Publication of "The Commonwealth of Industry", a new book by Benjamin A. Javits, New York lawyer-economist, in which is proposed complete separation of industry and the state, has deluged the author with mail from all parts of the country. Mr....
Collection guide; Business leaders; Business services; Women entrepreneurs and leaders
Collection guide for Helen Baker Cushman business papers. Cushman operated a business history consulting
firm in Westfield, New Jersey, from 1958-1998. This collection consists primarily of client correspondence, research materials, ephemera, and...
Collection guide; Electric utilities and appliances
Collection guide for Ivan F. Baker papers. The papers describe Baker's overseas work with
Westinghouse and his postwar activities promoting economic development and
international trade. There are numerous engineering reports, memoranda, handbooks...
Collection guide; Research and invention; Women entrepreneurs and leaders
Collection guide for Jackson Hunsicker (Memo Mate) papers. The papers document the process of invention and patent application for a personal recording
device. The collection consists of the legal correspondence of Ms. Hunsicker’s...
Collection guide for John J. Raskob Papers documenting the life and accomplishments of one of the most prominent figures in pre-New Deal business and politics. Raskob had a lifelong business and personal association with Pierre S. du Pont, and...
Collection guide; Business leaders; Construction and building industry
Collection guide for John McShain papers. McShain was a Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.,-based building contractor. His major projects included the White House renovation (1950-1951), the Pentagon, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library...
Collection guide; Business leaders; Manufacturing and related sectors; Women entrepreneurs and leaders
Collection guide for Nora C. Edwards / Edwards Skirt Supporter Company Records. The papers of Nora C. Edwards are both personal and business and consist of letters she received from family members, agents, friends, and patent attorneys. The...
Collection guide for Pew Family collection. Collection includes the record of personal, religious, political and charitable activities of the Pew Family.
Collection guide; Business leaders; Electric utilities and appliances
Collection guide for Philip D. Reed papers. Reed was president and chief executive
officer of General Electric Company from 1940-1942 and 1945-
1959. During World War II, Reed was a "dollar-a-year" man
serving in the Office of Production Management...
Collection guide; Professional organizations; Women entrepreneurs and leaders
Collection guide for Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, Pennsylvania Division records. The collection is divided into four series: Executive Committee minutes, administrative files, financial records, and membership records....
