This series contains the board of directors' minutes of the 29 companies that John McShain controlled. Included are the minutes of John McShain, Inc., of Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey -- the three construction companies through which John McShain operated. Also included are Board of Directors Minutes of Andrews & Andrews Contracting Company, Inc., a paving contractor on the Pennsylvania Turnpike project, McShain Carrier Air Conditioning Company which McShain controlled from 1939-47 and Capitol Court and Lakes Bay Corporations -- two Washington area commercial development companies through which John McShain worked.