Guide to the Laurence A Crosby Papers, 1906-1969, undated, (bulk 1935-1960)
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Cite as: Laurence A. Crosby Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Born in Bangor, Maine on December 20, 1892, Laurence Alden Crosby graduated from Bowdoin summa cum laude in 1913. He continued his education as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, receiving a Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford in 1916 and a Master of Arts from Oxford in 1919. He also graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1917 and served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I. After the war he practiced law in New York City until 1946, and from the mid-1930's until circa 1960 was involved with American-owned Cuban sugar companies. He was a former president of the Cuban Atlantic Sugar Co., Chairman of the U.S. Cuban Sugar Council from 1954 to 1960, and president of the American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba from 1949 to 1953.After retiring from the sugar business, Crosby moved to New Mexico in 1962. He died in Santa, Fe on January 28, 1980. At his death he was survived by two sons, James O. Crosby and John O. Crosby. His wife, Aileen O'Hea, to whom he was married in 1923, died in 1972.
Business and personal papers of Laurence A. Crosby (Bowdoin 1913).The bulk of the papers are business files documenting Crosby's involvement in American-owned Cuban sugar companies from the mid-1930's until circa 1960. Personal papers include Crosby's class essays and a scrapbook documenting student life at Bowdoin and as a Rhodes scholar, and a small bundle of personal correspondence (1950's-1960's) relating Cuban social, economic, and political events.
Organized in nine series: Correspondence, 1918-1969, undated; Student Material, 1906-1926, undated.; Personal Finances, 1946-1965, undated.; Electoral Politics, 1948-1960; Sugar Legislation and Lobbying, 1938-1963,undated.; Business Records, 1916-1960, undated.; Clippings, 1921-1969, undated.; Photographs, undated.; and Ephemera, 1914-1929, undated.
This series contains correspondence both to and from Laurence Crosby, some in Spanish. Correspondents include family, friends, and business associates. There is one folder of personal and business correspondence, 1923-1934, specifically between E.F. Porter, a classmate of Crosby's at Oxford, and Crosby. Some correspondence from the 1950s and 1960s concerns the Cuban revolution. Also included is a folder of greeting cards and notecards.
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1918-1922
1923-1925
1923-1934, E.F Porter
1926-1929
1930-1933
1940-1954
1955-1959
1960-1961
1962-1964
1965-1967
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Greeting cards and notecards, 1958-1969, undated
This series includes Crosby's essays, speeches, poetry, report cards, photographs and clippings, and two scrapbooks, documenting student life both at Bowdoin and as a Rhodes scholar at Trinity College, Oxford.
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Bangor High School, report cards, 1906-1908
Bowdoin, bills, 1910 Jul-1912 Jul
Bowdoin, clippings
Bowdoin, essays
Bowdoin, miscellaneous printed material
Bowdoin, notes, "English Lit, 1910-1911"
Bowdoin, notes, "French Lit"
Bowdoin, notes, outline fragment
Bowdoin, pamphlets and programs
Bowdoin, photographs
Bowdoin, poetry
Bowdoin, realia
Bowdoin, report cards, 1910-1913
Bowdoin, report, "Policy and Influence of the 'Nation' During Reconstruction"
Bowdoin, report, "policy of the US in Acquiring and Governing Dependant Territory Since 1898"
Bowdoin, report, "The Tariff and the Silk Industry in America"
Bowdoin, report, "William II: German Emperor"
Bowdoin, report, "Yellow Journalism"
Bowdoin, scrapbook, "Clippings from Bangor Daily Commercial," 1910-1913
Bowdoin, scapbook, no title, 1910-1913, undated
Bowdoin, speeches
Delta Kappa Epsilon pin, 1912
Oxford, photographs
Oxford, poem, "Oxford: a satire"
Oxford, reunion letters, 1926
This series contains items relating to Crosby's private finances. It includes material on Crosby's Cuban income taxes and the Crosby's apartment in Havana. Material relating to the apartment is largely in Spanish. There is also correspondence concerning Crosby's attempts after 1960 to receive recompense for assets seized during the Cuban Revolution.
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Cash book, 1946-1954
Correspondence, 1962
Correspondence, 1963
Correspondence, 1965 (re: foreign claims settlement)
Cuban income tax, Atlantica del Golfo, correspondence, 1946-1957
Cuban income tax, Atlantica del Golfo, forms and memoranda, 1946-1956
Cuban income tax, Central Violeta, correspondence, 1946-1955
Cuban income tax, Hershey's, correpondence, 1946-1956
Cuban income tax, forms, 1949-1959
Cuban income tax, memoranda and tables, 1947-1956
Cuban income tax, returns
Cuban income tax, miscellaneous
Cuban residence status
Havana apartment, correspondence, 1946-1950
Havana apartment, furnishings
Havana apartment, leases
Havana apartment, plans
Mischellaneous notes
Miscellaneous notes (from Cash Book)
Travel information, 1957-1958
This series documents Crosby's involvement with the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates. Campaigns include Adlai Stevenson for President, Paul Douglas for Senate (Illinois), and several other campaigns in the Senate and House. Correspondence, and receipts for donations are included.
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1948-1949
1950-1952
1953-1954
1955-1958
1959-1960
This series contains material relating to Crosby's lobbying efforts on behalf of the Cuban sugar industry; particularly concerning the American quota for Cuban sugar. Included are government reports, draft and final legislation, speeches, and correspondence.
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American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba, clippings, 1950
American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba, memos and notes, 1951
American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba, speeches and remarks
American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba, "Weekly Digest,"1949
Business Advisory Council Committee on Latin America, correspondence, 1955
Clippings
Correspondence, 1955
Cuba Senate Award, 1955
"Free Cuba News," 1963 May 4
"Lamborn Sugar Market Report," 1960
Legislation, H.R Bills, 1960-1961
Legislation, "Smathers Bill," 1960
Legislation, Sugar Acts, 1948 and 191956
Memorandum on the Cane and Sugar Producers of Cuba, 1961
Miscellaneous memoranda and publications
"Noticias," National Foreign Trade Council, 1963
Presidential Decree, 1938
Press releases, 1960
Quota tables
Speeches and drafts
Sugar industry statement, 1960, drafts and notes
Testimony, 1955-1956
United States Sugar Cuban Sugar Council, correspondence and memoranda, 1958-1959
United States Cuban Sugar Council, correspondence and memoranda, 1960-1962
United States Cuban Sugar Council, draft reports
United States Cuban Sugar Council, draft reports
United States Cuban Sugar Council, notes and revisions
United States Cuban Sugar Council, Report and Pending Legislation, 1956
USDA reports, 1960-1961
"Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal," 1960
The focus of this series is on Crosby's business dealings, primarily in the Cuban sugar industry. The series is divided into the following four subseries, based on specific companies for which Crosby worked: Atlantica Del Golfo, Cuban Atlantic, Hershey's, Other Business Records.There is some overlap in content as these companies were closely connected.
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This series contains business records relating to Compania Azucarera Atlantica del Golfo.
Balance Sheet, 1957-1958
Comparative reports, 1947-1958
Correspondence, 1935-1936 (re: G.E Sheehy)
Correspondence, 1937-1938 (re: G.E Sheehy)
Correspondence, 1947
Crop budget, 1958-1959
Dead season budget, 1959
Dead season budget administration, 1959
Financial statements, 1958-1959
Financial statements, 1958-1960
Gibboney Consulting, 1957
Minutes, 1944
Minutes, 1945
Minutes, 1946
Minutes, 1947
Minutes, 1948
Minutes, 1949
Minutes, 1950
This series contains business records relating to the Cuban Atlantic Sugar Company.
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Cash receipts and disbursements, 1950-1954
Certificates of Incorporation
Chiriqui Sugar Mills
Correspondence, 1956
Correspondence, 1958
Dividends, 1947-1957
Grace Paper Mill, "Agreement," 1956 Jul 16
Grace Paper Mill, correspondence, 1956-1958
Grace Paper Mill, "Cuban Paper Project," 1956 Feb 3
Grace Paper Mill, drafts, 1955-1956
Grace Paper Mill, memoranda 1952-1957
Hershey's Cuban investment
Hershey's sale, 1957
Liquidation, correspondence, and clippings, 1957-1959
Liquidation, documents, and clipppings, 1957-1959
Lobo purchase, affidavit, 1956
Lobo purchase, correspondence, 1956 Apr
Lobo purchase, correspondence, 1956 May
Lobo purchase, data and notes, 1956
Minutes, 1949-1951
Minutes, 1952-1955
Minutes, 1956-1958
President's letters to stockholders, 1946-1959
Proxy statements, 1941-1959
Proxy statements, Atlantica del Golfo
Proxy statements, Central Violeta Sugar Company
Salaries
Shares certificates
Stockholders meetings, 1946-1953
Stockholders meetings, 1954-1959
Taxes, 1947-1958
This series contains business records relating to the Cuban sugar business of the Hershey's Corporation.
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Balance sheet, 1957
Correspondence to P.A Staples, 1948-1949
Correspondence to P.A Staples, 1950-1951
Correspondence to P.A Staples, 1952-1953
Correspondence to P.A Staples, 1954-1956
Insurance, 1948-1953
President's house, 1952-1953
Reports and drafts, 1957
Trademark, 1946-1948
Train schedules
This series contains miscellaneous records relating to Crosby's other business ventures. This includes data concerning several other sugar companies, work done for Sullivan and Cromwell, and information about other industries. Companies in this series include Cuba Cane Sugar, National Sugar Export, and the Tanamo Corporation. There is also material dealing with the tax problems of Oscar Cintas, one of Crosby's Cuban contacts.
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Argentine Code of Commerce, 1930
"Banco Edificador Rosarino: Debentures," 1931
Central Violeta Sugar Company, stock transfer register, 1937
Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation, 1916
Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation, Catalogue of Sugar Mills, 1925
Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation, Catalogue of Sugar Mills, 1926
"Ferrocarril Terminal Central de Buenos Aires," 1931
Manuscript notes, miscellaneous
"Mercado de Abasto y Frigorifico de Avellaneda: Debentures," 1932
National Sugar Export Corporation, contract
Oscar Cintas, 1953-1954
Oscar Cintas, 1955 Jan-May
Oscar Cintas, 1955 Jun-Dec
Oscar Cintas, 1956-1957
Oscar Cintas, clippings
Panama corporation law
"Provincia de Corriente Republica Argentina," 1932
Tanamo Corporation, clippings, 1948
Tanamo Corporation, correspondence, 1943-1952
Tanamo Corporation, draft documents
Tanamo Corporation, minutes and agendas, 1943-1951
Tanamo Corporation, printed documents
Telegrams, Argentina, 1930
Salaries, correspondence, 1946-1958
Salaries, notes and tables, 1956-1958
Soledad Trading Corporation, Bylaws, 1935 Oct 1
Trans-Cuba Oil Company
This series contains miscellaneous clippings from newspapers in both English and Spanish. Material from 1952 deals with the Batista coup in Cuba.
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1921-1935
1952, re: Batista Coup
1955
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965-1969
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This series contains miscellaneous photographs. Many are of sugar mills and offices. Some appear to be from earlier in Crosby's life, either during World War I or his time at Oxford University.
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Sugar mills
Sugar mills
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Small
This series contains miscellaneous printed ephemera including maps of Cuba, train schedules, and menus.
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Argentina trip, 1928-1929
Business
Christmas cards
"Kindergarden License," Priscilla Crosby, 1914 Dec 4
Legal cases and bar meetings
Manual of Sugar Companies, 35th edition, 1960
Maps of Cuba
Maps of Cuba
Menus and placecards
Miscellaneous ephemera
Pamphlets and train schedules