Records, 1714-1982.

Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.

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Industrialist and inventor of the compressed air brake George Westinghouse incorporated the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company in 1891. With its giant factory located in East Pittsburgh, Pa., the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company soon became the Edison General Electric Company's main rival in the contest to provide electricity to the United States. While Edison General Electric pioneered the generation and distribution of direct current (DC) electricity, Westinghou...

Cambria and Indiana Railroad Company.

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Kelly, William, 1811-1888

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Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)

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Pacific Coast Steel Company

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John A. Roebling's Sons Company

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Grace, Eugene G. (Eugene Gifford), 1876-1960

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Bethlehem Steel Corporation

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The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, formed in Pennsylvania during the 1840's moved to a West Seneca, N.Y. site in 1899. Steelmaking began in 1903 and by 1909 the City of Lackawanna had been established around the steel plant. Purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1922, the facility expanded until employment reached over 20,000 in the mid - 1950's. Decline in the 1970's led to the closing of the Lackawanna Plant in 1983. From the description of Bethlehem Steel Corporation photographs, 194...

New Market Forge (North Annville, Pa.)

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Schwab, Charles M., 1862-1939

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Charles M. Schwab was born on April 18, 1862, in Williamsburg, Pa., and grew up in Loretto, Pa. In 1879, he began working for the Carnegie Co. as a stake-driver in engineering corps of Edgar Thompson Steel Works and Furnaces in Braddock, Pa. This plant formed part of Carnegie Brothers & Co., Limited. Schwab was frequently promoted while working at the Edgar Thompson Steel Works, and in 1886, Carnegie appointed him to the position of general superindentent at the Homestead works. In 1889 Schw...

Electric Boat Company

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Lehigh Crane Iron Company.

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Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, baron 1841-1920

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Fried. Krupp AG

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Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919

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Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a prominent industrialist and art collector, commissioned architect Thomas Hastings of the firm Carrère & Hastings to design and build his New York residence in 1912. Located at One East 70th Street, the three-story Beaux-Arts mansion featured a 100-foot gallery for his art collection. Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co. and Elsie de Wolfe were selected to furnish the rooms. Frick, along with his wife and daughter, took up residence in the house in November...

Saugus Iron Works

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Vickers, Sons and Company, ltd.

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Special Conference Committee.

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United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation

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Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist, 1850-1885

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Snyder, Henry S. (Henry Steinman), 1869-1941

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

International Harvester company

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Carnegie Brothers & Co., Limited.

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Seneca Iron and Steel Company.

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Grey, Henry, 1849-1913

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Kalman Steel Corporation.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Alma Syndicate, Inc.

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General Electric Company

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Founded 1892. Corporate interests include: Broadcasting; Electric Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Motors; Telecommunications; Electromedical Industry. From the description of Technical records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865339 Founded 1892. From the description of General Electric Company in Camden, N.J., collection, 1878-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979711 Schenectady, NY. From the description of Electr...

United States Steel Corporation

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American Steel & Wire Co., descendant from Washburn & Moen, acquired by U.S. Steel in 1901 and became its American Steel & Wire Division; employed 4000 workers during 1940s; facilities expansion at South Works plant in 1957-1958; ceased operations in Worcester in 1977. From the description of United States Steel Corporation photograph collection, 1940-1970 (bulk 1957-1958). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965884 On June 30, 1960, U.S. Steel Corporat...

Johnston, Archibald, 1865-1948

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Archibald Johnston (1865-1948) graduated from Lehigh in 1889 in Mechanical Engineering. Upon graduation he went to work for the Bethlehem Iron Company where he was put in charge of building and operating the first gun forging plant and armor plate department in a steel manufacturing plant in the United States. In 1899, when the company became the Bethlehem Steel Company under the directorship of Charles M. Schwab, he became assistant general superintendent. Later, Schwab appointed him a presiden...

Bethlehem Steel Company

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Stoneleigh Prospect Hill School (Greenfield, Mass.)

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Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Company, Ltd.

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

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Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. From the description of Carnegie autograph collection, 1867-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122682758 From the guide to the Carnegie autograph collection, 1867-1945, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist and philanthropist. From the description of Address of Mr. Andrew Carnegie before the Pitt...

Schneider et Cie (Le Creusot)

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United States Rubber Company

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Rubber products manufacturing firm formed in 1892 through the consolidation of various companies, including the Boston Rubber Company and L. Candee and Company, New Haven, Conn. From the description of Records of Boston office, 1876-1900 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269580845 ...

American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company

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In this decision, the Supreme Court found that the president of the United States may not order the seizure of basic steel manufacturing plants during peacetime and without Congressional authorization. On April 8, 1952, President Harry S. Truman, responding to a threatened strike by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), issued an executive order granting the secretary of commerce requisite power to seize the nation's major steel manufacturing plants. Secretary of Co...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Carnegie Steel Company.

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The Carnegie Steel Company was the final conglomeration of several steelworks, bridge companies and coke works under Andrew Carnegie. Beginning with the firm of Carnegie, Kloman and Company, Andrew Carnegie created several more steelworks and other companies eventually becoming the largest producer of steel in the world, while also becoming the richest man in the world. In 1901, Carnegie sold his interests in his company to financier J.P. Morgan, leading to the development of the United States S...

General motors corporation

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...

Jellicoe, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl, 1859-1935

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British naval officer and governor general of New Zealand. From the description of Autograph of John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl Jellicoe, 1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81101522 British Royal Navy Admiral. From the description of Letter to the News Editor, Cross-Atlantic Newspaper Service, 1920 May 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 65286585 ...