Records, 1907-1929.

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Records, 1907-1929.

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The records include minute books, copies of company by laws and merger agreements which trace Pardee's growing control over the electric industry in Hazle Township. There is also correspondence documenting equipment order and maintenance problems. Other files describe concerns over dwindling coal reserves in the anthracite region.

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Pardee, Calvin, 1841-1923

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Calvin Pardee (1841-1923) was the son of anthracite coal entrepreneur, Ariovistus ("Ario") Pardee, Jr. Calvin graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1860 and was a member of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. After graduating, he went to work for the Glendon Iron Company (Easton, PA), of which his father was primary owner. He joined the Union Army during the Civil War and served with two regiments of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. Calvin spent the next 22 years working in his father's busines...

McAdoo Electric Company.

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Harwood Electric Company.

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The Harwood Electric Power Company was incorporated January 10, 1907, to supply electricity in Hazle Township, Luzerne County. It was organized by Calvin Pardee, an independent coal operator who wanted to obtain low-cost electricity for his mining operations in the Hazleton area. Pardee, the dominant coal operator at Hazleton, was the central figure in a series of mergers between 1909 and 1913 through which he eventually gained control of much of the electric generating capacity of the Hazleton ...

Consumers Electric Light and Power Company of Hazleton, Pa.

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Lehigh Valley Coal Company

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Pennsylvania Power & Light Company.

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