History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest, vol. 3, pages 117-118
◦RICHARDSON PHELPS.
Minneapolis is proud to number among her native sons Richardson Phelps, a veteran of the World war and active in insurance circles as treasurer of the Phelps-Eastman Company. His parents are Edmund J. and Louise A. (Richardson) Phelps, extended mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work.
Richardson Phelps received his early education in the Garfield school here and afterward enrolled as a student in the Minneapolis Classical School. He attended schools in Philadelphia and Los Angeles and in 1910 was graduated from Yale University. He was then connected with the Northwestern National Bank for a short time and subsequently became identified with the Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, with which he continued until 1914. In that year he formed a partnership with Welles Eastman under the name of the Phelps-Eastman Company, which
was organized primarily to handle investments. The company was incorporated the following year and conducted an investment business until July 1, 1919, when the investment business was liquidated and the development of the present general insurance agency was begun. In 1915 Mr. Phelps was elected trustee of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts.
Upon the entrance of the United States into the World war Mr. Phelps put all personal interests aside and enlisted in the air service, receiving a commission as second lieutenant in March of the following year, while attending the School of. Military Aeronautics at Columbus, Ohio. Subsequently he was assigned to duty at Kelly Field, Texas, and in July, 1918, was sent overseas as assistant adjutant to General Mitchell, commanding the First Army Air Service. He served through the St. Mihiel and Argonne offensives and was relieved from duty on the 1st of December, 1918. Soon afterward he returned to the United States and was honorably discharged on the 7th of February, 1919. He then returned to Minneapolis, resumed his position with the Phelps-Eastman Company and has been active in that connection since.
On the 7th of February, 1916, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Phelps and Miss Anne Foley of St. Paul. To their union three children have been born: Anne Foley, Richardson Phelps, Jr., and Craig. Mrs. Phelps is prominent in the club and social circles of the city. The husband and father gives his political endorsement to the republican party, having firm belief in its principles as factors in good government. His appreciation for the social amenities of life is indicated by his membership in the Minneapolis Club, the University Club of St. Paul and the Alpha Delta Phi national college fraternity. He finds his greatest recreation in music and is a violinist of more than ordinary ability. Although the greater part of Mr. Phelps' time is devoted to the conduct of his business interests, he is a public-spirited citizen and gives his cooperation to every movement which tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of the community.
◦RICHARDSON PHELPS.
Minneapolis is proud to number among her native sons Richardson Phelps, a veteran of the World war and active in insurance circles as treasurer of the Phelps-Eastman Company. His parents are Edmund J. and Louise A. (Richardson) Phelps, extended mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work.
Richardson Phelps received his early education in the Garfield school here and afterward enrolled as a student in the Minneapolis Classical School. He attended schools in Philadelphia and Los Angeles and in 1910 was graduated from Yale University. He was then connected with the Northwestern National Bank for a short time and subsequently became identified with the Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, with which he continued until 1914. In that year he formed a partnership with Welles Eastman under the name of the Phelps-Eastman Company, which
was organized primarily to handle investments. The company was incorporated the following year and conducted an investment business until July 1, 1919, when the investment business was liquidated and the development of the present general insurance agency was begun. In 1915 Mr. Phelps was elected trustee of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts.
Upon the entrance of the United States into the World war Mr. Phelps put all personal interests aside and enlisted in the air service, receiving a commission as second lieutenant in March of the following year, while attending the School of. Military Aeronautics at Columbus, Ohio. Subsequently he was assigned to duty at Kelly Field, Texas, and in July, 1918, was sent overseas as assistant adjutant to General Mitchell, commanding the First Army Air Service. He served through the St. Mihiel and Argonne offensives and was relieved from duty on the 1st of December, 1918. Soon afterward he returned to the United States and was honorably discharged on the 7th of February, 1919. He then returned to Minneapolis, resumed his position with the Phelps-Eastman Company and has been active in that connection since.
On the 7th of February, 1916, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Phelps and Miss Anne Foley of St. Paul. To their union three children have been born: Anne Foley, Richardson Phelps, Jr., and Craig. Mrs. Phelps is prominent in the club and social circles of the city. The husband and father gives his political endorsement to the republican party, having firm belief in its principles as factors in good government. His appreciation for the social amenities of life is indicated by his membership in the Minneapolis Club, the University Club of St. Paul and the Alpha Delta Phi national college fraternity. He finds his greatest recreation in music and is a violinist of more than ordinary ability. Although the greater part of Mr. Phelps' time is devoted to the conduct of his business interests, he is a public-spirited citizen and gives his cooperation to every movement which tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of the community.
History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest, vol. 3, pages 117-118
◦RICHARDSON PHELPS.
Minneapolis is proud to number among her native sons Richardson Phelps, a veteran of the World war and active in insurance circles as treasurer of the Phelps-Eastman Company. His parents are Edmund J. and Louise A. (Richardson) Phelps, extended mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work.
Richardson Phelps received his early education in the Garfield school here and afterward enrolled as a student in the Minneapolis Classical School. He attended schools in Philadelphia and Los Angeles and in 1910 was graduated from Yale University. He was then connected with the Northwestern National Bank for a short time and subsequently became identified with the Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, with which he continued until 1914. In that year he formed a partnership with Welles Eastman under the name of the Phelps-Eastman Company, which
was organized primarily to handle investments. The company was incorporated the following year and conducted an investment business until July 1, 1919, when the investment business was liquidated and the development of the present general insurance agency was begun. In 1915 Mr. Phelps was elected trustee of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts.
Upon the entrance of the United States into the World war Mr. Phelps put all personal interests aside and enlisted in the air service, receiving a commission as second lieutenant in March of the following year, while attending the School of. Military Aeronautics at Columbus, Ohio. Subsequently he was assigned to duty at Kelly Field, Texas, and in July, 1918, was sent overseas as assistant adjutant to General Mitchell, commanding the First Army Air Service. He served through the St. Mihiel and Argonne offensives and was relieved from duty on the 1st of December, 1918. Soon afterward he returned to the United States and was honorably discharged on the 7th of February, 1919. He then returned to Minneapolis, resumed his position with the Phelps-Eastman Company and has been active in that connection since.
On the 7th of February, 1916, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Phelps and Miss Anne Foley of St. Paul. To their union three children have been born: Anne Foley, Richardson Phelps, Jr., and Craig. Mrs. Phelps is prominent in the club and social circles of the city. The husband and father gives his political endorsement to the republican party, having firm belief in its principles as factors in good government. His appreciation for the social amenities of life is indicated by his membership in the Minneapolis Club, the University Club of St. Paul and the Alpha Delta Phi national college fraternity. He finds his greatest recreation in music and is a violinist of more than ordinary ability. Although the greater part of Mr. Phelps' time is devoted to the conduct of his business interests, he is a public-spirited citizen and gives his cooperation to every movement which tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of the community.
◦RICHARDSON PHELPS.
Minneapolis is proud to number among her native sons Richardson Phelps, a veteran of the World war and active in insurance circles as treasurer of the Phelps-Eastman Company. His parents are Edmund J. and Louise A. (Richardson) Phelps, extended mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work.
Richardson Phelps received his early education in the Garfield school here and afterward enrolled as a student in the Minneapolis Classical School. He attended schools in Philadelphia and Los Angeles and in 1910 was graduated from Yale University. He was then connected with the Northwestern National Bank for a short time and subsequently became identified with the Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, with which he continued until 1914. In that year he formed a partnership with Welles Eastman under the name of the Phelps-Eastman Company, which
was organized primarily to handle investments. The company was incorporated the following year and conducted an investment business until July 1, 1919, when the investment business was liquidated and the development of the present general insurance agency was begun. In 1915 Mr. Phelps was elected trustee of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts.
Upon the entrance of the United States into the World war Mr. Phelps put all personal interests aside and enlisted in the air service, receiving a commission as second lieutenant in March of the following year, while attending the School of. Military Aeronautics at Columbus, Ohio. Subsequently he was assigned to duty at Kelly Field, Texas, and in July, 1918, was sent overseas as assistant adjutant to General Mitchell, commanding the First Army Air Service. He served through the St. Mihiel and Argonne offensives and was relieved from duty on the 1st of December, 1918. Soon afterward he returned to the United States and was honorably discharged on the 7th of February, 1919. He then returned to Minneapolis, resumed his position with the Phelps-Eastman Company and has been active in that connection since.
On the 7th of February, 1916, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Phelps and Miss Anne Foley of St. Paul. To their union three children have been born: Anne Foley, Richardson Phelps, Jr., and Craig. Mrs. Phelps is prominent in the club and social circles of the city. The husband and father gives his political endorsement to the republican party, having firm belief in its principles as factors in good government. His appreciation for the social amenities of life is indicated by his membership in the Minneapolis Club, the University Club of St. Paul and the Alpha Delta Phi national college fraternity. He finds his greatest recreation in music and is a violinist of more than ordinary ability. Although the greater part of Mr. Phelps' time is devoted to the conduct of his business interests, he is a public-spirited citizen and gives his cooperation to every movement which tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of the community.
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