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History And Fortitude Of The Scranton Lace Company, Erin Mcgee

Student Research Poster Presentations 2024

Scranton, Pennsylvania was home to early industry crucial to early American development. Early settlements turned to booming businesses as locals took advantage of local coal and iron deposits to build the rail industry. This growth, furthered by the geographic advantages of the city, made Scranton the perfect place for a new business venture. In 1891, the English Nottingham Lace Firm was looking to expand business, eventually settling on Northeastern Pennsylvania. Although the company saw some difficulties at its inception, it soon became the largest global producer of Nottingham lace in the world. Early management prioritized customer relationships, as shown through …

Railroad Development Lesson Plan

Lesson plans

This unit explores the development of railroads and their impact on the economic development of Arkansas through the use of primary and secondary sources. Students will read newspaper articles and pamphlet excerpts to understand how the railroads affected industry and settlement across the state. A list of various activities related to original primary and secondary resources allows teacher the flexibility to choose parts of this lesson plan to use and adapt to various types of students.

This lesson plan was produced for 7^th grade, 8^th grade, and 9th^th grade students, but may be altered by teachers to …

The Week: An Industrial, Financial, And Agricultural Review, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of typescript articles on letterhead titled The Week: An Industrial, Financial, and Agricultural Review. The articles cover topics related to public utilities (especially rural electrification), agricultural diversification and reform, economic development in Georgia, and the work of the Utilities Information Committee of Georgia, an alliance between businessmen and landowners formed in 1919 to promote economic development. Most of the articles are undated but content indicates that they were written from 1926 through 1928.

Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 41, No. 2, Nancy Kettering Frye, William B. Fetterman, Annette Lockwood

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Meetinghouse Connection: Plain Living in the Gilded Age
• Paul Wieand's Contributions to Pennsylvania German Folk Theater
• Amish Cottage Industries
• Aldes un Neies (Old and New)

Germany's Rise To Power: Role Of The House Of Krupp In German Militarism, Marian Mathison Desrosiers

Class of 1968 Legacy Project

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Seminar 400, May 24, 1968.

Greater Windsor Directory Of Manufacturers 1963, Greater Windsor Industrial Commission

SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications

Directory of industries and a cross-indexed list of products manufactured.

Greater Windsor Directory Of Manufacturers 1962, Greater Windsor Industrial Commission

SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications

Directory of industries and a cross-indexed list of products manufactured; includes a statistical profile of Windsor.

Letter From Senator Langer To Martin Cross Regarding Us Senate Bill 809, March 5, 1958, William Langer

William Langer Papers

This letter dated March 5, 1958, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to Three Affiliated Tribes tribal member Martin Cross, is in regards to US Senate Bill 809 (S. 809) which is likely a reference to US Senate Bill 85-809 entitled, "To Provide Economic Assistance to the American Indians," sponsored by Sen. Langer. Langer informs Cross that S. 809 is not "dead." Langer makes some comments on the bill and asks Cross for his opinion on it.

There are some handwritten notes on the letter.

S. 809 did not become US public law.

See also:

Letter from Martin Cross …

Wlbz Economy Home Construction, Part 2, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Irving Hunter provides and update on the progress of construction at the WLBZ Economy Home on Pierce Road in Brewer, Maine. Not dated; circa 1955.

Eddie Owen Interviews Captain John Pyre About Oil Tanker Explosion, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Broadcaster Eddie Owen interviews Captain John M. Pyre of Brewer about a 1951 explosion in Chelsea, Massachusetts of the oil tanker Harold Reinauer.

Hiram Walker: His Life And His Work And The Development Of The Walker Institutions In Walkerville, Ontario, Francis X. Chauvin

SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications

A Biography of Hiram Walker including.a brief sketch of the Walker lineage on American soil since 1661. A detailed narrative of Hiram·Walker's life and lifework, as a comprehensive epitome of the development of the Walker Institutions under his sons and grandsons.

History Of The Studebaker Corporation 1852-1923, Albert Russel Erskine

SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications

The Studebaker brothers, and their father before them, were blacksmiths, woodworkers, and wagonmakers by trade. Stretching over a period of two generations, they developed and expanded the Studebaker horse-drawn vehicle business until it reached worldwide proportions.

Kingfield, 1923, Sanborn Map Company

Sanborn Maps of Maine

Map of Kingfield, Maine, at a scale of 1:1200 or 100 ft to 1 inch. The original color map is 64 x 54 cm. Map includes the area of downtown along the Carrabassett River and shows the locations of the Wing Spool and Bobbin Company, Jenkins and Bogert Manufacturing Company's Novelty Wood Turning Works, and the Roy C. Huse Bull Spool and Bobbin Mill.

Industrial Democracy, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Documents, 1919-1938

A typed copy of an unpublished essay entitled, "Industrial Democracy", written by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated March 31, 1920. Within, Wilson lays out the framework of a concept for domestic reform entitled "'Industrial Democracy".

Travel Diary: November 17 To November 21, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Travel Diaries, 1914-1918

A typed copy of a travel diary dated from November 17th to the 21st, 1914. Huntington-Wilson documents his time in Puerto Cabello and Caracas in Venezuela, noting the political tensions present in his time there.

Travel Diary: November 2 To November 17, 1914, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Travel Diaries, 1914-1918

A typed copy of a diary entry dated November 2nd to the 17th, 1914. Huntington-Wilson documents his remaining time spent in Colombia and his subsequent journey to Venezuela, remarking upon the various industries and social conditions in the region.

Bangor, Brewer, And South Brewer, 1906, Sanborn Map Company

Sanborn Maps of Maine

Insurance maps of Bangor, including Brewer and South Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, at a scale of 1:600, or 50 ft. to an inch. Dated December 1906, copyright 1907. The original color maps are on sheets 64 x 54 cm. Sheet 1 includes an index of the area covered on subsequent sheets.

History Of Industry, Maine : From The First Settlement In 1791, William Allen

Maine Collection

History of Industry, Maine : From the First Settlement in 1791

by William Allen

Smith & Emery, Printers, Skowhegan, Maine, 1869

Contents: Boundaries and Extent / Land Titles / Plymouth Patent Opposition / Commissioners / New Vineyard, Anson and New Sharon / The Vineyard Gore Lines / First Settlers / Organization of a Military Company / State and County Taxes / Incorporation of the Town / Mills, Roads, Etc. / Face of the Country, Soil and Productions / Schools / Religious Meetings / Census and Statistics / State Valuation and State Taxes / Taxes / County Commissioners / Senators / …

George W. Randolph, Confederate Secretary Of War, Writes To An Unidentifed Cotton Manufacturer, June 1862., George Wythe Randolph

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Randolph writes to an unidentified cottton manufacturer that he has been informed that "exhorbitant" prices are being charged for certain goods. Randolph also requests that his correspondent reply to him what quantity and what price such goods can be furnished at the time of writing and over the subsequent 30, 60, and 90 days at various points throughout the Southern rail system. Randolph further adds that "cotton manufacturers must not ex[ect to sell their goods at unreasonable prices[....]while other classes are suffering[.]"