John S. Bugas papers, 1930-1960.

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John S. Bugas papers, 1930-1960.

The collection contains notebooks from Bugas's years with the FBI and files from his time with Ford. The files include information on Harry Bennett (Bugas's predecessor in industrial relations), George Helliker, Walter Short's Pearl Harbor Testimony, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Republican Party. There are also newspaper clippings about Bugas and Ford Motor Company. In addition, there is an account by A.P. Bugas (Bugas's father) of the massacre of Chinese in Rock Springs, Wyoming, in 1885.

1.38 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

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