Not surprisingly, several of the candidates on our list lived and worked in Connecticut. Given your interest in Connecticut history, I thought you might consider contributing to this project and looking over our full list of candidates, which you can find at the website above. Entrepreneurs that we'd like to feature include the following individuals and many more:
* George Schneller (1843-1895): Schneller Stay Works, Clothing
* Theodore Bodenwein (1864-1939): New London Day (Newspaper) Morning Telegraphy, Publishing - Newspaper
* Frederick Grave (1849-1924): F. D. Grave & Sons, Tobacco - Cigars
* Jacob Schick (1877-1937): Schick Inc., Manufacturing - Shaving
* Frederick Grave, Jr. (1889-1963): F. D. Grave & Sons -- First National Bank & Trust Co., Tobacco -- Cigars -- Finance - Banking
* Frederick Rentschler (1887-1956): United Aircraft Corporation, Transportation - Aircraft;
* Charles Zimmerman (1902-1994): Connecticut Mutual Life, Insurance
We are asking for articles of no more than 20 pages and offer an honorarium of $400. Additionally, we hope to have opportunities for some of the authors to present their research at project-related events. If you or anyone you know may be interested in authoring an entry, please contact me at winkler@ghi-dc.org
Claudia Winkler
Immigrant Entrepreneurship Project
German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-522-8953
Email: winkler@ghi-dc.org
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