Don D. Lescohier Papers, 1921-1969

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of some miscellaneous consultant's reports, writings, and related material collected by Mrs. Lescohier after her husband's death. She wrote to the Historical Society at that time that her husband had saved few papers to document his career, so these research products are, for the most part, unsupported by correspondence or other primary documentation.

Perhaps the most important material concerns work he did for Allis Chalmers during the 1940's. This file consists of reports on profit sharing and the closed shop and a business management course he designed for them, copies of form letters to employees (1946-1947), minutes of negotiations (1949), and a subject index of grievances. The collection includes a few other examples of his writing and a bibliography. Many of these titles including his autobiography My Story to 1960 are available in the Historical Society Library.