Research Catalog

Title

Frederic C. Dumaine : office boy to tycoon / Arthur M. Kenison.

Author

Kenison, Arthur M.

Publication

Manchester, NH : Saint Anselm College Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Saint Anselm College (Manchester, N.H.)

Description

[x], 277, that is, 276 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm

Subjects

• Waltham Watch Company History
• Capitalists and financiers > United States > Biography
• New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company History
• Amoskeag Manufacturing Company History
• Dumaine, Frederic Christopher, 1866-1951 > Biography
• Textile manufacturers > New Hampshire > Manchester > History

Note

• Includes chronological summary (p. 245-[257]) and genealogical table (p. 258-259).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and index.

Contents

Son of a broom maker -- Early Amoskeag years -- Courtship and marriage -- Setting a new course at Fore River -- Dumaine reorganizes Amoskeag -- Growing apart -- Labor unrest at Amoskeag -- The second time around -- Replacing the mainspring at Waltham Watch -- Stockholder unrest at Amoskeag -- Early years in railroads -- Kidder, Peabody - a friend in need -- The Depression hits Amoskeag -- Closing of the Amoskeag Mills -- The Woodchucks -- Waltham Watch goes to war -- The odd couple - F.C.D. and F.D.R. -- The last hurrah - control of the New Haven -- Putting the New Haven back on track --The horseman is home from the hunt -- Twelve rules -- Chronological summary -- Genealogy

ISBN

0962954721

OCLC

• ocm43895892
• SCSB-3936375

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries