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Industrial History of Beloit: Fairbanks Morse

Research resources for Beloit and area industrial history.

Fairbanks Morse

Fairbanks Morse 2018
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2018
Fairbanks Morse 2011
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2012
Fairbanks Morse article in Book of Beloit II, 1986
Fairbanks Morse article in Book of Beloit II, 1986
Beloit Foundries article from Book of Beloit II, 1986

Of hill folks and engine builders : the story of Fairbanks Morse in Beloit, Wisconsin by George Ferriter
Call Number: 621 F41o
Pioneers in industry : the story of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 1830-1945.
Call Number: 621 F15p

Rubie Bond Interview- The African-American Experience in Beloit, Wisconsin
In 1917, when she was ten years old, Rubie White moved to Beloit with her parents from Pontotoc, Mississippi. Her father had been recruited to work at Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Beloit, Wisconsin and the Great Migration: the Role of Industry, Individuals, and Family in the Founding of Beloit's Black Community 1914 - 1955.
UW- Eau Claire BA Thesis by Lucas Knowles