Papers, 1928-1936.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1928-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48107178

A small collection that includes lectures and/or essays written by Gail Belden on the topic of public utilities, a history of the Middle West Utilities Company, and stock certificates and various other corporate publications. Also contains legal pleadings and other materials relating to the receivership and eventual reorganization of the company after it declared bankruptcy in 1932. Belden evidently gathered these records in her capacity as secretary of the company's Board of Trustees.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7589004

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69887bs (person)

Public utilities magnate, Chicago, IL. Born in England in 1859, Samuel Insull became the private secretary and bookkeeper for Col. George E. Gouraud, London agent of Thomas Edison, in 1879. Insull emigrated to the United States in 1881 to become the private secretary of Edison. While working for Edison he was in charge of establishing the Edison Machine Works at Schenectady, New York; the second Vice President in charge of the manufacturing and selling departments of Edison General Electric; and...

Belden, Gail

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn2pxn (person)

Gail Belden was secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Middle West Utilities Company and a lecturer in finance at Northwestern University. The Middle West Utilities Company was a holding company established in 1912 by Chicago entrepreneur Samuel Insull. It provided capital and expertise to small power, light, and gas companies usually located in rural areas. By 1930, the company owned subsidiaries in 30 states, from Wisconsin to Maine. It entered receivership in April 1932 and was reorganized...

Middle West Utilities Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx18gc (corporateBody)

Middle West Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w72dcz (corporateBody)