Oliver Ames business papers, 1872-1901

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Summary

Creators:
Ames, Oliver, 1831-1895
Abstract:
Business papers belonging to Oliver Ames, an American businessman and Governor of Massachusetts from 1887 to 1890.
Extent:
2.4 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Oliver Ames business papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Miscellaneous business correspondence and papers of Oliver Ames. The letters, chiefly addressed to Ames, deal with the sale of stock, railroad mergers, etc. Included are items relating to the Union Pacific Railroad; Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railway Company; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Company; and a brokerage firm Pickering & Mosely. The papers also deal with the estate of Oliver Ames and his father Oakes Ames. There is also correspondence by American financier Samuel Carr.

Biographical / historical:

Oliver Ames (1831-1895) was an American businessman and the Governor of Massachusetts from 1887 to 1890. He was the son of American businessman and U.S. Representative, Oakes Ames (1804-1873), and nephew of Oliver Ames (1807-1877), the President of Union Pacific Railroad Company. In 1873, he was named as one of the executors of his father's estate. Ames was on the Board of the Union Pacific from 1874 to 1877 and served as a board member and director of several industrial companies, banks, and railroads, including the New Orleans, Mobile, and Texas Railroad Company, and Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Western Hemisphere, May 1978.
Processing information:

Processed by Harriet McLoone in October 1983. In January 2025, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Oliver Ames business papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
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