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George A. Sloan papers, 1917-1955
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Papers of a prominent New York City businessman active in the Business Advisory Council of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Cotton Textile Institute, the U.S. Council of the International Chamb...
Papers of a prominent New York City businessman active in the Business Advisory Council of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Cotton Textile Institute, the U.S. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce, and the Metropolitan Opera Association, as well as national Republican politics, particularly the presidential election of 1952.
The papers include correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and articles demonstrating Sloan's interest in managerial, labor, and social problems. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence including exchanges with Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Alfred M. Gruenther, Cordell Hull, Sir Rudolf Bing, Herbert Hoover, H. Wendell Endicott, Billy Rose, Estes Kefauver, John Foster Dulles, Thomas E. Dewey, William O. Douglas, and others. Also present is information on the national textile strike of 1934. Photographs relating to George A. Sloan, depicting Sloan, his ship, Bing and other Sloan associates are included.
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- Mixed Materials
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- English
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- 11.2 c.f. (27 archives boxes and 1 flat box)
- 0.1 c.f. of photographs
- 1 pamphlet (1 oversize folder)
- OCLC
- ocn145776431, ocn145809333
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- Presented by Mrs. H. Barton Farr, Greenwich, Conn., 1964.
Subjects
- Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
- Bonnet, Henri, 1888-1978.
- Clay, Lucius D. (Lucius DuBignon), 1897-1978.
- Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
- Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980.
- Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
- Endicott, H. Wendell (Henry Wendell), 1880-1954.
- Evjue, William Theodore, 1882-1970.
- Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962.
- Gruenther, Alfred M. (Alfred Maximilian), 1899-1983.
- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986.
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
- Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946.
- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955.
- Johnson, Hugh S. (Hugh Samuel), 1882-1942.
- Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956.
- Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963.
- Knox, Frank, 1874-1944.
- La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
- Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974.
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985.
- Murrow, Edward R.
- Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960.
- Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943.
- Rose, Billy, 1899-1966.
- Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949.
- Swing, Raymond, 1887-1968.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Cotton-Textile Institute.
- International Chamber of Commerce. United States Council.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- United States. Department of Commerce. Business Advisory Council.
- Cotton textile industry -- United States.
- Foreign trade promotion -- United States.
- Opera -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Philanthropists -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1952.
- Textile workers' strike, United States, 1934.