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Wilfrid Airy business papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:708 1862-1916 A298
Overview:

Wilfrid Airy was a Civil Engineer in London. The Wilfrid Airy business papers span the years 1862 to 1925, and primarily document the various civil engineering projects on which Airy consulted.

Brazil Railway Company records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:724 1914-1920 B827
Overview:

The Brazil Railway Company records include administrative material, financial records, and letters and papers pertaining to the reorganization of the company spearheaded by W. Cameron Forbes, 1914-1920.

Charles Van Depoele papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:867 1877-1892 (1946)
Overview:

The Charles Van Depoele papers spans the years 1877-1946 and contains the inventor and industrial consultant's work with electricity and electric power including patents, drawings, scattered legal and business papers, and photographs of some of his inventions in use.

Dudley P. Hall business papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss: 47 c.1841-1893
Overview:

Records of Lyndon, Vermont lumber business and mill owner Dudley P. Hall, 1841-1914.

Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:797 1870-1919 E64
Overview:

Records of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, as well as papers relating to the personal activities of its founder, Henry Baldwin Hyde (1834-1899), and his son, James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959).

Harris Charles Fahnestock papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:781 1852-1914 F223
Overview:

Papers of investment banker Harris C. Fahnestock, 1855-1914, including his partnership in Jay Cooke & Co.

Harry Chick collection of railroad photographs and ephemera

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Vis 27
Overview:

The Harry Chick collection of railroad photographs and ephemera contains postcards, photographs, stereographs and ephemera pertaining to locomotives and railroads. The materials were collected by railroad enthusiast Harry Chick.

Henry Villard business papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:8993 1862-1928 V719
Overview:

Business records, correspondence, and photographs of 19th century railroad and electrical industry financier Henry Villard (1835-1900)

Herman L. Dillingham papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:881 1912-1915 D578
Overview:

The Herman L. Dillingham papers consist of scrapbooks and photograph albums collected by Dillingham, while traveling through South America during his tenure as the assistant secretary to the Boston Chamber of Commerce.

Jay Cooke & Co. records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:781 1832-1915 (1861-1905)
Overview:

Select records of the investment banking house Jay Cooke & Co.

William Badger Lawrence papers relating to the proposed takeover of the Boston and Maine Railroad by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:724 1907-1915 B747a
Overview:

Collection consists of the papers of William B. Lawrence, clerk of the Boston & Maine Railroad, regarding the aborted merger of the Boston and Maine Railroad with the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company, 1907-1915.

Lehman Brothers records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:783 1868-1986 L523
Overview:

The collection contains administrative records of the investment banking firm Lehman Brothers and of Kuhn, Loeb & Company, another firm that merged with Lehman in 1977. Also includes the papers of numerous Lehman Brothers and Kuhn, Loeb & Company executives and their families.

Robert L. Masson papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Arch GA 53
Scope and Contents: The Robert L. Masson papers consist of correspondence, case research, newspaper clippings, lectures, speeches, class preparation materials, and research project notes. Masson's correspondence dates from the 1935 to 1960 and includes letters written to HBS colleagues, professors at peer institutions, and company executives regarding general finance topics and his research projects. Some of the class preparation materials date from his time as a professor at the University of Michigan....

Papers relating to the Ames family and the Union Pacific Railroad

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:724 1861-1969 U58
Overview:

Papers relating to both the Ames family and their involvement in the Union Pacific Railroad, 1861-1969. The material was gathered by Charles E. Ames in writing his book, "Pioneering the Union Pacific" (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969).

Peace Dale Manufacturing Company records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:446 1742-1919
Overview:

The records of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company, a large textile empire located in Peace Dale, Rhode Island owned and operated by five generations of the Hazard family.

Records relating to several New England railroads

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:724 1831-1891 B747
Overview:

A small collection of letters, reports, and other records from the Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation, Taunton branch, Stoughton Branch, Pawtucket Branch, the New Bedford & Taunton Railroad, Old Colony Railroad Company, Fall Rivers Railroad, Warren & Providence Railroad, and the Cape Cod Railroad Company, 1831 to 1891.

Samuel Morse Felton railroad engineering reports

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:705 c1880-1916 F327
Scope and Contents: Reports, letters and papers on various railroads, including the Baltimore and Ohio; Boston and Maine; Chicago and Alton; Chicago Great Western; Chicago Subway Company; Cincinnati, Chicago, New Orleans and Texas Pacific; Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton; Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling; Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo; Great Northern; Kanawha and Michigan; Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf; Lima Northern; Los Angeles Terminal; Louisville, New Albany and Chicago; Northern Pacific; Ohio River...

Samuel Nott papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:705 1837-1886 N918
Scope and Contents:

Five letter books of outgoing letters of a railroad construction engineer who helped construct several New England railroads. The letter books cover the years 1837 through 1850, 1857 through 1878, and 1886. Also included are notes and reports.

Seaboard Airline Railway reorganization papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:96 1941-1943 S438
Scope and Contents:

The Seaboard Airline Railway reorganization papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, and financial records relating to the reorganization of Seaboard Airline Railway. The majority of the correspondence and papers were sent to HBS professor William J. Cunningham. Cunningham was the James J. Hill Professor of Transportation and served on the expert committee that oversaw the organization.

Stone and Harris records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:705 1845-1888 H313
Scope and Contents:

Letterbooks, incoming letters, bills, and payrolls. Most of the material concerns the activities of D. L. Harris, who was president of the Connecticut River Railroad, and was connected with the Vacuum Air Brake Company, the Hoosac Tunnel, and the Union Pacific Railroad.

Ware River Railroad record book

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:724 1851-1853 W267
Scope and Contents:

The Ware River Railroad record book contains meeting minutes and acts of incorporation for the Ware River Railroad, 1851-1853. William Mixter was one of the directors of the company.

William C. Crobsy business papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Collection Identifier: Mss:201 1818-1898 P415
Scope and Contents:

Letters, deeds, maps, and other papers relating to timber holdings in Maine and to Maine railroads in which Crosby was interested. Includes papers of a son Wilson Crosby and of a brother-in-law, George W. Ingersoll.

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