally correspondence, business and personal, of Henry B. Hyde and his son, James H. Hyde, vice-president of Equitable from 1899 to 1905. There are long runs of letterpress copybooks, 1870-1899, of Hyde and two letter books, 1881-1882, of Samuel G. Goodrich of Equitable's London office. Includes letters and other papers relating to the investigation and struggle for control of 1905.

22 linear ft. (68 v., 13 cases)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7175101

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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