From a trade to a science :progressive management of the McElwain shoe manufacturing and retailing empire: Historical New Hampshire / Brian O'Donnell.

Title:

From a trade to a science :progressive management of the McElwain shoe manufacturing and retailing empire: Historical New Hampshire / Brian O'Donnell.

Author:

O'Donnell, Brian.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2000.

Physical Description:

p. [108] - 123.

Source:

Vol. 55, No. 3 & 4 (Fall-Winter 2000) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

Shoe factories in Nashua and Manchester owned by the J. F. McElwain Company made a substantial contribution to New Hampshire's economy in the early 20th century. William Howe McElwain started the McElwain empire in Massachusetts in 1894. Within ten years, McElwain operated 21 factories, employing 6,500 people, most of them in New Hampshire. William and his brother, J. Franklin McElwain, introduced a number of improvements in shoe manufacturing efficiency, labor relations, and product distribution. The J. F. McElwain Company employed four thousand people in New Hampshire in 1935 and continued to make a major contribution to the economy of the state until technological changes and Southern and foreign competition caused the company's decline in the 1960's-70's.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Shoe industry. , Footwear industry. , Industrial relations.

People:

McElwain, J.F. 1874-1958. , Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941. , McElwain, William Howe, 1867-1908.

Organizations:

J.F. McElwain Co.
W.H. McElwain Co.

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