Koppers Company records, 1893-1981.

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Koppers Company records, 1893-1981.

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This collection consists primarily of business records of the Koppers Company from the first half of the 20th century, plus select publications and reports from the second half of the 20th century. The collection contains correspondence with Baltimore Trust Co., Eastern Gas & Fuel, Massachusetts Gas Co., United States Electric Power, United States Steel, United Light & Power, Western Gas Construction Co., Wharton Coal, Harvard Law School, the United States Congress, H.B. Rust, U.S. Customs, and William de Kraft. The collection also includes Koppers Annual Financial Reports and financial plans. There are also records and reports about other companies in industries that Koppers had an interest, the history of the Koppers Company, dinners with key members of the corporation, and company newsletters. There are many types of publications, including newspapers, Fortune magazine, booklets about the history and organization of the company, and explanations of how the coke ovens function and are built. There are also photographs of officers and employees of the Koppers Company.

7 cubic feet.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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De Kraft, William

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Koppers is a global, diversified manufacturing company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The original Koppers Company was founded by Dr. Heinrich Koppers, a young German engineer who developed a new type of coke oven that could economically recover the byproduct chemicals of the coal-cooking process. Koppers came to the United States and built his first ovens in 1907 in Joliet, Illinois. The company was incorporated in Chicago in 1912 before establishing its headquarters in Pittsburgh in 1914. ...

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