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Found in 6 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

Alex. Brown & Sons Records

Identifier: MSS14019
Abstract

Lettercopy and letterpress books (1802-1880), daybooks (1800-1867), cashbooks (1829-1876), ledgers (1796-1878), and other business records of the firm founded by Alexander Brown in Baltimore, Md., circa 1800 which grew from a mercantile business into an international banking house.

Dates 1796-1908; Majority of material found within ( 1796-1884)
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Newton Diehl Baker Papers

Identifier: MSS11585
Abstract

U.S. secretary of war, author, lawyer, and municipal official of Cleveland, Ohio. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches and articles, newspaper articles, and printed material relating primarily to Baker's post-World War I activities as the head of several business firms and of organizations devoted to education, law and jurisprudence, and philanthropy, relief, and other types of human services.

Dates 1896-1962; Majority of material found within 1916-1937
 Collection

Otto Sternoff Beyer Papers

Identifier: MSS12633
Abstract

Engineer, economist, and labor consultant. Correspondence, speech and article file, subject files, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Beyer's career as an engineer and economist in industry and government.

Dates 1905-1951; Majority of material found within 1929-1941
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Copeland railroad survey collection

Identifier: G3701.P3 coll .C6 Copeland
Abstract

H.H. Copeland and Son commissioned the materials that contain information about railroads in the United States from 1917 to 1958. The collection includes maps and data concerning railroad traffic density, tables on ton miles, freight density and traffic distribution, and other railway related tables and calculations. H. H. Copeland and Son were an investment house in existence from the late nineteenth century to around the mid 1950s. The materials were intended for their private use.

Dates 1917-1958
 Collection

W. W. Corcoran Papers

Identifier: MSS16899
Abstract

Financier and philanthropist. Correspondence, letterpress books, financial papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Corcoran's business and banking interests and philanthropic efforts.

Dates 1791-1896; Majority of material found within 1849-1888
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Robert Garrett Family Papers

Identifier: MSS21980
Abstract

Garrett family of Baltimore, Md. Family members represented include Robert Garrett, railroad official, financier, and merchant, and his son John W. Garrett, railroad official and financier. Correspondence, business documents, and other papers relating to mercantile affairs in Baltimore, Maryland, and to Robert Garrett & Sons and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

Dates 1778-1925; Majority of material found within ( 1830-1863)