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Summary Information
George A. Sloan Papers 1917-1955
- Sloan, George A., 1893-1955
Mss 208; PH 4028; PH 4041 (3)
11.2 cubic feet (27 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 0.1 cubic feet of photographs, and 1 pamphlet (1 oversize folder)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of George A. Sloan, 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.
English
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