Records of the Oliver Iron and Steel Company, 1863-1930, 1959.

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Records of the Oliver Iron and Steel Company, 1863-1930, 1959.

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This collection includes a minute book of the board of directors, charters, agreements, patents, and partnership agreements 1863-1891 of Lewis, Oliver and Phillips. Further documentation includes mortgages and patents from 1887-1891 of the Oliver Coke and Furnace Company, miscellaneous records from 1888 of the Hainesworth Steel Company, and trade catalogs. The collection contains scrapbooks about the life of Henry W. Oliver, 1840-1904 as well as published genealogical information about the Oliver and Rea families.

5 linear ft.

University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

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Oliver Coke and Furnace Company.

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Oliver Iron and Steel Company

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Henry W. Oliver was born on February 25, 1840, in Ireland and two years later his family settled in Pittsburgh. Oliver began working at the age of thirteen as a messenger boy for the National Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh. Oliver worked at various jobs until 1861 when he served in the Civil War. In 1863, he formed a partnership with William J. Lewis and John Phillips to create the firm of Lewis, Oliver and Phillips to manufacture nuts and bolts on a small scale. By 1866, two of his brothers jo...

Oliver, Henry William, 1840-1904.

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Hainesworth Steel Company.

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