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Sun Company. Records, 1889-1984.

Title: Records, 1889-1984.

The Sun Company records document the history of the company from its origins in the 1880s through the 1968 Sunray DX merger. The records make it clear that Sun was a classic family-managed firm and very tightly controlled by the Pews. The records, reflecting this pre-modern corporate structure, contain a mixture of personal and business materials. Record Group I, in fact, comprises the business papers of the various members of the Pew family who played important roles within the company. The production records are derived, for the most part, from the office of J. Edgar Pew; refining records were generated by Robert C. Pew and Arthur E. Pew, Jr.; and management records come from the offices of Joseph Newton Pew and J. Howard Pew.

ArchivalResource: 700 linear ft.

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Pew, Joseph N. (Joseph Newton), 1848-1912. Papers, 1888-1912.

Title: Papers, 1888-1912.

The J. Newton Pew papers document the earliest years of the Sun Company. Records describe the organization and operation of the Sun Oil Line Company, Peoples Natural Gas Company, Keystone Gas Company, Linden Oil Company, and Diamond Oil Company. Correspondence and interoffice memoranda describe Emerson and Pew's early natural gas ventures, exploration and drilling in central Pennsylvania and Ohio and the transformation of the Sun Company into an integrated oil company.

ArchivalResource: 45 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503448 View

Sun Company. Administrative correspondence, 1886-1933.

Title: Administrative correspondence, 1886-1933.

This series documents the early history of the Sun Company and its predecessors. Records from Joseph Newton Pew's Pittsburgh office describe the organization and operation of Peoples Natural Gas and Keystone Gas Company. Records from the 1902-1904 period document Sun's transformation into an integrated oil company and the establishment of the Marcus Hook refinery. J. Howard Pew's correspondence documents the technical issues involved in refinery operations. Records focus on engineering operations (setting standards and specifications for lubricating oil and equipment), exploration, customer relations, real estate acquisition and drilling rights.

ArchivalResource: 107 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122516060 View