Papers, 1861-1928.

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Papers, 1861-1928.

Papers include correspondence, business diaries, political tracts and other printed materials, financial and legal records, scrapbooks, newspapers clippings, and business records that document all aspects of McDowell's involvement in business ventures and patriotic and international organizations. Includes letters of: Jane Addams, Henry Baldwin, Althea Bedle, John Burt, William Jennings Bryan, John Burt, Andrew Carnegie, Walter E. Edge, Marcus Hanna, Charles Hilles, Garrett Hobart, Henry Cabot Lodge, Alfred H. Love, Henry Luce, William McAdoo, Jacob Riis, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Scribner, Bertie K. Shipley, Alfred E. Smith, William Sulzer, William Taft, Peter Vroom, Booker T. Washington and Woodrow Wilson.

26.0 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7413506

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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McDowell, William Osborne, 1848-1927

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William Osborne McDowell (1848-1927), a Newark, N.J. financier, business magnate and the founder of numerous patriotic and international organizations, and a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. His business enterprises included railroad consolidations, mining and land speculation. McDowell reorganized the Montclair Railroad (N.J.), the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad of New Jersey, and the Midland Railroad of New Jersey. His business ventures involved the Silver Chord Consolid...

Baldwin, Henry C.

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McDowell family.

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Hilles, Charles Dewey, 1867-1949

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Charles D. Hilles: insurance executive and politician; chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1912-1937; secretary to President Taft, 1911-1913; assistant secretary of the Treasury, 1909-1911; administrator of the Ohio Industrial School, 1892-1902, and of the New York Juvenile Asylum, 1902-1909. From the description of Charles Dewey Hilles papers, 1823-1955 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702154071 Charles D. Hilles: insurance executive and p...

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Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Sulzer, William, 1863-1941

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Sons of the American Revolution

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McAdoo, William, 1853-1930

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U.S. Representative from New Jersey and assistant secretary of the navy. From the description of Letters, 1886-1909. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954770 ...

Silver Chord Consolidated Mining Company

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Cuban American League

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Bedle, Althea.

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Human Freedom League

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Jett Consolidated Silver Mining Co. of Nevada.

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American Institute of Christian Philosophy

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Love, Alfred H. (Alfred Harry), 1830-1913

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New York, Ontario, and Western Railway Co.

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The New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company was organized in the late 19th century; its purpose was to provide railroad service in New York State between Lake Ontario and the Adirondack Mountains. By the 1950's, recession and modernization costs drove the company into serious debt. On October 10, 1957, the Interstate Commerce Commission reported the approval of the abandonment of the rail-line and thus closed the terminal facilities at Oswego, New York. From the description of ...