A Chicago District perspective of the history of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, 1900-1969 (Behind the scenes), 1991 : typescript.

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A Chicago District perspective of the history of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, 1900-1969 (Behind the scenes), 1991 : typescript.

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The work is an insider history and personal memoir by a retired operating official of Youngstown's Indiana Harbor Works. Consequently, it focuses on the company's Chicago District, acquired from the Steel and Tube Company of America in 1923, with the emphasis on personalities and local events during the period of the author's personal experience, 1950-69. It includes descriptions of the physical plant and facilities, the company's internal management-training programs, a plant manager's perspective on industrial relations and strikes, and a short account of the collapse of the company after the conglomerate merger of 1969.

1 v. (107 leaves).

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