Arthur Berry (Hennessy's store superintendent to 1915; James's predecessor)
Also known as: ARTHUR BERRY, Mr. Berry
family confidence: 0 — not family / context
Hennessy's employee about 1899-1915 and store superintendent about 1913-1915; then business manager of the Florence hotel, Butte, with John K. O'Rourke (Butte Miner, 25 May 1915). The portrait caption 'ARTHUR BERRY / Acting Superintendent' was read from the page image at 2x on 4 Oct 2026; the 1915-05-02 clipping's curated transcription covers only James's portrait, and its full-page transcription_claude.md has the other managers. Record created 4 Oct 2026 (full analysis, promoted names, batch b10b).
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- Residence:
- Butte, Montana
| Date | Fact | Conf. | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899-1915 | employer · '16 years of service with the store, during which Mr. Berry rose step by step from the position of salesman to that of store superintendent, which he has held for the past two years' (Butte, Montana) The Butte Miner of 25 May 1915. The start about 1899 and the superintendency from about 1913 are arithmetic from the article's figures. | 95 | 1915-05-25 — The Butte Miner, p.6 |
| 1915-05-02 | office · 'Acting Superintendent': caption to his portrait among the 'Hennessy Dept. Managers of the Butte and Centerville Stores' in Hennessy's 'Our Department Managers' Sale' advertisement (Butte, Montana) Read from the page image at 2x, 4 Oct 2026. | 95 | 1915-05-02 — The Butte Miner, p.6 |
| 1915-05-24 | event · 'resigned yesterday to take the business management of the Florence hotel in association with former Sheriff John K. O'Rourke'; his resignation took effect on 1 June 1915, when James J. Murphy became store superintendent in his place (Butte, Montana) Stated by the Butte Miner of 25 May 1915 ('resigned yesterday'). The article's last paragraph prints 'Mr. Murphy' for Mr. Berry, a typesetting slip noted in the transcription. | 95 | 1915-05-25 — The Butte Miner, p.6 |
| 1915-06 | occupation · business manager of the Florence hotel with John K. O'Rourke: 'Messrs. Berry and O'Rourke have a lease on the hotel, it is said, for a term of years' (Florence hotel, Butte) The paper's own hedge ('it is said') for the lease. | 75 | 1915-05-25 — The Butte Miner, p.6 |
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- 1915-05-02 — The Butte Miner, p.6Anticipating the Summer Luggage Needsrole: hennessy_acting_superintendent_portrait · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: ARTHUR BERRY
Identity: Portrait caption 'ARTHUR BERRY / Acting Superintendent' among Hennessy's department managers, the same store and office as the 25 May report; not in the clipping's mentioned list.
- 1915-05-25 — The Butte Miner, p.6BERRY LEAVES HENNESSY STORErole: predecessor_superintendent · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Arthur Berry
Identity: The article is about his resignation as Hennessy's store superintendent and James's succession to it.