Four generations of the Douglas family in America, ca. 1964.
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Douglas, James S. (James Stuart), 1868-1949
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American banker and mine owner. From the description of James S. Douglas miscellaneous papers, 1922-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871948 Biographical Note 1868, June 19 Born, Megantic Township, Quebec, Canada 1891 1909 Assayer and M...
Douglas, Lewis W. (Lewis Williams), 1894-1974
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Legislator, U.S. Congressman, and U.S. Ambassador to England. The Douglas family arrived in Bisbee in 1881 and was active in the mining industry. From the description of Oral history interview, 1973 Apr. 7 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 45076910 Lewis W. Douglas was a businessman, Democratic politician, philanthropist, and diplomat. He served in the Arizona State Legislature, 1922-1925; U.S. House of Representa...
Douglas, James, 1837-1918
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Mining engineer, first President and Chairman of the Board of Phelps Dodge Company, philanthropist. From the description of Douglas papers, 1880-1938 (bulk 1880-1918). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 36854934 Presbyterian licentiate, mining engineer, first president of Phelps Dodge Corporation, and philanthropist. From the description of Sermons, 1859-1880. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28249120 ...
Douglas, James, 1800-1886
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Douglas family.
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Nichols, Charles A., 1902-1964.
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Lewis W. Douglas was a businessman, Democratic politician, philanthropist, and diplomat. He served in the Arizona State Legislature, United States House of Representatives, United States Budget Director, President of McGill University, head of the United States War Shipping Administration, and Ambassador to Great Britain. His father, James Stuart Douglas (1868-1949) was a mine owner and banker. His grandfather, James Douglas (1837-1918) was a mining engineer, metallurgist, industrialist, and the...
Phelps Dodge Corporation
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Since its founding as a trading company in 1834 by Anson Greene Phelps (1781-1853), the Phelps Dodge & Co. (renamed the Phelps Dodge Corporation after the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co. aquired its assets in 1917) provided many of the raw materials that fueled America's early industrial expansion and helped build frontier communities of the American West. In 1881, the Phelps Dodge Corporation invested in copper mining in Arizona and continues to mine those claims today. Fro...
