Plaza Land Corporation records, 1955-1962.

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Plaza Land Corporation records, 1955-1962.

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These records of the Plaza Land Corporation were accumulated and maintained by Edward R. Grace, secretary and member of the corporation's board of directors. The records, including minutes, memoranda, and correspondence, trace the development of what would become the Hotel Pontchartrain in Detroit. Within the records are files for the Corporation's various officers and directors, investors, and those otherwise closely associated with the project, including Detroit mayor Albert E. Cobo, Conrad Hilton, Fred C. Matthaei, H. Lynn Pierson, Douglas Roby, and Oscar Webber among others.

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Roby, Douglas F. 1898-1992.

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Hotel Pontchartrain (Detroit, Mich.)

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Grace, Edward E.

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Pierson, H. Lynn.

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Hilton, Conrad N. (Conrad Nicholson), 1887-1979

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Plaza Land Corporation.

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The Plaza Land Corporation was established in 1955 among a group of Detroit civic and business leaders for the purpose of acquiring property adjacent to the soon-to-be constructed "Convention Hall and Exhibits Building (ultimately named for Detroit mayor at the time Albert E. Cobo) and acquiring the financing necessary for a new hotel to be built there. From the description of Plaza Land Corporation records, 1955-1962. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 773609479 ...

Webber, Oscar.

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Matthaei, Frederick C. (Frederick Carl), 1892-1973

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Detroit industrialist, alumnus of the University of Michigan, class of 1914. From the description of Frederick C. Matthaei photographs. ca. 1910-ca. 1914 and 1947. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 51019478 From the description of Frederick C. Matthaei papers, 1910-1914 and 1940s. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83029834 ...

Cobo, Albert E. (Albert Eugene), 1893-1957

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