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Edward Allen Pierce papers

 Collection
Identifier: M147

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Scope and Content

Contains photographs, clippings, correspondence, and ephemera. Also included in the collection are three scrapbooks (as well as folders containing material that was removed from the scrapbooks), a commonplace book, a volume containing the addresses and remarks at 1940 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Conference of Branch Office Managers for Merrill Lynch, E. A. Pierce & Cassatt, a volume of testimonials honoring Pierce, and a commemoration of Pierce's 100th birthday. Includes one folder out of Bangor, Maine captained by A. A. Pierce and A. G. Pierce (1878-1888).

Dates

  • Creation: 1877-1974, undated

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Biographical/Historical Note

Edward Allen Pierce, born in Orrington, Maine in 1874, received an honorary degree from Bowdoin in 1956. In 1901, he resigned as manager of a lumber business and took a job as a clerk for A. A. Housman & Co. By 1921, he was named a managing partner. The firm changed their name to E. A. Pierce & Co. as a tribute to Pierce. In 1940, E. A. Pierce & Co. consolidated with the banking houses of Merrill Lynch & Co. and Cassatt & Co. In 1941, Fenner & Beane joined as well to form Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. He served as director and vice president of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. on Wall Street as well as a member of the board of directors for Dictaphone Corporation. Pierce also helped draft the Securities & Exchange Comission Law. He served on the board of the Arthritis Foundation. Pierce died in 1974.

Extent

4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Contains photographs, clippings, correspondence, scrapbook, testimonials, and ephemera concerning Edward Allen Pierce.

Processing Information

Unprocessed.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Edward Allen Pierce Papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

http://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/index.shtml
Contact:
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Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
(207) 725-3288

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