Investment analysis files ("A"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

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Investment analysis files ("A"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

The records contain some information on the workings of the Trust Dept., but are more useful for the information they contain on the individual companies in which the department invested.

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Aluminium Limited

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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Adams-Millis Corporation

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American Locomotive Company

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American Light & Traction Company

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Atlanta Trust Company.

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Amerex Holding Corporation.

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American Power & Light Company.

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Abbott Laboratories

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Atlas Corporation

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American Airlines, inc

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Alexander Smith, Inc.

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American Smelting and Refining Company

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American Hardware Corporation.

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Armstrong Cork Company

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Arkansas River Oil & Gas Company.

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Arkansas

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Anderson, Clayton & Company.

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Adams Express Company

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The Adams Express Company was founded in Boston in 1839. Originally called Burke and Company, its name was changed to Adams and Company after only two weeks when Alvin Adams agreed to buy out his partner. By 1850, the company had spread throughout the south, southwest, and north. Much additional capital was invested at that time and the company's name was again changed to the Adams Express Company. During the Civil War, the company made a substantial amount of money shipping packages to and from...

Aetna Life Insurance Company (Hartford, Conn.)

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Allen Industries, Inc.

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American Tobacco Company

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American Stores Company

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Artesian Water Company

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American Paper Exports, Inc.

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A.M. Byers Company

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Auxilliary Training Base, Inc.

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Alabama Power Company

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The Alabama Power Company was organized in 1906 and has had a major impact on the economic development of the state of Alabama. The company has been involved in the hydroelectric developments of the Coosa River, the Tallapoosa River and the Tennessee River-Muscle Shoals area. From the description of Edison Electric Institute records, 1943-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122439439 The Alabama Power Company, a public utility organization, was incorporated in ...

Allied Mills, Inc.

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All American Aviation, Inc.

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Atlantic Refining Company

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American Can Company

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American Cyanamid Company

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NY. From the description of Folic acid and vitamin B-12. Their interrelationships. Technical bulletin no. 1, 1954. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122632877 ...

American-Marietta Company

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Armour and Company

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American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation

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Aluminum Company of America

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Alcoa sponsored various television venues in the 1950's and early 1960's including, The Alcoa hour, Alcoa premiere, Aloca presents, and Alcoa theater. From the description of Collection of television scripts sponsored by Alcoa, 1959-1963. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40161076 The Aluminum Company of America was founded in Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1888 by a group of entrepreneurs, including Capt. Alfred E. Hunt, Charles Martin Hall, Arthur Vining Dav...

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American Gas and Electric Company

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Arizona Edison Company

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Anaconda Copper Mining Company

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The Anaconda claim was located in 1875. In 1881 Marcus Daly discovered the copper vein that began copper mining in Butte, Montana. The Anaconda Copper Mining Company was organized on June 18, 1895 in Butte and it dominated the early industrial history of Montana. In 1903 nearly three-quarters of the wage earners in the state were either directly or indirectly working for the company. In 1917 there was a general miners' strike, and much worker/owner tension stirred up by the war, the I.W.W., and ...

Associated Development & Research Corporation.

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Angus Park Woolen Company, Inc.

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Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept.

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The Wilmington Trust Company was incorporated on March 2, 1901, as the Delaware Guarantee & Trust Company. It assumed its current name upon formal organization on March 6, 1903, and opened for business in the first unit of the Du Pont Building on July 8, 1903. The company was organized in the interest of T. Coleman and Pierre S. du Pont, who were the first president and vice preident respectively. One of the primary functions of the company was to manage trusts for those branches of the du P...

Associated Gas and Electric Corporation

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A-NY & B-NY Realizing Corporation.

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Allegheny County (Pa.)

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Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation.

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Allerton Properties Corporation.

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Automatic Nut Company.

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Amesite Corporation.

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Arlington Mills

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Arlington Woolen Mills organized in 1865 by Robert M. Bailey; name changed to Arlington Mills in 1875; in Lawrence, Mass., with additional facilities in Methuen, Mass.; in 1948 mills became known as Arlington Division of William Whitman & Company (also known as William Whitman Company); closed in 1952 and properties sold. From the description of Photographs, 1921. (Lawrence Public Library). WorldCat record id: 70974687 ...

Argentina Bonds.

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Andale Company.

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American Meter Company.

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Associated Gas and Electric Company

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The Associated Gas and Electric Company (AGEC) was a utility holding company which went bankrupt in the 1930s. It was reorganized under the supervision of the courts and was broken down into smaller companies by government order. The company originated as the Ithaca Gas Light Company of Ithaca, N.Y. in 1852. Soon after 1900, its owners began securing control of surrounding properties and the company was incorporated in 1906. There were fourteen subsidiary companies, all but two of which were loc...

American Bakeries Company.

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American and Foreign Power Company, Inc.

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Appalachian Electric Power Company

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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

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The Atlantic Coast Line was based in Wilmington, N.C., and possessed rail that ran through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida. The Atlantic Coast Line later formed part of the CSX Transportation System. From the description of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company records, 1900s-1950s [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 31908801 The Central of Georgia Railway, formed from its predecessor, The Central Railroad and Bank...

Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company.

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Allied Stores Corporation

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American Manganese Bronze Company.

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American Piano Corporation.

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American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres

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American Business Shares.

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American Reinsurance Group.

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American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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American Steel Foundries

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American Natural Gas Company

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Asheville (N.C.)

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Associated Electric Company.

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American-Hawaiian Steamship Company

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The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was founded in 1899 by George S. Dearborn and his brother-in-law, Lewis Henry Lapham. The company grew to own the largest single fleet of freighters under the American flag in the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Territory of Hawaii. It was a pioneer in the building of large modern American steam freighters, in introducing oil-fired boilers, in opening the steamer-railroad route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and in the early com...

Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company.

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American Box Board Company.

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American Automobile Insurance Company.

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American Viscose Corporation

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American Car and Foundry Company

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The Jackson and Sharp Company, a manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, was incorporated in Delaware on February 24, 1869, as the successor to the partnership of Jackson & Sharp. Job H. Jackson (1833-1901), a tinsmith and mechanic, and Jacob F. Sharp (ca. 1815-1888), an experienced car builder, opened a small car-building shop in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1863. Wilmington was a major center for the manufacture of railroad passenger cars prior to the development of P...

Associates Investment Company

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American Furniture Mart Building Corporation.

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American Sugar Refining Company

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The American Sugar Refining Company originated in the very early part of the nineteenth century. Within one hundred years, it was a major employer in Brooklyn, where it developed a number of innovations in sugar refining. William Havemeyer, a German immigrant who arrived in the United States in 1799, founded the first incarnation of the company. He operated Mr. Seaman's refinery on Pine Street in Manhattan, where his brother Frederick joined him; together, they opened th...

American Snuff Company.

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American Water Works and Electric Company, Inc.

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Arkansas Natural Gas Corporation.

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Autocar Company

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The Autocar Company was located at Ardmore, Pa. Founded in 1899 by Louis S. Clarke and his brother John S. Clarke, the Autocar Company became a pioneer of the automotive industry, producing passenger cars and commercial motor vehicles. After 1910 the company produced commercial motor vehicles exclusively. The company became a division of White Motor Company in 1954. From the description of Records, 1899-1954. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122684090 ...

Alleghany Corporation

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American International Corporation

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Atlas Powder Company

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The mines of Michigan's Copper Country were generally self-reliant; however, there were at least three things they could not find along the Keweenaw Peninsula - coal, iron and explosives. These items were transported, often at great expense, to Michigan from elsewhere. In an attempt to lower these costs, the controlling interests of the Tamarack and Osceola Mines, and later Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Company invested in the area's first explosives plant at Woodside in 1884. When thi...

American Fuel & Power Company.

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