Papers, 1917-1963.

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Papers, 1917-1963.

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Correspondence for the 1917-1919 period describes the organization of Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company during the First World War. There is also substantial correspondence describing the construction of the Susquehanna Pipeline during the 1940s and the Southwest Pipeline during the 1950s. Records also document advertising and marketing strategies. There are a number of files describing Joseph Newton Pew, Jr.'s involvement with the American Petroleum Institute.

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Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971

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

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Joseph Newton Pew, Sr. (1848-1912) was the founder of the Sun Oil Company and its predecessor natural gas and pipeline companies. J.N. Pew was initially involved in a series of ventures in the oil boomtown of Titusville, Pa. Pew and Edward O. Emerson formed a partnership to speculate in oil leases and to explore the area's natural gas fields. Emerson and Pew founded the Keystone Gas Company in 1881 and the Penn Fuel Company the next year. Following the success of these two companies they orgainz...

Sun Company

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American Petroleum Institute.

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Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981

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Seatrain (Musical group)

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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

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The Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company constructed the deepwater automobile ferry Princess Anne in 1935-36 for the Virginia Ferry Corporation's run between Cape Charles and Little Creek, Va., across the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. It had the distinction of being the first fully "streamlined" ship, with exterior styling by industrial designer Raymond Loewy. The curved sheet metal surfaces were later removed as impractical. From the description of Plans of ferry Princess Anne, 1935-193...

Pew, Joseph N. (Joseph Newton), 1886-1963

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