Records, 1923-1940.

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Records, 1923-1940.

The records of Charles L. Huston, Inc., consist of basic corporate papers, including minutes, general accounts, meeting agendas and resolutions, stock certificates, tax returns, dissolution papers and miscellany concerning investments. There is also legal correspondence with the law firm of Rambo, Rambo, and Mair.

1 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6699878

Hagley Museum & Library

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Huston, Charles L. (Charles Lukens), 1906-1982

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Huston, Annie S. 1863-1952.

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Huston, Charles L., 1856-1951

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Steel industry executive and philanthropist. Charles Lukens Huston was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania on July 8, 1856, the second son of Dr. Charles Huston (1822-1897) and Isabella Pennock Huston (1822-1889). His maternal grandmother, Rebecca Webb (Pennock) Lukens (1794-1854) had inherited the Brandywine Iron Works & Nail Factory founded by her father Isaac Pennock in 1810. After Rebecca Lukens' death the elder Huston assumed control as Huston, Penrose & Compa...

Huston family.

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Charles L. Huston, Inc.

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Charles L. Huston, Inc., was incorporated in Delaware on December 28, 1923, as a general holding and investment company for the family of Charles Lukens Huston (1856-1951), an executive and part owner of the Lukens Steel Company of Coatesville, Pa. The new company held securities of Lukens Steel, as well as those of other companies bought as investments. All the shareholders were members of the Huston family. Regulation of investment companies was increased during the New Deal in reaction to the...

Huston, Stewart, 1898-1971

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Stewart Huston was born in Coatesville, Pa., on May 9, 1898, the son of Charles Lukens and Annie Stewart Huston. He attended Haverford College and Lehigh University, where he studied metallurgical engineering. Between 1917 and 1919 he served with the American Expeditionary Force in France. From 1923 to 1932 he worked as a metallurgist at the family's Lukens Steel Company in Coatesville. He was corporate secretary from 1928 to 1963 and vice president from 1951 until his death on August 27, 1971. ...

Huston, Ruth, 1899-1982.

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