Percival Farquhar papers, 1893-1967 (inclusive), 1919-1948 (bulk).

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Percival Farquhar papers, 1893-1967 (inclusive), 1919-1948 (bulk).

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The papers consist of the business files and correspondence of Percival Farquhar. They document his role in the economic development of Brazil, in particular the Itabira Iron Ore Company. Correspondents include mining engineer Alexander Malozemoff, businessmen J. F. Trippet and Alexander MacKenzie, and aide J. Armstrong Read. Also included in the papers are the research materials used by Charles Gauld, Farquhar's biographer, in the writing of The Last Titan: Percival Farquhar, American Entrepreneur in Latin America.

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Ferrovia Madeira-MamoreĢ.

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Gauld, Charles Anderson, 1911-

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American historian and author. From the description of Charles Anderson Gauld papers, 1932-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868215 Gauld, who earned his A.B. in history at Stanford in 1932, was a lecturer at Stanford and assistant editor of HISPANIC AMERICAN REPORT. From the description of Charles Anderson Gauld miscellaneous papers, 1953-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704537830 Biographical/Historical Sketch ...

Malozemoff, Andrew, 1910-1952

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Itabira Iron Ore Company.

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Trippet, J. F.

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The Brazil Railway Company was founded in 1906 by New York businessman and Latin American industrialist Percival Farquhar. He had a dream of industrializing the Southern Amazon region by building railways to carry and distribute goods and materials. In 1913, the Brazil Railway Company filed for bankruptcy due to the Balkan Wars and a freeze in credit. A court in Maine appointed W. Cameron Forbes as receiver of the company and he created a reorganization and credit pay back plan for the company. ...

Farquhar, Percival, 1864-1953

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American engineer. From the description of Percival Farquhar papers, 1922-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868908 Percival Farquhar was born in York, Pennsylvania on October 19, 1864. He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School in 1884 and joined his father's New York based export company, which shipped machinery to Latin America. In 1885, Farquhar studied law briefly at Columbia Law School. After serving as an assemblyman in the New York state legislature from 1890...

Russell, Thomas O'Neill, 1828-1908

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Mackenzie, Alexander

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Read, J. Armstrong.

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