The Goodriches: An American Family

A biography of one of Indiana’s most prominent twentieth-century families. It begins with the birth of James P. Goodrich in 1864 and continues through the death of his son Pierre F. Goodrich in 1973. James Goodrich served as governor of Indiana from 1917 to 1921 and as adviser to Presidents Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. In later years, Pierre Goodrich, successful businessman and entrepreneur, would set aside a portion of his estate to found Liberty Fund because he believed that the principles of liberty on which our nation was founded need to be constantly kept before the public. This work is a revealing window into the founding ideals of both Indiana and our country, and how our founders meant these ideals to be lived.
The Goodriches: An American Family (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001).
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The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.
People:
- Author: Pierre F. Goodrich
- Author: Dane Starbuck
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Table of Contents
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Goodriches An American Family
- I: Family Life and Early Background
- Chapter 1: An American Family
- Chapter 2: Origins
- Chapter 3: Youth and Experience
- Chapter 4: Initiation into Politics
- Chapter 5: The Early Years, 1894–1900
- Chapter 6: Entering the Business World
- Chapter 7: The Early Years, 1901–1916
- II: James P. Goodrich The Consummate Politician
- Chapter 8: The Political Years
- Chapter 9: The 1916 Campaign
- Chapter 10: Years as Governor, 1917–1921
- Chapter 11: The Middle Years, 1916–1923
- Chapter 12: The Great Russian Famine, 1921–1923
- Eyewitness to Suffering
- Chapter 13: Emissary to Russia
- Chapter 14: Return to Russia, 1925
- III: Businessmen with the Midas Touch
- Chapter 15: The 1920s
- Chapter 16: The 1930s
- Chapter 17: Companies! Companies! Companies!
- Chapter 18: Ayrshire Collieries Corporation
- Chapter 19: The Ecologist
- Chapter 20: The Later Years, 1940–1960
- Chapter 21: The Later Years, 1960–1973
- IV: Pierre F. Goodrich Crusader and Philosopher
- Chapter 22: Associations and Causes
- Chapter 23: Wabash College
- Chapter 24: The Mont Pelerin Society
- Chapter 25: A Scholar’s Life
- Chapter 26: Education in a Free Society
- Critique of the Modern Educational Institution
- Chapter 27: Moral, Political, and Metaphysical Beliefs
- Chapter 28: Why Liberty?
- Liberty as a Prerequisite of Moral Value
- Chapter 29: Liberty Fund, Inc.
- V: The Goodriches Assayed
- Chapter 30: Who Was Pierre F. Goodrich?
- Chapter 31: Defining Influences
- Chapter 32: Why Did They Work So Hard? Work, Ideas, Citizenship, and Virtue
- Chapter 33: Epilogue
- Appendixes
- APPENDIX A: The Goodrich Family Tree
- APPENDIX B: Liberty Fund Book List
- APPENDIX C: The Gods of the Copybook Headings
- Bibliography
- Primary Sources
- MANUSCRIPTS
- AMAX Corporation, Englewood, Colo.
- Foundation for Economic Education, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.
- Hanover College, Hanover, Ind.
- Harvard University Law School Archives, Cambridge, Mass.
- Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, Ind.
- Indiana Historical Society Library, Indianapolis, Ind.
- Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Ind.
- Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, Ind.
- Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind.
- Wesleyan University (Mansfield Free Center for East Asian Studies), Middletown, Conn.
- PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
- Secondary Sources