General Category

Approximate Date

Title

Author or Source

(Brief Description)

Deed of Trust

November 15, 1909

Original Deed of Trust

Milton S. & Catherine S. Hershey (John Snyder)

In early 1910, The Hershey Industrial School Trust is formed

Beneficiaries come into existence under Original Deed of Trust

December 4, 1919

December 30, 1919

1919 Petition

1919 Decree

Corporate Documents (1919, Revised 1933)

Milton S. & Catherine S. Hershey (John Snyder), and the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

The Managers are incorporated as The Hershey Industrial School, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation.

This reflects the incorporation of the Managers as The Hershey Industrial School, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, a corporation of the first class, authorized by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the charter for which is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in Charter Book L, Page 282.

October 27, 1933

October 27, 1933

October 30, 1933

1933 Petition

1933 M.S. Hershey Declaration & Joinder

1933 Decree

Milton S. & Catherine S. Hershey (John Snyder), and the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

The Original Deed of Trust was revised by the Court’s 1933 Decree which (1) modified the Original Deed of Trust to expand the class of orphans served by the School, as follows: (a) the maximum age range for admission of poor, healthy, white male orphans was expanded from between four and eight years of age to between four and fourteen years of age; and (b) otherwise qualified boys whose mothers were deceased but whose fathers were still living were made eligible for admission and (2) added this provision, “No person employed by the school, in any capacity, in connection with which any compensation or expenses are directly or indirectly paid, shall at the same time serve as a member of the Managers of The Hershey Industrial School,” as Paragraph 29 of the Deed of Trust; Milton S. Hershey joined in said 1933 Petition.

October 30, 1933

M.S. Hershey’s Deed of Trust

Milton S. & Catherine S. Hershey (John Snyder), and the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

August 22, 1935

1935 Living Trust of Milton Hershey

M.S. Hershey establishes the 1935 Living Trust of Milton Hershey

Indenture

1910 through Mid-1953

Indenture – Original

Milton S. & Catherine S. Hershey (John Snyder)

1918 Conveyances

Effective:

January 1, 1918

1918 Conveyance of Non-Chocolate Assets to Hershey Chocolate Company

Milton S. Hershey (John Snyder)

Non-Chocolate Assets and Land (“being the town of Hershey”) are transferred to Hershey Chocolate Company

November 13, 1918

1918 Transfer of Hershey Chocolate Company Stock to the Trust

Milton S. Hershey (John Snyder)

Substantially all of the Hershey Chocolate Company stock ($60,000,000) is transferred to the Trust

November 14, 1918

1918 Letter from M.S. Hershey regarding First Trust

Milton S. Hershey (John Snyder)

Milton Hershey confirms Milton Hershey’s First Trust

Milton Hershey’s Alumni Association

1930

The Hershey Industrial School Alumni Association Constitution

Milton S. Hershey (John Snyder), and George Copenhaver

Paul Reed’s Memo

November 10, 1933

Paul Reed Memo to Mr. W. v. Tresckow regarding Suggestions to Mr. Hershey and Associates

This is the memorandum dated November 10, 1933, from Mr. Paul Reed to Mr. W. v.Tresckow, Assistant Vice President, regarding Suggestions to Mr. Hershey and Associates.

M.S. Hershey Foundation

December 5, 1935

M.S. Hershey Foundation

M.S. Hershey Foundation is established to provide educational opportunities for Derry Township residents.

Derry Township School District Trust

September 29, 1944, effective upon M.S.’ death on October 13, 1945

Derry Township School District Trust

The 1945 Residual Derry Township School District Trust is established upon the death of Milton S. Hershey on October 13, 1945.

The “1945 Residual Derry Township School District Trust” is the trust created pursuant to the 1944 Milton Hershey Will, pursuant to which Milton Hershey bequeathed all of the rest and residue of his estate “to Hershey Trust Company, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, in trust, nevertheless, to hold, invest and reinvest in such securities as may seem best in the judgment of the Directors of said Trust Company, and order and direct my said Trustee to pay the income thereof in semi-annual installments to the School District of Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the use of said School District, particularly for the purpose of assisting such Township to relieve the tax burden for the upkeep and maintenance of the public school in said District.”

Archival Material of Significance

1939

The Story Behind a Hershey Bar, the History

Murrie, Richard Wallace  The Story Behind a Hershey Bar, the History of the foundation and subsequent growth of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation and the simultaneous development of the model industrial community of Hershey, Pennsylvania. Senior Thesis, Department of History, Princeton University, 1939

Richard Wallace Murrie is the son of William Franklin Reynolds Murrie, who was once a President of the Hershey Chocolate Company and member of the Board of Managers.

General Category

Approximate Date

Title

Author or Source

(Brief Description)

Deed of Trust

December 17, 1951

December 24, 1951

1951 Petition

1951 Decree

“1951 Petition”- the Petition for Modification of Trust, In Re Petition of The Hershey Industrial School for Modification of Trust, No. 824 – 1951, in the Orphans’ Court of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, dated December 12, 1951, filed by The Hershey Industrial School, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, by leave of the Attorney General.

“1951 Decree”- the decree entered in Dauphin County Orphans' Court Docket No. 824, on December 17, 1951, which also gave rise to an Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Managers recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Dauphin in Charter Book "P", at page 658 and further amended on December 24, 1951 in Charter Book "T" at page 273.

“1951 Deed Modification” is the change from use of the name “The Hershey Industrial School” to use of the name “Milton Hershey School,” authorized by the 1951 Decree, the decree entered in Dauphin County Orphans' Court Docket No. 824, on December 17, 1951, which also gave rise to an Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Managers recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Dauphin in Charter Book "P", at page 658 and further amended on December 24, 1951 in Charter Book "T" at page 273.

“1951 Unauthorized Deed Deviation” means the misstatement of the Managers to the Orphans’ Court of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania following Milton Hershey’s death that “3.  Pursuant to the provisions of the deed of trust, The Hershey Industrial School was established on or about the third day of September, 1910; and was conducted as an unincorporated school for the purposes and subject to the conditions in the deed of trust set forth, until the thirtieth day of December, 1919” implying that the School was incorporated on December 30, 1919 as part of the incorporation of the Managers.  In the 1933 Petition the Managers made the following statement of fact: “3. Pursuant to the provisions of the deed of trust, The Hershey Industrial School was established on or about the third day of September, 1910; and was conducted and managed by said Managers and their successors as an unincorporated school for the purposes and subject to the conditions in the deed of trust set forth, until the thirtieth day of December, 1919.  4. On the’ thirtieth day of December, 1919, your Honorable Court entered a decree incorporating the Managers and their successors as a corporation of the first class, under and subject to the provisions of the Act of Assembly approved the 29th day of April, 1874, entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations,” under the name and style of “The Hershey Industrial School,” your petitioner herein. The charter granted to your petition is recorded in the office for the recording of deeds, etc. aforesaid, in Charter Book L, page 282, etc. A copy thereof is attached hereto, marked “Exhibit B” and made a part hereof.  5. Upon its incorporation, your petitioner took over the control and management of the school and has since and is now conducting the same as contemplated by, and under the conditions and limitations contained in, the deed of trust.  6. At the time of, and from time to time subsequent to, the establishment of the school, Milton S. Hershey . . . .”  The bolded words are missing or changed in the 1951 Petition.  The 1933 language and the 1951 language give rise to different meanings.  Inasmuch as Milton S. Hershey signed the 1933 Petition as “The Hershey Industrial School, by Milton S. Hershey, Chairman of the Managers” and added his 1933 M.S. Hershey Declaration and Joinder, the 1933 language must be the correct or authoritative language on this subject.

Indenture

1910 through Mid-1953

Indenture – Original

Milton S. & Catherine S. Hershey (John Snyder)

Mid-1953 to ?

Enrollment – After Mid-1953

Milton Hershey’s Alumni Association

1930

The Hershey Industrial School Alumni Association Constitution

Milton S. Hershey (John Snyder), and George Copenhaver

January 30, 1947

Application for a Charter for a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation

“1947 Alumni Association Incorporation Decree” is the decree by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, on March 17, 1947, which decree provided that upon the recording of the Articles of Incorporation and this Order, that the Alumni Association would be incorporated and the Alumni Association was incorporated on March 17, 1947, granting the Application for a Charter for a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation, for The Hershey Industrial School Alumni Association, dated January 30, 1947, in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, No. 213, January Term, 1947, filed in the Office of the Prothonotary of Dauphin County on February 14, 1947.

Archival Material of Significance

1939

The Story Behind a Hershey Bar, the History

Murrie, Richard Wallace  The Story Behind a Hershey Bar, the History of the foundation and subsequent growth of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation and the simultaneous development of the model industrial community of Hershey, Pennsylvania. Senior Thesis, Department of History, Princeton University, 1939

Richard Wallace Murrie is the son of William Franklin Reynolds Murrie, who was once a President of the Hershey Chocolate Company and member of the Board of Managers.

1948

The Development of an In-Service Training Program for House-Parents of the Hershey Industrial School

Hershey, John O. The Development of an In-Service Training Program for House-Parents of the Hershey Industrial School.  University of Pennsylvania, 1948. This report was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.

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