Abstract Buck Mickel had an outstanding career as an engineer, corporate president, civic leader and philanthropist. The collection contains address books, calendars, correspondence, itineraries, memoranda, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, scrapbooks, speeches, and other materials relating to Mickel's leadership of Daniel Construction Corporation, Fluor Corporation, RSI Holdings as well as a variety of civic and educational organizations. Of particular note is material related to the...

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Charles Daniel started Daniel Construction Company in 1935. He acted as president and chairman of the board and oversaw the rapid growth of the company as it advanced to become one of the larges construction companies in the world. The Charles Daniel Papers document his activities as a business executive, a community leader, and a crusader for southern industry.