President's office, 1907-1912.

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President's office, 1907-1912.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers documenting the tenure of Howard James as president of the Somers Lumber Company (a GN subsidiary and commercial lumber producer in Montana) from 1907 to 1912.

2.0 cu. ft. (35 folders).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7316964

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Somers Lumber Company.

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Howard James became president seven years after the company's incorporation. His incoming and outgoing correspondence covers primarily the following items: inventories of equipment, personnel changes, land purchases, equipment specifications, operation of the company store, the Whitefish plant, working conditions, wage rates and the 1909 strike by IWW Local #384, the 1910 embezzlement case of J.T. Peacha, Jr., box factories, sash and door factories, and the firm's tie treating plant. James was s...

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...

Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...