Container
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Title
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Mss 380
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Series: Genealogical Materials
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Box
1
Folder
1-2
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Nunn Family Histories, undated
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Heiston, Buckner, and Thornton Families, 1852-1955
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Series: Correspondence
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Early Correspondence from Scrapbook
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1853, 1862
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Box
1
Folder
5
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1887-1907
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Box
1
Folder
6
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1908-1909
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Concerning Nunn's Published Books
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Box
1
Folder
7
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regarding Whole Man Goes to Work, 1953-1963
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Box
1
Folder
8
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regarding Partners in Production, 1960-1968
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General
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Box
1
Folder
9
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A-B General, 1953-1972
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Borland, Lesley Thomson and Family, 1939-1971
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Bramlette Family, 1940-1967
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Box
2
Folder
2
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C-F General, 1965-1972
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Factory Friends (miscellaneous), 1929-1972
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Box
2
Folder
4
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“Flanagan, Virginia Nunn (Malcolm), Special Correspondence with,” 1926-1972
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Freshel, Curtis, 1949-1966
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Box
2
Folder
6
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G General, 1960-1972
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Gross, Eula Lee Nunn, 1934-1972
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Box
2
Folder
8
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H General, 1953-1971
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1952-1953
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Box
2
Folder
10
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I-K General, 1962-1972
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Box
2
Folder
11
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L-M General, 1962-1972
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Malcolm Family, 1959-1972
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Box
2
Folder
13
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“Malcolm, Mary and Bonnie, Special Correspondence with,” 1962-1966
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Box
2
Folder
14
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McCann, Ray T. (lawyer), 1968-1970
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Box
2
Folder
15
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N General, 1961-1970
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Newman, Harry, 1956-1958
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Nunn, Charles and Family, 1924-1972
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Nunn, David and Family, 1962-1972
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Nunn, Ewing and Family, 1937-1971
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Nunn, Mary L., 1957-1972
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Nunn, Sallie Heiston, 1924-1929
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Nunn - Other Family Members, 1965-1971
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Nunn-Bush Shoe Company, 1962-1970
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Box
3
Folder
8
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O General, 1960-1971
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Olson, Lester, 1916-1971
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Box
3
Folder
10
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P General, 1951-1972
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Phelps, Margaret, 1970-1973
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Prentice-Hall Inc., 1961
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Box
3
Folder
13
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R General, 1965-1969
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Box
3
Folder
14
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Ritter, Louis and Edna (factory friends), 1941-1972
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Box
3
Folder
15
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S General, 1957-1972
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Sandoz, Evalyn Potts, 1950-1961
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Scott, Ben (factory friend), 1960-1969
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Scott, Harry H., 1964-1966
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Stevens, Henry B., 1966-1969
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Stevens, Lucile Nunn and Family, 1964-1968
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Sweeney Family, 1932-1972
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Box
4
Folder
7
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T General, 1966-1972
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Taylor, Helen (factory friend), 1951-1969
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Box
4
Folder
9
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U General, 1959-1967
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Box
4
Folder
10
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University of California, 1961-1970
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Box
4
Folder
11
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V-W General, 1964-1972
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Walters, Dr. J.D., 1970-1971
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Woolley, Roger S. (lawyer), 1964-1968
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Y General, 1963-1970
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Box
4
Folder
15
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Miscellaneous, 1963-1972
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Series: Financial Records
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Inventories of Resources
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Box
4
Folder
16
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Josephine Nunn, 1927-1958
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Henry L. Nunn, 1933-1972
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Box
4
Folder
18
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Statements and Records of Savings, Stocks and Bonds, 1960-1972
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Cash Journals and Ledgers
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Josephine Nunn, 1927-1934
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Henry L. Nunn, 1927-1934
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Ledgers
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Josephine Nunn Special Account, 1947-1955
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Henry L. Nunn Special Account, 1947-1952
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Box
5
Folder
4-6
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General Account, 1952-1968
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Box
12
Folder
2
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, 1961-1968 and , 1969-1972
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Trust Accounts
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Agreements, 1938-1955
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Ledger, 1948-1956
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Miscellaneous
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Box
5
Folder
9
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1938-1956
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Box
6
Folder
1-2
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1952-1968
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous Records, 1958-1968
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Box
12
Folder
3-4
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Income Tax Records, 1964-1965, 1968-1971
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Insurance Records
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Analysis of Life Insurance Policies, 1944, 1965
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous, 1965-1972
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Policies, 1934-1972
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Henry Nunn Estate, 1934-1972
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Series: Writings
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Box
6
Folder
6-7
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“Big Team” Manuscript, undated (later titled The Whole Man Goes to Work)
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Partners in Production - Forward and Preface, 1961-1962
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Lecture Materials for Course, “Human Relations in Management,” 1959
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Speeches
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Texts of, 1936-1961
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Box
6
Folder
11-12
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Notes for, 1955-1962, undated
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Essays, after 1961
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Writings by Other Authors, 1907, undated
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Notebooks
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Josephine Nunn, 1934
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Box
7
Folder
4
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1952-1966
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous Notes, undated
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Series: Economic Cooperation Administration Mission, 1951
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Series: Scrapbooks
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Box
9
Folder
1
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“Biography No. 1,” 1881-1957
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Box
10
Folder
1
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“Biography No. 2,” 1952-1971
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Family, 1930-1967
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Box
11
Folder
2
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Farewell Messages from Scrapbook, 1951
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous, 1928-1964
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Micro 672
Reel
1
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Regarding Vegetarian and Religious Philosophy (2 volumes)
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Mss 380
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Series: Printed Materials
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Reviews and Advertisements for Published Books, 1953-1961
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1946-1972
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Obituaries for Josephine and Henry L. Nunn, 1965, 1972
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Box
7
Folder
10
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Miscellaneous, 1909-1969
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Series: Miscellaneous Personal Papers
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Address Books and Memorabilia, 1909-1969
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Albums of Signatures
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Box
7
Folder
11
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1939
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Upon Retirement, 1947
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Letters Testamentary, 1966
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Library Inventory, undated
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Horoscope, undated
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Vegetarian Reference File
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Miscellany
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Series: Records of Nunn-Bush Shoe Company
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Box
8
Folder
5
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“Manufacturing Nunn-Bush Shoes,” Articles 1-15, 1940
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Visitors Register, 1948-1966
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Miscellaneous Records
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Box
8
Folder
7
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1947-1968
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Box
8
Folder
8
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Nunn-Bush Social Club, 1916-1917
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Fifty Two Pay Checks a Year / Progress Film Company, 1935 843 feet; sound; b/w; 16 mm : Background footage of breadlines and labor riots. Henry L. Nunn explains how his company avoids strife by a labor/management agreement in which workers receive a fixed percentage of the value of goods produced. Board members, workers, and family members testify to the success of the plan. Scenes of manufacturing shoes and of union meetings and social activities. Sponsor: Nunn Bush Shoe Company; Director: Morris A. Epstein.
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DC 778
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Archival positive
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VBC 297
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Viewing copy
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PH 6908
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Series: Visual Materials
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Family photographs and ephemera
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Box
1
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Vacation transparencies, 1949, 1960s
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Box
1
Folder
1-13
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Family photographs, 1880s-1970s
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Unidentified, 1930s-1970s
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Dance cards, 1916-1919
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Nunn-Bush materials
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Nunn-Bush merchandise booklets, 1920s
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Oversize Folder
1
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Henry L. Nunn, portrait photograph, 1970s
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Oversize Folder
2
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Nunn-Bush shoe advertisements, 1960s
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Oversize Folder
3
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Editorial cartoons, 1930s
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Photo albums
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Box
2
Volume
1
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England and Ireland travel album, circa 1937
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Box
2
Volume
2
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Family album, circa 1940s
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Box
3
Volume
1
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1950s-1960s
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Box
3
Volume
2
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1880s-circa 1948
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Box
4
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Album, circa 1890-1948
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Box
5
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Family album, circa 1890-1917
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Box
6
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Album, circa 1890-1967
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Series: Sound Recordings
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Audio 573A/23-54
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Subseries: Disc Recordings : Previously Disc 140A.
: 36 disc recordings including radio broadcasts, speeches, and readings by Nunn, and a recording related to his fiftieth wedding anniversary. These discs need more thorough descriptive work.
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Audio
573A/23-26
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America's Town Hall Meeting of the Air, "Should Industry Pay an Annual Wage?," 1940 February 22
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Audio
573A/27-32
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Town Hall, "Should Industry Guarantee a Minimum Annual Wage?," undated
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Audio
573A/33
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Henry L. Nunn - The Name You Will Remember, 1944 November 30
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Audio
573A/34-39
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Can Industry Pay an Annual Wage? Discussion between Henry L. Nunn and Russell Hibbard, 1947
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Audio
573A/40-41
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Eagle's Luncheon Club - Speech by Henry L. Nunn, 1947 October 16
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Audio
573A/42-43
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Rich Man of Babylon, 1947 August 2
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Audio
573A/44
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Thrift Talk - The Richest Man in Babylon, side 3 - incomplete, 1948 April
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Audio
573A/45
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Thrift Talk - The Richest Man in Babylon, side 4 and 5 - incomplete, 1948 April
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Audio
573A/46
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Thrift Talk - The Richest Man in Babylon, side 3 and 4 - incomplete, 1948 April
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Audio
573A/47
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Golden Wedding, 1949 October 17
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Audio
573A/48
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The Whole Man Goes to Work, 1953 December 9
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Audio
573A/49-52
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Hartnett Tanning Co. program, circa 1953
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Audio
573A/53-54
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Shipwrecked with Music - WTMJ Milwaukee, 1957 October 11
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Audio 573A/1-22
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Subseries: Tape Recordings
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Personal Correspondence
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Audio
573A/1
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1971 September 28, from Bill Nunn : Henry Nunn's nephew Bill discusses his recent trip to Japan and describes business practices there: company identification among workers, paternalism, and bonus and stock sharing plans. Suggests that company identification may have been key to Nunn's Share the Production plan. Approximate running time: 30 minutes.
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Audio
573A/2
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1971 December 27 and , 1972 January 26, to Mary : Opens with brief conversation between Mary and Nunn in which he reminisces about the founding of Nunn-Bush. Letter interweaves a variety of topics--Black activist Dick Gregory, Eula Lee, Eldridge Cleaver and the Black Panthers, workers' status--and then focuses on his declining health. Tape ends with conversation between Nunn and Margie. Approximate running time: 60 minutes.
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Audio
573A/3
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1972 March, to Mary : Uncharacteristically pessimistic, Nunn discusses his health and old age, George Wallace's prospects in the Florida Presidential primary and those of the other Democratic candidates, a Tolstoy novel, and plans to play golf and bridge. He reads letters from a former employee which suggests a paternalistic relationship between Nunn and his workers. He returns to Tolstoy, his health and family visits, and he describes conflicts between Margie and himself at length. Concludes with comments on the Republican Party. Approximate running time: 60 minutes.
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Audio
573A/4
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circa 1972 June 27, to Mary : Nunn describes his health problems and then focuses on politics. Says that Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm is his choice as Vice Presidential candidate, comments on Senators Hubert H. Humphrey, Edmund S. Muskie, and George McGovern, expresses concern about Common Cause, and offers his opinion on abortion. Tape ends with a woman (apparently Margie) reading selections from Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm. Approximate running time: 60 minutes.
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Audio
573A/5
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1972 July 12, to Eula Lee and Mary : Nunn comments on Mary's trip to visit Eula Lee in Copenhagen and their plans to go to the Soviet Union, his interest in the Soviet economic and social system, and his “passion” for Tolstoy. Discusses Senators George McGovern and Edmund S. Muskie and the Democratic Convention. Describes his recent vacation at length and returns to the Democratic Convention and critiques other Democratic candidates. He and Margie talk, and she adds a postscript. Approximate running time: 60 minutes.
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Audio
573A/6
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1972, from Ginny (Virginia) : She reports on family and personal news including brief references to Synanon, where she works. Bulk of tape is a reading from an unidentified book which deals with American atrocities in Vietnam. End of tape includes additional family news. Approximate running time: 60 minutes.
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Audio
573A/7
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1972, Seven letters to friends : First six minutes is recorded over by Bill Nunn, reading a eulogy for Henry Nunn (see Reel 22). Letters, which were dictated for transcription, are to seven different friends; they are primarily personal and tend to be repetitive in subject matter. In the third letter (to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bellin), Nunn describes how he dictates and exchanges cassettes with his daughters.
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Writings
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Audio
573A/8
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1961, Book Conference, Santa Monica, California; Nunn, Ted Jones, Curren Shields (a union official), et al. : Nunn expresses doubt over the ability of union leaders to develop imaginative programs. Jones asks Curren Shields to describe the steel workers union's social education project, and Shields outlines the program's structure and goals in detail. Nunn reiterates his original view. Jones emphasizes that Nunn's book must not appear anti-union and says that he's unsure whether Nunn understands the permanency of organized labor. Approximate running time: 30 minutes.
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Audio
573A/9
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1961, Book Conference (continued) : Jones and Nunn discuss the latter's thesis that labor and stockholders should have equal power, and Jones argues that management, not stockholders, wields effective control. Jones insists that Nunn must expand the focus of the book from workers to a consideration of the entire economy. Approximate running time: 30 minutes.
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Audio
573A/10
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, 1961 Book Conference (continued) : Opens with discussion of the structure of the book. Unidentified speaker says that Nunn's industrial system may be dismissed either as philanthropy or as depending on his personality. Nunn responds to the latter point, maintaining that the Nunn-Bush system functioned well during his six-month absence in 1918. Approximate running time: 30 minutes.
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Audio
573A/11
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circa 1961, Partners in Production : Identified as chapter two, Nunn describes technical aspects of the Nunn-Bush Share the Production plan, including union eligibility requirements and the method used in computing shares. Approximate running time: 30 minutes.
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Audio
573A/12
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circa 1961, Partners in Production (continued) : Identified as chapter ten, it represents the conclusion. Although similar to the final chapter in the published volume, it is arranged differently, and Nunn uses stronger, more polemical language in describing differences between capitalism and communism. Approximate running time: 30 minutes.
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Audio
573A/13
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circa 1961, Partners in Production (continued) : Brief segment at beginning of tape recorded over with radio broadcast, 1965, by Clark Irving, an advocate of “natural living.” Irving mentions Nunn's vegetarian lifestyle. Dictation for book resumes with a discussion of the aggregation of capital in a few hands. Nunn argues that conflict between capital and labor arises from competition and rejects socialism as a solution. Approximate running time: 30 minutes.
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Speeches
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Audio
573A/14
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1947 May 1, “Can Industry Pay an Annual Wage,” Milwaukee Speaks, Milwaukee Station WTMJ : Debate between Nunn and Russel Hibbard of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission. Nunn and Hibbard present formal statements and then respond to one another and to audience questions. Nunn distinguishes between annual income and hourly wages, emphasizes that labor must be seen as an integral part of industry rather than a commodity, and describes how this was achieved by the Nunn-Bush Company. Hibbard argues that industrial stabilization must be reached before guaranteed wage plans can be instituted. Nunn disagrees and stresses the urgency of industrial reform. Approximate running time: 45 minutes.
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Audio
573A/15
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1961, “How Can Free Enterprise Survive the Economic Challenge of Communism,” Sounding Board, San Diego Station KGB : Debate between Nunn and Col. Thomas D. Drake, a retired army officer, who each present formal statements and then respond to audience questions. Nunn argues that it is essential to recognize the flaws of capitalism, especially conflict between capital and labor, and to remedy them by developing collective cooperation. Drake presents a conservative view, maintaining that the U.S. must return to a laissez faire economy. Approximate running time: 25 minutes.
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Audio
573A/16
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1971 July 4, “Democracy in Industry” : Nunn records an address which he originally delivered before a meeting of the Personnel Association of the Pacific Northwest in Vancouver, Canada, on October 21, 1954. In a lengthy introduction he depicts the parallel evolution of capitalism and democracy. He argues that industry has employed many schemes to secure cooperation from labor but that their plans have been badly conceived and unsuccessful. He posits production sharing as an effective means of achieving industrial democracy, and he describes the development of the system at Nunn-Bush in 1915. Approximate running time: 40 minutes.
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Audio
573A/17
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1954 October 1, Third Game, 1954 World Series : Nunn served as the “chief World Series announcer” for the Nunn-Bush factory, and this broadcast seems intended for his employees. From comments on the tape it is unclear whether he is viewing the game in person or watching it on television. Another person, whom he refers to as Dave, assists Nunn and provides technical commentary. Approximate running time: 150 minutes.
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Miscellaneous Personal Records
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Audio
573A/18
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1966 May 26, Accumulated Disc and Tape Recordings, Henry L. and Josephine Nunn : Originally recorded and later re-taped by their son, Ewing. Segment one, November 21, 1950: Mrs. Nunn plays the organ and talks with Ewing. Segment two, September 3, 1951: Nunn discusses his 1951 trip to Europe with the Economic Cooperation Administration, describes his role, and offers anecdotal impressions of the Dutch and German people and industrial systems. Approximate running time: 50 minutes.
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Audio
573A/19
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1966 May 26, Accumulated Disc and Tape recordings, segment two (continued) : Nunn comments on a variety of topics relating to his European trip: industrial co-determination, factory visits, ECA conferences, social security systems, Hitler as a socialist, German attitudes toward Russia. Mrs. Nunn mentions their interpreters, and Nunn joins her in discussing German attitudes toward atrocities against Jews. Nunn reads an interview with two members of the workers council of a German coal mine and comments on their intelligence and passivity. Segment three, undated: Mrs. Nunn plays the piano and talks with Ewing. Approximate running time: 80 minutes.
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Audio
573A/20
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1969 June 7, Conversation with Harry H. Scott, Milwaukee Inn : Nunn, who had returned to Wisconsin on a visit, talks about moving into his La Jolla, California, apartment and describes his neighbors as plutocrats, comments on a planned trip to Denver, and discusses platonic friendships with women. He describes his relationship with Margie at some length and talks about cooking and vegetarianism. Approximate running time: 25 minutes.
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Audio
573A/21
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1970 November 29, Opinions on Thirty-Two Social and Political Topics : Speaking extemporaneously, Nunn gives his consistently humanitarian views on apartheid, alcohol, the atom bomb, attorneys, atheism, the American Medical Association, National Association of Manufacturers, American Legion, American Labor Party, anarchy, bankers, Baptists, baseball, Beatitudes, the Bible, Buddha, capitalism, conscientious objectors, Darwinism, diet, death, Fabian socialism, faith healing, the FBI, religious fundamentalism, Gandhi, idealism, Abraham Lincoln, Marxism, and the NAACP. Approximate running time: 115 minutes.
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Audio
573A/22
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circa 1972, Memorial Service for H.L. Nunn : Bill Nunn reads the brief eulogy which he gave for Nunn at a memorial service, September 17, 1972. Margaret Phelps reads newspaper obituaries and other articles concerning Nunn.
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