Papers of Donald M. Nelson 1909-1956, (bulk ) 1930-1950.

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Papers of Donald M. Nelson 1909-1956, (bulk ) 1930-1950.

Personal and professional papers of Donald Marr Nelson. Included are papers and records of Sears, Roebuck, & Co. and Spiegel, Inc., War Production Board, and addresses, lectures, remarkes, speeches, radio addresses, etc. by Donald M. Nelson. Also included is a mansucript of Nelson's book Arsenal of Democracy.

17 boxes.

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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...

War Production Board (U.S.)

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Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959

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Donald Marr Nelson (1888-1959), executive vice-president of Sears-Roebuck; director of priorities of the United States Office of Production Management (1941-1942), chairman of the War Production Board (1942-1944), and president of the Society of Independent Motion Producers (1945-1947). From the description of Papers of Donald M. Nelson 1909-1956, (bulk ) 1930-1950. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 301351953 ...

United States. Office of Production Management

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