Edwin W. Rawlings collection, 1927-1983.
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General Mills, inc.
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Minneapolis, MN. From the description of Pamphlet and handbill, ca.1930. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122364952 In 1893 the Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis opened a Buffalo office from which to distribute its flour throughout the East. A Buffalo flour mill followed in 1904, and in 1928 General Mills was organized with Washburn-Crosby as its nucleus. Washburn-Crosby was dissolved in 1937. General Mills Buffalo operations include a cereal...
United States. Air Force
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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...
Rawlings, Edwin W., 1904-1997.
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A native of Minnesota, Edwin William Rawlings graduated from Hamline University with a degree in economics. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1929 and twenty-five years later, he became one of the Air Forces' youngest generals. Always interested in various business issues, Rawlings earned an MBA from Harvard and in 1946 was named as air comptroller to assist in the organization of that office for the Air Force. He was so successful in that position that the idea of a comptroller for all three serv...
