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Louis B. Goodall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6670/001

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of two letters to Florence Perry Hahn, Friendship, Maine, and newspaper clippings of Goodall's obituary and the filing of his will.

Dates

  • 1934-1935

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

Louis Bertrand Goodall (September 23, 1851 in Winchester, New Hampshire – June 26, 1935 in Sanford, Maine) was a United States Representative from Maine. He moved to Troy, New Hampshire with his parents in 1852. He attended the common schools of Troy, then attended a private school in Thompson, CT, the Vermont Episcopal Institute, a private school in England, and the Kimball Union Academy.

He entered his father's mills at Sanford, ME in 1874 and afterward engaged extensively in the wool-manufacturing industry and in the railroad business. He established the Goodall Worsted Co., which originated Palm Beach cloth. He became president of the Sanford National Bank from its organization in 1896, and became chairman of the Maine commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, MO, in 1904.

He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1921). He was elected chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 2 (Sixty-sixth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1920. He resumed manufacturing interests and banking in Sanford, ME, until his death there in 1935. His interment was in Oakdale Cemetery.

Extent

.1 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Marius Peladeau.

Processing Information

The ATHM # references the accession number given to collections by the American Textile History Museum (ATHM). These numbers have been kept and tracked for researchers looking for former citations. The ATHM accession number for this collection was 0022.353.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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